Chapter 19: Beach

Ryan POV

Malcolm has never physically overtaken my body before but once I looked into Emma's wolfs eyes I shifted right in front of her. Malcolm was in full control.

"Mate!" He helped walking around her sniffing her fur rubbing his coat against her in an attempt to leave his scent. She licked his ear which had Malcolm howling in pride.

"Such a perfect mate. We have a perfect mate!" He linked through to me. He continued on and on about how our mate was and is better than all other wolfs and honestly I agreed with him completely.

We ended up laying down together Emma's head resting on her paws and mine resting on her back. We stayed like that for a few hours until it was about time we returned.

With Emma's major health come-back we are going to pick up our diplomas tomorrow as Emma was sick when we were supposed to walk across the stage.

Emma POV

Declan loves Malcolm and won't shut up about him. Ryan had us go home and I put on my pajamas while he payed in bed waiting for me. I chose my pajama shorts which were red with little pink hearts and a pink tank to match. I always match my pajamas even though I know the only person to see them will be Ryan. I brush my teeth and then comb out my hair. Once finished I run back into Ryan's room and snuggle into his side. We both sigh in content at our skins contact and drift off to sleep.

I woke up to the feeling of fingers brushing through my hair. I knew it was Ryan. Ryan has this obsession with my hair he loves playing with it. About a year after we had met I had taught him how to braid my hair and every night he would practice as I watched tv.

"Ryan, what time is it?" I mumble breathing in his scent.

"Around seven we should leave in about an hour." He replied. I pulled away reluctantly and got up to get dressed.Right as I was about to exit the room Ryan called out.

"Wear something nice!"

I turned and nodded my head back to him.

When I stepped into my room I rushed to my closet. An hour wasn't much time for me to get ready. I went through my closet growing clothes here and their by the end it looked like a tornado had rolled through. I chose a white floral peplum tie strap mini dress. It looked longer on me because of my height but was still so cute. I paired my dress with a light pink cropped sweater that matched my ring and some white platform keds.

I ran into the bathroom and brushed out my hair adding two clips. Brushed my teeth and did a little makeup. I put on my favorite strawberry lipgloss and skipped out of my room.

Since gaining Declan my senses have been heightened I follow Ryan's scent into the living room. He was seated on the couch playing on his phone no doubt scrolling through TikTok. He laughed at something but as he looked up his face held a look of pure awe.

"You look beautiful Emma." He uttered instantly getting up from the couch and stood in front of me. He grasped onto my left hand his right going to my cheek and pulled me into a kiss. It wasn't rushed it was slow and gentle and yet full of passion. When we pulled away we both we left a little breathless.

"I love you Emmeline. Now how about we go?" He asked and pulled me towards the garage door.

When we arrived at school it was empty no kids were around just a few staff cars littered the parking lot. We entered the office to be met with Principal Hadley. She greeted us handed us our diplomas and then we left. As simple as that. When we reached the car Ryan helped me inside and before I knew it we were speeding off down the street.

"Where are we going?" I asked. Ryan looked over at me giving me his million dollar smile.

"We're going on a date." He stated still not giving away any information on the location of wherever this date will be taking place.

He just placed his right hand on my thigh and smiled driving off to who knows where. I eventually fell asleep to the swaying of the car as it drove though the mountains.

"Babe, we are here." I heard whisper in my ear. I slowly open my eyes and in front of me I see the ocean.

"Where are we?" I once again asked and to my relief this time Ryan does give me a location.

"Carlsbad, the beach here's real pretty." He states getting out of the car and running around to help me down.

"I didn't even bring my bathing suit." I grumble. I mean who goes to the beach without a bathing suit.

"Yes you did. I had mom pack your clothes theirs a suit case in the trunk we are spending the next five days here. It's our mini vacation for your birthday and our little bit of freedom before we take over the pack." He said excitedly.

He's right. It will be our only us time before taking over the pack. Once Saturday hits we will have the Luna and Alpha ceremony early because of my shift.

Ryan grabbed the bags from the trunk and we went inside to the hotel was next to where we had parked. The desk lady politely gave us our room keys and directed us to the elevator. Ryan presses the top floor button and once the doors opened we walked down the hallway towards our room.

Ryan had unlocked the door and entered first I followed behind and was shocked to see how big the room actually was. Their was a full sized kitchen, bathroom, living room, and a master bedroom. The room was basically a nice apartment.

I ran into the bedroom and jumped onto the cal king bed. It was already too late in the day to go to the beach because of the long car ride.

"Emma do you want to go get dinner?" Ryan called out from the bathroom.

"Sure." I replied.

When Ryan came back into the room he got into bed and laid down next to me.

"You ready to go?" He asked quirking an eyebrow up at me.

"Yes definitely I'm starving." I groaned.

"Well we can't have that now can we?" Ryan grabbed onto both my hands helping us out of bed. We locked our room and went downstairs. Carlsbad is pretty small and everything is in walking distance. So we decided to walk to the closest restaurant.

As we walked we peered into shops some were for souvenirs others for swim suits or surf boards.

We found a small pizza shop. Walking inside I found us a seat as Ryan ordered for us. I couldn't help but groan at the smell of melted cheese and sizzling pepperoni. When Ryan sat down without pizza and just a large soda I was disappointed to say the least.

"Hey why are you looking at me like that?" He smirked. Knowing full well that I'm hangry.

"No talking until we eat." I grumble.

He nods in surrender putting both his hands up and taking one to zip close his mouth. We just sat down hand in hand waiting for our order.

Our number was called and Ryan came back with a larger piping hot pepperoni pizza. Which we devoured along with drinking down our Coke.

On our walk back to the hotel Ryan and we played with each others hands.

"Emma. I want to ask you a question and it's really important." He stated and I nodded my head for him to precede. "Your birthdays this week and well I want to have your permission to mark you. Not now of course but this Friday the night of your birthday." At this point Ryan was just rambling about us marking one another. And as I thought about it I realized that I want to be marked by Ryan.

I want us to be able to link one another and to embrace our bond.

"Yes." I reply as he's still rambling.

"Wait what?" He says turning to my stoping as he does.

Pulling onto his arm urging him to move I once again answer his question.

"Yes. Ryan I'm ready to mark with you." I say clearly. His quizzical look was replaced with a smile featuring all his pearly whites. His eyes were wide with happiness and before I even knew it his lips were on mine.

I gasped at the instant contact and he took as a sign to explore my mouth with his own. It was a breathless full force kiss. His tongue grazed mine softly and as soon as it started it seemed to be over. We ended up with our foreheads together out of breath and I in Ryan's arms.

Hey you guys. Sorry I've been out of touch. I've been very busy lately with graduation and all that Jazz. 😘💖🥰

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XOXO- Lillian Dero