I had just hung up on Matt when I heard footsteps outside the closet and I didn’t even think as I threw the phone behind some shoes.

“Shit what now?!”

I panicked and forgot all about the hide- and seek game and when the door to the closet flew open I actually think I suffered a heart attack right then and there. A picture of my foster dad flashed before my eyes and I didn’t even think as I threw myself towards the person at the door. I landed on him and we crashed to the ground with a loud bang, me on top.

We hadn’t even reached the floor when I brought my fist back and I was just about to hit the person in his face when a strong voice froze me on the spot.

“What the hell do you think you’re doing?!” The voice boomed and I immediately snapped my head in the direction of it. My eyes landed on a fuming Alex and I felt my eyes grow big.

What?

I suddenly remembered about the game we had been playing and I quickly turned my head to the person lying beneath me. I was met with Vincent’s baffled face and I cursed loudly.

“Ah fuck, I’m sorry dude I thought you were... I don’t know I forgot all about the stupid game!” I said with a nervous laughter and Vincent grimace at me from below.

“I don’t care about what you thought, get of him now!” Alex growled and I looked over at his shaking form.

What was his problem?

I rolled my eyes at him and in the blink of an eye he was standing before us. He didn’t waste a second as he took a strong grip around my right arm, pulling me up from Vincent and crushing me against his own chest.

“What the hell, get of me! You’re strangling me!” I choked as I tried to squirm out of his hold. The words had barely left my mouth when I was spun around and pushed against the wall. My back hit the hard surface and I would have lost my balance if Alex hadn’t still got such a strong hold on me. He had followed right behind me and now he pressed himself against me, keeping me up against the wall.

Silence fell and I couldn’t help but notice how close he was standing and how good he actually smelled. I took a deep breath and turned my eyes towards his, trying to read the expression in them. They weren’t fully black and as I watched they slowly turned a deep shade of blue and I couldn’t help it as I lost myself in them for a second. Alex eyes bore into mine and I almost felt as if he could read my thoughts.

A second later his gaze left mine and started traveling down towards my lips. His eyes swirled and I could feel my heart picking up speed as he leaned closer to me. The smell of him had my senses on edge and I could feel the now familiar tingle as his body touched mine. What the hell was I even doing?

I guess Alex could see the decision to move away form on my face because before I knew it he closed the distance between us, pressing his lips gently but firmly against my own. I froze on the spot as he put a hand on my hip to keep me in place.

The shirt I had borrowed from Adam earlier wasn’t thick enough and the heat from his touch burned at my skin. I gasped as he trapped my lower lip between his teeth and bit down slightly, causing my lips to part. He wasted no time and simply pushed his tongue inside my mouth. My eyes drifted shut on their own accord and the sensation of him so close had me trembling with pleasure.

I surprised myself when I let out a breathless moan and I could feel Alex tightening his hold on my waist. My mind had clouded and I couldn’t form a single thought. I couldn’t even remember why I had tried to push him away before.

I was rudely awakened from my pleasure-bubble by a loud cough and I opened my eyes and blinked stupidly. Alex reluctantly pulledaway from me and growled in the direction of the sound. My thoughts cleared somewhat when we weren’t in direct contact anymore and my eyes landed on the person who had interrupted.

Vincent was standing in the middle of the room, looking at us with an amused look on his face and I couldn’t help the blush that lit up my face when the realization of what had just happened settled in.

“Though I’m definitely not gay, I have to admit that was kind of hot.” He said as he smirked at us and I could feel the blush deepen.

“Then why did you interrupt?” Alex growled at him and Vincent’s smirk widened.

“Because although I think that it’s a slight turn-on I also don’t want it to take place only a few feet away from my face.” He said with a simple shrug of his shoulders. Alex gave him a dark look as he answered in an irritated tone:

“Nobody is forcing you to stay here Vin!”

Vincent shrugged his shoulders again but didn’t answer and Alex growled at the fact that he was still standing in the room. I took the opportunity to squirm out of Alex hold while he had his attention on Vincent and I hurried to make some much needed space between us. When Alex realized that I wasn’t pressed against him anymore he turned toward me but before he had the time to say anything a high voice from behind, interrupted him.

“I waited foreeeeever Vincent! You’re supposed to look for us not just stand there all day! Kate was standing in the opening to the bedroom with her hand on her hip and an irritated look on her face.

I could see Vincent squirm from the corner of my eye but to me, this happened all the time. Kate usually wasn’t able to play games for so long before she got restless. Hide-and-seek wasn’t the best game to play with her...

“Don’t blame him little ‘Miss impatient’, he was looking for me.” I said in Vincent’s place. Kate looked at me for a while before she finally settled for an eye-roll and a small huff.

