Sold as the Alpha King's Breeder
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Chapter 39: An Educated Woman

Troy

She was seated with her legs crossed in the bed, her hair piled in that messy bun she always wore.She had Romero's map in her hands, pointing to one of the faded pictures on the margin. There wasa look of sheer excitement in her eyes, something almost rabid and unrecognizable.

"A gem? I shrugged out of my old leather jacket, tossing it into the corner of the room as I bent tountie the laces of my boots.

“Yes, I'm sure of it.”

I looked up, arching my brow, “What makes you think that?”

*This symbol, it's repeated several times, see? I didn't even notice it before but I've seen it. I've seenit in the Temple of the White Queens in Winter Forest. It's on the statue behind the altar. I used torun my fingers across it.”

"What's its significance?”

“I'm not sure. I didn't really ever pay attention when my mom was praying.” she frowned, watchingme with a careful eye. “Can I ask you something?”

"No."

"Why do you all wear those, well, poofy shirts?”

“This? I looked down, spreading my arms wide so the loose, think fabric unfurled over my arms.“Yeah. I mean, they're so—50..."

"Old fashioned?” I laughed, reaching up to untie the strings that held the shirt closed over my chest.“They serve a purpose, actually.”

"And what purpose is that? To make sure you look the part while you're playing pirate?”

glared at her, then pulled the shirt over my head, tossing it on the bed. She blushed, blinking like aninnocent schoolgirl as she looked away from my bare chest.

“Say you get tangled in the rat tails while climbing up to mend the sails, or thrown overboard,” Isaid, enjoying the progression of the pinkness in her cheeks as I unbuttoned my pants. “Heavy fabricweighs you down in water, and a high neckline can choke you if you're snagged on something atthe right angle. You need something you can slip out of easily. I began to pull my pants over mythighs, slowing as I caught her gaze. She swallowed, looking away again and pretending to beinvested in the paneling of the wall. “Plus, it's hotter than Hell on the deck. The loose fit allows air tobrush against your skin, keeping you cool.”

"Oh," she said quietly, not daring to look at me. I loved this game.

“That's why we wear these old-fashioned shirts. Not because we want to look like pirates, butbecause we already are pirates.”

She stopped, biting her lip. Obviously,

She looked at me then, smirking. “My dad would lose his mind if he knew I were sharing a bed withshe hadn't meant to say that out loud.

“We're not technically sharing a bed, are we? I've been sleeping on the floor like a dog.”

“Because you are one,” she said pointedly, her chin lifted towards the ceiling.

"Anyway, about the map?”

She looked me up and down as I sat next to her in the bed, resting my head against the wall andstretching hugely, my inner arm grazing her shoulders.

“Are you going to put clothes on?” she asked, tilting her head towards my underwear, which was allI was wearing.

“Too humid, storms coming. Plus, you're supposed to be leaving for work soon. I'll be able to sleepnaked in my bed if I want to.”

She rolled her eyes, scooching a few inches away from me and exhaling as she settled her gaze backon the map in her lap. “About the map,” she said, running her fingers along the faded script. “Thereused to be something in the center of the statue of the altar in Winter Forest. I could feel where ithad been, I don't know, chipped away? There was a catch to the space, where the granite was sharp,and it shouldn't have been. It was no bigger than the tip of my thumb.”

*And you think whatever is missing from the altar is what Damian is after? I was barely payingattention, my eyes focusing solely on the

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exposed skin of the back of her neck as she leaned forward over the map. I reached out, touchingher neck with my fingertips, watching as the fine, white hair rose against her skin. “Maeve,” I saidsoftly, unable to stop myself, “i'm sorry.

She looked over her shoulder, the light catching on her strawberry blonde brows as her glacier blueeyes settled on mine. “I know,” she said, her voice trembling slightly. “Are you even payingattention?”

In a split second, I had her on her back, the map drifting in the air for a moment before falling ontothe edge of the bed and then sliding to the floor. She was looking up at me, startled, but there wasa warmth behind her eyes, something I hadn't seen since I climbed up to her perch in the library

I bent my head, my face hovering just above her own. She was totally, completely still.”

“I want you,” I breathed, my lips brushing hers as I spoke, “and I don't care if you hate me forever. Itdoesn't change a thing.”

“I don't hate you,” she replied, her eyes focused on mine. I had her pinned against the mattress byher wrists, her hands open, palms towards the ceiling. She bent her fingers, the tips of them grazingmy own as I held her down.

I kissed her hard, the way I had wanted to for days. She opened her mouth to mine, her teeth bitingdown on my lower lip.

I reached down along her waist, pulling her shirt up over her stomach, and touched her skin, myhand traveling up to cup her full breast. She sucked in her breath as I squeezed. I let go, rising to myknees over her and gripping her shirt, tearing it open to reveal her breasts.

“Troy!” she squeaked; her mouth slightly ajar in surprise.

“I told you, you can get out of them easily.”

She attempted to knee me in the groin, but my weight was holding her down. I bent my head,kissing her on the neck as I ran my fingers up her arms that were still outstretched over her head.Then I kissed her collarbone, then the half-moon scar over her left breast.

Then I took her nipple between my teeth, biting gently as her back arched and she cried out.

"Am I hurting you?"

“No,” she said, a little breathless, “No. Don't stop.”

Maeve

I was limp. I couldn't have moved, even if I wanted to. Whatever he was doing with his mouth wasabout to send me over the edge.

His mouth left my breasts long enough for him to straighten up and reach down to roughly pull mypants down over my thighs. His fingers slipped into my underwear, pulling them to the side. Iexhaled as he touched me, his thumb pressing against my clit and making me moan with pleasure.Oh, Goddess, how I had wanted this, despite everything. This was bad, so very, very bad.

