The War of the Royals: The Alpha's Rose Conclusion의 모든 챕터: 챕터 31 - 챕터 37

MADDIE POV I close the door to my bedroom, and I lean back against it, breathing heavily. My heart is beating wildly in excited anticipation from his offer of taking a shower together. I can feel Infinity pushing on my wall, trying to encourage me to go to Josh. To join him in the shower and take that next, natural step into intimacy with our mate. It is taking all of my efforts to ignore that feeling. I know he would be up for sex with me, right this minute if I gave him the green light. That’s not in question. However, once we take that leap, our bond will grow. I will be hard-pressed to not mark him, and he will want to be near me. Constantly. It is the natural order of things between fated mates. But if he chooses to not stay with me… if he chooses to reject our bond, having sex beforehand will make it that much harder. On both of us. But fuck! This mate pull is something else. I’ve never felt anything like it. I already want to ignore the logica

MADDIE POV “Yes.” I take a few calming breaths as I load up my plate to overfull and take a big bowl of ramen to my place setting. I smile at Josh’s facial expression of shock as he watches me before he fills his own plate. I may be small, but I can put away the food better than most of my warriors. “It’s the alpha blood in me.” “What’s the alpha blood?” Josh asks as he picks up a tuna roll. Ah, I’m peaking his curiosity again. Good. “My metabolism.” I begin to explain as I pour us both saki. “I can probably eat half of this food, by myself. As wolves we eat an exorbitant about. To shift between human and wolf forms is extremely taxing, on both bodies; it uses a lot of energy. So, we eat many, many, many more calories in a day than a human does. Even more than a professional athlete, such as yourself. But alphas eat even more than the average wolf, because our wolves are so much bigger, so you’ll rarely see me skip meals. I always have a large plate

JOSH POV What the hell is a mate? Is it what it sounds like it is? Maybe they just call it different things than a human? I watch Maddie take a deep breath and I can see real distress in her expression. This is important. More important than everything else she’s told me. I can see it. I can feel it. This is monumental. “Wolves don’t worship Jesus or Allah or any of the other human religious deities.” Okay, not where I thought this was going. I don’t interrupt though, I just listen and watch her incredibly expressive face as she talks. “We worship our own Goddess. The Moon Goddess, Selene. Unlike humans, who have to pick a person to date, fall in love with and hope that the person they pick will be all they need in life. Werewolves are different. Selene gifts us a mate. Our soulmate. The one perfect, unique being out there destined for us, who completes us. Fully. Totally. We are legitimately half a person, half a soul, until we meet our mate. “We ar

MADDIE POV I am almost relieved when I hear the howl from my border patrol, indicating a rogue attack. I immediately feel guilty that I’m more comfortable dealing with a rogue attack than telling Josh how to reject me. I feel a pack link sever just as another howl goes up and the siren blares to life. I turn to Josh. I see his concern and the fear in his eyes. “I have to go. Rogues are attacking. Stay here. Devon will come get you and get you into the shelter.” I say quickly. I turn toward the balcony door and run. I get halfway there, when I turn around, and I run back to Josh. I slam my lips to his, wanting to feel a kiss from him, at least one kiss from my fated mate, before he rejects me. I feel his arms engulf me and hold me to him. He kisses me back. I don’t want to leave his embrace, knowing I’ll never get to have it again. I pull away, much sooner than I’d like. “I needed to kiss you, at least once.” I tell him, saying goodbye wit