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== Enna’s POV ==

I was worried.

This mate thing was a bit of a pain. I sat in the big living room all on my own and I was fidgeting in my seat. I needed to do something, so I went in the kitchen and started cooking. I hadn’t cooked in forever. I remembered making breakfast for my parents in what felt like another life. I couldn’t cook much because I had never learned but I knew wolves liked their food and when I found a large container of sausages, it felt like the perfect excuse.

I was cooking a bunch of them. Many people seemed to live here and anyway, what else was I going to do with myself anyway? As I turned around, I saw a tall figure leaning against the doorframe and jumped, my heart almost leaping out of my ribcage. It was him.

He smiled at me as I only stated “you’re back”, trying to calm down my heart. He came closer as I kept on cooking. Honestly, it felt quite awkward. Only a couple of hours ago, we had been talking into the woods, ending up kissing each other and committing to “this”, then he left to fight against “them”, getting me all worried and I just didn’t know where we were in this whole relationship thing.

“Are you hungry?” I asked, keeping busy. “I thought you would be…after…you know…” Oh god, this is so awkward. Should I ask him about it? I mean, it does concern me. Or should I just let him relax before? Does he even want to eat?

My questioning was cut short as he pulled me to his chest. I almost smacked his face with the spatula on accident but he didn’t seem to care as he dropped his head onto my shoulder, softly touching my neck with his lips and breathing me in. “I’m always hungry” he mumbled in my neck.

I was happy that he wasn’t looking at me and that no one was around because I was beet red. He stayed there for a few seconds before pulling back. His dark brown hair were messy and he obviously forgot to shave this morning, his brown eyes were sparkling with gold and a few small cuts were doting his forehead. I reached to touch them with my hand. He closed his eyes under my touch, letting out a small growl.

“Did you get hurt?” I finally asked him. He opened his eyes and shook his head. “I’m fine, I didn’t even get to fight much and we heal pretty fast, those will be gone in less than an hour” he answered holding onto my waist.

“Did anyone else get hurt?” I asked again. He looked at me for a moment before sighing. “We might actually need your help…” he said. I could feel in his voice that the bond commanded him not to ask me to do it, because it was tiring for me, but his Alpha side knew I was the only one he could ask.

“Anything. They got hurt because I’m here.”

He sighed again and hugged me tightly. “I don’t want you to feel guilty about it. You didn’t ask anyone for this to happen to you either” he said sounding tired.

“This isn’t how this world works” I answered. It was my turn to sigh and pull back. “The faster I help them, the better”

He nodded and took my hand to lead me to them, not forgetting to take the plate of sausage with him.

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== Simon’s POV ==

She came out of the medical unit only 20 minutes after she started, she looked tired but nowhere near the exhaustion of the last time. She had explained that it is easier when it’s caught early. She didn’t say more about it, but I needed to remind myself to ask her what was causing those wounds. I told the doctor not to ask her questions himself, I didn’t want her to be put in an awkward position. I ate all of the sausages waiting for her. James had asked if he could have one but I told him to get his own. These were cooked by Enna, therefore, they were my property only.

As she came towards me, I noticed the dark circles under her eyes but she walked steadily and even smiled at me. “You two look cute” stated James with a dark glance at her before her turned around and left quickly.

“What is his deal?” I thought before my train of thoughts was interrupted by my beautiful mate. “They should all make a full recovery” she stated stopping close to me.

“Are you tired?” I asked her.

She nodded and yawned. “I also need some food but I want to nap first”

I took her hand and led her back to my bedroom. We didn’t really discuss the sleeping arrangement but I couldn’t deal with the idea of her sleeping in another room away from me. “I have to go make a few phone calls for pack stuff. Use some of my stuff to sleep in and I’ll join you in a little bit” I told her. She nodded and kissed my cheek before getting in, leaving me outside of the door, wishing for more.

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== Enna’s POV ==

After the healing, the day had been a bit of a blur, between napping and eating, I didn’t do much. Simon had spent quite a lot of time taking care of pack stuff. I needed to ask him about the attack but I was so tired. When I woke up the next morning, it was the first thing on my mind.

I woke up laying on my back, he was on his side next to me, one arm draped around my stomach, another under my head. Our legs were a mess of tangled limbs. He was still asleep so I turned on my side to see his face.

His messy dark brown hair were falling onto his forehead now clean of any cut or scratches, his faces looked relaxed almost boy-like and his lashes were long and even. With the tip of my finger, I traced lines on his face. His straight nose, his lashes and eyebrows, the width of his forehead and the angle of his jaw. I was trying to remember everything about it. I couldn’t remember the last time I had been willingly intimate with someone. I reached his lips, tracing their shape with my index when he suddenly opened his mouth and playfully bit my finger. I pulled it back trying to move away from him but he was faster than me pressing me closer to him with his arms that were already encircling me.

“I could eat you up right about now” he groaned into my ear with lingering sleepiness in his voice. I could tell that his friend was awake too but I didn’t think much of it. Gerard had told be one day that all males had that. His nose traced the line of my jaw before his lips brushed into mine. He kissed me softly before pulling back and letting himself fall back on his back with a sigh.

“James just killed the moment” he hissed between his teeth. His eyes had darkened but I couldn’t tell if it was the desire or the anger. “Mind-link?” I asked. He nodded, sighing again. “From now on, I will tell him that he can’t mind-link me before 9 am” he said, running a hand over his face to make the sleepiness go away.

I leaned closer to him, resting my chest on his, our faces only inches away. “Or I could make you forget?” I asked him. I didn’t know what came over me at that moment because really, I don’t even know what I am doing but I leaned in to kiss his lips, except that he didn’t really see it the same way.

He pulled my body on his before flipping us around. He was now over me, pressing me under his weight. The kiss deepened as he requested the permission to go in and I let him, his tongue caressing mine in a dance of burning desire. One his hands crept under the shirt I had borrowed from his closet, stroking the side of my body until he reached the small of my back and tried to pull me even closer to his body. My arms had automatically gone around his neck, my hands caressing his face and back. One of my legs was between mine, effectively pinning me down to the mattress. When he finally pulled away, I was out of breath and he was too, he looked at my face, his eyes darker with desire but also wonder.

“I need to get going” he said. His voice was rough with want but also sad and undecided, as if I could just make him change his mind with one move. I didn’t though. As my body shivered with the pleasure of his company, my mind raced with fear.