Waking up the next morning in the arms of Anthony was a piece of heaven on earth. My eyes fluttered open only to gaze upon the most gorgeous blue eyes I’ve ever seen. He gently caressed my cheek as he closed the gap between us for a good morning kiss.
“Good morning, beautiful. How did you sleep last night?” cooed Anthony after the kiss.
“Mm, good morning handsome. I slept very well in your arms last night. What about you, how did you sleep?” I purred as I ran my fingers playfully across his chest.
“I slept very well with you in my arms. Mm, that feels so good. Your touch is so … I just love the way you touch me,” Anthony purred as he began to kiss me softly down my neck until he reached my mark.
‘My mark. Wait, what does my mark look like?’ was what I was thinking when Anthony said, “It looks beautiful baby, just like you.”
“I want to see it, no, I need to see what it looks like,” I exclaimed as I tried to get out of bed.
“You can see it shortly, I want to make love to you again,” pouted Anthony like a two-year-old child.
“We have plenty of time for that. I want to see what my mark looks like. Let me see your mark,” I demanded as I moved his neck so I could see his mark.
His mark was of a simple yellow moon with a cinnamon wolf with vivid green eyes that seemed to follow your movement. The wolf took up three-quarters of the moon. Wow! His mark was truly beautiful. I wonder, if mates share or have the same mark?
“Anthony, do mates have the same mark?” I asked him with uncertainty in my voice.
“I’m not sure. I’ve never asked anyone nor have they ever told me. Why don’t we go into the bathroom and look in the mirror to find out? Shall we, my dear?” Anthony invited me with a hint of mischief in his eyes.
“Yes, we shall,” I giggled at his playfulness as we made our way into the bathroom to compare marks.
I stood in front of the vanity to look in the mirror with Anthony behind me. He wrapped his arms around my waist. We looked at our marks which were identical to each other. I thought they were absolutely beautiful. I was in awe of how the marks were created.
I was still basking in the beauty of our marks when we received an alert from our Alpha saying we were not to leave our suite until further notice. All participants of the tournament were to remain in the conference center. No one was to go outside until further notice.
‘Melanie, You and Anthony need to meet with the Alpha King, myself, and your father at 9 AM. Be ready. The dress code is business casual. Does Anthony need clothes to wear?’ inquired Alpha Richard.
‘Yes, he does Alpha Richard. He did not bring any suits with him,’ I replied back to him.
‘We will send him some clothes to wear then. No worries. See you soon,’ noted Alpha Richard.
‘Yes, Alpha,’ we chorused.
“I guess we need to eat breakfast, take a shower, and get ready for a meeting,” I advised as I turned to face my mate with a grin on my face.
“Indeed. Let’s go ahead and take our shower since we are in the bathroom already. Hmm?” Anthony grinned as he turned on the shower to allow it to warm up then he proceeded to warm me up.
Without breaking our kiss, he picked me up and I wrapped my legs around his torso. Then he stepped into the shower spray so we could begin our shower. Before we could begin our shower, we had to have our sexy time first.
Before we knew it, it was time for us to go to the meeting Alpha Richard told us about. Anderson, Noah, and an escort from the Alpha King was taking us to where the meeting was taking place. At the moment, I had no idea where we were going. I was lost. We had gone down a lot of hallways, it was like a maze at this conference center.
The escort knocked on the door and waited for permission to enter. Then, he opened the door for us to enter. The room was crowded. There were a lot more people there than just the ones Alpha Richard named.
“Ah, good morning Delta heir Melanie and Anthony. Congratulations on your mating! I am sorry for the intrusion this morning, but it was necessary. Please come in so we can begin our meeting,” announced Alpha King Matthew.
“Yes, Alpha King,” we chorused together as we bowed toward him.
We took the seats that were being designated for us. I sat down by my father who was sitting down by Alpha Richard.
“Now I know you must be curious as to why we have all been called into this meeting. There are several things we must discuss which are an urgent matter. First, we have received confirmation from the European Alpha King that the plot against Delta Troy is real. There is a contract for his death out there. Secondly, we have also verified that they have also been trying to draw out and kidnap Delta heir Melanie to get to Delta Troy. …” was all he could say before I interrupted him.
“What?!! What do you mean verified trying to kidnap me and there is a contract to kill my father?” I don’t understand! I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean to interrupt you, Alpha King. My apologies,” I stated with my head bowed toward him and my heart racing.
“No apologies necessary Melanie. You didn’t know about this?” asked Alpha King Matthew with an incredulous look on his face.
“We did not tell her Alpha King. We decided to keep it from her because of the rejection. We added more to her protection detail to ensure her safety,” explained Alpha Richard to the Alpha King.
“Baby, I need you to calm down. Breathe,” cooed Anthony in my ear as he tried to calm me down.
“Dad, how could you keep this from me? How am I supposed to keep you safe if I don’t know of the threat against you? Don’t you say the same things to me? Well, it works both ways you know. So, when I said I felt like someone was watching me, you weren’t surprised at all, huh?” I inquired of my father.
“No, we weren’t. We were surprised it was on pack land though. Don’t worry, we’ve got some very good people working on this, okay?” Dad soothed trying to smooth over the fact that he didn’t share this information with me.
“Who all knows about this? Does Daniel know? What about Mom?” I inquired, not really sure I wanted to know the answer to those questions.
“Daniel knows but we didn’t tell your Mother because we didn’t want to worry her,” explained Dad to me.
Exasperated, I got out of my seat and walked to a corner of the room. I took several deep breaths and let them out slowly. No one approached me, not even Anthony. It’s as if they understood I needed a moment to regain my composure.