Falling for an Alpha by Vanessa Devereaux Page A

firsthand.
    The
wolf howled again. Gabriel surely would have heard it. Had he brought a gun
with him? Not that she wanted to see the poor thing shot for no good reason.
    “Gabriel,”
she called, deciding to take her chances that the wolf knew she was inside. Of course he knows, you idiot. He can smell you.
    More
heavy breathing, and Gabriel hadn’t come to her
rescue.
    “Gabriel,
there’s a wolf outside my tent. What should I do?”
    No
response, but another howl, this one louder and longer than the last one.
    Shit,
the thing was pawing at the door on her tent.
    “Gabriel,
it’s about to attack me!” Maybe it wasn’t but she was desperate.
    Still no response. Still no Gabriel.
    He
was either an unbelievably heavy sleeper or the wolf had already attacked and
injured him, maybe killed and eaten him. She swallowed.
    The
beast pawed at her tent again. She could feel her heart beating so hard it
rattled in her ears.
    She
was going to be attacked by a wolf.
    End
of story.

 
    Chapter Eight
     
    She
was calling to him for help and he was the one outside her tent scaring her.
How ironic was that?
    He
tried walking away from their camp but her scent had pulled him back. He’d
smelled her like she was standing right next to him. He couldn’t see her inside
the tent but her smell was driving him wild. Not just the odor coming from her
body, but the sexual aroma originating from between her legs.
    How
did animals stand this sensory overload? This desire to fuck,
no matter what.
    Gabriel
guessed it was because they didn’t fall in love. Or did they? Nature had to be
the driving force to get them together to mate, therefore insuring survival of
the species.
    All
he wanted to do right now was rip open the tent, drag her out of the sleeping
bag, pull off whatever she was wearing, part her legs, and dive deep inside her
pussy. Mate with her and claim her as his.
    Gabriel
paced up and down. He had to figure out how to change back into his man half
because she was calling out for him. She needed him.
    He
howled again, hearing another wolf howl back this time. He couldn’t risk
howling again just in case a pack came calling and
increased her fear.
    Damn,
if he could have sex with her, maybe this wouldn’t happen.
    He
turned, hearing the zipper on the tent opening. Amber was coming outside.
    Run, run, run .
    He
quickly jumped over a rock and couched behind it. She peeked her head out of the tent. How was he going to explain not saving the day?   He’d look like a loser and a wimp. Maybe she’d
think he was afraid of the wolf and was letting her deal with this all by
herself.
    Closing
his eyes, he willed himself to shift back into his human half. You can do it, just relax. Do it for Amber,
if not yourself.
    A
few minutes later, he felt dizzy again. He laid on the
ground, counting the stars as they zoomed by his head. He looked down to see
that he had feet instead of paws. He’d done it. Now he had to make up some
story about why he was out here.
    He
approached the tent. Amber was still peeking outside.
    “You
okay, Amber?”
    “Oh, Gabriel. Did you see the
wolf?”
    She
looked him up and down, and that’s when he realized he’d forgotten one little
fact. He was naked. He put his hands in front of his crotch.
    “I
chased him away. I heard you calling and I didn’t have time to answer you
because I wanted to get the wolf away from your tent.”
    “So
he’s gone?”
    “Sure,
he went over the rock formation there.”
    Amber
unzipped the tent and stepped outside with the lamp in her hand.
    Gabriel
clamped his hands over his dick but felt the mother of all erections coming on.
She was only wearing a T-shirt that came to her mid-thigh. The wolf in him was
still bubbling under the surface and he needed to gain control of himself and
the situation.
    “Wolves
are friendly animals,” he said. “He was just being curious.”
    “You sure?”
    “Promise
you.”
    “Sorry
if I woke you.”
    “No
problem at all.”
    “I
guess I