Fighting For My Mate (18+)

Chapter 17

Christa POV

I get home from my visit with Chase and find Eli is already home and has made us dinner.

”What is this?”

”Well we haven't really had an official date, so I thought we could have a date night. I made your favorite, and I got us a movie to watch after dinner.” He smiles, unsure about how I’ll react. I smile at him and walk over to him. I run my hands up his chest and wrap them around his neck.

”I love that idea! Thank you so much for putting this all together.” I stand up on my tiptoes to give him a sweet kiss. Eli leans down and kisses me back, and it turns into a passionately heated kiss.

I have to pull away before things get too far. He takes my hand and leads me to the dining room where he has a bouquet of roses and a beautifully wrapped gift box waiting for me. He pulls out a chair for me, and I graciously take a seat. He leans down and kisses my forehead as I make myself comfortable. He hands me the gift.

”Here, I want you to go ahead and open your gift.”

”Eli, you didn't have to do all this.”

”I wanted to. You mean the world to me and you deserve the very best.”

I open the gift he gave me and it's a beautiful gold necklace with a wolf howling at the moon, and the moon is a beautiful round diamond. I look up at the beautiful smile he has and the warmth in his eyes he has for me, and it warms my heart. But it also makes me feel even more guilty for keeping this secret and my heartaches. I try my best to hide it, but I’m not very good at hiding my emotions, and Eli notices.

”Are you ok? What's wrong? Did I do something to upset you?”

No! No, you didn't do anything wrong. This is all so perfect. I just don't feel like I deserve any of this.” I say as a tear falls from my eye.

”What are you talking about? You deserve all of this and more!” He says, kneeling in front of me as he puts his hands around my face, his thumbs resting on my cheeks; he takes his thumb and wipes the stray tear from my eye. ”You are my mate, and you are the most precious thing I have in my life! I love you with all my heart!”

I look at him with surprise and whisper, ”you love me?”

He chuckles, ”Of course I love you! I’ve loved you since the moment you ran into me at the library.”

”I love you too!” I say quietly.

Eli leans into me and kisses me so slowly and sweetly that it pulls at my heart nearly ripping it from my chest.

”Now that we got that settled, it's time for dinner.” He smiled and gave me one last kiss.

During dinner, we talked and laughed with one another. I had no idea that Eli was such an amazing cook. After we ate, we moved into the living room, and he put in a movie. He had picked out ”This Means War.” Neither of us had seen it. I was surprised, I didn't take Eli as a romantic comedy type of guy. Eli had laid out on the couch and patted the seat in-between his legs. I climbed in and rested my back against his chest. He pulled a blanket over me and then wrapped his arms around me. As he wrapped me in his arms, I felt a warmth make its way into my stomach and felt butterflies in my belly. I sighed in content. At some point in the movie, I had fallen asleep on Eli. After the movie ended, I could feel Eli trying to gently get up. I started to wake.

”Eli?” I mumbled.

”Shhh, it's ok. Go back to sleep. I’m going to take you to bed.” He gently picked me up and took me to the bedroom, and laid me in bed, and I immediately fell back to sleep. I guess I was much more tired than I had thought. After the visit with Chase, it had taken a lot more out of me than I had expected.

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I woke up the next morning and looked over to find Eli gone. Although it didn't take long for me to realize where he was. I could smell a heavenly waft of pancakes coming into the bedroom. I start to sit up, and before I can get up, Eli brings in a tray of coffee and pancakes.

”How would you like to have breakfast in bed with me?”

I looked at him with a half-smile. All I could think was how sexy he looked shirtless, with only a pair of boxers on, and how I would love to have him for breakfast instead. He smirks at me knowing exactly what I’m thinking. He sets the tray down on the end table and slowly climbs on top of me with a sly smile on his handsome face. He leans down and kisses me with so much passion. I let out a moan.

He moves down to my jaw and then my neck with open mouth kisses. I arch up into him, and I can feel his bulge. Feeling how turned on he is, makes me even more aroused. Knowing how turned on I am, he lets out a moan. He pulls off my nightgown. He kisses me on the lips again before moving down and kissing my collarbone, then he moves down further, kissing in between my cleavage. He carefully removes my bra and kisses me on my breast, getting closer to my pert n*****s. When he finally reaches them, I let out a moan. His mouth feels so good on my skin. Everywhere his mouth touches it tingles and sends my need to have him higher and higher. He slowly moves down to my stomach kissing as his hands move up and down my sides. He moves down and kisses in between my legs. Kissing the inside of my thighs close to my core with feather-light kisses. I once again arch into him, needing more. He softly kisses my s*x over my silk panties. I whimper, the feeling so foreign to me.

