Rayne’s POV Trying to stretch my arms as I awoke but found they were restricted by what felt like one of my mate’s arms. Inhaling I knew whose arms they were as the scent of mint awoke the wolf inside of me. My eyes slowly opened seeing Reese’s face only inches from mine as he was curled up around me. Reese looked like he was peacefully sleeping and I took the opportunity to really look at him closely and I realized how perfect he was. He was everything I ever could have asked for except he hadn’t marked me which means he still wasn’t committing to the three of us being together and my heart ached knowing he wasn’t mine. “I’m guessing since you haven’t jumped my bones yet that your heat is finally over.” Reese said without opening his eyes and I knew I was busted staring at him but then I realized what he was saying. The burning pain within me was gone. “How long was I in heat?” I asked him, looking around the room trying to find out what time of day it was. “Two weeks.” Reese
Rayne’s POV Reese was gone by the time I made it out of the bathroom and a change of clothes were left for me on the bed. Reese’s mood swings were starting to give me whiplash and I wondered what was going on in his head. My heat must have changed something in him and maybe it was a good thing I didn’t leave with Conner to go to California. Then my mind went to Conner who had just found out he was a Hybrid just like me before my heat started. I remembered him being the first to enter me when my heat started without hesitation and I can remember him being with me off and on during my heat. I wonder how he was doing with his wolf side since it’s been two weeks now and a part of me missed not seeing him since I woke from my heat. Quickly I got dressed and before I was ready to leave the room I heard a phone ding on the nightstand. Picking up the phone I see a ton of missed texts from Emma. Emma: “Where are you?” Emma: “Call me. I’m worried about you.” Emma: “Seriously Rayne, w
Rayne’s POV Conner and I stared at each other and couldn’t believe what his mother said. There was no way we were brother and sister. How is that even possible. Conner tried to get answers from his mother, but she insisted on him coming home first with me before she told him anything more. He eventually hung up on her not wanting to listen to her lies any longer. None of it made any sense. My father would have had to have slept with Conner’s mother over a year before my parents got pregnant with me. Was it possible yes but did I believe it no. Then there was also the fact that Hunter said Conner was of Alpha blood and I don’t believe my father was because Reese’s family was the Alpha’s of the pack. Even though neither of us believed the lies from her mouth it still felt like there was an oddness we now felt about touching each other and it was going to drive me mad until we were able to prove she was lying. As we headed downstairs to the meeting, we walked a foot apart not hold
Reese’s POV Something was off today with Rayne and Conner. When he asked to go with Caleb to their pack I started freaking out thinking Rayne was going to go with him but later overheard Rayne talking to Ella about how long they were going to be gone for and I realized Rayne was staying here with me. Relief swept over me and with Conner gone for a while I would have a chance to work on us. After Rayne had returned with Conner my mind went to a dark place and when Rayne went into heat it slowly brought me out of that dark place. The need to protect and comfort her during her heat consumed me and that’s when I knew that there was no way I was ever going to live without this girl. I just had to convince myself that I could deal with Conner being in the picture to. As I worked on pack business late into the evening there was a knock on my door and I told the person to come in. I was shocked to see it was Conner. He looked like something was deeply troubling him as he came in and took
Rayne’s POV It took everything I had this morning to walk away from Reese with his confession of wanting to be inside of me but I wanted him to really want me as in marking me to be his. My wolf inside of me was begging me to give ourselves to him and I wanted to but I want him to be committed like he said the next time we are together he would mark me. Conner never came to the room last night nor did he say goodbye before he left and I sat here trying to concentrate on what Ella was teaching me but I found myself playing with the ring that Conner promised me forever with. The ring weighed heavy on my finger today as I felt like the promise he made with it was now void. There was no doubt in my mind that his mother was lying but once again Conner let her win as he ran away from his feeling for me for the second time. “Rayne did you get that?” Ella asks and I have no clue what I was supposed to get because I am lost in a sea of emotions. “I’m sorry Ella. I’m not feeling so well tod
Reese’s POV As I waited in the greenhouse for Rayne, shadowed by the darkness so I could see her facial reaction with the addition of my touch to tonight’s date. As I thought about the past two weeks, there was no denying that I couldn’t let her go. I needed Rayne in my life like I needed air to breathe. Rayne‘s scent alone was intoxicating and drives my wolf and I crazy to the point I can’t take it any longer not marking her as ours. Her smile, the way she looks at me and her touch I can’t stand not having. Whatever the deal is with Conner I was going to have to deal with it because I have finally accepted that I will do whatever it takes to be with Rayne. Today as Hunter and I talked about more strategies he noticed something was weighing on my mind and he asked. Knowing he is in a similar situation I felt at ease to speak to him about it. As we talked there was so many similarities between himself and me and I was glad to have Hunter here to confide in and my heart felt more a
Rayne’s POV Closing my eyes I took in the confession Reese just made to me. He loved me and was asking me for forever. The commitment he was ready to make with me wasn’t just a ring that could be taken off at any time or a promise that could be broken. It was a marking that I would bare the rest of my life telling the world that I was his. I inhaled deeply taking his mint scent in as I calmed myself before I opened my eyes back up. Like I said I was done playing games and I wanted Reese and now that Reese confessed his love to me there was nothing holding me back from showing him the love I had for him. It was my turn to confess to him. “I dreamt of you for years and now I know why. We were always meant to be together. I might not have known it then, but I know it now, my heart was always yours. When I broke the spell to the ring I felt a strong need to come back to you instantly but when I got here and saw your reaction my heart broke into a million pieces. I didn’t ask to be a
Rayne’s POV As Reese holds me in his arms from the aftermath of our mating, he runs his fingertips down my bare arm and tiny sparks awaken my skin to his touch. My body now feels so foreign and it is as if I had been reborn the moment I fully gave myself to Reese. The bond is now fully humming between the two of us and I feel an undeniable constant pull to Reese as if there is an unseen rope tethered to each of us drawing us in to one another. Never could I have imagined that the bond could be this strong and I wondered if this was what Reese was feeling the whole time, we were near one another, and how he was able to control not marking me before he did. Pushing up from Reese’s chest I look into his eyes and I see a totally different Reese. He was no longer having to fight his wolf off because I was his and he looked so relaxed and content, as a smile creeped onto his face. “How are you feeling?” He asks me. “Like I was reborn. Everything is so intense. Why didn’t you tell me th