CHAPTER 5: THE NEWCOMER

As Olivia stood frozen with shock, the man leaped out of the bed in a fluid movement before stretching his limbs lazily. As he stood there proudly, her eyes fell on his naked body and she let out a gasp. She wished she could close her eyes or turn away from him. Or even better, run screaming from the room, as she should have the moment she saw him sitting there. But it seemed as if her damn body had a mind of its own and Olivia found herself taking in his appearance hungrily. His gorgeous face, hard chest, and his sculpted abs…

He had looked good in the suit when she met him in the club, and she had imagined that he must have a nice body underneath that suit. But even her wildest imagination couldn’t have done justice to the guy in front of her. He was just damn perfect!

As her eyes trailed down his flat stomach and to his manhood, her eyes widened in alarm. Damn! That thing was freaking huge. How would it ever fit inside her? Wait, what? Why was she thinking about having him inside her? She was supposed to stay unaffected and escape him, right?

Though Olivia wanted to stay determined and push off her heat, she felt the heat coil in her belly like a monster waiting to pounce on an unsuspecting prey. As she stared at the gorgeous guy in front of her, her body reacted to his presence with yet another wave of heat.

As the heat rolled through her body, all rational thoughts left her mind, leaving her a sex crazed vixen. The only thing she could think of was to know if his huge cock tasted as good as it looked. She just wanted to drop to her knees and take him in her mouth while looking him straight in his mesmerizing eyes. Her imagination was so vivid that she could almost feel his thick shaft pulsing in her mouth as he thrusted in and out. Almost feel the thick spurts of his seed as she gulps it all down. Almost…

“I should admit that you almost had me fooled with your innocent appearance at the club. Still, I had a feeling that you were hiding something behind your helpless facade when I saw the fire in your eyes. I knew there was more to you than a meek human waitress. But a werewolf? What a surprise…” the man spoke suddenly, snapping Olivia out of her lusty haze.

Olivia blinked as she looked at the guy who was examining her with a contemplating look. The heat was getting into her head, and she wondered if it would make her do something that she would certainly regret later. Like letting the arrogant Alpha guy mark and claim her. Or worse, pounce on him and start the mating herself. The thought helped Olivia to push down her lust for a moment and she realised she had to escape before it’s too late.

Olivia fisted her hand, letting her nails dig into her palms, and she focused on the pain to ground herself. There! Better! Now she could focus on the guy instead of her raging desire.

“Now that your pretense has dropped, shall we head out to my pack, to your new home, mate?”

Wait, mate? That’s right. He was her mate. And she had met him the night before her heat started. Maybe meeting him was what triggered her heat? Maybe her wolf had sensed her mate despite the effects of the potion and she had tried to come out, hence causing the heat. Damn it!

“Don’t call me mate!” Her voice came out barely above a whisper, even though she wanted to shout at him.

“Oh, you want me to call you by your name, Olivia?”

A tremor went down her spine as her name rolled through his lips in his husky voice, and she felt her belly tighten with desire. He was playing with her! How dare he!

“You! Who gave you the rights to barge inside my home like this? Get out of here right now!” Olivia snarled at him, her rage fuelling her energy and clamping down her heat.

“Do I look as if I care about your privacy and rights when I have found out you are my woman? Still, if you don’t want me to stay here, fine. Let’s go.”

Olivia blinked at him before frowning.

“Go? Where?”

“To our packhouse of course. It’s your new home from now on.”

“W-what?!” Olivia sputtered out indignantly. “I am not going anywhere with you! Since you saved me from those hooligans, I will let you off for now. Get out of here before I change my mind and call the cops to report you for trespassing!”

A flash of amusement passed through his eyes as he stared at her, and then a slow smile appeared on his lips. Every fiber of her being screamed in terror as she saw the predatory gleam in his eyes. Oh shit!

“Cops? You think I am scared of the cops? Call them if you want and let’s see what happens.” He let out a laugh, which was anything but pleasant, and Olivia shuddered involuntarily. She had a feeling that any cops who dared to lay a hand on him would end up dead before they could even realise what happened. Now what?

Olivia looked up to see him glaring at her with a ferocious expression on his face, and her eyes widened. Suddenly, he let out a loud growl that made the hair in the back of her neck raise in alarm. Though she was trying to avoid being claimed by him, she wasn’t truly afraid of him till now. But seeing his murderous expression, for the first time, it occurred to her that she wasn’t dealing with just a pesky flirt of a customer, but a real predator. Her heart drummed in her chest as he crouched down in front of her. As he leaped in her direction with a look that promised death, Olivia let out a shrill scream that came out more like a whimper. Shit! She was going to die!

Olivia waited to feel pain as his large body hit hers. Maybe he would change and bite her? She expected the agonizing pain of her flesh being torn apart by his sharp teeth and shut her eyes tightly. But the pain she expected never came, and she opened her eyes in surprise when she heard yet another growl; a different baritone this time… What the hell?!

Slowly, Olivia turned around to see her mate pouncing on a naked man with wild hair and an even wilder look in his reddish brown eyes. For a moment, she felt her shoulders sagging in relief at the thought that he wasn’t attacking her after all. But then, the newcomer’s pungent scent hit her nose, and she wondered how she hadn’t felt it until now. From his wild looks and scent, the guy was a rogue. With little to no human morals left in them, rogues were the most dangerous, rivaling the power of alphas. A rogue had invaded her home just like that!

As Olivia stood petrified with fear, she realized that she was worried. And not just for herself, but for the very man she was trying to escape from. She could have chosen to run away while the two men were fighting. But the thought didn’t even occur to her as she watched them, scared that the rogue would kill the charismatic stranger that was her mate. And it was not even because she didn’t want to be claimed by the rogue and saw the handsome stranger as a better option.

In hindsight, running away wouldn’t have done her any good because with her heat, she would have been found sooner or later by some wolf, however much she ran. But Olivia wasn’t thinking any of this when she watched the raging fight in front of her. Her only thought was to pray that her blue-eyed stranger wouldn’t be harmed.

Olivia let out a gasp when the rogue suddenly threw the Alpha to the floor. As he laid there with a dazed look, the rogue let out a snarl and pounced on top of him. The rogue raised his hand and from the manic look in his eyes; she knew that he was going for the killing blow. As his hand went down to the Alpha’s neck, ready to tear his head off, Olivia let out a scream.

“Noooooo!”