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When I came up, Kieran bent his head to my level and puckered his lips. I looked at him, amused, before pushing him away. “Gosh, you’re so corny,” I said, laughing. Kieran laughed and motioned for me to continue.
When I’d finished my sit-ups, Kieran put his hand on the small of my back and said, “Okay, let’s do Hide-n-seek.”
“Excuse me?”
“It’s all about getting used to the heightened senses. Smell, touch, hearing, etcetera,” Kieran said before giving me a cheesy smile. “So, count to ten and find me, babe.”
I closed my eyes and counted to ten in my head. It was a bit of a challenge to hear his footsteps. I could hear the buzz of flies, bees and other insects. But I forced myself to focus on him, and that’s how I knew he went to the right side of the forest.
I opened my eyes and took a deep breath of the air around me. The smell of forest leaves and pine sap, and finally the sweet smell of my partner. I could feel my wolf pacing around inside me. I could hear his steady heartbeat and slow breathing, even though I couldn’t see him. I followed my senses and looked around the forest. After a while, I finally saw his outline behind a tree about a mile away.
I made my way to the bushes and crouched down, and then I thought I was in a good spot. He had his back to me and was leaning against the tree, completely unaware of my presence. I jumped out and put my arms around his waist. “Tag, you’re it,” I whispered in his ear.
Kieran turned around in my arms to face me, putting on a fake look of disgust. “Gross, babe. You’re so sweaty and stinky,” he joked, putting his arms around me too.
“What?” I said, surprised. “This is sexy! Very sexy.”
“You’re so vain,” Kieran teased, his face coming closer to mine and his eyes becoming more soft. I felt myself start to relax, and my wolf howled with joy. He smiled at me, and it meant a lot. He pressed his lips against mine before saying, “Eh, I have to admit, it is sexy.”
I started laughing against his lips and gave his arm a little smack as I said, “Shut up, I’m trying to kiss my girlfriend here.”
So, that’s how our hot, steamy make out session started.
Kieran pushed me up against the tree he’d been leaning on earlier. He was gentle about it, but rough at the same time. He kissed me like he couldn’t get enough, and I kissed him back with the same intensity. He put his hands on either side of me, pressing his body against mine.
I started to nibble his bottom lip, and he let out a low, satisfying growl. I was running my hands through his hair and playing with it a bit, and he was loving it. I would have lied if I said he wasn’t making me go crazy to.
He licked my bottom lip, as if to ask for permission, and I was happy to give it to him. I let out a bit of a groan, and Kieran smiled against my lips. His tongue darted into mine and his taste erupted like fireworks on my taste buds.
My fingers found the bottom of his shirt and I seemed to have no control over myself as I began to lift it up. Kieran was quick to back off, pulling away from me and taking his shirt off, throwing it to the ground. He met my lips eagerly again, his hands roaming down my body as if I was a trophy or something. Because he made me feel like I was worth it, I let out a loud moan.
So, I did the same, my fingers gently brushing his broad shoulders and the tight skin of his chest and abs. I could feel the goose bumps starting to form a trail down my fingers. He shivered at my touch before letting out a moan himself.
He picked me up off the ground and made me wrap my legs around his waist. He rested his hands on my b**t, squeezing gently. I could tell Kieran was getting close, because I could feel him breathing heavily in my ear. He left my lips, and started kissing down my neck, and nipping my collarbone. He took a big whiff of my scent before growling again and kissing my soft spot, my mark. Then, he started sucking on it. I shouted with pleasure, even saying his name and playing with his hair.
I felt my knees go weak. My wolf was howling with pleasure too, at being so close to her mate. When I twigged what was going on, I pushed Kieran’s eager lips away from my neck.
“Kieran,” I said, out of breath. “We need to stop.”
He snapped out of it, blushing bright pink. I got myself sorted, fixed my shirt and moved the hair away from my face. Then I shook my head, trying to get a grip.
Kieran turned away from me, his back muscles tensing up. Even from behind, I could see his hair was a mess, all because I kept playing with it and running my fingers through it. He was breathing really deeply.
“Kieran, you all right?” I asked, a bit worried, in front of him. He still had a bit of a blush on his face and he opened his eyes and turned away from me again.
“Babe,” I said, again. “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing.”
“Stop lying!”
“There’s nothing wrong.”
“Liar.”
“Seriously,” he said, this time in a more forceful manner.
“Then why are you not looking at me?” I shot back.
“Because,” he moaned, looking up at the sky before looking back at me. His cheeks were even more flushed this time. “Do you really want to know?”
I nodded, looking a bit concerned. He turned around and pointed to the huge lump in his pants. “I’m trying to calm down,” he said, a bit nervously, before looking down, embarrassed.
I looked at his face before laughing out loud. I even fell to the ground laughing. He looked at me with a bit of a scowl as I clutched my belly and started snorting.
“It’s not funny,” he moaned as I got back up, trying not to laugh.
“Whatever, Kier. Let’s just go home. I’m so hungry,” I said, as I felt my stomach rumble in agony. I put my arm around his waist while he put his arm around my shoulder. On the way to the house, I said, “It’s still funny.”
“Shut up,” he said, pushing me to the ground and leaving me there. I started laughing again. He was so cute when he was embarrassed.
Just to let you know, I’ve got a few more things to add.
“Hey mummy,” I said when I got home. I gave her a quick kiss on the cheek, grabbed a water bottle from the fridge, and we got going.
Yeah, my mum and I were all right. We had a chat about it, and Kieran was a big help. She explained to me the things Kieran had told me and even said that my emotions got amped up. She told me all about her first shifts, and how training had been really helpful.
“Hey guys,” she said, still looking at the magazine she was reading. Kieran and I sat opposite her at the counter. “How was training?”
“Your daughter is very lazy,” Kieran moaned, remembering that he’d spent thirty minutes arguing with me about running for the third time that day.
I gave him a little push with my shoulder, the sort of casual shove that’s all in good fun. He almost toppled over, though. “It was good. I broke my record. Ten miles in four minutes and thirty-eight seconds. Did four hundred push-ups and sit-ups and controlled my senses today,” I said, rather proud of myself.
“You’re so narcissistic,” Kieran said.
“I heard that.”
My mum laughed, looking up at me with a big smile. “That’s good, love! She’s getting better. She looked down at a spot on my neck. “Is that a hickey?”
“What?” I said, blinking at her and on instinct, put my hand up to my neck. I got my phone out, which had a front camera, and had a look at my neck. Kieran had left a dark red hickey right on my spot.
I looked at him, my face going a bright shade of red, and even he was blushing too. But I was livid with him because I got caught by my own mother. I looked over at my mum again, and she let out a little laugh. “Whatever,” she said, shrugging. “I’m no threat. As long as you don’t get pregnant, that is. Now, that hickey,” she said, pointing at it. “Your brother won’t be too happy.”
Elias popped into the kitchen and said, “Hey Talia,” just as I was thinking about my hickey. He looked at it and his eyes got really big when he saw the red spot.
Kieran and I looked at each other, horrified. To be honest, Kieran looked like he wanted to make a run for it. But we were both pretty surprised when we heard a snort and a chuckle coming from my brother. “Well done, mate,” Elias said, punching Kieran’s fist. “You’re not bad, mate. You’re not bad at all. When I gave Tasha a hickey, it didn’t look like that. Even when I – “