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Andrea
Idon'tknowwhatthe hell I am doing, or why I even want to do it. But I cannot let him walk away from me right now.
I know back in Colorado he mentioned something about mates and though no one ever told me about how it all worked or how it felt; I need to know more. I figured it was more of a myth nowadays because I didn't know anyone who had met their mate outside of my parents, but they weren't around to teach me anymore.
Before I lose all the confidence I have left, I lift my arm and throw another rock at him. Hitting him in the back of the head this time.
“Damien. God dammit, I said wait.”
He stops in his tracks, but this time he doesn’t turn around to look at me. He just stands there, frozen in his tracks. I can see his arms and back flexing with tension as he balls his fists at his sides. It seems like he is angry and it’s not making this any easier.
“Just please come back to me,” I whisper again.
Thepleasemust do the trick. Or maybe it was the way I said it because he spins around with a look in his eyes that looks like hunger. He strides toward where I stand in the stream. Stopping an arm's length away from me, but doesn't touch me and doesn't say a word. Just continues to burn my skin with just the look in his eyes.
Neither of us is moving or speaking. All you can hear is our hurried breaths and racing hearts as our gazes roam over each other's bodies. This is the first time that I have been able to see him and everything that he hides daily. Stepping close to him, I meet his questioning eyes, bringing my hands up and placing them on his chest.
I can feel his heartbeat pick up as I trace the outline of his muscular chest and track my finger around each of his tattoos. Slowly, I walk around him, keeping my hands on his skin as he stands there unmoving. Tracing everything I can see in the moonlight and taking him in, circling him completely before stopping to face him once again.
“Why?” I ask finally.
“Why what?” he asks, genuinely confused. “What do you want to know?”
“Why did you come here for me? I am nobody.”
Putting his hand under my chin, he brings my gaze to his face as he searches my own.
“You want to know why? Because you have infiltrated every fiber of my being. I cannot think of anyone but you. I cannot breathe without knowing that you are okay. And I cannot live without being able to touch you ever again. When I woke and couldn't find you, I wanted to kill everyone who may have had something to do with it.”
“But, why me?”
“Because pup. You are mine and I am yours. I would burn this world to the ground if it was something that would make you smile, and I will spend the rest of my life being the reason you do.”
He says this quietly as his thumb runs across my jaw. Heating the skin it passes more and more.
I don't respond to that because I don't know what to say. But I know how I am feeling and I think I am ready to do something about that. At least part of me is ready for what is to come because the part of him I love the most is the hunter and I love to be his prey.
Pushing him back as hard as I can, causing him to stumble slightly, eyes widening in confusion, I turn and start running. Not fast, but not slow, either.
“Why don't you try to catch me? Prove to me what you claim is true.”
And then I'm gone.
It takes a minute before I know for sure that he is chasing me because I can hear him chuckling for just a moment before a growl erupts from his chest. He's right behind me, so I push harder. I want him to take me, but I also need him to fight me for it.
Looking back over my shoulder, I don't see him anymore. He has disappeared. He must have turned back, not wanting the chase anymore, which upsets me more than I want to admit. Slowing down, my breaths start to even out again, and since there is still no sight of him. I just continue. I guess he didn't mean what he said back there.
It fucking figures. I knew it was too good to be true.
Chapter thirty-one
Damien
ShethinksIhaveleft her, but she should know better by now. She should also be able to sense me, but I don’t think that she can right now. Either her skills are shit in that department or she's distraught enough to not notice. Either way, we are going to have to work on that more. By the time I am done with her, she will be just as skilled as I am. If not more.
I let her wander into the woods deeper than we were before, really wanting to make sure that there is no one around and that no one is going to hear us before I take her. Coming up to a giant oak tree, she leans against it, throwing her head back as she closes her eyes. Taking my chance, I slip up beside her before stepping in front of her.
Smirking, my hand flies up and clasps around her perfect throat, leaning in to whisper into her ear.
