Marking his mate - A Silver Shifter Series 2

Chapter 3 - Hunter

There have been a lot of things that my bear has done which caused me to dislike him. Like the time he rampaged through the school gym hall because I didn't get the coloured ball I wanted. Or like the time he rampaged through the old house because we couldn't fix the bed that I broke. Or that time when he rampaged through the shop because they were out of oats. Or that time he nearly destroyed the Sinclair apple trees because they were sold out of candy apples. He has done a lot. But this was probably the worst thing he had done. With no warning, and no consideration of her or her feelings. My bear pushed for the surface and bit my mate.

My mate, I didn't think I had one. I didn't think they were real. Until I saw her. I had been feeling that pull all day and I never thought it would be because of a mate. I was wrong. It was all I wanted now, all he wanted. Our mate. The beautiful brunette, her chocolate eyes, her full pink lips, her hourglass form, her soft tender curves, her voice that was screaming at me. Even with the high-pitched scream that she was serenading us with, it was perfect.

"What the hell was that? Omg I'm bleeding, you bit me, why would you do that?"

I didn't know what to say. I didn't know what to do. My bear continued to push for the surface, trying to claw from the inside out. He wanted more, he wanted us to claim her, I wasn't going to do that. I wasn't going to do anything he wanted. I wish to Kodiak that I had some Valium right now. It was going to be the only way to keep him under control.

"Who bites a stranger? Your brother's told me you were unpredictable, I really thought you wouldn't hurt me..." Elisa's tone changed, it was sad and disappointed. I noticed a tear in her eye and for the first time in his life. My bear stopped, he stopped pacing, raging, clawing for the surface. He stopped, cuddled up and sat back as I felt regret.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do that. I lost control" I said. I grabbed my torn shirt from the floor as I went to her. Wrapping my arms around her and wiping the blood off her hand.

"Let him lick it," a voice from the house made us both turn.

"It will heal faster" Grace and Logan were standing there.

"No," Elisa shook her head, pushing me away.

"Trust me," Grace said. Elisa just looked at her sister as she nodded, letting me tend to the bite. It was worse than I thought, it was just a bite with teeth marks. It looked like he took a chunk out of her.

"I'm so sorry," I said. I didn't stop licking her wound until there was granulation tissue, and I knew that she would be okay. I used my shirt to wipe as much of the blood off her as I could. She said nothing as I did this, not looking at me or her sisters. "I'm sorry Elisa, I'm sorry" I could feel my bear was remorseful for the first time in his life.

"Are you done?" Elisa bit at me.

"Yes," I said. Like a whip, she ran from me, but she didn't get far. Grace opened her arms up as Elisa crashed into her. Holding her like I wanted to. Logan moved towards them, and I couldn't stop the heckles coming out, my bear launched for freedom as the growl causing the ground to shake.

"Sorry," Logan said taking a step back. We all stood outside for a long time, Elisa and Grace never letting go of each other. I thought I could hear them talking. But the noise from inside the house was too much. I heard plates and cutlery banging together as Sia came through the door.

"You know we are eating... is everything okay?" Sia asked. Moved towards her cousins and wrapped her arms around them. I wanted with every inch of me to be the one holding my mate. It ripped my heart out thinking that she didn't want me, that she was holding on to someone else for comfort and not me. Without thinking I turned away moving away from them because he finally did it. He finally went too far and hurt the one person I was supposed to love and protect. All my life I never believed I would have a mate; I never believed other bears had mates. The realisation was just as surprising as when I heard that Darth Vada was Luke's dad. Now all I thought was that I was never going to touch her again. She would never forgive me; I would never forgive myself. I marked her and that was it.