His Estranged Mate

Chapter 37: Taken!

CONNOR

"I am sorry for hurting you, solnyshko," I whisper, cuddling my little human close. She sighs, laying a soft kiss on my chest, making my wolf preen, and then looks up at me. Her brown eyes are shining with so much love that for a moment I forget who I am.

"I am glad it was you. I never thought of having sex with anyone much less of my virginity yet here I am thinking that it was a very different experience from what I expected," she whispers.

"I hope a good one," I ask, nervously. I've never felt like this before. I still remember the times when I had sex with any human, my wolf used to claw inside my mind, showing his displeasure at being touched by a female but with Catrina, he's been surprisingly calm and I, for a moment even felt an eagerness to mark her, especially when I came. The urge was so strong that I accidentally bit off a pillow which I have now stashed below the bed to avoid being asked questions about it.

"I think the best one," she teases me, a playful look in her eyes and her face glowing with post-coital bliss. Goddess! I think I am falling for this girl.

"So, let's go for a second round?" I ask, pushing that uncomfortable thought out of my mind and pulling her body under me. She wiggles a bit but then freezes.

"We didn't use a condom, Connor," she whispers, her brown eyes wide with fear now.

Fuck!

"I know, but nothing will happen," I assure not knowing how to tell her that a werewolf can't impregnate anyone else. A werewolf is compatible only with another werewolf.

That, she is not and so her chances of conceiving are nil. That's one plus point of having sex with humans but even then, I have never had unprotected sex. This was the first time.

"Are you sure?" she asks, her fingers now running in small circles over my chest. She's not angry with me for not using a condom, in fact, she's seeking comfort from me, just in case anything does happen.

"I promise, Catrina. Nothing will happen to you. I am clean and this was your first time. Talking about pregnancy, I just don't think it'll happen. Your period stopped yesterday, didn't it?" I distract her, knowing that talking about periods is not her favourite topic of conversation.

"But wear a condom now," she whispers and I go to argue but she adds in a small please which leaves me with no other option.

"Okay, but I like to be inside you without any barrier," I tell her but she just smiles at me serenely. My little sun!

My eyes open slowly, the remnants of the dream still lingering heavy in my mind and my body ready to claim our mate except she's not here. She's miles away with her family and I am here alone, trying to handle the mess that my father left behind again.

Her scent on the pillow is almost gone. The night she slept in my bed now feels like an eternity ago. Only a strand of hair that was left behind on my pillow is proof that she was really here. I don't know why but I have kept that strand of hair with me.

I need her with me or I am going to lose my mind like I did yesterday when a few of my pack members want to follow my dad's path and go, rogue.

That's another matter that I now have to deal with because the person is my father's beta. If he goes then most of his family goes which reduces the number of my pack but will also cause unnecessary paperwork. Both for the human law enforcement as well as for the elder council and I am not interested in paperwork, at all. Damn him and damn me for being put in this situation.