I had finished getting ready as I opened the door to a gorgeous Theo in a tight fitted black shirt and black jeans.
I was feeling really insignificant right now.
I was wearing a nice fitted red dress that flared out and stopped at the knees. It had no back and a shallow V-neck that showed off my perfectly rounded chest without seeming slutty. My long tan legs ended in black heels and I was wearing blue and green earrings to bring out my ever changing eye colour. Right now, one was green and the other blue. When our eyes met, I knew he noticed the difference. This didnt happen a lot but when it did I got a lot of questions. This time included.
Your eyes? he asked quietly and I unconsciously fluttered my eyelids.
Um, they change. Blue when Im passive, green when Im passionate and feel strong emotions. I said avoiding his eyes. I felt his finger under my chin and lift my gaze to meet his. I love it. He said quietly. I felt my cheeks colour and I cursed myself for blushing. Come in Theo. I left my purse and phone in the bedroom, I was gonna have a coffee first anyway. I said stepping in so he could come in.
As I walked out of the bedroom, I saw Theo sitting on the couch looking pissed.
Theo? I asked. He looked at me and I stepped back. His eyes were a deep heavy gold.
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(THEO)
From the moment her scent faded as she left the room, I could smell the man who claimed her for his own. Then she came back.
"The male who marked who all those filthy times, he lives here? With you?" I asked, trying to keep my wolf inside my body.
I looked up at my beautiful mate as she nodded. "Callen and I have been dating for eight months and to be completely honest with you, I think hes cheating on me but somehow I think I love him."
At those words, my spine stiffened and I inhaled sharply. But when she looked at me it didnt matter. The only thing that mattered was that she was there with me. At least she hadnt rejected me out flat.
'Wait, what if she didnt know you can reject your mate?' my wolf growled in my head.
"But then I met you and.... well I dont know exactly. I met you, I knew things were going to change. I didnt know how. You make me feel different, as if I dont need Callen. I dont know what to do Theo. This is all so hard to understand and grasp." she said as I watched a tear slide from underneath her eyelashes.
Instantly my wolf backed down and let me comfort her.
"Nala..." I said before pausing I then realised I hadnt ever actually comforted a girl before. I had no clue what to say. Then after a moment of contemplating weather I should just shhh her and tell her everything was going to be okay, or weather I should just hug her instead I, (not completely sanely) chose to unload the truth on her.
"Nala... there are men who go hundreds of years without finding their mate and some die. You have honoured me with a wait that only counts to twenty-five years. A wait that was of-course twenty-five years too long." He said with a grin. "I dont think you understand the bond that I feel for you. I would never be able to hurt you physically or emotionally. We would have an eternity together and I would never harm you. The 'Moon Goddess' made you specifically for me. Every curve of your body would fit perfectly against me. Your skin would spark under my touch and your heart would remain forever intact." I said lifting her chin to meet my gaze. "I wont give you up. My Luna."
And before I knew it, her lips were against mine. At first, it was a slow pace but it meant more than any other kiss I had shared with anyone else. Everywhere her finger tips played on my skin I felt tingles travel down my right arm and across my chest where I knew I would find my mates marks over my skin like tattoos.
Nala's light, feathery lips moved over my lips and then peppered kissed over my jaw line and down my neck. I let out a growl from my chest to tell her how much I wanted her and she must have gotten the message because her hand travelled to my crotch and she felt what was steadily growing under her palm. I breathed in against her neck wanting to catch every part of her delicious scent but leapt away when all I smelt was a mate thieving mutt.
She froze before turning quickly and started for the bathroom.
"Nala? Nala wait! She stopped and looked over her shoulder at me, just long enough for me to notice the tears streaming down her face.
"Nala, you dont understand." I said moving toward her but she stepped away. "No, your perfectly and fantastically correct Theo. I dont understand. Yesterday, I was happy. A happy woman in love with who I thought was a human, then less than twenty-four hours later, I begin to fall for my hunk of a wolf mate. I begin to fall for someone who doesnt even wanna kiss me." she said, the tears still falling.
"Nala, I want to kiss you more than I want to take you to lunch, and honey I want to take you to lunch with every fibre in my body. I mean I'm starving. Listen, did you not just witness that kiss? Didn't you notice how perfectly our lips moulded together? And in all honesty, you make my pants tighten. How else can I put it?" I asked running my hand through my hair. She smiled through the tears and bit her lip lightly. "That doesn't help." I muttered and she giggled lightly.
"But your almost fully mated with someone else." I said and her smile vanished. "Oh my god! I have a boyfriend! What am I doing?" she asked herself. "Theo, we cant do this. I cant do this." she said fixing her hair as she started back for that polluted bedroom. I leapt up to her side instantly.
"Stop." I whispered as I turned her to face me. "Dont push me away and deny what just happened to your heart." I said putting my forehead on hers. She suddenly pulled away and looked horrified at me. "Oh no." she said running to the bathroom.
"Its fucking true!" I heard her breathe. I slowly made my way to her bathroom and saw her pulling off her dress, clearly trying to get a better look at the deep blue markings that ran from the bottom of her spine and curled around her torso and cupped her left breast. She stood there looking desperately at the mirror in her bra and panties and turned slowly to me. "Mate." she breathed. "You really turn into a wolf. I really am your mate." she said staring at me. "And you really are the most beautiful woman I could ever have been blessed with." I said smiling at the beautiful marks that I knew the mutt would see.
"What am I going to do about Callen?" she asked solemnly. "Wait, his mark?" she said loudly. "Will I always smell like him to you?" she added, her eyes wide.
"No pancake, he has to mark you at least every two days for the smell to seem consistent." I said hugging her. "I never knew why he bit me so hard. He always said it would start to feel good. He said that I would grow to love it. I never did. It always hurt." she said lowly.
I could see the tears welling up but I decided to let her get it out. I always asked him not to, but he just slapped me and told me Id get over it. I could tell by the way she shook her head, that she was finished telling me.
"Wait. Theo? Do you have marks the same as mine?" she asked, slyly grinning at me.
God that smile. I would go to the end of the earth to see that smile.
I nodded. "Well its only fair that I see yours dont you think?" she said with a coy smile. I grinned, knowing she wanted to see my body and her marks and I lifted my shirt over my head.
'Wait, Theo? Did she just fucking MOAN at your body?' my wolf yelled in my head.
