Aleena’s POV
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Next Morning!!
When I woke up, I found myself under Stephen’s naked body.
Don’t tell me that something happened between us.
‘Leia’
‘Even though that idea is tempting. No, nothing happened between us.’, She grumbled. ‘By the way, until when you’re going to stay a virgin?’
‘Shut up.’
At first, I thought to push Stephen harshly, but then the memories from the suite flashed in front of my eyes, and I knew if I didn’t want the same treatment from him, I shouldn't be doing the same with him. I tried to loosen his grip around me, but it looked like he was not going to leave me anytime sooner, maybe because he was scared that I would run away again, leaving them, and this time they wouldn’t be able to find out about us.
“Stephen”
“Hmm”
“I have to go outside. Let go of me.”, I muttered because I was sure he could hear me loud and clear. He didn’t say anything for a while, and eventually, he removed his heavy body from my top and lay beside me. I was about to leave when all of a sudden, he yanked my arms, pulling me close to him. He kissed my cheek before whispering, “Good Morning, Lina.”
It took a moment to realize what had just happened. “What was that?” I asked, narrowing my eyes. He kissed me again.
“Are you asking about this?” he asked innocently.
“Yes,” I gritted my teeth at his fake innocent look.
“We’re mates. It will be better to have intimacy between us before jumping on each other directly on the day of your heat.” I smacked his chest before forcefully taking my arms out of his grip. I could believe this man. He could have said something nice instead of bluntly accepting his lust for me. I walked out of the cave and checked the weather around. It was clear after heavy rainfall.
I tried not to think about his words, but a part of me knew that he was right. Female werewolves had to go through this phase after finding their mate or after getting attached to any other male werewolf within a month. The date of the heat is never sure. It could be on the second day of the month or could be on the twenty-eighth day of the month.
As for now, I pushed that thought away from my mind and thought of taking a bath in the river. I quickly shifted and ran toward the river. Once I was there, I realized that there was a better option than that. I looked around before stripping down to my bra and panties and tugging them on one of the trees beside me. And then I started climbing up to the height of the waterfall. After the rain, the flow and level of water both had been increased to taking a bath under the waterfall would be an amazing experience. I jumped from the top of the waterfall with an excited squeal. The water was freezing cold, but at the same time, it felt amazing against my skin.
Thankfully, I was a werewolf to handle this cold water. I swam under the waterfall and washed as properly as I could, removing all the dirt from my skin pores as much as possible. The last time I took a bath, taking my time at dad’s place. Immediately my mood turned off, recalling that incident. Tears started dwelling in my eyes with that thought again.
Eight nights and seven days.
‘I miss you, dad.’, I mumbled.
‘Do you remember what you had done? What have you done before washing yourself?’ Leia asked all of a sudden.
‘What?’ I asked in confusion.
‘You made yourself come thinking about Stephen.’, She reminded, on which I glared at her. ‘What? I wasn’t talking to you, but that doesn’t mean I wasn’t in your mind. I saw you doing. What were you doing at that time?’
‘I swear, Leia! If you wouldn’t have been here in front of me then, I would have strangled you till your death.’, I growled in anger.
‘You’re growling at a wolf? Hmm… Trying to be intimidating? But guess what? It won’t affect me.’, She giggled, sticking out her tongue.
‘You did that on purpose, didn’t you?’ I asked. She became silent all of a sudden. So, I asked again, ‘You intentionally raised that topic to stop me from crying.’
‘I don’t know what you are talking about!!’, She said, trying to act innocent and hiding somewhere back in my mind. I smiled, shaking my head at her behavior, and then recalled her words. Just her words and thoughts of that day were enough to make me wet down between my legs. I looked around again before running my hand down to the lower part of my body.
I wasn’t sure whether the naughty and dirty thoughts of Stephen would make me come again or not, but I didn’t risk thinking about Daniel, knowing that my wolf would surely tell his wolf about it this act of mine. Closing my eyes, I imagined the thought of touching myself to Stephen. A small moan escaped from my throat. I kept pumping my two fingers inside my pussy, in an in and out motion continuously. I felt the pressure building inside my core, but because anything else would have happened, I pulled my hand out of my panties, and my head snapped in the direction from where I could sense Stephen’s scent getting stronger.
Damn it!
I swam quickly to reach out of the water and wear my clothes, but I couldn’t make it in time because he reached near the river in his wolf form and his golden eyes were looking right into my eyes and the way he was looking at me it was better for me to stay here, under the water than to come out in front of him. I submerged myself in the water up to my neck, keeping my eyes on him to watch each and every activity of his.
