Saber Warrior

Chapter Four

Vladimir got off me, nuzzling me with his nose. I whined and laid still. I was too tired to move and my body ached all over. Vladimir whined and started licking my muzzel, urging me to move.

No...no I whined closing my eyes.

Kelly, shift back came Vladimir's soft urgent voice in my head

How? I asked confused.

Your mine was the response I got back.

I snarled mentally. I didn't want a mate, I never have.

I laid quietly in the snow until Vladimir started growling, demanding my attention.

Stupid Alphas I thought glancing up at him.

Shift back baby he pleaded.

I closed my eyes and focused on giving all my strength to shifting. Luckily it worked, and then I realized I was laying naked in the snow with a giant wolf above me. But I was to weak to care, let alone move. Vladimir quickly went behind a bush to shift and when he came back he was wearing jeans. That was it. The snow was falling softly down and I shook. He draped something warm over me and I wondered where it came from. Then he scoped me up and carried me back to the castle, bridal style.

"Alpha Vladimir" came a deep voice.

I could see a werewolf standing in front of us. I groaned, great another person to see me like this. Vladimir snarled and the werewolf quickly bolted away. As Vladimir carried me inside we were stared at and he was quick to growl and the werewolves and vampires were quick to revert their gazes.

Vladimir carried me to the top floor up the stairs and into a huge room. It was decorated beautifully. A ginormous bed sat in the middle of the room. He gently laid me on it, pulling the covers up over me covering my nakedness. Then he disappeared from my view. I felt my wolf whimper and I growled at her, not liking this feeling.

He came into my view again and my wolf purred. I frowned, I was not going to have a mate and most importantly I was not going to one of those totally obiedent mates. He was wearing pijama pants and a t-shirt. He came over to the bed and climbed in beside me, pulling me into him, despite my weak struggles to get free. His hands encircled me and one rubbed up and down my back. My body instantly warmed and I sighed without meaning to in contentment. He rumbled happily as he kissed my forehead and brought his head down to his mark. I froze and lied rigid. He frowned and nuzzled my neck, trying to get me to respond. Instead I fought against all my instincts and gave him the cold shoulder.

He growled, clearly annoyed.

"Mine" he growled licking softly his mark.

My body immediantly responded. How I hated it.

"Your bonded to me, mate your mine...forever" he rumbled, smirking.

He sensed my confusment and found it amusing.

"How?" I growled softly.

I squirmed and pushed away from him, yet he refused to let me. God, I was mated to one of the most powerful Alphas in history; great.

"My mark is on you, my blood is in your system and soon our marks will show" he rumbled happily, resting his chin on my head.

I growled when I realized this. Damn it! I had consumed his blood. When I first arrived, sick with wolfsbane poisoning. He had fed me his blood, bonding us for eternity. And now that I beard his mark, he had my blood in his system forever as well. Within a days time our marks would show. They would be black inked designs that matched perfectly.