Iris's POV.
My face blushed seeing how cheesy Campbell could be, these two are crazy, I too at first thought that Campbell was going to reject Cathy but it turned out that he was just overwhelmed with excitement and didn't know how to go about it.
And when Cathy is tense battling with the feeling of rejection and not being good enough for Campbell not knowing the young man too was tense not knowing how to approach her and he never thought his dream will come true.
My lips cover more with that sweet smile as my head pictures that part where Campbell kiss Cathy and he didn't waste any time all he wanted was to claim her and right there in front of us, Campbell claimed her, they were a couple made from heaven.
"When will I get claimed?" I run my hand on my nape, caressing that spot where Cathy has her mate mark already, I frown when I realized that Rupert hasn't imprinted his mark on my neck. "Will I ever get claimed?"
"If you want I could imprint my mark right on your neck right now."
"Rupert, when did you arrive here?" He move from behind me and point from the other side of the territory, I was standing at the rooftop.
"Did you just jump through all those buildings?"
"Of cause, if you want I could take you to my Pack jumping the same buildings."
"Can you for once appear like every normal human?" He looks at me.
"Why waste time and energy when I could appear here in a flash?" He rests lazily on one of his palms. "So tell me, do you want me to claim you right here?"
"Stop talking nonsense." I turned from him while I blushed badly.
"Oh Iris, I know you want me to but you want a Luna ceremony."
"I am not a Luna, I am an alpha." I growl at him. He raised his hands in surrender.
"My bad, alpha Luna." He said teasing.
"Why do I get the urge to kick your balls?"
"You and I know that does not want you want to do, you wanted me to do a whole lot of things to you, things only a male wolf does to a female wolf." I frown at his words. "You should tell me if I am lying?" He mocked me, I couldn't deny that he is wrong because he is right.
"Rupert, I told you to get off my head." He tittered.
"Oh dear Iris, I am not in your head, I only hear your thoughts because you are always associating me with it." I move my gaze to behold his.
"Are you manipulating me?" I asked, Rupert's face is indifferent, he is acting carefree and at the same time enjoying my predicament.
"Oh my sweet Iris, if I were to manipulate you, I would have claimed you even before I found out that you are my mate and I would have you pinned to the bed and possess your body and do all evil things that a man does to his mate." He run his tongue across his lips, he pushed my chin up, and my eyes held him, all I could see was lust in his eyes and the combination of something I couldn't describe but whatever it was is doing strange stuff to me, my tummy tighten with pleasure and my heart fluttering, now I could feel it, he is trying to manipulate me.
I pushed his hand off my chin as I glared at him. "Oh my sweetheart, just admit, you wanted this mate of yours."
He had used different names for me in less than thirty minutes and those made me happy, I masked my feelings.
"Never, I don't want you, I only want to punish you, for invading my pack and trying to claim me without my consent." He tittered.
"What kind of punishment did you want to give?" He grinned as he lower his eyes to my thigh and then his eyes firm on my lips. "Or is it that of the sword, maybe this will do for been too hard on you." He throw the sword at me and I catch fast, my heart jumped with the thought of teaching this man a lesson before we finally becomes mates. "Don't think there is no price to this." I smiled, and he pulled out another. "Don't go easy on me because I will want my reward as a winner."
"And what will be that price you are so eager to win." Without warning I swung my sword at him but he was fast, and I missed the target.
"To claim you and imprint my mark on you, right here and now." I swung my sword again, but still, I missed it.
"Don't you want to tell me, what you want if you win?" He asked, I smiled as the thought of getting him mad came to my head.
"To ask you to leave and never show your face to me again." I swung the sword this time, I thought I am not going to miss but unfortunately, his movement was fast.
"Is that what is deep in your heart and did Sally agree with it?" I pay no attention to his words, I try hard to get him but with every move I make he had already seen it and his speed was faster, after all, he is a vampire and a wolf, and it is frustrating to miss every attack, I get tired and fed up, I fall to the floor slowly trying to catch my breath, seeing that smiling face of Rupert, gets me irk more
"I hate you, you are a demon." I throw my dagger at him, instead of the sword and then I heard a sharp outcry.
"Ouch."
"Rupert," I called rushing to him.
"I am not a demon." He said, his blood was what meet my eyes and tears fall off my eyes, I hurt him, and I look at the dagger that as tear the side of his hand and was now pinned to the wall it was a good thing it was not a silver dagger.
"Why did you let me hurt you? Can't you just read my mind and tell me that I was about to do that."
"I thought you don't like it and you call me a demon because I was doing that."
I raised my eyes to look at him.
"I promise to avoid doing that so you could be happy with me."
My lips curved with a sweet smile how could Rupert melt my heart every day and make me long for him and forget to breathe?
I tore the side of my wears as I try to tie his bleeding arms, the blood kept seeping.
"Should I just let you hurt me often, so you could care for me?"
"You are crazy." I mouthed.
"Yes, I am, crazy for you and I never wish to get my sanity." I blushed badly at his words and turning from his face, he back hugged me. "Iris." He whispered in my ear, sending more electricity into my system. "I don't think I could survive any day without you, I can't stay away anymore." I pushed his hand from my waist, he stared at me.
"Then don't, no one asked you to stay away from me."
"I know that is what you will say." I glared at him, he just read my thoughts again, he close his lips, as I pushed him off me. "Wait, Iris my wound."