Of Wolves and Oranges

Chapter 25: Ford

I lie in the twin bed and stare above me. The sun is just rising and the first rays are making strange shapes on the ceiling. Not the most comfortable night, seeing as my legs extend well beyond the end of the bed, but it was hard enough to sleep, knowing my Golf was in the next room.

The braai had gone well. The doctors had been a little offish, but the nurses and the physios were very friendly. A little too friendly for Golf's liking since I caught her giving one of the nurses the stink eye when she tried to sit on my lap. I didnt know my girl was the jealous type.

I hear movement in the house and footsteps, then the back door closes. Within seconds my door opens and Golf sneaks into my bed.

"It's Yolande's 5am prayer meeting with her boyfriend. I thought she would never leave." She whispered as she pulled the sheets up and snuggles into me.

"Youre shitting me, Golf. Is that what they call it now?"

"Don't joke, Ford. We have one hour before she gets back and I need to get ready for work." She pushes herself up and straddles my hips, leaning forward, her blonde hair falling around us. She supports herself with her good arm and kisses me gently, then harder, her breasts rubbing against my chest.

"You need to rest that shoulder, baby. Doctors orders."

I flip her over onto her back and nibble at her breasts. She arches against me, rubbing her hips against my morning wood. I move my kisses down her soft stomach until I reach her pussy. I lave against it, finding her clit and pulling it between my teeth. She gasps and lifts her hips but I tease her and move my tongue down to her entrance, thrusting in rapidly. Gripping my hair, she holds my face there. Ah the sweet taste.

"Oh, Ford"

"Say my name, baby."

"Jaco." She pants, "Jaco!"

She comes, her sweet nectar on my tongue, as her body spasms. I kiss my way up her body and hold her tight as she shudders.

"Ok there, baby?"

She nods.

"And now you're ready for round two. I line my cock up with her entrance and slowly push it in."

"Hard Jaco, fuck me hard, so I remember it until I see you again."

I push in hard and fast and she gasps, her muscles clenching around my cock. I push in again and again, the bed creaking with each push. It feels as if we are one, thrusting and retreating in time, as our frenzy peaks and I feel her orgasm, tight around me and I push my cum into her. My fangs twitch, I want to mark her I want to make her mine, but it is too soon. Instead I rock us, still joined, as she gasps and holds me tight.

We lie there staring at each other, she runs her fingers through my hair and pushes it out of my face. "You are so beautiful, Jaco van Rooyen." Her fingers move down to my lips and trace them. I catch them and bring them back and kiss them.

"Golf, I mean, Liz, I know this is all terribly fast for you, but for shifters this is completely normal. As soon as me meet our life mate we know, and baby, that's you. I knew from the moment I kissed you in the parking lot of the petrol station. You are my mate. And just so you know, I'm in this for the long run. I plan on marrying you, Elizabeth Burnes."

Her eyes widen and she pulls back. "Marry you, Ford. Like forever?"

I kick myself, too fast, wolf, too caught up the moment.

"Yes, Golf. But the final decision is up to you, I would never force you."

"But I cannot marry you, Ford." My heart stops. "I mean, I cannot marry anyone. Ever."

My wolf growls. "But why, Golf? You said there was no one else. What, are you going to become a nun or something? Or is it your career? Would I hold you back from being a doctor?"

Her head snaps back at my aggression. "No." she slips quickly out of the bed, a tear trickles down her cheek as she stands in front of me, her naked body glowing in the dawn light. "I have to show you." She holds out her hand and I take it and follow her to her room. She turns toward the closet but does not move. "Ford, count how many petals are on my tattoo." I trace them with my thumb as I count, my other hand on her shoulder. 25

"When my mother found me there were 45, she assumed I was about five years old at the time." She reaches into the closet and pulls out a chain but doesn't turn towards me. "At the end of that year she found a golden petal in my bed, and it has continued like that ever since."

She turns and holds up a string of golden tear-shaped beads on a chain. 21.

"So, as I understand it, I only have another 25 years more to live. I cannot marry you because in 25 years I will die and I have seen how your mother is without your father. When you mate, your hearts become one, if I die, it will tear you apart. Ford. I love you too much to do that to you. I cannot marry you."