“Wake up my beautiful mate.” I hear. Then I feel a kiss on my forehead. I start to stir and when I open my eyes, I see Alarick standing over me in a button up light blue shirt and gray slacks.
“Hmm? What time is it?” I groan and I hear him chuckle.
“It is 18:00.” He says and I shoot up out of bed.
“WHAT?! 6 at night?!” I yell and he chuckles.
“You were tired. You slept for 14 hours.” He says and I couldn’t believe it. I have never in my life slept that long, unless I was dying. Then it hit me. No nightmares.
“Memories. And no. No memories because we slept next to our mate and had his scent around us.” Fen says and that I understand.
“Why didn’t you wake me up earlier?” I ask and he smiles.
“You looked so peaceful and I know you haven’t actually slept in a while.” He says as he reaches out and pulls a stray hair behind my ear. His touch sends shivers down my entire body and has Fen in a panting mess. He bends down and gently kisses my lips, but Fen takes over and demands more. She pulls him close and gets on our knees so that we are basically eyes level with him. Since I am on the bed and he is standing. I feel his tongue begging for access from my mouth and grant it to him. I feel his hand roaming over my body and I take control from Fen before anything else could happen. I pull back and catch my breath. I try to gather my thoughts.
“Beautiful. Look what you do to me.” Alarick says in a husky voice and I look towards him and see his d*ck is trying to bust out of his pants. I take in a deep breath as Fen is trying to push me to jump his bones. I know he can smell our arousal, which doesn’t make any of this better. He reaches out and cups my face and kisses me again, making me get lost in all thoughts but him. After a few seconds I pull away and jump off the bed. I see he is confused.
“I… I can’t.” I say as I stare at him. I can see the hurt and confusion in his eyes.
“Why not? I smell your arousal, little mate.” He asks with a voice full of lust. I have to shake my head to get the thoughts out. He can’t see my body, it will disgust him. I look up and see that he has made his way closer to me and is staring at me with concern. “I am sorry. I didn’t mean to push you.” He says and I shake my head.
“No. No. It is your fault it’s mine. I.. I’m f*cked up.” I say as he looks at me even more confused.
“You are not f*cked up. You are beautiful, strong, intelligent, and can kick anybody’s a*s.” He says with a slight smile.
“No you don’t understand I am a disgusting freak of a monster that they made me. I can’t.” I all but yelled at him. I need him to understand that I am not what he wants.
“NO! YOU”RE NOT! I NEVER WANT TO HEAR THOSE WORDS OUT OF YOUR MOUTH AGAIN!” He screams and marches over to me. He reaches in to pull me close to him but I dodge it. Now he has pissed me off. Don’t yell at me.
“YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE?! HUH?!” I start ripping my clothes off. “THIS IS WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO ME. I AM DISFIGURED AND DISGUSTING! NOBODY DESERVES TO HAVE TO BE STUCK WITH THIS THE REST OF THEIR LIFE! SO REJECT ME! REJECT THIS DISGUSTING THING IN FRONT OF YOU AND MOVE ON! I KNOW YOU HAVE A LINE OF WOMEN WAITING FOR YOU!” I yell with tears in my eyes. I was so busy acting out that I didn’t realize Alarick moved closer to me. He pulled me into his chest. I could feel the hurt, sadness, anger and love, but no disgust. Why wasn’t he disgusted? I am.
“You are not what you think you are LeeAca. You are beautiful and those scars only show that you are strong. They are a part of your story. It may not be the best story, but the story is yours. You survived. When you see those scars you are reminded of what they did to you. When I see them I am reminded how strong you are. You are beautiful no matter what LeeAca.” He says and hugs me tighter and places a kiss on my head. “I love you and will always love you. It hurts me when you talk about yourself like that.” He says.
I feel so many emotions that I cannot control the tears that threaten to fall. Alaick leads me over to the bed and sits me on his lap, still holding me. After what feels like forever of crying I control my sobs. Alarick lifts my head up to look into his eyes. Those beautiful brown eyes with flecks of green. He leaned down and kissed me.
“You are beautiful. If I have to tell you that every day, I will.” He says and I smile slightly.
“You really aren’t disgusted by me?” I ask for reassurance.
“If anything I am more attracted to you, love.” He says, staring into my eyes. There it is the last of my barriers that I have built to keep myself protected. I fall into his eyes that are showing nothing but love and admiration for me. Fen purrs, loving the closeness of being with her mate.
“I.. Love you Alarick.” I barely whisper. If he wasn’t a werewolf he wouldn’t have heard it. I see the surprise on his face.
“Just because I said it doesn’t mean that you have to LeeAca. I don’t want you to feel obligated to say it back..” He says unsure.
“I wouldn’t have said it if I didn’t mean it. You have broken all the walls I have built to protect myself. I can feel the love you have for me and I feel the same. I don’t think I would have made it if you rejected me. Even though I was pushing you to do it. You didn’t.” I start rambling. He kisses me, stopping my ramble, and growls slowly.
“Do not say that ever again. I will never reject you, no matter how hard you push.” He says. I smile and nod my head, not knowing what else to say, just enjoying our presence together.
“I know that this probably isn’t the right time. But the ceremony is in 3 days. Now that your secret is out, would you like to change anything about it?” He asks and my mind starts racing. I forgot about that. Everything is set up and all the guests will be arriving soon, they only pushed it out due to the competition. It needed to happen a week after the winner was announced at the arena, but they pushed it out 4 more days. Pushing it out a month would have made sense with everything going on, but they want it to happen as soon as possible. Fen perks up in my head.
“I would like to change some things.” She quips. I sigh. Thank goddess she has some semblance of an answer because I had no clue.
“Actually.. Yes.” I say and he looks at me curiously.
“You get dressed and I will contact the planner. We will meet them in my office and you can share your changes. I will agree to whatever you want.” He says, standing from the bed.
Alarick’s POV
The 3 days flew by. LeeAca was able to get all of her ideas changed and added. She put the planner in a panic, but I am paying them extra to pull it off. I am currently in my room pacing. There is a knock at my door and I look to see Markus walking in, dressed in his suit and tie.
“Why do you look so nervous?” He asks with a small smirk on his face, but also concern.
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