Ice Princess (Little Alpha Book 2)

Chapter 33

It was hot when I blinked awake and tensed as I felt myself wrapped in a person.  I relaxed as his scent surrounded me and looked back at Ezekiel, who was sleeping peacefully.  The night came back to me and I got flushed as I remembered. I glanced at his arm, his mark was black instead of the pale red it had been for the last few years.

I softly traced the moons, knowing what they meant a part of me yearning to complete it, the other terrified.  He shifted behind me and I froze as his erection rubbed against my bottom.  His breath hitched as he adjusted.  "Good morning, Princess."

I looked back at him.  "You didn't..."

He smiled softly.  "No... not until your ready, but..."  He pulled me tighter against him and began to tease my breasts.  I made a feeble attempt to get away, I wanted him and my body responded as such as my nipples hardened.  "Relax..."

I followed his command and leaned back against him as I was lapped with pleasure.  He kissed my neck, shoulders, and back as one of his hands glided lower.  I moaned as he prodded my core.  "Ezekiel..."

His heart throbbed when I said his name and he nipped my shoulder as he slowly pushed me towards the edge.  "Fuck, you're soaked already..."  He was restraining himself, I wanted him to feel good too and pressed myself into his erection.  He stopped breathing.  "Not yet..."

I pressed my lips together, muffling my moans.  "Mark me..."

He froze.  "What?"

His fingers started to move again as unbridled desire filled him.  I swept my hair aside.  "You can... if you want..."

His growl almost sent me over the edge and he readjusted his hands.  I whimpered when his finger entered me from behind as his other played at my core.  "Are you sure, Violet?"

I nodded breathless as he worked faster.  "Yes..."  He kissed my shoulder before biting deep.  The pain sent a shock of ecstacy through me and I exploded as I felt the burning that came with the mark.  It was delectable how the pain and pleasure intertwined.

He softly kissed it before nuzzling my neck.  "I love you..."

I sighed as I turned towards him.  "That's the mark talking..."

He chuckled and ran his fingers over it, sending another shock through me.  "No... I loved you when I first smelled you in the hall."

I felt his heart swelling.  "That's not how it works."

His eyes danced with joy.  "It is for me... I caught your scent and had to follow it.  I knew when I saw you, avoiding Brenda's taunting.  It was like... you were all I saw in that moment when she pulled your hood back."

I bit my lip.  "Funny... I looked nothing like me."

He kissed my forehead.  "I remember seeing the real you for the first time too.  You were beautiful before, don't get me wrong, but then..."

His heart leaped at the memory.  "You knocked the breath from my lungs.  I craved to hear your voice, your laugh, see you smile..."

I pursed my lips as my chest warmed.  "You sound like an obsessed stalker."

He sighed and stroked my face.  "Still fighting me..."

I sat up.  "Because it's true.  You stalked me until the day I left this place."

He smiled up at me softly.  "And kept up with you as best I could after.  You're my mate, Violet.  I had to know you were okay."

I glanced at my shoulder and had crane my neck to see he bit me on the back of it.  "Surprised you didn't try for somewhere everyone would see..."