Chapter 32 32

Chapter 32 32
Chapter 32 – Encounters

We reached our room, and I closed the door behind us. I listened for Alec and Kazimir in the living room but couldn’t hear them, so the room was fairly soundproof. Reaching for the buttons on my shirt, I watched as Odessa bent over to remove her shoes. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to sink my teeth into her ass or spank it red, maybe I’d do both. Something inside of me shifted and my anger over her carelessness returned to the surface.
“Strip!” I commanded.
“Excuse me?” She whirled around, her hands on her hips. “If I have to repeat myself you’ll earn eight.”
“It’s chilly in here!” She raised an eyebrow.
Was she testing me?
“Eight. There are heavy blankets on the bed and an Alpha with enough body heat to make you sweat all night long.” I tossed my shirt on the chair in the corner of the room.
My eyes stayed focused on her as I toed off my shoes. Her trembling hands reached for her jeans, and she wiggled out of them. I unlatched my belt and pulled it out of my pants with a swift tug. She swallowed hard and kept her eyes focused on the belt.
“You weren’t really serious about using a belt on me?” She took a step back.
“Now what kind of mate would I be if I didn’t take care of you, protect you, teach you, and train you? Hmmm?” I tilted my head to the side.

“Beating me with a belt isn’t taking care of me!” She stepped to the other side of the bed as if that would keep me from giving her a well- deserved punishment.
“I’m not beating you, I’m teaching you.” I reached for my duffle bag and removed a necktie.
“What’s that for?” She eyed the necktie.
“Would you prefer to take your punishment bent over the bed, the chair, or my lap?” I folded the belt over and made it crack when I pulled it tight.
“You can’t do this Hades. I’m your Luna!” She shook her head.
“And a Luna follows her Alpha’s orders. You were reckless, you put your life in danger along with Giota and Alec. These are dangerous people we’re dealing with, werewolves are not immune to death by bomb explosions. Now, bend over!” I nearly snarled my command this time.
The more I thought about it, the more my anger grew. If anything had happened to her, it would have destroyed me, and the pack. I tried to control my anger, I didn’t want to hurt her beyond the sting of my belt. This was her first punishment and I wish I had the luxury of all my tools, but I had to make do with what I had. I listened for her thoughts, but she had the wall up. Her eyes darted to the door behind me as she considered an escape.
“Don’t even think about it.” I stepped towards her, and she jumped on the bed, narrowly escaping my reach as she ran for the bathroom.
“Nine!” I hooked my arm around her waist and pulled her back against my body. Her chest heaved with each breath she took, fear and excitement pulsed through her aura. Odessa was Alpha born and was naturally headstrong. She needed to know I meant business and understand there would be consequences.
I sat on the bed and pulled her down on my lap. My hand reached under her sweater and cupped her breast as I kissed the side of her neck. For a fleeting moment, she relaxed into me no doubt believing I had changed my

mind about the punishment. I pulled her sweater and two layers of shirts over her head, leaving her in only a bra and panties.
She turned sideways on my lap to kiss me, and I let her. The taste of her sweet kiss was seductive, making the blood rush to my cock. I unhooked her bra and palmed her breasts. My hands were rough, and she seemed to like it. I doubt she fully understood her body enjoyed the rougher side of touch and she was probably still struggling to accept it. Odessa pressed her legs together trying to hide her excitement when I pinched her nipple. My hand reached for the necktie, and I lifted it to her mouth when she pulled away from the kiss. Her eyes widened with betrayal, and she opened her mouth to speak, but she didn’t get a chance.
“You spit that out and I’ll make it fifteen lashes. Nod your head if you understand.” She gave a slight nod, and I quickly flipped her face down across my lap. I tugged at her panties, and sucked in a deep breath, she was the most beautiful thing I had ever set eyes on.
Odessa wouldn’t be Odessa if she submitted so easily, her legs flailed, and she tried to scoot off my lap. When I pulled her back into position, her foot smacked me in the jaw and I let out a low growl. I brought my leg up and over the backs of her knees to ensure she was properly restrained. All her wiggling around was only giving me a better view of her backside.
“Ten.” I palmed her cheeks, squeezing, and rubbing firmly. The belt was still on the bed beside me, but I took my time massaging that beautiful ass that had me so captivated. She glanced back over her shoulder, the necktie still stuffed in her mouth and her face flushed. Goddess, what a delicious vision she is!
“Punishment and bed,” Haze reminded me. This was supposed to be a punishment with no end reward for her because of the severity of her actions.
“After this, you might think twice before acting impulsively,” I lifted the belt…

