Ari’s POV “How so?” I was curious. “My father had this obsession that slowly over time drove him a little crazy. Then he started drinking to mask the crazed behaviors. He got aggressive instead and he eventually turned into a raging alcoholic and asshole.” Damn! Ares had a rough go of it with his dad, that is for sure! “I’m sorry to hear that. What did your mother say about his obsession?” I asked showing sympathy. “Nothing, she’s dead. She died during a rogue attack on our pack shortly after my father became Alpha. Our defenses weren’t what they are today and from that point forward, he just grew more and more obsessive with our pack being the strongest and largest to defend ourselves from attacks in the future. That’s how we got into the security industry. It’s a much larger operation now of course but we started out by providing private security for CEOs of corporations and the like in the human business sector.” I looked down again

“Lay back up towards the head of the bed.” He instructed me. I gladly inched my way back into the center of the bed. He climbed up on top of me and started kissing my neck while his hands took a vacation and toured every square inch of my body. I ran my hands down his chest to his rock-hard abs. GODDESS, he was gorgeous! He cupped my breasts and slowly moved his kisses down to one of them. He put my nipple in his mouth and gently sucked before giving it a firm nip that sent shockwaves through my body and I couldn’t contain the feeling, “Ohhhh goddess….hmmm….” I moaned out in pleasure. He moved to my other breast before continuing to trail his kisses down to my hips. His hands followed suit. My hands moved to his hair. He had a short almost military cut, but there was enough for me to grab and give a pleasurable tug. I loved the color of his hair, it was a shade of brown that was light and glowing. I’ve never seen a brown like it before. He trailed his kisses

Ari’s POV After that relaxing bath that Ares made for me, I was like Jell-O in his arms. It felt so good to have my hair washed for me by my mate. It sent chills down my body that relaxed me instantly. Every touch was amazing and by the time I was done, I could have gone to sleep but we had just woken up. Ares told me that we needed to go present ourselves at the celebrations with the other mated wolf couples. I was dreading this part of the night. Ares gripped my hand in his tightly as we walked to the outdoor celebrations and the stage where the Master of Ceremonies was announcing the mated couples as they arrived. I chose a white and pastel pink long silky flowing dress with spaghetti straps. The white color of the silk chiffon faded to a pastel pink towards the bottom of the dress, matching my pastel pink heels. I left my dirty blonde hair down in its natural wavy state only pinning back the strands that naturally fell in my face. Ares wo

Ares’s POV Something was going on with Ari and it was starting to really concern me. She was giving off WAY too much heat. I could sense she felt drained, hot, and something else, I couldn’t quite pin down. Every time I smelled the air around her, I smelled her arousal, but it was very faint and subtle, but still there and I didn’t know why. When I asked her, she got defensive and pissed at me for questioning her. I didn’t appreciate that. She started ignoring me, so I gave her space since she didn’t storm off and she just turned around to talk to her friends. I made due talking to Lane, the Beta of Slick Paw Pack. I could tell Ari wasn’t sure how to feel about this guy, but I have had enough dealings with him to know he isn’t a bad wolf, he just has an ass for an Alpha. As I was talking to Lane, Fen showed up making a fool of himself because he was clearly drunk on wolf wine. I hate belligerent drunks. They remind me too much of my father and it just sends my blood

She started kissing my neck on the mark she gave me. It was sending chills up my spine and sparks down to my cock. I couldn’t let things progress. We HAD to get to safety. “Not here baby...I’m going to take you somewhere safe. You can have me all you want once we get there.” I wrapped her in the robe and picked her up bridal style as she moaned and cried. The heat was starting to cause her pain. She-wolf heats varied in severity and intensity depending on the wolf’s rank. They could be mild and last for a day, usually only for omegas. Or, they could gradually get worse and worse in intensity and strength much like human females going through their menstrual cycle. The Gamma’s, Beta’s, and Alpha she-wolves typically felt dizzy and hazy for a day or two, and then it hit them and they heated up and became a sex fiend for about 3 or 4 days. During that time they would go through waves of severe pain if their mate was not physically inside of them, spilling their