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Chapter 20
Emma’s POV
This rower is the escape I have been waiting for. I am letting out more pent up sadness and anger than I realized I was holding. With each stroke, I feel more and more at ease. This is my new happy place! Even Mor likes the exertion.
Occasionally I glance around and see different pack members whispering and staring at me. I just stay focused on the rower. A song comes over the stereo. The beat is intoxicating. I find myself finding the same rhythm with the rower. I hear Zak yell out “guys, really? Disturbed?”. Disturbed? He is just about to change it when I yell, “Wait, Zak. Leave it”.
I get a lot of odd lo
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Liam’s POV I gently roll onto my side, pulling my mate into me so we’re facing one another on our sides. Kissing her gently, thumbing her marks. “Did that hurt you?”. She smiles, “if you couldn’t notice it was a huge turn on”. I blush. I did notice. She gently closes her eyes, clearly at peace. “Emma, baby… I want you to mark me”. Her eyes open widely. “But… if I mark you, you will feel my pain and my memories”, she looks down. Gently stroking her cheek, “I want to take that burden from you Emma. I don’t want you to carry that alone”. Her doe eyes start welling. Oh no, please don’t cry. I don’t think I can handle that. I slide up to a sitting position, my head leaning on the headboard. I motion for her to come up to me. She slides her legs on either side of me and curls in closely. “Emma, you are my mate. I am your mate. You can feel me, all of me. I want all of it”. “I want you to feel me too, I just wish I could leave out the bad parts”. Wrapping my arms aroun
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We both fell asleep in this position apparently. I wake up with the sound of exuberant knocking on the door. Emma’s head pops up, her hair adorably disheveled. “Relax baby, I locked it this time”. She giggles and slides onto her side, pulling the covers over her head. I slide under with her, “whatcha doing in here?”. She smiles at me, “I just never thought I could feel this happy”. The knocking persists. Dammit! “Don’t move”, I peck her lips. I slip out of the blanket, grabbing a pair of shorts off the floor. I look through the peephole. Oh god it’s Ruth. Without opening the door, “yes Ruth?”. Silence. “Oh god Liam, I don’t want to know what I interrupted but thank you for locking the door this time. Listen, I need your mate”. I glance over at Emma who is motioning to not open the door. “Sorry Ruth, she’s sleeping”. “Ugh, fine”. I jump back over on the bed, heading straight for the tickly parts of my mate. I hadn’t yet discovered them but apparently there were qu
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She starts kissing me violently. I can taste the recent wine and a hint of whiskey. She hooks her legs around my low back, pulling me into her. “Emma, baby… as badly as I want you, you are drunk”. She just smiles at me and starts ripping my shirt off. It felt wrong to be doing this with my drunk mate but she is quite persistent. She is lucid, clearly able to unbutton pants, maybe she isn’t that drunk after all. I stand up, pulling her up and throwing her over my shoulder. Gently setting her on the bed, she gets impatient and ripping my shirt off. Damn. “This is more like it Liam”. Kalen is clearly intrigued. She begins kissing my neck, sucking on my mark, making a path of kisses down to the waist on my jeans. She stands up, yanking them off. I pull her in and rip her shirt off. Her mood is contagious and is making me horny as hell. As I am kissing her neck, trying to undo her stupid bra, I end up tearing it off. I can’t get to her skin fast enough. Her scent is floodin
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Emma’s POV I blink softly. I think it’s morning. I have a slight headache but I remember all of the ‘events’ from last evening. I laugh to myself, Liam thought I was drunk. I gently touch his face with my right hand. He looks so peaceful. “I meant what I said, I love you Liam”. He opens his eyes, “you remember saying that?”. “Of course baby. I wasn’t really ‘drunk’ as you call it. I remember everything”. He looks at me slightly surprised. “You do? You were umm… slightly out of character”. Blushing, I bury my face in his chest. “It felt good”. He lets out a relieved giggle. “I felt a little bad participating because I thought you were wasted”. He’s such a sweetheart. “I will admit, I am quite thirsty. Do you have any glasses up here”. He slides out the side of the bed, going to a small fridge by the TV area. I can’t help but watch him move. His naked form, making my mouth water slightly. He sees me watching him. “See anything you like my love?”. Hands me a bottle
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Liam’s POV I hated that I had yelled at her like that. She scared the shit out of me. All I could imagine was her launching off the butte, out of control. Clearly she has more skill than that but I can’t risk her safety. “You need to apologize Liam”, Kalen scolds me. He’s never been one for rules or considerate of people’s feelings but he was right. We made our way back up to the room. Emma appeared slightly disappointed. Grabbing her shoulders, I turn her toward me. “Baby, I’m sorry I yelled at you. You were phenomenal, you really were. In normal circumstances I would be incredibly turned on by what you did but I have one of you. I would hate myself if I let you hurt herself on my watch”. She smiles at me which helps lick the wound I self inflicted. “I get it. I don’t know why I just took off like that. I guess it felt liberating”. I hug her, “how about this, we’ll practice in smaller spaces and when you’re ready I’ll let you rip?”. Her eyes light up. She really was
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