Chasing Forever: Jacob's Story

Two Years Later.

Chyenne, my love. Are you still coming? I call through our mate link as I sit beside the lake.

 Yes, love. She says and I can feel her start running towards me. I just can't stay late tonight. Your father placed Kelsey on the dawn patrol with you.

 Of course my love. I say back, my eyes closed and the moonlight washing over me. I'll see you soon.

 In a minute she comes up behind me, leaning down to kiss my neck softly. "Hello, my love." She whispers.

 I turn, kissing her softly and then laying down so she can lay on my chest. She runs her hands over my abs before she lays her head on my chest. She likes to listen to my heartbeat when we're alone, so I've stopped wearing a shirt on our walks.

 "J.. when are we going to tell everyone we're seeing each other..?" She whispers. "I hate hiding us.."

I sigh softly, kissing her forehead. "We aren't hiding my love. We just aren't allowed to see eachother this late, and i want you to feel safe." She blushes and looks away, but I pull her face back gently, so I can look at her. "Don't look away love. I think its cute I still make you blush."

 She lays her head back on my chest, tracing my marks. I turned for the first time the summer after we met, and the pack symbol, a triskele, was tattooed on my skin, a permanent reminder of my place in the pack. Its the first mark I ever got. It glows slightly under her fingers, the magic in the mark recognizing her as my mate, another reason she likes me without a shirt on.

 "J, after training tomorrow can we go swimming? Nich says theres supposed to be a new family moving in tomorrow."

"How is it Nichola knows everything before I do?" I say quietly.

 "Shes very nosy." Chyenne smiles and I laugh. "But can we? Nich's going to take her down there tomorrow and I want to meet her." She props her head up on my chest, staring into my eyes. I get lost in hers for a moment, forgetting everything except her.

"Of course, love." I whisper, tucking her hair behind her ear and watching her eyes close. Shes taken to wearing her hair down because she knows I like it. "But don't you have lessons with my mother right after training tomorrow?"

 She doesn't answer and I realize her eyes are still closed. She must not have heard me. I think. Tapping her shoulder, I wait until her eyes open again. "Did you hear me?"

She shakes her head, blushing. "No.."

 "I said yes, love. But don't you have lessons with my mother right after training tomorrow?" I sigh, realizing how exhausted she's going to be tomorrow if thats the case, surprised when she shakes her head.

 "No, she cancelled it. She's having a one on one with Kelsey, because her first shift is Friday. Nichola and I have free time after training and your father said we could go swimming as long as an older beta watched us."

I smile. "Of course I'll come."

 She opens her mouth to respond but jumps, her eyes becoming unfocused as she talks to whoever called to her through the empathy link. After a few minutes she sighs, kissing my cheek, and stands, pulling me up with her. "I have to go.." She whispers nodding to over the lake, where the sky is beginning to lighten. "Its almost dawn and I have to get home before Kelsey wakes up."

 I nod. "I know.." I dont want her to leave. Lately, our walks have been getting shorter and shorter as she is training more and more to get ready for her first shift and I am training until after even my mother goes to bed, as Julius grooms me to be his replacement as Beta. Sometimes I miss the long walks we used to have, where neither of us got more then ten minutes of sleep at night.

 She kisses me. "I'll see you at training, love. Dont worry, i'll kick your butt again."

 "Okay, sure." I smile.

 We kiss again, softly, and I watch as she turns and runs into the woods toward her house.

 As I walk back to my house, I find myself wishing we could tell everyone we're mated sooner rather than later. Maybe our walks wouldn't have to be kept secret if we did..