Dawn 'till Dusk

Part 13 - Soothing the Nightmares

My head was once again dominated by nightmares, I twisted and turned, trying to shake the images out of my head.Jaws snapping at me, pain in my limbs, amber eyes looking at me, not moving, not living. A hand on my cheek woke me up, tingles and shivers went through my spine. Two lips on my forehead made me feel so safe.

‘Sh, Muffin, don’t worry. I’m here, I’ll protect you,’ Christopher whispered.

I felt more weight on my bed, which made me turn against him, still sleeping partially. He cuddled me close to him, his arm around my waist and I fell asleep again.

Long before morning, I woke again. Warmth was surrounding me like a nice blanket, but that was just what was missing. I opened my eyes this time and turned to find Christopher was holding me and sleeping. He looked so peaceful, I wanted to caress his beautiful features, but I was afraid the touch would wake him. His jawline clenched a little and he looked pained. It only last a second and then he opened his eyes.

‘Good morning beautiful,’ he whispered.

‘It’s hardly morning, I think it’s about four maybe five,’ I whispered back.

‘In the morning, right?’ he chuckled.

I nodded, rolling my eyes a little. He came closer to me and kissed me on my forehead. It made me feel so special.

‘Why does such a fragile and beautiful woman have nightmares? What are they about?’ he whispered, his eyes looked so worried.

‘I fought once, as a wolf. Before your wolves hurt me. The man I told you about, the one who taught me everything, they had a problem, they hadn’t had enough force to scare a neighbouring pack off their lands, they were being attacked. One came to get me, furiously I killed about ten wolves and after they retreated they too had lost several members of the pack. The Alpha had his arm broken in a difficult position and since we heal a lot faster, I knew I had to set the bone before it would have to be broken again. So without a word I set the bone straight and his mate came at me. She didn’t hurt me much, but she wanted to. I explained I’m a veterinarian and their doctor had died, so I helped them tend to the largest wounds and went there for four days, the last day the Alpha gave me a cheque, out of gratitude. He said that without me, much wolves would have died of blood loss. I was just happy to help. Without that money, I wouldn’t be here,’ I told him.

He looked at me me with loving eyes, caressing my cheek.

‘My brave Luna,’ he said.

‘I’m not your Luna.. yet. Not before you mark me and mate with me,’ I said, blushing.

‘Are you that eager?’ he asked, teasing me.

‘Hardly, if anything I’m scared. Will it hurt?’ I asked.

‘Which one?’

‘Either..’ I was blushing even more.

‘The mark, will hurt you at first, but after that, it should give you pleasure.. and well, for the mating, I will try to be as gentle as I can. It’s all new for me too,’ he whispered.

‘Does it have to happen soon?’ I whispered.

‘I would like to mark you soon, that way we can hear each other. I would be able to protect you, much more,’ he said.

‘Okay. Do it.’

‘I’d rather do that at my packhouse, I heard some will scream and some moan. I don’t want your Nana to think badly of me,’ he said, a small flush crossing his face.

‘Okay, when?’ I whispered.

‘Would you like to come over tomorrow?’ he asked.

‘Okay..’ I said, biting my lower lip.

We were so close, it felt wonderful feeling him all over my body. I felt safe, protected.

‘Maybe we should get back to sleep,’ I whispered.

‘Could I do one more thing?’ he asked.

I nodded immediately, not needing to know what. He came closer and I thought he would kiss me on my forehead, but he came down a little and rubbed his nose against mine. I released my lip and my breathing picked up by his close proximity. He cupped my cheek and pushed up a little, so I was staring at him. He came closer and pressed his lips on mine, it ignited a fire deep within me, fireworks were going off in my head. His lips gently caressed mine, gentle and sweet, it was perfect for a first kiss. When he broke away, I moaned silently, not wanting him to stop. We were both breathing faster. It hadn’t been a heated kiss, but my heartbeat had quickened. I looked in his mesmerising amber eyes and slowly I went closer to him, kissing him just as gentle. After the kiss, I turned away from him, only to be pulled into his chest. We both fell asleep quickly.

When I woke, I was cold, no blanket and no arm around me. He had left me. I heard knocking on the door, I realised that was what woke me.

‘Dear, its nearing noon, will you come out of bed?’ she asked.

‘Sorry Nana, have you tried waking me before?’ I asked.

‘Yes, about ten minutes ago, will you come down?’

‘I’ll be down in a minute. Sorry Nana.’

‘No, not at all. You probably needed the sleep with those nightmares of yours.’

I heard her walking downstairs and I grabbed my phone, wanting to send a message to Christopher, but he had beat me to it.

My dear Sleeping

Beauty. Your Nana

was pounding on your

door but you didn’t

wake, I didn’t want to

risk her seeing me. So

I left, I’ll be in town at 2.

I hope you’ll meet me

Your Protector.

I didn’t like that he had left like that, but I understood. Nana wouldn’t have been happy with a man in my bed this quickly. She would never come into my room without permission though, but he hadn’t known that. I didn’t send him anything back, wanting to ask my Nana if she was okay with me leaving her today. I got dressed and pulled down my hair, brushing it through furiously. I made a braid, hiding it under my shirt. I had been teased with my long hair when I was little, but I loved it, in my eyes it was my best feature. I was scared to show Christopher, I wasn’t sure what he would think about it. I would show him today, before he marked me. I went downstairs and ate my lunch with Nana, she asked me about my dreams and we talked about Christopher, well, Nana was gossiping.

‘He asked me if I would see him today, at two,’ I said.

‘Oh, you should go! I have sports to do anyway,’ Nana said, very excited for me.

I nodded, being so happy she didn’t mind me going away again.

‘I think he’ll take me to meet his parents,’ I said.

It felt horrible to lie to my Nana, but she couldn’t know about us yet. She could never know I’m a wolf. The time was nearing one and Nana said she had to leave. I went out with her, leaving for town early. When I arrived, I smelled him immediately. I followed his scent, finding him in his car two blocks over. He was reading some papers, not noticing me. I knocked gently on his window and his head shot up. First he looked angry, which made me back away, but then his eyes went soft and apologetic. He came out of the car and wrapped his arms around me.

‘Sorry, I didn’t mean to be angry. Some girls have tried to catch my attention, it was infuriating, I only want you.’

I sighed happily at his words.

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