Needing Tymarie

"I need you." Tymarie didn't know how else to put it as she reached for Ram's hand. "I need you to come to bed with me."

Flushed with frustration and shame, she could feel her cheeks redden as his eyes opened wide and he stood to his feet. Hand in hand, she led him back up the stairs and back into the bedroom. It was in there that she could finally begin to calm her nerves and ease the aches that had been throbbing inside her body for hours. The agony and pain had been so bad, that its absence now felt like ecstasy.

Tymarie pushed him down onto the bed and then flopped down beside him. She let out a loud sigh of relief as she finally found comfort. Just as she closed her eyes, Ram's hand landed on her stomach.

"Excuse you!" She smacked his hand.

"What?" Ram sat up in bed and looked down at her like she was crazy. "Girl, you are the one that woke me up and dragged me into bed with you."

"So?"

"So, you said you need me."

"I do."

"Well, I need you too." His hand went back to her stomach, and he leaned in to kiss her.

"I meant, I need you to sleep." She said.

"Okay, what the hell are you talking about? Why did you wake me and drag me up here in the middle of the night?" He scooted back on the bed until his back was against the headboard.

"How were you able to sleep?" She asked him. "I was in so much pain I could hardly walk down the stairs to get you."

"Why?"

"The bond, obviously." Tymarie sighed as she rolled over to her side to face him. "When you were down there, away from me, I started getting pains in my legs, my arms, my stomach, even my jaw. It was unbearable. As soon as I got closer to you, it went away. Didn't you feel it too?"

"No. Well, I don't think so." He said.

"What do you mean, you don't think? You either felt pain or you didn't."

"I kind of downed half a bottle of whiskey between sips of Iris's tea." He admitted as he shrugged. "I'm not sure I would've felt the pain if a train hit me a few hours ago."

He burped and then laughed as he found the situation amusing.

Great. This was the male she was now bonded to. Tymarie rolled her eyes and exhaled loudly.

"Well, maybe next time I will down half a bottle too, so I don't have to have you so close to me." She told him.

"I can go grab the bottle for you right now, and then I can go back to the couch." Ram started to get up, but she grabbed his arm and pulled him back to bed.

"No, please. Stay. It hurts too bad when you're not here." Tymarie begged. "I'm exhausted. And like I said, I need you."

"What was that again?" Ram seemed to be enjoying her plead for him.

"Don't be an ass." She let go of his arm and fell back down to her pillow.

Thankfully, he laid back down beside her and she didn't have to beg him again.

"Didn't you know there would be consequences to forcing a bond? Haven't you heard the stories?" Ram asked her.

"Our pack doesn't like for us to talk about forbidden ways, like forcing a blood bond, but you know people talk anyway." She said. "So, I heard stories when I was a child, but they were more like ghost stories told around the campfire at night. Some said that you had to have a full moon or else you'd both go blind during the force. Another story claimed if it went bad, you'd both light up in flames and disappear into ashes. I never took them too seriously. I just thought they were stories told to scare children into never messing with the bond. But one day, I was playing hide and seek with my sisters and I snuck into my father's office. I found an old book that told of our ancestors and old ways. I was young, and mainly just thought the pictures looked cool, but I stole the book and hid it in my bedroom."

"Such a rebel." Ram sarcastically said.

"Yeah, well, sorry I'm not as cool as you and your rebel pack." She rolled her eyes. "Anyway, I forgot about the book until a few months ago when I was cleaning out my closet." Ram raised his brow at her. "Okay, my maid found it when she was cleaning out my closet and I decided to read it. I read about a lot of the old ways, and I saw the forced blood bond in there. It had full directions, in detail. I never thought I'd actually use the information in there. I honestly just was hoping to find some kind of ancient remedy for skincare or something useful like that, but lucky for you I found the blood bond instead."

"Lucky me." He sighed.

"It saved your life." Tymarie reminded him. "Is it really that bad for you to be bonded to me? Are you having any bad side effects, like my pains?"

"I'm having a few…issues." Ram stared up at the ceiling, avoiding eye contact.

"What kind of issues?" She pressed him.

"Nothing I can't handle."

"Is it hair loss, because the book mentioned something about males losing hair."

"It's not that."

"Oh, is it a rash? I read about some pretty gnarly bumps and warts. Although, you may have had those already."

"Stop. It's nothing like that." Ram got defensive as he motioned for her to stop guessing what issues he may have. "It's just urges."

"Oh, my. Sexual urges?" Tymarie loved that as she drilled him about it, he blushed. It was amusing for her to see such a big rough and tough man get shy about his feelings.

"I'm sure your book mentioned those as well." He told her.

"Nope." She smiled at him, savoring the power she seemed to be holding over him at that moment. "Just the normal bond desires."

"And you don't have any strong desires?" He finally looked into her eyes. She wanted to tease him and deny her feelings, but if his urges were anything like the pain she had when he wasn't near her, it would be cruel to lie.

"I have some…urges," Tymarie admitted. "And I get it, they suck."

Ram looked away from her and seemed angered suddenly.

"Of course, you'd never be attracted to someone like me without a forced bond." He claimed.

"Someone like you?" She questioned.

"Well, it's no secret how you upper packs look at us lower packs. But even if you got passed that, I doubt a rich beautiful girl like you would date a male that looks like me." Ram pointed to his scarred face.

Her heart stung a little as she realized he thought she'd never find him attractive. Yes, the scar on his face was big and intimidating, but it didn't turn her completely off. Sure, Ram was different than the males that Tymarie usually went for, but she'd also never been around anyone like him.

