Bexleigh and the Beast

Chapter 4

Bexleigh POV

I don't know how this fool found out where I lived or how he got here because if there was a car I would have seen it. But I also really didn't care from the moment I drove away I wanted to turn back around. I haven't really even paid attention to men since Jenson left. I went on one set up and the guy was a tool, I also exchanged a few messages with a boy I graduated with but he was annoying in high school, doubt he's changed much since.

When the song ended I turned the radio way down and looked at Axel, "So."

He interupted me right away, "I followed you, I missed you, and I wanted to make sure you were safe. You looked tired and I would have rather you stayed with me but that's a weird thing to ask someone you just met at a family emergency. Jack brought me, his cars at the end of the driveway. We were just going to check on you and leave but then I seen you and needed you." He kicked the floor looking at his tennis shoes. I grabbed his face and made him look at me.

"It is weird, but you are cute," I smiled. He leaned down and gave me a kiss on the lips.

"Okay, okay you guys," Jack said walking toward the barn, "I'm still here and don't need to see you beasts kissing all night." Axel took that as a challenge and started kissing me again, clearly teasing his friend. "Alright I get the hint I am going to the car let me know when your ready."

Are you done in here?" Axel asked me as we watched his friend walk back down the lane. "Almost just need to change my shoes back," I said as I went to the tack room to and flipped my boots off and put my tennis shoes back on. "Wanna come to the house for a bit or do you need to go?"

"I can tell Jack to go he can come back after bit, he literally has nothing better to do."

"He has nothing better to do than wait on you hand and foot," I joked.

"No, literally nothing better to do," he said with a smile.

I grabbed his hand and led him out of the barn shutting off the lights and closing the doors behind me. He turned around and wrapped my arms around his shoulders indicating he was going to give me a piggy back ride. "I'm too heavy," I said.

"No you're not," he said chuckling. Then picking me up bridal style just to prove a point.

He carried me up the porch steps and put me down next to the front door. I opened the door and let him in, "Welcome to my messy house."

He looked around, "Messy?"

"I don't know, it's definitely not organized. It was my grandpa's, and I'm somewhere between wanting to make it mine and wanting to keep it like he had it. I really only updated the kitchen and bought new furniture and then the master bed room I changed. I don't know why."

"I think your grandpa would want you to be happy, he didn't leave this earth screaming nobody touch my living room decorations."

I had to laugh at his interpretation, he wasn't wrong.

" I'm going to go change if you want to sit I can be back down in a few," I said pointing to the couch, Rosie perked her head up wondering what he was doing and where he was going to go probably wanted her ears scratched. He went and sat down beside her and started petting her. I turned around and ran to my room quickly I looked around for a pair of shorts and a tshirt, it was an unseasonably warm evening and I was hoping to have a beer with the handsome man downstairs on my patio. I walked back down the stairs kind of sad he was such a gentleman. I really wouldn't have minded if he came bursting in the room mid change. I also mentally smacked myself for that thought because I am not one to just hook up with someone. Despite every cell in my body screaming his name I did want to come across as a good girl.

I went and sat next to him on the couch, at this point Rosie had laid half her upper body across his lap. If the dog approves that's a good sign! She was a moody old girl. "You strike me more as a strong liquor guy but do you like beer?"

"Yes."

"Wanna go drink a few?

"Also yes," he said smiling.

"On the patio?"

"I'll go anywhere with you."

I got up and went and grabbed about 6 and walked back into the living room. "Patios this way if you want." He gave Rosie a few more pats and stood up. We walked out the back door onto the patio that had a good view of the river that ran through town. The frogs were sounding off in the distance, this really was a good night to sit out here. I went and sat down in a chair and he followed suite to the chair right beside mine. If I climbed in his lap and laid there, good or bad. Everything I did was an internal battle. It feels like he's my best friend, but I know like 4 things about him. "20 questions," I said with a questioning tone.

"Sure, you start."

Favorite color?

"Red," he answered, "You?"

"Green, sports team?"

"Don't have one."

"Music?"

"Rock, probably, or whatever kind of music makes you dance like you did earlier again," he said winking. "Do you have a favorite?"

