Eli POV.
“Please, Ashlynn, please talk to me,” I begged her, I shouldn’t have drunk the alcohol, Ashlynn was right, we only like the taste of it, but for me, it meant a bit more, for me, it did affect me a bit more than all wolves.
Like I told Ashlynn, I was raised by humans, but that doesn’t mean I lived a happy life with those humans, they were years of hell that I lived through with them, the abuse, the drinking, the alcohol.
“You’re rogue,” she says, she has shifted back after I finished my story, she was in her wolf form the whole time, ready to protect herself, I even told her about what Micah said, the chance to get back to her brother’s and his mate pack, to live with them if she agrees.
“I’m not one by choice, I promise you, I promise you, princess, I’m the same wolf you’ve been playing on the sand with,” I promise her.
“I… I…” she says and takes off running away from me, why did she run, did she have to run, I was down on my knees, trying to ignore my instincts of running and chasing her, I just told her that I have the instinct of hunting and following her, and she chose to run away from me.
“The things I do for you princess,” I say biting down on my lips, if I walk back toward the house where it’s only my scent and hers, I’ll be really tempted to run out after her, but I can’t run after her, if I do that, she’s gonna be very upset with me, I was honest with my mate and she chose to run.
“Princess!” I scream out loud, hoping to get her attention, it’s getting dark, and I’m worried she might get hurt.
“Princess, you can go into the house, I’m staying out princess,” I say, she can go in, I don’t mind staying outside, I’ll sleep in the sand if I go to, but she needs to be safe, I’m used to being thrown outside and sleeping on the floor, but my princess isn’t.
“Princess! Ashlynn, I promise, I’ll stay out here,” I yell feeling a tear going down my face, my wolf wanted to go and follow her, but right now, all I feel is the pain of her being this far away from me, why doesn’t she wants me, am I that bad.
“I promise you’re safe,” I mumble in a low voice, this one wasn’t for her, this time it was for me, I promise her, no matter how much my wolf is bad, I would never hurt my mate, never.
I saw our towels still outside, we’re both bad at being doms, we need the cleaning crew to come in soon, I know I’m not going to do any dishes soon. I spread our towels on the sand and laid over them, looking at the moon, that’s what she wanted for us to run under the moon, she’s right it is romantic out there, but not without her, without her, it reminds me of being homeless, of being hurt. I tried to wipe my tears away, I don’t cry, Eli doesn’t cry, maybe my little self cries, but he’s not here now, he can’t be here now. My little space was something my sick mind needed not to unalive myself, not to end the misery I call my life, but right now being little is also dangerous for me, but if my mate thinks it’s better to just kill me and be over with it, then let it be.
I heard steps on the sand, I heard the sand being disturbed the scent of someone else joined me on the sand, my eyes flew open, taken by the memories of the past, I knew this is the time when I get hurt, but when my eyes fully opened, my wolf was in charge, he saw our mate close to us, we didn’t think, we reacted, jumping on top of her.
“You can’t leave us, princess, we’ll take good care of you, we’ll love you, we’ll give you the moon,” I promise her, my wolf taking charge now, he’d get her anything she wants.
“Eli, Eliot, stop it,” she says pushing me away a bit until our eyes met now.
“Sorry,” I say sitting up and getting away from her, but she came closer to me, pulling my head down to her chest, laying my head there.
“Why didn’t you tell me?” she asks, why didn’t I tell her?
“Uhhh… didn’t have time to, I only found you three nights ago,” I explain, I want to tell her everything.
“You got me there,” she says with a giggle, making me giggle too, I nod my head yes, see, it’s not my fault.
“You forgive me?” I ask her, doing puppy eyes at her.
“No, I’m the one who’s sorry Eli, I shouldn’t have run, you were honest with me, and I got scared,” she confess to me, I got closer to her, landing a kiss to her lips, kissing her soft red lips.
“Forgiven,” I assure her, making her smile, she went in for another kiss and another, until I pushed her down on the sand, my whole body laying on top of hers, taking charge of the kiss, and a little bit more.
“I can stop if you want,” I say remembering she didn’t want to have sex right away, and I respect her and what she asks for.
“Don’t stop,” she says, but is she sure?
“Are you sure?” I ask her, looking at her in the eyes, I can’t allow her to do this just to make it up for me.
“I want to claim you Eli, all mine,” she says this time, her being on top, landing kisses on my lips, my cheeks, going down to my chin, and finally my neck, she kissed me there first, but then she took a bite of my neck, making me gasp, the bite made me feel connected to her, I felt our souls dancing and interlocking together, it wasn’t just me anymore, it’s me and her, mine and her wolf.
“Mine,” she growls in a dominant voice, my wolf decided to take charge and return the favour.
I pushed her back down on the sand, my lips went straight to her neck, it didn’t take me long to bite her there, our connection got stronger, she’s mine forever, I knew that now.
“That… that was awesome,” I said gasping for air, that was tenser than any sex I have ever had.
“It’s called wolf claiming love, and it’s just the beginning,” she says, getting on top of my hips again, a smile on her face, the night is just beginning, but knowing me and my luck, something had to happen.
A boat was getting closer to us I could hear it, see its light out on the sand, the same boat we took from the main port to get here, the boat that belongs to this island and knew exactly who might be on it, I’m fucked…