Red:The Alpha's Queen

Chapter Four

~Ruby~

I stared at the Alpha in shock. It couldn't be. I couldn't be mated to the likes of him. Even the Luna would be this cruel to play such a cruel joke on me. I couldn't be bound to him a life partner such as him.

"Mate." He growled again.

Immediately, I snapped out of my shocked state. I tried to push him away, but my attempts were futile. The Alpha held on tightly, and with horror, I realized that his hand had already snaked around my waist.

He had probably done that in when I was still frozen in my shocked state.

With nothing left to do, I resorted to my fists.

" Let me go. Hmmm..."

My words ended on a muffle as the Alpha sealed his lips over mine. I struggled against him, but it was no use. He was too strong.His hand was on the back of my head, holding me in place and me stopping from pulling away from his embrace.

His tongue swept onto my bottom lip, and I gasped, giving him access to my mouth.

I moaned into his mouth, and he growled his approval. His tongue met mine in a passionate dance, and my fingers latched onto the strands of his hair, pulling him close as pleasure flooded my senses.

He pulled us to the ground, and I followed, his lips still locked with mine. I met him every step of the way, our tongues still locked in a dominant dance.

He broke away, and I whimpered at the loss of his mouth. He rewarded me with kisses across my jaw, then down to my neck. He didn't go any further because of the corset I wore, but he still spread kisses around the flesh exposed there.

He returned his lips to mine, and I sighed in satisfaction. I felt his smile, but I didn't care as long as he continued kissing me. We made out until I felt dazed, but then I didn't want to stop.

He broke away from me, and I felt him nuzzling my neck again. I arched, giving him access, yearning for his pleasurable kisses as I let out a low breathy moan.

I let out a scream as sudden immeasurable pain wrecked through my body, especially at my neck. I hit the Alpha as hard as I could, but he held me down, his fangs sinking through my neck.

I stopped writhing as soon as the pain receded and it was replaced with something more, something that completely wrecked through my body. Immense pleasure, hot and blinding. I could only guess that this was what the others meant when they said there was a thin line between pleasure and pain.

I arched my hips, rubbing on him as I chased the pleasure, not caring what lengths I went to. The Alpha pounded his hips along with mine, the both of us chasing a climax we both needed and soon I was screaming for a different reason.

He retracted his fangs from my skin, as I sucked in great gasps of air, the haze of pleasure already beginning to clear from my head. He had marked me and....

I froze as the horror of what had happened suddenly flooded me.. I scrambled away from him, watching as he did the same, his eyes cleared of the pleasure as mine had.

"You f*****g marked me, prick." I snapped at him, my fingers delicately tracing my neck, finding the double punctures the Alpha's fangs had created.

Not only was I angry at the asshole, but myself too. His bite had brought me to climax, and it had been the greatest pleasure I had ever known. And oh, my body had gladly responded.

It was like something had taken over me. One minute I was fighting him off and in the next, I was literally dry humping him and moaning like a wanton. I was so angry at myself.

With two long strides, Jared was in my face. His eyes flicked, innately changing from a forest green, to a golden yellow. Like all alpha's, him and his beast were both in control at the same time.

Once I met his gaze, the asshole actually grinned, having the nerve to grin at me, flashing his dazzling white teeth, fangs and all. Finally, he growled. "Yes, I did. And you're f*****g mine."

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I struggled against him, this time fueled by my anger, but it was useless. A sudden sharp rang through the back of my head, and I went slack in the Alpha's arms, already starting to lose consciousness.

The Alpha picked me up with minimal effort, already barking orders to his warriors. The words were unintelligible and I finally blacked out.

When I came to again, I found myself in Luna's dimension. That's what I had decided to call it anyway. I slowly inspected my surroundings and came face to face with Luna again.

She still sat gracefully and her hands were busy with the yarn in her hands, knitting.

Her face held a funny expression, and I realized that she was trying not to laugh. I glared at her as we both held eye contact.

"This is not funny, Luna."

"You said nothing about being mated." I yelled although in the back of my mind, I knew it was probably a bad idea to yell at a powerful being as her. I was too pissed off to care. "And you had to mate me to an asshole like him. What were you thinking?"

"Child, calm down." Her lips were still twitching with amusement, but to her credit, she didn't laugh. "I know you weren't prepared for any of this, but it had to happen. The Alpha and you were already destined to be. I just sped up the process a little."

"That doesn't explain why I still have to be mated to him." I crossed my arms, patiently waiting for her to explain.

"But you enjoyed it right? If you know what I mean...."

"Luna!"

"Alright." This time, she didn't hold back as she laughed at my expense. "I'll get to the point."

"There's quite a lot that goes on back doors and I can't really explain everything to you. However, I can only hope that you can trust me."

As she explained, her knitting speed increased and I grasped how serious the situation was. I know she needed me to trust her and so I nodded my approval.

"Good." She smiled but it was brief. She was back to business. "Someone is after you and Jared, and it only makes sense that they want you dead. If you die, it'll be much easier to kill him. But when you're together, you'll both be watching each other's backs."

"Besides," her eyes twinkled teasingly. "It'll be fun when you both finally fall in love. Omg, I can't wait."

"I'll pass." I wrinkled my nose as I thought about the idea of Alpha Jared and I together. "You'll have to wait eternity for that to happen."

"We'll see about that." She smiled again, but after that, she held my gaze meaningfully. "Just do me a favor. You two have to watch your backs. And please try to get along. It'll do you some good."

"Sure." I nooded, even though I didn't sound convincing at all.

And just like that, I was awake again.

I blinked slowly, gaining back consciousness as I slowly opened my eyes. I looked around and found my hands were tied in front of me and my mouth was gagged.

It looked like we were moving, and I realized that I was sitting on a horse, although I wasn't it's rider. Tingles erupted at the back of my neck, and I stiffened as soon as I realized who the rider was.

My body was curled into him and I pulled away immediately not wanting to feel anything for or from him.

Stupid tingles from that stupid mate bond.

"We're here."

The Aplha announced and everyone else came to a stop before him. I looked around, finding myself in unfamiliar territory. I was curious and I badly wanted to know where we are.

As if the Alpha could hear my thoughts, he calmly explained. "We are at the Council headquarters. This is where you'll be tried."

He got off the horse first, and then he carried me off next. I glared at him as I landed, almost falling since my legs had fallen asleep a little from the horse riding.

As I continued to glare, he held my face in place. He leaned closer, making eye contact with me, holding a glare of his own. "I don't care if we're mates or not. But if you're found guilty, I'll have the pleasure of snapping your head off myself."