Chapter ten

By the time Aiden finally walked me back to my dorm building we had made love three times and I could barely walk straight. He thought it was adorable and I just glared at him. He had assured me that no human would be able to see my mark unless they were marked. I wasn't sure if I felt relieved or sad about that. We had also agreed that starting Monday after class I was going to stay with him for two weeks to see how I felt about it.

He kissed me good night and I sleepily made my way inside. Once in my dorm I simply waved at my roommates, who were playing a game of uno with Tammy and some guy I didn't recognize, and went straight to my bed. I changed into a thin silk night gown and went to sleep. Aiden had literally just worn me out but I didn't mind at all.

Aiden must have been exhausted too because by the time I finally started to dream he was no where to be found. Instead I ended up dreaming of Mark. No. Why now?

In my dream Mark was yelling at me. I couldn't make out his words completely but I could tell they hurt me. I realized it was a memory. My mind was replaying the night we had broken up for good. Why was I remembering this?

"Why do you always ask me the dumbest shit?" He yelled at me. I felt a lump in my throat as tears started to fall. I didn't want to relive this.

"I'm sorry." I whispered.

"Why is it such a big fucking deal with you when I don't answer my phone when you call? Why does it turn into you being suspicious when I don't show up on time? Ever stop and think I avoid you because I'm sick of this shit? If I tell you I'm somewhere I'm actually there."

"I know. I just guess I've never gotten over everything." Why was I saying these things?

"And that's just it you don't know how to let go of the past. You say you're over it or that you don't care but you can't fucking drop it." I was sobbing now. "God you're pathetic. This is what I'm talking about. You literally make me so angry. I can't focus on what I need to do because of you."

"Mark please don't say that." I barely managed to say. He scoffed and turned his back to me.

"You'll never change. You're anxiety is a nuisance and I can't deal with you constantly being anxious. You're absolutely unbearable and unlovable like this. I don't know why I kept coming back to you. You're manipulative and a liar" No that wasn't true. This wasn't real.

"Enough." I said wiping my eyes. "No more." I felt the mark on my neck burning. Aiden I need you is all I could think. I looked at Mark and mustered up what little courage I had. "This isn't real, this is nothing more than a dream of a memory. I don't give a flying fuck anymore. This night was the best night of my life because I finally became free from your bull shit and I met someone who actually values me. Get the fuck out of my dream!" I yelled. I felt a hand on my shoulder and turned to see Aiden. I buried my face in his chest and clung to him as he held me.

"I'm here baby." He whispered.

"You came. I was worried you wouldn't.Make it stop,please. I don't want to remember anymore." I watched as the world around us faded and we were back on the beach he usually had us at.

"Of course I came Letty. You called for me and I could feel your distress." He said pointing to his mark."

"I'm sorry you're probably exhausted. I just didn't know what to do. I don't want to remember that pain."

"Letty that pain led you to me. It's ok to remember it to learn from it. For example I learned first hand how much of an ass hole your ex is and....." His voice trailed off and his eyes darted around. Why did I smell smoke all of a sudden? He grabbed hold of my shoulders and looked at me concerned. "Letty I need you to wake up right now baby. Go outside and wait for me now. Don't ask questions just trust me." Before I could object the dream faded and I woke up gasping for air. There was smoke in the room and I couldn't figure out why. I grabbed a sweater and ran into the living room. Where was everyone? I didn't bother to think much but did as Aiden said to and ran outside throwing my sweater on in the process.

By the time I reached the front entrance of the dorm building Aiden was there and so was everyone who lived in the building. There were several fire trucks and fire fighters practically everywhere. I looked behind me and saw the top floor was on fire. Had Aiden sensed that? I didn't have time to think about it much because he was there pulling me down the stairs away from the building.

My friends were standing together looking panicky until they saw me. Had they forgotten I came home? What the hell was going on. How had Aiden gotten there so quickly. Teighlor rushed over and hugged me.

"Oh thank God. Were you in the dorm!" I nodded. They were all visibly intoxicated, they had forgotten I was there. Sam started to cry.

"I told you she had come back. Oh my God Letty we're so sorry. I shook my head.

"It's fine does anyone know what happened?" Amber shrugged.

"The girls above us said their microwave just exploded. Margret was rushed to the hospital and their curtains just caught on fire." Amber seemed the most calm. I looked around the crowd trying to find the girls who lived above us and that's when I saw her. A woman with bright red eyes was glaring at Aiden and I She looked visibly pissed off. My roommates were distracted by an emt who was checking to see if everyone was ok. I pulled Aiden closer to me.

