Pulling back a little, Kat watched Zach's stunned expression. He looked so surprised she almost laughed. "What?"

"What did you just say?" Was he so high on his happiness that he started hearing things now?

"You heard me." Kat shrugged a shoulder playfully and he groaned.

"Say it again." Zach demanded, his breathing so uneven he was surprised he still even remembered to do that efficiently.

Kat beamed at him, her eyes fixing on his so he could see that she truly meant it. "I love you."

Zach stared at her for a few beats before he shut his eyes and let out a roar so powerful that the ground beneath their bodies vibrated. Kat's body shivered at the intensity of the sound. She tugged on his shoulders, her emotions swimming with his, back and forth between them, and she pulled his lips on hers again.

She loved him. His mate loved him back. His Kat fucking loved him. Zach felt like someone might suddenly slap him awake from this fantasy he was living. Even if it wasn't real, he never wanted to wake up, he decided.

Kat's hand traveled to the waistband of Zach's shorts and she pushed them down slightly. Pulling back, Zach searched her eyes for answers. She smiled at him and nodded her head. She was ready for him, she knew she was. She no longer wanted to take things slow. Not when they were still mates and have gone so long without claiming each other.

"Are you sure?" Zach asked, his heart jumping up and down inside his chest.

Kat smiled at him sweetly, then caught his lips between hers in a kiss that gave him the answer he needed.

"Not here." Zach shook his head. He wasn't marking her on grass in the middle of a chilly night. Their first time had to be special. He promised her he was going to be more romantic. He could take her to one of his cabins by the river.

"Right here." Kat nodded, her eyes shinning bright with a love he knew was meant for him. "Right now, Zach. Make me yours."

Zach growled a curse under his breath, her words burning through his skin, flesh and bones and right to his soul. "Baby. There's nothing I want more than to mark you right now, but we don't have to. Forget about the rogues. I will keep you safe. I won't push you away either. I will find another way."

Kat grinned at him. He was so sweet to think she'd want to mate with him just to be safe from the rogues and not because she was just as helplessly in love with him as he was with her. She had wanted to take things slow because she was afraid she might get hurt again. That with the bond broken, Zach might wake up one day and decide to leave, maybe even look for another mate. But learning that the bond had never even broken at all, that Zach never meant or wanted to break it, that he was always hers, were all the reasons she needed to never feel afraid again.

Kat willed her human nails back in place before she trailed her fingertips down his chest. "I'll seduce you into it if I have to, you know?"

Zach barked out a laugh. God, his Kat was so precious.

Kat watched the happiness his body shook with, the light that filled his eyes and she couldn't help but giggle as well. "Come on, now, Alpha. Don't make me beg."

Zach released another groan and turned her on her stomach in an instant. Spanking her naked ass, Zach grunted, "You know better than to call me that."

Kat moaned in pleasure the second he kneaded her round flesh. "Do that again."

Zach almost erupted in his damn shorts at the low whine she let out. "Fuck, you like it, don't you?"

Kat gasped the moment his palm met her flesh for a second time. A third time and she knew she was dropping wetness from her core. A fourth and she was squirming underneath him.

"You're fucking killing me, Kat." Zach mumbled as he gently caressed her crimson skin before he got up to dispose of his shorts.

Kat turned around and watched his shaft spring free and she lifted herself on her knees, but Zach shook his head.

"If you put that mouth of yours on me I'll come down your throat in a goddman second. We'll play later." Zach promised before he hovered above her, pushing her back, desperate to sink himself deep inside her core.

Kat felt the tip of his length brush against the inside of her thigh and she was suddenly sweating. She was a virgin and Zach was too big for his own good, so she knew this was going to be painfull as hell.

Noticing the shift in her emotions, Zach froze above her. "What's wrong?"

"Just be gentle, okay?" She requested, looking up at him.

"Of course." Zach nodded his head repeatedly, but she only swallowed. "Tell me what's wrong? We can wait if you're not sure yet, baby. I'll wait forever; you don't have to worry."

Kat smiled at him sweetly before she shook her head. "You're my first."

Zach blinked at her before his lips broke into a childish proud grin. Kat rolled her eyes at him. Yes, he had already guessed that this was her first time but hearing her admit it brought him a new sense of pride. It was the greatest gift and he was damn honored. "And I'll be your last."

Kat nodded in agreement, her smile turning to a grin at his promise, before she shut her eyes and braced herself.

"You need to relax, baby." Moving a hand between them, Zach starting rubbing her clit slowly, earning himself a moan. He pushed a finger inside her then another.

When he slowly added a third she hissed and squirmed. "Zach, too much."

"I'm sorry, baby. I have to stretch you, I'm sorry." Zach frowned, the pained expression on her face tugging at his heart. "Fuck, I don't think we should do this now. And not on the damn grass, Kat."

Kat gasped the moment his fingers pulled out of her. "But I want to. It'll make the memory so much more special. I'm sure, I promise."

Zach sighed and nodded, before he positioned his length at her entrance. As slowly as he possibly could, he starting pushing himself inside her. Kat squeezed her eyes shut, feeling the pain cause a shot of electricity through her.