He stops what he's doing and looks up at me.

”Are you ok? Do you want me to keep going?” I hesitate.

”If you're not comfortable we can stop.”

I quickly shake my head, ”no, I want you to keep going. Please.” He smiles and nods his head. ”Just tell me to stop at any time you start to get uncomfortable, ok?”

”Ok.” I whisper.

He starts to pull down my panties. When they are off he looks at me and lets out a deep groan.

”My goodness Christa, you're so beautiful.” I immediately blush and I can’t stop. I become really shy and I start to hide.

”No, don’t hide. You have nothing to be shy about. You are perfect!”

He slowly kisses my inner thighs once again, moving closer to my core. When he gets to my s*x, he kisses it lightly, licking his lips, and he smiles. He licks in-between my slick folds and sucks on my c**t. I gasp shocked by how good it feels. I never imagined it could feel this good. He licks me as if he’s been starving. He sticks his tongue into my p***y and I cry out. He replaces his tongue with two fingers. I let out an animalistic moan, it was so loud and unknown to me that I thought that the sound couldn’t have possibly come from me! As he moves his fingers in and out of me, I can feel the pleasure rising within me as a fire stoked with each thrust. I come so hard and fast that I scream and grab onto Eli’s hair and hold onto it for dear life. Eli let out a deep guttural growl as I come into his mouth and he keeps going until the pleasure within me dwindles like the last flames of a fire going out. Both of us panting heavily, Eli looks up at me and has the biggest smile I have ever seen on him.

”You taste so extremely sweet like honey. I think I’d like to have you more often for breakfast.”

He gets up to go to the restroom and shortly comes back with a damp cloth.

”What’s that for?”

”To clean you up sweetheart.”

”Oh.” That is all I can say before I blush, and he just chuckles while he cleans me and helps me get dressed.

”You’re so beautiful when you blush.” His compliment makes me blush more.

”What about you?” I ask, he shakes his head.

”You don’t need to worry about me. I’ll be ok as long as you're here by my side. Plus, this morning is all about you!” He says as he gives me another passionate kiss.

”Now, you better eat your breakfast before it gets too cold.” He says and grabs his plate and lies next to me as we eat breakfast; we talk and laugh about mundane things and just enjoy being with each other.

As we finish breakfast, we get up and put away the dishes, and I’d just remembered I needed to talk to him about Monika.

”Hey, there was something that I meant to talk to you about last night.” Eli’s brows curve down into a more serious look with a slight frown. I forgot he could feel my nervousness about this situation.

”Sure, what is it?”

”You know how I went to visit Chase?” He nods all his attention now on me as he dries his hands with the dish towel and leans his hip against the counter, ”Well, Monika decided to pop in, and she said she had been hoping she would find me there.”

I take a deep breath before I continue ringing out the towel in my hands out of nervousness, ”She wanted to apologize for how she treated me all these years and wants to start fresh. So she wants to take me shopping for some bonding time.” I let out the breath I didn't realize I was holding.

”That’s great. I’m glad she wants to get closer to you. Maybe after what happened to Chase, she realized how important it is to be closer as a family... But like always, I’ll have the security detail on you while you're out. Okay, love?”

I simply nod my head in agreement. He probably wouldn't feel that way if he knew how she really treated me. I haven't told anyone, not even Mandy. Mandy just thinks she's mean to me but no one knows how she's gotten physical with me. I’m hoping myself that she has turned a new leaf and is being sincere.

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Later that afternoon, I received a text message from Monika saying that she would be picking me up in 30 minutes. I’m annoyed because I thought she’d at least give me a day's notice, but alas, we are all on Monika’s time. I find Eli in his office working away on the computer looking so extremely sexy.

”Knock knock.” I call out. He stops what he's doing, looks up, and smiles.

”Hey, sweetness, what’s up?”

”Monika messaged me that she is picking me up in 30 minutes.” Eli frowns.

”That doesn't give me much time to get my security detail on you.”

”You’re telling me. But everything is always on Monika’s time so we will have to make do. Do you think you will be able to get them together on time?” He stands up from this desk with his sexy smirk on his face and a mischievous glint in his eyes.

