Chapter 2: Promises

Stephanie

As terrified as I was for this night, Will has done everything possible to make me forget anything but him. I wasn’t sure what to expect on my marking and mating night, I just knew that, for me, it was important that I saved myself for my mate.

Will told me he’d only been with enough women to make sure he knew what he was doing. Now I wonder what the number is, because Holy Mother Moon Goddess, this man’s mouth is something otherworldly.

While my body is still riding the high of the incredible orgasms he’s given me, he kisses me unlike I’ve ever been kissed before. Somehow, tasting myself on his tongue and smelling myself on his face makes everything feel more intimate.

And then, I feel his very large length pressing against my entrance.

“Are you ready to be mine forever?” he growls. When I look into his eyes, I can see just how much he’s struggling for control. His normally pale blue eyes are dark, closer to sapphire in color, letting me know that Virion is right at the surface.

I’m not sure he realizes that his body is shaking with the force of his control, control he’s maintaining so he doesn’t hurt me. If I wasn’t already in love with him, that would have put me over the edge.

“Yes. Make me yours, Will.”

He begins slowly sliding inside me, so very slowly. Even with this pace, he’s so large that it quickly becomes uncomfortable for me.

“Relax. It will be easier if you relax,” he whispers.

His forehead is against mine, and his mouth is hovering over my liips. His body is still shaking as he fights to maintain this slow pace. His eyes are closed as if he’s barely maintaining this tight control of himself.

‘He was made for us, Steph. Just relax as he said. We will tear, but I’ll heal us quickly,’ Ema says.

So, I do what my mate and wolf suggest and I relax.

“That’s my girl,” he purrs, when he feels my body relax.

I don’t know why his gentle approval makes me feel so good, but it does.

I close my eyes and take deep breaths as he slowly slides in and out of me, letting him stretch me and letting Ema heal me when I tear.

When he stops, I open my eyes and look at him. His teeth are clenched and his body is rigid with the force of his control.

“Why did you stop?” I ask.

“I’m all the way in,” he growls. “I’m giving you time to adjust to me.”

I tilt my chin and kiss his lips. His eyes flash open.

“Ema has already healed me, my lover. Don’t stop now.”

“Oh, thank the goddess!” he growls, then begins moving in and out of me again.

It takes a few times for me to adjust to the feeling of having his large, hard length stroking in and out of me, but the stretch, the fullness of having him inside, and his movements along with his mahogany and spice scent surrounding me, are making my body hum with pleasure.

I lift my legs, wrapping them around his waist and the shift in position allows him to go even deeper.

“Oh goddess, Will,” I moan.

“That’s right gorgeous. You were gifted to me by the goddess, and I was gifted to you. I promise we will have a good life together. Tonight is just the first of many beautiful nights in what I hope will be a long, happy life together,” he says, as his thrusts start to come faster.

“Yes,” I gasp.

My senses are overwhelmed. Will is everywhere, inside my body filling me in a way I never knew I needed, inside mind filling my head with thoughts of us together like this forever, and inside my heart, telling me how wonderful he wants our life to be. I honestly don’t know what I did to deserve a man like this, but I am not one to waste the gifts I receive in my life.

“I promise, I will always be a good mate to you and a good Luna to our pack,” I say, holding his gaze.

He growls, then takes my mouth in a dominant, greedy, passionate kiss.

I can feel my body building to that perfect release. Each time he snaps his hips against me the pleasure inside me builds. Just before I fall over the cliff, my claws extend and I rake them down his back.

He growls more loudly and pulls away from me, his eyes nearly black with his desire for me.

“Come for me, my perfect mate, woman who owns my heart, and will soon complete my soul.” His voice is thick with Virion’s presence. “Then I will put my mark on your neck and make you mine.”

His words, his scent, his body stroking mine into a frenzy combine to push me over the edge.

I scream as shockwaves of pleasure explode in my body. I lift my chin as my body contracts around him, drawing him into me, encouraging him to join me in this ocean of ecstasy.

He growls loudly just before I feel his canines graze against my marking spot.

“MINE!” he snarls possessively before I feel the sting of his teeth, sinking into my neck.

“WILL!” I scream again, as another, even more powerful wave of pleasure explodes inside me.

I cling to him as my body jerks with the force of my orgasm. I feel my own canines extend as Ema pushes forward even more.

“MINE!” she growls, just as possessively as Virion, before sinking her canines into his marking spot.

Will roars against my neck as his body jerks with his orgasm. I feel the warm jets of his cum as he explodes inside me.

The moment his blood touches my tongue, our mate bond snaps into place. His emotions come rushing into me, passion, pride, happiness, excitement, and so much love. He pours his love into me; a love filled with the commitment that he made about our perfect life together.

I cling to him as I return that love, happiness, and pride that I’m mated to a man like this, a man who values the mate bond as much as I do.

We stay connected for hours while our greedy wolves milk their venom into our systems. When they are finally satisfied, we pull our canines from each other’s necks, licking the wounds closed.

“I love you,” he murmurs, running his nose over my jaw to my mouth.

“I love you.”

He kisses me slowly this time. It feels as if we’re sealing our commitment to each other, confirming our bond, and promising to love each other for the rest of our lives.

When he pulls away from the kiss, he rubs his nose against mine.

“That was the most beautiful thing I’ve ever experienced in my life,” I say, my voice thick with emotion.

“I think it will only get better as our bond strengthens over time,” he says softly.

“I feel so lucky to have you as my mate,” I say.

“I’m the lucky one,” he murmurs, sliding out of me.

I feel the loss of his body in mine instantly.

He chuckles, his mind already so intune with mine that he felt my emotion.

“My greedy Luna needs to soak after that. I know you said Ema healed you, but our wolves took their time filling our bodies with their scent. I’m not complaining, I love that I now carry part of your scent in me, and I DEFINITELY love that you carry my scent in you. But that was your first time, and I intend to prove to you from the very beginning that I will be a good mate to you.”

He lifts me into his arms and carries me into the bathroom. He sits on the edge of the tub, holding me in his lap while he turns on the taps and waits while the water warms.

While he’s focused on the water, I begin kissing his neck, licking his fresh mate mark and making his body shiver. I feel him going hard underneath me, and I smile as I kiss my way up his neck before nipping his chin.

His hands begin stroking my body and we kiss slowly and deeply while we wait for the tub to fill.

“Goddess, I could kiss you forever,” I say as he lifts me again before getting into the tub. He sits down, then settles me between his legs.

He grabs a washcloth and begins gently washing my body.

“That’s good to hear because I love kissing you. I don’t care who sees me showing you how much I love you. I hope that won’t bother you. I intend to kiss you long and often, regardless of who is around.”

“As long as you don’t care if I do the same,” I say, settling against him.

We stay like that until the water begins to cool, then he lifts me out and wraps a towel around me, drying me, before carrying me back to bed.

“Damn, I could get used to this,” I chuckle.

“Good. This is how I’ve always imagined treating me mate. You are the queen of my heart and I intend to show you and treat you like you are every day.”

I take his face in my hands as he lays me on the bed. “Could you be any more perfect?”

“As long as I’m perfect for you, that’s all that matters.”

I think he thought I would be ready to curl up and go to sleep after that, but I’m an Alpha female and I’m as possessive as any Alpha, possessive and greedy.

I already can’t get enough of my mate. I want more and I'm not going to waste our first night together on sleep.