The Heart of the Shadow

7. Oranges

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Kaiden's P.O.V.
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   "Kaiden! Get dressed! We only have an hour until it starts!" My mother yells from downstairs.

   "Okay!" I yell back. I pull my tux from my closet and lay it out on my bed. I also grab my shoes and black tie before getting in the shower. I take my time fixing my hair and then put my tux on. By the time I walk out of my room, my mother is coming to get me.

   "Look at my baby boy. He's all grown up now, I can't believe it."

   "Yeah, yeah, I get it."

   "You need to walk down in five minutes. I love you, Kaiden."

   "Love you too, mom." She walks back down the stairs, I wait five minutes before walking down after her. As soon as my feet touch the first step, all eyes are on me. When I get to the bottom I greet all the Alpha's and Luna's. I continue to socialize throughout the party.

  When it finally reaches midnight, everyone is quiet. I immediately smell oranges, meaning I have found my mate.

  "Mate! Go find Mate! Now!" My wolf, Damian, yells in my head.

   "I'm going." I reply. My nose leads me outside, where I find a boy getting beat up by four people. The boy is on the ground and I can see he has a bloody nose. I growl loudly and they all turn and look at me.

"Leave." I command in my Alpha voice. They run away and I turn to the boy. He bows his head, making him look small and fragile.

"If you are going to reject me, just go ahead and do it." He says.

"I'm not going to reject you. Why would I?"

"I don't know, maybe because you're an Alpha and I'm just an Omega. Or that I'm a guy."

   "I don't care what rank you are, I don't care what your gender is, all I care about is that you are my mate. You were made for me, we're perfect for each other." I sit down next to him and he scoots away from me. "How old are you?"

   "16."

   "When is your birthday?"

   "Today."

   "What is your name?"

   "Harley."

   "Well Harley, we need to get you cleaned up." I stand up, he tries to stand up, but he falls back down. I pick him up and he tries to get out of my arms. He squirms and tries to break free, in response, I tighten my grip further.

   "I can walk."

   "I don't care. You are hurt, and I don't want you to get hurt even more." He huffs and I tighten my hold again. I walk into the house and begin carry him upstairs to my room. Everyone is staring at us, so he hides his face in my neck. When we get to my room, I close the door with my foot and set him down on my bathroom counter. I grab the first aid kit from under the sink and set it on the counter. I pull off my suit jacket, tie, and my button up shirt and throw them to the side. "Okay, where does it hurt?" He scoffs.

   "Everywhere."

   "I'm being serious." I give him a stern look, causing him to direct his gaze down towards the floor.

   "My nose, ankle, chest, and my wrist." I reach down and pull his shoe off. His ankle is swollen pretty bad. I feel around to make sure nothing is broken.

   "It looks like you sprained it. It's not broken though which is good." I grab his hand and do the same thing to his wrist. "I think you just bruised it really bad so it should heal up in a day or two." I touch his nose and he whimpers. "I'm pretty sure your nose is broken. You will have to go to the doctor later. I need to take your shirt off to see your injuries." He blushes and lifts his arms above his head. I pull his shirt over his head and see multiple bruises on his chest and stomach. I growl lowly seeing that my mate is hurt badly. I run my hands down his chest and he scoots closer to me. I feel around on his ribs and thankfully nothing is broken. "Your ribs aren't broken, you just have bruises." I tend to all the small injuries and then put away the first aid kit.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome." I help him off the counter and he pulls me to him and hugs me. "We should probably go to bed. I will take the couch, and you can have the bed." I carry him out and sit him on the bed.

"We can both fit on the bed Kaiden."

"Okay, I just didn't know if you would be comfortable with that. Let me get you some clothes." I find some clothes that are a little small on me, because Harley is a little bit shorter than me. He stands and pulls his shorts off and I grab his hips and pull him to me. I start lightly kissing his neck and he gasps. His hands tangle in my hair as I kiss harder. I get to the spot where I will mark him and he moans. I leave a hickey there and travel down his chest. I feel him tugging at my shirt so I let him pull it over my head. He grabs my face and molds our lips together. I groan into the kiss as his hands travel down my chest.

   "Damn that feels good." His fingers hook on the waistband of my pants but before he can pull them down I stop him. "I won't be able to hold Damian back. We have to stop."

   "What if I don't want to stop?" He trails kisses down my jaw and to where he will mark me. He licks the spot and I moan.

   "You are injured, we are tired. Not tonight, but very soon, baby." He stays at that one spot until he leaves a hickey.

   "Okay. I usually sleep in my boxers but I don't think that is a good idea due to our current situations."

   "I sleep in my boxers also so it doesn't matter to me. I'm going to go take a cold shower, you can join me if you want." I wink at him and he shakes his head.

   "That is one way to get rid of the problem but no thanks." He carefully sits on the bed and I remember he hurt his ankle.

   "Is your ankle okay?"

   "Yeah, you were holding me up anyways so I didn't put any of my weight on it."

   "Okay, I am going to go take my shower. The door will be unlocked if you need anything."

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