He shifted before speaking. “We have to leave for the pack. It’s urgent.”
“Okay! Give me some time. I need to stay here a little more.”, I said, on which he didn’t argue or say anything, just sat over here.
What the …
“Umm! Are you going to stay here?” I asked, feeling uncomfortable under his gaze.
“Yes!”
Damn!!
Now, I doubt that I could do anything. Hell, I couldn’t even enjoy my bath under his penetrating gaze. I swam for a while and felt his gaze on me throughout the time. Was I to him? A mermaid? Whose show he was watching without even blinking his eyes. At last, I didn’t have any option but to step out of the water in front of him, and the worst part was my clothes were on the tree where he was sitting. While he was sitting like a predator, watching every tiny movement of his prey. I had hardly touched my clothes to wear them when I felt him moving, I turned around to see what he was up to and till that moment, my back slammed against the tree. I bit my lips, not letting my voice escape out of my throat because of tons of new scratches that would have formed because of the rough bark of the tree.
“What kind of behaving is this?” I asked, sensing his anger. Whether he was mad because I didn’t come out of the river just after he asked me to do so?
“My behavior is the result of your sluttish act.”, he growled. “What were you doing before you sensed me?” he questioned back, fuming in anger. My heart started pounding loudly against the ribcage when I realized what he was talking about.
“The time I checked, pleasuring on their own is not a crime nor any sluttish act.”, I said confidently, not really understanding the reason what was making him this angry? But it looked like my answer pissed him a little more than he was earlier. He grabbed my jaw tightly, pulling my face closer to him.
“Don’t try to play dumb, Lina.”, he warned. “If I found you are pleasuring yourself again by thinking about my brother, then I will make sure that you won’t be able to walk for a few days.”, he threatened with a growl.
I looked at him for a while, wondering whether I should tell him or not that I wasn’t thinking about his brother. But before that, I tried to push him away. The more I was trying to push him away, the more I was being crushed between the tree and him.
“You’re mine now, Lina. Your body, your soul, your thoughts, your love, your care, your anger, your smartness, your tiny world, and your everything should rotate around me.”, he said, leaving my jaw and poking my forehead with his index finger. “Keep this clear in your mind.”
Suddenly Leia overpowered me and flipped out of position, slamming his back against the tree. “Just because my human is not speaking doesn’t mean you can talk to her in this way.”, She growled.
“But Leia..”
“She was thinking about you.”, She snapped, cutting him in between.
‘Damn you, Leia! Why did you tell him?’
‘Because jealously and misunderstanding are not the same thing. A few things should be cleared then and there.’ Saying this, she gave control of my body to me. I looked at Stephen; he looked like a person with a loss of words after hearing Leia’s words.
I pulled out my clothes from the tree to wear them. I knew my bra and panties were still wet, but I was confirmed that my clothes would automatically dry after shifting into my wolf form because Leia is hot enough to dry my clothes in her form.
“Why didn’t you tell me?” he asked when she saw me leaving from there to wear clothes because I didn’t want him to see my back without makeup.
“Because you didn’t ask me.”, I pointed out and walked behind the other tree near it.
“I’m sorry.”
“It’s fine. Anyone would have thought in the same when way after knowing about my obsession for Daniel.”
“But I’m not just ‘ANYONE,’ Lina. If I will also think in the way just like other things, then I don’t deserve to be your mate.”, he said in a disappointed tone. I couldn’t help but peek to look at him when he said so, and seeing him genuinely sad, I realized how PERFECT he was. “And to make you realize that I’m truly sorry for this incident. I will cook dinner for you tonight.”
“That’s not required, Stephen. I told you it’s fine.” I stepped out from behind the tree and stood in front of him.
“It’s not at all fine, Lina. I promised dad that I would treat his princess as my queen, and I’m going to keep that promise. So, dare you to try to stop me from fulfilling my promise.” Tears started dwelling in my ears, seeing that even though he had said that everything was just an act for him, he meant the promises that he made to my dad.
He wiped my tears and leaned down toward me. I thought he would kiss me on my lips. Instead, he kissed my forehead.
"You know. You will end up spoiling me in this way."
"There's no harm in spoiling someone as long as that's harmless.", he grinned. "And I'm all set to spoil our princess in the future."
"What did you say?" I asked in shock, widening my eyes.
