She emerged from the bathroom and into her bedroom his t-shirt soft against her skin. His scent still clinging to the fabric, wrapping her in the smell of crisp sunshine and winter nights. She would miss that. Miss the smell of him. The warmth of his body near hers, the feeling of safety and protection that she hadn't felt since she was a small child and that only they could bring her. But she would be strong. She would make sure he lived, that was all that was important. Her life, her happiness, her feelings didn't matter only him.

She shouldn't have been surprised that he was waiting for her but she was. She had been so lost in her own thoughts she hadn't noticed him sitting on the sofa his body tense and coiled his eyes steady waiting and watching for her. The sound of his clothing shifting had her head snapping towards him her eyes instantly meeting his hard ones. She had never seen him look at her like that. The absolute determination, possessiveness, and confidence that shone back at her evaporated any thoughts or words from her head as his body unfurled to stand. He was in front of her in a heartbeat. His body towering over hers. The heat from him battering against her, his comforting scent enveloping her. It was so much more concentrated then the lingering traces on her shirt. It was the scent that she would forever on associate with home, with safety, with him.

His jaw was clenched his muscles prominent and on display as his body stood tensed and intimidating before her. His breath fanning over her still slightly damp skin as he stared down at her.

"You would reject me?" It was a question but he said it like a statement. Like he already knew the answer and was not happy about it at all.

"I won't have you die because of me." It was all she could manage to get out. She wasn't used to expressing her feelings. Hell, she wasn't used to feeling her feelings. And his presence, his closeness, it was scrambling her brain. Making any rational thought nearly impossible. She didn't know how to do this.

He had never before used his height, his frame against her, and for the first time she got a taste for just how intimidating, how truly terrifying her Alpha could be. His eyes were like ice, deadly cold and unforgiving, his face harsh and brutal, every muscle bulging as his shoulders squared and he pulled himself up to his full height. It was something to behold.

"You would reject me." It definitely wasn't a question this time. This time it was a challenge.

"I-I... It..."

"You. Would. Reject. Me." He cut her off stepping impossibly closer to her until they were nearly chest to chest. His gaze held hers and for the life of her she couldn't break that stare. She felt herself crack under the weight of all that he was. Her infallible control, the emptiness and void she had spent the majority of her life cultivating escaped her, the walls she prided herself in crumbled, every defense she had evaporated and she heard as she whispered the word that was sure to break her heart once more.

"Yes"

He let out a breath, a smirk tugging at his lips as his eyes suddenly crackled in amusement. It was not the reaction she had been expecting to earn with her admission.

Before she could react his lips were descending on hers. They crushed her soft ones, capturing them in a fiercely harsh kiss. His mouth was unrelenting, demanding as he moved against her. She found herself being devoured by him and she was powerless under the absolutely relentless and possessiveness of it.

The errant and erratic thought that he tasted like pure sunshine and bitter coffee the only thing she could comprehend as the tingles and shocks of electricity exploded from where his lips met hers. They were soft and silky against her own despite his aggressiveness, warm and harsh as they kissed her with bruising force, passion and unrestrained want pushing him. Sending ripples of shocks through her body and throwing her into a whirlwind of pleasure where any thought beside the man pressed against her was impossible.

Without her realizing it he had pulled her arms up twisting them behind his neck pulling her body flush against his own. Her softness easily fit against the hardness of his own, her slight frame molding to every inch of him fitting them together perfectly.

His own arms came up to wrap around her, holding her in place never once breaking the assault on her mouth as his one hand came up to bury into her damp hair. Sliding his fingers deep into the silky strands he cupped her head and neck steadying her even as he urged her even impossibly closer to him. His grasp was gentle but merciless as he tilted her head back so he could deepen their kiss. His tongue shooting out, pressing against her mouth tasting her now stimulated lips before demanding entrance. There was no gentle asking, no teasing hesitancy in his actions, it was pure domination as he staked his claim on her body, her soul.

His other hand made its way down her side, the pad of his thumb brushing against the side of her breast as it slid along her causing a burst of warmth to pulse to her core from the small contact. She tried to pull her tangled thoughts together as his hands continued to move along her, skimming the curve of her body in its descent but it was futile. The feeling of him touching her, of his hands on her was completely mind blowing. She was so small compared to him, she was sure that his two hands together could wrap around her waist and touch around her from front to back with ease. She was desperately grasping at the wisps of her thoughts when the feel of the large warm hand touching the end of her t-shirt. When he brushed the bare skin of her hip it had her gasping in surprise, any errant thoughts she had managed to grab now gone in an instant puff of heated smoke.

Taking advantage of her surprise Kaiden thrust his tongue into her mouth. Swirling around her own, tasting and plundering. Her knees weakened from the feelings he was wreaking upon her body. The sensations so alien and foreign leaving her dizzy as her head spun.

