While I run?
From him?
“Yes, Sir.” I could be careful. “But…but you said I needed to be punished?”
I wasn’t sure what I was trying to ask because the hot and cold that was flashing through me made it hard to process and the otherworldly way of seeing the forest wasn’t helping to ground me. “I…I think…”
Shaking his head, Braun gave me another faint kiss. “No more thinking for you.”
That was probably a good idea.
“But to show you how nice I am, if you’re good little prey, I’ll reward you after your punishment.” That seemed mixed up because he’d already promised to let me come, but every time I tried to figure out the catch my brain let it go and could only hold on to one thing.
I was his prey…and it was time to run.
Chapter 34
Braun
I could see the moment everything hit him.
His breath caught in his throat and his pupils went wide, but instead of overthinking or worrying, my sexy mate surprised me. His hands came up between us, but instead of caressing me or holding me tight, his fingers dug into my sides.
I was even more ticklish than Emeric, but as I squealed like a cub, he did a complete one-eighty and dashed off down the trail.
Sexy as fuck.
“Oh, naughty mate. What am I going to do with you?” He couldn’t seem to decide if he wanted to laugh or moan, but either response would’ve been fun to me. “You definitely need to be punished.”
Moan.
The moan won, but I didn’t take advantage of it and waited while he ran through the woods.
The mage who’d made his locket had also double-checked the pack land as well as the park, and every spell designed to keep cubs and tourists safe were still in place. Tonight, I wasn’t just worried about a tourist getting distracted and doing something stupid. It was about keeping my mate safe while adrenaline was pumping through his body.
Making him run faster.
Making his heart pound.
Making his cock even harder.
Making his overworked brain come to a complete halt.
But to do that, he needed to run and to feel how wonderful it would be to be stalked, so I gave him a head start. That didn’t mean I was quiet, though. No. Fucking with him would be much more fun, so I called out, making sure my voice carried. “Such a naughty slut…running from your punishment?”
With the locket on, I knew he could hear me but his movements were still very clear to me…including how it’d made him suck in a breath.
“Don’t worry, slut. I’ll find you.” Alternating between running and walking as quietly as I could, I kept teasing him with my words. Dorian was brilliant in a lot of ways, but he’d never even been camping. There was no way he’d be able to tell where my voice was coming from, much less remember where I’d been when he’d started to run.
All that sexy adrenaline doing wonderful things to my mate.
He was breathing hard, but I was following the wonderful candied bacon smell through the woods. I’d have been able to follow that no matter how far away he was. He was my mate and I was Alpha. There was nothing on this earth or beyond with the Ancestors that would keep him from me.
I’d let him try, though.
“Do you remember what I’m going to do to you, my mate?”
Spank him.