I arched my hips towards him as his fingers slipped inside of me, pushing me even closer to theedge. I opened my eyes as he sighed, noticing the smug expression on his face.

I nudged him hard with my knee and he nearly fell off the edge of the bed, releasing his hold on meto grip the quilt in order to steady himself.

A look of hunger flashed in his eyes, a challenge. He arched his brow, then grabbed my hips firmly,pulling me towards him.

1 yelped in surprise, locking my legs around him but he pushed them far apart, gripping my innerthighs with his hands.

And then he bent down, kissing my stomach, then lower, and lower, until his mouth met the tender,aching place between my legs.

"Oh," I breathed, going limp once more. I reached up and ran my fingers through his hair, tangling itbetween my fingers as my hips arched to him, desperation pulsating through my core.

“Troy!” I exclaimed, "Where-where did you learn how to do this?”

His head popped up from between my legs after a few moments, a laugh trembling through hischest. He rested his chin on my thigh, shaking his head.

“I'm not going to answer that right now, Maeve.”

"Okay." I said quietly, panting as he bit my inner thigh, the sensation sending a ripple of pleasurethrough my body.

He rose over me again, running his hands over the curve of my hips and then my breasts, squeezingthem until I cried out, throwing my head back against the mattress.

“I'm going to be late for work,”

He flipped me over, so I was on top of him, straddling him as he laid against the bed beneath me. Iwas suddenly self-conscious, feeling

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totally exposed to his gaze. I tried to cover my breasts with my hands, but he grabbed my wrists,shaking his head.

He was hard, ready. I could see the look of anticipation etched into his face. But I sat there, dumbly,unsure of what I was supposed to do next. What had Cleo said to me weeks ago? To tell him what Iliked? But he was expecting something from me in this position. I was on top. I was the one incontrol.

“What do I do now?” I whispered shyly.

“Lift up a bit so I can get my boxers off,”

"Oh, yeah-* 1 rose on my knees while he awkwardly fumbled between my legs, pulling his boxersdown over his knees.

He nudged one of my legs by accident, my knee slipping over the side of the bed, but he caught mebefore I tumbled over, his hands leaving pink marks on my waist.

“I'm not very good at this!” I said hurriedly, a furious blush creeping over my chest and cheeks. Ihated not being good at something. I hated not being the best. But he was the only man I had everhad sex with, and we had only done that twice. Well, the first time hardly counted, in my opinion, soonce. And Troy? How many times had he done this? Judging by what he was doing with his mouth afew minutes ago, I'm

guessing enough to know exactly what he was doing.

“You're great at this!” he laughed, his voice catching in his throat as I straddled him again. I couldfeel him beneath me, his cock pressing against the wet folds between my legs. I moved forwardinvoluntarily, seeking my own pleasure without thinking about it. He moaned; his eyes only openedto slits as he looked up at me.

“That's what you do now, Maeve, but with me inside of you.”

leased onto him, the muscles of my thighs tightening as fullness sent a warm sensation through mycore. Okay, that wasn't so bad. I could do this. Plus, from this angle I could see his face clearly in thelight from the lantern. His brow was knitted in a look that rode the edge between pleasure and pain.“Now what?” I breathed, my heart beginning to race.

“Move your hips,” he said softly, sleepily. I shimmied my hips and he grunted, taking me by thewaist, “i'm not going to last long if you keep doing it like that,”

*Up and down then?”

"Kind of-" He guided me with his hands, moving against me with his hips. The motion was exquisite,and I felt myself begin to move without his help, my body reaching for my own climax as he pantedbeneath me.

The.

He reached up, his hand on my shoulders and his thumbs stroking my neck before he pulled medown, kissing me deeply.

It wasn't long before our movements became more desperate. I cried out to him, pressing myforehead against his as wave after wave of pleasure crashed over me. My body relaxed, my legstrembling as I tried to maintain my position, but I was struggling.

He flipped me over onto my back, running his hands over my body and gripping me by the waist ashe drove into me again, and again, and again until he suddenly pulled himself from me, crying outas he spilled his seed over my belly.

I had barely the energy to be shocked.

He collapsed next to me, the two of us laying against the mattress, panting.

He held his hand up, looking over at me expectantly. I arched my brow, bringing my own hand intothe air, and he gave me a high five.

“Good job," he said hoarsely, his arm falling back against the mattress.

"Did you seriously just give me a high five?”

"Yeah, you earned it."

I rolled my eyes, elbowing him in the side of the chest before rising, swinging my feet out of bed.“Why did you, um..."

“So I don't get you pregnant.”

“What-oh, right.” Of course. There was no need for that now, was there? He was no longer mybreeder. He was just Troy.

I was okay with that.

He sat up, fumbling in the bed for the torn shirt and handed it to me, smiling shyly. “Sorry,” he saidas I wiped the sticky substance away.

“It's probably for the best,” I said with an anxious laugh, my stomach tight with nerves. Thunderboomed over our heads, and the sound of rain was echoing through the room. I hadn't noticed itbefore.

“Is this the storm you were talking about?” I asked, standing and searching under the quilt for mypants and underwear.

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He laid back against the pillow, looking up at the ceiling. I saw a brief flash of worry cross over hisfeatures. “It is, but we're riding the edge of it. It'll pass by us. Just be careful walking around today;the boat is going to be moving like mad in these waves.”

I could feel the intense pitch already as I pulled on my shoes. It was definitely past six o'clock in themorning. Olly was probably thinking was sleeping in.

I looked down at Troy as I pulled one of his poofy shirts over my head, tucking it into my pants so itdidn't fall down around my thighs. “Thank you for helping me uh-"

“Sex education, babe,” he laughed, closing his eyes, “I'll be your instructor as long as you want.”