Kissing the top of my head after silencing me for a second time that night, Ace growled low, “I guess we’re going to have to do this the hard way. But if I’m being honest, that’s how we both like it best. Isn’t it, babe?”
I didn’t respond. Besides being gagged, I was too afraid. My fear didn’t abate any when my powerful captor led me, not to the front door, but toward my bedroom. My breath hitched in my throat when I thought about what he was going to do to me there.
Keeping me easily in check, even after I started thrashing for my life, Ace dragged me into the corner of the room. Pressing me up against the wall, he forced my head to the side.
“This is for your own good, Cat,” he told me, before biting down on my neck so hard his teeth broke skin and blood poured down my shoulder in hot rivulets.
The last thing that I remember before passing out was the searing pain and Ace tossing me onto the mattress as he stepped closer.
CHAPTER 24
Ace
My venom was only going to keep her quiet for a short while. If I didn’t want her to wake back up soon, I had to get a move on.
Ware venom wasn’t toxic. Quite the opposite actually. In small doses, it acted like a calming aphrodisiac. In larger doses, like a quaalude that could knock a human out cold. It also had healing properties that would help my mate recover after a rough knotting and bite.
Cat’s bedroom faced an alleyway that abutted another building. That was important, because I was about to use the cover of that building to shield what I did next.
Striding over to the window, I looked about to see if anyone was watching. Opening it wide, I sniffed the air to scent any potential passers-by and determined the coast was clear. Giving a sharp whistle, Dom came around the north side of the building, cigarette in hand, appearing as though he was having a quick smoke. Bundling Cat into her comforter so nobody couldsee I was carrying an unconscious woman around, I carefully maneuvered my mate through the open window, waited for Dom get into position, and then dropped her into his awaiting arms.
As fast as I could manage, I locked the window and front door to Cat’s apartment before exiting the complex. Waiting across the street for me was our club’s grey SUV. Getting into the backseat where Dom had laid out Cat’s unconscious body, I situated the still unconscious woman onto my lap before slamming the door behind me.
“Drive,” I ordered Blitz, and he swiftly pulled off into the night as directed.
It was almost midnight, and the Blood Moon was out in damn near full force. The snakes under my skin slithered about, restless and in need of an outlet. The woman in my arms smelled amazing and stirred me to unthinkable passions. Though I’d experienced many similar moon cycles before, I’d never felt the pull as strongly as I did tonight.
Needing to get closer to my mate, I nuzzled her neck and began to lick the delicate skin so I could taste her sweat and quiet my body’s need for her pussy.
The lick wasn’t enough. It actually made me crave more. More contact. More friction. Yanking up the fabric of her dress, I straddled her legs around my body and arranged her arms around my neck.
Cat began to rouse then, though she was still dazed. Not only from my venom, but from the pull of the Blood Moon above us. The primitive needs of her body were taking over, and she began to rock her sweet pussy against my painfully hard cock. Groaning at how good even the slightest contact felt, I spannedher trim waist with my hands, helping guide her in our shared pursuit.
When she lolled her head back to look at me with unfocused eyes, I softly explained what was going on. “Babe, we’re going somewhere safe for your change. The Club owns some property not far from here. It’s secluded and nobody can bother us there.”
“You do realize you sound like a serial killer when you say it like that,” Blitz accused, catching my gaze in the rearview mirror.
I ignored my brother’s unhelpful comment and focused my attention back on Cat and her magic pussy. Christ! She was killing me. Rubbing herself against my erection. Mewling those needy sounds of desire over and over again. How much could one ware take?
Fingers gripping my leather vest while snuggling against my neck, Cat began to place sweet kisses along my collar bone, and I groaned loudly. Yeah, I was going to lose it soon if I didn’t get my skyrocketing libido in check.
“Please,” she begged, her skin so hot to the touch it felt like she’d caught a deadly fever. “I need you, Ace. I need you inside of me now!”
I didn’t doubt her words. After all, I was suffering just as much as she was at the moment. But my brothers were in the car, and I wasn’t keen on sharing any of her with them tonight, or any other for that matter.
Shit, I was sorely tempted, though. Tempted to shift those pretty panties aside and slide right into her cream filled center until I exploded like a fucking volcano into her clenching core, audience be damned.
“You need some relief, babe?” I posed, my voice thick in my throat, unable to keep my hands off of her. “Do you want me to give it to you?”
“Oh yes,” Cat pleaded, desperately grinding her pussy against my denim-covered cock. “Please, Ace! I need to cum! I need to cum so bad!”
Her beautiful, light brown eyes were taking on a golden hue that no longer looked entirely human. Like the witch had said, the Blood Moon, rough sex, my knotted cock, and a bite would most likely be her trigger. My mate was on the edge of her transition; I could feel it. She only needed to be nudged over the edge to make the final leap into oblivion. Her fate. I could help her with that. It would be my honor and pleasure to give the little minx everything, especially my cock and knot, to get her there.
Hooking my index finger along her thong, I gave it a sharp tug and snapped the string so that it was no longer in our way. I did the same thing with the elastic that was around her waist, then brought the soaking scrap of lacy fabric to my nose and inhaled. Instantly, what blood wasn’t already in my rock-hard cock rushed there, and my shaft became dangerously engorged.
I growled and the deep sound reverberated around the enclosed space. Like Cat before me, my eyes began to lighten. My inner wolf was coming out to play, and it wanted to play directly with my little Pussy Cat. That shot of her scent had nearly catapulted me into rut, and I was hovering within a hairsbreadth of losing it altogether.
Hearing my feral howl, Blitz called from the front seat, “Hold it together, Ace. We’re fifteen minutes away from our destination. It won’t be long now,” then I felt him gun the motor like the devil himself was riding our bumper.
