Chapter Seven
Three days later
Hayley moaned as she lowered herself onto Micah’s hard cock. They were sat in his living room. The television played in the background.
“How does the mating work?” she asked.
“I have to bite you.”
“Bite? I thought that was vampire.” She groaned as he gripped her hips and slammed her down onto his cock. The past three days had been spent in a sexual bliss of fucking. They hadn’t done much in the way of mating talk, and most nights Hayley dreamed about it. Her dreams were spent thinking about belonging to Micah, of being his mate, of having his children, and a life together.
She had gotten over their initial meeting. He wasn’t a bad man, and even though he shouldn’t have kidnapped her, she kind of understood why he did it. Micah was acting on instinct. He needed his mate, and she had been difficult with him. There was no way she would have ever gone with him without being forced. She knew that, and deep down, so did Micah.
“No, vampires need to kill first, drain you, and then feed you their blood.”
“How does it work with a mate then?” she asked.
“I bind you to me with sex and a bite. You have to be willing to become mine, baby, and it has to be at the full moon.”
“Why the full moon?”
“It has power all on its own. Each mated couple has to wait for the full moon.”
“Does it have to be this full moon, or can it be when you’re ready?” she said.
He slid a finger between her slit and began to stroke her clit. “It can be any full moon. Mates can wait months, or even years if they want. I’ve never heard of mates doing that though. It’s always done as soon as possible.”
She didn’t stop thrusting up and down on his cock as he teased her clit. Seating him to the hilt inside her, she screamed his name, needing him deeper even still.
“I don’t want to wait either,” she said. Holding onto his thick shoulders, she fucked him harder, knowing in her heart she was making the right decision. “I want us to mate at the full moon, Micah. No more waiting.”
He stopped, and she groaned, wriggling on his lap. “Please, don’t stop.”
“You don’t want to go back to your old life?” he asked.
“No. I want this life with you.”
He stroked her clit to orgasm, and only when her cream soaked his cock, did he take her to the sofa, and start to fuck her hard. She loved it when he took charge. Sex with Micah was completely out of this world. He stared into her eyes and looked deep inside her. There was always something between them. Was it their mating? They belonged together, and whenever she was with him, the world fell away. They shared a passion she wasn’t used to, but she relished every second with him, and she loved him. She had tried to fight it, but she did love him. How could she not?
She cried his name like she always did when he came inside her, his cum filling her up once again as he collapsed over her. He always moved a little so he wouldn’t hurt her.
“You won’t regret giving yourself to me.”
She smiled. “I know I won’t. I don’t regret anything. Not one second of it.” She locked their fingers together. “The pain inside me, it’s lessening. Why?”
“You’re accepting me now. Before, you were fighting what our souls needed.”
“Souls are not real.”
“I think they are. We’re joined, Hayley. Together, and there is no getting away from that. We belong to each other.”
The pain inside her had lessened, and she had found the arousal easier to deal with. She had stopped fighting. She didn’t know exactly when, but it had happened.
“I never thought something like this would happen to me,” she said. “Do you think that was why I was always interested in wolves? On a deeper level, I was mated to one, or at least, destined to be mated to one.”
“It could have been. I don’t know much about human and wolf matings. I know they’re rare, but that doesn’t mean they’re any less special.”
She smiled. “I’m special to you?”
“You wouldn’t see me calling in a bunch of favors for just anyone, babe, and I certainly wouldn’t have risked getting on the wrong side of the law if I didn’t want you.”
She touched his face, stroking over the hard bristles of his day-old stubble. “Thank you.”
“For what?” he asked.
“For not being normal, and for coming to take me. I know we’ve had a few problems, but I love being here. I loved being here for my vacation, and I knew I was going to return.”
“How did you end up in Forest Palm?” he asked.
“I closed my eyes and dropped my finger to a map. I think fate had something to do with this.”
He groaned. “What am I going to do with you?”
“Love me for the rest of our lives?”
“Love you, that’s exactly what I’m going to do.”
****
“I’ve not seen Lettie so excited about anything. When she got your call, she was like a different person,” William said. “How long have you been together?”
“A couple of weeks. You know she doesn’t wear a mating mark,” Micah said. “We’re mating at the next full moon in a couple of days.”
He watched Lettie and Hayley in the backyard of his cabin. They were sat on the steps, and he saw they were both talking at the same time. Every now and again, they would stop and hug. They were clearly close, and he was happy to see that. Okay, he was a little jealous as someone had known Hayley for longer, but there was nothing he could do about that now. Nothing at all.
“You’re handling this okay,” William said.
“Did Lettie talk about her?”
“Her human friend? Yes, she did. She wanted to find her, and I was worried that her search would lead to nothing. Still, I asked for her pack to look into what happened to Hayley Ford. I was going to reach out and see if she wanted to meet Lettie.”
“Why were you worried?”
“People change. I didn’t know if Lettie’s memories were the same, or if Hayley would want anything to do with the girl who abandoned her. Lettie felt that was what she did, abandoned her. Humans are strange creatures. Lettie adored her, and I love my mate. I’ll do anything for her.”
“Me, too.”
There was another hug, and he saw both women were crying together. It was next to impossible not to listen in on their conversation, so he did.
“You’re so beautiful, Hayley. You always were.”
“You’ve always been sweet.”
“And you’re a mate. I should have known you were. You were always so trusting. Most people would have screamed when they saw parts of me changing. Not you. You were always there, keeping an eye on me.” Lettie reached out, touching a curl. “I missed you.”
“I missed you, too. I didn’t know who had taken you, and I’m not a rich woman, far from it. I wanted to search for you every single day. Just to know you were happy. Even if you didn’t want to see me, you know?”
“I know, and now you’re about to be mated. I mean, I can’t believe it. We’re not losing touch again.”
They hugged.
“How is your rich English man? He looks a bit … stern,” Hayley said.
At his side, William tensed. “He’s not stern. He’s lovely. You just need to get to know him.”
“You’re stern,” Micah said. “I was a kidnapper a few weeks ago. Don’t worry about it.”
“I’m not. I’m used to being called many things. I’ve got a stick up my ass, straitlaced, and all other kinds of things. Stern is quite mild.”
“You’re welcome to stay as long as you want,” Micah said. “Our women are going to visit.”
“I already figured that. We’ll talk more in the future. I’m just happy to see my woman exactly that: happy.”
Micah could relate.
Later that night, Hayley leaned against the doorframe, rubbing moisturizer on her hands, as she smiled at him. Micah sat on the bed, pretending to do a crossword puzzle. “That look doesn’t suit you,” she said.
“It doesn’t?”
“Nope. We need to be married for twenty years before you start doing the crossword in bed.”
He put the paper down, along with the pen, and eased the blankets back, revealing his rock hard cock. “What about this? Does this seem more me?”
She nodded and walked toward him. “Thank you for inviting Lettie here. It was wonderful being with her. The years faded away, and it didn’t feel like we were alone anymore.”
He picked her up and positioned her to straddle his hips. “I will do whatever you need. All you ever have to do is ask.”
“Lettie approves of you.”
“She does?” he asked, already knowing Lettie did. They had talked on the phone before her visit. She had asked him a hundred and one questions, making sure he was the right guy for her friend.
“You know she does. She told me that you talked a lot.”
“I didn’t want you getting hurt.”
“I love you, Micah. Really, I do. I thought you were an ass with the whole kidnapping thing. You love so much, and you act in ways that make no sense, but in a weird kind of way, they do.”
He touched her cheek. “I only knew that I wanted you, and I had to have you.”
“Romantic,” she said, chuckling.
“No regrets?” he asked.
“Ask me in twenty years if I have any regrets.”