CHAPTER 49

Analise's POV

My eyes opened lightly as I tried moving my body only to be unsuccessful. A groan escaped me as I opened my eyes properly and took in my surrounding.

The new room.

My new room.

The weight around me- Alexander's hand.

Somehow, from our position where we fell asleep, I managed to end up sleeping on top of him. My head was resting on his chest as his hands were wrapped around me. Despite the fact that he was asleep, his hold around me way still tight and our legs were locked together.

I smiled lightly as I rested my chin on his chest, my fingers tracing his jaw as I remembered last night. My finger stopped in their track as I recalled that he marked me last night. As the thoughts and feelings from last night resurfaced, I felt my cheeks heat up.

'Our mark!' Crescent said happily in my mind and I let out a small laugh.

"Xander." I said, not earning any reply or even his usual grunt.

I rolled my eyes. "Xander." I said in a singsong voice, poking his cheek with my finger. He groaned, shifting slightly.

"Wake up." I poked once again and he slapped my hand away, grunting, making me laugh.

"Wake up teddy bear." I smiled as I pinched his cheek instead of poking.

I let out a startled yelp as I found myself under him in a split second. He had an eyebrow raised at me while I beamed at him. "Teddy bear?" He said in a groggy voice.

"Yes. Cute, little, teddy bear." I cooed as I pinched both his cheeks with my hands.

He grabbed my hands in one and locked them both above my head while I gave him an innocent look. "Morning teddy bear." I teased as he released a sigh, shaking his head.

He leaned down and pecked my lips. "So you like the nickname then." I said excitedly as he pulled back.

"Don't let it get to your head." He pinned me with a glare that had me laughing. "I just happen to love you and your voice."

"Spoken like a true teddy bear." He was about to say something but I stopped him, "Get up, I have to see something."

"What? It is so early and I am not ready to let you go."

"Are you serious right now?" I deadpanned. His eyes fell to my neck and I saw his lips tug into a smile as he looked at the mark he left. He leaned down and kissed it lightly. "I want to see it."

He chuckled as he got off me, helping me up. I walked past him into the bathroom and stood in front of the mirror. It was beautiful.

Since Alexander was not a werewolf with canines, the mark was not like what other werewolves had but it was not very large but it was a bit deep. The mark was unique as it consisted of my wolf, Cresent and a person, more precisely the inner demon of Alexander- Elias-, pressing his forehead against that of Crescent as the moon was shining its serene rays over them. "It is so beautiful." I said in a whisper as I saw Alexander enter.

He stood behind me. "It truly is."

"I am talking about the mark." I said, pointing to my neck as I realised that his eyes were fixed on me.

"And I am talking about the person wearing my mark." He had a smug smile on his face and I refrained from rolling my eyes at him. "It means, you are all mine now."

I turned around, facing him. I leaned against the counter as an idea popped in my mind out of nowhere. "What are you thinking about now?"

"Uhh nothing." I said awkwardly as I realised how ridiculous the idea sounded.

"The look on your face says something else. Tell me." He moved closer to me, his hand cupping the side of my jaw and making me look at him.

"Well," I started out, knowing he would not judge me for what I was thinking. "You said that I am all yours now." He looked at me intensely, letting me continue. "I want to also be able to call you mine."

"I have always been yours little wolf." He said, his thumb brushing my cheek.

"I want to mark you." I laid it all out in front of him.

During the mating process, the female was always marked by the male to create a connection between them. It has been so since the first werewolves, vampires, witches and others stepped on Earth. No matter what creature you were or with who you were mated, the female bore the mark of the male through the mating process.

Though, there have been cases where the female marked her mate. It was a rare occurrence but it happened before. Although, it did not work the same way as the traditional marking process where it created a mark including the couple's inner creature, it was still a mark that joined them both.

Though, due to the huge egos of males, this dual mating process was not really supported after the first few times it happened. Not surprisingly, it disappeared over time to an extent that most people have forgotten that it even existed and the traditional mating process remained. Even in textbooks at school, there were not much to read about these cases..

My life has always broken every stereotypes out there. I might as well break another one but this time by choice.

"Can I?" I asked, searching his eyes for an answer.

"Ok." He replied. "Anything you want." He leaned down, taking my lips in a sweet kiss that had me smiling against him.

"Ok" I said to myself, letting out a breath.

Alexander's hands went around my waist, hoisting me on the counter just like last night. His one hand tucked the stray hair strands behind my ear as the other settled on my thigh, parting my legs apart slightly and stepping between them.

On instinct, my legs wrapped around him and pulled him closer. My eyes fell on his shoulder where I wanted to mark him.

I leaned forward, pressing my lips against his skin. I darted my tongue out, teasing and tracing the spot. I bit down on his skin, hard, erupting a grunt from him as his hand that was on thigh tightened.

I bit back the smile at his reaction as I sucked on his sink, mirroring his actions from last night. His hand that was on face earlier was on hips as I continued teasing him.

I continued kissing and biting his skin before pressing one last, firm kiss. My teeth sunk into his skin slowly, breaking past the first layer of skin and I felt a light rush of calmness wash over me, feeling the bond that was formed last night becoming stronger.

I felt him tense against me, his hand gripping my hips harshly as he pulled me against him, no doubt experiencing similar emotions like I felt last night. I threaded my hand through his locks, tugging at them lightly as I kissed the mark formed by my teeth on his skin.

As I felt him relax once again against me, I pulled back, studying the mark on his neck. As I saw him lift his eyes to look at the mark in the mirror, I covered them with my hand quickly.

"Don't look. I am not done yet." I said quickly.

"Why?" He asked, letting out a low chuckle.

"Shhh." I shushed. "I am removing my hand but don't peak. Okay?" I retracted my hand slowly. He hummed in response, his eyes remaining shut.

Just like I had imagined, his mark was not similar to mine. Due to the fact that I marked him and not the other way, the mark was faint. Despite not being clear, I could make out the faint outline of Crescent and Elias, similar to how they looked in my mark and I smiled, tracing it with my finger.

I wanted the mark to be clear and visible, darker and just like the one I had. Thankfully among the little information that were given in the textbooks, there were many useful ones, including how to replicate the mark on your mate if ever you want to.

My magical abilities only simplified things for both of us. I flattened one of my hands on his mark while my free hand covered my mark. I started mumbling the spell under my breath and I felt my skin heating up.

The spell was short and quick but the process was slower. The heating of my skin increased as the spell started working and I felt my skin itch lightly, a prickling sensation under my hand. It soon dissipated into nothing and I removed my hands from over his mark as well as from mine.

Seeing how his mark looked, I couldn't help the grin that broke on my lips. "Done." I said happily and he opened his eyes.

"Look at it now." I urged him when his eyes remained fixed on me. He let out a low chuckle as he lifted his eyes, looking in the mirror.

I excitedly got off from the counter, turning around to look into the mirror. His lips had tugged into a smug smile as his eyes were pinned on the mark looking exactly like the one on me.

"It's perfect." He said, placing his hand on my sides, caging me.

"After all, I did it." I flick my hair back sassily and he laughed. I could not help but join in as his laughter filled the small space.

"I love you." He position his hand under my jaw and tilted me to face him, kissing me.

"Love you too teddy bear." I said against hislips, grinning like an idiot.