”Of course my love, anything for my beautiful mate.” He lifts me and presses me against the wall and kisses me so passionately I feel heat forming in the pit of my stomach. I let out a moan. Eli starts to kiss down my neck panting.

”Eli... Eli... we can’t. I still... need to... Mmm... get ready.” He lets out a sigh and slowly lowers me back on the ground.

”Ok, but we're going to pick up where we started when you get back.” He nibbles on my ear lobe, making me giggle.

”Okay, when I get back. And this time it's your turn! I’ve always wondered what it would be like to give a blowjob.” I say with my most innocent smile and a wink.

He moans and lets out a sexy growl, ”are you trying to kill me?” I laugh and walk to the bedroom and get ready to hang out with Monika.

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When Monika arrives, she just texts me she's outside and doesn't bother coming up.

”She’s here. I’ll be back in a few hours.”

”Okay, make sure you keep me updated. Text me when you get there and when you leave. Ok?”

”Ok.” I say as I wrap my arms around his neck and kiss him. He leans down more to make the kiss deeper; I can tell there's a longing in his kiss until we hear Monika outside beeping the horn. We pull apart, and I sigh, wanting to finish what we had started.

”I love you, sweetheart.”

”I love you too.” I say as I give him one more peck on his lips and walk out the door.

I walk out of the packhouse and see Monika in her red, sporty, 2020 Audie R8 texting on her phone with a smirk on her perfectly made-up face and hair with lipstick that matches the color of her car. I get into the car, and she immediately takes off without waiting for me to buckle my seatbelt. I hold on for dear life as she drives like a maniac. The wind was whipping through her long blonde hair. She gives me a side glance while she drives.

”It took you long enough!”

”Well, you didn't give me a lot of time to get ready. What do you expect?” She doesn't say anything and instead rolls her eyes.

When we get close to the outskirts of town she slows down slightly. I try to make small talk with her but she doesn't really say much back. She keeps looking in her side mirrors and rearview mirrors like she's looking for something.

”Is everything ok?”

”What? Oh yeah, fine. Everything is fine.”

We pull into the first intersection that takes us into town. Monika is looking at her phone, and I am looking at the light change from yellow to red, and she's still not paying attention.

”Monika… Monika… Stop!” I yell. She slams on her brakes practically giving us both whiplash.

”Oops! My bad.” She smirks and continues on like nothing ever happened.

I look out the window watching the cars go by. The shops are coming up, and I see couples walking hand in hand, kids running around with each other playing, people walking their pets. I smile at all the activity going on in the town and let out a contented sigh. I can’t wait until Eli and I are free to do regular couple of activities! I want to show the world how in love we are and hold his hand while walking through crowds of people.

We get to the intersection that is a block away from the library. The light is sitting at red. This light always takes forever to turn. Monika is once again texting on her phone.

”Who are you texting?” I ask, curious.

”Oh, I’m just texting Pete. We’re supposed to be having a romantic dinner tonight! I think he's going to propose.”

”Oh, that's weird he hasn’t mentioned anything to me? Normally, he would tell me about something that big that he is planning to ask for my advice.”

**TRIGGER WARNING: CONTENT CONTAINS TRAUMATIC EVENTS CONTINUE AT YOUR OWN RISK

As I am telling her that Pete is always asking my opinion before he does anything romantic for Monika, the light turns green. She starts to go when I see a black SUV come flying through the intersection when I scream,” LOOK OUT”... I hold on as tight as I can, as I know we're about to be T-boned. I hear a ton of cars honking, tires squealing, and metal crunching and bending around me; I feel us come to an abrupt stop. My ears are ringing, and my vision is blurred as blood pours from my face… leaking into my eyes as I try to look around. There is crippling pain in my neck as I try to look around me… I must be bleeding a lot because I can feel the sticky warm sensation on my legs and stomach and I can taste and smell metallic. I try to reach my door, but I can't move my arm. I try to call out to Monika but my throat is so dry nothing comes out. I freeze in fear… Unable to understand why I can’t scream out… and not grasping the seriousness of the situation. I hear screams coming from all around me, and I smell gasoline and smoke. I can feel the heat at my feet… I look down, and I can faintly see flames coming towards me from underneath the floorboard. I call out for Eli… but again, no sound comes out, and all I can think about is Eli and how upset he’s going to be. I try with everything in me to keep my eyes open and stay awake, but I can slowly feel myself fading. The pain is getting unbearable. The drowsy feeling is becoming too much for me to fight, and I call out for Eli in my mind; his face is the last thing I see before my world goes black.