"Fuck, baby, you're too damn tight." Zach grunted, sounding as equally in pain as she was as he pushed his a little more of his length inside. Dropping his head to the crook of her neck, he started kissing every inch of skin he could find while slowly sinking in her further.

Kat screamed as Zach pushed the rest of him into her and he froze. "It hurts."

"I know. I'm so sorry." Zach mumbled against her neck and waited a few more seconds before he started pulling back. Right before he was out of her, he pushed back in.

Kat sucked in a loud breath at the friction and a moan involuntarily escaped her when Zach repeated his movements.

"Does it feel good now, baby?" If their healing process was normal, then she wouldn't have felt pain any longer than a single second.

"Yeah," Kat breathed out, her hands clenching tightly onto his muscled arms. "Just go a little faster."

Zach growled, the feeling of her tight, wet passage squeezing him like a fist had him almost begging to release. Picking up his pace a notch, Zach found a comfortable rythm.

Kat felt another pressure build into the pit of her stomach and her hands held on him harder. "Zach."

Zach growled as he felt her claws dig into his arms but her eyes was shut and she was about to reach another orgasm so he ignored the pain. "Come all over me, baby."

Damn him and his words. Kat heard another scream leave her throat mixed with a growl from Zach's as her pleasure lifted her into the clouds.

Zach groaned as she clenched on his length and he rode with her through her high. "You squeeze the life out of me when you come, Kat."

Panting heavily, Kat opened her eyes to notice blood dripping from his arms. "Shit! I'm so sorry, baby. I didn't mean to."

"I love it when you call me that." Zach continued his slow movements in and out of her, dying to let go of the restraints he had on himself.

Kat laughed at the handsome man above her. The grumpy and scary Alpha Zach loved it when she called him Baby. "I'll do it more often, then."

Zach growled, his heart light with a new type of happiness he didn't even knew existed as he picked up his pace a little. Dropping his head to her neck once more, Zach started kissing the spot he knew he wanted to bite.

Kat gasped in pleasure the moment she felt Zach's fangs graze her skin. "Zach."

Pulling back to look her in the eyes, his fangs visible through his lips, Zach asked, "do you trust me?"

Kat looked up at him and nodded without a hint of hesitation. "Of course I trust you."

"I'm going to bite you, Kat." His words had her core clench tightly around him again. All death threats had already flown out of her mind the moment his tongue moved across his fangs. Even if she died, she'd go a happy woman, she knew. "And I need you to bite me too and drink a few mouthfuls of my blood. Can you do that for me, baby?"

Kat blinked at him in horror. That was not how mating worked. Only the male had to give his mate the bite. The female could still bite her mate for pleasure, but it wasn't necessary. And there was definitely no blood involved. Was this some kind of a kink he had? "I don't think I'm into that kind of stuff. The biting, I'm down for, but the blood? Not really my area, baby."

Zach pushed his head back and laughed wholeheartedly. Kat watched him carefully, the sound of his deep laughter making her wolf dance ecstatically in her head. She wached as he calmed down, the grin on his face putting a smile on her own. "I fucking love you."

Kat grinned.

Zach's eyes darkened as he stilled inside her. "I'm sorry I didn't explain, love. But seeing that my dick is shoved deep inside you right now, I though I should only give the instructions, and save the explaining for later."

Kat moaned at his words, her core automatically clenching around him and he chuckled again. He knew exactly what his words did to her, and he loved it. She loved it too. With a huff, she nodded. "Fine. I'll do it."

Zach beamed at her for trusting him this much. Lowering his lips to catch hers in a kiss, Zach started moving again. "Our blood will heal us, baby. I'll explain everything later."

Kat could feel Zach's fangs once again on the side of her neck, and his hips picking up the pace. Allowing her fangs to form as well, Kat inched close enough to his skin. A moment after Zach felt her fangs bite down on him, he let his peirce her delicate flesh, hard enough for the mating bond to take form permanently, binding their souls into one.

Kat's mouth fell open as she let out a loud scream, but Zach's hand shoved her face back into his neck.

Drink, he commanded through the new mindlink that they now shared. Drink now, Kat.

Kat felt tears run down the sides of her face as she willed herself to ignore the deadly pain long enough to suck a few mouthfuls. Zach's hips never slowed down, and he was so damn close. He willed his fangs back and licked her wound to ease the pain, as blood dripped for his mouth onto her skin.

Kat panted, her mouth unlatching from Zach's neck, and he head fell back. The pain was gone as quickly as it came, and now she could feel nothing but Zach's length moving inside her.

Zach knew Kat was okay when she let out a soft moan and the sight of her all flushed and panting in pleasure had him growling in pain. The moment she clenched on him as she had yet another orgasm, Zach pulled himself out of her instantly. Roaring loudly, he unloaded on her thigh.

Kat covered her face with her hands, embarrassment swimming through her entire body as Zach's roar certainly alerted every single wolf on their territory.

