Blazing Embers (gxg)

9. Cause and effect

Sam's Pov.

"Goddess! Why aren't you wearing anything!?" I whisper-yelled at Asher turning away, feeling my blood rushing to my cheeks.

"But I'm wearing sweatpants!" she stated, then reached out to turn me around. With my face still red I tried to avoid eye contact, but she grabbed my chin and made me look into those ocean eyes.

"Sooner or later you will see it so why are you so shy! It's not like you didn't see guys without shirts, plus I'm your mate so you can look all you want." she said and I could see the moon sparkle in her eyes. "And get used to it love, 'cuz I sleep shirtless." and this just made me blush more.

"Ahh.. all you do is tease me!" I complain but deep inside I know I want to look at her. I step back and marvel at her perfect figure. Her chest is slim but filled with muscles and I can imagine just how powerful she is. There are some scars on her body mostly on her arms but I don't ask. Three hundred years takes a toll on ones body I guess, even if you don't age.

And while I was checking Asher out she grabbed my hand interlocking our fingers. "If you're satisfied let's go in and sleep, we have school tomorrow." She whispered close to my ears. I nodded my head, quietly giggling as we went inside.

In my room Asher was looking around exploring. Sometimes suprised at the stuff I have, and she even told me that my guitar collection is a bit exaggerated. Well, I do have more than 10, so that's fair. I went to my closet to change into my pj's while she was ear into my notebook, going through my original songs with great interest.

"You wrote all of this?" she questioned sitting on my bed.

"Yeah, but the ones at the back are the most recent and I also like them more." I say joining her.

"These are all really good, no more like insanely good! I can feel the emotion and the thought behind the lyrics, and with the score it all comes to life! Your a genius!" she tells me. " I hope you'll be writing song for a long time." she finishes looking through my song, closing the journal.

"Thanks! That's the plan! I hope I can get into one of the best universities after highschool, well I already have a place in England as I was studying abroad there, and one of them gave me an opportunity to continue there after I graduate, but I'm not sure I want to go there, now that I'm back. I can't leave the pack again, plus your here now." I explain as I lay under my sheets, Asher pulling me into her arms and spooning me.

"Hummm... So that's why you went to England? I mean to participate in the transfer program?" she asks in a low voice which makes my skin tingle.

"Yeah... Well about that..."

"What?"

"So I already wanted to tell you this, but it's good now that it came up." I start a bit nervous so I turn to face her. "It was three year ago when the school scouted me for the program but first I turned them down, because I didn't want to leave my family and the pack. But something happened that, well it kind of left me with no choice but to go.." I say and feel as Asher starts to tense up.

"What happened?" she growled asking.

"It all started with the alliance we made with the Timber pack. The son of their Alfa Jeremy got obsessed with the fantasy that he and I were supposed to be together. He believed that we were mates... or will be when we became seventeen." as I was saying this Asher's anger could be felt, like it was something you can touch. She was furious, I could tell, and that she was trying to hold herself and/or Blaze back as well.

"So one day after school he rounded up his buddies from his pack and surrounded me. He was going to mark me not waiting for us to even realize who our real mates are." I continue and feel how she's shaking from the anger.

"He didn't!!?" she looks into my eyes holding me and I shake my head.

"No he didn't." I say a bit louder so she can relax a bit. "But it was a vampire who saved me and beat them all up so nothing happened with Jeremy and his pals, even though they should have been expelled and become rouges." I state and take a deep breath. "Those f*-ers I really wanted to kill them. Mom and Dad ended the alliance and spread the word to other packs so they now live excluded and can't really be around other wolves. I'm afraid he will come looking for me again, I'm sure he already knows I'm back, so it won't be long before he's at my doorstep again." I finish and bury my head in her neck.

Asher's breath starts to stabilize and she's squeezing me tighter. We lay there in the quiet and each others safety. I know I just met her today but I can't help but feel protected and safe with her, like never before.

"Don't worry, love! I'm here now so if he comes he has to go through me if he wants to be near you. And if he tries to even touch you I will kill him!!" she growled again but this time it was a warm one filled with the will to keep what is her's in her arms.