Chapter 18

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Ashton's POV

When we walked back in the cabin, Evie was bombarded with questions by Kristin. "How are you? How was it? What color is your fur? Did everything go okay?" Evie just nodded too tired to answer.

"Kristin maybe you can ask everything tomorrow?" I spoke. She looked at me confused and then looked at Evie. I guess she figured out why. "Evie do you want me to help you get to bed or are you more comfortable with Kristin?" I hoped she would be comfortable with me helping her, but I wanted to leave the option.

"You can help me, if that's okay." She said in a tired voice.

"Of course." I smiled. She almost collapsed to the ground because she was so tired, so I picked her up bridal style and walked over to the bathroom.

"I could have walked myself." Always so stubborn.

"I know, I just wanted to help you." She probably couldn't, but I know she doesn't like to feel weak. She gave me a small smile as a reply as I sat her down on the side of the bath. "I think it is best you have a bath now; it will help with relaxing your muscles and lessen the soreness you will have tomorrow." She gave me a nod and I filled up the bath. "I can leave if you want and come back when you're done?"

"No that is fine, I will probably fall asleep if you leave." She let go of the blanket that she was still holding and got in the bath. Shit my mate is naked in a bathtub. Okay think old, wrinkled grannies. That didn't help much, but now I just wanted to help my newly shifted mate. So, I helped her get clean and stayed by her side till she was done with the bath. I helped her out of the bath, and with her pj's and carried her to our bed. I pushed the blanket a little to the side so she could get in and pulled it over her.

"Good night baby." I whispered and gave her a kiss on her forehead.

"Goodnight." She said in the same sleepy tone.

I walked out of the bedroom and went to the kitchen to get a drink. Once I found something, I liked I went to the living room, where Kristin and Josh were sitting, and sat down on a lounge chair.

"So how did it go?" Josh asked.

"I think it went okay, it just took so long, and I couldn't stand looking at her in pain. I wanted to take her pain away but could only do so much. But once she shifted, she was so beautiful. Her fur is the same color as her hair, she just has some white on her paws and some cute white spots on her ears." I realized I sounded like a love-struck teenager, but at the moment I didn't care. Because I kind of was a love-struck teenager, just not a teenager.

"I can't wait to see her, and for you to change babe." Josh said to Kristin.

"Yeah, I thought I would maybe change this full moon too, but I don't know. Maybe with my genetics I will change once we've completed the mate bond." Kristin blushed; I did not know that girl could blush.

"I thought you already did?" I mean with the smell; everyone would have thought.

"No, I gave her my mark, but we have just been having fun, not fully mating." Josh blushed. That's the difference between him and I. He is kind of shy with girls, he is (apparently) still a virgin. Wanted to wait, till he met his mate. Whereas I was a man whore, I don't regret sleeping with other girls, I do regret sleeping with so many. But they all knew they weren't my mate.

"Ah okay, well I guess, just wait till you're both ready. But for now, I'm going to bed as well. This day was tiring. I brushed my teeth and striped down to my boxers, I walked over to the other side of the bed, laid down next to Evie and pulled her to my chest.

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