"Anything that makes my mood improve that day. Siblings other than Annsley?"

"No. You said you had a brother any others?"

"My brother is my twin, and we have a half sister named Hannah, she's Annsleys age."

We kept going asking each other definitely more than 20 questions, He asked about my mom and dad and then about Jules and dad. He told me about his family and his companies and how his dad still helps but it's mostly ran by him and a select few people like Jack helps as much as they can. He grew up where he lives now and he never did anything with animals before. Dad and Brax were going to eat him alive first chance they got.

It didn't take too long to start feeling that familiar, yet unfamiliar tingling feeling through my body. I realized all I had to eat today was coffee. With the increased buzz came the increased confidence. The answers got bolder but so did my actions before my body knew what it was doing I started getting up and plopped down on Axels lap, "Ya know," I said with and smile while running my hand through his shaggy hair, "you really are quite pretty." He laughed, "and you asked what my favorite music was, it is for sure your laugh."

He twirled a strand of my curly hair around his finger, "you are beautiful, and I love your laugh, but I also believe you are a bit drunk."

"I am that, sometimes I forget to uhm... eat"

His face scrunched up, "all day you went without eating? You should have said something I would have had someone bring you something."

"If I were hungry I would have eaten, and anyway you wouldn't have got all this entertainment if I had four beers on a full stomach."

"You should still eat," he said poking my side, I flinched because he tickled me, "Oh you're ticklish!" He said tickling me more. My giggles turned to laughter, the harder I laughed the harder he laughed. I tried to get up which made him hold onto me tighter. Somewhere in the mix of trying to get up I moved my body for leverage and ended up straddling him. All of a sudden all the feelings of being tickled subsided and I just stared into his ice blue eyes, that were so bright they were even visible in the dark. He stopped tickling me and stared back.

Like he had a magnet in his face my lips connected to his, before I knew it he had his fingers tangled in my hair and his other arm wrapped around my back pulling my torso flush with his. With every passing second the intensity increasing. His lips migrated from my lips to my jaw line to my neck to my collar bone. Before I knew what he was doing I threw my head back giving him more access to my neck before he worked his way back up to my lips. When we finally stopped for a breath I felt his hard member against my butt. I don't know how much more self control I could exhibit.

Axel POV

Buzzed Bexleigh was a bold Bexleigh. With every passing minute she got a little more comfortable and a little more honest. I kind of think she is a very direct person anyway. Then she climbed on my lap and Blaze started pacing in my head. Mate wants us. Mark Mate! Calm down buddy! I thought back to him.

I started tickling her and she let out her sweet laugh. Out of no where she initiated a kiss. It felt like we were fighting to show each other whose feelings were more intense. I almost couldn't hold Blaze back anymore and I definitely couldn't hold back the hardness in my pants. I worked my way from her mouth acrossed her jawline to her neck to her shoulder the sparks that flew between us I wondered what she felt in comparison to the sparks? When she pulled away she just stared at me, confused maybe?

"Why do I feel like this?" Do I tell her when she's drunk? She might take it better a little drunk? Just show her, Blaze said in my head. I sat there and internally fought what to say for a little bit. Probably too long because she went from a confused look to a concerned one then looked down and quietly said, "It's okay if you don't feel this intense already, it's weird for me too."

Mates sad fix it NOW, Blaze said in my head. "Bexleigh," I said grabbing her chin and tilting it up, "I feel everything you feel and then some, I just don't know how to explain why YOU feel the way you do, and I'm thinking of a way to tell you why I feel the way I do without over welming you." Then the confused look came back on her face and it made me smile, this girl has more facial expressions than anyone I have ever seen. "I can show you but I really want you to stay around and talk to me about it when I'm done showing you," her face showed me that she would stick around but she was not pleased at my choice of words.

"Well as long as you're not apart of a cult getting ready to kill me as a ritual I suppose I can keep it together." Prove it baby girl, I thought, and started taking of my shirt, I seen her eyes scanning my chest and toned stomach. She looked impressed I won't complain I reached for my pants button when I was interupted, "As incredibly pleased I am of a half naked man working towards an all the way naked man please tell me why this," she said motioning her hand up and down my body, "is necessary."

