The Alphas' Bliss (16 page)

Devin

M
y mate had tested my patience and now she challenged me by snapping her fangs at me. It was time for me to show her who was the Alpha in this relationship. I reached out, grabbed the front of her towel and yanked it away from her body. She gasped, then snarled at me.

“Are you in control enough to do this without hurting her?”
Micha mentally asked me.

“I’m in control of my wolf Micha. I won’t hurt her but she will learn a lesson about testing her mate.”
I sent back.

Micha nodded, then relaxed back in his chair. Bliss was staring directly at me, her fangs exposed. I took hold of her arm, pulling her back to the dining table.

“Bend over the table Bliss,” I told her calmly. Her mouth popped open.

“Go to hell,” she hissed at me turning to go. I grabbed her arms, being careful not to bruise her, turned her back toward the table and pushed her against it till her hips came into contact. I took hold of her by the back of the neck and pushed her forward till she bent in half. She stopped herself from falling face first with her arms, but she bent till her torso was flat on the table, her ass in the air.

“Stretch your arms out and grip the table,” I instructed. She didn’t comply at first, so I squeezed the back of her neck again. Her arms slowly extended until she gripped the opposite side of the table. I pushed her feet apart, opening her stance. The smell of her arousal made my cock jump. I’d gotten hard the minute she’d started to argue with me. Micha picked up on her scent too because he had to adjust himself in his jeans.

“Ten swats,” I informed her. She sucked in her breath. “When I’m done I’m going to take you, just like this Bliss. You bent over the dinner table, ass in the air, and so fucking wet you are dripping down your thighs.”

She bucked against my hold and growled. I moved to the side of her, still holding on to her by the neck, then brought my right hand down on her right ass cheek. The smack was loud in the room and she yelped, bucking against my hold again. So I brought my hand down again, a little harder but on her left cheek this time.

“Every time you buck or growl at me, I’m going to add one swat. You are up to twelve, do you want to add another one?” I asked, my voice pitched low, calmly.

She stiffened against the table. “No sir.”

I rubbed her cheek with my palm. “Good girl,” I brought my hand down again. She didn’t growl or try to buck me off this time. “Three,” I called out. The next nine came quickly and by the time I was done, she’d relaxed into the table and sighed sweetly.

Her thighs were wet from her own juices and she smelled divine. My cock had escaped the waistband of my jeans so I released Bliss and started working my buttons loose. She stayed prone on the table, panting slightly. She trembled when I touched her back, rubbing my hand lightly down her skin.

I bent over her back and kissed her ear. “Tell me no if you don’t want this,” I told her, giving her time to reject me.

She came up on her tippy toes, pushing her ass against me, my cock just barely slipping inside of her. “Please take me,” she begged, pushing back against me again, taking more of my cock. There was no resistance, she was so wet. I allowed her to work herself on me for a moment, backing into me, bucking against me. She was getting tighter and wetter by the minute.

Finally, I couldn’t hold off a minute longer. I gripped her hips and slammed into her over and over again. She cried out in pleasure, gripping the table harder. She widened her stance to take more of me so I pounded that much harder and faster. She came twice back to back, howling in that soft feminine way. My fangs dropped. I leaned over her back and buried them in her shoulder. Her third orgasm had me coming so hard, I thought I would pass out. I lay sprawled over her small form for what felt like an eternity, before I could move again. I was locked inside of her so I couldn’t pull out. I soothed her with kisses and light touches. Her soft sighs let me know she was okay.

After several minutes, I carefully pulled out of her heat, pulling her with me. I stood behind her but I turned her to face Micha. He was leaning back in the chair, his legs extended out toward us. There was a very large visible bulge in his jeans and his fangs had dropped. He had a death grip on his own thighs.

Bliss licked her lips, whimpering. “Micha.”

“Go to him and take care of him Bliss. I want to watch you get him off with your mouth,” I told her softly. Micha’s hips bucked in the chair. She pulled herself away from me, walking to Micha. He opened his legs and she continued walking till she was between his thighs.

