Thirty- nine

I placed both of my hands in Harper's. His large hands engulfed my small ones and I felt so small compared to him. 

I felt shy all of a sudden. This, whatever we were doing, would cement me as Harper's mate. But that wasn't the only title I would have; I would be the future Luna of a pack and I would have to lead a pack of wolves. It didn't matter how many times I thought about it, the thought always made me nervous and everything seemed unreal.

We stood hand in hand in the supposed dining room of this house, where we had our first date. Memories of our time together flashed through my mind and brought a smile to my face.

My gaze went to Harper who had his eyes closed, eyebrows furrowed, and face set in deep concentration. His eyes snapped open as if he felt my eyes on him and I gazed into two black beads. His wolf was in control.

"Are you ready?" 

Words failed me and my throat felt scratchy, so I just nodded at him.

"You will feel some kind of energy swirling between us and traveling within your body, so don't freak out, and don't let go of my hands. I will call out to my wolf and use my alpha power to begin this process." I nodded again.

"My wolf and I have been blind and reckless which led me to reject my mate and for that, I apologize to the moon goddess who had destined me to be with such a great mate." Harper might have been chanting some age-old spell, instead of speaking in English, because like he said, I could feel electricity hum in my hands and I gaped at him.

"I apologize to nature, fate, and to the person who deserves it the most, my mate." His eyes opened slowly, black eyes with a little green swirling in them, and I couldn't help but marvel at the beauty.

"I have realized my fault and am willing to take back my rejection and cherish my mate for all the time to come if she so wishes." As he said those words, I could feel the energy swirl in the air between us, around us. 

"I, Harper Daniel Cain, accept you, Zara Sophia Hemming, as my mate." I felt a feeling of satisfaction settle in my gut as he said those words and I knew that this sudden feeling was because of this supernatural ceremony, but I wanted to hold onto this feeling forever.

"Do you, Zara Sophia Hemming, accept my apology and accept me, Harper Daniel Cain, as your mate?" I looked into his eyes and I was struck by the intensity with which he looked at me.

The connection between us had been intensified and I could feel a large number of heartbeats I realized they were just the heartbeats of the pack wolves, who had realized what was happening and were waiting with bated breath for me to say something.

"I accept your apology and I accept you as my mate." Howls and growls resounded in my ear and I felt a weird sense of contentment settle in my heart. It may sound cliché, but if I would ever be able to define this feeling, I would say that I felt complete after saying the words I said. Words flew out of my mouth on their own accord and I felt myself smile at him.

The energy swirling between us reached Its peak and as it descended in magnitude, I couldn't help but feel a need deep inside my body and I knew immediately that it was what Harper was telling me earlier.

Harper growled and it made my knees wobble. I could feel the energy in my body and it was settling deep in my belly, creating the most pleasurable sensation that I had ever felt.

Harper pulled me forward and I crashed into his chest. Before I could process what was happening, his lips were on mine. I immediately moved my lips against his own and gasped when I felt his large palm cupping my butt.

He took it as a cue to dive his tongue into my mouth and I met his powerful strokes with my own desperately hungry ones. I circled my arms around his neck, one hand languidly exploring his back, while the other clutching his hair.

His own hands were around my body, exploring every dip and curve making me gasp and wanting more.

I raked my nails in his lips and tugged on his hair and I felt a growl rip out of Harper's chest. Damn, at this point his lips on mine were the only thing that mattered.

He broke our lips apart and I almost moaned in protest.

"Do you remember I told you that I often stayed in this house?" His voice came out raspy and breathy and I felt muscles deep down in my belly clench.

Before he could say anything more, I grabbed his face with my hands and pulled him into another kiss. I felt his light stubble with my fingertips and I roamed my other hand across his body, trying to get familiar with the muscularity of it.

Harper seemed to have forgotten what he was saying too, because he squeezed my butt with his palm and I wrapped both of my legs around his waist. 

The most primal centers of our bodies rubbed against each other and both of us moaned at the sensation. I could feel his throbbing erection against my sex and the anticipation was almost too hard to contain. We moaned in each other's mouths, too lost to register anything else.

Harper broke the kiss again and this time I did moan. Didn't he understand that I didn't want to talk anymore?! There were more important things we could do.

"Fuck! I'm taking you upstairs." Before I could bring him down again, he kissed me again.

I could hear the floorboards creaking and I knew he was walking but I was too busy to notice. 

Harper's lips were on mine again and that was the only thing that mattered. I was feeling possessed and way too bold for my good, or probably because of all this energy so I grabbed the hem of his shirt, pulled it upwards, and threw it somewhere on the ground.

I moved my hands across his bare chest, over his nipples, and his hard pecs. I raked my nails over his bare torso and he moaned in response.

He broke apart from my lips, kissed my jaws and my eyes closed on their own accord. My dress had dried up and I felt his hands grab onto my bare thighs. Tingles exploded in my body wherever he touched and I gasped at the onslaught of pleasure.

I felt a hard surface on my back and I knew that Harper had pressed me against some door. He pressed his lips against my throat and I felt my breath quicken. 

He nibbled on my neck, probably leaving hickeys on his way, but I was in way too much bliss to care right then.

I grabbed his face once again and planted my lips on his again. I moaned in his mouth as I felt him grab my breast. I clutched his biceps as pleasure shot through my body. I tried to clench my thighs together to create some much-needed pressure but I ended up rubbing myself on his rock-hard erection instead. He growled in response and I felt the door open behind me.

