Joseph

"what type of deal?", Ariel's face full of curiosity.

Eric grinned before kissing her passionately, his hands roaming across her back resting on her waist.

Eric broke the kiss and whispered in a deep voice. " Everytime you make me jealous I get to..", Eric's breath tickled her ears.

"you get to..", Ariel panted.

"I get to leave my mark on you", Eric's eyes shining brightly.

"But I already have your mark on me", Ariel laughed.

"One isn't enough to keep these guys away from what's mine." Eric continues to kiss her.

He picked her up in bridal style and slowly walked towards the bed gently placing her down, he hovered her staring into her eyes. "I love your eyes especially from this close."

"huh" Ariel was confused. "I can see my reflection in them", Eric kissed them one by one. He kissed her forehead followed by her nose, cheeks and corner of her mouth.

After staring intently he nibbled on her bottom lip biting lightly. He looked back at Ariel who was blushing intensely.

"feeling embarrassed love?", Eric teased.

"I... You.. Stop teasing me.", Ariel exclaimed.

Eric chuckled before bringing her hands to his lips, trailing kisses from her hand to her arm to her neck.

Ariel moaned softly turning him on. Eric was about to take it further but Ariel stopped him. "We are leaving tomorrow, you should get some rest."

"This won't tire me", Eric reconnects their lips. His joined their hands and placed them above her head.

Ariel tried to free herself but failed due to Eric's strong grip. She used her knee to slightly stroke his member, taking him by surprise, his grip loosened and Ariel took that to her advantage, she switched their position so that she was now on top, her knees straddling his waist.

Her eyes shone as a smirk made it's way to her lips. She traced the curves on Eric's face trailing it down from his neck to his abs. She sucked his neck leaving a dark hickey. She licked his neck followed by his earlobe.

Eric pulled her away looking in her eyes before pulling her in for a kiss. Ariel placed her hands on his chest breaking their kiss. She moved slightly grinding against his member causing him to moan on sudden sensation.

Ariel felt him swell against her core a evil smile played on her lips and she kissed him deeply her hand stroking the hem of his pants.

Once she heard him moan she abruptly broke the kiss and ran towards the door locking it from outside. Eric stared dumbfounded at the closed door. He rushed towards the door and harshly pulled the handle till he heard the giggles of his mate.

"Ariel love open the door, how can you leave me after getting me this high?" Eric begged.

"I told you we can't, it was you who insisted." Ariel's voice came in a little whisper.

"Open the door love, I promise I'll just cuddle nothing more". Eric tried to reason.

"I highly doubt it, I'm sleeping in guest room." Ariel left smiling to herself.

In the middle of night Ariel felt the covers shift as Eric climbed on her bed moving closer and holding her. " Who opened the door at this time?". Ariel asked realizing that it was already 3am.

" I couldn't sleep without you so I broke the door and came out to cuddle with you." Eric slightly wet hair tickled her neck as he nuzzled her neck taking in her scent.

" you took a shower at this time?" Ariel asked a little surprised.

"you left me no choice love, I had to take one to calm myself." Eric relaxed a little as he pulled Ariel closer to his chest.

Next morning all the pack members gathered around to bid their farewell. " I have raised my boy with love and care, I hope that you'll take good care of him, be patient with him if he ever throws a tantrum", Brian whipped off a fake tear.

Chelsea pinched Brian's cheeks making him wince in pain desperately trying to pull away. "Ignore him, but please take good care of him, he likes to keep things to himself I hope that you'll be patient and understanding". One by one everyone came and asked Ariel to take care of their alpha.

Ariel suddenly felt as if she has married the most beloved princess of a kingdom and these people were sending her off with a heavy heart.

Ariel extended her hand and said jokingly " my lady", Eric shoke his head still taking her hand and walking towards the car.

After a few hours they reached the palace. Jackson was the first one to welcome them " Finally you're back, Alan was trying to kill me with all the workload, now I can have some peaceful time with my mate", he whined.

"Aren't you ashamed of yourself? A student in primary does more homework than your workload", Alan joined.

"You took care of everything with the pack?", Alan went to his business mode.

Eric nodded as Alan continued " I have prepared everything for the annual ball, I think introduction ceremony at the beginning would be more appropriate."

Ariel and Alan were discussing the details while Eric was in deep thought, never did he ever imagined a life like this, would the vampires accept him after what his pack did to their former king.

A sudden noice caught the attention of everyone. A lean man with light blue hair complementing his deep blue eyes, a chiseled face and youthful charm was standing beside a broken vase.

"I swear this was an accident", he looked at Ariel with a sheepish smile.

Ariel ran towards him and held him in a tight hug causing him to stumble a little. He chuckled before placing a kiss on the top of her head.

Eric's eyes narrowed down on him as Jackson rushed to introduce them. "This is Joseph, our butler, even though he looks like an idol but he's 256 year's old, so don't worry about him."

"And you must be Eric", Joseph extended his hand. Eric stared at it for a while before shaking it lightly.

"What suddenly brings you here? I thought you were on a trip with your beloved." Alan pulled him.

Eric relaxed after hearing that Joseph has a beloved.

"about that, I was summoned by the elders they want to meet him", Joseph pointed nonchalantly at Eric.

"What do they want? They won't kill him right? They rarely meet anyone, they are not going to break the bond and send him back?", Jackson blurted all sorts of things making Eric stiff.

"Just act calm, don't answer anything about your bond, don't agree to any of their deals, you'll be fine", Alan instructed.

Eric was really confused, from what he heard the elders were oldest vampires who usually kept to themselves.

The only occasion that made them act was the assassination of former king, he knew that they will never approve of him but killing him would be taking it too far.

The best they could do would be manipulating him or compelling him to break the bond, but he already marked Ariel, there's no way that they are unaware of that.

Then what exactly do they want from him?

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