She's Mine To Claim: Mr. Alpha, Can You Kiss Me More? novel Chapter 85

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Amelia’s pov

For a moment, we stay there, resting in the aftermath of what had happened between us. Our worlds had shifted, and things have shifted between us in less than a day..

A good different.

I could feel him still inside me even when he pulls out gently and pulls me to him, cuddling me in the most loving way. I could still feel him.

The room was quiet except for our breathing but my legs still trembled and my heart still fluttered in my chest.

Raiden kisses my head, lingering there before letting out a soft sigh as he rests his chin atop my head. My hand land on his chest, where his heart still beat as quick as mine.

I swore it skipped when I touched him.

I shifted slightly to face him and though his eyes were no longer tinged with red, I could still see a glimpse of him from the moonlight.

His hand as if on instinct, reach up to cup my face, his thumb rubbing against my lower lip. “Raiden?” I whispered low, a little afraid to ask him the question I wanted to.

He had said a few words before I shattered beneath him. I wanted to know……what did he mean when he said not until he was certain I wanted to wear his mark?

What mark was he talking about?

There were so many things for me to learn about him. So many.

“Hmmm my spitfire?” The way he caressed me so lovingly made my heart flutter. Why had I fought this for so long?

“You,” I swallowed, bracing myself for any thing he would say.

“You said you wouldn’t mark me until you were certain I’d want to wear it….” I drawled, trying to see if my words had caused his body to tense.

It did. He paused his action on my lip, silent, just silent.

The silence stretched on for a little bit until his husky voice uttered. “I did,” he exhaled slowly as if weighing his words before speaking.

My brows knit, now more even intrigued knowing that his words were not fragments of my imagination. “What….what does it mean exactly?” I question, now fascinated to know more about him, more about what was going on between us.

I knew the moment he had stared into my eyes earlier, this was not ordinary. What threaded between us wasn’t ordinary.

His gaze softened and he reached in my hair to brush the strands behind my ear. “We’re mates,” he started and my eyebrows

lift.

Mates.

“Mates?” I tested the word on my tongue and he nods.

“Yes. In our world mates are two souls meant to be together forever. Our wolf senses our mate on our eighteenth birthday,” as he speak he stares at me intently, waiting to see my reaction with his words.

I don’t react, there’s nothing to react to, not when his world and words have intrigued me.

He watches me closely, eyes searching for the slightest flinch or crack in my curiosity. Seeing that there was none, he

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continues while his thumb trails a slow path. “In the human world they call it a marriage but in ours it’s more than that, it’s more than love. It’s a connection beyond physical. It’s spiritual too,” he stops as if afraid to continue but does anyway.” Our souls, they are chosen for each other.”

A sharp shiver ran through me but not out of fear. No. It’s that same thread tugging again. That same one from moments ago that made me want him so much. That same thread that had been pulling from the moment I had set my eyes on him that day.

“And the mark?” I asked softly, my heart skipping as I feel that dull tingling in my neck.

His fingers trails lower, lower, lower until they stop where the pulse was on my neck. “The mark Amelia,” his eyes don’t leave mine.” The mark seals it. It seals the bond for forever. It’s how a wolf claims their mate. It binds us in ways that humans wouldn’t understand.”

He stops and sighs, looking away for a bit before returning his gaze on mine. ” In order for us to claim and mark, we have to sink our canines into a certain spot on the neck. Then the mate bears the mark, letting others know who the other belongs to. It’s a mark that stays forever.”

I swallowed, feeling that little tingling turning sharper. ” And…..I’m your forever?”

He nods gently. “You’re my forever.”

I should’ve been scared. Forever? That wasn’t a basic word. Why am I not scared of the thought of being with Raiden forever? Especially when we hadn’t made it official? Why does the thought make me actually want him even more?

“You looked like you wanted to….mark me,” I say softly, remembering how sharp teeth had grazed my neck where that had been tingling. Was there the spot he had to sink into to claim me?

He nods. “I did,” his eyes shifted slightly, revealing something that made my heart skip. Adoration. “I wanted to so badly, Amelia,” he admits. “It took everything in me to not mark you fully. It took completely everything.”

Why?” I asked softly, feeling his heart beat as fast as mine. “Why didn’t you?”

He cups my cheek, brushing his thumb over my skin. ” Because I won’t take your choice away,” his voice is raw with emotions, his eyes telling everything he felt.

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“I wanted you tonight, I wanted to claim you so badly: But, I want all of you Amelia,” His eyes are so soft, so vulnerable. Your heart, your trust, your choice,” I lean into his touch, feeling the warmth ran through me. Not a bond brought forth on from the fates alone. You need to make sure you truly want this.”

My heart pounds in my chest, my fingers trembling on his chest where I could still feel his heart beat loud.

You’ve just been thrown into our world Amelia. A mark is forever, and I want to know if you’re certain you want to be by my side, you accept me, my wolf, forever. And not just for tonight.”

A shaky breath leaves my lips. I didn’t know everything, especially with my real father but I do know one thing. Raiden…..he had always had a part of me even when I didn’t know he did. He felt right.

“I don’t know everything about your world,” my lips move as I utter softly.” About the mate bond and about what happens next,” I can feel his heart quicken its pace under my touch while his eyes sparked the emotion of fear.

He was scared Iwould reject him. He was scared I’d be like how I was earlier, cold and distant. But that wasn’t truly me. I was tired of fighting it for so long, especially when I got a taste of how good it is to finally be…..his.

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But,” I added. “I know what I feel when I am in your presence. I have fought it for too long.” I admitted. fighting it. That part of me, I welcome it. Because you see Raiden,” I tilt my head as his gaze softens in the most tender way. I feel it. That pull towards you?”

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And I am tired of

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I feel it,” I whisper.” And for the first time in my life, I finally feel like I belong.”