Night with The Twin Rivers

Ch. 10

The next morning she woke up with a start and looked around. His scent was still there lingering, which meant he had just recently left. Looking at the clock it was 5:30. She quickly got up and ready for work. Downstairs there was another note for her and breakfast on a plate. She smiled as she heated it up and quickly ate it.

At work she sat down at her desk and made herself comfortable. There was a ping on her phone and she looked down to see it was from Shawn. “Morning.”

“Do you sleep?” She asked him curiously. 

“Not much. It was worth it, though, to watch you sleep.” He said. 

She blushed and he wasn’t even in the room. Suddenly her thoughts drifted to last night and she turned bright red and was glad she was alone in the office. How did that even happen? She needed to be careful, she always let her guard down when she was with him. 

There was no response to his statement and she set her phone aside to try and focus on work. Looking through her emails there was one from Steven, the one she had been waiting for. He stated he would pick her up tonight for their date, although it said nothing about what they would be doing. What should she wear? Wearing her suit seemed impractical and standoffish. She was hoping to make a decent impression on him without going weak in the knees like she did with Shawn. She wanted to impress Steven, but at the same time it was probably important to not let them both stay tense the whole time, whatever it was that they would be doing. 

Her day was full of nervousness thinking about what could happen. Was it going to go badly? Was it going to be quiet? Would they even hit it off? Would they both just walk around without saying anything and end the night without getting anywhere? Then they would call this whole thing off without actually trying. Why did she do this? Why did she create this challenge?

There was a buzz and she clicked to speak with her secretary. “Yes?”

“There is a gentleman here to see you. He wanted me to tell you he brought coffee.” She said as though confused. 

“Let him through.” She said and clicked the phone off. 

Before she could get up and open the door Shawn walked through holding two cups of coffee. One of them was iced. He walked over and sat the iced coffee down on her desk and smiled at her. 

She remembered last night and looked away from him grabbing the drink. She sipped on it and looked down at it. It was delicious. 

“Is it to your liking?” He asked. 

Jena nodded, “it’s delicious. Thank you. How did you know what I would like?” 

He shrugged and sat down on the corner of her desk, “a hunch.”

It was still hard to look at him as she thought about curling up with him and falling asleep in his arms. How was she going to make it out of this if they didn’t mate? She didn’t think anything like this could be so difficult. Suddenly her mind started to wander off in a panic. 

Shawn picked up on her discomfort. He sat his drink down and quickly walked around her desk and turned her to look at him. It was difficult and her face flushed as their faces were so close together. “I can see that inner turmoil you got going on there. I have seen it staring at me all my life. I figured you would be nervous about tonight.”

She bit her lip and nodded. “How can you read me so well?” Her heart fluttered with him being so close to her. 

He chuckled a little, “I told you. You and Steven are so very similar it’s uncanny. He hasn't been able to focus since yesterday. I don’t think he’s slept much, and he is spending all his free time trying to study the best way to spend a date with you.” He laughed again. “He’s been trying to leave me out of it, he doesn’t want anyone to know that he is a nervous wreck about it.”

“Why?” She asked. 

“Why what?”

“Why is he so nervous about it? I didn’t think he cared about going on the date with me.” She stated sadly. 

He looked at her and his face remained calm and comforting. “He’s never been on a date. He doesn’t like to be unprepared for anything. He wants to live up to your expectations and challenge. He doesn’t want to lose.”

“There is no losing on a date.” She said. Although that was only partially true. If they didn’t agree to mate by the full moon, she would be forced to reject them. She didn’t want to do that. 

He sighed, “tell that to him. You’d think he was meeting the president or something.” 

She looked at him skeptically. “I am not holding him up on a pedestal or anything.”

“I know. It’s just a matter of convincing him that.” He stated. 

“What should I do?” She asked. “How can I ease the tension between us?”

“I would say not to make everything a competition, but I think that would be impossible between the two of you.” He laughed and she glared at him a little. “Just go along with it. Try not to be offended if he does or says something stupid. I think this would be a good time for you to loosen up and have a little fun with it. Maybe it will be good for you to catch him off guard. It’s okay to let your guard down. It’s okay to have fun. I want you both to relax and enjoy some time together.”

She looked at him and smiled. “Very well. I will try my best to stay calm.”

“Good. I am glad to hear it.” He started to move away from her but she instinctively reached out and grabbed him keeping him in place.

Realizing what she had done she let go and pulled away. 

He quickly leaned in back in towards her and gently grabbed her face pulling her towards him and kissed her tenderly. She returned the kiss and her body shuddered at his touch. What was he doing to her? He managed to stop and pull back a little. 

Jena looked at him confused and quickly blushed again. He did it again. She got lost in his touch and forgot where they even were. “Why do you do that?”

“Do what?” He asked curiously. 

“You know exactly what you are doing. When you're near me I lose track of everything around me.” She said, trying to push herself away from him. 

Shawn pulled her into his chest and wrapped his arms around her, holding her tightly. “I am happy to have that effect on you. I don’t want to let you go.” He said to her. 

