"Aren't I?" he asked, fingers digging into my chin. So dominant, so chillingly dominant.

I cocked a brow and pushed his hand away. "Aren't you what?" I asked, looking him up and down. "Going to act all ruthless and merciless just because I'm your mate and you're some..." ... sexy... "... egotistical asshole who thinks he owns me."

When he growled--his eyes flashing gold--I looked away. "Not interested," I said. Mom told me never to settle for someone who thought that they owned me. I was a soon-to-be alpha; I deserved more than that. But, as soon as the words left my mouth, my heart was pounding in my chest.

My gaze landed on the lake again, and I tried to admire the rippling reflection of the moon. He snatched my jaw in his hand this time and stepped closer until he was pressing into my side. His thumb gently brushed against my cheek. It was a daunting kind of gentle, the kind that told me he controlled this conversation, the kind that told me he always got what he wanted when he wanted, the kind that told me he could snap at any moment, the kind that made me wet.

"Cute," he said against my ear. His hand slipped down my jaw to my throat. "Look at you." He smirked against my neck and drew his nose up it. "My mate acting like she hasn't been turned on since the moment she laid eyes on me..." One of his hands trailed down my forearm so lightly until he reached the front of my thighs. He brushed two fingers over my pussy. "Acting like she's not wet for me," he said. I gulped and clenched harder. "Acting like my possessiveness isn't making her clench right now."

Damn Tony for not showing up.

I gathered all of the strength I had left in me and pushed my hands firmly into his taut chest. "You know what? I am horny. My pussy is wet. And your possessiveness is over-the-top aggressive alpha right now." I dug my fingers into his chest, devouring his golden eyes. Then, I tilted my head to the side and sneered at him. "But you're not going to do a thing about it."

He chuckled and grabbed my wrists, stepping closer. "Oh, I'm not?"

"No," I said, curling my fingers around his and inhaling the captivating scent of hazelnut. "You're not."

"Would you rather have Tony touch you like this then?" He released his grip on my wrists, dipped one hand between my legs, and rubbed his fingers against my pussy through my pants. He clenched his jaw. "Huh? Is that what Tony is for? Making my mate cum? Making my mate feel good?"

My heart pounded against my chest.

He stared down at me, golden sparks in his brown eyes and... laughed. I tensed and grabbed his wrist, my core clenching. Fuck, fuck, fuck, this was not what I was expecting.

"Go ahead, Kitten." His fingers were rubbing sweet torturous circles around my clit through my pants. His canines brushed against my soft spot on my neck, and I nearly moaned. "Push me away..." he mumbled against my ear. "I'll let you this time."

I squeezed his wrist in my hand, wanting to push him away but not wanting him to stop. I really, really didn't want him to stop.

Mom had been driving me crazy this past week, and all I wanted was a release.

"Stop me," he said again. "Or I'm going to really give you a reason to push me away."

"What're you going to do? Throw me to the ground and tear me apart piece by piece," I said, sarcasm dripping from my voice. "Moon Goddess, I'm shaking in my bo--"

He growled lowly and plunged his hand into my underwear. His fingers slipped into my wet pussy, thrusting in and out harshly. I gripped his shoulders, nails digging into the thick muscle. Holy--

My pussy clenched on him, and I backed up until I hit the nearest tree. He followed, never taking his fingers out of me once. A surge of pleasure rushed through me.

"The things that I want to do to you," he said. He curled a hand around my throat and squeezed lightly. "Bend you over my bed and fuck you until you can't stand. Push you to your knees and watch you suck my cock." He took my hand and placed it on his hardness. I clenched, slowly stroking it up and down. "Eat your wet pussy until you beg me to stop."

I drew my brows together, moaning softly. Another wave of pleasure.

"I love the way your pussy clenches on my fingers," he said, staring at me. "Imagine how tight you'd get with my cock inside of you. Thrusting in and out. Filling this tight... little... pussy."

My fucking Moon Goddess. This man was--

"Eyes on me," he said, tightening his grip on my throat. I gazed at him, breaths quickening. "Only me." He brushed his thumb against my clit, and my legs shook as I released myself on him, not breaking eye contact once.

Wave after wave of pleasure rolled through me. My whole body was tingling. I closed my eyes and moaned softly, my hips moving back and forth on his fingers, riding out my orgasm.

Hell, I had known my mate for two minutes, and I was a mess. Cumming on his fingers. Wanting him to do all of those sinister things to me. Tony never even fucked me this good.

He continued to thrust his fingers into me, not stopping. I wrapped my hand around his wrists, trying to pull it off of me. "I-I came. You-you-you can stop-p-p." My eyes rolled back, and I doubled over, resting my forehead on his bicep. Another surge of pleasure rushing through me.

"Is that what Tony does? Makes you cum once and leaves?" He gave me an empty laugh. "I'm not finished with you," he said. "Not until you're begging."

I squeezed my eyes shut, the pressure in my core becoming harder and harder to bear. My nails dug into his wrist, and I moaned out again as I released myself on him for the second time. How was he even--

He smirked down at me. "How long do you think you'll last?" he asked. "Ten, fifteen times?"

My eyes widened, and I pushed his hand away. "Please, Moon Goddess, that was enough." My mind was foggy with that hazelnut scent, my body was tingling in all the right places. He hadn't even touched the rest of me yet, but my body wanted more. My body was craving more.

I stroked his hard cock, wanting it inside of me and wanting it inside of me now. Hell, I wanted it in my mouth, wanted him to thrust it all the way down my throat, wanted him to watch me please him.

He chuckled and shook his head. "No."

"Please," I said, desperately.

"No," he said more sternly. He made a come-hither motion inside of me, and I doubled over again, cumming almost instantly. This would be a long night.

~~~

"Seventeen," he said. "Not bad."

I was lying in the sand, breathing heavy. The water from the lake was just barely wetting my heels. I closed my eyes.

He laid down next to me and gazed up at the moon, his chest rising and falling in a hasty rhythm. "What's your name?"

"Aurora," I said.

"Aurora," he whispered to himself. So softly like my name was meant to linger on his tongue for eternity.

"What's yours?"

After flickering between brown and gold, his eyes became vicious golden suns. "Mars," he said. "They call me Mars."

~~~

I grumbled to myself and rubbed my eyes, sitting up. The lake was still, and the forest was a jarring kind of silent. Mars and his hazelnut scent was gone, and I frowned. All I remembered was asking him, "Mars like the planet?" as my eyes fluttered closed. He had chuckled deeply, brushed his fingers over my cheek, and said, "Like the god."

My phone laid next to me, in the place Mars would've been, and I snatched it. 3:03AM.

I hoped up, dusting the sand off my back, and hurried through the woods--not even bothering to look for him. It was apparent that all he wanted to do was fuck. Touch me in places that he shouldn't have. Do things to me that he shouldn't have. Then leave.

Sure, there were plenty of wolves like that nowadays, but I didn't expect my mate to be one. I climbed the small cliff and shimmied back through the cave, snuck right passed Mom's warriors and sighed in relief when I crawled through my window and an angry alpha mom wasn't waiting for me.

Ruffles glared at me when I turned the light on, blinding her. She gave me a hard fuck-you meow and stuffed her face back into her paw. I tugged off my clothes and laid in bed with her.

Fuck Mars for leaving me. Fuck Mars for touching me. Fuck Mars for being the egotistical asshole that I knew he was. Moon Goddess, I wanted to fuck Mars.