You Rejected Me. Remember?

Cade made sure that no one was around as he sneaked into the packhouse from the back door. He crept inside and dashed up the flight of stairs. Holding his breath, he ran towards their room which was a short distance away. He was sure that they were safe. No one saw them.

“We’re almost there…” he gasped as he approached their room. He knew the door would be locked, so he placed Monica on the floor so that he could use the extra key he hid under the carpet to open the door.

Shaking in excitement, he took the key and inserted it into the keyhole when they heard a gasp from the distance.

“Oh my God! Cade?”

Cade felt as though he might rather disappear from plain sight. That was undoubtedly his sister. She caught them red handed. He quickly unlocked the door and grabbed Monica as he dashed inside before slamming the door shut.

“She saw us!” Monica felt her face heat up.

“We are not hearing the end of this,” Cade g*****d, face-palming himself.

Monica giggled when she saw how embarrassed her mate was.

“I mean…this isn’t the first time she saw me nude, but I’m damn sure that she would understand what happened between us,” he scratched his head.

Monica shrugged her shoulders. “Well, everyone will understand that it should happen between mates, right?”

Cade glanced at her. Her cheeks were tinted a light shade of pink and a bashful smile decorated her lips. Her wide eyes sparkled as she stared intently at him. Cade felt his embarrassment melt away. His gaze shifted towards the mark on the crook of her neck and his lips stretched in a smirk.

Making eye contact with her, he tucked the strands of hair off her face. He then slowly ran his fingers down her neck and traced the mark, making her hiss.

A shiver ran down her spine, making the hair on her skin rise. An immense feeling of pleasure travelled throughout her body, making her knees go weak. Her chest heaved as her breathing hitched and her racing heart made it worse. Her emotions were all over the place and she didn’t know how to control them.

Cade knew what was happening to her. His face remained void as he kneaded one of her breasts with one hand as he pulled her body closer to her.

“You’re right. They should understand that it will happen…”

His throaty whisper made Monica gulp.

“C.. Cade…” she gasped.

“Hmm.”

He lowered his head so that he could sniff her hair and pepper k****s on her soft skin. He deliberately ran his tongue over his mark, making her m**n.

“Cade,” she whimpered.

“Yes, baby. Say my name,” he whispered into her ears, making her shudder.

A new, and alluring scent hit Cade’s nostrils making his senses go haywire. He paused whatever he was doing with his hands to inhale the enchanting scent. The more he inhaled the aroma, the more he desired it. The new scent was slowly pulling him into a trance.

“Mate!” He heard Aspen growl in his mind. “Mate needs us!”

Cade’s eyes dilated and his mouth watered. Yes, his mate needs him. He slowly touched her ladyhood, only to find it soaking. Licking his lips as he played with her, he looked right into her eyes.

“What do you want?” He whispered, yet all Monica could do was m**n in pleasure.

“Tell me!” He demanded.

“You…I need you….Cade… I need my mate…” she managed to breathe out in between her gasps of breath.

The scent that had been pulling him into a reverie took over his senses. And soon they were once again lost in their world of l**t and love.

“I love you, Moni,” Cade whispered as he gasped for breath, after several rounds of lovemaking. Smiling in contentment, she snuggled close and sighed.

“I love you too, Cade,” she replied and closed her eyes.

“We better take a bath before anything else. I’m starving,” he breathed out.

Giggling, “me too. But I seriously want to stay in bed. My limbs are begging me to rest,” she replied.

“I can bring us food into the room,” Cade suggested. Monica’s face lit up.

“That would be great!” She exclaimed.

“But we need to clean ourselves,” Cade stood up from the bed. Without saying anything else, he scooped Monica up in his arms, making her yelp in surprise.

“I don’t think you can walk after all that,” he smirked. “So let me carry you. The warm water should relax your muscles to some extent,” he mumbled and carried her towards the bathroom.

They spent time washing their bodies, teasing each other while they were at it. After spending a fun time in the bath, they dressed themselves up before contacting Calli.

“Sissy, can you send us our lunch to the room please?” Cade told her.

“Why? Too exhausted to walk to the dining room after all that s*x?” She snorted. Cade flinched. He knew she would try to use this chance to tease him.

“Aw, come on,” he chuckled through their link, smiling in contentment.

“Sorry, just teasing you a bit. Sure, I’ll ask one of the maids,” Calli replied.

Cade’s eyes shifted towards the soiled sheets of the bed. Scratching the back of his head, he gulped.

“Uh…and we need a change of sheets too,” he said, and this time he couldn’t prevent the b***d from rushing to his face.

He heard his sister suppress a laugh before she replied.

“Sure little bro,” she smugly replied. ” I’ll send them,” she paused for a little while.

“Did you mark her?” She suddenly asked, taking Cade by surprise.

“Huh? Yeah…” he didn’t expect her to ask him that.

