The beautiful scent of sweet cherries and apple orchards slowly bring me back from the darkness... it makes me feel at peace... like I'm finally home.

My body feels sore and heavy as if I've been in a battle for many days at a time. Every muscle aches and throbs no doubt from the effects of the extreme silver poisoning. However, I also feel relief as my wolf stirs in my mind as soon as my senses start to return.

Very slowly, I force my heavy-lidded eyes open, wincing slightly when the shafts of light blind me momentarily until I can finally find my focus and all my memories suddenly flood back.

Alice.

I'm about to shoot out of the bed and bolt to the door, until I realise that a small, soft, warm body is lay across my chest... my eyes dart downwards and that's when I see her.

She's here.

She came back to me.

My beautiful Alice is curled up asleep at my side. Her small arm lies across my chest holding onto me tightly, her tear-stained face is nuzzled right up against my shoulder as her breath tickles my skin. I'm in total awe of the beauty at my side that has well and truly taken my heart.

Very gently I stroke down Alice's soft face with the back of my hand, smiling when she hums in her sleep at my touch. My fingertips then run over her deep red lips that part slightly making my need to kiss her intensify tenfold.

"Alice." I say, but my voice comes out croaky and broken.

I gulp hard and try a little louder, desperate to see those big doe eyes looks back at me now. "Little wolf, wake up."

Alice wriggles and moans in my arms as she starts to awaken making my smile grow wider. I want to be the one to wake her up her every morning from this day onwards, she's fucking exquisite. Alice's soft eye lashes slowly flutter open before she blinks a few times and her grip around my chest tightens.

"Good morning little wolf." I whisper to her before she notices that I'm also awake.

A huge gasp explodes from Alices lips as our eyes finally collide. I nearly laugh out loud at her reaction, but my little wolf is fast and pounces straight on top of me slamming her lips onto mine before I can think straight.

Alice kisses me with everything she has, it's demanding, wild and sexy as hell. Any pains my body was feeling just minutes before go straight out the window as my dick goes as hard as a stone as she pulls at my hair and groans in my mouth with pleasure.

Fuck I missed her.

Growling with hunger for her, I push my tongue against hers as I fight to take over the kiss. Taking two handfuls of her hair I pull her even closer to me as I feel Alices nails dig into my skin as she clings on to me as if scared, she'll lose me all over again.

She can have all of me, she can take everything, I'm hers.

The smell of her arousal hits my nose and I'm a fucking gonna, I flip her over onto her back almost frantically and place myself between her legs that she parts for me without me even having to ask. Her delicate silk night dress rides up as her knees wrap around my torso showing me that she has no underwear on. It's only now that I break the kiss, pull back and look at her with concern.

"Are you OK? Are you in pain?" Alice frowns.

My eyes can't help but drop down to the black nightgown. I run my hand down the silk strap and feel a pang of worry and rage hit my gut.

He dressed her in this.

"Cole." Alice whispers as she cups my face making me look back into her eyes.

"Did he... hurt you? Was I too late?" I say quietly, my voice breaking as my eyes sting with tears.

The fear that I didn't make it in time to stop Jay taking what he wanted from Alice makes my heart sink as my wolf whines in my head.

Alice slowly pushes onto my chest, so I'm laid on my back again and she sits straddled on top of me. A small smile hits her lips as she looks at me lovingly. "I'm not hurt. I threw him off the roof. He'll never come between us again."

I puff out some air with relief before batting a tear away that had started to roll down my cheek with the back of my hand. I don't give a fuck if I am a Gamma, I'll never hide my emotions from Alice every again.

"You're so fucking strong and brave, do you know that?" I say as my voice comes out raspy and broken. "I meant everything I said on the roof. I want you as my mate little wolf, but only if that's what you want too. I'll never force you into anything."

Alice bites her lower lip as her eyes fix onto mine mischievously, she then slowly slides her black nightdress off from over her head leaving her totally naked straggled on top of me.

Jesus Christ, I thought I was hard before, my mouth drops open at how fucking beautiful she is. Her little hands tug down the only clothing I'm wearing, letting my cock spring free upright as a low growl of pleasure rumble from my chest.

