Free Lover's Delight by Diana Persaud Page A

“is…is he going to pu...punish you later? You
disobeyed him.”
    Lanie laughed, shaking her head. “Punish me?
Lucien loves me. He would rather die than cause me any pain. No, he
will not punish me later.”
    “I don’t know, My Love, I think you are in dire need of a spanking,” Lucien said wickedly as he reached
for her.
    “Lucien! BEHAVE!” She laughed and stepped out
of his reach. “I’m trying to work here, so stop distracting
me, or I’ll give you a much deserved spanking.”
    Lucien laughed as he pulled his mate into his
arms. “Promises, promises….” He nuzzled her neck and his hands
moved down her back to cup her bottom, pulling her closer to
him.
    Lanie wrapped her arms around his neck,
enjoying the feeling of his hard body pressed up against hers. Her
body reacted instantly to his touch. Her nipples pebbled and her
channel tightened suddenly. Six weeks had passed since the birth of
their daughter and she ached for him.
    “Socialize damn it, so I can take my mate to
bed!” he ordered and they moved. Lanie just shook her head. Her
mate was incorrigible!
     

Chapter 2
    Delia stood quietly in the corner, knowing it
was best not to speak to anyone. Her male would beat her badly if
she so much as made eye contact with another person, male or female. He enjoyed causing her pain. She thought about what her
Alpha’s mate said. She wished it were true, that her male would
stop hurting her.
    Nicolai wandered around the room, stopping to
look at each new female. None of them were his mate. He had hoped
that one of them would be his . Disappointed, he turned
around and saw her , huddled in the corner, hugging herself.
Her dark brown hair hung past her shoulders. Her head was lowered,
her face partially obscured by her lovely brown locks. He was
inexplicably drawn to her. As he neared, she looked up at him and
the air left his lungs. Her brown eyes widened as her wolf
recognized him.
    Nicolai heard a threatening growl and turned
his head.
    “Delia, you cheatin’ BITCH! I’ll teach you to
flirt!”
    The room became silent as everyone turned to
look at them. His fists were closed and he moved towards the small
female.
    Nicolai scented her fear and stepped in front
of her, protecting her from the advancing male. The angry male
stopped, clenched his fists as he assessed Nicolai.
    “Get away from my female!” the male
demanded.
    “She’s my mate . I claim her as my own.
Smell her fear. If you were her true mate, you would never threaten
her. Nor would you cause her fear,” Nicolai said angrily.
    Lucien stepped closer to them. He had
expected this to happen.
    “There will be no fighting here. Nicolai, I
know you wish to injure him for causing your mate pain, for causing
her fear. You forget that he was following his Alpha’s lead. He is
no innocent, but he is not entirely to be blamed. For them to feel
safe and assimilate into our pack, we have to forgive them their
past deeds.” Nicolai shook his head in disbelief.
    “If it were your mate—”
    “I would want revenge. I would want to tear
him apart with my bare hands. But think of this, he is
someone’s mate. Would you deny her a chance to be with her
mate? IF he finds a mate, he will learn very quickly that to hurt
her is to hurt himself. He will learn, Nicolai. Would you rather
fight him or care for your mate?”
    For Nicolai, the choice was clear. Caring for
his mate was far more important. Nicolai relaxed his stance but
remained standing in front of his mate, offering her protection
against her former mate. Lucien turned around, loudly addressing
all of his pack mates.
    “You are forgiven for your past…misdeeds. You
didn’t know better and followed your Alpha’s poor example. As of
this moment, you all have a clean slate. It is the only way to move
forward, to make you feel safe. You will not be punished for your
past. Listen well. To threaten any female is to court death.
If she is mated, her male will kill you. If she is not, I will kill