“I’ll give you the grand tour tomorrow. For now I think it’ll be good if you get a good night’s sleep.” He took hold of her hand, gritting his teeth as his wolf started to pace within his mind. His wolf knew what he wanted, and that was Dawn.
She followed him upstairs, and he decided to stay on the first floor rather than go up to the main bedroom on the fifth floor. The attic space was large, and he kept a lot of his ancestors’ belongings up there. He opened the door at the end of the long corridor that was next to his.
“This is where you’ll be staying.” He turned the light on revealing the large four poster bed with white lace hanging from each post. “Here is the wardrobe.” He opened the walk-in space, showing the light switch to turn it on. There were a couple of sets of shirts and jeans. He had a tendency to buy clothes for his pack when needed. Daniel showed her the bathroom then opened the double doors onto the small veranda overlooking the garden. “In the morning you can watch the sunrise, and it’s a truly beautiful sight.” He closed the doors, locking them and pulling the drapes over the windows. “This is where I’ll be sleeping.” He opened the connecting door and turned the lights on.
“How come you don’t have any of those clapping light things? My dad installed them in our house,” Dawn said. “It makes it much easier as you just clap your hands.” She showed him by clapping her hands.
“I did get them installed, but my pack are, erm, very active with sex. The lights kept turning on with their smacking bodies as they fucked. They asked for me to switch back to this.” He flicked the switch letting the lights go off then on.
She laughed. “I can see why you changed.”
“If you need me in the night don’t hesitate to come to me. I’ll be happy to see you.” He closed the distance between them. Dawn tilted her head back, and he gazed down into the beauty of her brown eyes. “Tomorrow we’ll talk about you and discover what your pain level is.”
“I don’t think that’s a good idea.”
“We’ll start with a run. The moon is a couple of weeks away, but going for a run can be just as fun.” He dropped a kiss to her lips. “Good night, Dawn.”
She took a step back, closing the door behind her.
Our mate is in the next room. Claim her, fuck her, take her.
He ignored the wolf inside him, taking a deep breath to calm his body. He wasn’t going to be going anywhere to put his woman in danger.
Leaving the scent of her lurking behind the door, he walked into his bathroom, closing the door. He grabbed a match and took it to the lavender candle he kept on hand for whenever he needed to bring focus to his thoughts and senses. The lavender helped to calm the wolf within him.
The beast inside him calmed, finally listening to reason as he took deep breaths.
She needs to trust us.
He didn’t want a mate who was with him out of an obligation. The mate he wanted for himself was not going to be there because she had to. He wanted Dawn to fall in love with him, to be with him because they were a devoted mated couple.
The fact she liked to be dominated eased his thoughts. One of his biggest fears was to find a woman who didn’t share his need for kink. She was not only submissive, but she liked pain. What Dawn didn’t know was he liked to give pain so long as it wasn’t the kind that emotionally or mentally affected the woman he was with.
Take a breath, and delve into it tomorrow.
****
Sliding under the covers, Dawn stared up at the ceiling. She frowned as she saw the mirror above her. Kinky. Underneath the silk covers she wasn’t wearing a stitch of clothing. Gripping the edge of the blanket, she stared at herself wondering what the hell she was doing. When she was at home with the rest of the pack her room was half the size of the one she was staying in. She hadn’t moved out of her house as the pack wouldn’t accept that of her until she found her mate. Her father didn’t trust her out on her own, and so she remained with him and her mother.
She shuddered thinking about her mother.
Don’t think about her.
Pushing her mother aside, she focused instead on the man in the bedroom next to hers. He wasn’t going to let her hide from him. The pack was easier to hide from back at home. Her father was the only one in the whole pack who demanded her presence at dinner or during a run. She rarely changed into a wolf even though he asked for her to be there. Her father loved her; her mother despised her. And Daniel? She didn’t know what Daniel felt about her. There were times throughout the year where she thought he was going to cross the line and take what he wanted. He never did, and her trust in him began to build.