Hungry Wolf - Aidy Award Page 0,9

could do that.

Aleksei broke the kiss and nipped at her lip one last time. A little too loud, he said, “I always wanted to fuck a stripper.”

Helena's jaw dropped and her eyes shot daggers at him. Yeah. He was that asshole.

If she was really his true soul mate...and she was, he knew that deep in his heart…Aleksei had to do everything in his power to protect her. Protect her from himself and his long list of sins. He was no good for her. He wasn't even any good as an enforcer for his own pack.

He could simply add unrequited love to his mountains of bullshit. Helena didn't need to get roped into a wolf shifter relationship. Not with someone like him.

Under her breath, Helena whispered, “You want to make this fake relationship work, you'd better pull your head out of your asshole. Don't think you can ever disrespect me or my profession again. You got me?”

Before he could even sheepishly nod, she reached her arm back and came at him. He deserved to be slapped in the face for being a giant dick. What he got was a sharp couple of pokes in the chest. Like his heart didn't already hurt.

She moved her head slightly to the side and raised her voice as loud as he had. “Baby, you know I got the goods. So if you want some of my sugar, sweeten your ass up. Otherwise you can get in line and take a number.”

Even his bulk and wolf abilities were no match for her badass girl power. Fuck, that was sexy as hell. “I want all your sugar, mama. I won't promise to behave, but I will look forward to you trying to make me.”

Fiery spirit flashed in Helena's eyes. Oh, so she liked being challenged, did she? He'd have to remember that. She moved like she was going to pull away from him and go back to the party. He couldn't have that. If this fake relationship plan was going to work and get everyone off their backs, they needed to sell it, right here, right now.

“Let's get out of here and see just how much fun we can have while you try to tame me.” Aleksei pulled Helena back to him, laid one more hot, quick kiss on her, and grabbed her hand. He took a step toward the door and gave her a tug, but not too hard. She needed to know he wasn't trying to force her to do anything.

“Come with me. Let our fan club think all kinds of dirty-minded things about where we're going and what we're about to do. Once we're out those doors, I can go home, and you can do whatever it was you wanted to do today instead of getting set up on a blind date with me.” He purposefully let his shoulders drop and his muscles relax so he appeared nonchalant about this deal he was making with the devil.

“Fine,” she whispered back. “But only because I don't want to get set up anymore. I actually did want to hang out with my friends today and eat more turkey than is reasonable.”

“I'm sure some do-gooder will bring me leftovers. I promise, you can have them all.” He gave her a little wink and another tug toward the door. With one last look back toward the happy party, she followed him out the back door of the Naughty Wolf. The sooner he could get out of here the better.

Geez, he was an asshole. Selena and the Troikas were only trying to do right by him. He was the one being a bastard, taking Helena away from her friends so he could go home – and what? Mope. Hide away in the comforting dark of his cabin and avoid real life.

He had even more to brood about now that he'd found Helena. What fucking shitty timing to find his mate at this point in his life. Man, he hoped she didn't feel the pull of that bond the same way he did. He wanted her to be happy and healthy, which was not something she could do with him. He would never tie her to him in that way. Never.

The least he could do was make sure she was taken care of.

Even if she found love with another, a human, he would still need to take care of her. The thought of her being with anyone else, shit, even looking at another man, gave him a punch right in