Von stepped over and ran a finger down my lapel. “Hopefully, Mister Rivers here can sleep after that sexy kiss you two shared. Looks like sparks are indeed flying at the Reject Mansion.” He smiled at the camera once more. “Until tomorrow, friends. And remember, everyone loves an underdog.”
Von waved a hand, cutting the recording. He spared us a glance as he walked out. “Lots to do before tomorrow. I’ll be up helping the team edit footage for hours. Ugh, such is life. You two should head off to bed. Great job. See you tomorrow,” he called over his shoulder as he strode off into the depths of the mansion.
I was watching Von and all the cameras round the corner when a hard yank on my hand had me stumbling backward.
“What are you doing?” I asked Kira as she dragged me along with her.
“Shut up,” Kira grunted.
“Well, damn. All right, then.”
Kira pulled me down a hall I’d never seen. She tried two different doors until she found one that was unlocked. The room wasn’t decorated like the rest of the mansion. Instead of high-end wallpaper, carpeting, and antique furniture, it looked more like a doctor’s waiting room: white painted walls, thin gray carpeting, and a couple of couches and padded metal chairs. I figured it was some sort of sitting room for the staff, but it looked like it barely got used.
Before I could inspect the room further, Kira flicked the lock and spun to face me. The look in her eyes sent an electric jolt through my body. The need and desire in her eyes made my cock grow hard immediately.
“Kira?”
She rushed forward and fell into my arms, kissing me with more urgency than a few minutes before. Her breasts pressed into my chest as her hands clutched desperately at my back. I wrapped my arms around her, and she moaned into my mouth as I cupped and squeezed her ass.
I lost myself in her. All these years, I’d had an inkling of how much I wanted her, but that had all been kept hidden. I’d stuffed it down and brushed it off as only wanting to be near her to protect my best friend’s sister. Tasting her tongue and lips, feeling her hands on my body swept all that away. That night at the hotel hadn’t been a mistake. I’d wanted her then, I wanted her now—I had always wanted her. I was nearly drunk with relief at having her in my arms. It was like she was a drug, and I needed more.
Kira’s fingers were already working at the buttons of my suit. Not taking my lips off hers, I hurriedly shrugged out of my blazer, letting it tumble to the floor, and slipped the straps of her dress off her shoulders. It pooled around her feet, leaving her wearing nothing but a flesh-colored thong. Breaking the kiss, I looked down at her body, taking in every glorious inch of her, then looked into her eyes and growled low in my throat.
Kira kept her eyes on mine as she unzipped my pants, reached inside, and took hold of me. My breath hissed out of my chest in a sigh of happiness and pleasure as her hand slid up and down my shaft. Need and desire erased all conscious thought. Seconds later, I was on my knees, slowly tugging her thong down her legs.
She sank onto the couch, and I ran my fingers over the creamy skin of her thighs. I trailed kisses from her knees up to her thighs, moving ever closer to her pussy.
“Fuck,” Kira whispered, throwing her head back against the couch.
I slid my tongue across her opening, and she sucked in a breath, arching into my face. Gripping her ass, I put my mouth on her, lapping at her sweet folds, then entered her, fucking her with my tongue. With each thrust, she moaned. The taste of her made me dizzy with desire. My cock was painfully hard and throbbing as I worked at her. I wanted her, but I was going to make her come at least once before I allowed myself inside her. I wanted to feel her body shake and quiver under my hands as I brought her to climax.
As I circled her clit with my tongue, Kira’s back arched. Glancing up, I saw her eyes roll back with ecstasy. Her fist was pressed into her mouth, teeth clamped down on her skin. I reached up and gently pinched her nipple as I slid a finger into her pussy and sucked on her clit. That sent her over the edge. She bucked against my face as she came, her grunts of pleasure muffled by her hand.
She was still breathing heavily as I raised myself over her, my cock sliding along her thigh toward her pussy. Barely coherent after her orgasm, she pressed her hands against my chest.
“We…we have to be quiet. I don’t want anyone to hear,” she said, trying to catch her breath.