“You heard me. Let’s go now. After reaching home, I will give you something.”, he whispered in my ear in a husky voice.
“Wh..what?”
“The same pleasure which you couldn’t get because of my interruption.”, he smirked, pulling himself away from me. In no time, he gave control to Thunder, and he, too, signaled me to shift.
To be honest, I was still not ready to face everyone, but then he was right; where the hell would I go when everything that was mine was here! And it was not that I was alone. Stephen's presence was like a small hope that was enough to overcome everything. Giving control to Leia, I, too, shifted into my wolf form.
After reaching at the pack, I felt a lot of eyes on me. I couldn't help but feel uncomfortable under their gaze until Stephen growled at them, more like warning them to mind their own business.
'Don't let them know what you are feeling!! Stay confident and strong; I have your back, remember!', His voice rang in my voice.
'Okay'
Once we reached the pack house, after shifting, he quickly wore a boxer before walking inside. We saw everyone was waiting for us.
"Sorry, everyone! I know we are late, but it's all on me because I thought to enjoy my time with my mate." he apologized and lied, both at the same time.
He was late because of me.
"Give us a few minutes; we will be back after getting ready."
"Sure. Be quick.", Daniel said, nodding his eyes.
Stephen held my wrist and started taking me with him, saving me from the angry glare of his mom and brother.
"Stephen," Chloe stopped him by calling his name, and I bit my inner cheek, hoping her not to be a cruel mother-in-law for me.
Stephen turned around before speaking, "Yes, Mom."
"Next time, if your mate will run away like a coward, then neither will she be welcomed in our family nor in the Stone Moon Pack."
"Don't worry, Mom. There won't be any NEXT TIME.", Stephen replied before taking me from there.
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When I entered his room, I saw my belongings that were in the guest room had been shifted here, while he left my wrist and walked toward the wardrobe.
"Why did you lie in front of everyone?" I asked.
"Lie? What did I lie to them?", He asked in confusion, taking out his clothes and fresh towel for himself.
"That we arrived here late because you were enjoying your time with your mate."
"And what did I lie here? I was indeed enjoying time with my mate by watching her swimming and getting nervous because of my presence. It's not that everyone has seen you getting nervous just because someone is looking at you. I'm sure you're habitual of getting a lot of attention from your wife, but the way you get self-conscious near me is something different.", he admitted.
I frowned and glared at him, but he just chuckled before walking inside the washroom.
*****
"The silver moon pack needs a new alpha as soon as possible otherwise, that day is not far when other packs attack them to claim the Silver Moon pack as their own.", Daniel said when we joined the meeting for which we were called saying it was urgent. Well, it was! It had been seven days since there was no Alpha or Luna in that pack.
"Now the question is who will become the new Alpha? Evangeline or Aleena.", Daniel said, looking at both Eva and me. "The reason to have this discussion is to decide what you both sisters want? Because if we go by pack members voting, then all the 90% of pack members want Eva as their new Alpha, the rest 10% want some random pack members, which we can ignore for a while, and 0% of pack members want you as their Alpha. The main reason behind everyone's decision to choose Eva as their Alpha is that both packs will merge with one another, forming a big and strong pack. Because her mate, that's me, is also the Alpha, but then things would be different if you chose to become an Alpha.", he said, explaining everything in detail, even though I had a slight idea of it.
"So, the main question is, what do you two want? To be honest, I know what my mate wants; that specific question is for you! If you are taking control over the pack as a new alpha, then the first thing that you will have to face is that you won't be anyone's favorite choice, second, there is a way to be become everyone's favorite choice by winning the dual between you two, but there won't be any dual between you two to prove that you're better than my mate because there is no way I would risk my pup's life for some Alpha's position. Third, I don't want you to act sweet and let Eva be an Alpha for now and then plan and plot to kill her or our up to become my Luna.", he said, spilling venom through his words. But could I complain about that part?
Nope! I had done everything to listen to those things from him.
"So, whatever you want, be clear about that part because if I figure out that you are planning you do something nasty with my mate, then I will don't give a damn to the fact that you are my brother's mate and rip your heart with my own claws.", he threatened using his Alpha tone.
"Oops! I'm so scared." I mocked him.
"Aleena! Lina!" I heard two voices overlapping each other in my ear.
I sighed and kept my tone in check, trying not to mess with Daniel. Not that I was scared of him, but I was scared that I would be left alone if the remaining two people in my life stopped talking to me.