“Kneel,” he said gruffly. She did so gracefully. “You know what to do,” he told her. Her hands came up and made quick work of freeing his cock. He sprang free, long and thick. She grabbed the base, opened her mouth and took the rest of him in. There was no way she would take all of him. At least not yet. We’d have to train her slowly to take us that far. Guess that was a goal for us to work on.

Micha’s eyes rolled back in his head when she took him to the back of her throat and swallowed. One hand buried in her hair, while the other cupped her cheek.

“I’m going to fuck your mouth baby. Breathe through your nose. If I get too rough, just tap me, like I showed you. Okay?”

Bliss hummed and that was all the acceptance Micha needed.

Bliss

W
e were surrounded by enforcers as Devin led me toward the large patio behind the house. It was an elevated surface and large enough to fit at least a hundred people. There was quite a crowd already gathered to witness the punishment of the two young men from last night.

Four posts had been set up at the end of the patio, ropes hanging from each with leather cuffs dangling from them. I swallowed hard. I had to do this. I had to be strong. I had to support my mate.

We arrived at the patio, climbed the three steps and walked to where chairs were set up. Several people were already seated. Two women had tears running down their faces, their husbands trying to console them. I assumed these were the mothers of the young men.

Devin led me to the middle of the patio and I was so relieved to feel Micha right behind me. His hand on my lower back was reassuring. I was shaking so I tried to steady myself. Devin began to talk to the crowd.

“Last night, Max and Bailey decided to play a prank on my mate. They shifted and approached her in the woods, while we were all out running. They growled and presented their fangs to her. When she was shot at, instead of protecting their mate Alpha or going for help, they ran and hid leaving her defenseless. She took a silver bullet to the shoulder and almost one to the head.”

You could have heard a pin drop in a stack of hay it was so quiet. Even the mothers of the young men had quieted down.

“We have no room for cowards or pranksters in this pack. They are both well old enough to know the consequences of such actions and what their responsibilities are within this pack. Their punishment will be thirty lashes each. Bring them forward.”

Two of Devin’s enforcers came forward and I was confused for a moment. They stopped at the stairs and two boys came into view. No, not boys, young men. Both were well over six feet tall and well-muscled. One had sandy brown hair, the other jet black. They were each dressed in jeans with bare chests and feet. They kept their heads lowered as they approached us. Both fell to their knees in the middle of the platform.

“Max, you’re up,” Devin said roughly. The sandy haired one stood up, looking to his parents, then putting his head back down. He approached me and it took everything in me to not back up. This was no boy. This was a male fully grown and as a wolf, he was twice his normal size.

“Alpha Bliss, my sincerest apologies for the prank last night. We didn’t mean you any harm. I beg for forgiveness for leaving you in harm's way.” He turned to Micha. “Mr. Treyvane, I owe you an apology as well. I tried to touch your mate, which is forbidden.” His voice was gruff, but loud and clear. Both Devin and Micha growled at that admission.

“Alpha, I take my punishment with pride and honor,” he continued. When he was done, he turned, walked back to his spot next to his friend and knelt again.

“Bailey,” Devin said simply.

Bailey walked up to us. With his head bowed, he apologized sincerely also. He walked back to his spot and knelt.

“Now, since Bliss and Micha are the wronged parties in this situation, they can each increase the punishment by ten lashes each.” A pained moan came from one of the mothers. “Or,” Devin continued, “Offer forgiveness. They can’t however, lessen the original punishment,” Devin looked directly at me when he said this. Well damn, the man knew me too well.

“Mate, what will it be?” He directed the question to me. I was shaking, Devin took my hand in his.

I swallowed looking at the young men. Though they were grown in stature, they were just teenagers. “Forgiveness,” I stated loudly.

“Micha?” Devin asked.

“Forgiveness, this one time. Look at me boys,” Micha boomed. The boys’ heads shot up, eyes focusing on Micha. “If you so much as look at Bliss wrong or think to pull another prank on the vamp, you’ll deal directly with me. I won’t hesitate to drain you both dry. Understood?” he threatened.

“Yes Sir,” was the frightened response. Micha nodded at Devin.

