The Alpha's Innocent Mate

Chapter Eighteen - Xander Is A Doofus

~ Xander's POV ~

I marked her, was the first thought in my mind when I woke up the next morning.

I actually marked her.

It was a recurring thought in my brain. To say I was happy would be an understatement right now. I was elated.

She just accepted me with open arms, which wasn't something I was expecting if I was being completely honest right now.

I expected her to be frightened, but she wasn't.

I had told her that I loved her last night, right before she had passed out. I was hoping that she hadn't heard what I said, because that is not how I actually wanted to tell her. It sort of just slipped.

I had my arms wrapped around her small body, and I pulled her closer to me, if that was even possible at this point.

She snuggled into my naked chest and breathed out a sigh.

I couldn't keep my eyes off of her. I couldn't before, but it was even harder now. She was just so fucking perfect. Everything about her was perfect.

Her eyes fluttered open and she looked up at me.

"Good morning gorgeous." I said.

She smiled up at me, and I swear my heart skipped a beat. "Good morning." She said.

"How'd you sleep?" I asked.

"Magnificently." Was her reply.

I smiled, she was such a dork. But I loved it.

"Glad to hear." I paused, nervous to ask my next question. Afraid of what her answer might be. Finally I decided to just go ahead and ask to get it out of the way, "How are you feeling? How does your neck feel?"

She blinked a couple of times before bringing her hand up to the place where I had marked her. Her fingertips gliding over the skin of her neck.

"It's healed." She said, sounding astonished.

I laughed lightly, "Yeah, that happens."

"How did it heal so quickly if I'm not a wolf?" She looked so confused, and she looked cute with her nose scrunched up and her eyebrows knitted together in confusion.

"After I bit you, I licked the wound clean. Something in my saliva triggered a faster healing process in your body, so when I licked you it triggered it and caused it to heal faster."

She nodded her head.

"Do you regret it?" I asked. "Do you regret letting me mark you?"

"Why would I regret it? It was going to happen eventually, right? So why wait? I don't regret it Xander. If I knew I was going to regret it, I wouldn't have let you done it in the first place." She said.

I smiled, "Good, I'm glad you don't regret it."

"Soooo...." She dragged out the 'o'. "How do you feel?" She asked.

"Why are you asking me?" I laughed. "I should be the one concerned." I paused smiling, "But overall, I'm extremely happy, my wolf is content."

And I truly was, I wasn't lying to her.

I got out of bed stretching, "C'mon, let's go get you breakfast." I said.

Her eyes widened. "Holy shit!" She said and I raised an eyebrow questioning her.

"What?" I asked her.

"You grew!" She said.

"What are you talking about gorgeous?" I asked, I felt normal.
"I mean you got taller.....a lot taller." She said still in awe.