Harper's hands supported me and traced my back. I heard the sound of a zip being opened and I realized he had opened the zip of my dress as the cool wind hit my back. I shivered not from cold, but from the onslaught of butterfly kisses Harper planted on my neck.

I felt him moving again and suddenly I was placed on something soft, which I presume was a bed. 

My hands desperately roamed Harper's bare torso and my tongue roamed his mouth. A moan broke out of my throat as I felt Harper fondle my breast.

I felt his hands move from my knees to my bare thighs, to grab the hem of my dress. He broke apart from our kiss, leaving me all hot and bothered, and gave me a panty-dropping smirk.

He pulled on my dress over my head and I facilitated the action by lifting my hips from the bed and grinding on his erection.

The dress was flung somewhere in the room but I was too occupied to care about it. Harper's gaze roamed over my body which was now only covered in lace undergarments. I mentally thanked Nat for making me wear them because the way he was looking at me made me feel sexy and wanted.

Harper immediately leaned forward and captured my lips with his again. I was sure my lips would probably be swollen from all the kissing we had done tonight.

I felt him hover over me and I felt myself slowly lean backward and soon I was lying on the bed, with Harper's heavy body over me. I felt him everywhere. Our hands explored each other and I could feel his erection against the bare skin of my thighs, making my panties even more wet.

In a brief moment of confidence, I lowered one of my hands and cupped his erection through his jeans and I was rewarded with a ferocious growl. I smirked against his lips and he bit mine as a response.

I tugged on the waistband of his jeans, pleasing him to take it off. He leaned back for a moment and got rid of his shoes and jeans, leaving him in only his black colored boxers. I simply watched him undress with various kinds of sinful thoughts running in my head. I watched his arm muscles bulge and his pecs flex as he moved and I couldn't help but roam my hands all over him.

He hovered over me again and sucked on my lips for a while. I felt his arms circle my torso and felt him unhook my bra. My bra was removed and my breasts were ready for his perusal.

His hungry gaze roamed over my breasts and he cupped both of them in his hands. I let out a long-drawn-out moan which was silenced but his mouth on mine.

I felt my hardened nipples being played and pinched by his skillful fingers and I raked my nails all over his back in response, sure to leave angry red marks tomorrow.

Harper nibbled on my jaw again and started planting open-mouthed, wet kisses all over my neck and he moved lower still. He took one of my hardened nipples in his mouth and I tugged on his hair as waves of pleasure traveled through my body. His hand was busy kneading my other breast while the other moved lower and played with the lace of my panties. I gasped as he cupped me through my already-soaked panties and I felt a wave of intense pleasure build within me.

I felt him slowly remove my panties while his mouth was still latched onto my breast and my eyes closed on their own in anticipation of what was to come.

I moaned loudly as I felt him gently pinch my clitoris, while simultaneously tugging on my nipple.

"You're so wet for me, Zara," Harper whispered the words gently into my ear and I felt one of his fingers slide inside my core. I gasped at the sensation, while he gently nibbled on my earlobe.

I moaned again as I felt another one of his fingers enter me and I felt a pressure build deep within my belly. His thumb applied a gentle pressure on my clitoris and I rode out my orgasm with a scream.

"Harper." I rasped and looked into his black orbs which seemed to be high on lust. Lust for me.

"You aren't a virgin, are you?" Harper asked and I shook my head.

"Oh god, you are killing me." Harper groaned and I bucked my hips and grinded against his erection which elicited a moan from him.

"Harper," I whispered gently, asking him not to stop. He kissed me again and I felt him grind against my already sensitive core.

"I need to be inside you. Now." He rasped and I cupped his face again as I pulled him into another kiss.

My hands moved across his bare chest to his pecks, to the faint smattering of hair that would lead me to the waistband of his boxers. I pushed his boxers down and his erect penis sprung from the lack of hindrance.

I gingerly cupped his erection with my small hand and without even looking, I could tell that he was big. I gulped nervously and I felt him moan in my mouth as our tongues battled with each other.

"Stop." Harper's hand landed on my one and stopped me from stroking his dick. He gently removed my hand and adjusted himself. I felt the tip of his penis at my entrance and I moaned at the hungry look he was giving me.

"I need to feel you around me." With that, I felt him slowly enter me and I gasped as my muscles expanded to accommodate his sheer size. I clutched onto his shoulders as I felt his balls deep inside me.

I gazed into Harper's eyes and watched as his gaze told me how much he loved me.

"I love you, Zara." His voice came out strained and I slowly kissed him again, letting him know how I felt about him.

He slowly thrusted inside me and I moaned at the slow pace with which he was moving. 

"Faster." I gasped and felt him quicken his pace. I felt the same pleasurable sensation and felt an amazing pressure settle deep inside my belly.

I felt myself close to the edge and I put my legs around Harper's hips to bring him yet closer to me. I felt his hips move at an amazing pace which made me see stars and moaned as he hit my G-spot again and again.

"I want you to look at me when you cum, Zara." Harper croaked and my eyes flew open to obey his command. I gazed into his black eyes, which seemed to convey a plethora of emotions as he thrust inside me.

I moaned and Harper grunted as we both rode out our orgasms. He gently pulled out from me and fell back on the bed beside me.

"Shit, I didn't use a condom." Harper gasped and I couldn't help but marvel at his sweat-coated body and the way his chest heaved after all the exertion.

"I had my period two days ago." I smiled and pulled him in a slow kiss. He responded immediately and I felt him relax under my touch.

"Really?" He asked tentatively and I nodded with a smile on my face.

He gave me a breathtaking smile of his own and pulled my body against his. I put my arms around his torso, snuggled in his neck, and let out a sigh of relief.