Alice was annoyed when she woke up. It wasn't so much that he hadn't told her his full first name. It was that she hadn't been able to convince him to tell her when she'd discovered that she didn't already know it. And the subtle difference irked her beyond belief. She knew that he'd been teasing her the night before. Mostly. But she was still annoyed when her eyes opened and she turned her head to stare at the still glowing embers of the fire.

She'd gotten up in the night to check on the meat and turn it again, and then finally to move it off the makeshift grill that she had made. Removing the wooden grill she rekindled the fire, coaxing it back to life, surprised by how deeply Fin managed to sleep, because it wasn't as if she was being all that quiet. She knew that if he were making as much noise as she were, she would be wide awake at least until she realized that there wasn't a threat.

Once the fire was going again, and she was convinced that it would go until morning, she moved back towards her spot, moving over her mate's body to slip back into the sleeping bag with him.

A gasp left her throat when his hands came up, catching her hips and pulling them down to anchor her firmly on top of him.

"I think that we should leave before dawn." His voice was thick with desire, although his words were hardly romantic. "We won't have much time in the morning, and as you said, who knows what will happen when we get home, although I swear I'll protect you with my life." His calloused hand came up to clasp the back of her neck, pulling her down for a kiss. She sank down against his chest, melting into the kiss with a sigh.

There were a few things that Fin had already learned about his young, gorgeous mate and some that he suspected. He knew that she was smart and strong and beautiful. He knew that she was a fairly good hunter and that she had survival skills rivaling many of the warriors in his pack. He'd seen her bravery and resourcefulness when she helped her pack Beta rescue him from her pack's holding cells a few days earlier. And she was passionate in bed.

What he didn't yet know about her, that he would learn very, very soon, was that she could be as stubborn as a mule and that when she was determined to do something she didn't let anything stand in her way. And right now she was determined to find out what his name was.

Pushing back the top layer of the sleeping bag she kissed her way down his chest again as he let out a moan, realizing immediately what she had in mind.

"Alice, you just did that earlier, you don't have to if you don't-"

"I wouldn't be doing it if I didn't want to. Fin." He should have noticed the way she said his name, but he was so focused on what she was doing that her clipped tone on that last word didn't really phase him.

Alice gazed up at him in the flickering light, as the tip of her tongue ran from the base of his cock up his length, and if the light had been a little bit brighter, he might have been able to see the mischievous gleam in her eye. She swirled her tongue around the tip before taking him in her mouth, one hand slipping around the wide girth of his base as eased him into the warm heat of her mouth and began to suck on him enthusiastically as if he was the best thing she had ever tasted. Her free hand came down to cup his balls as she continued to work him, moving up and down his length, letting him slide as far back as she could, listening to his moans as he came closer and closer to the edge and when she knew he was nearly there, his balls growing heavy and tight in her hand, she eased back suddenly and pulled away before grinning up at him.

"You know, Fin," this time he caught the hard stress she placed on his name and his eyes narrowed, both because of her tone and because her mouth and hands were no longer touching him and he was so, so close to the edge. Her very absence hurt rather unexpectedly, especially since she'd been the one to go down on him voluntarily, which he now realized, seemed to be part of her plan.

"What are you doing, Princess?" He drew in a slow breath between his clenched teeth as she leaned forward, her shapely breasts dangling above him as his hands came up to clasp lightly around her waist. He tried to keep the frustration out of his voice, he didn't want her to know how much power she held right now, although he had a feeling she knew exactly what the balance was.

"Oh I just got tired. It is very late, isn't it? What time do you think it is? Three?"

"Probably." He closed his eyes for a moment. Breathing out slowly before he opened them again. "That's not really what this is about, is it Allie?"

She leaned forward, kissing his nose lightly before sitting back, the warm heat and slick wetness of her body pressed against his still aching hard on.

"Oh Sweetie, that's got to hurt." She stuck out her lower lip as if in sympathy although it was apparent she didn't feel bad for him at all.

"Fuck Alice, you're heartless woman. If you want to know that bad then fine. I would have told you in the morning anyways. My first name is Fintan. Are you happy now?"

"Fintan? Hmmm. So I'll be Mrs. Fintan Nowak. Yes. I am happy. That's all I wanted to know."

She began to roll to the side, but he caught her hips and raised an eyebrow.

"Oh, you wanted to finish what I started?" She grinned down at him, biting her lip seductively. She knew what he wanted and he could tell by the juices that he could feel running down his cock that she wanted him every bit as badly. After all they'd only been mated for a few days.

If they'd been in back at pack house now, the way they should have, they wouldn't have left his bed except to use the  ensuite bathroom, and everything would have been delivered by packmates for the first two weeks. Hell since he was Alpha, they probably wouldn't have left his suite for the first month. In most situations in his pack, the Luna was pregnant before she left the bedroom because that's just how it worked out.

He didn't have much time to think beyond imagining what it would be like to have her in his own home though, because a moment later, she had risen up and was settling herself down again on his long hard length, her eyes locked on his as her lips parted as a moan escaped from between them.

Fuck. This was going to be difficult. She'd brought him close to the edge already and somehow she still felt so tight and wet and electrically amazing around him that he didn't know how long he'd be able to hang on. But he sure as Hell was going to do his best to make sure she felt every bit as good as he did before he gave in and let himself go again.

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It was an hour later before they fell asleep and well after dawn when Fin woke up, his limbs tangled up with his mates, somewhat sore from what they'd done on the hard cave floor the night before and certain that his mate would be even sorer.

Reaching over he turned her cell phone on to check the time. 9:43. He'd wanted to leave hours earlier. Would it be better now to wait until night? Did it even matter? If these woods were as abandoned as Alice claimed they could skirt around the edges almost all the way to the boundaries of his Pack Lands. He'd need to see a map to be sure, because he didn't know the rogue territory boundaries by heart, but he knew that Amber Moon's territories didn't go as far north as his lands did. The hard part would be figuring out all of that without a map. Unless his mate had one packed in that giant backpack of hers. He tried to remember if she did.

For the time being though, he let her sleep. It was already far too late to go slipping across the northern edge of Amber Moon's land in the dark. If they were going to try that they needed to wait until after nightfall anyways or start early tomorrow morning. He pulled his mate closer to his chest, smiling when she sighed and remembering how she'd tried to manipulate him last night to get what she wanted. 

The memory almost made him laugh. If it had been a serious matter he would have been upset with her. But he'd been planning on telling her his name all along. Seeing how fiery and annoyed she was with him had almost been more of a turn on. Feeling himself grow hard again he pushed the thoughts away.

Now as not the time. They needed to get a move on as soon as she woke up. No more distractions. It was time to bring his Luna home and present her to his pack. 

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