He sat beside me, without saying anything.

Oh Jesus, how badly I wanted to kiss him can't be expressed with words. I almost needed it.

Theo wasn't really looking at me, it was like he was looking through me. I silently thought to myself what the term mating covers. Kissing? No way. Not to me.

Then, without any more thought, he was kissing me. His lips were soft, but firmed around my own, giving me a sense of closure. 'Damn, this guy can kiss.' I thought. Without realising, I let down the barrier I had taught myself to make and let his thoughts fill my mind. The way my body felt against his, how much my clothing annoyed him. He was thinking about how maybe this was moving to fast, about my reaction to his touch. In reaction to the love I could feel radiating off of him, I began tugging on his shirt, begging him to remove it. And, much to my distaste, he pulled away.

I could feel his emotions and see what he saw but the feelings and thoughts that were going through his head were just making me want him more.

"I thought we were going slow...," he said with a sly smile. I smiled. "Theo, making out doesn't really fall under mating, does it?" I enlightened him as I pulled his shirt over his head.

He smiled and his lips fell on mine once again and I giggled. At first it was slow but the kiss then turned very passionate, begging to be made into more. I didn't want this to stop. I peeked into his mind for a moment only to find him thinking about my laugh. I smiled consciously as I blushed before rebuilding my thought barrier.

Damn, there goes my shirt.

He pulled away and studied me in awe, only guessing what was hiding beneath my bra. He clearly wanted explore my body further as his eyes turn a brilliant gold, letting me know, this was his wolf who was in control.

He kissed along the hem of my bra, and up along the strap, peppered his kisses up my neck and made his way to my lips. Moulding perfectly with every desire that was pooling in my body begging to be set free.

However, all too soon, he pulled away and moved to the bathroom.

"Theo?" I asked in a husky whisper, knowing he could hear me. "What is it?" I asked. He appeared in the door frame and looked down at me with two beautiful brown eyes.

"Nala... I can't. I can't do this." He said, picking up his shirt and leaving the room.

My eyebrows furrowed and I suddenly felt the urge to cry. This man was the reason I lived when my parents died. The reason I was born. The moon goddess saved me from anything that could take me away from him. He was my everything. "Actually... he was walking away."

'It's not like you love him Nala. Just pack your shit up and leave.' I thought on the verge of tears, as I began gathering some of my clothes from the dresser.

Suddenly it hit me, like a train at full speed...

I loved him.

In the 6 short days that I had been here, I had fallen in love with him. He had built me a look out in a tree that I could climb from his bedroom window and he had attempted to cook me breakfast more times, than I could count.

In addition, the one reason I had never seen him in his wolf's form was that he was scared that I wasn't ready, that it would scare me and Id run away.

I shoved my clothes back in the dresser and sprinted out the door.

"Theo?" I yelled.

He was down I the kitchen with his beta and third in command in front of a map. "Theo?" I said puffed from the sprint. He growled lowly and the men averted their eyes away from me. I looked down and noticed I hadn't yet put a shirt on.

"Sh*t." I whispered hiding in the staircase.

"We will continue this tomorrow at noon." Theo said harshly as the men packed up the map and left the room.

"What are you doing sprinting around the house like that and screaming bloody murder?" he said not looking at me.

"Theo, come back to the room, I want to talk." I said quietly. He shook his head firmly. "No Nala. I'm a man; you can't expect me to keep all self-control when we are doing things like that." He partly yelled. "I can't hold back Nala. Not when you're like this and I'm like that!" he yelled.

I shook my head in a swift quick motion. "I want to talk and I know it's not fair on you, but it's not completely fair on me either. You think I like knowing that the only reason you want to have sex with me is because you want your bloody mating ritual to be complete?" I yelled right back.

He swayed on the spot, and then moved to me. I flinched away as if he was going to hit me, but the only contact that came was his hands cradling my face.

He way he was looking at me, I couldn't help but travel into his thoughts. His love was almost overpowering. The thought of using my body repulsed him and I felt overwhelmed at the pure thoughts he had of me. I pulled away from his mind before hiding my face in embarrassment.

He moved my head so I was looking directly into his eyes before speaking. "Nala? Do you really think that the only reason I want you is for the mating ritual?" he asked lowly.

He brown eyes pierced into my soul and I knew he wanted more.

I shook my head and finally let the tears fall.

"Theo, about marking... Mia told me that if I wanted to mark you, I... ahum, I bite you. She said I would break skin, leave a mark on you forever. My mark... is that all true?" I asked hesitantly, and he nodded silently, "It sounds a bit extreme." I said giving him a small smile.

Without warning, he swung me up into his arms and made his way up the stairs.

I laughed as he threw me on to the bed. Growling he made his way on top of me and we picked up right where we left off.