MORDECAI
I awoke with my head pounding, my limbs feeling sluggish and heavy as I tried moving. My eyes listlessly looked from the black bed sheets over to Gideon who was shaking and sweating with his back to me. He had the sheets completely tossed off him and was stripped bare. I had to work hard, but eventually was able to touch his skin with the tips of my fingers.
MORDECAIBy the next day I had been scrubbed until it felt my skin couldn't take it anymore. They'd left me to bathe, only for Max to end up scrubbing me down a second then a third time. Elias ended up coming over to give me some ointment that was supposed to mask my smell, and brought Ashton and Mira with him.Mira had clung to his side like a lovesick puppy, and Ashton didn't stick around for long. The moment he stepped through the door he made a beeline for what I'd learned was Tempeste's bedroom. I found it odd, but chose not to comment. Instead I just chose to be happy my companions were enjoying the time they'd been in the pack.Everybody was friendly towards me. All
MORDECAI "Holy fuck, who did that?" Brody grilled me as I tried walking to class. Even after a day of healing my neck looked awful. Almost every inch of skin was covered in bruising. The back had clear fingerprints marks, and beneath my jaw were two from thumbs. "The old Alpha," I spoke quietly and tried ignoring everybody's stares. Ahren had taken it easy on me today, but Gideon's entire family was watching me like a hawk and I hadn't been able to talk to any of my friends until now. My heart ached everytime I thought about my mate. Today his emotions were a lot calmer and I wanted badly to just go sleep next to him to get some comfort. Gideon's family was doing a good job at making me feel at home, and Gerwulf had been banished from the house the remainder of my s
GIDEON"I've never... done this before," Mordecai spoke timidly and had me halting my actions. I pulled back, hitting the sheets and staring up at him. The bruise around his neck was starting to fade from the small magick I could conjure up to give him. Either training was rough or something bad happened.I needed to ask him with a clearer mind."Ever?" The simple question came out. My mind was shot and packed full of all the hedonistic things I wanted to engage in with the younger man.Mordecai hesitated before nervously smiling," I've never, uh... er-.... sex, yeah. Never h
MORDECAI The next morning I woke up with an ache on my chest, only to discover where Gideon bit me yesterday had bruised. I was disappointed to see he'd already left the bed and hurried to get showered to find where he'd gone. Opening the door, the smell of cooking food caught my attention. Dusk started pacing around and I practically ran my way down to the kitchen in excitement. Gideon was nodding his head, music playing loudly through speakers on the wall in the kitchen. He was in the middle of plating up food when I knocked on the door, and his head snapped to the side with an expression that would make somebody cower. I swallowed down the fear and gave him a half
MORDECAI"Remember, I'll be in the back if anything happens. Everything will be okay," Gideon had been reassuring me all throughout the car ride, and even more when we entered the dingy motel. I brought the fabric of the black shirt I was wearing up and took a deep inhale of my mate's sandalwood and smoke smell. Gideon had seen how nervous I was getting after Orion had arrived and found a shirt of his big enough I could wear."Let's just get this over with, so I don't have to see her again," I squeezed his hand, letting go so we could enter the room.My mother sat behind a very aged looking dark wood table. It was peeling up at the edges, showing just how cheap it was. The
GIDEON"We can take the northern border of Broken Springs if you hold down the southern. I know there's a lot of new trainees who are dying to actually do something," Alpha Ryder Sevilla sat in front of my desk, comfortably relaxing."That will work. We're about to put the beginners course on evening patrols, so I'll make sure to warn them to stay away from the Harvest Moon ruins. Wouldn't want them shitting their shorts seeing a fully transformed lycan for the first time," I snickered, making the younger man laugh."Your mate isn't going to be part of that patrol is he?" Quinn spoke up. He had been silently brooding from across the room during this entire meeting. Piper,
MORDECAIDusk was going berserk over the thought of Gideon having a she-wolf in the house. Once I calmed down I realized that this wasn't the scent of a wolf, but a fae.I felt terrible accusing Gideon of being unfaithful. The new wolf emotions mixing with mine were making me more impulsive and irrational over the smallest things. Brody, Caden, and Jennifer were all calling me hot headed at this point."Fuck," Gideon cursed, going through the arch of the living room that lead to the backyard and basement door. I never went this way after learning that Max lived down there when he was on pack grounds. I cautiously followed behind him, stepping over a pair of discarded trunk
MORDECAI"Sweetheart, I'll be fine," Gideon gently brushed his fingers across my cheek."Just needs a bit of time to rest up and he'll be good as new," Sadie smiled at me. She was a short dark red haired witch with amber eyes. Apparently her and the tall man called Finn were Gerwulf's parents. Finn looked nothing like his son, aside from his facial features. Both Gerwulf and Gideon inherited those looks. The blonde hair and pale green eyes skipped the generations.I frowned, clasping Gideon's hand in mine. Dusk's whimpers were echoing loudly within my mind. He'd passed out after diffusing the situation between his brothers. Elias and Max were perfectly fine, aside from som