Twenty-Five

I was getting hungry but last time I tried to leave the bed Caden pulled me back into his side. I was going to force my way out but after he had a day of thinking I was going to leave him, I didn't want him thinking I was going anywhere, so I stayed tucked into his side and sighed in contentment.

"Babe?" I thought he was asleep but I guess he woke up. His eyes were still closed as he pulled me closer, tucking both arms aorund me.

"Yeah?"

"I love you."

I laughed lightly and tilted my head up to place my lips on his gently before resting my head on his chest, "I love you too Caden."

"You have no idea what those three short words mean to me." He still hadn't moved and I don't think he had even opened his eyes yet.

"I hope they mean what I think they mean. You have my heart Caden, always will."

He moved and I ended up under him as his eyes searched mine, they just kept going back and forth between them before he slowly smiled and his eyes brightened.

"What?"

He didn't reply for a while as he caressed my cheek with his thumb and then ran it lightly over my lips, "I don't understand how someone can actually be flawless. You are naturally beautiful. You are like a miracle unto itself."

"I am far from perfect."

He shook his head, "You have me fooled. You're the most dazzling lady I know."

"Where did this come from?"

"What?"

"Some days you just seem to feel the need to tell me something important, why today?"

"I realized when I thought you were going to leave, that there wasn't a thing about you I didn't like. And that I would miss everything about you. You have me so enthralled in you Bee, I'm hooked, entirely and willingly mesmerized by you."

I still don't get what he sees in me, but at least he thinks I am okay, rather than having a smoking hot mate who thinks I am ugly.

"I would never think that," he growled and I looked down. I forgot about him being able to know some of my thoughts, and vice versa.

"Caden it was just a thought-"

"I'm sorry Blake. I just wish you could see what I see when I look at you. You steal my breath away every morning. You get me so enticed sometimes just when you are doing nothing in particular that I literally just stop. You're fascinating."

I knew I blushed and he lightly held my cheeks, "You-" he kissed my lips quickly, "are. Mine. And. You-" he pulled my hips up to his, "turn me on with just a look. Your legs, your hips, your lips, not to mention your eyes, even your nose is the best I have ever seen."

I looked down and he tilted my chin up.

"Shouldn't your mate's opinion be more important than anyone elses?"

"Did you think I looked okay before all of this happened? Or is it just the mate pull?"

"No, you have never looked okay, that is what I am trying to say to you." I thought he was saying he liked how I looked. He pulled me out of the bed but I turned my back to him.

"I know I am ugly, you could've just said that! Let me go!" I knew I was emotional lately, part of the marking thing.

I don't think I have ever seen Caden mad before now, and now he looked furious but I don't even get why!

"Caden! Let me go!" I said as he lead me into the bathroom off the bedroom. Why his bathroom?

"Our bathroom. In our bedroom."

I nodded apologetically. His voice was still a growl and I saw him close the door as he let me go.

"Caden, why are we in here?"

"Come here." He stated almost sadly.

"What's wrong? Caden I told you I do not regret this."

"I know. And I could not be happier, please Blake. Just come here."

I complied and he turned me so my back was to his chest and I was facing the mirror, "Cade-"

"Do you see your legs? They are so long and lean, I see them and I can't think of anything except having them wrapped around me." His gaze roamed up my legs before meeting with my eyes. I remained silent.

"Bee do you see these?" He said as he placed his hands on my hips, "These are perfect. Like you. They aren't just bone, I can pull you to me when you are just out of reach. Because you are never close enough." He pulled me back slightly as he met my eyes.

"And your waist is perfect. I can wrap my arms around you as you sleep like an angel beside me in our bed. And I can have my one arm securely around you because I would die to protect you." His gaze travelled to mine and I saw that everything he was saying was straight from the heart and so sincere I loved him even more if possible.

"And your arms, God I love the feel of them around my neck, or your hands in my hair, or even when you hold my hand. Your touch can make all my anger fade away to nothing in the blink of an eye. Your hands are like silk, yet they are sure and confident. But so smooth," his voice grew huskier as he talked and I couldn't take my eyes off of his hands as they moved to whtever he was motioning to.

He ran a hand through my hair before nuzzling his face in my neck, "And your hair is always soft and shiny, it is gorgeous babe. I love your hair, and I know you hate wearing it down, but I love when you do, but you are gorgeous when it is up too." He breathed in a deep inhale and his eyes turned pitch black before he reigned his wolf in and they became a bright brown.

"And you smell so alluring Bee, I love when you walk in the room and your scent hits me like a shot of gin straight to my veins and I have to control myself not to sink my teeth into the curve of your neck."

He smirked as he made eye contact again and before I knew it pleasure was flowing over me in powerful waves crashing into me repeatedly. I heard a whisper in my ear, "And this Bee, look," he waited until I opened my eyes. His teeth were above the mark and he flicked his tongue across it as I moaned and he was looking me straight in the eye before he trailed his finger over my mark making me shiver which made him shiver, "That is my favourite thing on your body." The fact the he was still entranced by it made me happy.

Suddenly his eyes met mine and he grinned, "You are the only person who always has a hint of her wolf in her eyes. I thought at first that your wolf would have other eyes but they are a gorgeous emerald. Completely stunning with the brown. Bee your eyes could hold my attention forever."

He reluctantly looked away from my eyes to focus on my lips and he smirked, "And those soft red lips, are what I wanted to claim over and over again last night to make sure you didn't regret this, to make sure that you weren't leaving. These lips steal my air and get me drunk off even the shortest of kisses. You're my drug."

He spun me around, "A better way for you to know how much I like them is through showing rather than telling." He had me against the mirror before I even blinked. He grabbed my thigh and I wrapped my legs tight around him and my arms around his neck as he slipped his hands to my neck and took control as he tilted my head back so he could savor every piece of my mouth with his tongue.

When we broke apart we were both panting. "You know I love so much more about you than that right? Everything you do and say makes me want you." He kissed my mark and I nodded without a choice. "There is nothing okay about you. You. Are. Beautiful." He said as he sunk his teeth into his mark between words. By the time he licked it sealed the third time, I was completely done, I was exhausted and full of lust at the same time and his eyes grew darker when he looked at me, "Blake, if you keep looking at me I am going to have to make you close your eyes as you moan my name."

I blushed and looked down and curled into his chest.

"I thought that would help but I was wrong. There is no way to stop me wanting to take you."

"I'm sorry."

"Blake are you really apologizing fo-"

"For making it harder on you? Yes. I hate that it hurts you to wait, I just- sorry Caden."

"Don't apologize. That is not your fault. It's just my luck to end up with the best mate as mine and her want me back. There is nothing for you to be sorry about."

"But if I wasnt such a wuss then we would have already-"

"Mated because we had to. Us waiting let us know how much we mean to each other. Not because we have to be together, but because we want to be."

I hugged him and he led me back inot hi-our bedroom and we fell asleep on th-our bed.