Lily and James (werewolf novel) novel Chapter 14

Chapter 0014

“I am not going to ruin anything, Luke. Look at her. She wants us. She is happy to see us. The mate bond is powerful. She will forgive us for not looking for her. We had every reason to believe she was dead. I’ve got this. You know how much I love her. How much I have always loved her.”

“James, I cut the link with Luke. I need to concentrate. I cannot afford to make a mistake, especially if I expect Stephanie to forgive us for not looking for her. The mate bond is already messing with my mind. I feel

like I am in a trance.

I continue to move towards her. Finally, I am within a couple of feet of her.

I reach out and touch her cheek, and she responds. I feel the sparks running from my hand up and down my arm…. and directly to my cock. The werewolves who have told me about the mate bond and the sparks did not do them justice. These are magical and all–absorbing. How could my parents seriously

expect me to have given these up in favor of chosen mate?

“You are back!!! Oh, I cannot believe that you are back!!! How long have I hoped and prayed that you

would come back! And… you are my mate!” I whisper to her, the weight of her being back hitting me

hard. I am so scared that if I close my eyes, this will turn out to be just a dream.

“You are so beautiful. How it is possible for you to become so much more beautiful than before?” I ask

her. Stephanie was a knock–out before, but the Stephanie of six years ago cannot compete with the

Stephanie of today.

I pull Stephanie into a hug and bury my face in her neck. Her scent is overwhelming me. It is all I can d

to prevent myself from marking her, right here and now.

Luke once again tries to talk to me in the link, but I respond back angrily. “You will have your time with

Stella, I promise. Just let me have this time with Stephanie, please!” I then cut the link again.

Stephanie tells me that I smell like vanilla and coffee beans, which makes me smile. The combination of