Chapter3

#Chapter3

Gemma

I’m standing over the most beautiful man I have ever seen in my life. The smell he has is making my mouth water, it is chocolate ice cream and strawberry shortcake. The two wolves in my head keep telling me he is my mate, but I am so confused at what that means. Since the night I turned, I have been questioning everything in my life. I found out that I was adopted, I know because I can smell my parents as just human and not biologically related to me. I have been trying to find any information about werewolves, but I couldn’t research anything that would lead me in any direction. I would have asked another wolf, but I was too embarrassed.

The man I now stand above has a black eye forming, but there is a big smile on his face now.

/"My mate has an awesome left hook,/" he says laughing and getting to his feet.

/"Mate?/" I ask him very confused.

/"She speaks,/" he says standing upright. The man is at least a foot taller than me, and he has to look down to me. He sighs, /"You don’t seem pleased that I am your mate./"

His voice rings in my ears like a beautiful song. /"I don’t know what that means./"

He gives me a questioning look before turning to look at a woman in the kitchen I didn’t notice before. Him looking at her sends a ping of jealousy in the pit of my stomach, and I can’t help but growl. He snaps back to me and smiles again.

/"Don’t like it when I look at her?/" he asks.

I raise my chin and huff; I then walk out of the apartment and down the hallway. I am only stopped when I feel a hand grasp my wrist and turn me. He is now standing there staring down at me once again.

/"I will mark you if I have to./" He leans down and very lightly brushes his lips against mine, but doesn’t kiss me. I feel shivers run down my spine from the contact.

/"I don’t know what that means,/" I say closing my eyes. I can feel his breath on my ear and then on my neck. He kisses my neck softly just above my collar bone and I shiver again. For some reason I want him to bite me right there and now. I open my eyes and look at his neck right at the base. I stare at one spot that looks mouthwatering to me and I lean in before I realize what I was doing. I lick him and I instantly come back out of my trance. I take a step back and he smiles.

/"I know what you want,/" he smirks. /"You want me, but you are trying to resist the bond./"

He takes a step forward and I freeze. I’m not scared of him, but I can feel he is trying to influence me in some way with fear. I narrow my eyes at him and the first thing I do is extend my knee right into his groin. He falls to the ground with a long exhale, followed by a grunt from his throat. I use that moment to run from him and out the building.

The sun has just settled past the trees and forest, which is where I run. I can feel him behind me and he is making ground. I don’t know how he was able to recover so quick, so I pick up the speed and try to lose him through the trees. I run a short while until I come to a lake with a small island in the middle. I remove my shoes and socks before diving into the cold water, it doesn’t bother me. I resurface and I hear rustling in the distance, and I turn to look. Bursting out of the trees is a large black wolf with fur that shines in the moonlight. His yellow eyes narrow on me and I see the wolf wags his tail. Both the wolves in my head begin to howl with excitement, it has to be him. The wolf steps forward and then his body snaps, just like the first time I turned. I see him contort and bend in the man who claims to be my mate.

/"You can’t run from me forever,/" he claims fully naked. /"The mate bond won’t let you./"

At the moment I look his body up and down and I instantly feel a warming sensation between my legs, even in the cold water.

He tilts his head to the left and smells the air. /"Turned on, are we?/"

How did he know? Well, I guess because he is a werewolf, he would know. I can smell his arousal as well, and knowing that makes me question if I want to really swim to the island or not.

/"Are you going to answer me?/" he asks walking to the spot where my shoes and socks are in the sand. He leans down and picks up my right sandal and admires it before taking a big whiff. He smiles,/" even your shoes smell like heaven./"

I turn from him and continue to swim towards the island. I hear a splash and I know he is coming again for me. I am about 30 feet from the island when I feel two strong hands grab my ankles, pulling me back and before wrapping his arms around my waist.

I realize at that moment I probably won’t be able to stay away from him, so I relax into his chest as a minor defeat to myself. He swoops me up into his arms before he stands waist deep in the water. Even though the he is naked and I am fully clothed, the little skin contact we have sends little jolts of electricity through my body. My skin starts to warm and I become flushed when he leans down and kisses me on the forehead. The small gesture puts my stomach in knots and I can feel my heart in my throat. Stormy and Blizzard are purring from the reaction.

/"My name is Orion, by the way,/" he whispers while wading through the water to the island.

I smile at the name and look up to him. /"The warrior of the stars./" He turns to me with a smile. His green eyes practically glow with the moon shining behind us. I notice the black eye I gave him is almost gone and he doesn’t seem at all upset about the kick from earlier. He takes the last step out of the water and stops. /"Gemma,/" is all I say before I feel his lips on mine.