Free Challenged by Lorie O'Clare

with both hands.
     
    Her palms were so damp she couldn’t have managed to tear a piece of the meat off
    with her fork if she’d tried. Not to mention the nervous flip-flops in her stomach would
    make eating a task she had no desire to take on at the moment.
     
    “You’re biting off more than you can chew, little bitch,” he growled, and then
    gracefully managed to pull his own steak apart with his fork.
     
    Holding the meat up on the fork, he brought it to her lips. Her mouth opened in
    spite of the fact that steak was the last thing she wanted right now. She watched him as
    he fed her.
     
    “I wonder how much you can take,” he added, and tiny slivers of silver appeared
    around his pupils.
     
    Somehow she managed to chew and swallow the meat. A growl escaped him when
    she licked the spices from the meat off her lips. Her breasts swelled, the ache that
    throbbed throughout her responding to him.
     
    It took her a minute to realize her mother called for her. More than likely warned by
    her sire that she played with fire. And damn it, she was definitely in the heat. Stone
     

 
    McAllister would burn her alive. And her need for him might take her out just waiting
    for one in the morning to arrive.
     
    At quarter ‘til one, she walked around the quiet building. Most of her pack
    members raced through the mountains, enjoying the cold night air. Her mother and sire
    hadn’t gone, much to her disappointment. And she thought she’d die waiting for them
    to go to sleep. If they’d heard her leave the den, they hadn’t said anything.
     
    Her heart pounded in her chest so hard it hurt when she walked around to the back
    of the building. Sucking in the cold night air didn’t help any. She stared up at the sky,
    so black and full of stars. All alone behind the building, nervous anticipation seeped
    through her. What would she do if he didn’t show up?
     
    “Feel like a fucking fool,” she grumbled to her self.
     
    Slow, deep breaths did nothing to calm her racing heart. And the lump growing in
    her throat made it hard to swallow.
     
    “If he doesn’t show, you’re going to quit thinking about him.” She wouldn’t be able
    to handle the humiliation of being stood up.
     
    But damn it. She needed him so bad. Every fiber in her body ached for him. She
    looked away from the stars. They were hardly distraction enough to keep her from
    mentally calculating each second, every minute that she stood in the cold, waiting.
     
    Maybe changing, hiding in the bushes and trees, and watching for him that way
    would be better. A shiver rushed through her as she acknowledged how cold it was.
     
    She jumped when a hand grabbed the back of her neck. Her instincts kicked in and
    she tried to turn quickly, make her aggressor let go.
     
    He was stronger than she was. “And what have you been taught about running by
    yourself, little bitch?”
     
    Stone’s breath sent heat rushing down her body. His deep baritone made every
    muscle in her body shiver so that her legs suddenly were too weak. Adrenaline
    pumped through her from being snuck up on, and at the same time relief washed over
     

 
    her that he hadn’t stood her up. Suddenly she was a whirlwind of emotions. They
    consumed her, making it hard to regain composure now that he was here.
     
    Stone wrapped one hand around the back of her neck and the other hand covered
    her mouth. He pulled her backwards, pressing his hard body against her backside, his
    cock raging with hardness and pulsating against her ass.
     
    Now she would surely die from need and being taken off-guard.
     
    “You want something you can’t handle,” he told her, his tone sharp, almost
    sounding angry.
     
    As her senses cleared she could smell the wild still on him. The musty smell of his
    beast mixed with alcohol and the aromas from the outdoors swarmed around her. She
    tried to turn around, but he wouldn’t let her.
     
    “I can fuck bitch after bitch. But you continue to torture my