Blood Moon

Chapter 5: Birthday Wishes

Liam leaned in slowly giving me time to ease into this, but I didn't lean away I leaned in something inside me told me that it was all right and as our lips touched, I could taste his lips he tasted like the forest, and strangely he tasted of the ocean he felt like home, but not this home the home that filled my childhood memories.

I felt my wolf shift inside me and I smiled softly into his lips and as our kiss deepened the more my wolf grew restless. After a while I found my hands creep into his hair, but before his hands could grasp my hips to pull me closer.

MY body heats with every touch, his hands touch the curves of my body, drinking me in with every breath, with every kiss. He slowly began kissing down my jaw trailing a line of kisses down my throat reaching my shoulder. My heavy breaths all but fill the room around us. His kisses although gentle feel rough and filled with need. My body tingles like a thousand shock waves have filled my body through his kisses, through his touch.

" Liam", I whisper

His kisses slow as he looks at me when he pulls away.

He leans his forehead against mine, our breaths mingle in the air between us.

"You have no idea how long I have wanted to kiss you like that", he says exasperated.

My words stick as if clogged in my throat,what could I say? The Liam I saw at school was not the same person standing in front of me now.

He pulls away from me to look at me in the eyes. He searches my eyes trying to find something. After a moment he looks away his shoulders slump slightly.

" Come on lets go outside for some fresh air", he says moving away towards the door.

A knock comes from the front door startling me from my trance. I get up and walk past Liam and open the front door.

The pizza delivery guy stands in front of me.

"Hello I've got a delivery for a Clare Smith?", he says flashing me a smile.

"Yes that's me" I say smiling softly "But hang on that doesn't look like everything we ordered we had drinks as well." I look at the pizza boxes in his hands.

The man groans and sighs " No, gosh I am so sorry it was there but I didn't take it with I am so sorry, I'll go fetch it now for you, the pizza is on me I am so sorry."

Before I could answer he is already down the front steps and sprinting to his car.

Confused I turn around and close the door behind me. I turn to face Liam.

"He forgot the drinks", I say confusion laced in my voice.

Liam, returns my look of confusion and eventually starts laughing. His deep laugh booms throughout the hallway bringing a smile to my face, a feeling of lightness takes over my body. I begin to laugh as well. The confusion and emotions of the past day flowing out of me.

After a minute our laughter died down leaving us standing smiling at each other.

"What a day," Liam says after a moments pause.

"You're telling me" I say with a chuckle.

He turns to walk away but with my one free hand I reach out to grab his arm.

"Liam", I say when he turns to look at me, "I- I wanted to say that- I mean about earlier in the kitchen-"

"Struggling to find the rght words princess?", he asks with a grin.

I roll my eyes and playfully glare.

He laughs loudly, grabbing the pizza boxes from my hands and turns again walking down the hallway, "I was told that saying the wrong words are right words in the end...maybe you should try that"

"Liam!", I groan as he continues to laugh, walking into the living room.

A few hours passed and the twins had woken up eaten their slices of pizza and fell back to sleep. The sun had set hours before and still no word from our delivery driver.

Liam had taken to skipping through shows on Netflix while I tried to read while stealing glances at him in between. I had caught him looking at me a few times as well, making me blush.

"Clare-", he was interrupted by the grand father clock chiming in the hallway.

Startled I take out my phone to check the time. Midnight.

A buzz filled the air and a rumbling began inside my head.As if it was a tidal wave that hit me a minute later a smell filled my nostrils a strong smell of forest and ocean the scent made my wolf stir and scream mate over and over again and when I looked at Liam I instantly knew it was him not only was it the taste of him that was the same, but those eyes made my wolf leap in joy.

A small growl left my lips and the words "mate" surrounded the silent room.

A second of silence

Liam's eyes widened as he looked at me. A low purr came from deep in his chest. Getting up slowly he approached me almost predatory like.

"Mate" he growls reaching and cupping my face. He moved his face closer to mine, "Took you long enough princess" he says nuzzling his nose in my throat breathing me in.

I looked at him confused, and asked, "What do you mean?"

"My birthday was months ago love, I have been in absolute agony watching you everyday not being able to approach you to even touch you" his fingers brush my cheeks.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to cause you so much hassle, I didn't know... you should have told me I could have helped you been there..." I slowly stopped talking, drifting into thought, trying to find ways to express my emotions.

"Hey, don't worry I didn't tell you earlier because I wanted you to find out on your own, so you wouldn't feel rushed and when I saw you just now in the driveway it took me everything not to tell you, but I knew that I had made a decision, and I was willing to stick to, it for you"

He cupped my cheek in his hand and his thumb rubbed softly under my eye, he leaned in and whispered, "And I would do it all over again to lead to this perfect moment"

His blue eyes hypnotized me, putting me in a trance, one I knew I would never be free of, and I don't believe I would ever want to.

"Thank you" I said, "thank you for giving me time, I don't know you and you don't know me, but you have already giving me something I don't think anyone else would have and that's time"

"Okay, enough with all this mushy stuff let's get your birthday into gear and let's make this a day you will never forget okay?"

"Okay"

" Jeez, we sound like the couple form the fault in our star's movie but in this story I hope we live together and learn who each other are both as individuals but as one, I guess what I'm trying to say it doesn't go dying on me okay?"

I giggled, not only was that so deep and true, but the fact that he made a joke to ease into it made me feel so comfortable around him.

Noticing that I was quiet, he said, "Hey, it's your birthday right, so why don't we get those birthday wishes in check, shall we?"

"Okay, but only if we can make yours come true as well."

"Already done, I've got the only thing I have ever asked for in life, and that is for someone to love me just as much as I love them"

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