(Quinton's POV)
I panicked as McFee took off, how in the hell was I supposed to fight her. I wanted to protect her and cherish her but I also knew that I couldn't hold back and said something like that to her. As I was saying it, I laughed at the challenge in her eyes. Man was I a fan of my little mate. Which reminded me, I should probably tell her, "Kenzie, wait..." and I reached out and my hand grazed her shoulder.
It sent shock waves up and down my arm. I have never felt so intensely attracted to someone. Before I knew it, I had somehow backed her up into the wall and I leaned in to her neck where I would mark her and inhaled deeply. Her scent was stronger from the fight with Jake and I was drowning in it.
Our eyes connected and I watched her pupils dilate and could feel her heart beating hard and then next thing I knew, I was kissing her and it was sheer perfection. She wrapped her legs around my waist and it felt like we were two pieces of a puzzle, we just fit.
I sent a grand "thank you" up to the Moon Goddess for blessing me with this delightful Handful. Then I focused on our kiss, which was pure magic.
I bit her bottom lip and then licked away the sting of it with my tongue. Each little growl that I heard coming out of Kenzie spurred me on, I was completely in the moment. It wasn't until we heard a door slam that we both were jolted out of our lip lock. Our lips tore apart and I felt a sense of loss as she detangled her legs from around my waist.
My wolf growled already missing her warmth and my eyes followed her tongue as she licked over her lips. I was about to dive back down when she started saying something. I was so far gone, that I had to give my head a shake and then heard her say, "Ummmmm, I'm really not interested in being one of your play things, so thank you for that but no thanks!" and then I watched the girl who was my perfect match turn away from me and walk out like a bat out of hell.
My wolf wanted to follow her but I clenched my fists and walked back through the gym, knowing that it wasn't the time. I had moved too fast and she'd need space.
Now that I had found her, I just needed to prove to her that she would be my only play thing from now on.
As I walked away from the gym, I realised that along with my own emotions and feelings that were coursing through my body, I could sense something extra there. It appeared that it only took kissing my mate to increase our connection and I wondered how long it would take for her to feel our bond strengthening too.
(Izzy's POV)
I waited in the change room for Kenzie and as she came in, I could tell immediately that something was wrong. You okay, I checked in through the mind link?
There were other girls still around and I didn't want them hearing us. Especially cause I knew how upset she was about how the morning started. I personally was proud, she had shown that she was tough but not overly aggressive or power hungry. I thought she'd handled it perfectly.
She looked at me and I could tell that she was debating keeping whatever it was to herself and then she exploded in my brain. Quinton Silver just kissed the s**t out of me and I refuse to lose focus on what our pack needs or make a fool out of myself for some Alpha God.
To say I was shocked, would be an understatement! Kenzie was spewing out information at an alarming rate. Her verbal diarrhea was more my speed and the fact that she was so hot and bothered was interesting.
That I knew of, she had never even look at any of our pack members sideways, she just had never really seemed interested in exploring anything romantic. To be fair though, with the responsibility that was put on her at such a young age, she wasn't ever given the chance.
I felt a little bit bad for her thinking about that. Another way that she had missed out growing up. She would never say anything about it nor did I think she ever let herself get upset about her missed youth but it was something that saddened me for her.
Regardless of her age and the overwhelming responsibility of it all, Kenzie felt honoured for her role and she performed it exceptionally. If I was thinking as only her friend and not her beta though, it was a shame that my best friend had had to grow up way too early, way too fast.
The fact that Quinton was chasing her worried me, he was obviously more experienced and I didn't really know what them hooking up would mean for either of our packs.
I couldn't help but agree that shooting that down and keeping focus was best for us. I didn't really know how to say all that though and I couldn't help but be curious. So what eventually popped out of my mouth was: "How was it?"
Kenzie looked at me as she pulled her shirt over her head and laughed and said out loud, "exactly what you'd expect... completely f*****g amazing". I laughed in return and then we dropped it and went our separate ways for the rest of the day.
At the end of the day we all met back at Ty's truck to go home and as I watched Kenzie walk through the parking lot towards us, I couldn't help but notice with interest, that Quinton Silver couldn't seem to take his eyes off her and that he waited till we pulled away before his jeep also left.