Chapter 67: You''re Home


    "You won''t be wanting sex from me again then, huh? I mean …. I''m not that kind of guy anymore… no


    mark, equals, no mating. Even when the hazees." He shrugs yfully and I shake my head at him


    and make a ''hmmm'' noise as though I''m really considering it. I like the teasing, it''s cute, and I like


    Colton''s yful cheeky face all the more, now that I have no more doubts about us.


    To be honest the first time was maybe quick, and I''m suffering a little from it, but I definitely want to do


    that again and explore how much better it can be. I always heard the first time is nothingpared to


    when you master it, and have it a few times, which means I am in for a world of amazing sex, because


    Colton has skills. I don''t want to miss out on that and besides, can''t have this sex pot unmarked when


    the haze moves in. Femmes might kidnap him from me and hold him hostage until they get their fill. I


    need to mark my man.


    "Such threats should be punished, Mr. Santo. I might just go to sleep." I smile as wickedly as I can at


    him and cast him a raised eyebrow smirk. Warm and cozy in the security that this is real, and he''s


    mine.


    "Go ahead, I''m kinda beat. I could use the sleep." He folds his arms behind his head casually, as


    though he really doesn''t care at all, and closes his eyes. It riles me enough to p him on the peck with


    impulsive anger. Sudden fury that he might not be joking, and it ignites an internal minor temper


    tantrum.


    "Hey!!" It''s real outrage, and that chuckle he expels is an instant dampening tool. Colton opens his


    eyes and grins at me, chasing away any doubt that he was not ying, and he strokes his thumbs over


    my thighs. Cooling my fire and bringing me back to heel with a taming touch.


    "Stop messing and make me your bitch already. You know I love you, and this... it''s holding up


    everything else. Mark me, woman, before I smother you against me and make you do it." There''s a


    tone of seriousness in that, even if it''s in good humor, and I know I''m only really dying because I''m


    nervous about this final step. It''s been a lot, and I''m finally going to do it. Not just mark him but unbind


    something I''ve been trying to master for weeks, and that''s terrifying to me.


    When I bite him, and taste his blood within me, then it finalizes everything and I''ll not only get thest


    memories we have of being apart in a fresh imprinting, but a chance to be able to harness the powers I


    possesspletely. I''ll be Luna, just like that, form one bite, whether I''m ready or not. Whether I''m


    going to be a good Luna or not. It''s a big step and I am not ready for any of it, but I need to take a leap


    of faith.


    Fear isn''t going to make this easier, it''s only going to make me work myself up intoplete anxiety


    and make him think I really have changed my mind. I lean down, inhale slowly to calm the inner


    trepidation, close my eyes, elongate my wolf teeth and blindly sink into his peck muscle, in an area I


    aimed for that''s simr to where he marked me.


    There''s a moment ofplete abhorrence, as I bite the man I adore, sinking horribly into soft, salty


    flesh, hating that I''m inflicting pain and wounding him. The taste of his blood almost makes me gag, as


    it fills my mouth, choking me with its consistency, and metallic saltiness, and my fangs sink into tissue


    that''s both warm and smooth as hot liquid, thick and repugnant in aftertaste hits my tongue. It''s awful,


    but yet, I''m almostpletely distracted a momentter when I''m yanked away from what I''m doing by


    a mind being filled with thoughts, feelings, memories, images, and whizzing moments of time spinning


    around my head. Pulling me back. Just like the first time we ever imprinted, only with less ferocity, less


    shock at the assault, it''s a do-over, only with more potency in other ways.


    I lose sense of space and time as it happens, and I''m not even aware I''ve pulled my teeth out of him


    until his hand catches me by the wrist, and then the other, to steady me so I don''t fall. I''m breathless,


    feel like I''ve just been hit by a train for the second time in my life, and the dizziness sends me reeling


    sideways, unable to hold myself taught. The room spins and slumps as Colton braces me, and gently


    helps me lie down on the bed as realityes back before he pulls me in against him and wraps me in


    his arms.