His hand on her hip moved softly tantalizingly against her flesh so it gripped the back of her thigh. She let out a squeak as he picked her up in one hand before moving the few steps back so her back hit the wall. Crushing her against it so that her body pressed firmly between it and the rock solidness of his chest as he released her mouth letting her gasp in a few deep breaths of necessary air, while his unrelenting mouth and tongue dropped to her shoulder. He let out a growl of annoyance at the thin fabric hindering his next assault to her flesh. The sound of it tearing brought her a moment of needed clarity. Untangling her arms from his neck she attempted to push him off of her, she was supposed to be rejecting him. Severing this bond with him not accepting it. Her body, her heart, her soul was rebelling against her, they all wanted this man begged her to just give in. For her too surrender for once to her feelings, to what she actually wanted. Ignoring such traitorous thoughts she pushed again unable to so easily give up what 13 years had taught her. It would have been easier to push a mountain.

Unperturbed by her small hands pounding against his chest. He felt her internal struggle, felt her desire, her want to give in, to accept him. If she thought he would let her give up on him, on them, when she finally admitted that she felt something for him, she was gravely mistaken. Kaiden didn't even lift his head from where he had begun to kiss lick and gently bite against the now exposed skin of her shoulder as he captured both of her small wrists in one of his hands. Securing them together he brought them over her head, holding them tight against the wall. Lifting his head from the expert ministrations he was performing on her collarbone and neck he made a soothing motion with his thumb against her thigh his large warm hand still securely wrapped around the soft flesh holding her up. The small motion of his calloused skin against hers had her biting back a moan of pleasure.

Her skin was tingling, his work on her neck had left her weak-kneed and if it wasn't for him holding her up she would have collapsed to the floor in a puddle. Her core was dripping and a feeling of need had begun to clench her abdomen. With the little self-control she had left she fought the urge to wrap her legs around his waist and pull him even closer into her body.

His voice was ruff and husky as he spoke, heavy with the weight of his own desire and arousal. Each word had his lips brushing against her earlobe causing sparks to erupt shooting through her already tingling body and straight between her legs, "You little mate are not going to reject me, you are mine."

The words caused her heart to flutter and her stomach to clench. Liquid pooled between her thighs as his lips captured hers again as he forced his tongue once more into the moist cavern of her mouth.

Breaking away again she couldn't help the whimper that the loss of him caused her. She felt his deep chuckle at the sound against her chest as he moved back to her ear nipping at the lobe causing a soft moan to be dragged out of her.

"You are mine."

His teeth dragged against the delicate skin of her shoulder. His mouth hot and wet the sharp teeth scraping against the spot where she would wear his mark, earning him another low moan from her. She had no thoughts, no nothing. She was nothing in this moment besides the wonderful new sensations he was bringing her. The pleasures he was hinting at with his hands and mouth were beyond anything she had ever thought possible.

His mouth left her neck moving back to her ear, he nipped at it slightly harder than before just enough to send another spike of delicious pleasure to her core.

"Say it" his voice even deeper. Harsh and demanding as his hand slid up just slightly higher on her thigh causing her to gasp.

"Say it Aislinn"

"I'm yours" It came out breathless and weak, desire and lust clouding her brain and body.

He let out another low chuckle the vibrations of it reverberating through her body as his hand released her wrists. They fell from the wall landing without her conscious thought onto his broad muscled shoulders as his hand moved to gently cup her cheek. His thumb running over her bottom lip before making its way down her neck eliciting a shiver as it brushed over the sensitive skin he had teased, over her shoulder and then running down the other side of her body before snaking around her to cup her lower back.

His forehead pressed against hers. Her breathing still ragged she forced her eyes to meet his finding him gazing down at her, his expression filled with such determination, lust and adoration she nearly cried.

This time when his lips met hers they were gentle. Soft caresses as he moved with her. A slow exploration instead of a conquering, letting her move with him as his tongue gently brushed against her bottom lip. Asking for the entrance he before had demanded. With a sigh she granted him what he wanted opening her mouth to him letting her head fall back to grant him even further access. This time he let her explore him just as fully, let her taste and feel him just as he did her. He still dominated the kiss. She thought he would probably always dominate these times between them but it was calmer now, a gentle passion versus the roaring inferno that he had unleashed against her and had fanned in her.

Her hands twisted into the thick softness of his hair. Pulling at the silky strands gaining her a deep groan of satisfaction from him and causing her heartbeat to speed up at the sound. She had the power to do that?

She pulled again running her fingers deeper into his locks as he pushed deeper into her mouth, she was rewarded this time by a growl of approval. Her stomach clenched at the sound her own moan of pleasure releasing into his mouth.

With reluctance he drew back resting his forehead once more against hers as the hand on her back pulled her in even closer to his body letting her get the air she desperately needed.

"Mine" he growled as he held her eyes.

She couldn't help her response even if she wanted to.

"Yours."

She was lost.