21.Surrendered to Alfa

Ethan Greenwood

It was hard to explain the sensations Mia made me feel. With her pressed against the wall, so close that I could feel the heat of her skin, my hands firmly placed beside her head, creating an impenetrable barrier. Our breaths were uneven, interrupted by the desire that hung in the air around us. I watched her, every detail of her expression, from the fear in her eyes to the slight tremble of her lips. There was something about her that awakened a primal need in me, something I had never felt with anyone else. She was different, and that irritated me as much as it attracted me.

The smell of this human was intriguing. My fingers clenched against the wall beside her head, fighting against the impulse to touch her. I felt torn between the part of me that wanted to protect her and the part that wanted to claim her for myself, without thinking of the consequences.

An Alpha doesn’t let himself be carried away by feelings, especially by a human. But there was something in Mia that defied my cold and calculated logic.

“You have no idea what you’re doing to me, human,” I murmured, my voice coming out rougher than I intended. “But I’m not good for you. And that... that infuriates me.”

I was too close, so close I could smell the soft scent of her perfume mixed with the unique aroma of her skin. A perfume that had haunted me since the first time we met. She was human, but there was something in her that awakened my wolf side in a way no other woman had ever done.

I leaned in even closer, until my lips almost brushed the soft curve of her neck. “Tell me, Mia,” I continued, my voice low, laden with suppressed desire. “Don’t you feel the same? This fire that consumes everything around us?”

She didn’t answer right away, but I could feel the rapid beat of her heart, the fear mixed with something else. Something I couldn’t name, but that was there, between us.

My whole body was tense, every muscle prepared for what would follow. On one hand, I knew I should pull away, give her the space she needed to process everything she had just discovered. But on the other hand, the desire to have her, to claim her, was almost unbearable.

She finally looked into my eyes, her breath coming in short gasps, and broke the silence.

“Do you know why I slept with you that night? Why I was in that bar?” Her voice was laden with a mixture of anger and vulnerability.

“Why?” I asked, fixing my eyes on hers, trying to understand the storm that was running through her mind.

She hesitated for a moment before answering. “I was running away. I had just found out that Collin, the man I planned a future with, betrayed me. And not only that... there was a mortgage, and everything I thought was safe was crumbling.”

Her words hit me like a blow, but it wasn’t the story that surprised me. It was the fact that, even with all that mess, she had turned to me. A human, in her most vulnerable moment, had chosen the Alpha of a pack, without even knowing who or what he was.

I moved closer to her, the tension growing, my body practically glued to hers. “And now, Mia? What are you going to do?”

She looked into my eyes, and for a moment, I thought she was going to push me away, run again. But instead, her voice came out in a whisper, carrying all the intensity of the moment. “What are you going to do, Ethan?”

My answer came without hesitation, as if it were the only thing that made sense in that moment. “Kiss you now. Fuck everything else.”

The moment our lips met, everything around us lost meaning. Logic, reason, all were swallowed by the uncontrollable desire that pulsed through my veins. It was as if the wolf inside me, always so contained and disciplined, had finally given in to the urgency of claiming Mia. It howled in my chest, demanding that I take her right then, without waiting, without thinking.

Every touch, every movement, was fierce, as if time was against us. My hands slid down her back, pulling her closer, while her fingers intertwined in my hair, intensifying the connection between us. The wolf inside me was starving, and every second away from her felt like an eternity. I needed to feel her, possess her, as if my own existence depended on it.

We stumbled through the hall, breathless, with no pause. The doors were kicked open, and our bodies fell onto the bed, still entwined. Her scent filled the air, intoxicating, stirring my most primal instincts. The wolf inside me felt that Mia was his, and only his.

Clothes were torn off carelessly, without hesitation. My skin against hers, hot and soft, sent waves of pleasure through my body. Every touch, every kiss, was an explosion of sensations, and the wolf inside me growled in satisfaction, finally feeling he had claimed what was his by right. It was a battle between control and need, but that night, need won.

When our bodies finally united, it was as if the world had stopped. The wolf was satisfied, but the man... the man was lost. The intensity of the moment, the overwhelming connection, was more than I could have predicted. And as the night unfolded, I lost myself completely in her.

“Don’t stop, Ethan,” she sighed, breathless, her hands digging into my back.

“I won’t stop until you get there, human.”

The next morning, I woke up with my body still heavy from the pleasure of the night before, but something was wrong. The space beside me was empty. The wolf inside me, which had been roaring in satisfaction, now felt the emptiness like an open wound. Mia was gone. She wasn’t there anymore.

The sheet beside me was still wrinkled, with the heat of her body, but she was no longer there. A part of me knew this wasn’t right. The connection we felt, the overwhelming desire, all of that should have been different. But the urgency, from both the wolf and the man, had overshadowed any judgment. Now, all that remained was uncertainty about what would follow. After all, we had a child together.