"Dante please," venus moaned out, as she tossed to her side in their bed, the alpha stood next to the foot of the bed and shook his head, unable to see his mate in pain.

"Hush venus, have the painkiller please," Sophia cooed,

"That's not gonna work soph and you know that, unless they complete the mating process she's gonna be going through this, how about we put her in an ice tub, that will take her heat down a bit," James suggested.

As Venus looked at Dante through the tears in her eyes, he clenched his jaw, hating that he wanted to take her pain away but he couldn't, she wasn't ready.

While Venus in her mind was crying for herself, she thought Dante didn't want to complete the mating process because he wasn't ready to finish the bond, that maybe he was having second thoughts about her.

A while later they had venus settled into the ice tub, her pain waves went down a little because of it while Dante threw himself into work, she was looking at him earlier in a way that broke his heart, Sophia and James were keeping her company now.

After a few hours, Sophia came into the office and informed Dante that they were leaving and that Venus was asleep.

Slowly he walked into their room to see her sleeping in a baby pink satin nighty which had bunched around the top of her thighs, flashing him with the soft skin of the top of her thighs, her scent was already alluring and he barely had any control, this sight had him fighting back for self-control.

He has his eyes clenched shut, he didn't realize venus had woken up and was looking right at him.

"Dante," she called out softly.

He snapped his eyes open and looked right at her, sunlight glinting in her honey-brown hair as they tumbled over her shoulders like a faded gold waterfall, the lace of her bodice touching the delicate skin of the top of her breasts, as her big doe eyes looked up at him in wonder.

His control snapped, and in a flash he had her pinned against the bed, kissing her urgently, as she moaned into his mouth with delight,

running her fingers through his hair with every plunge of his tongue into her mouth, raising her head off the bed to get more of him, but he pushed her back down onto the bed, bracing his hands on either side of her, kissing her deeply.

Venus was soaring, just his sinful lips on hers were enough to light her body on fire, as he ran his hands over her thighs and she pulled him to herself. Dante needed her, he really needed her, to make her his and finish the bond, heart, body, and soul all to be his.

He started kissing her neck, as his evident arousal pressed against her and venus moaned loudly.

Either it was her exotic loud moan that he heard for the first time, or it was the way he was urgently getting to her that made him stop right there, making him realize that had he not stopped he would have taken her right there, their first time would have been a rush.

He pushed himself off the bed and away from her, and venus looked at him in confusion, thinking she had done something that made him stop.

"Dante what happened," she asked

"Nothing," he said angrily, angry at himself for treating her in such a way, she deserved it all to be perfect, not the way he urgently did with her.

Her eyes watered upon hearing his tone, and the look of pure anger he wore on his face, and now her heat struck again and she doubled over, clutching her stomach as she moaned in pain.

Dante rushed to her side but she held her hand up,

"Stay away from me," she hissed out through her waves of heat, as tears of pain and hurt shined in her eyes, Dante felt a twist in his gut upon her words.

"Venus-"

"STAY AWAY FROM ME," she screamed when he tried coming forward again, she hated that he didn't want her.

"I know you don't want to finish the bond with me, don't pretend that you care suddenly, you pity me right now that's what," she said in anger, as tears ran down her face and she looked at Dante accusingly.

He frowned upon her words.

"What?" He asked in disbelief over the fact that she thought he didn't want her.

"You think I don't want you, Venus?" He asked again, as he approached her slowly, as her lower lip trembled.

"Venus I want every part of you, I wanna kiss and touch all of you, I want to make your soul and body mine, and if you think I don't want you that's why I'm not completing this bond then you're wrong,

you're not ready yet, and I don't want our first time to be because we're forced due to a situation," he growled out, as he picked her up and threw her over his shoulder as she squealed in surprise.

"Dante put me down," she hissed out, but he ignored her.

He took her into the bathroom and made her sit on the marble slab, as he kept his heated gaze on her while taking his shirt off, he stood in front of her shirtless.

"Touch me," he said, his voice hoarse from the strain of controlling himself.

Hesitantly she placed her hand on his chest to see his muscles flex under her touch, she gasped and he growled.

"Don't you ever think I don't want you venus, this is just what your mere innocent touch does to me, I crave you venus," he said, his voice rough from strain,

placing his hands on either side of her thighs, as he leaned forwards and placed his forehead on her chest, breathing heavily.

Venus softly started running her fingers through his hair to help calm him, she then held his face in her hands, made her look up at him, and smiled.

She leaned forward and firmly placed her lips on his.

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