"Mine" he whispered more softly just before I fell asleep.
I didn’t intend to mark her. I swear I didn’t but when I went to her room to get her under the twin’s orders. I couldn’t stop myself, the way she looked in that dress, so damned sexy. It drove my wolf Crazy I had to kiss her. At first it was just going to be a kiss, but I lost control of my wolf when she started moaning, the sound like sweet music to my ears.
I held my mate in my arms as she fell asleep, her energy drained from the marking. I savored the feeling of her so close to me and fell asleep for the first time with my mate in my arms.
I was sitting on the plane, looking at the file in my hand. My hands shook as I read it’s contents
sixteen-year old female. Blond hair and blue eyes. Found in the woods with large bruises and scratches covering her naked body. The attacker has not been identified. No relatives have been found.
I clutched the file tighter in my hand. The similarities were too much. I knew Rogues were ruthless and usually killed any wolf that crossed their path. It couldn’t be my mate. I couldn’t lose her, I couldn’t bear her not knowing how much I wanted to be with her, how sorry I was.
I swallowed the lump in my throat. I wouldn’t cry, there as still a chance it wasn’t my mate. The body could be someone else’s and I’d be able to find my mate, ALIVE and beg her to forgive me.
The plane landed and I soon found myself in a car heading to the morgue where the body was kept. I found myself remembering the way I treated her, my innocent mate. She didn’t deserve it.
Maybe it was her, maybe she was dead. How could I handle that? I closed my eyes, taking a deep breath, ignoring the dull ache in my heart I’ve had ever since she’d left, and I prayed. i prayed it wouldn’t be her, I prayed for another chance even if I didn’t deserve it.
The car parked and I looked over at Keith who was looking grimly out the window. He looked at me and I nodded as we both got out of the car.
The doctor that treated her greeted us. "We tried our best but her wounds were too severe" he said. I didn’t answer him, knowing if it was my mate there and she really was dead. I’d lose control and hurt him.
The walk to the morgue was the longest walk I’ve ever had. My heart was hammering against my chest, and I felt the fear increasing. When we got in the room there were two gurnies, both with bodies covered by white sheets over them.
"over here" the doctor said leading us to one of the gurneys. "Now her face is a bit...diformed from what she went through but try to know if it’s her" The white sheet covered her face but I could see her blonde hair sticking out, the same shade as Lily. My breathing hitched and I suddenly was struggling not to let the tears fall.
The doctor removed the sheet from her face and I gasped. her face was bruised and scars covered her cheeks and forehead.
"I-I can’t. It can’t be" Keith said, tears rolling down his cheek "I can’t know"
I stayed silent. Keith had turned his back, unable to look at the body so I let a few tears escape but rearranged myself. There was one way to know if she was Lily or not. I lifted my hand and placed it on her skin before taking a deep breath. It was hard to detect a scent after a death of a werewolf but when it’s your mate, as long as your touching her you could smell her scent even if she was dead.
"Keith it isn’t her" I said feeling relief overwhelm me "IT ISN’’T HER"
Keith, who was sitting on the floor with tears streaming down his face stared at me incredoulously. He then smiled and looked relieved.
I turned to the doctor but he wasn’t there. What the hell? I looked back but Keith also had disappeared.
"Keith?" I called but no one answered. I turned and looked at the body only to gasp and take a step back. Lily was lying on the the gurney, her now black hair splayed around her. Her once cherry lips blue.
"L-Lily. No, no NO" I screamed tugging at my hair as the tears fell down my face "You can’t be dead. No Please wake up LUX"
I went and shook her to wake up, I kissed her lifeless lips. i kissed her face all over but she wouldn’t wake up "Please"
Suddenly Lily’s body started disappearing as I held her in my arms. "NO" I yelled trying to keep my hold on her "NO I CAN’T LOSE HER. I WON’T LOSE HER" This update is available on novel{f}ire.net
I woke up with a start, breathing heavily, I heard the music from downstairs and knew the party had started. I turned and stared at Lily beside me and felt relief. She was alive. It was just a dream.
I held her closer to me and inhaled her scent. "She’s alive, she’s here" I muttered closing my eyes and letting her scent overwhelm me.
Lily shifted on the bed and then opened her eyes. "Ethan?" she looked at me confused "What are you-" her eyes widened as she remembered "YOU MARKED ME?!?!?!?!"
"I lost control" I said "But I’m not sorry I marked you Lily. i’m only sorry you didn’t want it" It was true after thinking I had lost her so many times I was proud at seeing my mark on her. Making her officially mine.
"You marked me" she said in disbelief "Oh my god"