Asuna POV
Little one, open your eyes and look!
Seeing no response, I sighed. Rieka had hidden herself so much that I was unable to change back from being a wolf.
This was the most amount of time that I had been in control in both lives and I was starting to get sick of the little one acting like this!
Aren’t you stronger then this! Why are you acting so differently now!?
Again, I got no response…
“Please, please can I talk to Rieka?”
I humphed at Alarick, looking at me with desperate eyes. I want you to talk to Rieka, she’s just…Not coming out!
As much as I loved speaking with his wolf, I knew that Rieka needed her mate. We needed to complete our bond, we needed to mate! It was even the perfect time for it!
It was still a full moon, the last day of it…
With our bond still so very weak…Both us wolves and Alarick were scared that the bond will completely disappear…We were scared that if we don’t do something soon, we might lose our chance!
Look, little one, your mate wishes to speak with you, come out…
…I don’t care…
Breathing out in defeat, I vaguely feel her thoughts upon wanting to go back to having a heart of ice and live in the depths of winter. She had left her home in the north only to feel like she’s regretted it…
This is silly behavior little one! Didn’t you always want to live for now, look with your eyes and see that your mate is desperate to speak with you right at this very moment!
Seeing the very guarded and hidden little being peak out and see through my eyes at our mate, she did not speak a word.
“Please…Rieka. I know you’re there. I’m sorry I didn’t protect you, I will forever make up for that, but please…Come out!”
I felt my heart ache for the two wolf and man, who desperately wanted to connect with us once again.
While the little one continues like this, we didn’t particular feel much of that bond between us…So, she needed to come out!
Little one, I have watched you for a long time now. You survived a lot on your own, becoming your own best friend and didn’t depend on anyone. I know I have not spoken much with you, but I will change and speak with you! I am at fault, not you! I am the one that should have said that you weren’t broken, that you weren’t stupid and that you are beautiful just the way you are!
The poor little thing…
I felt my mate touch us again then and saw Rieka flinch.
I knew she felt that slight tingle and probably even smelt that blanket smell that she likes so much…
Feeling our mates’ arms around us, I spoke to Mingan, I know both of you are eager, but I don’t know how long it will take to bring Rieka out.
Silence overcame us then, as I felt slightly more at ease at having our mates’ arms around our wolf body.
Upon waking up to find Alarick close by, I was ecstatic, I was absolutely happy. Of course, I questioned why I was suddenly in a different place, but the answer didn’t matter as I felt safe and in the right place…
Still healing, even better now with Alarick’s help, we are nearly better once again…
I have no idea about the time that had gone by, but I am aware now that it seems the Shifters had come all together and that Alarick is highly seen as one of the leaders or commanders for the new pack that has already been formed.
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Not sure on what specifically has happened in the last couple of days, but I know now that time was of the essence and that Alarick may be fighting soon…Which meant that if we wanted him at his best and have more of a chance on surviving, Rieka needed to come out!
Little one, weren’t you always so jealous of others that were laughing and smiling? Why make it so hard for yourself to obtain that!? Have you forgotten what it feels like to be with our one and only!? Don’t you remember how happy you were!?
Seeing Rieka finally come out of hiding, but still not take over, the tingles grew slightly stronger than before.
Just as I thought, Rieka needs to come out!
I wasn’t sure beforehand, but both our mate and I now know of this fact!
It sort of hurt my feelings, that her and I weren’t completely at one, but…I was reincarnated after all…Perhaps, because of that, Rieka had the most rights to be known as Alarick’s destined partner and I didn’t.
…Nonetheless, I have already happily fallen for Mingan and hope that Rieka will finish this connection for us.
“Rieka, please come out and be with me. I’m a mess without you!’
Like myself, it looked like our mate was going to help me bring her back out.
How about you gain back the blanket that you want so desperately!?
Suddenly, I was pushed back…Seeing myself see through the eyes of what Rieka was seeing…Finally!
Tingles, smells and the link was suddenly so much more powerful, yet at the same time weak, and I sighed with relief.