She allowed her arms to wrap around him and just stayed there for a bit. “I can’t think when you're with me. I just want to stay in your arms.”

He kissed the top of her head as they were positioned where he was a little taller than she was. “I am not going to hurt you, Jena. You're my mate and I will be damned if I let anything get between us.”

She didn’t say anything and just soaked in the moment with him. It was nice to allow his scent to cover her and she buried her nose into his chest. 

It took sometime before Shawn pulled away a little. Already her mind was in a haze and she moaned a little as he pulled himself away. He chuckled, “you look drunk again.”

She cleared her throat and forced her mind to wake back up. She glared at him a bit, “I don’t know what super power you have over me, but stop it. I need to work and when you're nearby all I can think about it sleeping with you.” She blushed and turned away. 

He laughed a little and took a step back. “Fair enough.” He paused a moment, “you seem to have that effect on Steven.”

She turned back and looked at him curiously. “What do you mean?”

“I mean what I do to you, is what you do to him. It makes him uncomfortable. When you walk into the room his whole body stops listening and he just wants to be near you. Please you. It makes him feel out of control and scares him a little. Just keep that in mind when you are with him. He won't let his defenses go down and just be near you. You aren’t going to hurt him.” He said sadly. 

Jen nodded, “I will keep that in mind.”

Her intercom buzzed again. Jena turned from Shawn and answered it, “yes?” She asked her secretary. 

“There is a gentleman here to see you. He says his name is James. I told him you were in a meeting but he insisted on me telling you he was here.”

Shawn looked at her curiously. 

Jena quickly spoke to her, “tell him that my meeting just started. I will message him when I am free.”

“Very well.”

“Who is James?” Shawn asked curiously. 

Jena sighed, she didn’t want to have this discussion with him. “The elders of my pack have decided to arrange a mate as I haven’t found…claimed mine yet.” She said with irritation. She looked at Shawn and could see the wolf in him start to come out. “I don’t particularly like the man. Although, he hasn’t done anything wrong necessarily. However, until we make this official I cannot go against my pack's wishes.”

“You are the Alpha.” He stated. 

She nodded, “I am. However, not having a mate seems to be driving a wedge between me and my pack. They are worried that I am all business and I am going to start doing what the previous alpha did and make everyone’s lives miserable.” Her own voice showed frustration. 

Shawn closed the distance between them again and his lips were on hers passionately and roughly. Her body started to shudder and give out again. It was like a switch, as soon as he moved in her defenses just crumbled and she couldn’t stop herself from giving into him. “Mine.” He said through a growl. 

Her body shivered at the thought and she started to moan. “Shawn…” she managed to whisper. He grabbed her and lifted her up onto the desk so that her legs were wrapped around his hips and he was once again starting to grind into her. 

His lips moved away from her mouth and made their way to her neck as she let out another moan as she felt a small bite. Her hands were on the back of his head holding him there. She needed this. She wanted this. She could feel him trying to regain control of himself and he dropped his hands onto her desk and dropped his head. 

Jena was breathing heavily and desperately trying to regain herself. Shawn gently and slowly moved back and looked at her sadly. “I’m sorry…I didn’t…” He clenched his fists. 

She took a deep breath and straightened up her shirt. “It’s okay.” She managed to say. 

“I won't let Steven get in the way of this. It doesn’t matter what happens moving forward, I wont allow us to separate. I won't let you or him reject this.” His eyes locked with hers and she could feel his aura wash over her and her body shuddered again in response. She liked the possessiveness that he showed and she could feel herself become a bit moist. “Why are your elders doing this so suddenly?” He asked. 

It was hard for her brain to turn back on and the last thing she wanted to think about right then was the elder’s, or James. “I don’t know. I know they had mentioned it all before, but this was the first time they were aggressive about it. The only way out of this is to kill the elder’s, and that wont go over well.” She stated with some irritation. 

“Why now? Why such a short deadline?” He asked, suddenly feeling a bit panicked. 

“Again, I don’t know.” He was already thinking more into this than she was. She was too busy getting caught up in everything that was happening to get much time to think of anything else. “Even my grandfather was on board.”

“There has to be something else to this. Something they aren’t telling you. I am going to send some of my people to investigate.” He said to her. 

“Okay, but be careful. We shouldn’t cause any more tension.” She managed to say. 

Shawn looked at her and he had to take several deep breaths to keep his wolf under control. “If Steven doesn’t make up his mind soon, I’ll make it for him.” With that said he turned and walked out. 

Jena sat there struggling to make sense of what happened. It was clear that Shawn was on board with their bond. She was clearly on board, it was all she could think about. Her wolf and her body wanted them more than she thought possible. 

Turning back towards her work she tried to focus but still found it difficult. Was it because she was close to going into heat? She needed to push everything off onto Jeromy quickly and back off for a bit. She needed to clear her head. There was a message from Cloud, they wanted to set up an official meeting tomorrow at noon to go over the proposal. She quickly agreed and added it to her planner for tomorrow. One of the few things she would still be doing while she let Jeromy do everything else.