You Had Me At "Stop Peeing On My Yard!"

Part 10

Tom's eyes sparkled as he held my head in his hands and said, "I love you too."

Smiling, I leaned in and closed the space between our lips. Tom let go a throaty growl and pulled us closer, our legs tangling under the water. I shivered at his warmess and the waters coldness.

He pressed his lips hard onto mine, claiming my lips as his. Gasping at his possessiveness, he takes the chance to slip his tongue into my mouth. Our tongues dance about eagerly. Tom pushes me onto a rock and begins biting on my neck heading to his mark where he bit me days earlier.

Tom licks the area where it's healing and bites down. When his teeth sink into my skin, I moan. I feel as of I'm so close to him, as if I can reach into his mind. I looked into his mind and see only pure love for me. True love for his life mate.

"Babe? Can you hear me?" He spoke into our linked minds.

I gasp.

I can hear him!

Smiling, I say, "Yes, every word."

"I love you princess."

"How can I hear what your thinking?"

"You finally accepted me as your mate, but there is still one more thing." I could sense him smiling and wiggling his eyebrows with our mind link.

I let out the breath I didn't know I was holding and gave an awkward laugh. Tom released my shoulder and lapped at it to heal it quicker.

I sighed at the tingling feeling that was left at my neck. I didn't feel any blood. Looking into the water I see my reflection and my neck was now marked by a crescent moon. Looking up, I see Tom has one as well.

"We're officially mates,baby. You're mine." Tom says then kisses my nose.

He begins to swim back to the shoreline, pulling my hand to get me moving. Both of us swam to the shore, Tom gets out first and pulls me out. The cold morning nipped at my bare skin.

"Let's get you back to the cabin and get you warmed up." Says Tom, taking my hand; I pull it away and shift into my white wolf running towards the cabin. I hear Tom laugh then hear him shift to his wolf form. I run into the woods towards the cabin where I could tell my dad that I was officially with a mate.

My father awaited at the door holding it open for me. Padding softly in he lead me into the bathroom where the bath was full and a set of clean clothes lay on the sink.

I walk in, my father closed the door and I shift back into my human form, stepping into the warm bath; washing away the dirt from my swim and my run. Getting out, I slipped a clean long t-shirt that went down to my knees and some gym shorts.

Walking out of the bathroom I see Alpha Nick, my father and Tom sitting at the table.

"Dad, what's wrong?"

"'Nothing is wrong, please take a seat."

Sitting down, my heart is beating a mile a minute. My palms are sweaty and I look from face to face.

Alpha Nick spoke up,"Tom has told us that you officially accepted him as a mate and that you two have been marked with the crescent moon." Tom takes ahold of my hand underneath the table.

"I did. At first, I was hestitant but now I'm completely sure that Tom and I are meant to be together."

My father was beaming with pride knowing his little girl had found her mate.

Realization hit.

"Dad, where's Sterling?"

"He went to go visit his mother, he was pretty ashamed that he almost attacked you and that he wouldn't let you be with your true mate when it was obliviously Tom."

Tom raised my hand from under the table and kissed it; smiling at me, he turned to my father.

"Sir, I love your daughter with all my heart and I know she loves me too. I cherish her greatly. Will you let me take her hand in marriage?"

Wait...what?! Did Tom just ask my father for my hand?

Knocking my chair over, I stood up. " I need some air." I explained, I walked out of the cabin and saw my mother and Tesha coming towards it; I guess Tom called them. I ran towards my family and hugged them to me tightly.

"Hey baby girl." My momma said patting my back.

"Hi momma." I said, wiping away a few tears that had escaped my eye," momma, dad is here."

Her gaze went to the cabin and she walked towards it with determination. She walked in, looked into my father's eyes and they hugged while they cried. I never seen my dad cry but it proved he loved her and never wanted to let go of her.

Hands went around my waist,"That's true love, princess. Just like what I feel for you." Tom whispered in my ear. I snuggled into my mate's side knowing that I'd be okay.