Mated & Blooded

Chapter 10

(Kalli POV)

I had slept most of the morning away. It was well past midday before I opened my eyes. I instantly knew that Lucas was laying next me. He seemed to sense the moment I came awake and pressed a kiss to my forehead.

"Good morning beautiful. Did you sleep well?" he asked in a husky sexy voice.

Wow, I could get used to waking up next to him. He is so warm and sexy. Wait a minute, how did he manage to slip into the bed while I was sleeping. I was a very light sleeper I should have noticed. I couldn't stop myself for saying out loud

"Wow you must have super stealth skills to manage to sneak into bed with me and not wake me. Usually someone walking past my house is enough to wake me up."

Lucas looked at me strangely then shrugged his shoulders and said the oddest thing

"You must have been really exhausted last night. I could have carried you through the woods without waking you from your sleep"

The word woods made me faintly remembered the strange dream I had last night with the vampire. I was trying hard to bring it clearer into my mind when Lucas kissed me. Every thought I had deserted my mind. The only things I was capable of thinking about was the texture and feel of his lips on mine. He pulled back and bestowed a huge smile on me.

"Come on beautiful. I am starving. Let's go downstairs and get something to eat"

We spent the next hour amicably chatting in the kitchen while we managed to cook fresh pancakes from scratch with blueberries and a side of bacon. We played twenty questions so we could learn about each others likes and dislikes. We named off our favorite colors, flowers, names, places, books, movies and TV shows. He told me about his family and friends. Then we went for a really nice walk around the property. Turns out the land was in his mother's family for more than the last two hundred years. It once was home to a small pack called BlueRidge. I was well over twenty acres and had several more home spread throughout it.

BlueRidge pack combined not long after his mother and father married. According to the story since his grandfather had only given birth to females, and no other male in the pack challenged to be alpha prior to him passing, the pack felt it was natural to follow his mother and join our pack. The land had been untouched until about a year ago when Lucas felt a strong desire to rebuild the pack house.

Throughout the day, Lucas and I talked about everything and anything but our future. Most of the conversation stayed pretty light with a few exceptions like his mom and dad's relationship, and the loss his mother felt over true mate. He asked me how my mother dealt with the loss of my father. He asked about my mom and dad, but I told him that was her story to tell no mine. I was surprised by how comfortable I was talking with Lucas.

I had also gotten very comfortable touching Lucas and having him touch me. It was strange how I didn't even flinch anymore. It seemed like the most natural thing in the world to me now. We held hands the entire time we walked, and then he would randomly stop lift me into his arms and spin me around and place a kiss on my lips. It was everything I could ever dream of wanting. Every romance novel I had ever read never could have prepared me for how good my real day was. Oh, part of me knew that all of this was going to come to an end, but I will never get this chance again. My mother said

"It is better to have known love and lost it, than to have never known it at all."

When I woke up with Lucas beside me, I knew she was right. I would embrace every moment I had with Lucas and not worry about tomorrow until tomorrow came. If he wanted to bond with me, we would bond. If he wants to kiss, we'll kiss. If wants to sleep next to me I will snuggle with him. I will give him my heart, body and soul and leave it in his care until he no longer wants it. When the time comes, and I lose him, I will remember our time together and know that it was worth it.