The Alpha’s Fated Mate by C.J. Colton Read Free Book Online Page A

grudging way he said the last statement made me pause.
    “Seth—love—look at me.” He looked like he wasn’t going to do so but then he lifted his head and I saw the worry clear in his eyes. I reached out and curled his hand in mine. I brought it up to my mouth and pressed a kiss to the back of it before nipping at the tip of his index finger. “I’m not going to get disgusted with you when—”
    “ If—”
    “When, you get bigger than you already are. I’ll still want to bend you over or tie you to my bed until you’re begging and whimpering.”
    The smile he sent me squeezed at my heart. “Even though I already can’t even touch my toes?” he asked with a small chuckle. He sucked in a breath as I brought his thumb into my mouth and curled my tongue around it, sucking the pad along the flat of my tongue before releasing it with a nip.
    “Even when you break my chairs by sitting on it.” I dodged as he flung a pea at me.
    “I’m going to sit on your lap everyday for the next two months,” he growled menacingly.
    I laughed. “My cock will hold you to that promise.”
     
     
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    “Hey, you’re still up? Can’t sleep?” I asked as I felt Seth toss restlessly next to me. I snaked my arm around him and pulled him to me, his body curving perfectly in front of mine. 
    He wriggled his tight, delicious ass against me as he tried to get comfortable. He finally settled before I came over his back from his actions. He was quiet for a moment before nodding his head.
    I pressed a kiss to the back of his soft hair. “Is something on your mind? Want to tell me about it?” I asked. This had been happening more as of late. We’d be doing something or having a conversation and he’d get a sad, faraway look until I roused him from it. I wondered if it had anything to do with the wolf he’d been in love with. Was he thinking about how he wished he was having that guy’s pups? Regretting that the family he was making wasn’t with him? Acid bubbled in my stomach the more I wondered about it and I didn’t know how to get him to talk to me about his worries without not wanting to hear about the other wolf and wanting to hunt him down and tear him apart.
    These last two months with Seth had brought me more happiness and frustration than I’d ever had in my life and I knew it was only to get better and worse when the pups came. Waking up every morning to him beside me and catching sight of him waddling around the house during the day before spending the night with him in my arms brought me peace and contentment like never before. Every day I cared for him deeper and everyday I found myself falling a bit more in love with his sweet smiles, his sigh of frustration when he realized he couldn’t bend down without clutching onto something, the small noises he made when he slept soundly in my arms.
    I was in love with him, my sweet little omega. And the knowledge that he was in love with someone else cut me deeper than I would have thought possible. I didn’t want to make him feel obliged to return my feelings so I hadn’t told him but I tried to show him as much as possible. It seemed it wasn’t enough though. I understood now how hard it would be to give up on someone you loved. I loved Seth and I couldn’t imagine giving him up, not even if I ever met the wolf who was meant to have been my fated mate. I didn’t want anyone but him.
    I held him tighter to me, careful of his growing stomach, and inhaled his scent. At least he was here with me now, and soon our family of two would grow. I knew he would love our children unconditionally, all first five of them, and I hoped that in time he would come to feel the same way about me. It seemed like a trick of fate though, to make me an alpha. I was stronger, faster and more determined than my other packmates and yet I couldn’t get what I so desperately wanted. First my fated one, and now the love of my life.
    “It’s nothing,” Seth finally answered with