AMELIA’S P.O.V

It felt like absolute bliss to wake up in Kaden’s arms. At first, I thought it was a dream. There was one recurring dream I had been having where I would wake up being held by him, he would kiss me slowly and when I opened my eyes, I would be alone in my room. It made my heart burn and that was why when I felt his lips against mine, I didn’t want to open my eyes.


“Wake up, baby,” he cooed but I couldn’t bring myself to do it. I didn’t want the dream to end.

“Will you be here when I open my eyes?” I whispered and I felt his fingers run through my hair softly.

“I’m not going anywhere,” he assured me and I forced my eyes open only to find Kaden smiling down at me. “Hey there, baby. Did you sleep well?”


I managed a small nod. I was sore all over and looking down at myself, I could see all the bite marks and the indentations of Kaden’s hands on my skin. It was like art and I wished I could frame it so I could stare at it over again. I wasn’t sure when we managed to fall asleep but we couldn’t keep our hands or mouths off each other. It was like a dream come true.

“I have to take you back,” he said snapping me out of my thoughts and I frowned. “Pamela is still a bit pissed at me and she wants me to make things right. I want to make things right and I will but I need to do this correctly. I’m going to take you back, I am going to refurbish our house and I am going to bring you home, okay?”


I nodded. “Okay.”

I wasn’t happy about it and I wasn’t going to pretend to be but I understood his need to do this correctly. We had messed up so many times, I couldn’t fault him for wanting a semblance of normalcy in our lives, especially now that we had the issue of my heritage to deal with. There was so much happening, all we really could do was focus on us for the time being.

We took a shower together and spent an embarrassingly long amount of time in there. I put on some of his clothes, I couldn’t bring myself to wear any of the old things I had left behind. I wanted his scent all around me as much as possible.

Even when we ate breakfast, we ate wrapped up in each other and by the time he stopped the car in front of Pamela’s house, I knew that I was nowhere near ready to leave him yet.

“I’ll be back to see you this evening,” he assured me and all I could do was look forward till then. He grabbed me by the throat and kissed me deeply, my toes curled in my shoes and I blinked at him not knowing how to curb the raging appetite in me.

It was like I wanted to jump him every fucking second. I had never experienced anything like it before.

“It happens,” he said suddenly as if reading my mind. “After the marking, things can get a little… intense. It is hard for mates to be away from each other. Most times you’ll see newly mated couples locked in for weeks.”

“Why can’t we be locked in for weeks?”

“We will,” he assured me. “I just want us to do that in our own home. I don’t want any memories of her tainting what we have.”

I let out a sigh and nodded. I knew he was right and I also knew that if I didn’t get out of the car, I was going to spend the next hour fucking him in the car in the driveway. I forced my feet to move and the further I got from him, the more it felt like pure torture. I didn’t turn back until I got into the house. If I did, I would have gone to him.

“That looked rough,” Clara drawled as soon as I walked into the house. “Are you okay?” I nodded not saying a word but she didn’t buy it one bit. She knew there was something I was hiding. She grabbed me by the shoulder. “What is going on? Did he hurt you?”

“Of course he didn’t,” I ran my hands through my hair and she gasped.

She grabbed my arm and pulled my hair off my shoulder. “He marked you. You let him mark you.”

I snatched my hand back and covered it up with flaming cheeks. It wasn’t that I was embarrassed of it, I just hadn’t expected for her to find out that way. I had completely forgotten about hiding it when I tugged at my hair.

She was grinning from ear to ear. “I knew it. I knew it was only a matter of time before you both caved. You’re destined to be together.”

“Can you wait before telling the others? I want to do it but I want to do it with him.”

“Of course,” she made an x over her chest. “Cross my heart and hope to die. I will not tell a soul. I am just so excited for you.”

“I am too,” I couldn’t help my grin. “It feels like hell being away from him right now. I don’t know if I’ll be able to stay here on my own. I need something to take my mind off things.”

She paused as she debated my words and I knew the exact moment she had an idea. It was almost as if a light bulb had lit up in her head.

“Why don’t we go to see your uncle?” she asked and I stilled.

“Aaron?” I asked and she nodded. “I’m not sure how Kaden would feel.”

She waved me off. “He is your uncle. He cannot be jealous of you being with your literal uncle. That’s weird and it is incest. It is a better option than losing your mind in here. You get to find out more about your family- your mum and your powers.”

She made a compelling argument. “Do you know where he is?”

Her lips curled up into a smile. “I can find out.”