The Lycan Kingpin's Captive: A Baby For The Beast novel Chapter 100

Liam

After almost three weeks of being without her and the second I smelled her scent, everything fell away. This woman is everything to me. I never realized just how much she actually does mean to me until I went away.

I never want to fucking leave her side again.

I scoop her up into my arms and carry her back to her home. She lays her head against my chest, her hot tears slipping down my skin, but I don’t ask her why she’s crying…because I feel the same fucking way.

Walking towards her ensuite bathroom, I regulate the water in the shower and put her down on the tiled floor. She peers up at me with that innocent smile and I feel my heart pounding in my chest.

“It’s good to know that my smile makes your heart rate pick up,” she says with a giggle. “I thought I was the only one affected.”

I shake my head and pull her into my arms. “You’ve had me the first moment I cornered you in the forest; I just didn’t realize how much I needed this at the time,” I say, before leaning down and placing a kiss on her lips. “Fuck Demi, I never want to leave your side again.”

That gut-punch smile of hers is still there, but now she looks even more mischievous. “Well, my dear mate, that mark on your neck is there for a reason, don’t you think?”

“Hmm,” I say, as I pull her into the shower with me. The hot spray hits our cold skin and when I hear her moan, my cock twitches. “Gods, I will never tire of hearing you make that sound.”

“Liam!” she exclaims, a blush forming on her cheek, and I can do nothing but shrug. “You might just have to give me a few minutes to recuperate after that, because that tree scratched me more than you did.”

She turns around and I notice the red marks on her back. Feeling guilty for fucking her so hard against a tree, I lean in close and place kisses all over her back.

“Gods, am I going to feel every emotion through your mark now?” she murmurs, and drops her head back. “So when you’re away on missions and I’m feeling particularly…lonely…”

I growl and turn her around, noticing the desire in her eyes. “I guess we have to make up for that now, don’t we?”

She chuckles when I pull her close, then she places her palms on my chest and breathes out a sigh. “Wait, before we get into that. We need to discuss…this,” she says.

I frown. “We just claimed each other in the pouring rain in the middle of a forest,” I say, cocking my head to the side. “What else is there to talk about?”

She sighs and bites her bottom lip. “How is this going to work when we just said we’d be friends first? Do you move in here with me? Do we start a family immediately? Will everyone look at me differently?”

The worry in her scent bothers me more than I ever thought it would. I draw my hand to her chin and tilt her face up so she can look at me, and I notice that same worry in her eyes.

“We don’t have any answers right now, Demi, and that’s the beauty of this bond, I guess,” I say and let out a sigh. “We can’t plan for what happens tomorrow. We can only take it one day at a time. But do you know what’s so different now?”

She shakes her head and I say, “Now we have each other. We don’t need to feel alone anymore. Whatever happens, happens. I’m just glad I have my mate at my side while we figure things out.”

Demi blinks at what I’ve just said and her mouth slightly opens. “I didn’t think of it that way. Yes, I suppose we do have each other now. You’re right about that,” she says, then she sighs. “I need to stop worrying about what people will say about me and just go with what makes me happy.”

She peers up at me and gets on her tiptoes before placing a kiss on my lips. “And you, Liam, you make me happy.”

My heart feels like it’s grown five sizes at her words, and I pull her close to me. She lays her head against my chest, right over my heart, and I know now that ours is beating in perfect synchronicity.

“We don’t have any answers now, and our life is a mess. There will always be guilt over what happened a few weeks ago, but that doesn’t give us reason to be miserable forever,” I say as I stroke her hair. “We’ll figure it out together; as long as you’re at my side, we’ll figure it out.”

She nods and we stand under the hot spray until the water turns cold. I realize a bit too late that I have no clothing here, so Demi rushes out to fetch our soaked clothes so I can throw them in the dryer.

Then we ask everyone to join us for dinner that night so we can inform them of what will be happening. I guess this is where our journey starts.