Chapter Four
For the next week, Kelly did everything to avoid to Drake. She woke first, and was out of the small house as fast as she could. Her days were spent hiking and exploring the island. Only when darkness threatened did she make her way home. Most of the time he was asleep, which was how she preferred it.
Even though she was exhausted and felt like she was losing weight as the week was going on, she didn’t feel being around Drake was a much better alternative.
Entering the second week, she woke up, and was about to climb out of bed when she realized that no one else was inside it.
Drake wasn’t there.
“Going somewhere?” he said.
He stood in front of the closed door.
“What the hell are you doing?” she asked.
“For a week I’ve been waiting to talk to you. There’s no point in avoiding the obvious here. You don’t want to talk to me.” He burst out laughing. “It can’t be any other reason really, can it? No one else is here but you and me.”
“I don’t want to do this.”
“Clearly we have to do this. Something has to happen here, Kelly. You’re going out all day every single day. You’re covering your tracks so I can’t find you. What did I do?”
“You know what you did,” she said.
“Told you the truth.”
She stood up and glared at him. “I can’t do this, okay? I refuse to do this.”
“So what I said changed nothing?”
“It changes everything, Drake. All I’ve known from you is that you hated me, or at least that was what you made me believe.” She dropped her hands, fisting them at her side. “I don’t know what to do. This is … the hardest thing of all.”
“We’re supposed to be spending time together, Kelly. Not running around avoiding one another. I’m here. I’ve even pretended I was asleep just so you wouldn’t run out in the middle of the night. I’m not going to pounce on you, or anything. That whole mating thing will be … natural.”
She snorted. “You think we’re going to mate.”
“Why do you keep denying it? We’re here for a reason.”
She folded her arms, and stared at him. “You’re just going to give in, like that?”
He was silent for several seconds, and she was curious about what was going on in his mind. “I don’t consider it giving in.”
At first, she had no words. Nothing to say.
“Wow.”
“What?” he asked.
“I don’t know. I really don’t know what to say about any of this. I’m … I don’t know what I am.”
She watched as he glanced down at his hands, and she saw him take a deep breath.
“I lied,” he said.
“What about?” During all of the schooling that the pack had given them, she had heard that during this time, there would be an opportunity of honesty, to be open with one another. She had thought it was a load of bullshit. Only now, she was seeing that it might be the case.
“When I said you were ugly. I never meant it. I actually thought you were the most beautiful woman in the pack, in school, everywhere.”
“You’re kidding,” she said.
“Your golden hair was always the first thing I noticed. You’re not blonde nor are you a brunette, but it’s glossy and full. No one else has the tones that you do. Then of course you’ve got your blue eyes, which always sparkled fire at me. Still to this day I love looking into them.” He stepped a little closer. “Then there’s your body.”
“You told me I was fat.”
“Again, I lied.”
“Why?”
“I don’t like being told what to do. Every single day, Kelly this, Kelly that, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly. I wanted it to stop, and I knew the only way for that to happen was to make you hate me.” He reached out, and pushed a curl away from her face. “It worked better than I could have ever predicted. You stopped coming near me. I noticed when I was close, you’d move into the opposite direction. You didn’t trust me, and I don’t blame you.”
“I don’t get this at all.”
“Simple. To me, you have always and will always be the only girl I’m interested in.”
Kelly stared at him, and then she couldn’t help but laugh. “You’ve got to be kidding me. There’s no way I’m going to believe that after all this time, and everything that we’ve said and done, that you suddenly have feelings for me. I’ve seen you with other pack females.”
“I’ve never mated with them, Kelly.”
This made her stop. The smile dropped from her lips. “What are you trying to say?”
“You’re a virgin, right? Never been with another male.”
Her cheeks heated. “So?”
“What I’m telling you is that I’ve never been with a girl, Kelly. I’m a virgin as well.”
This had her stepping back, and her ass hit the drawers beside the bed. “You’re lying.”
“I’m not. I’m a virgin. I’ve never been with anyone else. Never wanted anyone else. I just figured that I was never ready.” He took hold of her hand, and she didn’t pull away.
This was the most shocking revelation he could have made.
“No woman has ever made me hard. That day near the water, you did that. Unless I was alone, I never got hard, and I only ever did when I was thinking of you. That’s my biggest secret, Kelly. You were the one I didn’t want, and yet the only one that I did.”
He stepped close now, and his cock which was rock hard, pressed against her stomach.
“And I want us to mate, Kelly. I want you to belong to me in every single way that counts.”
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Drake didn’t want her to feel she had to avoid him. He was tired of her always being gone, and then he’d wait until she’d return, knowing she never would until he was asleep.