I leaned down and kissed one nipple, then the other. “Why?”
“The other alphas can’t know. They’ll think I’m a slut or something.”
I chuckled as I slammed into her. Kira’s eyes went wide, and her mouth dropped open. Once I was fully seated inside her, I leaned down and bit her playfully on her shoulder.
“You mean I can’t mark you as mine?”
She quivered under me. I hadn’t started moving yet, but her face was pure ecstasy.
“No marks. No…no marks.” She dug her nails into my chest. “I need you to fuck me.”
“Yes, ma’am,” I said with a smile.
I pulled almost all the way out, then thrust back into her. Kira let out a gasping groan. Seeing her like that, being inside her, was one of the greatest moments of my entire life. I kissed her, and she twisted her hands into my hair again as my thrusts quickened. I caressed her breast, flicking a thumb back and forth across her nipple. Kira wrapped her legs around me, pressing her heels into my ass and urging me to go faster.
“Yes…oh, fuck…” Kira whimpered as she looked down to watch my cock slam into her.
I lowered my head to her breast, sucking her nipple and kissing her skin while grinding my cock deep into her. She draped her arms around my neck as I fucked her. She was soft, wet, and warm. It was like I was in a dream. Everything was hazy and surreal. I didn’t want it to end.Pulling out of her, I flipped Kira over on her belly and entered her from behind. My chest pressed into her back as I kissed her jaw, our breath and sweat mingling as I moved inside her.“Wyatt, I’m getting close. I’m gonna come.” The words left Kira in panting bursts.I increased my speed, the muscles in my legs and ass bunching as I fucked her deeper and harder. I didn’t even care about my orgasm—I just wanted to give her everything I could. I wanted her to scream and moan, to call out my name.Kira buried her face into the couch and let her cries of pleasure leak out in gasps and groans. I heard her catch her breath, then scream. She convulsed beneath me as an earth-shaking orgasm enveloped her.“Wyatt…Wyat
Wyatt hung his head. “They wouldn’t have let me on the show if I didn’t fit the bill somehow. The rules aren’t that strict, but you can’t simply walk on. And some of the people who run the show…they know my history.”I wanted to ask more questions, but the analog clock on the wall caught my eye. It was getting late. I checked my bracelet. Thankfully, it was still glowing white. No cameras on the way. Yet.“Shit. We need to hurry. People are going to start wondering why we aren’t back in our rooms,” I said, grabbing my clothes.“Why do you care?” Wyatt asked. “Doesn’t this, like, cause more drama or something?”I froze where I was, suddenly realizing my nakedness, but I refused to cover myself as I turned to look at him.“Wyatt, you need to go find an employee shower or something. You have to wash my, you know, sex scent off yourself. If you get back in that bunk room with my scent all over you, the other guys might turn on you. Do you really want all of them gunning for you tomorrow?
Ignoring me, Leif leaned his elbows on his knees. “My reasons for being here aren’t typical. It’s all because of my blood test. You see, I was really looking forward to finding my fated mate. I did the test as soon as I was old enough. The problem was, I was matched with this female shifter in another pack. She was terrible. Like an absolute disaster of a person. I refused the mating.”“That’s not weird to me,” I said. “If I had to do it again, I’d probably refuse my douchebag of a fated mate, too.”Zoe sighed in exasperation. Leif chuckled and looked at her. “Is she always this oblivious?”“On most things?” Zoe said, “No. I think her head’s a bit out of the game at the moment. The show’s got her so stressed, she can’t think straight.”Heat crept up my neck. “Can you two please remember that I’m in the room with you? What the hell are you talking about?”“I was hoping,” Leif said, “that instead of a female shifter, the blood test would pair me with a certain gorgeous male shifter. One