“Go to the post,” Devin commanded the boys. They slowly got up from their knees and went to stand between the posts. The enforcers hooked their wrists in the cuffs, pulling their arms up above their heads. Devin released me, walked to the small table where there was a whip and picked it up.

I bit into my bottom lip to stop myself from calling out to Devin to stop. Micha pulled me to his side, his hand holding onto my waist tightly.

“I can't watch this,” I said softly so only Micha could hear.

“Baby, I know you don’t ever want to see someone hurt on your behalf, but what those boys did was both stupid and dangerous. You could have been hurt or killed. Or, you could have killed one of them if your vampire would have come out to protect you. We don’t know how strong you are yet. They need this lesson.”

I nodded but I still didn’t like it. When the first crack of the whip hit Max’s back I jumped. I wanted to hide my face away, I wanted to cry but I could do none of those things. I had to be strong, resilient. I had to be an Alpha’s mate.

I focused above the boys’ heads on the moon. It was shining brightly down on the platform. I could smell the blood and silent tears the boys wept. Finally, an eternity later, one of the enforcers called out thirty. The whip made two more swings through the air and Devin dropped the whip to the floor.

Devin turned around, walked to the two sets of parents seated behind us and addressed them. “Doc Rich is waiting at the clinic to see both of them. Take them there before taking them home.”

“Yes Alpha, thank you,” the fathers stood up and extended their hands to Devin one at a time.

The mothers approached me and I wanted to run. Both looked utterly devastated, their cheeks tear stained. The sandy-haired women spoke first. I assumed she was Max’s mother.

“Alpha Bliss…We are so sorry for what our boys did. They are normally good boys and work hard. They just made a bad decision last night and for that you have our deepest apologies”

The black-haired women took my shaking hands into her own. “Thank you for forgiving them. Thank you,” she said again.

Both the women stepped in front of Micha and bowed low. “Thank you Sir, for your forgiveness.” Their mates came and ushered the women to their sons. I watched as the fathers unstrapped the young men and practically carried them off to the clinic.

Devin was stopped by several of the pack members to talk as he tried making his way back to me and Micha. When he finally made it back to us, most of the wolves had dispersed and were headed back to their homes.

Devin pulled me into his arms, kissing my forehead. He breathed roughly and when I looked into his eyes I knew he had hated every minute of what he’d had to do.

“Come mate, let’s get back to the house.”

The minute we stepped down from the patio we were surrounded by enforcers. They walked us back to the Ranch House. Conrad and Stephanie were waiting at the table when we walked in. Devin sighed.

“What is it?” he asked.

“We need to go over a few things with the Club before Steph and I head over there tonight,” Conrad said.

Devin turned to me and Micha. “I’ll be here a while. Why don’t you take our mate home Micha?”

Micha nodded taking ahold of my hand. Devin leaned in, kissing me softly, slowly.

“I’ll be there in a few hours ok?”

“Sure. No rush,” I said leaning into his strong chest for a minute. I didn’t spare Stephanie a glance but I could feel her eyes burning into me.

“There’s an SUV in the garage,” Devin handed a set of keys to Micha. “It’s bullet proof. There are guns under the seat,” he looked to Micha, meaningfully.

Again, Micha nodded but didn’t say anything. He didn’t acknowledge the other two people in the room, but took my hand and led me through the kitchen door leading to the garage.

He tucked me into the front seat, snapping my belt in place. He ran his thumb over my cheek. “You did great tonight,” he told me proudly.

“I thought I was going to puke the entire time,” I admitted. He smiled.

“That’s because you wear your heart on your sleeve and I’m glad it belongs to me.” He whispered the second part against my lips before kissing me hard then pulled away and went around to the other side of the SUV and climbed in. Within seconds we were out of the garage and headed back to the estate.

I leaned my head against the headrest, closing my eyes. I’d allowed Devin to spank me. My backside was a little sore from it but the warming leather seat eased the soreness. That must have been the button Micha pushed after he started the SUV. I absently touched the bite on my shoulder. It was healed over but it also felt a little sore, like the rest of my body. Maybe I needed to feed again? Or maybe, all the sex was catching up to me. I smiled a little. Now if only I could get Micha to tell me he loved me in return.