Ethan led her across the dining hall to the room with their symbol on it. He urged Selene inside, then closed the door behind us.

Selene took in the room, trying to ignore the giant, intimidating bed that dominated it.

It had four posts, all with vines and flower buds carved down the sides, drapes hung over it, and the covers were of something she had never seen before. It looked fancy, not like the woven stuff in the village.

The room had the same red tint to it that the oath room had from the moon shining down on it. The ceilings were more glass, letting the rays in.

The walls were bare aside from the candle lanterns. They were almost out.

“Do you have to f*ck all of us before they run out or something stupid like that?” Selene snickered, but when she turned to face him, he wasn’t amused.

He was...more.

His huge form took up the entire doorway. His taut muscles that had seemed alluring before were even more than that now, rippling with pulsing veins up his forearms, abs and torso glistening in the red moonlight.

And she was sure he had gotten taller. Or maybe she had shrunk back? she wasn’t even sure.

her mouth went dry as I stared at him, waiting.

“Lie down,” he ordered, the green of his eyes flashing with a deep red. Ethan was in alpha mode.

Selene did as he asked, lying down. He climbed over Her and her breathing hitched as his dark hair fell toward her. she reached up a hand to brush it back over his head, and he closed his eyes.

He leaned down and nuzzled into her neck before growling from somewhere deep inside. He lifted her thigh against his, and Selene gasped. He yanked his sweatpants down and went for her panties.

“Woah, woah.” Selene scrambled away and he growled after her, grabbing at her ankle and yanking me back toward him.

He was so big, so strong. she knew what she was meant to do, but she didn’t want it to hurt, and there were things he could do so it wouldn’t.

“Ethan stop!” Selene cried out, trying to get away from him.

He snarled and forced himself backward, shaking as he breathed heavily. He was fighting with something within himself, and she had to be grateful he was trying. she pulled her legs to her chest and wrapped her arms around them.

Ethan looked at her, his eyes deep red, rimmed in thick black.

“I need to finish, Selene ,” he growled, and shook his head as he went to reach for me again. He snatched his hand back.

Selene watched him struggle to tame his beast before going to him. she reached for him with timid fingers. I ran my hands down his chest, and he nuzzled she, pushing her back down on the mattress.

“Slow,” she warned.

He shook his head. “I can’t,” he breathed, his voice strained like he was in pain.

“Kiss me,” she whispered, running her hands down his back muscles.

He kissed her neck, over my collarbone, making me shudder, heat creeping across my skin.

Selene pulled him up to see her. “Here.” I pointed to my lips.

He grunted and turned away. “It’s against the rules,” he bit, and shook again.

she raised a brow. “What rules?” You’re the alpha, change the rules,” she snapped, annoyed that he thought we were going to do this without kissing.

He ran hands through his hair, then turned back to her, and she s*ck*d in a breath.

His eyes were so red the mesmerizing green flashing behind it was almost completely gone.

“You humans will never understand,” he snapped, and climbed over her again.

He yanked her under him, pressing her into the bed. His d*ck was hard against me, and she tried to focus on anything but that, but my heart raced at the idea of it inside me.

“Help me understand then,” Selene pleaded breathlessly. He shook his head.

“No,” he bit, and his patience was gone. So was the green in his eyes. “You have a duty to your village and a debt to pay. Spread your legs or face banishment.”

she would have slapped him if he wasn’t on her arm. she hardened her eyes on him and spread her legs.

“Fine. Is this what you want? Another boring f*ck? Another virgin on your belt? Another p*ssy with your c*m inside it? Fine. F*ck*ng take it,” she said, her voice icy as she dared him to claim her as savagely as the beast inside him wanted to.

She waited, and he shifted his weight on me. Selene trembled beneath him, as she thought he was really going to just f*ck her, no foreplay, no pleasure, just taking my purity like it meant nothing to him.

But she was delusional if she thought it could mean anything to a werewolf.

He gripped her under her *ss, and she felt him against her. She clenched her eyes shut, gripping him.

“Tease me,” She begged.

He hesitated. “What?” he breathed.

“Use your hands on me. Taste me. Make it good, get me ready for you.”

He frowned and moved back on his heels. “You want me to... I can’t.” He rubbed his hands over his face.

“Is that against the rules too?” Selene scoffed, and he turned back to me, smirking, some of the green back in his eyes. She tucked her own smirk in, in case he took it back.

“I’ve just f*ck*d over ten other girls in a row. Not one of them complained. Not one of them asked for anything more, not one of them thought past their duty.

“They just kept begging me to f*ck them, stick my d*ck in them like they couldn’t care less who it belonged to as long as it was inside them. They were all waiting for tomorrow. Tonight means nothing to them. You come in and change it all,” he explained, and she shrugged.

“I don’t want it to hurt as much,” she admitted, not caring if that made her seem weak.

He bit his lip in the sexiest way and came over me, kissing across my cheek, the corner of her mouth.

“I’ll be gentle,” he promised, and I breathed harshly against his lips on me. “Will you kiss me?” she asked. He gritted his jaw and shook his head.

“I’m not allowed to kiss you. Or do anything but f*ck you,” he admitted, and I s*ck*d in a breath.

“Why?” she demanded, trying to fight back the tears.

“Because it’s the way it is,” he said, then hung his head. When he brought it back up, his smirk was gone, his lips turned down.

“Look, I can’t explain this to you, and I don’t expect you to understand because you are a human, but there are things we have to do as wolves and I swear to you this offerings sh*t is not about what you think. There’s a reason for it. A good one.”

“But you can’t tell me what it is?”

He shook his head, and I chewed my lip. I took a few breaths. I had to get this over and done with then. He had to f*ck me. I couldn’t leave a virgin, so I had to sort it myself.

