Shadows of the marked

0. honey

     I wake up to the gentle sound of the water beating against the shower floor. My hand mindlessly stretches and I feel that Calvin is missing from his side of the messy bed. The spot where he had fallen asleep is still warm, and so are the memories of only hours before.

Sitting up in the large bed, I glance out the sliding glass doors and take in the view. The room overlooks the ocean, and the waves crashing is enough to put even a insomniac asleep. A tired smile grows on my lips, because everything is so beautiful.

I have spent  two years with Cal, and it's been the best years of my life. He is the one. The moon goddess did me right on him. I'm so grateful to have a man like him in my life.

  Come shower with me, stinky. Calvin calls for me through the mind link we share. I roll my eyes and let a smile grow on my face. Although he can't see it, I'm sure he knows that he put one there.

I don't argue against the idea, although I do relax in the sunrise for awhile longer. Cal takes long showers, and I'm sure he knows that I'll be in there with no questions asked. The boy knows me too well for his own good.

"Baby," Calvin pokes his head out of the shower and pouts his bottom lip. It makes me giggle because he looks so young. "The water is going to get cold, come on." His voice is still filled with sleep, and it proves my theory that he had just woken up.

"Its five in the morning, Cal." I roll my eyes and climb into the shower. He smiles, and I take in the view of him. I don't know how, but throughout the time we've been together his muscle mass has gotten bigger, and so much more defined. Water droplets trail from his chin down to his abdomen.

"Perks of being Lycan." He murmurs, pressing a kiss against my cheek. "We never get tired." He kisses by my earlobe and I push his face away from mine.

"You might not, but I do." I pout. Calvin smiles and leans back towards me. I can't help but giggle at his persistence.

"Newborn." He reminds me, pressing a gentle kiss against my mark. After nearly two years after Calvin had bit me, he still refers to me as a newborn. I've recently been changed to a Lycan, and my body is apparently still changing. I don't get it, but I have to take Cal up on it since he's the only one that really knows.

"Geezer." I joke, smiling up at Cal. He playfully rolls his eyes at me and presses a kiss on my lips. I pull away before anything more happens, and I can hear Calvin let out a sigh.

"When are we going home?" I ask, knotting my eyebrows. For our two year anniversary, we flew out to California and have yet to leave.

He leans forward and presses a kiss to my nose. "When ever," he mumbles. I tiredly look up at him and shake my head.

"We have priorities back home we need to get done, baby." I pout. "I love it here but we need to go back home soon." I kiss his cheek. He sighs out in defeat.

"You are my priority, baby." He chuckles, "but we've over did our stay, no?"

"Two weeks over." I smile. "Besides, there's nothing we can't do there that we've done here, right?"

Calvin looks down at me with a amused smirk on his face. He cups my cheeks and pulls me into a quick kiss. "Some things." He winks. "I'll book a flight, but until then; no more worrying, okay?" He chuckles.

I smile, "yes, Alpha."

Under my gaze, Calvin tenses at my submission to him. He blinks and his eyes turn a shade of yellow. Something about saying that to him makes his wolf go wild.