We sat at our usual sits and ate the food prepared for us. During the dinner we talked and laughed. I hadn’t had this much fun on Christmas in a long time.
After dinner we all headed in the living room for Secret Santa. We all brought our gifts and now we were waiting to see who will start first.
“Okay kids now here are the rules. Number 1: when it’s your turn you take your present and open it. Number 2: you have to guess who was your secret Santa, you have 3 tries. And number 3: we will go in circle starting with Damiano and ending with me. Ready?” abuela said and we all nodded. We all have been doing this for forever with Damiano and Jay joining us and Sam not participating.
“Damiano you first.” I looked at Ella and saw her nervous. She was sitting across from him and waiting to see his reaction.
When he opened it and saw his face lit up like a Christmas tree.
“Okay now Damiano guess who could it be.”
He started thinking and for a few minutes he was quiet looking at everyone.
“Jay.”
“Nope. Not me.” he started looking around and then his gaze landed on Ella.
“Ella?” Ella nodded. She probably gave herself away with her nervousness. I knew that she really cared that she got him great gift and I knew I would have to have a word with him if he tells her he doesn’t like it.
“Well, thank you. I really like it.” Ella blushed at her words and looked at her lap.
“Well Jay. It’s your turn.”
Jay took his gift and opened it and got all nervous seeing it.
Why would he be nervous.
“Thank you Robert I promise I will not.”
Will not what?
I took the gift from him and looked inside. There on the top was a note:
You hurt her and next time it’ going to be a real gun here.
There under the note was a gun shaped chocolate. Next thing I heard was a yelp from Robert. When I looked at him, I saw him looking hurt at his wife. But it was what she said next that got him looking like a child that you just took candy from.
“Now you will not get the gift I had plant for you.”
One word. Gross.
“Becca you’re next.”
I opened my present and saw a picture of me Sam and Ella when we were 12 in the park where we had picnic. Then I saw a camera and a photo album.
I was really happy with the gift and tears escaped when I looked at the photo again.
I really loved photography but only as a hobby.
Now who gave me this gift? It wasn’t Robert or Ella. So, who was it?
“Michelle?”
She shook her head and that got me really confused. She Robert and Ella were the only ones who knew about my hobby. So, I looked around and my eyes landed on nervous looking Jay.
“Jay?” he nodded and I threw my hands around him.
“Thank you, thank you, thank you.” He chuckled and kissed me on the cheek. And that is how we went until it was only abuela that left.
She opened the present that I gave her.
“Oh, Becca you got me at those chocolates. Thank you I will make a good use of this book.”
For the rest of the evening, we decided binge watch home alone but lost interest in the middle of the third movie. Then when it was almost 11pm we all said our goodbyes and went our own separate ways.
Entering Jay’s house, I took his hand and dragged him to the room he used as his art studio where I had my present for him.
I stepped behind him watching silently. First, he didn’t say anything but just walked toward the canvas that was as big as him and looked at it and the pencils and temperas.
“What do you think?” I whispered so low that if he wouldn’t be a werewolf, he wouldn’t be able to hear me.
After a moment he turned around with a smile on his face, walked towards me and hugged me picking me up and I wrapped my legs around his waist.
“I love it. Thank you.” he kissed me on the lips. We parted when I had to get air in my lungs. But he didn’t stop there. He moved his mouth down to my neck and shoulder. Kissing and sucking.
“Jay?” he didn’t stop with his assault but rather moved so I was pressed against the door.
“Jay?” one of his hands went from my waist to my ass and the other under my shirt and traveled on my back up until he came to the bra clasp.
“Jay? Stop.” When he heard the word, he stopped immediately and went to drop me but I just held on to him tighter. I am sure that if he would take his hands away from me, I wouldn’t move how tight I am holding on to him.
“I’m ready.” It took him a minute before he got what I was thinking. And I could see happiness in his eyes but he was still holding back.
“Are you sure? There’s no going back once I do this.”
“Yes. I am sure.”
“We can wait. I can wait. I don’t want to do something if you’re not 100% ready.” His face became worried. But I knew what I wanted.
“I am ready. You’re going to bite me once we come back from Hawaii any way. So why wait.” we agreed a few days ago that he will mark me one week before the first full moon in the next year.
He kissed me hearing that and when we parted I saw his eyes weren’t green anymore but deep chocolate brown. And I knew it was his wolf that was in control.
“Hello my little mate.” His rough voice said. There was only one other time that I talked with John directly. And let’s just say that he can be very possessive and touchy when there’s no one around.
“Hey John.” I started thinking about our first meeting and the more I thought about it the more I wanted him.
His growl broke my chain of thoughts.
“I can smell you mate. And I must say I really like the smell of your arousal.”
I blushed and hid my face in his neck. He kissed the top of my head and took us to his room still not putting me down. When I looked back up it was Jay back in control of his own body.
“Are you sure? I don’t want to do something you will regret later.”
“I am sure.” I said while nodding my head.
Jay kissed me again but this time it was gentler and slower. He put me on the bed not breaking the kiss and hovered over me.
Our hands started exploring each other’s bodies and taking our clothes of. Once we were fully naked, he entered me and made love to me.
Finally, he nipped my neck soon his canines were out and soon he pierced my skin marking me as his.