“I need a minute, is that the bathroom?” Selene asked.

He nodded. “Yeah, we have to shower between each girl,” he said, and she laughed at that. It was actually comforting to know.

Selene climbed from the bed and went inside. she leaned against the door, taking deep breaths. I shook out my hands then stared into the mirror.

Her cheeks were flushed, my eyes wide and full of something she couldn’t place. she just had to shut it off. she had done that before.

Selene turned away from the mirror, turned the light off, then closed her eyes. she ran my hands down the silk on her body, brushing over her n*ppl*s.

she needed to feel, not think. she needed to get myself ready since the alpha wasn’t going to do it. she s*ck*d in a breath as I pinched down on her nipple, sending pleasure through her.

Her other hand slipped under her nightie, finding the slick folds beneath her panties and the nub of flesh that released a pleasure within her, making her body hot and climb high.

A growl came from the other side of the door. “I can still smell you,” he breathed dangerously.

Selene gasped and looked toward the lock. she dove for it at the same time he swung open the door, which had her landing in his arms.

He picked her up and threw me on the bed. she gasped, my body excited from my teasing, but instead of him trying to slide inside her like he had done before, his lips crushed on hers.

Selene gasp was caught by his desperate mouth moving with hers, finding her tongue, dancing with it.

She wrapped my arms around him as his hands moved over her breasts, gripping them in his hand, his thumb toying with her nipple as she arched into his touch. she gasped against his mouth as heat consumed her.

It was exactly what she wanted from him, the taste, the fire, the pleasure taking her from her fear of pain and into a whole new place where it didn’t matter.

Ethan growled in her ear as her nails raked down his ripped body. So impressively sculpted, it had her greedy hands outlining each ab. Each muscle. she wanted to know it all.

sElena didn’t just want to lose her purity tonight, she wanted to lose her innocence. That part of her that had no idea what was really about to happen because she lacked experience. she didn’t want that to be true after Ethan had been inside her.

And she definitely didn’t want to be the only one losing control. she wanted to know what it felt like, taking the power from such a beast.

she kissed him with everything she had, savoring the sweetness of the wine on his tongue as it met hers. Savoring the feel of his fingers as they dragged down her thigh.

Ethan ragged breathing sent sparks of carnal pleasure through me. she moaned back into him, his body near crushing me as he rocked his hips against hers.

His fingers slipped beneath her silk, skimming her *ss in the lace panties before he wound his finger in the side of them and tore them off in a single swipe.

His claw nipped her skin and she s*ck*d in a breath. It should’ve hurt but it didn’t. Instead, it had her body growing even hotter.

“Touch me,” Selene begged needing something between her legs to cure the blinding throb.

She was so desperate for him, it would’ve been pathetic if it didn’t make him exactly the same way. This big *ss wolf, losing control over her, a mere human, a winter born, cursed human.

It was intoxicating and had her grabbing his hand, lowering it down my body to the damp center of her thighs.

“Not allowed.”

He nipped her lips, his fangs drawing blood. But she welcomed the taste. Even welcomed the slight sting that came with the pleasure of his fingers brushing my folds.

He was tempted, and she wanted him to give in. she didn’t care if he was allowed or not.

If she was giving him her body, giving him her sacred virginity like some token or payment, then he could take it in the form she offered it. Or not at all.

Selene was guessing that wouldn’t go down well. “Please. Ineed it.”

His responding growl shook shook vibrating in my core before he kissed down her body, over her n*ppl*s that fell out of the disheveled silk she wore.

she arched into him, his tongue claiming her peak, sending ecstasy straight to my core.

Selene panted, consumed by the feeling as he gave her what she needed.

His fingertip pressed against my entrance. Then paused. she bucked her hips at him and he pinned them down, a veined, tattooed forearm over her abdomen.

“Tell no one what happened here,” he ordered.

Selene rolled my eyes. He’d already made her promise him that. she sat up on her elbows, then pointed to his bite mark that was still red.

“You already bit that oath into me,” she said

He smirked, lowering himself to the mark, licking it slowly. Selene shivered, goosebumps forming over her skin as she pulled in a breath between her teeth. So f*ck*ng sensitive, that thing.

Ethan licked it again and she gasped, her jaw falling open as it stoked the flames inside her.

“I mean it, human. herlips”—he slid up her body again, his fingers still teasing her entrance. she looked up to his eyes, still fading between red and green, like he was forcing the better half of himself to stay in control. “were never on you.”

He kissed her. “Her fingers”—he stroked along her p*ssy, pleasure ricocheting inside me, desperate for more—“were never inside you.”

He slipped the finger in and she cried out, arching into the feeling. she needed him to move, but he kept his finger still inside her, his breathing just as harsh as hers as he leaned in. “Do you understand?”

Selene whimpered as his finger curled in, sending a shooting spark of pleasure through every bone in her body.

“If you don’t move that f*ck*ng finger, I will scream it from the rooftops,” Selene threatened.

His eyes narrowed, his thumb pressing against her throbbing nub. her fists clenched in the blankets.

“I’m warning you, human. I’m not allowed to give you what your dripping body is begging me for, so if you can’t keep that pretty mouth shut then I will stop and claim you like I did the others,” Ethan warned.

She didn’t want him to stop, she wanted more, she wanted everything. she was greedy when it came to the feeling pulsing through her, so she nodded.

“Fine, my lips are sealed. Now for the love of god, please—”

His finger thrust inside her, his thumb rubbed over her cl*t as his mouth closed over her nipple. Selene cried out, his rough tongue stroking her sensitive peak.

Yeah, totally worth keeping it a secret.