    I take a moment to recover ande back to thend of the living where my focus clears from hazy


    darkness, back to reality. Unlike the first time we imprinted, this time has a wave of surreal and


    dreamlike that lingers, and the taste of his blood trickles down my throat, warming me, filling me up with


    insane emotions, before finally fading away to a gentle stroke down my legs. It''s almost like a mental


    orgasm, with less severity and I blink my eyes open to find Colton pushed up against me, doing the


    same thing. Nose to nose, we both open our eyes almost in unison before he breaks into a smile and


    kills the eerie silence.


    "That was … interesting. I feel drugged." His voice is low and husky, and he looks utterly exhausted


    now. Dark shadows under his eyes which are a littleckluster in color, even in this dim lighting. It''s


    mirrored in me, and my body has given up any hope of getting back out of bed anytime soon.


    That''s it, exactly what it feels like. As though we''ve been inhaling powerful vapors that render you


    completely rxed, and happy giddy, so that youy around chilling like hippy stoners. Satisfied in


    every way, and you want to lie here and revel in it. I feel light, and free, yet delirious in happiness, as


    though no worries are left inside of my brain for the time being. It''s like a chemical high, and it leaves


    you temporarily content with everything in life.


    "Me too." I sigh, fully sated, curling up in his tight embrace as he slides his arms around me firmly and


    pulls my body to fit his from toes to noses. His skin on mine, close contact in the best way, sharing air,


    and yet this feelspletely natural and so right. Like I was always meant to be wrapped up with him. I


    have nowhere else in the world I would rather be than here, and I want to stay this way forever. Heart


    healed, soulplete, and now I can sleep safe and secure beside him, and never know that kind of


    loneliness again.


    Colton reaches down and pulls the sheets over us, up to my shoulder, and reaches up over his head to


    press something attached to the headboard. All the lights of the room go off together in unison, every


    singlemp, and dim glow, leaving us only illuminated from behind him by the mooning in through


    the window as the curtains sit open. The darkness makes this seem more intimate somehow and Iy


    my head against his chest, inhaling the unique smell that''s only him and it makes me feelplete.


    Content. Home.


    "So much for reading to your mom." I point out with a soft almost inaudible tone, smiling as his arm


    comes back around me. He nuzzles his chin on top of my head as he getsfy then yawns, stifling it


    with a fist over his mouth. I can feel the waves of genuine fatigue washing my way from him and how


    desperately he needs to sleep. This was a big thing, between us, and even though we should mark the


    asion by staying up and talking about what this was… how momentous it was for both of us, I really


    want to experience sleeping in his arms and waking up to him in the morning, to start a real life as


    mates.


    "I''m sure she''ll forgive me, considering I not only marked my mate but restored the powers that were


    taken. That deserves sleep, in bed, with my new Luna in my arms." He yawns again, straining his voice


    and then buries his face back in my hair with a deep exhale.


    "My powers!" I squeak, and shoot up to a sitting position, forgetting all about being too tired to move,


    extending my hands and staring at them as though they will suddenly lookpletely different, and I


    would somehow now. I mean, I didn''t feel any kind of anything that was possibly, specifically power


    rted, but then again, what would that even feel like?


    I blink at them, turning them over in the dark until I catch Colton looking me oddly. Focused fully on my


    face with that hint of amused adoration I sometimes catch with him. Colton looks happy, and that


    makes me all bubbly and gooey inside, because I know I did that for him.


    "What is it you expect to see?" heughs at me, and pulls himself to sit and prop against the


    headboard to watch me, giving in to the fact I''m not about to let him sleep, and I shrug.


    Ccontent ? exclusive by N?/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.


    "I don''t know, maybe glowing, or something like…" I flick my hand purposely towards the cab


    across the other side of the room, nonchntly, not really sure what I''m doing, and then shriek in utter


    surprise when the contents on the top swipe off to the floor in a ttering crescendo that almost makes


    me have a heart attack. I gasp in shock, stare at the mess, and then my hands before turning to him,


    like a kid who found a dor in the street.


