Bride to the Alpha (The Wolf's Pet Book Two) by Aubrey Rose Read Free Book Online Page A

like light seams over his muscles, rippling even in the dim light under the fir trees.
    And one scar that was not like any of the others.
    In my mind, I saw Blaise standing over the campfire. He spoke in a deep voice.
    —there was one awful, deep scar—
    Alekk took off his trousers, pulling off the leather pelts and leaving his legs bare.
    —it started at his ankle and curled up around his leg, around his waist, around his chest, and up to his neck—
    I bit my lip, trying not to cry out at the sight of the scar. It had cut so deeply that the muscles in his leg seemed to twist and knot underneath it, bulging out in places. It was as though someone had created his body as a work of art, sculpting it in hard marble. And then, then… something else had tried to destroy it. In my mind, I heard Blaise speak
    —he was more scar than skin—
    Alekk turned and caught my gaze. My skin burned red as he saw me looking at his scars, and he frowned. He turned away, and arched his back, his naked buttocks hard and muscled and knitted with scar tissue.
    His shout turned to a howl as he shifted. Fur sprouted along his spine, tufts of it at his knees and elbows. His face morphed, and I could hear his bones cracking as his skeleton changed into a wolf’s skeleton. He fell to his paws, black fur covering his skin all over. He was huge, a beast with eyes that burned ice-blue set deep in his face. He turned to look at me again, and I could see him inside of his wolf’s form. He was still just as powerful, just as in control.
    He barked once, and then the wolves began to pull the sled again.
    We raced forward, and I tried to forget what it was we were racing toward. The ground here was not covered in frost, and the sled did not move so fast when we were going uphill. Alekk kept up alongside the sled, barking encouragement to the wolves running at his side. I pulled his robes around me. They were warm, but not nearly as warm as his body had been, pressed against mine.
    For hours we ran like this, until the sun was dipping down below the mountains and the thin light coming in through the tree branches died out. The moon was already rising on the opposite side of the hills.
    “Make camp here,” Alekk shouted. “No fire until after dark, then we’ll have one large fire in the clearing. One fire only. Tent up quickly and be ready to go tomorrow at first dawn.”
    “Alekk—” I said, wanting to ask him when we were going to arrive. By my estimation, we should get to the edge of my pack’s territory by the next night. But as I spoke to him, his sisters came out from behind the trees. They wore long pelts of white fur, and their dark hair cascaded down over the dresses. Leah walked behind them, her head bowed.
    “Brother,” the older sister said. Villa, that was her name. Villa and Sara. I kept their names in the front of my mind and avoided their glances. “We must discuss our plans for tomorrow.”
    “Of course,” Alekk said, kissing Villa on the cheek, then Sara. “It was a good run today.”
    “We made much ground. Now, dinner?”
    “Yes, of course,” he said. He snapped his fingers at Leah. “Take care of my human slave, girl.”
    “Yes, sir,” Leah said, bowing shortly.
    “I hope she’s been of good use to you, brother,” Sara said.
    “Very useful,” Alekk grunted.
    “So useful you would leave her your robes?”
    I flashed a glance up to Sara, who was eyeing me warily.
    “I’m overheated from the run,” Alekk said, waving the idea away casually. “And I’ll need them washed to get the human scent out of them.”
    “Very well,” Sara said. “I’ll have one of the soldiers see to it.”
    The two sisters walked away with Alekk between them. I watched from under lidded eyes until they had passed through the trees and disappeared farther away.
     
     

Chapter Eight
    “Has he fucked you yet?”
    I spun around to see Leah coming out from behind one of the firs that loomed overhead. Her pelts wrapped sleekly around