Highest Rank: #91 ~~ "Mate, come to me," and as he utters those words, a force invades my mind and I scream as searing pain fills my whole body as I began to cough up a liquid that burns my throat as it rises.
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I'd woken up in Sebastians strong arms, my head still laying comfortably on his chest and I didn't move, simply listening to the even thrum of his heart. It was like beautiful yet simplistic melody and it almost lulled me into another peaceful sleep, although he stirred under me, and his hands lifted to sift through my wild dark curls.
We lay there in silence, and I didn't feel the need to fill the air with pointless chatter, to know that I was falling, if not I'd already fallen in love with the owner of the beating heart beneath me.
"Morning, my luna," he said, his deep and husky morning voice rumbling from within his chest. "Hey," I said, looking up at him with a smile, noting his eyes were still closed. I lifted a finger and slowly ran it along his jawline, smiling at the small prickles that had began to litter his face. He was beautiful, like a statue carved to perfection from marble and I couldn't help but feel inadequate beside him. I hadn't realized, but he too had been staring and my face burned with the intense gaze fixated on my face.
"I can't wait for this all to be over," he said, a sigh of reluctance escaping his plump lips.
I looked up at him in question and he smiled.
"There's a threat, and all I want to do is hold you like this, safe in my arms," he said, as he muzzled his head into my hair and I couldn't help but smile.
"So much to do to keep you safe," he said as he slowly sat up, looking down at me, a tender smile pulling at his lips. "But I'd do anything to keep you safe," he said, stroking my jaw. He sighed as he got up, slowly walking away the attached bathroom, and I couldn't help the shy smile that erupted as he stretched, his muscles rippling under taut skin as they flexed and the way his trousers dangled low on his heavily muscled hips.
We'd both showered, and I'd found myself sitting in the living room, waiting for Irene who waltzed in with a yawn, arms outstretched above her head. I looked down any realized the silky nightdress she'd been wearing and my eyebrow raised in question and she only laughed.
"You've been working so hard, and there's only one thing left to do," she said with a smile, and I mulled over the thought. As I came to the realization, I'd sped over to the door, jumping up and down with excitement. "I'm shifting!" I'd screamed and I heard a faint groan that sounded somewhat like Ben, and I rolled my eyes.
"Woah there, tigress," Irene said watching me from the doorway, arms folded lazily across her chest.
"It's alot harder than you think, and Sebastian will definitely want to be there for it," she says, and I slowly came to stand still.
"Why, I can just shift again when he's not busy?" I asked, hope still remaining in my voice.
"He'd never forgive me, mates shifting in front of one another for the first time is an important bond established between the two lycans," Irene continued, and I huffed, a small sigh escaping and she laughed gently.
"You'll understand when you get there, young one," Irene said, walking over and giving me a small hug which I returned.
"Come on, let's eat and you can go find Sebastian in his office, I'm heading home for the day to check on my mate," she said, and at the mention of him, her eyes lit up in child like wonder.
"What's his name?" I asked gently as we'd walked alongside one another to the kitchen.
"Isaac Lombardi," she said, and her cheeks ignited in flames.
"You know, over a month ago I would've thought this was very wrong, an age old woman pining after a young boy," I said with a small smile.
"When you live forever, age stops meaning so much," she said with a smile.
"I guess so, but anyways, I'm extremely hungry so lets go," I said, turning to her with a mischievous smirk, "Mrs. Lombardi," and at this, her face erupted with colour and she looked down, an involuntary smile having exploded onto her face.
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Breakfast went by well, and Catori was nowhere to be found, so I engaged with light hearted conversation with Benjamin and Irene, and both Ben and I continued to play on her clear adoration for her mate Isaac.
I'd left the kitchen with a smile on my face as the two bickered pointlessly, and I took a deep breath, following Sebastian's faint scent through the house until I'd found myself standing outside a grand dark oak double door and I tentatively knocked on the door. I heard a faint mumble from inside and smiled, walking into the room to find Sebastian staring at a white screen, and he quickly gave me a smile.
"Shouldn't you be with Irene?" he asked, leaning back in the chair, staring up at me with his hand rested against his chin.
"She said I can only shift if you're around," I said, closing the large door behind me and slowly moving to the chair that sat in front of his desk.
"She's right, I want to be there," he said offering a smile, as he gestured me over to him and I stood, coming to stand beside him, and I'd barely been there for a moment before I was pulled in his lap and he'd placed a chaste kiss on my cheek.
"And it's great you have the day off, I've been painfully lonely without you," he says, as he continued working, reading over the long documents, and I simply snuggled into his lap.
"Trust me, unless I fall asleep, you'll be hoping I were outside training." I say with a laugh, and he too laughs, shaking his head beneath me.
"You don't realize how much fun you are to be around," he says.
"Even if I call you a cow?"
"Especially because you call me a cow," he says, placing a gentle kiss on my forehead.
And that was how we'd spent the day, in one another's relishing in each others company.
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Permíteme presentarte a Isaac Lombardi, (Simone Lobilli)
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That introduction was in spanish but he's italian, banta.
Anyways, a couple things tonight guys, I need a few people to dm me as I have to ask a few questions, (theres only a very mild spoiler), so if a few of you could do that for me, that would be great! We're getting closer to the ball, where i can finally use the song I listened to that inspired this whole story, this was a bit of a filler, and sorry it's actually quite short🤔, and i think the next chapter will be relatively similar, unless she shifts in there ☺️. I forgot what else i was gonna say, so as always, let me know what you thought! Please do vote as it would help the book alot so we can make our little group of lycans even bigger and it would make my little heart that extra bit happier. You guys are actually really funny and nice and i love interacting with you all through the comments!
