Craving Tori: White Timber Pack(5)
Home, Ryan’s my home now. He’s my mate, even though we’re not mated yet. I don’t know what’s holding me back. Am I scared of giving myself fully to someone who holds so much power, which could crush everything in me? “Yeah, let’s go home,” I reply, putting my hand in his. He helps me out of the chair then we head out. Once we’re outside, I start getting that feeling again, like someone is watching. I turn my head, looking around and down both sides of the street. Then I see a familiar figure, and I freeze. There’s no way, that can’t be. No, it can’t. I shake my head looking again and nothing’s there. Ryan stops and turns. He comes over to me with a concerned look on his face.
“What’s wrong?” he rushes to ask.
“I thought I just saw someone I knew,” I say, my body quivering. Ryan puts his arm around me.
“Tori, you’re shaking. What’s wrong, sweetheart?”
He knows about my ex and what he’s done to me. So, I’m not going to lie to him about what I think I just saw.
“Remember I told you about my ex.” He growls deep in his chest and gives a firm nod.
“Well, umm... I’m pretty sure I just saw him, but my mind could be playing tricks on me.” I stutter.
Ryan’s eyes flash and he growls. I jump a little from the echo of it, then his face softens.
“You don’t ever have to fear me. I would never hurt you, ever,” he mutters. I nod, he takes hold of me and brings me to him, holding me close. I release a tiny sigh, feeling safe with Ryan.
Ryan opens the car door for me then closes it when I’m in. He walks around and gets in before we pull away from the restaurant and head home. I don’t look back, I don’t know why I thought I saw Steve, but something in my bones tells me something is wrong and I’ll find out soon enough what it is.
A few minutes later, we pull up to the house. I’m completely drained. I just want to head to bed.
I turn to Ryan and give a faint smile.
“Ryan. I’m tired. I just want to go to bed, if that’s okay?” I feel like I ruined the evening with my stupid head thinking of things that aren’t there.
Why is he always popping up inside of my head? When will he forever disappear from my life?
“Alright. Let’s head inside and we’ll head up to bed,” Ryan replies.
Chapter Two
Just the both of us being out alone together was nice for a change. Rather than having everyone with us. She looked gorgeous in her dress. My wolf was pushing me to mark her, to claim her as ours. To ravish her where she stood. I had to tell him to back off. If he kept pushing, I knew we would end up scaring her off. He whined when I told him we can’t. He doesn’t understand why we can’t mark her. He could care less if she was shifter or human, he wants our scent on her. The whole night I had to hide the hard on I had from just the sweet scent of her. And that damn fine-looking dress she had on wasn’t helping.
At the restaurant, she seemed a bit off. Always looking around, and then when I asked her what was wrong. When she uttered the words that she felt someone was watching us… My hackles rose, my wolf snarling at the chance to rip apart anyone or anything that could harm our mate.
After she told me, I looked around the restaurant, but I didn’t see anything out of the ordinary. I only saw the staff and an elderly couple. She was nervous and scared about something. When I found out she may have seen her ex… My wolf pushed forward, wanting to kill that fucker.
After getting home, she wanted to go right to bed. She was drained.
Now she’s sleeping peacefully beside me. I stare at her, and the love I feel for her is already so strong. I wonder how it’ll be when we’re mated. I’ll love her, fight for her, even die to protect her if I have to. My wolf and I both agree.
I’m not going to rush her into mating with me. I want her to want to mate with me when she feels it’s right. I know with humans it can take a bit for them to get warmed to the idea. But I’m in this for the long haul, she’s it for me. There’ll never be another for me, ever.
Tori shifts beside me and groans. She cuddles closer to me. I wrap my arm around her, nothing in this world is worth more to me than her. She leans closer in, grinding her sweet little ass into my crotch.
I bite my lip hard, trying to hold back the growl rumbling in my chest. My wolf is becoming anxious with need. Hell, to tell the truth, my dick is always hard when she’s around. When I stroke my cock after long days of being so close to her, trying to relieve some pressure from my balls, nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing, works. The need I have is for her. I close my eyes, trying to get some sleep. I just hope my hands don’t roam over her body while we sleep. If she wakes up with my hands all over her and freaks out, I’ll never be able to forgive myself. My cock is hard as a rock right now with her being flush against me. I reach down to adjust my throbbing hardness away from her ass. I groan lightly when my hand touches my sensitive shaft. God, damn!
I shake my head and close my eyes, praying that sleep comes quickly.
I stir slightly in bed, the light from my blinds peeking through, waking me. It’s morning already? It feels like I literally just closed my eyes. I don’t feel Tori beside me, her scent faint. I slowly open my eyes, turning my head, and sure enough, she isn’t in bed beside me. My wolf whines that our mate left without waking us. I rise up and swing my legs off the bed, standing up and stretching my arms above my head. I grab a pair of sweatpants and throw them on. I run a hand through my messy hair and leave the room. I turn down the hall towards the bathroom.