Lunar Eclipse

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Nineteen

(Annette’s POV)

           The mate bond was already very strong, it only took a few touches and we were all over each other. I used to roll my eyes at people who just found their mates and jumped all over them, it was like a bad movie yet here I was doing just the exact same thing.

           “I will get the table” Soren had thrown the table across the room getting closer to me and in the moment I was all for it. The table was a nuisance at the time and I wanted it removed as much as he did based on how he thrown it. The table was slightly bent where his hand gripped it to throw it, I don’t know if I would have to replace the table. I felt bad that the table was thrown, it could have damaged something or if someone was around it could have hurt someone.

           After I brought the table back and set it back in between of us Soren still had not sat down, honestly I could not look him in the eyes but the part of him that was right at my eye level was his very swollen member. It was making a tent that a troupe of boy scouts could have camped under, whatever made that sized tent must be huge.

           “I uh, don’t think that, was the best idea…” I mumbled still not able to look him in the eyes after what I just saw in his pants.

           “No I don’t think it was” my eyes shot up to his, did he regret our kiss? Was he not attracted to me? I had just accepted the idea of a mate so don’t tell me that my mate didn’t accept me! I could feel the tears in my eyes at the fact of being rejected by Soren, I was preparing for it, for the pain.

           “Oh! No that is not how I meant it, I just realized how that must have sounded. I absolutely loved kissing you, and feeling you pressed against me… I want you as my mate, I want to mark you but only when you are ready, Annette” slowly crawling my eyes to his I saw the hope there, the desire. My mate wanted me! I wanted to touch him, to hop over the table and launch myself into his arms but I restrained myself. We saw how that turned out, I don’t think I will be able to face Thomas after what he caught me doing.

           “That is very good, I was beginning to think that you would reject me” Soren’s eyes glowed and a growl came from his chest, catching me off guard.

           “Never! We would never reject you!” I knew his wolf was partly speaking, my wolf responded wanting to get out after hearing his voice through Soren.

           “Honestly when I first saw you I was not sure of mates, my father died when I was young and my mom went through so much pain after losing her mate, she is still not totally the same, part of her is permanently broken” his eyes continued to stay bright but he didn’t growl again.

           “But after talking to many people and my mom she made me realize that I can’t make you, my wolf, and your wolf hurt from my decision. And without my father she would have not had me and my sisters or the best years of her life.” I smiled at Soren as his eyes went back to normal, Gia huffed in my head sad that her mate was no longer as close.

           “I lost my mom when I was about 7 years old, I remember the pain my father went through, my mom was my father’s chosen mate but he was still broken after. Every year on the anniversary of her death he would go into the woods and would not be seen until the next morning.” Sadness filled his eyes speaking about his father and mother, and even with my acquaintance of loss and death I still had a parent and a family, Soren had no one.

           I reached out and touched his hand hoping that the mate bond would help me calm him by touch alone as I didn’t know what to say to comfort him. A single tear escaped his eye, falling on the back of my palm, his tear was then covered by his other hand. His eyes were still watery but his shoulders were relaxed and his breathing was steady, he was relaxing.

           “We have both lost family members, but now we can get you help. I know you have the person you came here with but you don’t have to be alone anymore. My pack and I will help you, my family will help. I know my family is not yours and I would never ever expect them to replace your family in the slightest but you can be surrounded by love again.” Soren looked at me with love in his eyes, then and there I made a decision I knew I would never be able to live without him in my life. My mind, body, and soul would be reaching out for him the rest of my life.

           “I am going to ask Luna Randve if I can spend the night with you. I want to mate with you tonight, not mark quite yet but I want to mate with you.” I knew Gia was at the surface, she was begging me to mate with Soren. She was also hoping that Soren’s wolf would come to the surface and speak to her again. Like she hoped his eyes did glow, his lovely green eyes glowed like emeralds.

           “I want that very much” His voice was deeper, animalistic with a rumble like growl. It turned me on like a faucet and had Gia raging to get out, to claim her mate.

           “Luna Randve?” I didn’t know what she was doing or who she was with.

           “Yes Annette?” She responded a second later.

           “I have decided to mate with Soren, can I spend the night with him in his cell?” Mentally I was crossing my fingers, to myself I sounded like a teenager asking to stay over at a boy’s house. I wanted to be more connected to Soren, my soul was aching for that connection with him but I knew that marking him would seal our bond. If our bond was sealed and he was killed I already knew it would kill me too, my mom could not take the death of a child I had to protect my family.

           “Cajetan is not going to like it but he can’t keep you from your mate, guilty or not it is against our laws to keep mates apart.” She sounded more smug than anything so chances are she is still mad at Cajetan for yelling at her and embarrassing her in front of the Hall.

           “I am staying here with you tonight Soren” He jumped up out of his chair came around to my chair and picked me up in a bear hug.

           “Thank you Luna Randve” I was racking up debt to her, I would be babysitting for the rest of my life.

           “Again Annette no problem you are family. I will arrange to have another bed put in his room. Have fun tonight honey” she chuckled at that last part, yup defiantly like a teenager.

           I was hardly paying attention to Luna’s chuckle because I was enjoying being in Soren’s arms. My feet were off the ground swinging around as he swung me back and forth. His grip was tight but I didn’t mind it the tingles that were running up and down my body were amazing.

           “Soren, breathing is getting difficult” I wheezed out.

           “Oh Love I am so sorry, here” Soren put me back down then cupped my cheek brushing away my hair again. His tenderness made my heart ache to be with him, to make him be with me always. I took my seat again motioning for Soren to do the same, we had a lot of talking to do. I knew about his tortured past but I am sure that there was more to him than his past.

           “Soren tell me about yourself, I want to know about you.” I touched his hand like I had done before hoping it would encourage him to talk about himself freely.

           “What would you like to know, Love?” Entwining his one hand in mine he rested his head in his other hand, to most it would have looked like a bored pose but to me he was very relaxed.

           “I want to know everything about you, I will ask you a question than you can ask me a question.” Smiling I got comfortable. We talked for what only seemed like an hour or two to me but when Thomas came in he said it had been four hours and Soren’s new room was ready for us. His smile was smug, he knew what we were going to be doing, my mental note to give him a hard time when he met his mate went to the very top of my list.

           “I guess it is time to go to my ‘room’” during our talk I had gleamed that he was sarcastic with a weird sense of humor that matched mine.

           “Seems like it” I knew my cheeks were bright red, I had never slept with a man, never had the desire to. My stomach was doing flips, my nerves through the roof, I had never felt like this but something told me that however nervous I was everything would be okay with Soren.