Prince Eli ✔️

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Jess:

"Wow, your mark is so pretty Sky.." I say as I lean in closer to his neck, for further inspection. "It's almost like some sort of starburst pattern, and it nearly covers the whole side of your neck." I run my fingers over it and he hisses before pulling away.

"Oh sorry! I forgot it's tender when other people touch it..." I frown, feeling horrible.

Sky laughs as he quickly backs away.

Jeez, I suck at being a were-female.

"It's ok, it doesn't last forever. The stronger my mate bond grows with Ryan, the less it will hurt. It will just feel really, Really, good when he touches it." He practically moans.

I feel myself blush as I roll my eyes. "TMI SKY!"

"What?! How was that TMI! You can read it right there in the textbook." He crosses his arms over his chest.

"No Sky, the moan, was TMI."

He laughs.

"Sorry Jess, I couldn't help it!" He whines, "Ryan is just so..."

I throw my hands over my ears, "NO MORE SKY!" My entire face feeling warm again.

He pulls my hands down, "I bet Prince Eli is going to work wonders on this tiny, little body of yours!"

I squirm out of his grip as he continues to laugh, holding his stomach as I playfully smack his arms over and over. "Shut it Sky! I can't even think about kissing Eli let alone anything else..."

Sky wipes the tears from his eyes, "Oh sweet innocent Jess..." I glare at him.

Sky finally calms himself, "Oh come on Jess, don't act like you haven't thought about Prince Eli before. We all know you guys are going to attack each other at your party. Ryan and Sean could barely control themselves around Rosette and I. I can't even imagine how Prince Eli will act with his super strong werewolf genes. Mix that with your super powerful werewolf genes too..." He trails off as if lost in thought.

"Ok Sky, ok, I get it..." I sigh.

Could I really be his mate? Why would 'our creator' pick some random female who knows nothing about werewolves to be the mate of the werewolf Prince.

I look back to my textbook. "Ok so this star burst pattern is typical of a Beta mark right? So that's why your mark and my mom's mark look so similar."

He shakes his head yes, "If you look at Queen Madeline's mark, it looks like a crown over a full moon. It's honestly the most beautiful mark I've ever seen."

Rosette comes stomping in and sits on the edge of the bed in a huff.

Sky and I look over at her and frown. We pull her into a big, squishy, group hug.

I've learned Rosette needs lots of hugs.

"What's up Rosie?" Sky asks as he continues to hug her.

"Sean! He, um, he's talking to Prince Eli, about private stuff!" She looks over at me with sad eyes.

I frown.

Please don't tell me he's spilling the beans on how much I've been aching to see him, but he's been so busy and I just can't bring myself to interrupt all his work.

The more I learn about the world, the more I understand how important his role is.

"Rosie, it's ok. I'm sure he's not going to say anything too important. Besides, Prince Eli is the one who hasn't made time for Jess." His eyes grow angry.

Sky hasn't been too happy with Eli's lack of communication lately.

"It's honestly not that big of a deal guys, I know he's busy..."

Too busy for me...

I frown for a moment but quickly throw on a small smile when I see Ryan leaning in the doorway, glaring at us.

I roll my eyes at him, "Hey Ryan." I say blandly.

I'm still not on his good side.

Sky jumps up excitedly, but not before rolling his eyes at me. "Hey BOO! Are you done for the day? Can we go to town and eat tonight? Can we get ice cream? I finished all my chores!"

Someone's been missing his mate. I can't help but smile a bit. I may not have a strong connection to Ryan, but, I do love their relationship. Ryan seems to make Sky really happy.

And sky is one of my new best friends here, so I can't help but be happy for him.

"Whoa, calm down Love..." He says as he unwraps himself from Sky's clutches, "...I think we have some special guests arriving soon, remember?"

I furrow my brows as Sky gasps out loud and looks over at me.

"Special Guests?"

I ask nervously.

Crap.

I don't know if I've learned enough to get through a pack dinner with special 'guests'

"Maybe I'll take my dinner up here, I still haven't memorized all the protocols for when special guests..."

I stop, my whole body tensing, that smell. I take a deep breath in...

Fresh plumeria petals and dew drops.

Jennikah?

Then the realization hits me.

Jennikah is here?

"JEN!" I scream as I push everyone out of the way.

I start down the hallway when all of a sudden I hit something hard. I can feel myself falling towards the ground when I'm caught by a large arm the waist...

I take a deep breath of shortcake and my body reacts instantly. My brain shuts off as I quickly wrap my arms around his neck.

Eli...

I let that spark I've missed so much flow through me.

I have to stand on my tip toes to reach around his neck further and I feel him pull me in closer, nearly lifting me off the ground.

The whole world seems to pause for a moment.

"I missed you..." we both whisper, causing us both to chuckle.

We pull away from each other slightly, almost a little too nervous to really let each other go. I see his eyes flicker gold.

Hi Ember, I say to myself as I smile.

I quickly pull him in closer, so I can whisper in his ear, "I missed you too Ember.."

He shakes his head, the gold glitter fluttering around wildly in his eyes, "You know you drive him crazy every time you do that." He groans.

I giggle. Biting my lip.

"Aren't they the cutest?" I hear in a whisper behind me.