Kiss
1383 Words
Chapter 13
Arden POV*
The feeling of Roman’s lips on mine was indescribable. Every feeling from the last few months that I had pushed away started to bowl over me. My love and desire for Roman was overwhelming, and along with my own feelings, I could sense Roman’s growing even more.
Our lips slanted against each other, and I felt his arms wrap around my waist, dragging me up against him. Sparks flared across my entire body, and I reached up to wrap my own arms around his neck.
Every thought of resisting the mate bond flew out of my mind. In fact, my head was spinning so much from the feeling of Roman’s lips on mine that I couldn’t think of anything else.
For so long, I had wanted to find my other half, just like all the other pups growing up. When I decided to travel after coming of age, I was sure that it wouldn’t be a problem since my mate would be waiting for me when I returned. Yet, even during my travels, I imagined my other half. The type of man who would be adventurous and wild, but calm and caring when he knew I needed it. Someone who would soothe me when I wasn’t feeling well and would never pressure me to change who I am. I dreamt of my perfect partner.
But when I finally met my mate, he was cruel and unyielding. He led his pack like they owed him something for just being in charge. He treated unranked members and she-wolves like they were nothing. So, I ran, and I never regretted leaving him behind. I never expected to have a second chance mate, even after I rejected and eventually killed Robbie.
The Moon Goddess paired me with Roman instead.
Roman was everything I had ever dreamt of in a mate, but we pushed each other away. We ignored the mate bond and focused on our packs.
I guess ignoring thing finally came to a head.
Roman held me against him like I was the most precious thing in the world to him. With my arms clasped around his neck, the kiss became devouring. Fae purred in delight in the back of my mind, and I tried to ignore her, but her presence broke me out of the daze that his kiss had put me in.
I pulled away from him gently, but not far enough to do anything more than break the kiss. I was light-headed and nearly gasping for breath. Roman leaned forward and placed his forehead against mine, breathing just as heavily as me.
I wanted to say something, to tell him it was a mistake and that we shouldn’t give into the bond, but the words wouldn’t come. Even just the thought of saying the words were enough to make my heart ache, and Fae growl at me.
I lost track of time while we held onto each other and caught our breath, and I couldn’t even be upset by it. Roman was gently running his fingers across my lower back, causing the butterflies in my stomach to go berserk.
Minutes later, we still stood next to my car, holding each other close. Even though I was the one to pull away and break the kiss, I wanted nothing more than to lean in and capture his lips against mine once again.
I had almost worked up the courage to kiss him again when his phone started blaring a song that I didn’t recognize.
Startled by the noise, we quickly untangled from each other, and he reached for the phone in his back pocket.
“’Lo.” He said as a greeting to whoever was on the other line.
“Boss, we had another one.” I heard the low voice of his Beta, Sita. “Five rogues attacked a patrol near the northern border.”
“Any injured?” Roman growled into the phone, obviously disturbed by the news.
I found myself holding my breath, knowing that another attack on Silver Creek only made everything we had spent the afternoon working on even more important. Guilt started eating at me. Instead of making sure we were both on our way back to take care of our packs, we were standing in the parking lot of the diner, kissing like teenagers.
“One dead, and one in bad shape.” Sita answered, making Roman growl and me suck in a breath. “Nela says he should pull through, but no guarantee.”
“What about the rogues?” Roman’s voice was practically feral sounding after finding out that one of his pack members was killed, and all I could do was stand next to him, feeling useless.
“All got away.” I heard Sita herself growl at the admission. “By the time we made it out there, we only had a faint scent. Thad and a few others are out trying to track it, but I don’t have any good news.”
“Be there soon.” Roman hung up the phone without waiting for her to say goodbye and turned to stare at me.
I opened my senses to see if there was anything that could give me direction on what to do next. His anger was like a heavy blanket over him, and I could also sense the disappointment he was feeling towards himself woven into it.
When I locked eyes with him, I could also feel the desire bubbling underneath it all. It was obviously a horrible time to even consider talking about that, but it gave me a small amount of satisfaction knowing he wasn’t regretting our kiss.
“I need to get back to my pack.” Roman ground through his teeth. “I’m assuming you heard everything Sita said?”
“Yeah.” I let out a heavy breath and sagged my shoulders a little. “I’m going to call Ashton and let him know what happened. If everything is quiet at my pack, would it be ok for me to join you at Silver Creek?” I asked shyly, hoping he would say it was ok, and yet, also worried about going back to his pack with him.
“Of course.” He stared at me for a few seconds, as if he was trying to see what I was thinking, and then he shook his head to clear his thoughts. “You’re always welcome at my pack, and if things are good back at yours, it might be good for you to examine what happened.”
I nodded my head in agreement, and watched as he strode away quickly.
I pulled out my phone and had a quick conversation with Ashton about the attack at Silver Creek Pack. He promised that everything had been quiet, but that he would be sure to add an extra patrol and also join in himself.
I jumped in my car and started driving quickly to Roman’s pack. My mind was swirling with thoughts of my mate. Even when I tried to push it away and focus on the attacks, Roman’s face popped into my head. The memory of his lips on mine, his hands running gently across my lower back, and the sparks that ran across my skin. I was so distracted by thoughts of him, I nearly ran off the road.
Oops. Fae said quietly in the back of my head, and I realized what had just happened.
OOPS?! I shouted at her. You almost just made me wreck! Stop pushing those thoughts on me! I need to focus on not running us into a ditch.
It wasn’t all me. Fae said, laughing at me frustrations. I didn’t put the thoughts there, I was just happy with experiencing them!
As she giggled like a love-struck school girl, I thought about what she said, and I knew she was right.
She wasn’t the one distracting me with overwhelming thoughts of my mate.
I was.
Ugh. So much for resisting the bond.
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