I snorted at his message and I can imagine his face as he texts that. He sent the message the night I arrived at the Prime.
Next was from Ophelia. She’s asking if I’m safe and told me a little sympathy advice if ever I won’t meet my mate. I smiled at her message. Ophelia, I just met him. She sent another message and it is dated today, asking me if I’m alright and they are worried.
I started typing,
“I’m sorry I’ve been busy. I’ll call you later. xoxo” I sent the message and moved on to the fresh text from an unknown number.
“Hey, River girl. ” was all it says.
I knew who it was from how he called me. Its Nick!
I replied to him.
“Hey, Nick. Where’d you get my number?”
I feel light around Nick. He’s the first person I met here and I already treat him as a friend. A few minutes and my phone beeped again.
“From your file. Is Aiden with you? He’ll be angry when he found us texting. :P”
I laughed at his message. He also knows how jealous Aiden is with him. I can’t blame him because when he first found me, I was dancing with Nick though he got nothing to be jealous of.
But wait, Aiden’s not there? They leave together, right? Why was he asking if I was with him?
I suddenly felt anxious and worried. What if something happened to him? Or is he coming to me at any moment?
I was typing my reply filled with questions when suddenly my door opened and it was Aiden. He looked so serious and I slowly put my phone down, unable to send the message to Nick.
“Is something wrong?” I asked. His eyes are intense as they looked at me. I can feel my heart beating faster the moment my eyes saw him. He is such an apple for my eyes.
“You’re not in my room,” he said, slowly taking steps closer to me.
I sat up straight when he sat in front of me, suddenly feeling uneasy and uncomfortable with his stare. His eyes are as if looking deep through my soul and I can’t relax my heartbeat from drumming loudly.
“It’s not… my room.” I was unsure with my answer as I looked down at my clasp hands, playing with each finger. I’m indescribably feeling nervous right now.
The bed descends slightly when he leaned closer to me. His lips touched my temple and planted a soft kiss there. My eyes automatically closed from the gesture.
“What’s mine is yours,” he whispered. “From now on, you’ll sleep in my room.” He moved away from me a little and looked me in the eyes again. His stare is still intense that I’m drowning in it.
I nodded and smiled at him. I’m satisfied with my room but having him together in one space for the rest of the night is better than in this room alone.
A few minutes that he kept looking at me before he leaned in again, this time he buried his head on my neck, inhaling my scent.
My breath hitched from his sudden move. I stayed still, allowing him to explore my neck, enjoying the sensation from his warmth.
“I’m having a hard time leaving you.” He suddenly said. His head still on my neck with his forehead pressed above my collar bone.
Aiden’s voice is low, almost a whisper. I can feel what he meant, he is struggling with something. I closed my eyes as his feelings flow on mine. Damn. I started to feel his pain, of how torn he is of something yet its unknown to me of what it is.
“The pack comes first. You said that” I nodded, I did say that. “But it’s getting hard to be away from you.”
I can feel my chest heaving with his words. I feel like I’m being a nuisance to him and his role as the Alpha. He need not say it, I’m not sure if I’m right, but it felt that way. I didn’t respond and waited for his next words.
He moved his head up and pressed his lips in between my neck and shoulder. He grazed his half-open lips on my skin and I can feel every hair in my body rose from his action.
“I thought I can control the bond, Ashira. But its time to put the balance back.” he whispered on my ear before putting his lips back to where it was.
I don’t know what he was talking about. I’m not sure what to say or if I need to say anything. I was about to ask but he spoke again that shook my whole world.
“I’m claiming you now.”
His teeth sinking in my skin was the next thing I remember after he said those words. I grabbed his shoulder when I felt the sting of pain shot to my core. His arms snaked on my waist, steadying me. I let out a whimper of pain before a wave of pleasure replaced the aching of his claim.
Once he’s done, he licked the wound to stop it from bleeding before placing a soft kiss on it.
“Now, you’re mine.”
His lips crushed into mine as he put his weight on me. We lay flat on the bed with his body on top of mine. I moaned in between our lips as Aiden deepened the kiss, hungry for more.
I can feel my body trembled with his every touch, feeling the ecstatic sensation that’s flowing from the contact of our skin.
“Aiden…” His name came out of my lips in a whisper when he let go of the kiss. His arms support his weight to watch me beneath him. Those golden brown eyes scream possession, desire, and intensity.
His gaze moved down to my neck, to where he put his claim.
“It looks good on you.” He whispered, then he trailed his fingers on the fresh wound that made me close my eyes.
“You shocked me though.” I gave him a weak smile, it’s true. He just barged inside my room and decided to claim me in an instant. I did not prepare myself for the pain but I’m glad it’s not too painful.
“I’m sorry.” He then put his weight on top of me and nuzzled my neck. Giving wet little kisses on his claim. “Does it hurt?”
I nodded, barely can speak because my breath is hitching from his kisses.
“I’m sorry,” he whispered, not stopping on planting kisses on my wound. It seems he’s trying to take the pain away. “I just had to do it now.”
“Because… I’m starting to be a burden to you… Right?”
I was careful with my words. I’m not sure if I heard him clear because everything before he claims me, was a blur now. But that’s what I understand from his words.
He pulled himself away from me to look at my face. His expression is mixed with disbelief from what I said.
“Why’d you say that?”
“Its what you said. You are having a hard time because you’re torn with leaving me and doing your job as the Alpha.”
The lines in his forehead deepened more. “That’s not what I meant. Yes, it’s getting hard to leave you but that’s on me. You’re not at fault here. And definitely not a burden to me.”
He slides himself to lay beside me and hugged his arms on my waist. His eyes never left mine.
He may mean what he said but a part of me wanted to keep the words in my mind. This will help me to have limitations of my feelings because right now, I want to cling myself more to him.
“Hey, ” he called with a soft voice. “I don’t want you feeling that way.”
I nodded slowly. I can stop thinking about it but I’ll never take it off my system. “Okay…”
He then pulled me to his chest and hugged me tightly.
“I feel different now, are you?” He asked after inhaling on my hair.