Magnus

Her black eyes go from me to Egil. Why is she looking at him for? I let a guttural growl that rumbles out of my chest. I come down the stairs in seconds and then head to them in long, wide and obviously angry strides. Egil should have known better.

When I get to them, I tower over Egil and silently demand answers. And Egil slightly but obviously cowers under that powerful look. I am his Alpha of the Royal Blood and here he is strolling around with my mate!

I hear Antiope let a low moan and I am almost distracted. It may be the adrenaline running through my veins or the fact that I need to dominate over another male to claim her but that moan makes me think of her soft skin and I want it on mine, letting my smell on her so that no one would ever come near her.

"We are going for a run," Egil answers a question I never asked.

"You and my mate are not going anywhere."

Antiope stiffens. She is afraid I am going to order her to go back to the house and stay in. But I am glad that she got out. I want her to see that this her land too and that she can roam around freely.

"Yes, Alpha," Egil says respectfully but raises an eyebrow to me.

He is provoking me on purpose and no matter how hard I try not to fall on his trap but the idea alone that he was going to see her naked has my blood boil.

I am ready to feed him his teeth when the Beta turns to Antiope, shrugs and gives her a wink before going back to the pack-house. And I am left alone with her and for a few seconds I follow Egil's retreating back before focusing on my confused mate.

She looks so breathtaking under the sun. And she is mine. Mine. Mine. Seeing her with someone else made me realize I am keeping her. For me. For good.

I say nothing, just put my hands on her waist and push her against one of the trees, pressing her body to mine brutally, causing her to gasp. My head lowers and I bury my nose to her neck, inhaling deeply, my fingers digging into her possessively. She may not be my true mate but she is now my Luna and no one will have her. Ever.

"You are mine," I run my nose up her neck, to her ear.

She shivers and fights for a breath but she is not pushing me away. Maximo has completely surrendered to me but Antiope fights this. I don't want her to fight. I want her to surrender to me just for now. Just for a few seconds.

"Du är min," I whisper in her ear and enjoy see the little hair on her neck rise. "No one will see your wolf run on my land before I do. No one will see you naked but me."

My anger retreats and I can sense her disposition change. It's her smell, getting stronger, intoxicating. It's her body molding into mine with slow, soft grinding moves. It's my manhood openly pushing against her jeans and onto her thigh.

Her arms that were hanging lifeless at her sides, move on their own and she holds on to my biceps just to keep steady.

My head snaps to hers at the contact and she bites her lips when she meets my eyes, full of lust, fighting for control. My look drifts to that lip that is still trapped between her teeth and I lick my own lips thinking bad, dirty thoughts. I need to... Goddess!

"I want to go for a run," she blurts out to dispel whatever is going on.

I am not backing down. I saw her with another male and Henrar did as well. His instincts are going wild. She should be thankful that I have one hell of self-control cause I am this close to marking her and complete the mating right here, right now.

When I release her, she let a sigh that I am not sure it sounds one of relief and not one of disappointment. My look is still predatory, hungry, heavy and my breathing is coming in straining pants but I manage to withdraw my eyes from hers and look at the lake.

"I'll take you," I hear my voice thick with lust.

"OK," is all she says.

I beckon at a shed in the woods and she follows me there. It's an open, spacious protection with a wooden rack filled with clothes. It was set to make the newly shifted more comfortable.

"Privacy?" She turns to me standing at the one open side of the shed.

"Of course," I give her a long, hard look and go around back.

I hear her shuffle and then I hear the zip of her jeans. I too strip. The need to see her comes over me. See her like she was that day at the Hunt. In all her splendor. I break my promise to give her privacy and I go to her side of the shed.

"Yes, let's!" Henrar is eager to see her too.

I shake my head to chase away such thoughts and I strip naked, putting my clothes on the rack. Then I go around to meet her.

When I do, she has already shifted. But I am not disappointed. Her wolf is a sleek, agile animal, beautiful like her, equally dark.