She was exhausted. He saw it in her eyes, and she had to stop running away.
Slamming his lips down on hers, she moaned, her hands wrapping around his neck. “No, we shouldn’t do this?”
“Why? Our own pack thinks this is what’s supposed to happen.” He kissed her again, this time more passionately than before. “We can do this, and I’m not joking around, nor am I saying shit for the sake of saying it.” He pulled away, and saw her pupils were dilated. Her nipples beaded and pressed against the front of her shirt.
“I’m really tired,” she said.
“I know. We’ll get some sleep, and then tomorrow, no more running. No more waiting for something. There’s no rush for this.”
“You’re really a virgin.”
“After everything I’ve said to you that’s the one thing you remember.”
“It’s pretty hard not to think about it.” She squeezed his hand, biting her lip at the same time. “I’m just a little shocked. You’ve been with a lot of girls.”
“No, I haven’t. When we were at high school there were girls around me, but none of them were mine, Kelly. I’m a virgin. I’ve never been with a woman.”
“This is still a little freaky.”
He pulled away. “You can ask me anything you want. I’ll answer. I’ve got nothing to hide.” Climbing into bed, he patted the area that had been designated as hers. There was still a barrier between them, which he didn’t mind. He was happy with whatever made her comfortable. “Come on. I won’t bite.”
She tucked some hair behind her ear, and frowned at him. “Fine.” She lay on top of the bed. “You’ve never been aroused by a woman?” She turned to look at him.
He reached out taking a curl between his fingers, twisting it. “Nope.”
“You didn’t think that was weird?”
“No, I didn’t. Everything was working down there. I just knew that I didn’t want to accept the answer.” He stared into her eyes. “As much as I’d been an asshole growing up with you, my folks were actually right.”
“Just because we were born on the same day at the same time, I never for a second believed we’d be together. I mean that, Drake. The last thing I wanted was this to be forced on you.”
“Is it crazy that I don’t feel it was forced?” he said. “Don’t get me wrong, I was as shocked as you were, but I don’t regret this. Will you give this a chance?”
“There’s not much choice really. I don’t like being alone all that long, and there’s no point fighting this.”
“Can I ask you a question?”
“Sure.”
“Are you attracted to me?” Drake asked.
She stared at him, and she nodded.
“That’s all I needed to hear.” He released her golden lock, and kept his hand on his side of the bed. “Did you find anything interesting on your travels?”
“Not really. I don’t know where we are, and it’s so big. There’s no one else around. We’re all alone here.”
Drake hadn’t paid much attention during their pack classes. He was tired of going to high school, tired of the constant studying he had to do there. When it came to the weekends he didn’t want to be learning about other shit as well. The pack was part of his life, and he always figured he’d learn that shit as he went on. Being forced into knowing it had made it next to impossible to appreciate it.
“Did you like the pack classes?” he asked.
“They were something to do. It was our history. You didn’t pay attention, did you?”
“No. They were boring. Who needs to hear about the descendant of the wolf line, and how we all came into being? I change, I don’t, that’s my call to make.”
“It wasn’t just about that. It was lessons as well, Drake. We’re only strong because of our healing ability in wolf form. We have enemies, and because of that, we always need to be alert.”
“I get that, I do. I paid attention to the important stuff. The lovie stuff is for you ladies.”
This got a giggle out of her. “You’re an ass.”
“I know, but one day soon I’m going to be your ass.” He couldn’t resist another moment. Touching her cheek, he ran his thumb across her lip.
“Do you know how to have sex?” she asked, taking him by surprise.
“Yes, I do.”
“Are you any good?”
“I have no idea, but I’m sure when the time comes, you’re going to critique my performance.”
Her cheeks went a beautiful shade of red.
“That color looks good on you.”
“I don’t think for a second I’m ever going to get used to this. We’re talking about sex and mating, and everything in between.”
“I know. Is there anything you’re nervous about?” he asked.
“All of it?”
“I’m not ready to rush anything, so we can take our time.” He took hold of her hand. “I can prove to you that I am very patient in a lot of things.”
Drake stared at where their fingers were locked. There were times that he had dreamt of this moment. Of course, he had thought they were only dreams, and after everything he’d done and said, he didn’t believe she’d forgive him.
“We’ll take it one day at a time.” Her eyes started to droop, and Drake watched as she slowly fell asleep. She still held his hand, and he wouldn’t let her go.
He pushed the barrier that kept them apart out of the way, and wrapped his arm around her, pulling her close.
Breathing in her scent, he closed his eyes, and found his own sleep.