"I will let everyone know my decision by tonight.", Saying this, I left from there. Now that everyone knew everything about me, then I didn't have to act nice all the time.
'I prefer staying alone when I'm pissed.'
"Are you sure that you're not going to reject her?" Chloe asked.
"Nope. You guys might have assumed her as a saint when I chose her, but I was clear in my mind whom I was choosing. I had chosen her that night, and I would keep choosing her each and every day of my life.", he replied. My heart fluttered when I heard him saying that. Immediately my anger evaporated into thin air as if it was never there.
"Awww! That's so sweet.", It was Nora who spoke.
"By the way, Eva!! I'm planning to prepare dinner for your sister; what's her favorite dish?" he asked.
"I'm going to order pizza.", Nora commented.
"Me too. I'm not planning to die by eating the poison that he will prepare.", Paige added.
"I have to attend my friend's birthday party.", Ryan said.
"I will be taking my mate on the date.", Daniel said.
"Me too.", Uncle James and Aunt Emma said.
"Me too."
One by one, everyone removed their name from the dinner. I wondered why!
Were they giving us some privacy or something?
Or was Paige right about his cooking?
'Nah! I think I'm overthinking; the relationship between siblings is like this only. They never appreciate each other's things, even if they are best in it.'
By that time, I had entered Stephen's room, so I didn't get a chance to hear what else they discussed. All I knew was that my stomach was full with the breakfast, and I wanted nothing but to sleep on the bed.
I missed it so much!
Who would have thought that I would sleep on the floor for six nights straight in my life? I would think about what I had to do next after sleeping peacefully on the bed.
*****
I didn't realize how sleepy and tired I was until my eyes opened directly in the evening when the sun was about to set. Even after sleeping for this long, I was still feeling sleepy. I thought to close my eyes for five more minutes before leaving the bed, and then when I opened my eyes again, I realized it was already eight-thirty.
'Great. Just Great. Tonight I'm going to count stars instead of sleeping.', I scolded myself. 'Where's Stephen? He should have waked me up, at least.', I complained.
'Don't say a word to my mate. He let you sleep knowing that your body needed it, and you are getting angry with him.'
And there came his lawyer to fight his case.
He was a senior lawyer.
And she was his assistant, a junior lawyer.
'I heard that.'
'I wanted you to hear that.', I muttered, walking out of the room in search of him. And immediately, a strong and amazing scent of meatballs hit my nose. I realized when my mate could be. Without wasting a single moment, I walked toward the kitchen and found him working alone there. He was preparing meatballs with a lot of concentration and watching the recipe over the internet.
"Hey!" he smiled, looking at me. "Slept well?"
"Yeah! Overslept, in fact."
"Just give me five minutes; dinner is ready.", he said, keeping his phone aside and carefully mixing spaghetti with the meatballs. He frowned when he realized that the spaghetti had been not flowing individually like noodles; instead, they all got attached to one another badly. He tried then separate them, but he was too late for that procedure. He kept trying and trying until it finally looked presentable in front of his eyes, but to me, it was one of the worst meatballs and spaghetti that I had ever seen. But I couldn't gather my voice to say that.
"I know it doesn't look great, but I hope you will like the taste.", he muttered with a satisfied smile on his face.
This feeling!
I had seen someone else having the same feeling recently. I recalled the incident when Eva had prepared Daniel's favorite cake with so much effort for the first time.
Stephen arranged the table for two and even pulled the table for two; he arranged everything like a perfect gentleman, also served the dinner, and impatiently waited for my review.
I tasted my favorite food and felt the amount of salt in the food was a little more than required. It looked like history was repeating itself. The only difference was that Eva's cake was something which no one could it because the amount of salt was too much.
"How's it?" Stephen asked hopefully.
Tonight I realized why Daniel had not said mean words to Eva that night. Because by eating that salty taste, his tastebud didn't damage, but his mean and rude words would have caused a lot of damage to Eva's feelings.
I gulped the food and smiled at him.
"For a beginner. It's amazing."
"Thank god!" his smile widened, but unlike Daniel, I couldn't stop him from tasting the food. He took the first bite, and after chewing for a while, the expression on his face changed. He gulped the food in his mouth before speaking, "It's nowhere near amazing, Lina. The amount of salt is a little more than required. Though it's bearable, but it is definitely not amazing at all."
"It's amazing because you have poured a lot of effort into preparing it. So, stop complaining about the food prepared by my mate.", I sneered, pointing my fork at him.
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#TBC
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