Midnight Lovers

Chapter Five

Finnick's P.O.V

I couldn't sleep.

After Grace got some food in her stomach it was approaching midnight. In order to get Grace from Oregon to Canada Cody, my beta, gave Grace some kind of drug that would put her to sleep for a while, and sure enough after they got to Canada she stayed asleep until nearly 10 o'clock, which was starting to make me panic, I thought they might have given her too much and put her in a coma.

I hadn't told Cody, or his delta Austin to kidnap Grace, and sure at first I was angry, but now I'm not quite sure I can be mad at them. My anger at them stayed strong, and got stronger when Grace had her melt down, not that I could blame her. Everything in her life changed, I couldn't even imagine how terrified she must've felt when she first woke up in a strange place. But once she calmed down and seemed to relax a little bit I couldn't bring myself to be mad at my beta or delta. 

Grace was my mate, human or not, and even if I had stayed in Oregon to court her there when the truth came out it was more than likely she would've laughed like it was a joke or have a complete melt down like she already did, and if she'd dumped me? What would I have done? Probably kidnap her. Once a werewolf finds his or her mate it can be physically painful to be apart from each other, and I don't even want to try and imagine how painful it would've been if Grace had rejected me, and now that she's here she doesn't really have much choice.

I was laying in my bed, staring up at the ceiling. Grace had gone to bed to sleep off the effects or the drugs, while I on the other hand, couldn't sleep at all, I hadn't been able to sleep last night either. Last night all I could think about was Grace. The way her black hair fell around her shoulders, the way her gray eyes lit up when she laughed, the dimple in her right cheek when she smiled, and her scent. Oh dear lord her scent!

The smell or honeysuckle and meadow flowers, how desperately I just wanted to press my nose into the crook of her neck and inhale her scent. It drove me, and my wolf mad. He wanted nothing more than to see if she tasted as sweet as she smelled; and now her scent haunted us both. It didn't take long for her scent to fill the house, and with her room being beside mine it wouldn't be hard to sneak in and...

I shook away the thought and rolled onto my stomach, burying my face into my pillow. However my wolfs lewd thoughts kept coming. The softness of her skin, the sweetness of her voice as she mewled beneath me...

I shot upright. My body felt like it was on fire, an intense hunger consuming me, and my wolf fed the hunger with images of Grace. The arch of her spine, the flash of her throat as she moan.

I tore the covers and half ran, half stumbled downstairs, tearing the back door open, grabbing fistfuls of snow and pressing them against my face. Being outside in the fresh air helped ease the hunger that consumed my thought, and the coolness of the snow brought me back to my senses; however my wolf was still restless. I dropped the handfuls of melting snow, taking deep breaths and shifting into my wolf skin. If he was so restless than we'd run until he calmed down.

That unfortunately took all night. No matter how much I ran when I came close to the house the hunger came back ten fold, and it was even worse in my wolf skin. The wolf wanted to claim his mate, while I wanted it just as much I knew there was a bit more to it than that.

Around 6 o'clock I shifted back and went into the house, at this point I was too exhausted, and with the sun rising the hunger started to subside. 

I dragged myself up the stairs, pausing in front of Grace's door. It wouldn't hurt to check on her... I opened the door a crack, peeking inside. Grace appeared to be sleeping soundly, her body was relaxed, and her breathing was deep and even, if she was faking it one of those would be off. She rolled and was now facing me. Her lips were parted slightly, and a strand of hair was stuck to the corner of her mouth.

I bit my lip and forced my gaze away from her. Part of me just wanted to sneak in and lay beside her, snag a couple hours before I had to play alpha for the day, but I couldn't. I wasn't going to push my boundaries when she was already so nervous and untrusting of me, once I gained her trust I'd start to push my boundaries a little bit more, but not now.

I closed the door softly and went back to my bathroom and started the shower. Hopefully the hot water would wash away all my dirty thoughts.