Page 40 of Fated Obsessions
When I opened my eyes again, it was to see my female staring at me with shock on her face. I scented the air but smelled no fear, only astonishment and wonder. Her heart was racing, athunk-thunk, thunk-thunkrhythm that had me tentatively taking a step forward. Although my Lycan was now the one in control, my human side was still very much present to rationalize and observe. I was always with her, no matter what.
In my wolf form, I was triple my weight, the size of a horse standing tall. I was the most powerful creature on the planet, strong and unstoppable, and with my mate, nothing and no one would ever defeat me, because I'd always have the fire burning in me to protect her at all costs.
Come to me.
She couldn't hear me, wouldn't understand the noises my wolf made in pleasure because of her very presence, but she did walk forward, her breathing erratic, this no doubt another shock to her system.
My beast took a step forward, his massive body dwarfing her.
“God,” she breathed out as she tilted her head back to gaze at me. “You’re so big.”
My wolf dropped down to his hind legs so we were more eye level, so she didn’t feel so intimidated by his size.
Her pulse was beating so hard at the base of her throat, and she licked her lips and reached her hand out.
You own every part of us, our female.
“This is all so… unreal.”
My beast made a sound deep in his throat, a soft growl to encourage her to touch me. And then she touched the creature, and he closed his eyes, snuffling out a deep breath as if he’d been holding it in.
Yes, that's right. Sheisreally here with us. She is really ours.
She explored the wolf for long moments, touching his ears, his paws, running her fingers over his snout, along his jaw. If he could have purred like a feline, I knew he would have for how good her touch felt.
He’d been waiting for this for over three hundred years too.
Feeling her acceptance of me and my animal was a shock tomysenses, one I’d never take for granted.
“I love you… all of you. Every single strange and magical part of you, Ren.” She smiled and shocked the fuck out of me by kissing the tip of the great beast’s nose. And the bastard melted for her right then and there all over again.
He was putty in her hands, a potentially violent, aggressive killing machine that would only ever submit its dominance to this one female.
“I’ve never seen anything as beautiful,” she murmured to my beast, and in return, he growled low, the pleasure not one of aggression but immense love. “So big and strong. I bet you won’t let anyone or anything ever hurt me, isn’t that right?”
The beast butted his head up against her hand, and she made a soft sound.
My Lycan rubbed its massive head against her, wanting his scent all over her. And she let him. She closed her eyes and sighed, wrapping her arms around his neck. Although he’d never let anything take that kind of dominant stand, with her, we were putty at her feet, willing to do anything she wanted as long as she looked at us with love in her eyes.
He was as possessive of her as I was.
We stayed that way for long moments, her holding my animal, the beast becoming calm and comforted, at ease in her presence for the first time in its life.
We both knew one thing for certain, my wolf and me.
She was ours.
Chapter 29
Mikalina
Several weeks later
Istared at myself, and the woman in the reflection looked scared shitless.
Wide eyes. Pale flesh. Ruby-red lips. A trembling body.
A mating ceremony. A sacred ritual when a Lycan found his mate. This was important to Ren—to his kind—and even if I was scared of the unknown, I was excited about the prospect of starting this new life.