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Silva's POV

I slowly felt myself waking up from sleep and with that all my previous thoughts and memories came back.

My brother hurt me. He had yellow eyes and then I fled. But why did my brother hurt me? He was always careful to protect me. Still, he hurt me and just let Devin almost rape me. My heart ached when I thought about how cold he was towards me last time.

I slowly became aware of my surroundings and realized that there was a soft mattress underneath me and not the wet forest floor. It's also nice and warm here and I can feel thousands of sparks flowing through my body. It just felt beautiful. I haven't woken up with such comforting feelings for a long time. Actually never. It was amazing.

Wait...Are those arms around my waist?

I jumped up abruptly and the figure behind me also jumped up in fright.

"Silva? Is everything alright?" a familiar voice asked, making me feel good.

Then I turned to the voice and looked into the ice-blue eyes of my mate, who was sitting up in bed next to me. He is here. He's with me and we even slept in the same bed. So much happiness surged through my body as I checked that I was really with him.

Still a little startled, but also confused, I nodded. I lost myself in his appearance. I have no idea how he did it, but I imagine he already looks a lot more muscular and broader than the last time we saw each other.

"W-where am I and how did I get here?" I asked now.

"Well..." Steven scratched his head a little embarrassed. "...You just crossed the borders of my pack and then we found you. Luckily I was there, otherwise the alpha would have put you in a cell locked up or worse." Steven paused and sighed. "I'm sorry I didn't get you out of there sooner. My alpha told me not to." It was clear from the look on his face that he blamed himself for this. But it wasn't his fault, after all I'm an adult and I can take care of myself.

"It's okay," I tried to calm him down. I was glad he didn't put himself in danger. Who knows what might have happened otherwise?

"Come on, we should go have breakfast. You need something to eat to get your strength back. Who really hurt you like that?"

Only now did I feel the slight pain in my chest. I looked down at myself and pushed up the oversized t-shirt I was wearing. Underneath I could see large hematomas, which were now green and yellow. But I didn't want to answer his question. I couldn't even admit it to myself, so I just shook my head. Why did Jaxon do this to me?

"Looks like they're almost healed. You still need something to eat. You're a little thinner than the last time we saw each other." Because you lose so much weight in three days without eating. It's impossible that I became thinner because of that. My mate was probably just worried and wanted to take care of me take care of.

"And you've gained weight," I said, biting my bottom lip in excitement. I wanted to tease him a bit, but also point out his muscles.

"Now am I supposed to take that as an insult?" Steven leaned closer to me and was suddenly very close to my face.

"I mean muscles too..." I didn't get any further because Steven bridged the last few inches and kissed me. My hands found their way to Steven's hard abdominal muscles, which I ran along.

The kiss was just amazing and more beautiful than I imagined a kiss between mates. My lips tingled strangely and got hot at the same time. Thousands of butterflies spread in my stomach and my abdomen became warm. His soft but soulful kiss was just magical.

"You're amazing," he whispered suddenly between a soft kiss and an intense kiss. His tongue found its way into my mouth and then played with my tongue there.

"We should have breakfast anyway," he said as he abruptly broke the kiss and gave me a melted grin. Why is he stopping now? I wanted to continue. It was just so beautiful...

Steven pulled away from me completely and stood up. Instantly, I felt cold inside again. Without him, I was so cold and almost empty. He should come back to bed!

Only now did I take a closer look at his room. It was much larger than my old room and decorated in warm colors. The bed was on a small pedestal and to the right of the bed was a couch. Then on the left side of the bed was a small terrace, which led directly to the forest and suggests that his room is on the ground floor. Across from the bed was a large built-in closet and a door next to it. Could it be? Does Steven have his own bathroom that he doesn't have to share with anyone? This was all pretty new to me, having never been used to anything other than my small room that I had to share and the uncomfortable shared bathroom. The sheer size of Steven's bedroom was the area for 4 rooms in my old pack house...

Excited, I jumped off the rather soft mattress and ran to the door next to the closet. When I opened the door, I was actually greeted by a bathroom the size of my old bedroom. On the left were two sinks on a vanity and behind them a free-standing bathtub. On the right was the shower and behind the bathtub, behind a wall, was the toilet. Hard to believe. He really had his own bathroom.

"How can your pack afford all that?" I asked a bit incredulously. It was just so beautiful, cozy and yet modern. Everything in this pack house was like that.

I didn't even realize Steven was standing behind me, but suddenly two arms wrapped themselves around my waist and pulled me to his muscular chest.

“The Alpha owns a global company. I don't know exactly what kind. But it's actually unimportant. He has his people to take care of it."

"Mhhhmm," I just said to confirm that I was listening. But that was more of a noise I made because I enjoyed his closeness so much and his scent just had a unique effect on me. Never he should let me go again...

"Sure we should have breakfast." I started talking and turned to Steven. Then I leaned forward a little to whisper in his ear. "I know of something else we could do..."

Steven reacted immediately because he swallowed hard and only seconds later I felt his hard shaft digging into my stomach. He was hot and so was I. And why wait? After all, he's my mate. My soulmate. Someone the moon goddess created for me all by herself, just as I was created for him. Our destiny was to be together forever.

"B-well I-I think y-you should s-get c-power first," he stuttered rather nervously. I already love teasing him... He was just so cute when he wasn't sure was.

"I also wanted to introduce everyone to you." Steven distanced himself from me again and scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.

"Okay," I said and gave him a shy smile.

I was pretty nervous thinking about getting to know his pack, his friends, his family and his Alpha. hope they will like me...