Her CEO Stalker and Her Second Chance Mate Chapter 176

Carter

I came in and out of consciousness over the course of days, when I could finally stand from the bed Briar ushered me into the shower. Mazzie and Lana were in the living room bantering, having all my girls here felt good.

“This is gonna sting like a bitch,” she warned. She had placed me on the toilet seat and started the water. I had been in and out for days with Briar tangled up close to me, giving me her blood, forcing me to eat. The truth was I couldn’t swallow right now without her pressed firmly against my side. It made me wonder, how had she done it alone without everything she gave me to get stronger. The truth was a hard pill to swallow, not that she was more dominant than me, but that her mind had the ability to shut off all the trauma I was faced with now. I was a shit mate. I had to be rescued by my female, who I was supposed to protect. I loved her dominance but right now I was licking my wounds as she tested the spray of water for warmth.

She lifted my naked body up  and helped me into the shower before yanking the curtain closed.

“I’m sorry,” I found myself admitting.

“Shut it Carter, you have nothing to be sorry about. I brought this on us, unwillingly for sure but once the catalyst that is us began, there was no stopping ‘us’. She pressed my back against the tile, willing me to rest against it. I just complied. Like the little bitch I willingly was for her. She began scrubbing my hair, the soap stinging as it traveled down my body and over the cuts yet to fully heal. Her fingernails in my hair were heaven and the scent of Briar was a drug I never wanted to come down from. She giggled as I pulled her flush to me, ignoring the sting; I needing more contact. The sting faded as the curves of her body settled against mine while she moved the soap over my shoulders, my head falling back against the tiles. The need to fuck her consumed me; however, in this state, I was at her mercy. She scrubbed carefully over the patchwork of gashes across my skin until she knelt, looking up at me in question. I wasn’t worthy of her, but I nodded out of my sheer need for her as her mouth wrapped around my member, and the world fell away as I absorbed myself with the sensations of my mate’s thorough manipulation of my body. One of her small hands held me back against the tile, the other cupping my balls as she took me down the warmth of her throat. I didn’t have time to get hung up about it, about how I couldn’t satisfy her right now. It didn’t take long for my body to cum. My body shifted as I attempted to chase the feel of my release. That's when my legs came out from under me, but she was quicker, like the magnificent wolf she was. She caught me. Her perfect chest pressed against my mangled one. The bond between us tingled before it sparked to life, and our eyes met. She felt it too. I pulled her close to me and kissed her brow. The newly formed bond had been muted by the wolfsbane to just an echo of what it could be. I could sense it when she shifted, and the wolf fully ignited our bond, but it had felt like a dull ripple. Relief filtered through us both, the tether like an appendage that had fallen asleep, pulsing as the feeling returned.

“He gave you a stronger dose,” she said, reaching out and grabbing a towel to help dry me off.

He may have, but he had done more heinous things to my mate, and she was staring at me now, hoping her offerings would bring me back to who I was. I wasn’t sure I could come back to that person. I had watched Briar heal from her trauma, seen the terror in her eyes, the fear. Even though she was now fully healed, I knew my Briar would never be Adelaide again.

Author note:

Throughout this month, as I draw this story to a close, and you guys are almost 100% caught up with my writing, there may be pauses as I have to write a few chapters ahead. I only have the ability to write, edit, etc., a few hours a day, which cuts into sleeping. There may be a day here or there that I don't update, just understand that I am trying to ensure what gets to you is quality work, and run through a few helpers who help catch some of my errors. That being said it is also holiday season, and I have family and it's busy season at work, so my hours there are long. Please have patience with me.

I have seen comments that say this story is dragging, and others that say that they are still just as in love with the story as in the first chapters. I'm all for constructive criticism, some people also say they don't like Briar's character. While personally, I find that harsh as she has been through so much in such a short time. if others feel this way, I would like to know. Also, be kind in criticism, please. Constructive doesn't mean bashing a simple I feel like this could have been done better, or this is why I have a hard time liking this character. Everyone's perspectives are valid, I do try to respond to most comments, many I have to translate, and they don't always make sense so I apologize to those on Novelago for that.

I hope everyone has a beautiful holiday and that your family is filled with the joy of each other. Whether that is chosen family or biological ones.

😘 LILLY ♥