Chapter 110

Clair –

While the sun is barely rising over the horizon, I am wandering around to catch some fresh air. As I walk, I hear the crunching of leaves under my feet. Within the borders of our Kingdom, I find myself walking through a forest. While I am thinking about my six adorable pups, I am lost in my thoughts.

Although Rhys is less than a month old (which is equivalent to six months in human years) she appears to be more like a two-week old pup than a month old. It may be that due to all the negative events during my pregnancy, she is not normal. There is a need for me to stop worrying so much.

Catherine –

In a way, the pup is the same as you; she is a rebel, but in a different way than you. It doesn't matter that she is not a large wolf pup, or that she doesn't have the attributes of one. She seems to like being read to a lot, and you need to spend a lot more time with her. She is the first to climb on our mates’ laps during reading time. Even though she is knocked to the ground by her brothers and must be saved by our mate. As for her being herself, whoever that is for her, she isn't broken at all, she is just being herself."

Clair –

“When she sees Xander, she jumps into his lap and barely looks at me. Sometimes I think she hates me.”

Catherine –

“Maybe if you would quit looking at her like a broken pup and just play with her, it might be different!”

Clair –

The way she sounded disappointed and retreated without speaking another word to me at all made me feel like I had been stabbed by my wolf verbally.

Not paying attention to where I am heading, I run right into a tree, knocking me flat on my backside as a result. The only thing I can do is sit there with my head on my knees and cry. It is possible that I am suffering from postpartum depression, as I was sitting there on my butt shedding tears.

I smelled the most wonderful scent and knew Xander was nearby. I look up and there he is in wolf form, his big and gorgeous dark wolf. He shifts into his human form in all his naked splendor. How did I get such a gifted man physically? When I stopped feeling sorry for myself, I stripped to nothing and threw Xander to the ground, which brought his member back to life and ready to go. I took charge and rode him like a human on a galloping horse. His face lit up and grabbed me by my hair as his tongue danced in my mouth. I couldn’t seem to stop until I fell asleep on top of my mate. I know I was working out my stress. I am sure Xander doesn’t mind this is the way I did it.

Xander –

My mate was crying when I walked up to her, or at least I thought she was crying, but what happened next was so hot that I just could not believe it. There is nothing I love more than my mate tossing me to the ground and riding me. Wow, I love my mate so much. It is not clear what possessed her, but I want more of what she has to offer.

My look at my mate laying softly on top of me. She is sound asleep. I lift her up off me finding some shorts and a t-shirt behind a tree we keep stashed for when we shift back. I put on the shorts and use the t-shirt to clean my mate up from our little tumble in the woods just now. I dress my mate surprised she is sleeping through all of this. Lifting her bridal style, I take her back to our room. Laying her down in our bed, I strip once again and lay next to my mate, my princess, my queen.

I brush the hair from her face as I watch her eyeballs dance beneath her closed eyelids. The lashes on her eyes are long and thick. I have not ever seen a woman as beautiful as she is. My eyes were closed to all she wolves from the moment I heard her voice before she left that cow on my doorstep.

There is no way I can even remember the player I used to be. Clair is everything that I would and will ever desire, love, treasure, and need to be always by my side. She is everything I could ever want. Our relationship is more than just a relationship for the time we spend together on earth, it is a relationship for all eternity.

I pulled Clair into me and held her ever so gently, she fit perfect for me. I fell asleep dreaming of the day we could finally get married.

The pups are all dressed in baby boy suits in my dream, and my adorable princess Rhys is dressed up as a baby bridesmaid in her cute dress. She suddenly starts giggling at how ruffly her dress is, and she wants to be carried by me, so I give her to my mother, and she cries. It doesn't take long for Rhys to get cheered up when my mother pulls out her favorite book. I am honored to be joined by my best friend Zach as my best man, and he will stand beside me when I reach the altar. It is so nerve-wracking for me and I cannot believe that, in addition to having completed our mating ceremony, we are now navigating through the entire process of finalizing our vows.

The music starts to play that is usually played on a piano at weddings. When I look up and see Clair and her dad walking down the aisle. Clair is covered with a veil and I am holding my breath feeling like I am about to pass out. While we recite our vows, she stands in front of me. As the pastor instructs me to kiss the bride, I lift the veil, and I realize it is not my mate in front of me. What drew my attention to this woman was that she had the same scent as my mate. I immediately started screaming, "Where is my bride, I'm not married to this person.". Where is my bride, Clair, where are you, I can't have you go missing again.

Clair –

Xander is yelling for me in tears while sleeping. I felt so bad that he would have nightmares about losing me. Why did I run away so many times? I shake Xander “Wake up baby, I am here. Look at me! Open your eyes and look at me!” I hug him tightly, he is definitely like hugging a big rock. He is solid. His eyes flutter open looking around quickly at his surroundings probably trying to make certain his dream wasn’t reality. I kept hugging Xander.

“Xander, I love you; I will never voluntarily leave you. I am right here next to you. The Gods always bring us back to each other. It is okay, I am here.” I kept repeating to Xander repeatedly, until he understood it was just a nightmare. Xander grabbed me and stated we were not having a big fancy wedding, that we are going to elope and not let anyone know first.

“Really Xander, why would we not have the big wedding? I mean I really don’t care if we have a big one or small one. I am just curious.”

Xander –

“People are always trying to take you from me, the more the rogues know what we are doing and when we are doing it. The better chance they have of taking you from me again. I can’t and won’t lose you.”

Clair –

I smiled and hugged him, this is perfect and so romantic, “I love the idea Xander, we will have to tell your mother or mine or both as they need them to watch the pups.”

Xander –

I smiled and knew that the mothers could argue who watched the pups. Clair and I were leaving immediately to finally get married. I wasn’t waiting any longer.