"Yes love?" I tilted my head towards the woman."

"Look." I whispered. He turned and looked at the woman who was still visibly pissed off. He shook his head and sighed.

"I thought I saw her yesterday. I'll handle this." I grabbed his wrist before he walked away.

"Wait you know her?" He nodded.

"I'll explain later." I nodded and let go of him

"Miss do you have any injuries?" I turned to see the EMT behind me. I smiled and shook my head.

"No I'm fine thank you." I wasn't completely fine though. My throat hurt and I was freezing. The EMT walked away and started talking to a group of girls near by. I looked at my friends who were gushing about how hot he was.

"Wait why is Aiden talking to Vanessa?" Sam looked visibly concerned. Wait Vanessa? I looked over and sure enough the girl with red eyes was Vanessa. I hadn't recognized her before. Aiden looked pissed off as they talked. I wanted to wrap my arms around him and kiss him until he felt better. He walked back over to us and put his arm around me protectively.

"Well ladies it's late, they're not sure when they're going to let you guys back in so in the mean time you're all welcome to crash at my apartment." Sam shook her head.

"That's sweet of you Aiden but I'm going to go spend the night at my sorority."

"Yeah so are we." Teighlor said pointing to her and Amber who just nodded in agreement.

"Alright. Have a good night ladies. Come on Letty let's go get you warm." I nodded and he picked me up, I wasn't complaining because my feet felt like I stuck them in ice. I buried my face in his chest and inhaled gods scent deeply.

"So how do you know Vanessa?" I asked once we were far enough away from everyone. He looked at me confused.

"Vanessa?" I nodded.

"The girl you were talking to. She lives in the apartment above us. One of her roommates is in the same sorority as Sam."

"I see. Vanessa is not her real name." I looked confused.

"How do you know?" He shook his head. "Aiden tell me the truth right now." He looked down at me and looked sad.

"She's my ex girlfriend. Her real name is Astrid." Ex girlfriend? Now I really felt inadequate. Vanessa, or Astrid, was tall and thin with amazing curves, beautifully tanned skin and long black hair. She was gorgeous and I looked like a potato compared to her.

"Oh." I could hear the sales in my voice.

"We never did anything little one. She cheated on me with my brother Marcel." Is that what Diedritch had referred to earlier when he mentioned their brother Marcel?

"I see." I said still feeling a little sad.

"She saw me at that party that you and I started talking at and had been trying to contact me since but I've ignored her. I've seen her watching us several times. She's pissed off because she saw the mark when I brought you home tonight. She doesn't think you should bare my mark and asked for another chance." He said calmly.

"Oh." My chest tightened. Maybe she was right.

"Don't worry about her love. You bare my mark you are more then enough, she's just jealous. Don't pay her any attention though." It was hard not to.

"She won't try anything?" He shook his head.

"No because I told her if she did I would kill her." His words made my stomach sick. I didn't want him to hurt anyone. "She won't try anything you don't need to worry." He said after being silent for a while. I nodded and closed my eyes I was so tired.

I wasn't sure when we had gotten to his apartment but when I woke up I was in his bed curled up against his chest. I didn't want to move but I had to pee so bad.

I climbed out of bed as quietly as I could. I didn't want to wake him. He looked so peaceful when he slept. I silently crept to the bathroom to do what I needed to. After washing my hands and trying to hair down some I silently left the bathroom so I could join Aiden back in bed. It was no use though because he was wide awake and watching me as I walked out of the bathroom.

"Good morning beautiful." He said sitting up. I climbed back into the bed and laid my head on his chest. He wrapped me in his arms and I just wanted to go back to sleep.

"Shush I'm exhausted still." He chuckled.

"Go ahead baby go back to sleep. I'm gonna go to your dorm and get your stuff. Anything you want specifically?" I was too tired to think.

"My clothes, laptop, back pack. Idk what else I'm too tired to think." He laid me down on the pillows and kissed my fore head.

"It's ok dear I'll take care of it. You rest." I felt him slide out of bed and could hear him getting dressed. I would of loved to watch him dress but I started to fall back asleep. I had one hell of a night.

When I woke up there was no sign of Aiden. I was completely alone. Looking around I finally realized that the envelope from the night before was on his bedside table. It looked like it was already open. I grabbed it and decided to look at the invitation. It was thick a black card with gold lettering. On it was written Elias' 800th birthday celebration along with a date, time and place. So Elias was his fathers name. I made a mental note to ask him his families names when he came back.

