Under the spell of the Alpha (Book 1, Alpha series)

Euphoria

“Zara!!?!??” it was Jake. 

“Oh, hey Jake this is James. I believe you've already met.” I tried to sound casual like there was nothing going on.

”It’s good to see you again man.” James joined me with the casual tone, at least we tried. He put out his hand for Jacob to shake but he didn’t.

“Don’t man me. I didn’t thought you were the type of guy to go after pretty girls at parties James.” Okay this didn't go as well as I had hoped. 

“It’s not what you think Jake. Just trust me.” I tried to calm him down. 

“So he wasn’t just kissing you? You’re 7 years younger than him, he shouldn’t take advantage of you like that. For what s*x? If father knew you wouldn’t be let you of your room for weeks Z!” He started yelling at the end and that made James go in defense mode  for her.

“Don’t talk to her like that. Don’t you dare.” I placed a hand on his arm and pulled him back a little to stand between them.

“James I got this okay, I told you he was protective of me.” We shared a look and his anger floated away, some of it anyway, as he laced his fingers with mine. Jacob just stood there and watched. And then he understood.

“He’s your mate” Jake said as he finally realized what was going on. 

“He is.” I still held James hand in mine in a way to keep him calm.

“Does father know?” Jake asked. 

“He was there when we found out.” I told him.

"Sorry, just having a hard time wrapping my mind around this. Really? Him?” He asked pointing at James. 

“Yes Jake. So can you just chill and be nice please. I’m fine. I promise.” I was still holding James hand and he wasn’t letting go anytime soon. Both of us knew that if I let go he would be at Jake's throat in a second. 

Fathers voice was in our heads again telling us that dinner was being served. Jacob was still trying to wrap his mind around it as he walk back inside to party. I looked over to James and saw that he was calm now.

“Are you okay?” I asked him.

“Yeah, just never knew I could feel so protective of someone other than my mother and sisters. It was different too, I can’t explain it.” he looked surprised at his own emotions. 

“I think I get it.” There was a moment where we just stood there, looking at each other. ”Well we have to get back inside. The dinner is being served and my appsense would be suspicious.” I gave him a small smile.

“I’m not saying no to food. But we still have two questions left for after dinner.” I laughed at this. Like I was gonna let him out of two questions? Never!

“I’ll hold you to that.” And with that we walk inside still hand in hand. I never wanted to let go but I did anyway because I wanted to tell my family and Stacy instead of them just finding out. Plus another Jake moment in front of everyone wouldn’t be that fun. James growled at the loss of my hand.

“I need it to eat you know.” I teased him. 

“As long as I get it back later” he winked at me and it made me weak in the knees.

“See you later” I gave him a quick kiss on the cheek before walking of to my family. I could feel James' eyes burning on me as I walked away. I could smell and sense all of him now and it was turning me on like crazy. How the hell was I gonna survive this dinner now? Or any dinner for that matter?

I got to my family’s table and sat down trying to cool myself down. I felt Rebecca eyeing me from the other end. Rebecca was Marcus’ wife and she always knew things. She knew that Chris and Stacy were mates before he even turned 16. She just had a sense about that kind of stuff. I knew that she knew and her look said everything. We started linking to talk without everyone else listening.

~Who is it? I’m dying over here!~ the excitement in her voice was overwhelming. 

~I still don’t get how you can just know these kind of things!~ I did my best to hide my laugh but it got me a look from James across the room, making me blush yet again.

~Magic. So who’s your new mate?~ Like I said, she knew. 

~James Duran.~ I told her and it got silent for a few seconds to process the shock of hearing his name.

~What??? Seriously? How can you be so calm right now? I would be all over the place and wanting to jump his bones right about now!~ She was way to excited about this. 

~Eyy! You’re mated to my brother. Don’t forget that. But yeah, I’m kind of having trouble keeping my hands off of his body right now.~ I confessed. 

~I remember that feeling. Think how I felt being 16, a Virgin and suddenly felt that for my best friend..~ they had been the fairytale I always wanted to have. 

~Well it worked out pretty good since it’s baby number three on the way now so~ If I would be half as happy with James as they are I'm lucky.

~Hard to keep away from each other. You know how it is.~ and with that I got pictures in my mind of things I never wanted to see.

~I didn’t need to know that. I love you and my brother but I don’t need to know about your sexlife.~

~Sorry. We’ll talk more about James later okay?~

~Of course Becs! I promise!~

I found James eyes on me from across the room and couldn’t help but look at him, I was back under his spell. Damn this feeling was killing me. I wanted so bad to have him in my bed right about now. Get your mind out of the gutter Zara! I thought to myself. Thankfully father stood up and spoke now that everyone was seated and dinner would be served. “Welcome all of you! I know some of you have traveled far to get here for this evening and me and my family couldn’t be more happy to have you here with us tonight. I won’t keep you from the food any longer. So dig in!"

It wasn’t long until there were conversations going on all around the room. And I could still feel James’s eyes on me and it didn’t help with the fire I felt inside of me. I was sitting between my father and Jake, the only two that knew about me and James and I didn’t want to talk about it. Which made the whole dinner go by in a slow awkward silence. As soon as it was over I excused myself and walk fast over to the stairs and started to climb it. I could still feel his eyes on me. How the hell was that possible he wasn’t even there! Then I felt him and I turned around to see him walking towards the stairs. I was almost at the top when I felt his hand on my arm making me turn around and my eyes met his. I couldn’t take it anymore I had to touch him, kiss him, feel every part of him. He must have felt the same urge as me cause in two seconds we were on the second floor he had me pressed against the wall and the kiss picked up right where it had left of earlier. It was full of passion, urge and need. His hands lifted me up and I wrapped my legs around him as his lips moved over to my neck and I couldn’t stop the moan that came out of my mouth at that moment. I had to have him, all of him. NOW!

“ thi.. third door.. right.. side” I didn’t need to say more until he was carrying me in that direction, never letting his lips leave my skin.

I know I raved about Luke’s way to make me see stars but this was something different. This was magical and this was only from his touch on my skin and his kisses. I was high on something that’s for sure. Once we were in the safety of my room, away from the rest of the world I didn’t want to waste any more time having so much fabric between us. So I started taking of his jacket and tie.

“damn this dress woman, it’s killing me, you know that right?” he said as he leaned back to look me over. 

“then you better take it off” I told him with a commanding tone. 

He didn't waste any time either he found the zipper on the side of the dress in three seconds and two seconds after that the dress pooled around my feet. I was kind of surprised that he didn’t just ripped it, if he was anything like the man in the stories I’ve heard, he would have. It shouldn’t have been a surprise to him though that I wasn’t wearing a bra since the dress was backless but it still took him a little by surprise. He stood there and took in the sight of me for a few seconds before he unbuttoned his pants and walked me backwards towards the bed while kissing me. Just as I felt the bed hitting my legs I saw this look in James’s eyes and I knew what he was gonna do. There was no turning back now. I felt his lips back on my neck and then I felt a sharp but still amazing pain all over my body. I was marked.