"You are beautiful," I say without thinking.

She stares and I am just standing there, no shame at all, no attempt to hide my body. Especially that thick, big, fully erect member of mine that is touching my lower abs. We Scandinavians are free with their bodies and she is my mate after all.

"Väldigt vacker," it's Henrar this time that roams his look all over her wolf and Maximo moves to him.

I am not able to control my wolf anymore. I shift and Henrar comes at the front. And Max is unable to hold back. She leaps at us playfully and we move to push her under us, our snout buried in her neck.

Suddenly, Maximo pushes us away and I know it's Antiope taking control. Her wolf has been trapped for a while and is eager to run. We get up and we dart straight to the lake. I am right behind her and I howl by the thrill of the chase.

"Faster, Henrar," I order and as always, he delivers.

She tries to outrun me and for a while she does, impressively so. But I am bigger and stronger and evidently faster. We catch up to them and with one swift move, push them in the water.

Maximo takes the challenge and pushes even harder, running along the bank of the lake with incredible speed.

I feel Henrar's joy flood my soul, the excitement come over him and take me into as well. We are free, we are running with all we've got and we got a fine female to chase. We should have done this sooner.

We chase around like this for so long, I don't even know how much time has passed. We tease, we chase, we go in the water, we hide in the woods but no matter what she is right there, her hot breath on us, her playful eyes tempting.

The more time passes, the more I want her. I had to travel across the ocean to find a female to get my attention, to wake the man in me, the insatiable need to feel what's its like to be with a woman like that. It has to be Henrar, I am quick to blame him for these thoughts.

I don't think clearly anymore. I jump her, push her under me and I shift. Before she has the chance to get away, I let my Alpha voice boom in the woods around us.

"Shift!"

Maximo obeys promptly, leaving her naked on dry leaves, with me lying on top of her, her hot skin on mine, her thighs tangled between mine, my chest against her breasts. All of her body is touching mine and though it is chilly around us, I feel freaking burning.

She blushes. That is her first reaction. To blush. Not scream, not hit, not bite. To blush. And she looks so damn cute right now, so irresistible. I forget everything and I tighten my grip in her. She molds closer to me. Her body reacts to my touch, I smell the need pool between her legs and I am hard once more. Her heartbeat goes crazy and her eyes are wide open in surprise.

"She wants us. Take her," Henrar demands.

And I want to. I want, I need to take her. I lean closer, our breaths mixing together. She was worth the wait. She will be my first.

"Get off me!" Antiope yells and hits my shoulder.

I don't move and I look in her eyes. She avoids me and pushes once more. It's her logic that is stopping this. Her body, her wolf, her heart wants this to happen. I am still the man that holds her sister in silver chains.

"Tell her. Tell her and she will have us."

"If I tell her, she will leave."

The idea of her leaving hurts me. It's not just the need to have a Luna. It's more, it has become so much more. I can't let her go.

"Get the fuck off me, you fucking pervert."

All I do is lean closer, my nose touching her flaming cheeks and my breath fanning on her skin. She stays absolutely still but my nose goes down her neck and I inhale deeply. I hear her heartbeat and I get hot by the heat of her skin, the feel of her body under me.

I may have zero experience in these things but I read her body and her body wants this. She looks like a deer caught in headlights and I am unable to control my hormones that are spiking under that intoxicating smell.

But when she feel my manhood harden on her inner thigh, she panics.

"Magnus!" She almost shrills.

This stirs me out of my haze and with one fluid move I get up and step away, ignoring Henrar that mourns at the loss of contact.

"This was a mistake," I tell him.

I fucked up big time. What I wanted was a compliant Luna to keep my pack safe. What I got was a woman that defies and challenges me. A woman I am falling for. She won't leave not till she makes sure her sister is safe. But once she does, she won't think twice about leaving me. Her body may want this,but she is stronger than that. I can't make her stay.

"We should head back. I got work to do," I say, shift and run towards the pack-house.

This venture in the outside world didn't go as planned.