Alices eyes never leave mine as she dips down and takes a long slow lick of my cock all the way from the base to the tip making me groan out loud this time and grip onto the bed sheets so hard, I hear them tear.

Smirking, Alice then sits back up, taking my thick girth in her hands and slowly sinks her core all the way down onto my iron hard cock making both of us throw our heads back moaning at the feeling.

"I'm yours." Alice breathes as she slowly starts to grind up and down on my cock, she's never looked more breath-taking as her dark curls flow around her shoulders and her breast gently sway to the rhythm of her hips.

For a moment I'm truly bewitched by her and can't even move as she starts to ride my cock harder, until finally I suddenly snap and piston my hips upwards violently making Alice cry out with pleasure. I sit up abruptly and grab her by the throat before slamming my lips onto hers whilst my other hand clamps onto her perfect ass cheek and pulls her body onto mine. Alice cries outs once more against my lips as I start to fuck her relentlessly hard, her nails claw into my skin as I bring her closer to the edge.

"Mine." I growl against her lips as I flip her over onto her back once more and slam into again and again with such force the bed creaks unmercifully.

"Cole, Cole, Cole! Oh god, oh god, have mercy, oh god!" Alice screams as I break the kiss and bite down hard on one her tempting breasts as she begins to come shake and come undone.

She's so fucking close now, I know it's time to make her mine.

I pull away from her breast and look down at her flushed face. Her lips are parted from panting so hard. I watch her eyes widen as my gums itch and my fangs finally descend.

"Mine." I growl once more as I look at her straight in the eye before pulling her throat to my mouth and clamping down hard on her neck filling her with my mating venom.

Alice screams loudly at first as if in pain before It's quickly replaced with gasps pleasure.

"Oh Cole." She screams before her whole body starts to tremble frantically as I continue to fuck her throughout her orgasm. She's so tight around my cock now it's hard to stop myself cumming.

I break off from making my mark to watch her as she hits her peak beautifully then shatters from her orgasm as I continue to roll my hips into her.

My crescent mark on her neck makes my wolf howl with delight. He suddenly takes over leaving me powerless momentarily and nudges Alice's head to the side before marking her once more on the other side of her neck.

"Fuck Cole!" Alice screams out once more as her fingernails dig deep into my scalp from where she'd been tugging at my hair.

Alice shudders and trembles even harder this time, her eyes scrunch up as her back arches off the bed. She can't even scream out loud now her orgasm has hit her with such intensity.

A double marking is rare, this amount of mating venom will make her pass out shortly for a good couple of hours. I take back control from my wolf and pull back to see the two crescent marks either side of Alice's neck. I'd be mad at my wolf if the sight didn't turn me on so fucking much. No unmated wolf will ever go near her again. This is the mating mark of a truly possessive wolf who will never allow their mate to be touched by others.

"Alice, mark me before my venom takes hold." I whisper to Alice as she slowly comes down from her climax.

I can already feel her getting weaker, so I slow my thrust to a gentle rocking motion and bring her mouth to my neck. My penis is literally throbbing and ready to explode at this point.

"Mine." Alice whisper back before I feel her kiss my neck once followed by a sharp pain that makes me wince. Within seconds pain switches to pleasure when a literal floodgate is thrown open within me and I see stars with the euphoria.

"Fuck." I growl as Alice continues to bite down on my neck as her venom starts to flood through my body and I swear I can taste cherries on my tongue.

I rock into her with two more hard thrusts before my seed fills her deeply and I let out a growl of satisfaction as I finally fall over the edge myself. I can barely see; the orgasm was that strong.

Then I feel it.

The mating bond snaps into place between us.

Unbreakable and everlasting.

Alice falls back on to the mattress panting breathlessly. A hint of blood lays across her lips. I roll over and pull her onto my chest before gently cupping Alices face and smiling down at her. Her beautiful huge brown doe eyes look back at me with so much love in them I can barely breathe.

"I love you." Alice says quietly, smiling at me as her eyes begin to fall heavy as my venom takes over.

"Rest now. I'll be right here when you wake up. I love you too little wolf." I whisper back as I stroke her face gently until she falls asleep in wrapped in my arms.

She's perfect. My mate. Mine.