Run **unedited**

Chapter 13

We lay there for a while, on the floor afterwards, panting and sated. Honestly i couldn't imagine moving, parts of me hurt that i never knew existed while other parts of me were completely relaxed. My whole body tingled with the exertion from what had just happened between andy and i.

Had we really just done that? I had just got done swearing to myself that i would not complete the mating process only to do the exact thing i swore i wouldnt do. Wow that sentence made like no sense.

"What are you thinking about?" andy asked, as he gently ran his hand up and down my back, the other holding my head to his chest.

I sighed and lifted my head up to look into his crystal blue eyes, "how i literally told myself that i wouldnt mate with you, yet here we are" i rolled my eyes, "something about you just constantly has me confused and not knowing what to do, or what ill do next"

"Baby, when are you going to realize that something is the mate bond? When are you going to stop fighting it?" he asked.

I pushed myself up into a sitting position and pulled my knees up to my chest, wrapping my arms around them and resting my head on top. "I feel like i shouldnt be allowed to be happy, not with everything that has happened recently. Not with jane's death and then jaspers-" i took in a sharp breath waiting for the now all to familiar stab of pain, but it didnt come. Actually, i wasnt in any pain at all. "Its gone" i gasped, whipping my head around to face andy, a look of surprise on my face.

He immediately sat up and went to put his arms around me, but i jumped up and backed away from him, putting my hands up in a wait gesture. I walked all the way to the other side of the room and just stood there, waiting for the intense pain in my chest to start up, but it didnt. The pain never came.

"Kari, baby, what is going on?" andy asked, getting to his feet.

I looked up at him and smiled, despite the tears in my eyes. "Its gone" i croaked, "the pain, its gone!" i wanted to shout, to dance, and scream and punch the air all at the same time.

A huge grin spread across andy's face and he rushed over to me, wrapping his arms around my waist and slamming his lips to mine. This kiss wasnt like any we had shared before, it wasnt gently or loving, it was rushed and hungry and fiery.

I finally pulled away after a moment for air and grinned up at my wonderful mate. He had been right, completing the mating process had saved me, the pain was actually gone!

"You did it" i said, not being able to keep the pure joy out of my voice.

"Technically we did it" he joked, his joy matching my own.

I rolled my eyes "ok, yeah we did IT, you dork."

He chuckled and gave me a peck on the cheek, "now your mine, and no one can take you from me. I hope you didnt have any plans of running off on me?"

I shook my head, "not anymore, its obvious that im stuck with your annoying self for the rest of my life. "

Andy stared at me for a moment before shrugging, "i guess i'll take what i can get"

I laughed, a real laugh, the first one i had really let loose in a long time. The pain was actually gone! I could actually be away from andy now without being in excruciating pain. Not that i wanted to be away from him, just the thought sent a mild stab through my heart that was nothing compared to what i was used to.

"We should probably get dressed" i said, looking down at our naked bodies that were pressed together.

Andy grinned devilishly at me, "or we could stay up here all day making sweet love-"