“CRACK!” She jerked as the leather made contact with her skin. The first one was enough to sting, but not really hurt.
“CRACK!” She turned her head back to look at me, intrigue filled her eyes.
“CRACK! CRACK!” I brought the leather down with a little more force on each cheek and she squirmed.
“Will you listen to me next time?” I asked and she let out a muffled whimper.
“CRACK!” Her beautifully unblemished skin was starting to turn red.
“CRACK!” She tried to free her legs but failed. “Do you have any idea the kind of pain you would have caused if anything had happened to you?”
“CRACK!” A half moan, half whimper sound caught in her throat. “You’re mine now, and you will listen to me.”
“CRACK!” I landed a hard lash she was sure to feel for a few days and she whimpered.
“Don’t pull away from your spanking, you earned it. I forbid your wolf to help heal you from this punishment so you will remember it for a few days.”
“CRACK!” Another hard lash and she reached her hand to shield her bottom. I was quick to grab her wrist and pull it back for the final blow.
“CRACK!” I landed it across both cheeks, and she let out a sob against the necktie in her mouth.
I dropped the belt and allowed the palm of my hand to glide over her heated skin. Her ragged breathing slowed, and her body relaxed under my touch. I pulled the necktie out of her mouth, expecting her to yell at me, but she didn’t. My hand continued to soothe and gently massage her for a few long moments before I finally lifted her into a sitting position on my lap.

“Oww!” She winced when her ass made contact with my thigh.
“Are you sorry?” I asked. She looked up at me and made no move to say anything.
“Odessa?” I warned.
“I thought you’d use your hand, not the belt!”
“Normally, I will use my hand, but the severity of what you did, warranted the belt. I didn’t go very hard on you.”
“The last three were pretty hard!” She snapped. “Would you like me to help soothe it?” I offered. “You act as if I enjoyed it. I didn’t!” She huffed.
“It was a serious punishment Odessa. It’s not meant to be enjoyed and yet I can smell your arousal,” I lifted an eyebrow, she had been aroused by the first half of the spanks. Goddess, I wanted her.
“I just want to go to bed,” she moved to stand up and I held her to my

lap.

“Not like this,” I said as I pressed my mouth to her ear.
“What do you want from me Hades? I know it was stupid of us to come

here. I didn’t know how dangerous it would be. I didn’t realize psychotic maniacs with bombs are trying to kill us.” Her eyes filled with tears. “I just wanted to help find Thea and Alina. We didn’t think anyone would recognize us…”
I pulled her into me, holding her tight and stroking her hair as she cried. I hadn’t intended to allow Odessa any pleasure tonight as part of her punishment. But her vulnerability and the thought of her reddened ass were driving me crazy. I wanted nothing more than to make slow love to her right now. I pulled the blankets down and helped her into the bed. Standing at the foot of the bed, I removed my pants and boxers. Her eyes regarded my

erection as it bobbed free. When her hooded eyes finally met mine, I knew exactly what she wanted… what she needed, and I was happy to give it to her.
It was early in the morning when I woke up. I could see sunrise peeking through the crack in the curtain and decided to let my mate sleep longer. I took a quick shower and got dressed. When I entered the living room, Alec was seated near the window looking through the journal.
“Anything new?” I asked.
“The Skaya hotel was evacuated and most of the guests have checked into this hotel. The power has been cut to the entire building and the police have roped it off. I assume they will have a fire inspector arriving soon. And I’ve seen the same sleek black car drive past the hotel four times now,” Alec said.
“What kind of car?” I asked.
“Something Russian I think. It looks like a Rolls-Royce.”
“Aurus Senat,” Kazimir’s deep and groggy voice said. “It looks like a Rolls-Royce.” Kazimir was sleeping on the sofa and Kronos had curled himself in the crook of Kazimir’s arm.
“I thought Kronos was sleeping with Giota?” I grinned.
“I think he’s missing Alina,” Kazimir sat up and placed Kronos on the cushion next to him.
“Did you sleep?” I asked Alec.
“A few hours, then I traded places with Kazimir. I’ve been looking the journal over. Some of these transactions have a pattern.”
“What are you saying?” I asked.
“If I didn’t know any better, I’d say Yuri was blackmailing people. There are consistent transfers coming in from the same politicians and