Zoe scrunched up her nose and waved her hands in the air. “Yeah, I know, but that’s not what I mean. Don’t you think it’s time to admit something to yourself?”I dropped the towel on the floor. “Admit what, Zoe?”She put her hands on her hips. “Admit that you actually aren’t upset that Wyatt followed you here.” She gestured vaguely to the door. “What Leif is doing for J.D. is the same thing Wyatt’s doing for you. He’s putting his life on the line to make sure you get home safe.”“Well, yeah, Zoe. What Leif is doing is romantic. What Wyatt is doing is…I don’t know–”“Romantic?” Her tone dripped with sarcasm.“There’s not a romantic bone in Wyatt’s body. No.”“Is that a fact or just what you’re telling yourself?”Outside, strange squeals, squawks, and screams came from the jungle. They did nothing to improve my mood.“I’m not sure, okay?” I hissed. “Are you happy? I don’t know. All I know is that I can’t, under any circumstances, let Wyatt get killed here. You know me. You know what tha
I grabbed the closest clothes—a pair of sweatpants and a T-shirt—and yanked them on before shoving my feet into my shoes.“Why are you in such a hurry?” Nathaniel asked.I glanced up at him. He was still working on his hair.“I didn’t know it was any of your business,” I said.He turned and shot me a shit-eating grin. “Someone’s in a pissy mood. What happened? Did you try to slip the ole salami to Kira last night? She shoot you down? Not surprising. She probably likes guys with”—he grabbed his crotch and squeezed—“a little more under the hood, you know?”Ignoring the crude remark, I headed out the door and followed Omar and Tate’s scents. The farther I got from the alpha den, the stronger the smells got. The scents were mixing and hard to differentiate, but they were definitely together.I saw the film crew come down a hallway, so I quickly hid in a small coat closet. They carried trays of food and looked to have come from another of the hidden staff areas, like the one Kira and I had
Omar and Tate looked unsure, but they’d stopped trying to intimidate me. Omar looked the more wary of the two. Tate looked less certain of what I’d said.His face twisted into a scowl. “Bro, you had one fucking date with Kira. You’re sitting here acting like you know so much about her. Like you actually know what she’d do. Get the fuck outta here.”I couldn’t tell them that I did know what Kira would do. There was no doubt in my mind that Kira would do all the things I’d said. If one thing about her was true, it was that she could hold a grudge. If any of these guys crossed her or did something awful to a contestant she liked, she’d cut ties and not bat an eye as they screamed for help. It was as simple as that.Rather than give away my secret, I shrugged and grinned at him. “I got a pretty good read on her during our date last night. All I can say is you should try not to be assholes if you can avoid it.”Before either of them could retort, our bracelets started blinking. Several flo
I gave him an awkward smile. “Uh…yeah, it was great, actually. Really fun.”“I had fun as well,” Kira said, her voice clipped and perfectly pitched—exactly how she thought the showrunners wanted her to act.Von clapped. “Well, I have some exciting news. The final contestant is on his way. He was unfortunately delayed, but he will arrive on Bloodstone Island later today to meet all of you.”With everything going on, I kept forgetting that another alpha would be joining us. What made this guy special enough to get a free pass to miss not only the first couple days of the show but also the first dangerous challenge? He was getting to jump in without risking his life as much as the rest of us already had. It made me a bit paranoid.“The final edits for the first episode were fantastic,” Von went on. “It aired last night, and all I can say is wow. It looks amazing. You have outdone yourselves with drama, danger, sexiness, and tension. We already have fan groups forming. I thought you’d lik
Von’s eyebrows flew up. “Ooooh, I thought that might be the case. Well, if you so desire, there is an additional bonus for you, Miss Durst. A glowing gem has been hidden deep within Dark Swamp. If you find that and survive the challenge, you will be able to send one of these men back home.“Maybe one of them is simply too much for you to handle, or perhaps you’ll take pity on one of the men you think is too beautifully gentle to survive the game. Either way, they will be sent packing. They will not receive any prize money or be reimbursed for their time in any way. What they will get is the chance to go home alive and live out their days as a reject or lone wolf, however they like. For some, it might be the greatest reward. For others, a terrible indignity. Remember, Kira, choose wisely.”If I could get that gem and send Wyatt home, he’d have no choice but to go. The showrunners and security here would force him onto a chopper, and he’d be flown back. He could pull whatever strings he