She's Mine To Claim: Mr. Alpha, Can You Kiss Me More? novel Chapter 104

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Raiden’s pov

My throat closes, my beast roars in my head, thrashes. Amelia still straddles me, her breathing as harsh as mine. Hers is

from still trembling with the aftershocks of our love making, mine….with the pain I felt of losing a pack member.

Giovanni.

‘We’re going to him now! All of us!‘ Dad said, his tone getting more emotional the more he spoke.

‘I’ll be there soon.‘ I replied back, my gut twisting painfully.

Amelia must’ve felt the strain in my being because she pulls away slightly and looks down at me. She cradled my face in her palm, her worried eyes dancing across my face.

“Raiden,” her voice is soft, unsure. “What’s wrong?”

I looked at her and my throat tightens. How will I tell her that Giovanni…..

“Raiden?” Her voice is softer, scared. I looked away and lift her off me, my throat tightening. “Something has happened. We need to go back now.”

I can’t look at her while I say those words, I cannot break her tonight. Giovanni wasn’t her biological father but I know Amelia had a soft spot for him. She still saw him as her dad.

“Raiden,” She calls out to me when I hand her her clothes to put back on.

I can hear her thrash around to put the clothes back on quickly, nearly toppling over before I reach out to not make her fall. God’s this little clumsy girl that was mine.

“Did I do something wrong?” Her voice is frail, sad. A sharp tug in my heart by her words makes me let out a breath and look at her.

I cup her face, watching the gleam of incoming tears. Shit. I must’ve hurt her. “God no Amelia. You can never do any wrong. Not in my eyes.”

Her lashes are wet as she blinks, her gaze searching for answers I was scared to give her. “Then what is it? What’s happening? Did you not want to mark me anymore?”

Her voice break by the end of her words and my chest tightens. My beast whimpers inside me. We have caused our mate distress. Something we had promised to not do.

I shook my head and cup her cheek, my thumb brushing the lone tear that escaped her eye. It feels like fire under my touch. Burning me with the reminder that I had caused it.

“I want nothing more than to mark you Amelia Goddess I want to mark you so badly but I cannot right now. We have to go. I have to go. Something has happened-

She gripped my arm, her nails burning into my skin by the tight clutch. “What has happened? Tell me Raiden?” Her eyes searched mine quickly. “Please don’t leave me in the dark anymore.”

It’s like a blow on the chest and I stagger back, tearing my eyes away to tell her. “My pack has lost a very important member-

She steps forward, her voice more firm. “Who?”

I pause.

“Raiden.” Her voice is louder, firmer. Like a Luna My Luna. “Who died?”

I looked at her then because her voice held some power. “Giovan-

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Her eyes widen and she gasped. “We need to leave now. Now! Take me to him!” She yelled, her voice trembling as I nod and

shift into my wolf form.

As soon as I do, Amelia doesn’t wait for me to adjust for her to come up on me carefully. No. She swings her leg over me and jumps up, straddling my back quickly.

“Let’s go Raiden!” Her voice breaks, the urgency to get there cuts through the ache in my chest. My beast digs its paws in the dirt and the second her legs tighten around me, I launch forward.

My paws digs into the damp earth, moss and dry leaves lifting from the weight of me as I sprint through the forest and to

Giovanni’s house.

Amelia clings to me tightly, her cheek pressed to my back. I can hear her harsh breathing, the shudders that sounded painful. I can feel the desperate way she clings to my fur, the way her grip trembles.

I can smell the scent of her tears. Feel them drop to my back. She’s breaking.

My wolf whimpers, soaring through faster. The closer we get to the house the more my lungs burned. Not from the sprint but

from the stench of the fire and smoke.

“We’re losing control of the fire!” Someone yells. We were close. So close that I can see the glow of the fire flickering ahead and I know Amelia saw to because she gasped, her grip on my fur harder.

“Dad,” she cried out, her voice wheezing with pain and grief.

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