“Good. Because if you didn’t mark after all that, that’s going to be so weird,” she mumbled. “You guys were so loud!!!” She finally exclaimed and Cade could imagine how she would be smirking at him.

Groaning loudly, “don’t you have any duties to attend to? Maybe Astrea needs you,” Cade replied.

Laughing, “sure, I’ll leave you alone. The food and new sheets are on their way. Eat and rest well, not-so-little bro,” she chuckled before she cut their link.

Smiling as he shook his head, he leaned against the couch. Resting her head against his arm, “what did she say?” She asked.

Chuckling, “oh she is sending us what we need. But of course she wouldn’t let go of a chance to embarrass me,” he replied. “She asked if I marked you and I said yes,” he added, smiling.

Monica’s smile faltered a little. She was still not able to mark him and that saddened her a little. “Cade,” she sighed sadly. “Do you think I’ll be able to shift?”

Monica’s question caught him off guard.

“I think so,” he replied.

“What if I never can mark you?” She glanced at Cade, puckering her lips.

“Are you worried about that?” Cade was a little surprised. “But that is the least of my concern. I belong to you, no matter what!” He assured her. “But I have a feeling that Asena will soon find enough strength to shift,” he told her.

“Hell, yeah! I need to meet my mate!” Aspen cheered in Cade’s head.

The rest of the day was uneventful. Monica and Cade joined the regular duties of the pack. Monica was learning to work in the office with Calli and the other female leaders before she was abducted. So she joined them in Luna’s office. Everyone noticed that her scent had changed a little. It was now a mixture of her scent and Cade’s and it made them rejoice silently. She had finally gotten over the near-rape experience.

***

Monica was woken up by a strange feeling. She was without a doubt overheated. A feeling so bizarre forbade her from sleeping another minute. She glanced at Cade’s sleeping form and gulped. She didn’t want to disturb his peaceful sleep. However, the new feeling was pulling her into distress.

“Asena? What is happening?” She tried to contact her wolf, however, silence answered her. She frowned.

“Maybe a glass of water will cool me down,” she mumbled to herself and walked towards the water bottle that was kept on the side table. Suddenly her arms and legs started to itch.

“What is happening?” She gasped as she frantically scratched her arms.

“Asena! Where are you?” She cried internally.

She checked the time and realised that it was only 4 in the morning. Too early to wake Cade up. But she needed help and even her wolf was not responding to her calls of distress.

She glanced at her arms and her eyes widened when she saw black fur sprouting from her skin.

“What?” She gasped. She realised that she was shifting. She desperately glanced at the closed window in the room. She knew she had to move if she didn’t want to wake Cade up, but she wasn’t sure if she would be able to in this situation.

Slowly, her limbs started to throb in pain. She covered her mouth, trying to prevent herself from screaming. Lentils of sweat trickled down her face, as she fought against it.

However, the pain intensified to the extent that she could no longer remain silent.

“Aaah!” She screamed, waking her sleeping mate.

“What? Moni! Where?!…..” Cade sprung up from the bed and rushed towards her.

He instantly understood what was happening and pulled her into his arms.

“Shh… don’t fight it. Let it happen,” he cooed.

“I’m here for you mate,” he assured her.

Little droplets of tears escaped through her closed eyelids as she whimpered in agony. However, she knew Cade was right. She tried her best to relax and soon she started to feel her limbs change shape.

She was petrified hence she couldn’t open her eyes to see how her body was changing. All she knew was her entire body was throbbing painfully as the bones and the muscles rearranged. Her nose elongated, to form her snout. By the time she felt that everything was over, she felt as though her sense of smell had heightened.

She quickly opened her eyes, to see Cade grinning at her, staring with awe.

“Asena, you’re gorgeous! Just like my Moni,” he said.

“I’m so glad that we shifted to this larger room. Otherwise, it would have been a huge problem,” he chuckled, stroking Asena’s black fur. “You are an Alpha wolf. This is the first time I’m seeing an alpha female,” he proudly stated, admiring his mate’s wolf form.

Monica was watching awestruck as Cade spoke to Asena.

“I’m glad he thinks we are beautiful,” she mumbled, smiling in satisfaction.

“That we are girlfriend,” she heard Asena’s reply. Smiling, she relaxed. She knew it was time for Asena to meet Cade and perhaps his wolf.

“Aspen is eager to meet you. Do you want to go for a run?” He asked, flashing a lopsided grin.

Asena nodded her head and huffed out a puff of breath.

“Very well then. But stay close to us. I don’t want to lose sight of you,” he said and shifted into his brown wolf – Aspen after opening the window so they could jump out of it.

The two wolves leapt out of the window and raced out of the packhouse. Since it was deep into the night, the entire road was deserted. They raced each other until they entered the woods. However, as soon as they did, Cade skidded to a halt.

His senses were alerting him of a foreign scent.

Rogues?

He wondered.