Russian oligarchs. Then the money gets washed and reappears in some encrypted account the next day. He also has numerous videos hidden in private accounts on public servers throughout Europe and the U.S.”
“Why would he upload videos to public servers?” I asked.
“Because you can access them outside of Russia and keep them safe if you’re blackmailing someone. You can have several copies sent to different email addresses around the world. All these companies have their own servers for public emails. Someone could destroy a computer or disk but trying to find something hidden on the cloud is impossible,” Kazimir explained.
“I accessed some of the videos with the codes he left. There’s murder, rape, prostitutes, and homosexual activity of some very powerful people.”
“Fuck! So if Yuri is dead, any one of these people could have come after him. Maybe they took Alina because they realized she was his niece?”
“Maybe, but what’s the connection between the journal and Alpha Hades. Why did someone think he needed to have it? How did it get to the Skaya hotel, and who planted the bomb?” Alec questioned just as Kazimir’s phone rang.
“It’s my brother,” Kazimir said. “Dah!” He answered as he always did and continued to have a conversation in Russian. I moved to the window and looked out at the damage. The fire had spread to three other floors and the roof had collapsed in where our old suite was. A moment of guilt flooded through me thinking about the housekeeper who died.
“Should I make a food run?” Alec asked.
“Mate will be hungry,” Haze reminded me. I wasn’t sure what room service would be like now that the hotel was brimming to capacity unexpectedly.
“Spasibo,” Kazimir thanked his brother and hung up the phone.

“Please tell me Alexsei has something for us.”
“He said the flight logs for Vnukovo airport from yesterday have disappeared. But he said one of the security guards remembers Belsky’s jet returning yesterday evening with several men, a woman, and a child.”
“Who the hell is Belsky?” Giota asked as she stepped into the room. “Russia’s Minister of Finance,” Kazimir said.
“Also a butcher,” Alec added. “Butcher?” Giota asked.
“Yuri has video links and was blackmailing people,” Alec told her. “And he has Thea and Alina?” She sounded alarmed.
“Alexsei said Belsky owns a large vodka distillery west of here near the Moscow country club and that Belsky has lunch at the country club every Tuesday and Thursday.”
“Today is Tuesday. How far is the country club from here?” I asked. “About forty-five minutes. I’ll call Anatoly,” Kazimir said as he dialed a
number.
“Is Anatoly the taxi driver from last night?” Giota asked.
“Yes. Giota, you need to stay in this room while we’re gone. It’s not safe for you or the Luna outside. I’m ordering you, as your Alpha, to stay here. Understood?”
“Yes, Alpha.” She bowed her head.
“Alec, order some room service, and don’t let them out of your sight. Kazimir will give you two tranquilizers, if they try to leave, you have my permission to use them.”

Anatoly was waiting for us in the parking garage and drove us to the distillery. The sky threatened rain, but everything was still dry. The distillery was in a large red brick building. Dozens of cars were parked in the lot and Anatoly dropped us off. We followed a woman who appeared to be an employee to a side entrance, but a guard stood at the door.
Kazimir spoke to him in Russian and the man directed us somewhere else. I peered through the windows and the plant was a big open space with large silos I assume are full of vodka. There was nowhere to hide a captive on the operational side of the building. We entered through the guest entrance and found a small gift shop and tasting room. Kazimir asked to use the restroom and the woman in the gift shop directed him down the hall.
I couldn’t sense another wolf in the vicinity, but they might have had an underground bunker or cell. I circled the gift shop and purchased two premium bottles of vodka while I waited for Kazimir to snoop around. The flirtatious little clerk wouldn’t stop smiling and fluttering her eyelashes at me. Haze nearly released a growl when she returned my change and her hand touched mine a moment too long.
I moved to the tasting room while I waited for Kazimir. The hostess pouring samples was even worse than the female in the gift shop. This one spoke a little English and it took her arousal a full minute before it reached my nose. There was nothing subtle about her. I knew her type, she would give everything with no shame and open her back door for me. Fuck, she’d even bark like a dog if I asked her to. Haze let out a huff, he was not appreciating the way she was appreciating me. I was considering waiting outside for Kazimir when he finally reappeared.
“I was worried you had fallen in,” I joked.
“From the scent of her arousal, I was worried you’d be violated.” “Did you find anything interesting?”
“No, but I think we just did!” He nodded his head towards a sleek looking black car that was leaving the parking lot. One that looked like a Rolls-Royce.