7

Arden loved the playfulness of Aurora throwing the pillow at him. He caught it easily of course. His reflexes were wolf-like. Something stirred inside of him. The mate pull was beckoning him to move in closer. Arden set his wine glass down on the small coffee table to the side of the couch. Aurora must have sensed the change in atmosphere.

"She feels something," Thor said. The barrier must be down for the moment. Arden slid across the couch. His knee almost touched hers. Aurora breathing increased as Arden moved closer to her. She did not understand what was going on, but the other thing she wanted at that moment was for Arden to kiss her. 

She wasn’t sure what to do. It had been such a long time since she had been intimate with anyone. Arden moved even closer, and Aurora felt herself move closer as well. Her body didn’t seem to be her own and all logical thought had left the building. 

Arden's hand gently came to rest at the nap of her neck. Aurora's breathing caught in her throat. What was that sensation he was giving off. It was almost the feeling of rubbing your feet against a carpet. It tickled the back of her neck. 

"Aurora, may I kiss you?" Arden asked, his breath almost against her lips. 

"Yes," Aurora hadn’t noticed that she breathed the word more than actually said it. Suddenly Arden's lips consumed her own. He was gentle yet subtlety demanding. Aurora felt herself grow aroused at the thought. His tongue rubbed against her bottom lip asking for an invitation. Aurora opened her lips and allowed him entry. It seemed that Arden was adamant about tasting every inch of her. The notion had Aurora feeling like putty in his hands. 

Arden's other hand rested on Aurora's shoulder. He did not want to push the boundaries by letting his hands roam over her body, although it was all he wanted to do. She tasted as sweet as she smelled. Arden shifted so that he raised himself a little higher over her. He wanted to deep the kiss and weaken her knees. 

Aurora finally moans as she did when she ate the pizza earlier. The sound was his undoing. Arden without breaking their kiss, had Aurora lifted in the air and seating on him in one swift movement. Aurora gasped when she felt his bulge underneath her. 

As if her body had a mind of its own, it began to move against Arden's bulge in his jeans. The sensation was magnificent. It shot sensations through her body that had her moaning evening more. Arden let out a low growl as well which at Aurora moving her body even faster. 

Arden suddenly broke the kiss and put either hand on Aurora's shoulders, slowing her movements. Arden could not believe what he was about to do. Thor growled at him in the back of his mind. "I'm sorry, but if we continue, I am not going to be able to hold back." Arden breathed against Aurora's cheek. 

She was not naive enough not to know what Arden meant. Aurora sat for a moment and caught her breath. She liked the feeling of sitting in his lap. Being close to him. The sensation that his hand had caused still was there only more subdued. 

Aurora finally slid from his body and sat on the other end of the couch. "I appreciate that, Arden. I really do. I think it is time for me to head home." Arden let his head rest on the back of the couch. He slowly nodded his head before pushing himself off the couch and held his hand out to Aurora. She took it and Arden helped her to stand. 

Aurora gathered her things and followed as Arden led the way back down the stairs and to the back door once more. Instead of staying at the back door though, Arden made sure to walk Aurora all the way to her car. Aurora unlocked the door and opened it her hand rest on the door as she turned around back to Arden. "Thank you for dinner. It was delicious again." She smiled shyly. Arden leaned in and kissed her on the cheek. The sensation returned for a moment and then left as his lips left her cheek. 

"You are always welcome." Arden said. "Have a goodnight, Aurora and drive safe." Aurora nodded and then slipped into the driver seat of her car. She turned the engine over and headed in the direction of home. Throughout the entire drive, Aurora kept replaying their kiss on the couch. Things had gotten very heated very quickly. She had not even tried to stop him. 

What would happen the next time? Aurora could feel her walls that she had place beginning to crack. She had been completely honest with Arden, and not once has he held anything she has told him against her. What if he was different from others. Aurora did not realize how right she was. 

Arden watched as Aurora drive out of the parking lot. Thor was pacing in his mind. He was still riled up from their make out session on the couch. 

"Would you calm down?" Arden asked with a chuckle.

"She would have laid with us." Thor said. He could not believe that Arden had stopped them. "She is not a fainting virgin she knows that she is doing." Thor continued.

"And then what? Tomorrow she would come to regret it because it is only our second date?" Arden asked Thor. Thor only growled in response. 

"If she were a wolf we would already be mated and marked." Thor finally grumbled to himself. 

"But she is not. We need to be more delicate with the situation." Thor finally took a deep breath and let it out. He knew Arden was right and he did not want to scare away their mate either. 

"Sorry. It has just been some time and we have finally found our mate." Arden agreed as he walked back into the bar and up to his apartment.