It's amazing how the life of a woman can change in just 24 hours and it's true that my life has been a rollercoaster of emotions these past months but nothing could have prepared me for what happened yesterday. I heave a sigh while washing and drying my hands before looking at my reflection in the massive mirror of this restroom at the airport of New York. There's no one in sight and I take advantage of that fact to move away the collar of my shirt slightly while leaning forward and taking a closer look at my neck. There's no bruise or open wound, despite only a few hours have passed, but if I tilt my head to one side and the light falls on my skin in a certain way, a bite mark is clearly visible, above all the trace of the fangs buried in my flesh. The strange thing is that the bite mark doesn't look human, but animal, the teeth of a wolf burnt on my skin forever...
I rub that area with my thumb but I don't feel pain despite I feel many other things: for example I know Ruby's waiting outside and she's getting impatient. Also I feel the connection between us is a thousand times more powerful than before from the moment she bit me. When I came down from my high after three incredible orgasms, the body of my mate on my back started to suffocate me but, before I could open my mouth, she pulled away. By the time when I managed to sit down on the mattress feeling dizzy, she was already bringing me a glass of fresh water. Later, I realized that I was drenched in sweat and my neck was stained with blood but Ruby had already turned on the water in the shower and was pushing me towards de bathroom. She was arguing on the phone with her publicist and manager in her bedroom while I was making dinner in the kitchen, something was wrong and she started to get annoyed with them, kicking the leg of her bed frustrated... I dropped the tomato I was cutting on the floor and rushed down the corridor, scared because I felt she was in pain.
The problem is that Ruby's knowledge about how the bond works is founded upon the few information she got from her mother, her own experience and some sentences she heard here and there when other wolves talked around her. She doesn't even know how she did it, she got carried away by her instinct and suddenly it was done: we were bound for the eternity and there was no possibility of going back... not that I want to do it and the truth is that she never apologized for biting me without my permission... in fact, she looked oddly proud staring at my neck every few minutes. However, a little more information would be a good thing for us. My mate thinks we'll learn how to deal with these powerful feelings eventually because, otherwise, no paired werewolves would be able to function properly in their daily lives. I hope she's right because I don't know how we're going to pretend that nothing weird is going on between us in front of the magazine staff, the photographer, hairdressers, makeup artists, the hotel staff...
I though my alpha was overprotective before but now she seems determined to get between any danger and me. We're lucky that Ruby has trained hard lately in order to control the animal inside her, because otherwise one of those paparazzi was going to feel her teeth on their butts or she was going to snatch the cameras away their hands in a bite. She almost jumped to their jugulars when they got closer this morning at LA airport and she sensed that I was getting anxious, I could hear the wolf growling in my head and I had to hold her hand hard to remind her that she can't change in front of people, no matter how annoying they're. Later, she made sure I was comfortable during the entire flight in business class... To be honest, if this were a normal relationship I'd consider her clingy but being a werewolf her behaviour is reassuring. I don't care if she's breathing on my nape constantly because I feel the same way and want to protect her but I don't have her strength, speed and confidence.
"We have to go, love..." Ruby Rose appears suddenly reflected in the mirror behind me, her arms enclose my waist and her soft lips touch my nape, slipping over my skin slowly till they rub the bite mark on my neck. She kisses it tenderly sending a shiver down my spine and my legs get weak. A sultry smile spreads across my mate's face, she knows perfectly well what she's making me feel since my desire echoes in her mind through our bond. "Let's go to take our luggage, I want to arrive to the hotel as soon as possible, take a shower and have some dinner before going to bed. I need to rest, otherwise tomorrow I'll look like a panda bear with dark circles for my photoshoot...You're coming with me, by the way."
