Free A Wolf's Pride by Jennifer T. Alli

must mark her. His tongue swept out of his mouth, licking her
skin as he prepared her for his mark. His already sharp canines
became even more so and as he ran them gently over her skin, her
hands rose to grip tightly on his forearms, silently urging him to
continue his exploration.
    Her breaths
were now coming short and fast and the hot air against him was
making his body even more heated, threatening to snap his tenuous
control. There’s no more time. He decided before pressing his fangs firmly
against her neck, Chloe moaned loudly at the sensation and he
smirked against her skin, immeasurably pleased that his mate was
enjoying his attentions. He was careful not to press too hard lest
he break the skin, that would happen at another time, but his mark
was now firmly in place. The visible mark would fade before he gave
her the more permanent one, but the invisible sign would always
remain. His scent was now firmly embedded on her skin telling all
of his kind who would come looking for retribution should anything
happen to her. He kept his fangs entrenched in her skin for a few
additional seconds, reluctant to end this moment. His tongue moved
firmly against her, soothing the abused flesh before he pulled away
from her.
    “ I think that
you and I will work out perfectly Chloe.”
    Snapping out
of her lust induced daze, Chloe quickly pulled the hem of her skirt
down, pressed her hands together tightly so that the trembling
wouldn’t be so obvious and turned to look out of the window. “Just
because you can make my body react to you, it doesn’t mean that
anything between us is going to change.”
    “ We’ll see,”
Ryan crooned before turning the engine back on and continuing the
long drive to their destination.

Chapter
Eight
     
    The car had
stopped working and Ryan couldn’t understand why. He had been
driving along the road determined to reach the safety of the clans
as soon as possible when the car had slowly ground to a halt. He
had checked the tyres, they were still full of air. He had checked
the engine, which to his eyes looked fine, nothing was smoking and
yet when he turned the key to start the car he didn’t receive a
response. The car’s failure only served to reinforce his dislike of
technology that was trying to replace actions that he, as a wolf,
could do better. It was mandatory for wolves to be taught the basic
necessities of the human world outside of the clans so that when
they ventured out, they could fit in. He had never particularly
enjoyed the lessons and had forgotten them as soon as he was able.
Grumbling about the failings of human technologies, Ryan had
stepped out of the car and pushed it to the side of the
road.
    Chloe had
watched Ryan as he attempted to discover what was wrong with the
car, amazed that he was overlooking such a basic piece of
information. He knew how to drive so she had just assumed that he
would understand why the car had stopped but as he moved the car
with ease, reminding her of his great strength, she finally
understood that he wasn’t going to realise what had happened unless
she told him. She pursed her lips, determined not to say a
word. Maybe he’ll just give up and leave
me here. Her hopes were quickly dashed as
he rounded the car after gathering her small suitcase and opened
her door.
    “ Come on love,
the car’s broken down so we’re going to walk to the next city and
get a new one. After that it shouldn’t take us more than a few
hours to get to the clans.” If it were
just me and I were running alone I could probably make it there
within the hour. He mused but chose to keep
that fact to himself, his mate was already afraid of him, there was
no need to scare her further.
    “ What?” She
looked around at the long road ahead of them and the bare tracks of
land either side of it, astounded that he wanted to walk. “The next
town must be miles away, we can’t walk that far.”
    “ We don’t have
much of a choice love, we need to get back to the clans