"Assuming

you want me to put these back on after I show you I'm going to need to take them off." She just nodded as I proceeded to step out of my pants. I mean I'm not going to lie my physical appearance was not one I am ashamed of so I was show boating.... a little. "This is your last chance to change your mind."

"Please proceed," she said with a little sarcasm, but she also seemed a little intrigued. She pulled her knees up to her chest and rested her chin between her knees, she was so f*****g perfect.

Stand down you mutt I directed at Blaze. I would never hurt mate he said sounding offended even for a dog. He wouldn't hurt her, he loved this girl as much as I did, MORE, his voice echoed between my ears once again.

I took off my boxers and started the process of changing into Blaze immediately my eyes on her the whole time. I felt my bones pop out of place and elongate and never took my eyes off of her.Her blue-green eyes got big but she didn't even tense up or move her chin from her knees. When I felt the final bone elongate and Blaze push himself forward we just stood there having a stare down with our mate. She just sat there unmoving. Go say hi to her, I said to Blaze. He just sat down I mentally face palmed. Mates scared let her move first you barbarian. Is it possible he recognized her needs more than I did? I suck at this whole eternal mate thing. You do, Blaze directed to me.

"Uh Axel? What am I supposed to do just sit here? Are you going to change back? Also you could have gave me a little warning that you aren't in a cult that could have been cool." I had a feeling that most of those comments were her way of freaking out so I let her have her go of things, then something unexpected happened. She stood up shifted uneasily and started walking over to our still sitting figure. Blaze lowered his face to hers and she kissed the tip of his nose. "Even in wolf form your handsome, I mean a different kind of handsome then you were as a human. This is so weird. But it's also makes so much sense, Daphne, Jack your angry guard dog," she laughed, "I didn't mean that the way it came out, but it's also a little true, anyway," she shook her head indicating she really had no clue what she was saying she was just talking at this point. "Daphne, Jack guard, 84 million house concealed away in the woods. Your own infirmary, your own doctor, your a PACK! And the doctor kept saying your grandpa wasn't healing himself! Well duh he isn't superman, but you can't go to a regular doctor! It's still weird, but it makes sense."

She was so proud of herself. She must have felt safe because now she was petting me and buried her nose in Blazes neck. I wasn't sure why she was petting me but it also felt good. "Can you please come back now? You're pretty but these one ended conversations aren't working for me."

I nodded then backed away from her. She went and sat back down in the same position she was before she realized what I was doing, and my bones started cracking and shrinking back into place as soon as I shook off the feeling I looked back at her and she was checking me out again only this time when I showed her I caught her she just smirked. I put on my boxer briefs and jeans and went and sit back down. She just sat there staring at me, not checking me out this time, the steam rolling, gears turning kind of staring. "Questions," I asked her.

"Yes," she gave me a "duh" look, "You said this should explain why I feel like this, I still don't understand. And also I want more info on the whole you being a wolf thing, and well there is just so much and I need to know it all."

She is incredible. "Well let's start with the feelings thing. The moon goddess picks a person to perfectly match me and that's you. Luckily she makes it incredibly easy to know so it's not so much a guessing game like with humans the only problem is you have to find them. You don't get a map to your mate fate just has to bring you together. In our case I walked in and smelled you on Daphne. Blaze shot up screaming mate and that's how you ended up taking care of my grandpa today. A little motivation to get you there so I could meet you. I touch you I feel sparks. They radiate throughout my entire body, I'm addicted and in constant need of more. You were literally made for me. I loved you before I met you."

I watched as the "L" word made her flinch a little. And then continued, "We can figure everything else out as we go but I want you. Oh um also a relatively important fact I am Alpha which means those 84 million houses belong to me and the occupants of those 84 million houses answers to me. Which in turn means they will also belong to you. You know if you choose to be with me. Which I hope you do because I need you Bexleigh. I need you to be with me to even be able to appropriately function. I know it might sound a little scary to hear it that way, but it's not scary when you think that we were literally made for each other." She looked like she wanted to get all 'she doesn't need a man' but her face would have given her away, she's trying to imagine her life without me.