The Dominant Heir

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Camila

We were currently feasting upon a meal cooked up by Dana. As I sat down with all these strangers, I came to realise how out of place with such a lively bunch, excluding my mysterious mate who happened to hold this intense gaze on myself. I looked past it and silently munched on the food in front of me.

Leo was at the head of the table whilst I was on his left, Blondie on his right with his mate next to him. Lynn sat next to me with the brown-haired guy slouching next to her.

Being a supposed observant person, I noticed that each pairing had similar outer traits. Dana and Blondie had this playful ambience whereas Lynn and her mate had this fierce atmosphere around them.

"Did you like your former pack, Camila?" Blondie asked as they all looked at me. My fork halfway from my mouth, I put it down on the plate to answer the question. I wanted to finish that: spaghetti and meatballs, haven't had that in a while.

I put my hands in my lap and responded, "Uh, not really. I rather despise them. I have my reasons." I started rubbing my wrists underneath the table; something I did when I got nervous. It was a bad habit.

I wasn't a fan of my past, I decided long ago I would attempt a restart when I left them.

Moving on from the question, I changed the subject, "How old are you guys?"

"We're all 22. What about you?"

"20."

"You're the baby of the group!" Dana and Lynn cooed.

"How long have you been a rogue?" the brown-haired dude questioned. He talks!

"Yes. Yes I do." My cheeks started to heat up. Had I said that out loud?

"Uh- 1 year. I've been a rogue for 1 year." I oddly became so timid around them. I had to let loose a bit soon otherwise it wouldn't be a great first impression.

"How have you not gone feral like all of those out there?"

"I may just have more will than you think." I heard stories about rogues. The stronger your will was, the longer you lasted. It was all I could hope for so I used every ounce of mental strength in me to survive, at least long enough to see if I had a future.

"You must have some kickass fighting skills to have lasted that long." Blondie blurted out.

I smirked confident in my abilities, "Hell yeah I do."

"Wanna go? Tomorrow? After lunch?" He offered.

"I'm down." The smirk on my face still present.

"Yeah, yeah, we'll see about that. Come on. Bed." Leo rolled his eyes.

Buzzkill.

"Mhm." Damn it. I said it out loud again.

He took my hand and dragged me out of my seat inside a room upstairs. [picture on the side] The walls were a dark grey with a welcoming velvety rug. The material matched the blanket on the bed. Looks cosy. The bed was a king-sized one that could fit at least 3 grown people, the white pillows puffed up ready for a head to sink down in comfort. Behind the bed was a walk-in closet that could probably fit a whole other room. They must be rich looking at the interior and exterior designs. In the corner of the room was a chair that could probably be used for taking naps, but why on there when you've got a whole snug looking bed right in front of you. Somewhere in the room, I found a bathroom, I was now going to be living in a suite, I could get used to this.

I was pretty tired and I wanted nothing else than to sleep.

"Is this where I will be sleeping?"

"Sure, it's my room after all." he stated. Of course it was his room, it looked very.. masculine. "But it's now our room."

"Too early lad." I patted his shoulder as if he were a child. He narrowed his eyes at me, and I just gave him a goofy smile in return. He rolled his eyes jokingly and pointed to the closet.

"I left some clothes for you, so you don't have to sleep in that." How sweet. I left him and entered the closet to see a pair of shorts and an over-sized white t-shirt. I quickly undressed and put on the clothes. These were so his.

Smells nice.

Oh, now you decide to arise from your slumber?

But she wasn't wrong, they smelt more than nice. His scent covered the fabrics and I came to realise this has officially become my favourite scent. He won't know that though. I untangled my hair with my hands as best as I could and braided it loosely into one plait.

"You done yet? I still need to get changed." He paused." Unless you want me to join you?" I could feel his smirk through the wall. Perv.

"I'm done. I'm done." I walked out.

"You should wear my clothes more often."

Yeah Cam, we should.

Whatever.

He walked past me and under a minute he was done. He got into bed and just stared at me. "You gonna get in or do you want me to pick you up and tuck you in personally?"

"Nono, I'm good." I waved him off and slipped under the blanket.

This was so awkward. I could feel his stare behind me. I was near the edge of the bed, my eyes fluttering closed when I felt an arm around my waist pull me back into a hard chest.

I'll deal with it later, right now I need a good night's sleep.

***

I woke up to the familiar citrus-y scent. I opened my eyes slowly and saw Leo's head buried deep into my neck, his arm still wrapped around me and our legs entangled with one another. My arms had somehow made it's way around his neck throughout the night.

If he weren't my mate, I would have suffocated and strangled him on the spot.

"Uh, Leo. Wake up." I shook him slightly. I heard a grunt of annoyance.

"5 minutes." he groaned. Because I'm such a nice person, I waited for 5 minutes.

I can't count as well as I think I can so it was probably 3.

"5 minutes are done Leo. Now get up, you're heavy."

"Lies. This is all muscle." he said, his voice muffled in my neck.

"Oh yeah? I don't see any. Just fat." I pinched the nape of his neck hard. I was already coming out of my shell and I had just come to know who these people were.

His head shot up and his hand rubbed his neck.

"What was that for?" I stuck out my tongue playfully. "You sure it's just fat?" He flexed his biceps and smirked. I rolled my eyes.

"You're a cuddler, aren't you?" I retorted. I swear I saw something pink on his cheeks for a moment.

"Don't lie, you enjoyed it." he countered.

I most definitely did. He's like a literal cuddly bear.

"What's Leo?" This time it was my turn to blush. "Cute."

"Your name is too long."

"Whatever you say, bella. Look at that, we're already warming up to each other, we both got nicknames for each other and all." I just shrugged and got up from the bed. [Translation: beautiful.]

"Uh-huh." I said unconvincingly.

He only sniggered, "You can borrow some of my clothes for the day, you're going shopping with Dana and Lynn." I just nodded and went to rummage through his closet for something suitable to wear.

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