The Heart of The North

Love Makes You Crazy

"You..." He trails off.

"It's not because of the mate bond, I've loved you since that night in the cave. It was just so soon... I was scared... I love you." I ramble.

"I..." He steps towards me slowly, cupping my face with his hands, "I love you too, Ariella."

The name feels unusual to me now, but it sends a wave of love through me, "Mark me."

"Are you sure? This is serious... It's like marriage for wolves. Death is the only way to leave it after it's done." He explains, still holding my face.

"Okay. Do it." I smile up at him with happy tears in my eyes.

He kisses me gently on the lips, leaving a trail of kisses down to the base of my neck. He places a soft kiss there, and I shiver with anticipation and need. Slowly, his lips begin to feel like teeth, and then it begins to burn hotter than any coals. I groan in pain and he holds me around the waist with one arm and my head with his hand, and he strokes his thumb on the back of my head.

All at once the pain and burning begin to turn to pleasure. I moan, running my hands through this hair, as it's unbraided. Slowly, he pulls away, wiping his lips before he holds my face again.

"Your turn." He smiles.

"M-me? I don't know..." suddenly I'm flustered and I look down.

"You can do it. Just bite..." He moves my hand to the base of his neck on the same side mine is, "Here. Okay?"

I nod, then slowly tilt my head to kiss him. After I pull away, I slowly move my mouth to his neck, nervous.

I close my eyes and open my mouth, and let my teeth sink into his flesh. He grunts at first, holding me in a locked grip, but soon he loosens up and groans into my hair. I feel his manhood poke my hip from his pants, and then as I pull away, I suddenly feel the world shift. I feel like Blair is inside my head, in the best way, and he smiles down at me.

"Woah." I gasp. Everything looks even brighter from when I shifted.

"Goddess, you're beautiful." He whispers, before pulling me close to him, kissing me.

It's soft at first, but it slowly gets rougher. He turns us around and pushes me onto the bed. I smile up at him as he undresses.

"Hello." I blush.

He smirks before crawling over me, "Gonna be a long night."

I wake the next morning, my muscles aching from the previous night. I sit up to stretch, only to be pulled back by a pair of strong arms.

"Morning." I smile at my mate.

"Mm... morning..." He mutters groggily.

"Come on, it's late. We should go out." I say with a renewed feeling of energy.

"Fine... fine." He says, sitting up.

We set out to hunt, after Blair decided we needed more meat. We manage to get two again, as as he's roping its antlers, my body begins to ache.

Blair's head snaps to me, feeling my pain through the mate bond, "What's wrong?"

"I don't..." I groan, "I don't know... it feels like..."

"Like what?" He must have heard it in my head because after he says that he swears and stands up to hold me.

"Why am I shifting?" I ask, more to myself than Blair.

"I don't know..." He breathes heavily.

"It's true..." I mutter.

"What?" He asks, before he hears it in the mind link, "You're..."

"I'm the Heart of The Moon." I look at him with wide eyes before I shift into my red and white wolf.

I look up at him with my wolf's eyes.

"You're bigger." He smiles.

I tilt my head, questioning him through my mind link.

"The mating bond helps, but you're even bigger than that. Maybe you needed to be mated to trigger the Heart of the Moon blessing." He replies.

I decide to try something, and I focus hard on shifting to my human form.

All of the sudden, I'm me again.

"I've never seen someone do that." He gasps.

"It felt... strange," I mutter, "You try. Maybe it triggered everyone."

After a while, he gives up. "It didn't work."

I think. What if I gave him permission?

"Blair, I give you the ability to shift into your wolf at will." I demand, and all of the sudden, he smiles as the change begins. He turns into his massive black wolf, and looks up at me with joy.

"Now try to shift back." I suggest.

He closes his eyes, and soon he's back to himself, "So you have to give permission? How would we get every wolf to you so you can?"

"We could make it public. They wouldn't hurt me knowing I'm the Heart." I suggest.

"No, but the South would. They don't want wolves having that power." Blair says.

"Blast. We'll figure it out," I look down on my naked body, "But can we please get some clothes, first?

He smirks, "I personally don't mind."

"I know, but I do!" I laugh as he wraps his arms around my torso, lifting me up.

I'm very aware of his naked body as he kisses my mark, "Don't you want to know what it's like in the forest?"

I look around over his shoulder, "What if someone comes out here?"

"They won't, and if they do they'll just know you're mine." He whispers in a husky tone next to my ear.

I shiver, "Am I?"

"Mine." He smiles at me.

"Then show me." I smile.

"Gladly."

He pushes me against a tree, and despite the snow and bark digging into my back, I don't feel pain, nor do I feel cold. He desperately and needlily kisses my body, groping me in places that make me moan.

He finally kisses me, his tongue exploring my mouth slowly. I whimper and squirm with anticipation, and then suddenly, he pushes inside me, fast. I scream and he holds my legs around his waist, pounding into me relentlessly. I nibble his neck and hear him groan in response, before he nibbles mine. I feel a bruise forming where he did, and he pulls back to look at me.

"Blair, please... oh my Gods." I moan.

"Let it go, Princess." He groans as he finishes inside me, and I feel myself tighten as he does, and I scream into his shoulder.

We both come down, and I begin to shiver as the feeling of cold air cools my adrenaline.

He starts to put me down, but as my feet touch the ground, I wobble and begin to fall. He catches me quickly and picks me up and I wrap my legs around him again, only this time I rest my head on his shoulder with my arms tangled behind his neck.

I feel him laugh, "Tired?"

I nod, "You take a lot of my energy."

"That's the best part." He smiles and begins to walk, his arm covering my lower half and his other supporting my back.