My phone dinged dragging me out of my thoughts from last night. It was Aiden telling me my things were in the living room and that he wouldn't be back until later due to having some things to take care of. He told me the closet on the right side of the bed was for me and he left me breakfast and coffee in the kitchen. I texted him back saying ok and that I'd see him later then decided to get up.

Sure enough in the living room was my stuff. It wasn't a lot but basically everything I would need for my two week stay with him. I brought my back pack and stuff one by one into the bedroom.

I did my best to stay preoccupied through the day to help the time move quickly. I changed the sheets on Aidens bed and remade it. I put my stuff away. I vacuumed his entire apartment and moped all the non carpeted floors. I even washed his laundry for him. I just didn't want to leave and wanted him to hurry up and come back.

I raided his fridge and cabinets trying to think of what to cook us for dinner. I decided on lasagna. He had everything my dad used when he made it minus the noodles so I decided to fudge it and use spaghetti noodles to make spaghetti lasagna if that was a thing.

I was just finishing dinner and pulling the garlic bread out of the oven when he wrapped his arms around me. I leaned into him and smiled. He kissed the top of my head.

"You've been busy." He said with a chuckle. I shrugged.

"I was bored. I did your laundry by the way." He kissed me gently.

"That wasn't necessary baby but thank you." I nodded.

"Like I said I was bored. How was your day though?"

"It was annoying and boring at the same time."

"What did you do?" I asked grabbing two plates from his cabinet.

"Reaper stuff mostly. I had to inform everyone I had marked a mate finally and deal with all of that." I could hear the smile in his voice. I shook my head.

"No you didn't." He laughed.

"You're right. I was doing reaper stuff though. Mostly just checking in and letting the fates know I still wasn't resuming my duties. They understood and I of course did thank them for you." I blushed as I sat two plates on the table.

"What did they say to that?"

"They told me there was more to come so I better treat you well." I smiled. "That smells delicious what is it?"

"Lasagna spaghetti." I said laughing.

"Interesting combination." He said walking back into the kitchen. I heard him open something but I just sat down and waited for him. He placed a glass of wine in front of me and sat down to eat. He took a bite and looked at me. Did it not taste good? I took a bite myself and was confused because it tasted amazing.

"What?" I finally asked. He smiled.

"I was just thinking of something dear that's all." He continued to eat in silence. What was he thinking?

"Of What?" I asked between bites.

"Of how quickly I can have you naked and riding me." He said with a shrug. I nearly choked on my food.

"Finish eating then we can test that theory." I said with a smile.

When we finished dinner I went straight to Aidens room and took all my clothes off and waited for him on the bed. He came in, smiled at me and shook his head.

"Such a good girl, I didn't have to tell you to undress for me. Come here baby I want you to taste my dick before I put it in you." I did as he asked for once. I had been wanting him all day.

After two continuous hours of fucking he finally laid back trying to catch his breath. I laid my head on his chest and he held me to him. He took the condom off and threw it in the trash can on his side of the bed. I was sore but I wanted more. I stuck his dick in my mouth and started to suck on it again. He moaned and I knew he didnt want me to stop.

I positioned myself between his legs and continued to take as much of him into my mouth as I could. I increased my speed and suction a little and he moaned louder. He pulled himself out of my mouth and I looked up at him. He pulled me up in the bed and kept me on my knees. He sat behind me and inserted himself into me.

He pulled my hair and I gasped. I positioned myself Better to give him more of an angle and he began to fuck me harder and faster. He moaned loudly and stopped thrusting. I felt sore and sticky now. Oh shit.

"Fuck. I'm sorry baby. You were sucking on my dick so good I just couldn't resist taking you again and I forgot the condom" I rolled over onto my back. I wanted more of him in me. I kissed him hard and wrapped my legs around his waist while guiding him inside me.

"I want more daddy." I whispered in his ear. He growled and gave me what I asked for.

I eventually fell asleep after the fourth or fifth time he came in me. I didn't care that he had, I wanted to be with him always. I just hoped he felt the same. I couldn't imagine my life without him in it now that he was with me. I wasn't exactly sure what our future would hold but I didn't care as long as I was with him. The worse part would be telling my parents about him. What were we even at this point come to think of it? As I drifted off farther into sleep I made a mental note to ask him when I woke up.