    "Like that?" Colton looks impressed, and not the slightest bit mad I sent a whole array of bottles and


    whatever''s onto the floor, making a huge unsightly mess. I gawp at it, and gently make the same


    motion at the already broken remains. Willing myself to do it again, and squeal when they are spread


    across the floor. By about a foot, as though an invisible brush swept them away. It''s almost like


    breathing. I can willfully extend my touch and move things in ways I could never dream of before, and it


    excites me on a whole other level. My insides bubbling like a little mini volcano, and I start to jiggle on


    the bed, unable to conceal my glee. The vapor energy, or whatever it is, it''s clear now, and I can''t see it


    the way I did in the forest, because I''m no longer battling a spell trying to bind it.


    "It''s your turn!" I bounce at him, grabbing his hand in utter excitement and yank him a little, dying to see


    whatever it is he''s now unleashed. Maybe he might have Sierra''s blue glow, which would be totally


    cool, and maybe a bit of a turn on, but Colton shakes his head at me. Despite my juvenile attempts to


    haul him up with zero sess.


    "I don''t even know what it is I''m meant to have, so maybe that can await my mother waking up. Baby,


    it''ste, can we please sleep before I pass out and wake up in a tornado because you get carried away


    with being able to move things with your mind." Colton tugs me back to him, despite my second of


    protest, and I fall against his chest, nestled in the crook of his arm. Relenting when his warm touch


    reminds me how good it is to be held by him, and I exhale noisily. Huffing because I just found I have a


    new toy and ''daddy'' Colton is telling me to put it away and go to bed.


    "We have so much still to figure out and do. We have all the time in the world and a minimum of two


    days before my mom might wake up. Can we concentrate on us, and this for now, and sleep…God, I


    need sleep. In case I didn''t mention, I haven''t really slept all that much since you left, and when I did, I


    dreamt about you, and woke up feeling like shit. One good night with you in my bed, might be the


    difference between a good day tomorrow and my strangling you to death for keeping me awake till


    stupid o''clock." He mock catches me by the throat and gently squeezes, while smiling at me, and gets


    a scowl in response for the pretend threat, his eyes half open and he does look exhausted.


    "Nice, Colton, so romantic, and loving. Is this what marking you brings out?" I point out with sass and


    get mauled with kisses scattered across my eyes and forehead for the effort. He drags me with him into


    the sheets, hauling us down toy t and brings me back to my previous snuggled up position in his


    arms, where he has my nose against his, except this time a vice grip so I can''t go anywhere.


    "My Luna, you''re mine… we have so much shit still to get through and deal with. Let''s just sleep on it


    and see what tomorrow brings. You aren''t just Alora Dennison of the long-forgotten Whyte pack


    anymore. You''re Luna Alora Santo, my mate, my heart, and soul, and we have a whole pack relying on


    us to get through whatever ising our way. We have so many questions they will want answered


    over the next days, and not to mention, we need to present you to your pack. You''re one of us now."


    That voice of sense and reason and a reminder that this little bubble of ours exists only in this room.


    There is a bigger world, and issues out there, we have yet to face.


    "You''re right. It''s easy to forget the threats when it seems so safe in here with you. Your mom… the


    attacks, the future. It''s all still so unclear, except this one thing. We''re never going to be torn apart


    again. I love you." I relinquish the fight and slide my arms around him as best I can, whileying on my


    side, curling up against him, skin to skin, and close my eyes to absorb how good he feels. No


    awkwardness, no strange residue embarrassment from having sex for the first time. Just this


    connection, and sense of home that he gives me, and makes me feel like everything is going to be


    okay as long as he is by my side. We can face whatever ising, with him, with the pack, and with


    whatever gifts we just released.


    "I love you more. You''re home, and I intend to keep you by my side forever more." Colton kisses me on


    the forehead before snuggling in close, and the heavy exhale signals he''s done with talking and looking


    to sleep with his mate in his arms.


    For the first time, of the first day, of our future lives, truly together.


    End of Book 1 - Book 2 is avable