A MAZE OF GREED

WARNING: A STEAMY CONTENT AHEAD

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Thea was lost in remembering the night when she first witnessed Rees in his wolf form. But the sound of the door opening brought her back into reality.

Startled at the sound, she hurriedly stood up. The shirt drenched in blood lay on the ground unattended till now. She hesitantly picked it with shaky hands, and her face scrunched into discomfort.

"It is useless now."

Rees's voice made her turn to look at him, but he was still in her bedroom, and she could only hear his voice. Her eyes again drifted to the red cloth in her hand, and she thought that it was indeed useless now.

"I... I will burn it early in the morning." She mumbled then went into the kitchen to fetch some water for herself.

Suddenly she felt thirsty.

"Rees... do you need anything? I mean, you must be hungry and-" the words left stuck in her throat, and a gasp left her lips when she felt strong arms encircling her torso from behind.

"Rees..."

His after shower-fresh scent lulled her senses. The moment, her back touched his warm bare chest, her eyes closed in bliss.

Rees had managed to not only clean the bloodstains from his body but also the frustrating thoughts from his mind. And now, all he wanted to do was just live these moments with his mate.

He pulled her hard against his chest, and his hold tightened on her body. Her flowery fragrance drove him and his beast crazy, but he wanted more of it. He dipped down his head in the side of her slender neck and inhaled deeply.

His hot breath spread tingles on Thea's skin.

"hmmm... you smell so good, my dear mate!" He admired her while rubbing his nose on the length of her neck.

Biting back the moan, that was threatening to escape, Thea tried to pry his hands away from her.

"Rees... I... you... I mean..." Words came jumbled, her hands shook with the overwhelming presence of his.

Not letting her gather her thoughts, Rees planted a peppery kiss on her left ear. He then trailed down to her neck while leaving hot kisses on her soft skin.

He enjoyed the way her body shuddered with his every touch, the way her chest moved up and down while she breathed, the way her heart was beating frantically inside her chest. He enjoyed every little reaction of her body to the torment he was bequeathing upon her.

"Rees... I..."

"You what, love?"

She didn't know what to say. She wanted him to stop, but she couldn't say a word. Her mind was confused, but her body was responding to Rees's every action in ways that she hadn't imagine ever.

A loud gasp left her lips when his teeth bit her left earlobe, and her previously closed eyes flew open wide. By this time, Rees's hands had travelled upwards towards the deep valley on her chest.

His mouth again latched on to her silky skin, and his right palm flexed to take her left bosom into it. Thea got snapped out of the haze at the foreign feeling, but before she could fight him for her freedom, he bucked his hip forward to press her to the kitchen table.

An unknown fear started drawing its head above the surface in her heart, but she was trapped. Part of her wanted to fight back, but the other one told her to let the beast do whatever he pleased.

A moan of approval rumbled in his chest when Rees's wolf sensed his mate's state of mind. She was struggling, but she was near to give in.

His hand around her left bosom tightened when he felt the pointed tip of it against his palm. His other hand clutched her left shoulder, his warmth seeping through the thin material of her dress.

But soon, the cool air hit her skin when Rees harshly pull down her dress from her shoulder, leaving it bare. But that coldness didn't last long as Rees's hot mouth got into contact with her skin, and he started assaulting the area with his breathy and wet kisses.

Thea's hands moved towards his to stop him but to no avail. His right hand showed mercy to her left bosom for some time and moved to hold her throat. His other hand slowly moved to the strictly restricted southernmost part of her body.

"Rees! Stop, please!" Thea literally choked on her saliva when she felt his large hand on the place between her legs.

The feeling was too strong that made her legs trembled. But she had rock-hard support to not let her fall.

Again teasing her earlobe with his wet tongue, Rees whispered dangerously against her skin.

"I told you that night that when you learn my secret, there is no way to turn back for you. And my dear mate, you gladly accepted it, didn't you?"

Words couldn't sprout from her mouth because she was too afraid to speak, but Rees didn't like it.

"Answer me, Thea." There was a hint of anger in his voice that was enough to open Thea's mouth.

"Y-yes! But-"

His palm that rested on her womanhood increased its pressure that left poor woman panting with open mouth.

"What but? Don't you like this? Don't you want this, love?"

The Rees she had known was way different from the man she was with now. Her Rees was gentle, caring and considerate, but the man with her was harsh, demanding and dominating.

But she knew the reason behind this change. It was not only Rees who was eager to spend time with his mate but also his wolf that wanted to mark his mate to let the world know to whom she belonged.

When Rees told her that every werewolf marks their mate to strengthen the mate bond, Thea got so excited that she requested him to do so. She wanted their love to grow deeper and stronger like the fairytales.

Rees was not sure if Thea was ready for it, but she was too adamant and excited to listen to anything that he said.

You can not win over a woman in an argument when she sets her mind on something!

Rees was no exception to this universal law and had to give in to her request. It was not like he didn't want to mark her. Only he and his wolf knew how much self-restraint they had to put to not mark their mate the first time they looked in her way.

That was why Thea planned this night in the absence of her parents.

With every torturous second, she started scolding herself for her impatience. But as Rees said, now there was no turning back for her.

Rees's fingers started massaging her womanhood from above her dress while his mouth kept nibbling and licking the skin on her neck and shoulder. His other hand had found a way to keep itself busy with her right bosom by kneading it sensually.

The ache arose in between her legs, and she tried to press them together while both her hands gripped the edge of the table tightly.

"Aaahhh..." Rees bit onto her shoulder a bit harder, telling her, to not obstruct his hand movements on her womanhood.

"Thea... say you want this." Rees's breaths came ragged, and the temperature of his body had risen considerably.

"Rees..."

"Say you want to get mark by your mate. Say it, love. Say it!"

His body was taut, and his hands had picked up their pace to assail her body in ways that she had never experienced before.

The unfamiliar and overbearing ache between her legs kept growing with his every movement and the pressure that he applied.

Another scream left her mouth, and it started getting harder to breathe. She needed something to channel out the overwhelming feelings, but she didn't know how to.

She wanted to scream to tell him to stop, but she was not sure if that would calm her senses. That was unknown and unexplored territory for her, but the newfound side of her wanted to explore it to all its corners.

"Say it, Thea. Say it! Say that you want your mate. Say that you want to get mark by your mate!"

She was shocked to hear the sudden change in his voice. It had turned deeper and animalistic. Something poked her from behind, and she squirmed her hips at that weird sensation.

Suddenly Rees grabbed her throat, applying the pressure that made her eyes water at the brim. "Stop doing that, or I will not wait for your permission, my little mate." He hissed darkly, a bone-chilling warning evident in his words.

And then it dawned upon Thea that the thing that poked her from behind was nothing but his hardened member that was demanding her permission.

Her eyes went wide with shock, and she felt her ears set on fire.

Rees moved his hand from her throat to touch her lips and slowly slipped his thumb into her wet mouth. His other hand picked its pace again to rub her womanhood with more pressure.

A growl rumbled in his chest when the heavenly scent of Thea's arousal hit his nose that made his wolf more excited and impatient.

"Darling, I don't know how long I can control my beast anymore. If you don't want to get on his bad side, you should give your answer right now."

An extraordinary tornado rose in her pit, and all her senses got clouded with lust and need. Her whole body was on fire, and Rees presented a way to get the release that she was begging for.

"Yes! I want you, Rees. I want my mate to mark me. I want you both... I want you both!"