"Shit, I'm sorry." Zach winced at the sight of her thigh. "I should've warned you. I just noticed I wasn't wearing a condom and I don't know if you're on birth control or not."

"I'm not." Kat mumbled into her hands, refusing to remove them. "Thank you for not making me pregnant."

Zach chuckled as he picked up the shirt he never got to wear and wiped her thigh clean. "Yeah, I can only imagine what you would've done to me then. Good thing I have a way to heal from your claws now."

Kat smiled even though he couldn't see her. She felt movement next to her, before his arms pulled her closer to his chest, so her head laid on his shoulder. "Are you going to hide from me all night, baby?"

"We're still naked." She pointed out.

Pushing her gently to the grass, Zach pulled on his shorts and grabbed her shirt. "Here."

Kat removed her hands and quickly put on the shirt that reached the middle of her thighs before covering her face again. Zach chuckled at her and shook his head. "You're all covered, love. I need to see those beautiful eyes now."

Kat sighed, removing her hands and meeting his eyes. She knew her face was so damn red, one could spot her from miles. Her hair must be tousled and her lips must be swollen. How on earth was she suppised to walk back into the pack house right now? "I can only imagine what I look like now."

Zach released a deep goan in approval. She looked fucking delicious. The skin of her neck was healed and prefectly intact, but the faint red scar was there and her lips were so red and full for him that he had to swallow the water in his mouth. "You look so damn good I'm not sure if I can wait till we get back home before I get inside you again."

Kat's eyes widened and she blinked twice at him before she shot up to her feet and ran to the pack house. Chuckling, Zach ran after her with the dirty shirt and her clean shorts in his hand. "You might want to put on some shorts before you walk in there, love. I mean, your screams and my roars had already given us away, but still."

Kat turned and grabbed the shorts quickly putting them on before she ran her hands down her hair in a weak attemp to ease the knots. "I don't think I can see anyone right now."

She was so embarrassed at the fact that she just had sex with Zach in the damn woods. And after his declaration that everyone heard her screams for him she decided she'd sooner die than face anyone.

"Well, I have a solution for that." Zach announced a second before he had her over his shoulder.

Screaming, Kat banged against his back. "Let me down!"

Zach ignored her and made his way to the house. "This way you don't get to see anyone and no other male gets to know what my beautiful mate looks like when she's thoroughly fucked."

Kat gasped and Zach chuckled. Banging on his firm back harder, Kat groaned. "I'm gonna bit you again and this time I won't give you my blood after."

"Hush now," Zach gave her ass a spank before he entered the house. Members stood up once they saw the Alpha and his mate, but they all remained silent.

"Put me down, you brute!" Kat demanded again, not giving a damn that they had an audience, and pinch his beautiful ass, only he didn't budge. She wondered how inappropriate it would be if she just bit it. She wondered if she should do it now or later.

"Don't even think about it." Zach said simply, sending a grin to Nick who stood aside laughing. He'd never seen his best friend so playful before.

Kat gasped again, starting to feel a little lightheaded. "You don't even know what I was thinking."

"It had something to do with my ass, I'm sure." Zach walked up the stairs, and stopped at the opposite side of his bedroom.

"Where are you taking me?" Kat asked with another groan. "And put me down. I'm gonna throw up."

"Don't be dramatic now." Zach rolled his eyes. He stopped and opened a door then shut it behind him and walked to the large bed. Gently, he put Kat down.

She scoffed at the smile on his face before crossing her arms against her chest, and looking away.

Zach smiled wider before resting a palm at the side of her neck. Turning her to face him, he studied her features carefully.

Kat searched his eyes as he stared at her lovingly. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"I never though I would find you. I know I've apologized before, but I really, really am sorry, Kat. I should've waited for you longer. I shouldn't have given up hope."

It was her turn to caress his cheek. "It's okay, Zach. It was all in the past. We're together now, that's what matters. We have so much to look forward to."

"I never want to be parted from you ever again." Zach admitted and her wolf howled with Joy at the sight of their mate so sweet and loving.

Giving him a peck on his cheek, Kat smiled. "I'm in desperate need of a shower."

Kat grinned mischievously before he snaked his arms beneath her and lifted her up. Laughing at him, Kat shook her head as her eyes ran around the room. "Whose room is this anyway?"

"Ours." Zach pushed the bathroom's door open, revealing a large bathtub that Kat knew for surely he wanted to use.

"What happened to your old one?" She asked and he shrugged as he put her on her feet.

"Nothing. I just thought this one was bigger. Better." Zach had a slight frown on his face as he started the shower, tampering with the temperature and Kat couldn't help but smile.

She saw the real reason behind his shrug. He wanted them to start fresh. A new beginning, with better memories. Happier ones. In a room that wasn't tainted by anyone else. Just theirs. Stepping on her toes, Kat landed a soft kiss on his cheek. "Thank you."

Zach beamed at her, proud of himself for earning such a beautiful smile. "Now let's get you out of these clothes, shall we?"

Kat giggled as he playfully wiggled his brows and she wondered how many more surprises their lives still had hidden.