Free The Alpha's Quest Collection by Jessica Ryan Page A

want to fuck someone they just met in the middle of a forest after almost being kidnapped. No human should be able to trudge along for fifteen hours straight without questioning why they’ve been walking for so long with nightfall never hitting!”
    “Okay,” she said. “I admit it looks bad that I want to jump your bones so badly, but I’m trying to be good. I can’t explain why I feel the way I do, but damn, you’re hot. I mean, look at that cute face and those lean, powerful arms. I just want them wrapped around me while...”
    “Focus!” Hawk shouted. Although he had to admit he liked where she was going with that story.
    “I don’t know why I feel that way,” she said. “I’m trying to control it. But I’m not scared, because I know everything will be alright.”
    “That’s it?” he asked, growing even more flustered. He threw his arms in the air and rolled his eyes. He was getting nowhere with her.
    “Yes, that’s it,” she said, putting her hands on her hips as she stomped one foot. “I don’t appreciate you questioning my sanity. Sure, I’m in therapy, but not because I’m insane.”
    “You’re in therapy? What in the hell for?”
    “Oh, man,” she said, smiling mischievously. “I didn’t mean to let that slip.”
    “You’re incorrigible.”
    “Thank you,” she said.
    “That’s not a compliment. You still haven’t told me what you’re in therapy for.”
    “Well, Mr. Hawk, if you’re nice to me, maybe you’ll find out,” she said, pushing past him. “Now, let’s go! That bear isn’t going to find himself!”
    Hawk watched her walk away, feeling completely helpless. He wasn’t sure what scared him more: the evil presence or the short, attractive human girl.

Chapter 12
    Ciara laughed as she waited for the befuddled alpha wolf to catch up with her. She had completely thrown him for a loop with her reaction to his questioning. She could tell she was annoying him with all of her questions, but she wanted as much information as possible.
    Of course, if this were real life she probably would look like a crazy person unafraid of anything. But Hawk was just a figment of her imagination, as was this entire quest. It hadn’t turned to night because this was her vision quest and it didn’t follow the normal rules of everyday life.
    Who cared if her spirit guardian was annoyed with her? All she had to do was follow him and avoid having sex with him to pass the tests laid out in front of her.
    However, a devilish thought had been forming in her head for quite some time, one that might lead her to completely jump Hawk’s imaginary bones and take him to town. He was nothing like the guys she normally slept with. He wasn’t an overconfident, cocky, sociopathic frat boy who thought the world revolved around him. He wasn’t a leering predator who would take advantage of the drunk girl and then high-five his buddies about it the next day. As a matter of fact, he was completely lost and nervous around her, a quality she found quite endearing and adorable.
    Maybe he’s the nice guy I’ve always rejected, she thought. He’s the guy I’m supposed to end up with instead of hopping from douche bag to douche bag.
    She’d been throwing these thoughts around for a long time now, wondering if she was supposed to end up with Hawk at the end of the quest. Was her test to not sleep with Hawk or was her test to fall in love with him? Unfortunately, hallucinogenic vision quests didn’t come with instruction manuals.
    He definitely didn’t know how to take her carefree attitude; it really seemed to throw him off. Figment of her imagination or not, she probably needed to take things more seriously to complete the quest. At any minute the whole world could melt away around her and she would find herself sitting back at camp, the same girl and the same person.
    She didn’t like the prospect of having done all of this for naught, especially if she was going to be the same person she had been before.