Undenying truth

"What have you just said?" she couldn't resist saying it aloud, and I heard uneasiness on the other side of the phone.

"Did I just hear her voice?" Mark asked, definitely talking about Letty. She was staring at me and I knew Mark is waiting for any piece of information why he heard her voice so close to me. It's not like I was hiding anything about us, I just wanted to keep my private life private.

"I'll explain in a second, Mark," I said, then turned to Letty, putting the phone aside, "The forbidden forest belongs to your father. You are his only child, so the intention of the so-called Alpha of those strangers can be explained only by his desire in having your father's Pack territory. He thinks marrying you will help him with that."

"And it won't?" she asked, getting the point of my words too quickly.

"It won't. I'll explain later why okay?" I said in a calm voice, but I wanted to please her to let me explain it later. Likewise, I didn't want to tell it having Mark on the other side. However, I'm sure he knows the other side of this coin.

"Sure," she said and turned away, drinking tea. I put the phone back to my ear, "I'm with Letty from yesterday's morning. We went for breakfast in the city, then she…"

"You went for a date?" He almost screamed at the phone. I cough.

"Is it that weird?" I asked, slightly annoyed. Letty chuckled, then turned to me, curious about what Mark will say.

"No, sure, no mate. It's just weird to hear, as far as I remember, that you haven't told us about any dates with girls." Mark came closer to the topic, I never started with them. The problem is… they don't know about her mark on my neck. They never noticed it as it was hidden under the shirt collar.

"I didn't, as my mate was missing," I said in a bit rough voice to cut out that topic. Mark got it from my voice tone, cleared his throat loudly, and I heard the rustling sound of someone turning the papers into a notebook.

"You mentioned previously about the camp. Any new details?" He switched out the topic completely.

"Not for now. I was quite busy helping Letty with her transformation. I'll turn to that question tomorrow and will update you as soon as possible. And please, tell it out to Victor," I looked at Letty who was getting bored. She put her head to the table, drawing something with her finger on the table, "Sorry dude, gotta go. Will call you in a while."

I turned off the call and put the phone back in my pocket, then put my finger on her backbone and stroked it from up to down. Letty immediately straightened up and turned to me. Her blue eyes were curious. I smiled.

"Any questions?"

"You haven't told them about my mark on your neck?" I tried to figure out her own emotions on that question, but failed, so I went deep inside her mind. It took me a second to read her thoughts.

{Letty, don't be stupid. He waited for you all three years, and you're suddenly angry about him not telling the truth to his friends about you marking him? What would you say if the one who marked you was missing?}

"I haven't. It would awake a lot of questions, and I wasn't in a mood to answer them," I said in a calm voice. Her cheeks turned pink.

{Now he's upset. Great job!}

"I'm not upset as far as you're with me, girl." I stroked her cheeks, then suddenly put a hand on her neck, brought her closer to me, and kissed her with all the passion I was hiding for all those three years. It hit me as suddenly that I didn't even have time to react.

She was amused. Shocked. Then, she turned to me, wrapped my neck with her hands, and kissed me back, opening her mouth. I felt arousal filling every cell in my body, and I couldn't resist it. I put my hands on her hips and pressed her tightly to myself, lifting her skirt a bit.

Her cheeks blushed harder, but instead of pushing me away, she wrapped my neck tighter, and pulled me to herself, deepening the kiss. I felt my own tongue wandering in her mouth, then her tongue fighting with mine and my mind go blank. The desire for her was so strong that I couldn't control it.

My lips unintentionally broke off our kiss, and moved down, kissing her neck. Letty hugged me tightly, and I felt a moan fall off her lips. In any other way, it would provoke me on going further, but this time it made me stop and think rationally for a moment.

Then, I looked into her eyes and saw the reflection of my own eyes in hers, and they were amber. It was a trigger for me to get back and take control of my body and mind. I pushed the wolf aside with his desires and instincts. It's not the right time. Still too early.

"Letty… wait…," I broke the kiss and slightly pushed her from me, but not too far away. Her own eyes were amber, too. We both lost control and I know the origin of those feelings.

Our hearts were beating so fast that there was no other sound in the kitchen except our bouncing hearts. In a second, her eyes turned blue, and she turned into a red lobster. I felt my cheeks turning pink too.

"Oh my… I'm sorry Aiden… I…"

"It's my fault. I'm sorry. I lost control…" I sighed, then put my head on her shoulder, and felt her hugging me tightly, then put her head on mine.

"Shh…"

Her hug was calming down me and my emotions. I still felt very sorry for what happened, but as she said, "saying sorry for the things we can't control due to animal instincts is ridiculous", I remained silent.

🌠 🎀 ~𝐿𝑒𝓉𝓉𝓎~ 🎀 🌠

I don't know for how long we were sitting like this, but I didn't even care. It was very clear to me why he feels sorry for what happened, but it is a part of us we can't control. So, in a while, I straightened up, slipped off his knees, and put my dress down. Aiden looked at me.

"Can you tell me more about the claiming marks? I haven't read about that in the books," I asked, and went out to the balcony. He followed me, pressed his back to the railings, and crossed hands on his chest.

"Sure. There are different types of claiming marks. The main one is the one you put on me. Those marks are called "Mating marks". They are put as soon as two werewolves figure out they are mates, so destined to be together. If both of them agree to be mates, they put marks on each other's necks. Those we haven't completed." Aiden looked at my neck, probably at the area where my mark was supposed to be, then looked back into my eyes. "There are also marks that indicate your status. However, Alpha wolves rarely need any indications, as their status and rank are felt and heard. However, we do put marks on females, but males get tattoos. The one you saw on my chest confirms my Alpha status."

"And in other Packs?"

"For some time they were putting marks, but to indicate the status, they need to make tattoos. So, in a while, they started doing as we do — just tattoos. However, each Pack has its own place." Aiden looked at me, then suddenly took a pack of cigarettes out of his pocket, then took out one, hid the pack back, and lit the cigarette. He inhaled the smoke and looked at me.

"You said, if both werewolves agree to be mates, they put marks on each other. So, it means, if you don't want to have this werewolf as your mate, you can not agree to be mates?" I asked, being a little amused. I thought there was no way out if you were already destined to be together.

"You can reject the werewolf who was chosen as your mate and get a new one. That's why I haven't told you a lot about us. I thought you'd want to change a mate. I didn't want to force you to be my mate. Actually, I thought, there in Dallas you found someone…"

"What? No, no I mean there were good boys, but…," I felt my cheeks turning pink, "I saw you each night in my dreams. I always had you in my head, so… It was hard to find someone else…"

I look up at him, seeing his eyes lighting up.

"So, I was always the only one?"

His question made me turn red from head to toe.