Free Alpha by Charlene Hartnady Page A

very sick, very deranged brand of insanity would only stop when
it was dead.
    The
impact had them both falling to the ground. For a second, it felt like the
knife would inflict no more than a flesh wound but then Katrina’s full weight
landed on her and the blade, which might be small but it was also very sharp.
    Just
above her, Katrina’s eyes widened, she breathed out in an almost contented sigh.
Again she worried that the blade was not long enough to have punctured Katrina’s
heart, but the female demon wolf slumped forward. Her lifeless body pinned Ash
to the hard earth.  
    Just
when she thought she’d pass out from the weight, Katrina’s body was pulled free
and Gray’s concerned face stared down at her.
    “Thank
hounds…,” Gray enveloped her in his strong arms, he picked her up and kissed
her. Hard.
    For
a moment she was so happy to be safe. It felt so right to be with him like this
that she forgot everything else. When reality set in, she pulled back.
    “No
Gray,” she whispered trying to get him to put her down, horrified to see the
faces of several wolves staring back with more and more joining every second.
“Gray please listen, you have to put me down, your pack, your mate—”
    But
he pulled her to him. So close she could feel his breath tickle her lips as he
talked. “You are my mate.”
    “Have
you lost your mind?”
    Gray
smiled letting her pull back at last, allowing her to try and search the faces
for someone that would reason with him. So she scanned the scatter of wolves,
her eyes locking with Alisha’s. Oh no , this was becoming worse. Rage’s
hand was possessively around the female demon wolf’s shoulders. Alisha was
crying silently but when she caught Ash’s eye, she nodded in... acceptance?  Had everybody lost their minds?
    “What’s
going on?” she asked with mounting confusion.
    Gray
turned his head to the building crowd and growled. Rage strode to where Katrina’s
body lay and carefully picked it up. Within seconds, they were alone.
    “You
may not have noticed Gray, but you’re naked.”
    His
clothes must have been ripped off during the transformation.
    “I
hadn’t. Not important.”
     No
sooner were the words spoken and he devoured her lips. His tongue stroked in
and out of her mouth. He put her down cradling her face in his hands. Sighing
as he broke from her, Gray put his forehead to hers. “I’m so glad you’re such a
good Chaser. I was so worried. Thought I might be too late.”
    Ash
pulled away. The time had come for answers. “What’s going on Gray? What did I
miss? I’m not your mate.”
    “Are
you finished?”
    She
clenched her jaw to try and stop herself from answering no and launching
into a whole new series of questions like back to her original had he lost
his mind ?  Then he smiled and she melted a little. Okay she melted a lot.
    “You are my mate,” his eyes were locked with hers.
    “What
happened to Alisha?”
    “Alisha
is Rage’s mate. Never meant to be mine. You are mine. I’m sorry it took me so
long to figure it out.”
    God
how she loved hearing those words. You are mine . “Stop with the whole
possessive thing. I don’t belong to anyone. What about the full moon
situation?”
    “There
is no longer a situation. I never thought for a second that the last Lore would
apply, but I was wrong.” He tucked a wayward strand of hair behind her ear, and
was looking at her with such tenderness, such… love .
    “What
Lore?”
    “The
one that says I will turn into a full blood demon if I take true love as my
mate. I firstly didn’t think I would find true love in a matter of days and
secondly, I thought that it would have to be with another wolf to apply. I was
wrong.”
    She
pulled in a deep breath, too scared to even blink in case this whole thing
turned out to be a dream.
    Gray
went on, “You are my mate. Mine, and if you don’t mind I would like to make it
official.”
    “Official
as in marry me?”
    He
laughed. It made her want to