“Whatever, I don’t want to play this game anymore.” She muttered and I shrugged my shoulders at that.

I wasn’t one to complain and neither was Vincent apparently because I could see how he gave me a thankful smile from the corner of my eye.

“I want to watch a movie! Can we watch a movie? Can we? Can we Ash?” Kate said in a now cheerful voice. “Well someone got their spirit back rather fast” I thought to myself before I let out a tired sigh.

“You have to ask the people living here and not me, Tiger.” I responded in an uninterested tone. Kate pouted at me as she glanced in Alex direction hesitantly. I wondered if she would dare to ask him because I sure as hell wouldn’t blame her if she didn’t. He could be quite scary after all...

Alex had his eyes locked on me though and he didn’t seem to have heard our conversation because he was busy frowning at the space between us. His eyes weren’t as dark as before but they weren’t their normal color either.

Hm, I found myself wondering if he really did mind it all that much. This mate-thing was so strange. I mean I was literary standing like three feet away from him. Did he really need to have me pressed against him to be satisfied?

I don’t know why but it felt like he could hear me thinking that when he suddenly narrowed his eyes slightly at me.

Yeah, he was definitely intimidating when he wanted to...

“Vin can we watch a movie, pleeeeease? Kate’s pleading voice brought me out of my thoughts and I turned my eyes towards her. I gave her a teasing smile and she stuck her tongue out at me when she noticed. I knew that she had asked Vincent because she had chickened out from asking Alex and in my opinion that was kind of amusing.

“Yeah sure, you’re coming too Alex?” Vincent said in a relieved tone and I think he was just happy to escape the stupid game.

When Alex didn’t answered immediately I shifted my eyes to him and saw that he was still staring at me. I gave him a sheepish smile and I watched his eyes swirl in sudden amusement.

“Of course, we’ll join you downstairs in a minute, right Ash?” Alex said, smirking at my now suspicious face.

Why was he looking at me like he was about to devour me? I had an uneasy feeling about this but when he gave me a threatening eye, I nodded slightly.

Vincent gave us an amused smile before he turned to Kate, scooping her up with his hands and placing her on his back.

“Come on little girl, let’s leave the lovebirds alone and go pick out a movie shall we?” He said, laughing at his own choice of words. Kate giggled as she wrapped her arms around his neck and yelled loudly:

“Autobots, let’s roll!”

Yeah I’ve forgot to mention her obsession with the Transformer movies huh? Yeah, well don’t ask me how a five year old girl can love robots, action and explosions...it doesn’t make any sense to me either.

When they had finally left the room I turned to Alex with a sigh and raised my eyebrow slightly.

“Yeah? Do you have a good reason for keeping me up here or are you just trying to control...” I hadn’t even finished what I was going to say when I suddenly found myself flying through the air. I landed on the soft bed with a slight cry and the world went spinning when Alex flipped me over so I was lying on my stomach with my arms pulled behind my back.

I hissed as he tightened his grip on my wrists and I could feel him place a knee on either side of me, trapping me effortlessly with his weight. He was hovering over me and I could feel his warm breath against the back of my neck.

Silence fell in the room and the only sound I could hear was the beating of my own heart and the small pants that left my lips occasionally.

When the shock settled I could feel my face heat up at the humiliation of being forced down like this. I started struggling against his grip and I shifted my head so that I could watch him from the corner of my eye.

“Get of me!” I seethed through clenched teeth as I tried to glare at him the best I could with my face pressed against the cover of the bed.

His face was serious but a small smirk was tugging at the corner of his mouth as he leaned down closer and whispered:

“Make me...”

I actually think my eyes were shooting lightning bolts by now because I could feel the anger boiling inside my veins at the nerve of this man.

Did he actually think I could do anything right now? He was a werewolf for god sake! Even if I wanted to I was never going to be able to take him down with sheer strength!

Suddenly I felt him planting a soft, butterfly-light kiss at the base of my neck and I jerked when, what felt like, electricity shoot through my body. A small gasp escaped my lips when he nibbled at my skin, biting down softly.

He kept going, biting down every so often and every time his biting made me let out a sound and tense up he stopped and licked at the small bite-mark, soothing the skin and making my body relax against his. My thoughts were swarming around inside my head and I couldn’t control my own breathing anymore.

“Keep still princess, this will hurt a little.” Alex murmured against my skin as he took both of my hands in just one of his. With his free hand he took a firm hold of my hair and pulled backwards so that my neck was even more exposed.

I could hear myself let out a small whimper at the rough treatment but it didn’t really hurt that much. His hold was probably just for keeping me in place and the whimpering felt more like something I had no control over.

I could feel my body freeze in place as he lowered his mouth towards the exposed skin on my neck and my thoughts stopped swarming immediately.

He was going to bite me.