Chapter 008

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Taking up the entire door frame is Alpha Sly Sterling, his eyes wide with shock as he looks down at the tattered remains of the employee handbook.

 “Ahh…Alpha,” I stutter. “I didn’t realize you were standing there.” 

 Taking a bold step forward, he shuts the door behind him. In his hand is a manila envelope, which I am guessing must hold my new contract. 

He came to discuss the job and I threw a book at him.

“I am so sorry,” I begin to cry, as my makeup runs down my face. 

He doesn’t say anything as he tilts his head upward, his nostrils flaring. I walk around the desk, trying to stay as far away from him as I can, but he flows my movements, moving in sync as he slowly closes the gap. 

Reaching forward, he grabs my arm, places it on his face, and breathes deeply.

“Beta Rudy got the scent for me…um…do you like it?”

He walks me backward, pressing me into a wall.

“No,” his eyes glow bright blue as they snap open, just inches from my own. “Not at all. Take off your clothing.”

“What?” I am hoping I misheard him.

“Take off everything you are wearing,” Alpha Sylvester repeats his demand. “You don’t smell right. It needs to come off. NOW!”

“No,” I protest. “ I refuse.”

He doesn’t give me a choice. Grabbing my dress he pulls it roughly up and over my head. A few bobby pins fall to the ground, ruining my hair. 

“When your Alpha gives you a command,” he growls. “You follow it. Now do as I say and STRIP DOWN NOW!”

With shaking hands, I try to pull off my boots one by one, but he grows impatient. “Sit.”

I sit and watch in awe as he makes short work of the boots, and then removes my slip with a swift tug that leaves me bare-breasted, wearing nothing more than the statement jewelry, and my new lacy panties. 

He pauses for a moment, looking at me as he sucks in his breath. 

Pressing his body into mine, his eyes glow brighter. “Now stay still, Little Snack, this won’t hurt at all.”

Moving my hair out of the way, he rubs his neck against the spot on my body where I had placed the scent enhancer. The motion feels so sensual, so erotic, every inch of me flares to life as I inhale his aroma, like warm wood and salt, as tingles spread from where he touches me throughout my body. 

Biting back a moan, I try to push him away. This is wrong. He is my boss. I do not want this.

“I cannot,” he groans as he pulls his shirt off in one quick swoop, “have you walking about,” he rubs his body against the other side of me, “Smelling like another wolf. You are mine. My scent is the only one you are allowed to wear.” 

He begins pulling off his pants.

“What are you doing?!” I scream trying to push him off of me before he takes something precious that I am not willing to give. “I don’t want this,” I repeat over and over again as his pants hit the floor. “Please stop. Let me go!” 

He begins to growl as my body starts to shake. 

“Not until you smell right,” he growls. “You need to smell right.” 

He then grabs my wrist and brings it to his face. “Not enough,” he declares as he pulls me down to the ground. “Not nearly enough.”

Wrapping his arms around me from behind, I cry quietly as he pulls me in close and rubs every inch of himself against every inch of me, my body raw with the dancing sensation like little jolts of lightning across my body. It feels so good that my body starts to arch, betraying me as I rock with the beginnings of pleasure. 

He smells so good. Why does he smell so good?

After what seems forever, he eventually stops rubbing against me and simply holds me in his arms, his chest vibrating my back as he rests his face along the curve of my neck. “Better,” his wolf hums. “Much better.” 

Holding my arms above my head, he sniffs my neck, my armpits, beneath my breasts, behind my knees, and the very sensitive space between my legs. 

Standing, his inner  wolf continues to peer out at me through his eyes as I huddle in a corner, grabbing the dress and using it to hide my nakedness. 

“Nobody will question you are mine now, Little Snack,” he nods his head in approval, his lupine smile growing. “There isn’t a part of you that doesn’t carry my scent.”

I can’t move but eventually, I regain my voice. 

“I said no,” I croak. 

In a sudden rush, his eyes lose their glow and Sly looks over at me frowning. Taking a shaky step back, he grabs his coat.

“Go away, you monster,” I weep, clutching the dress even tighter around me. “Just leave me alone.” 

Remembering himself, he stands a bit straighter.

“I… I’ll send the Beta to take care of you,” he turns, stalking out of the office. 

As soon as his steps fade, I let the tears flow freely. 

I  was told I’d be safe here, that the Alpha and the Beta would keep me safe. 

But who is going to keep me safe from the Alpha?

Curling my body into a tight ball, I rock back and forth until gentle hands wrap me in a large blanket. Looking up, I blink to see Beta Rudy’s kind face.

“Come on,” he grimaces as he helps me stand. ‘Let’s get you cleaned up.”

“Please, am I in trouble?” My eyes dart everywhere, unable to settle after the shock of the moment before. “Is he going to…is he going to hurt me?”

A look of deep sadness crosses his face. “I’m sorry I failed you. I should have prepared you better.” Helping me back into my sweater dress he moves my hair out of the way and promises me that something like this will never happen again. “I should have never left your side. 

“Just take me home, please.” My body is still shaking. “I need to rest.” 

While the Beta sends everyone out of the office on an early lunch break, and I stand in the corner of this massive office, a blanket wrapped tightly around me, I make a decision. 

No amount of money is worth this. 

But as I feel the Alpha’s warm gaze follow our retreat, I wonder if he’ll ever let me leave.