Bear the Consequences by Rochelle Paige
Author:Rochelle Paige [Paige, Rochelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: werewolf romance, romantic erotica, shape shifter romance, alpha male romance
Publisher: Rochelle Paige
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter 8
Finley
The loneliness was starting to get to me more than anything. Three weeks had passed since Alasdair took me as his mate. Staring at the full moon shining so brightly in the night sky, I finally let go of the hope I’d been holding onto that he wanted me the way I always dreamed my mate would. If we were human, our relationship would have scared the crap out of me. I would have felt like we were moving way past the speed of light. But for shifters, three weeks was more than enough time for the mating bond to fully take hold and for Alasdair to want to go through with the claiming ceremony. Heck, if we’d both been wolf and the timing was different, our claiming could have even happened the same day as the mating. But it didn’t, and that damn full moon just kept taunting me!
Mating was different for each group of shifters, but there was no possible way Alasdair wasn’t aware of what tonight would have meant to me as a wolf. His sister was mated to one and he’d been there for her claiming ceremony—the one that happened on the first full moon after her mating because that’s how it worked for wolves. Yet, here I sat, staring up at the moon shining in the night sky, all alone while my mate took care of urgent business.
Suddenly, it was all too much for me to bear. I crawled into our bed, pulled the blankets over my head, buried my face in Alasdair’s pillow, and pulled his scent deep into my lungs. Overcome by sorrow, I sobbed wildly until I finally drifted to sleep.
I heard Alasdair's steps on the stairs and glanced at the clock, noticing only a few hours had passed. Rolling over to my side of the bed, I turned away from the door and pretended to still be asleep. I wasn’t strong enough to face him right now.
It didn’t take long before Alasdair climbed into bed beside me. “You asleep, my little mate?”
Wrapping his arms around me, he pulled me into his body and nuzzled his face in my neck. Then he placed a gentle kiss on my lips, his tongue tracing lightly over them. I let out a little snore and breathed deeply, hoping he wouldn’t guess I was awake. When his scent hit me, a red haze clouded my vision as my wolf snarled in my head.
“You came to my bed, the one you share with me, with another woman’s perfume on your skin?” His body froze above mine and I hurried to continue. “I can taste the vodka on my lips. So, which was it? Did you get trashed at the club tonight and cheat on me? Or did you have to drink enough alcohol so you could even stand to come home to me?”
“Finley—“
I cut him off. “I accepted our mating before I even knew your name. Your marks are all over my skin, and I wear them proudly.
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