It was still there!
Before, I was sad because of the chance of Mingan and Alarick not taking us as their mate anymore, but it’s alright now!
They have not only made it obvious that they want us very much, but the connection between us was now back to as it was before…Now, all that there was left, was to strengthen it!
Feeling Mingan agree with me, I felt myself grow jittery…It would be the first time that I would be officially mated…
…I couldn’t wait!
Seeing the little one snuggle desperately into her blanket, I couldn’t help but let out a happy laugh.
Good girl!
Now let’s spend the rest of our lives with our mate!
Rieka POV
My blanket!
“Rieka!”
I rolled around, hearing my blanket groan and I suddenly felt like that I was perhaps being too rough.
“My love, at least shift to human if you’re going to roll on top of me.”
Oh…
Shifting into human, I laid on top of my blanket and clung to him…Now remembering how I had felt with him those times, when I had thought that I was dreaming.
It was real, this feeling, this want and desire…It had never been a dream…
Feeling arms around me, I couldn’t help but feel the complete opposite to what I had felt the last couple of days.
I had been empty and scared, upset and sad…Now…Now I felt full!
I felt wanted and safe…
Yet, was this really not a dream?
Can I really have this?
Granted, I didn’t want to be upset, just as Asuna said, but…What if I go all happy and it disappears all over again!?
Opening my eyes, feeling to have been the one that was now on the bottom, I see him put his hand to my face and give me a look that made me feel like crying.
“Rieka…”
My blanket…
His touch to my face was gentle and I touched his face too. I had pictured his face many times, yet nothing was compared to touching it and seeing it in front of me like this!
His eyes told me things and I felt like he was taking my breath away once again, like he had some time ago …
Finally, his lips upon my own made me remember even more then before and I tried to take in whatever he was giving me.
As I became lost to his lips, I was getting lost to his touch and smell as well.
My body burned to where he touched me and I let out a noise, unable to know why.
His smell drove me nearly insane as I clung onto him even more then I already was and when we finally parted from the kiss, that again took my breath away, my mind was completely blank…
I wasn’t thinking anything, I was feeling…Feeling for more, feeling great and feeling wanted…
“Rieka? Can I mark you?”
Remembering something like this previously, I felt even more emotions go through me, again making me want to cry!
Did he really want me? Did he…
Asuna wondered why I was waiting so long in saying ‘yes’ in return, after waiting for so long…I feel that desperate need from her, even though it wasn’t very strong, and I couldn’t help but feel even more heat rise up within me.
That’s right…Why would I say ‘no’?
Having lived alone, I had been dealing with it fine but…I know that the future that I would have with my mate would be different to what I previously had at other packs and when I was with the humans.
I felt different, I felt like I wouldn’t be chased out and used, that I wouldn’t be bullied and abused…This was…Different. And…How could I? To me, he was the most handsome man, one that I wanted to touch and for him to touch me!
Hell, if it doesn’t work, perhaps I’ll leave…Later…Much later…
Surely this mate bond thing won’t be too hard. Perhaps it may even be great!
Wouldn’t that be nice, to be loved and wanted, being looked at like he’s looking at me now. To be touched all the time, like he’s touching me now…
I want more!
Finally my mind started to work again and I really did cry…I was scared that my questions and emotions may be too much but…
“My love, please be with me forever. Let me protect you, stand by my side, be the mother of my pups…”
Feeling his gentle hand caress my face, wiping away a tear, I blinked to his statement…
Isn’t that like what the dream made me want? To be with him, by his side…To have him mark me?
Before I could change my mind, knowing how much I desperately wanted to be with him, to be able to laugh and smile like everyone else, I nodded and eagerly took his lips with mine!
His hands drove over my skin, making me feel even more crazy then I did before! Already I felt somewhat hot, but now I felt even more hot!
Not only that…I wanted him to touch me more!
My blanket!
That’s right, he’s completely mine!
And before I knew it…I felt pain in my neck, making me groan and hold onto him tighter.