Alder’s POV
My mate could really fight; her human form was in shape, and her movements were swift and precise. Clover’s dad must have trained her roughly. I looked at him, and I saw how proud he was of her. Cindy, on the other hand, must have and undergo intensive training as well for her to move that way and match Clover’s body.
When she asked me who my mate really was between her and Clover, I actually didn’t know what to say. It was the first time that I encountered something like that. But what I know is that she’s mine and no one else’s. I wanted to hesitate to accept her at first because one of the palace elders prophesied that I would be mated to a witch, but I was now making my decision to accept her based on my instincts and feelings. Because that is what my beast has been telling me.
I was in pain when she got hit, and there was a lot of time when I wanted to kill Vlad, but I managed to stop myself. It was my mate’s decision to challenge him, and I didn’t want to make her feel that I was limiting her from anything that she wanted to do. I sighed in relief when it was John who asked my permission to allow the fight to stop. He may have thought that I was so strong that I was able to see my mate fighting without doing anything.
After I announced that Jessie would be the new pack Alpha, I went to Clover immediately and let Lance handle the rest. We are scheduled to leave tomorrow, so I hope that she is fine by then. She was small, so she was covered entirely by my coat when I told her to shift. I didn’t want anyone to see her naked. Especially when she announced that she was still a virgin, proving everyone who accused her of being s**t wrong.
Then I carried her and brought her to the villa to check on her. I saw her eyes closing, and I knew that she was in pain because of the bite that she took from her stomach. I wanted to separate Vlad’s head from his shoulders, but my title stopped me from doing that. I gently put her on the bed right after I teleported back to the bedroom. I needed to go a little away from any pack members before I did that. I still want my ability to be a secret from them.
“Love, hold on,” I said as she slightly opened her eyes. I took off my coat from her, and her nakedness was now right before me. I concentrate on her condition because my beast is going crazy seeing her like this. I covered her chest with my coat and then her lower body with the comforter. I only left her wound in the open so I would be able to tend to it.
I looked at her face, and she was awake. “I know it’s painful, but you have to hold on; it will be better after a few minutes,” I assured her. “What I am going to do will make you feel a little intimate and sensual, but I promise you that I am not going to do anything stupid. Just heal your wounds, OK?” I informed her, and she nodded. There were beads of sweat on her forehead, indicating how she was feeling. She had her eyes still closed and was probably out, but she still managed to respond to me. So I started to take her pain away.
‘Ares, let’s just heal her, OK? ‘ I told my beast. He had to, or we would never have our mate’s trust. I received a growl from him, and I was sure that he was going to do as I said. I shifted and started licking Clover’s stomach. “Oohhh,” I heard her moan, but we had to concentrate on what we were doing. “Ahhh…. Alder…” she murmured as she grabbed the bedsheet and looked at me. I started to find it hard to restrain my beast. He had to be in control, or Clover would hate us. I focused on her stomach alone, and when I finally saw that it was closing, I stepped back and shifted to my human form before I ran to the closet and got dressed.
My clothes were shredded into pieces, as I didn’t bother taking them off before I tended to Clover’s wound. So I had to get another, or I would make sure to take my mate instantly if I didn’t get myself decent. She was looking at me when I came to her, and the desire was still in her eyes. I smiled at her and tried to tuck her in the comforter, but she pulled me away and started kissing me.
I kissed her back, and I could feel that she wanted me, but I knew that it was also because of what had just happened. It was the aftereffect of my healing her. We use our beast’s saliva to heal wounds, but we only have to do it for our own family or mate because of the sensational feeling that this will give to the wounded. That’s why I needed to restrain Ares as well, because I know how much he wanted to mark and mate with her.
“Fu**, why does this feel so good?” she said when we held our breath, only to kiss me again. My hands roamed around her body, and yes, it felt really good. I massaged her b****t and that made her move and sit on my lap. I held her on her back so she wouldn’t fall, while my other hand traveled south until it reached her p***y, which were already wet for me. She arched her back when she felt my finger on her fold and pulled my head to her b****t, wanted me to take one of her buds to my mouth, which I gladly did.
“Oohhh, Alder. Fuuuuu**********!!!…” she screamed, and that was like music to my ears. She loves what I am doing for her, and so am I.
“Accept me, my love,” I told her in between ni****g and su****g while my fingers were playing on her folds. “Tell me that you are mine and I am yours. Tell me to mark and mate with you,” I added.
“Nooo..” she replied, still in ecstasy. “I can’t; I am not from here, and you will only hurt me in the end, just like the others,” she added. I stopped what I was doing and looked at her. She looked at me too, and I knew that she saw how hurt I was. Hurt and angry, I inserted a finger in her core, and I saw how her eyes widened and discomfort covered her face. But I don’t care about that anymore. I thrust my finger in and out faster and faster, and I saw in her face that she was about to come. I was sure that she would be screaming my name, but I had to teach her a lesson, and that’s when I stopped.
We had a staring contest before I got up from the bed, had her lie down, and started to walk away. “Are you kidding me?” she said. “You’re really going to leave me like this?” she asked furiously.
“Until you agree with me,” I said, and I left her. I was tempted to go back to her when I saw her dripping p***y calling me to li** it. “Alder!” I heard her yell, but I didn’t care. I know I can handle her like this. Commanding her would be a lot easier, but I didn’t like that. If she’s going to accept me, it should be because she wants to. I wanted a life like my parents. They were both madly in love with each other, and I am going to make sure that we will be just like them in time. For now, I am going to use her sexual desire for me and finish what she needs to do in LA so she doesn’t have to think about anything else but me.