"That's not true." She argued. "I am attracted to you."

"Only because of the bond." He said.

"No, it's not just that. I saw you out front of the ceremony. I…well…I thought you were sexy the first time I saw you." Tymarie confessed. Now she was the one blushing. She wasn't sure why she was telling him all this, but she assumed it had something to do with the forced bond. It was making them open up to each other in ways she would've avoided before.

"You thought I was sexy?" Ram rolled over towards her and she could feel his emotion from the bond, desire.

"But you stared at me like you hated me." She told him.

"No, I stared at you like you were the most beautiful female I'd ever seen," Ram said.

Tymarie felt flutters between her legs as her own desires sparked up. Ram's brow raised and she knew he felt her emotions and knew she was having her own sexual urges for him. She wanted to beg him to mark her right then and there, but once a male marked a female, they were marked for a long time and every other wolf could sense it. It was different than the bond. Bonding only happened once in a lifetime with a mate, and it wasn't something you could choose unless you forced the blood bond like Tymarie and Ram. But any male could mark any female, even by force. It was territorial and possessive, but the thought of Ram claiming her as his that way turned her on.

"And now I'm yours." Tymarie couldn't control her thought from leaving her mouth.

"Mine?" He reached out and pulled her towards him. His hands were rough on her skin, but she like the way they felt as he gripped her arms.

"Do you no want me to be yours?" She began slowly pulling up the t-shirt she was wearing over her hips. She was only wearing underwear under it, and his eyes widened as the shirt inched its way over the panties and then her belly. "Am I not yours?" She asked him seductively.

Ram quickly flipped her over onto her back, with himself hovering over top of her. She moaned as he pressed his hardness against her.

"Tell me your mine again." Ram leaned it and licked her neck before grazing his teeth over her skin and kissing it softly.

"I'm yours." Tymarie grabbed his hair and pulled his head back away from her. She went into to kiss him but instead bit his bottom lip playfully. Ram growled with a sexual hunger that would only be filled by her.

"Say it again." He ripped the t-shirt she was wearing in half, exposing her almost naked body below him. Excitement rippled through Tymarie as she wrapped her legs around his waist and pulled him closer to her.

"I'm yours." She whispered into his ear before nibbling on it and then dashing her tongue across his earlobe. Ram's lips met hers and her whole body ignited with passion as they kissed.

A loud knock echoed through the room as someone interrupted them.

"Fuck." Ram growled, but this time it was anger not desire that caused it. "This better be important." He called out to whoever was on the other side of the door. He then kissed Tymarie's forehead. "Stay right here, don't move."

"Don't be too long." She teased him as he jumped out of bed and stomped madly to the door.

"What the hell do want?" Ram cursed as he opened the bedroom door.

"Alpha, we have a problem." Payne was at the door.

"Take care of it. I'm busy." Ram went to shut the door, but his Beta put his foot there to stop him.

"The male and female just escaped," Payne said.

"You've got to fucking kidding me!" Ram slammed his first into the wall, punching a hole into it.

Startled, Tymarie jumped and accidentally let out a loud gasp. Ram looked over at her as though he had forgotten she was there and was now irritated to see her, it was hardly the hungry eyes he'd had for her just seconds before.

"Our guys are out searching for them now, but we both know that you and I are the best hunters." Payne handed him a piece of black material. "Here's the girl's scent."

Ram took the material from his Beta and then nodded.

"I'll meet you downstairs." He told him before slamming the door.

Tymarie watched Ram carefully as he went over to the window and stared out at the Moon in frustration. He sat the piece of material down on his dresser and then walked past the bed, not saying a word to her.

"Is everything alright?" Tymarie asked him as he went towards the bathroom.

"It's fine. Go to sleep." He went into the bathroom and closed the door.

Curious as to what was going on, Tymarie crept out of the bed and went to the window to look outside. There were lots of males from Ram's pack roaming the backyard, most were in their wolf form. It was clear from the conversation that she overheard that his pack had been holding someone against their will there but seemed that two people had escaped. Tymarie thought about herself and the fact that she had been taken there as a prisoner as well, even if her father had given her to Ram as part of a deal, and even if she had become connected to Ram. His pack was known for doing shady and horrible things.

She noticed the piece of black material on the dresser and couldn't help herself. With Ram finishing up in the bathroom, Tymarie decided to take a whiff of the scent.

Tyla!

The material was a ripped piece of her sister's dress and had her scent all over it. Right then, Ram opened the bathroom door and entered the bedroom.

"My sister!" Tymarie screamed at him. "Where the hell is my sister?"

"Calm down." He told her. "Just let me explain."

"You better not have hurt Tyla!" She warned him. "I swear, I will kill you even touched her."

"We didn't hurt her, but I need to find her now." He headed to the bedroom door, but Tymarie grabbed him and shoved him.

"No, let her go!" She pushed him but he barely budged.

"Damn it, I don't have time for this." Ram continued to the door.

"I hate you!" Tymarie began hitting him. "I hate you so much!"

Ram turned and grabbed her wrist.

"Enough." He yelled at her. "Just wait here for me. I'll explain everything when I get back."

"You kidnapped my sister, what is there to explain?" Tymarie pulled her arms away from him and then slapped him hard across the face.

Ram's eyes began to glow, and a loud growl came from his chest. He picked her up and tossed her onto the bed like she was nothing but feathers.

"Stay here and be quiet." He demanded.

Rage heated through Tymarie's body as she glared at the male she was now bonded to.

"I hate you!" She screamed at him as he headed out of the bedroom. "I will never be yours! Never!"