Chapter 7
Yorick
As soon as I walked into my room after my date night with Cyra, I did two things. I found a flower shop who delivered early in the morning, and I ordered flowers to be delivered first thing tomorrow and every day thereafter. Then, I started a letter to Wendy.
I had planned to write to her, but not this soon. However, I was so excited that I wanted to tell someone, ANYONE, about my mate. Something about writing it down helped me to sort through the myriad of emotions that I’m feeling; excitement and frustration being the top two.
My dreams were filled with erotic visions of my mate in various stages of undress and various positions while I brought her pleasure. When I woke up, I needed a cold shower. I finished just as there was a knock at my door.
I opened it to the delivery person, bringing me the two vases of flowers I ordered. It’s not quite as good as what my father does for my mother, but it’s a start and I doubt Cyra will expect it. Since she’ll be receiving them every day, she’ll have plenty of fresh flowers in her room all the time.
I thank the delivery person and balance the flowers in my hands as I lock my door and walk to Cyra’s.
“Making an impression early, huh?” another Alpha male asks, walking by.
“Working on it,” I say.
“I’m Zach,” he says stopping to shake
“Yorick,” I tell him.
my hand.
“Alas, poor Yorick,” he says, smiling as he quotes the popular Shakespearan phrase.
“I have a feeling I’m going to hear that a lot around here,” I say.
“Good luck with your girl,” he says, walking off.
I turn and knock on her door. She opens it and frowns at me.
“What is this?” she asks, gesturing at the flowers.
“You said your favorite flower is tulips. So, I got you some tulips,” I say, handing her the vases.
“How?”
“I have my ways,” I say, stepping into her room as she carries the vases to her desk.
When she turns back, she has a half surprised, half happy look on her face.
“Why did you do this?”
“Because you’re my mate. Because I want you. Because I love you already. And at the risk of being presumptuous, every time you look at them, you’ll think of me,” I say, grinning at her.
She points at me, narrowing her eyes. “You aren’t just sin. You’re a dangerous sin.”
“I already told you that I’m not going to apologize for ruining you for any other man,” I say, pulling her against me and taking her mouth is deep, slow kiss. I take my time, reacquainting myself with her taste.
It takes her a moment, but she leans into me, her hands sliding around my neck. I growl softly, pulling her closer to me. I don’t stop when I feel her gripping my shoulders, I don’t stop when she begins whimpering and moaning. I keep the kiss going until I’m sure that I’ll leave her swaying on her feet.
Then I kiss my way to her ear. “I had some really sexy dreams about you last night,” I whisper. “I just needed to make sure that my memory of your taste was accurate. It wasn’t. You taste better in person. Someday I hope you let me taste you to my heart’s content.”
Her entire body shivers against me, and I nip her neck, hearing her gasp.
“Yorick…” I know it’s a warning, but it’s so breathy and sexy that I hold the bite, feeling her body continue to shiver in my arms.
“Yes, my mate,” I say, kissing my way up her throat.
“You can’t mark me,” she moans.
“I didn’t. Well, not in a permanent way,” I say, pulling back and looking at the teeth marks I left of her neck. “Barely noticeable.”
She points her finger at me again, but her glassy eyes betray how good I made her feel.
“Ready to go for our run?” I ask before she can regain her composure and tell me all the reasons I shouldn’t be leaving any sort of mark on her. I hate that we’ll be around other Alpha males and she won’t be wearing my mark. So, anything I can do to show the others that she’s mine, I will
She shakes her head and I step back, taking her hand and leading her to the door. “A nice run to start the day, breakfast, then a tour of the campus before looking over our class schedule. I’m excited,” I tell her.
When we get outside, I realize that being part of an elite group of people at a warrior academy means that you are no longer that different from others. It looks like nearly every other student had the same idea this morning.
I don’t let go of her hand until we stop to stretch, then we begin our run.
We wave and say good morning to the others who are jogging, and I make note of several other she–wolves though some of them look older, sal wonder if they are instructors. I guess we’ll find out for sure tomorrow.
“No, tomorrow I’m leaving you in the dust. I just wanted you to feel good about yourself before I kicked your ass,” she says and I burst into laughter.
“Remind me not to run with you two,” a young woman says with a smile as she jogs by. We wave at her then walk to the cafeteria to get breakfast.
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