Chapter 10
“Mate Pull”
POV Cassy
My heart breaks all over again when Josh kisses me goodbye and leaves for the airport in the evening.
I lie in his bed staring at the ceiling after he’s gone.
‘What a wicked thing to do…’ Cush sings.
“Shut up, Cush!” I yell in my head.
‘Nobody loves no….’ she continues. ‘It’s Chris Isaak,’ she says
“Ugh, you're so annoying!” I growl inwardly.
‘If you listen to your tummy growling, you would know I’m hungry!’
“Fine! I’ll eat only if you shut up!” I roll my eyes.
‘Wine and cheese, please,’ Cush purrs.
I wander to the wine cupboard, pull out a random bottle and grab a plate of meat and cheese from the fridge.
I try everything to open the wine with no luck.
Ethan walks by. “Having a pity party?”
“Only over not being able to open the wine,” I mumble.
Ethan pulls a weird metal contraption from a drawer and shows me how to use it.
He grabs another bottle and gets me to open it on my own. The minute I’m successful, he puts the contraption away and leaves me with two bottles of wine.
‘Ooo, now this is a party,’ Cush gushes.
By the end of the first bottle, I’m standing with the second at the living room window, singing sad songs with Cush in my head.
It’s a full moon, and the town of Ithaca glows under the moonlight.
Ethan and the Queen's head off to bed after a while, leaving me alone to turn off most of the lights.
I don’t notice Sebastian walk up behind me shirtless and steal the last half of my bottle.
“You’ve had enough, princess. Time for bed,” he says in his deep, sexy voice.
He picks me up, carries me to my room, and drops me on my bed.
I can feel the mate pull intensely. I grab him and pull him toward me.
“Let me look into Mr. Handsome’s gorgeous baby blue eyes,” I squeak, drunk and bold.
He smiles and lets me pull him close. I trace my fingers over his tattoos.
He leans down and touches my lips with his thumb. I pull him closer, and he kisses me deeply, my need for him starts to consume me. I run my nails down his back as the mate bond betrays me, and before I realize what’s going on, we’re entangled in each other so deeply I couldn’t stop even if I wanted to.
He growls, ripping off my shirt and bra like a beast, sliding his tongue down my chest and sucking on my aroused, swollen n*****s.
I moan loudly as he takes his time on each one of my breasts. I fumble with his pants, and he pulls them off and crawls on top of me. I can feel his hardness through his boxers.
I want to please him, claim him as mine, but he holds me down by my wrist and slides down, past my belly.
He slips off my pants and smiles when he sees how wet my panties are from my desire.
He grabs my chin. “Tell me how bad you want me, princess.”
“Please,” I whisper
“Please what?” He smirks.
“Please, Sebastian.” I moan.
At the mention of his name, he growls loudly, losing all control and rips off my underwear and ravishes me all night.
I wake alone the next morning with headache medication and orange juice on my nightstand.
“Ugh, My head hurts,” I whine. “I’m never drinking again.”
“Shut up and drink the orange juice,” Cush growls.
I go to stand up and can hardly walk.
Suddenly everything from last night hits me, and I fall back on the bed in disbelief.
“He’s your mate Cassy, this was ineitable with his mate mark on your ass and the full moon last night. Your body wanted you to complete the bond. You belong to each other now, for life now.” She purrs.
I get up again and slowly and painfully walk to the shower.
The hot water helps relax my muscles and relieves some of my pain.
I slowly get dressed waiting for the full effect of the painkillers and head upstairs for coffee.
I sit down, and Ethan slides the whole coffee pot over to me.
“I like you. I think I’ll keep you,” I smile.
“Did you have a good night, Cassy?”
“Um, yes.”
Ethan looks at me with a raised brow.
“I’ve never seen Sebastian in such a good mood. Did you two work things out? He’s gone to check on Sophia at the hospital.”
“He what?” I growl.
“The hospital called; she is awake and doing better.”
I guzzle my coffee and panic. I pack a small bag, spray myself with Josh’s scent remover and take a can with me. I jump in a random Range Rover and drive back to the cabin by the lake.
I hide in the cabin and turn off my phone.
I can’t believe I gave myself to him, and he just runs back to her. The witch that tried to kill me!
‘You won’t know what he’s really up to until you talk to him, Cassy,’ Cush says.
“Oh, he made it clear he wants me to have his kids and keep her as his mistress,” I hiss at Cush.
I hide out for a couple of days until I need more supplies and head to town.
I’m loading up on snacks when I hear an old familiar voice behind me.
“Cassandra?”
Someone taps my shoulder, and I turn around.