Chapter 26
When we finally arrived at the hotel I was surprised that Cassie wanted to stay with me instead of Alexandra considering what had happened between us.
She is sitting on the bed with the blanket wrapped around her shoulders and her legs crossed Indian style, as she flips through the channels on the TV.
I just stare at her trying to think of when would be the best time to tell her before I sighed as I realized that I was just stalling what had to be done. I rub my face roughly with my hands before I stop, leaving my face partially covered by my hands.
“She was my sister.” Cassie froze before she slowly turned her gaze towards me. “She’s the only family I can stand the sight of, that’s why I didn’t tell them about you. I don’t want you to think you don’t matter.”
I didn’t notice I was staring at the ground until I felt her light touch on my shoulder as she slowly wrapped her arms around my neck. I was taken aback when she just smiled at me lovingly.
“Thank you for telling me.” Cassie kissed my cheek before she rested her head upon my shoulder.
I grimaced thinking about how much more I had to tell her and wondered if she would still feel the same when the worst was said.
I grabbed her shoulders to pull her away from me and she gave me a confused look that seemed to be a little pained.
“Ruqa. E roqa kura su sarr.” (Beloved. I have more to tell.) I was glad that my mate spoke the old language since it accidentally came out. She just nodded her head as she looked at me patiently.
I took a deep breath and to compose myself to speak the right language. “I didn’t tell you my name because I hate hearing it. I hate the name that ‘those’ people gave to me.”
“Why do you hate your family so much?”
I just laughed as I thought of all the possible reasons I could give her but knew there was no point.
I would just get straight to the point. “They tortured me, every day of my life I was in that house.” I felt as my hands balled and a low growl grew in my chest. Even thinking of them makes me want to kill something.
“I know I don’t have the right to ask-“ I cut Cassie off. “You do have the right to ask. You’ve always had it.”
“How did they…” Her voice trailed off as she seemed to lose the courage to ask me, but I was going to answer all of her questions tonight.
“I was the runt. Everyone thought for sure I was going to be the omega. I was four foot flat the day before my 13thbirthday.” The shock on her face showed me she understood how small I was.
“That’s smaller than-“
“Females? Yes I know. So my father and my brother would always make me play ‘king of the hill’ against fully mature wolves to ‘prove myself’. I lost every fight. My body could never fully heal.”
I looked up at my mate to see how she was taking all of this and it wasn’t well. She had decided not to look at me anymore as she played with her fingers in her lap. But I had one more thing to tell. One secret to help her understand why.
“Cassie. Look at me.” She looked up hesitantly before her beautiful blue eyes were locked with mine. “I won’t mate you because-“
“It’s okay. I’ll wait.” She frantically shot at me.
I shook my head at her. “On my 13thbirthday I went through hell. It’s not easy growing from four foot to six foot overnight.”
Cassie wrapped her arms around her legs and pulled them closer to herself as she rested her chin on her knees to look at me.
“That’s when it started. That’s when my mom kept me from school. That’s when she told me I was different.” The look on Cassie’s face told me she was confused.
“Ruqa.”(Beloved)I paused to clear my head before I started again.
“My mom raped me from the time I was 13 to 17 when I finally got out. I didn’t want that hurt and shame for you.
I didn’t want you to hate me as much as I hate her because I didn’t wait for you to be older.
I just.” I stopped as I took in a shaky breath, memories of the days I spent in that house flooding back into my mind.
“Don’t!” I yelled as Cassie reached out to touch me. She flinched back before she slowly approached me again.
As much as I wanted to tell her to say away, I couldn’t. As she wrapped her arms around me, I couldn’t help but do the same as I wrapped my arms around her waist pulling her close to me.
I felt as my shoulder got wet and I tried to pull her away but she wouldn’t budge. “Luud os ka ruqa.”(Look at me beloved.)She slightly pulled away to look at me.
“Don’t cry.”
“I’m so sorry. I’m sorry I didn’t understand you.” She quickly buried her face into my shoulder again. I hushed my crying mate as I stroked her hair while she continued to cry.
“You can’t understand what I don’t tell you.”
She sniffled as she pulled away and nodded. “But now I do.” She slowly leaned in as she placed her lips to mine.
“It’s not the same V. I love you and I want nothing more than to be with you. I wouldn’t say it otherwise. You know me.” I just smiled as I thought about how resistant she was before.
“Praoka kosa ka.”(Please mate me.)Just hearing the words leave her mouth had my wolf ready to pounce but I couldn’t.
I was going to do this right. For my mate.
I picked her up as I got up from the chair before walking over to the bed. I slowly placed her down as I climbed over here.
“Are you sure about this?” It doesn’t hurt to ask her again. She just nodded her head in response before she pulled my shirt up and over my head.
I smirked as I did the same to her before I kissed her deeper than the last. I broke our kiss to leave small ones down her jaw line before reaching her neck. I stopped at the mark I had left before and kissed it, lingering for a while as an apology for the pain I put her through.
I kept following her body down as she slowly started to move impatiently. I sat up and wagged a finger at her. “Patience. My way or no way.” She pouted but didn’t contest.
Her thighs were perfectly firm and I couldn’t help but give a small bite by her panties. I laughed as she yelped in surprise before she slapped my chest.
“Don’t do that.” The red that crept upon her face was just proof of the innocence I was still scared to take away from her.
While I hesitated, she decided to sit up and take off her bra making my eyes snap down to her breast. Any thought I had of stopping went out the window.
I woke up and felt V’s arms around my waist. I tried to turn and face him but felt a jolt of pain in my lower region.
Leaning my head up I pulled away the covers to see that both me and V was still completely naked. It wasn’t a dream then. He really mated me.
I felt my neck to see that it was still tender from him biting me again. I gasped as I tried to look on his neck. Did I bite him too?
“What are you doing?” V didn’t even open his eyes or move as he questioned me from his pillow.
“Did I bite you?” I blushed and was glad that he wasn’t paying any attention. He shook his head and I started to panic. I was supposed to bite him. It’s how we complete our bond. Me accepting him as my mate and alpha.
“Calm down pup. You don’t bite me the first time. I bite you, show my dominance and mark what’s mine. Next time you bite me completing our bond.”
“I’m not a pup!” It’s nice to know he’s still an ass.
“Yes you are.” He got up and didn’t even attempt to cover himself as he walked to the bathroom. We might have finally mated but I still am not quite ready to see him just walk around naked.
“Come on. We need to shower. Sadly I have a lot to do today.”
I puffed out my cheeks as I laid on my stomach. “Why don’t we stay in bed all day?” I meant it as a joke since I was still really sore.
“Don’t tempt me.” He growled and made every muscle in my body tense in anticipation. That really hurt the soreness.
“Cassie.” His voice had warning and authority to it. I slowly got up, since I felt pain with every movement before I slowly waddled to the bathroom.
When I finally made it I saw that he had ran a bath for me already. “I thought we were showering.”
“You’re sore, so I thought you’d like a bath.”
“How’d you-“ He just stepped into his shower ignoring me as I gaped at his back.
Ugh he’s such a jerk but a nice jerk that I always want to be around.
I stepped into the heated bliss and welcomed the soothing sensation it had on my soreness.
“V, I sraokira aeui.”(V, I love you.)
I watched as V smiled coming out of the shower before wrapping a towel around his waist. He walked over to the tub and kissed me before he placed his hand on the side of my face.
“I sraokira aeui ruqa. Im srek vurrd omd sra maxs.”(I love you too beloved. In this world and the next.)
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