Chapter 8

William P.O.V

I woke up to the reflection of the sun reflecting on me. I don’t know when I fell asleep. This sweet scent fills the air like pawpaw and cucumber.

I looked down and saw Bridget sleeping on my chest. It’s her. It's her scent. I took in a deep breath. I am amazed she slept throughout the night. I watched her sleep, her head rising and falling with every breath I take. After about a minute of staring at her, I realize I’m being kind of creepy staring at her while she sleeps.

I tried to get up but she put her hands across me. I think she did it subconsciously. She then nuzzled into my chest and I can't stop myself from laughing. I pull her in. This is the first skin contact we have had in the week she has been here and I have to admit I love it. I prefer to stay right here in this moment but then her eyes opened wide.

Bridget's P.O.V

Did I just nuzzle him? Holy shit! I feel like dying from this embarrassment. He smells so good though like the woods in spring. Just manly and don’t get me started about his body.

His robust hands pulled me in. The muscle on his chest and abs. He looks like a Greek God. I bet he tastes yummy too and I wouldn’t mind the idea of his fingers on my body. Oh no! Sandra stops it, he’ll smell your arousal. I opened my eyes and took my hands off of him.

“I am sorry. You do not have to stay,” I whispered. He just laughed and looked down at me. “I’ve already stayed the night but I was simply going to get up to make you some breakfast.”

“Breakfast? Don’t you have to go to work?” I asked. “Nope, I’m taking some time off. I know that we haven’t spent much time together as we should have. I tried to convince myself that you needed time to adapt,” He explained. “And now?” I asked. “And now I know you need me,” He kissed my forehead.

“But before I go, I want to take a look at your wounds,” He lets go of me and I lay back. He leaned over me and placed a hand beneath my chin before tilting my head to the side.

His face is so close to mine that I can feel his hot his breath on my cheek. I swallowed hard. His eyes flicked up to mine and he laughed. Then his hands trailed my shirt.

“Is it ok if I raise this to take a look?”He asked gently and I nodded. He lifted my shirt and trailed his hand over my belly. I cringe at the tingles in my skin.

“Does that hurt?” He asked, concerned. I shake my head no. He continued and I closed my eyes enjoying his touch. He makes his way down to my leg and runs his hands over my thigh and a small moan forms in my throat.

Of course with his sensitive hearing, he must have heard it. I cannot believe I just did that. I can feel the heat of blush in my cheeks. Why is my body reacting like this?

I heard him chortle and he dropped my shirt as he made his way back to my face.

“You have recovered,” he told me.

“Really? Normally, it takes a few days,” I said.

“Well, it is possibly caused by your wolf. Now that you are more related, you will heal faster,” He explained. He laid down next to me and looked down at me. I stared into his stunning eyes.

“Now I’m going to get up and make you breakfast. But I will warn you, I only know how to make pancakes and eggs.”

I giggled. “Why don’t we make breakfast together? I will just take a quick shower. You can start making the coffee.”

“Okay

We get up and he head to the kitchen as I walked to the bathroom. I bathe quickly and change clothes. I put on an unfastened T-shirt, a cardigan with jeans shorts. I walked out to the kitchen and see him.

He’s at the counter pouring coffee into a mug. He’s already taken out all of the ingredients for making pancakes. I paused for a second and stared at him.

He’s really attractive. Tall, tanned and perfect. I’ve never ogled at a man before but this man just makes me stop in my tracks.

“You going to stand there just staring or are you going to come help,” He smirked. I felt myself blush and walked toward him. He raised an eyebrow at me.

“I feel like baking. I love baking and I have not baked anything this week,” I told him. “Ok, what do you want to bake?”

“Let me see what you have in here.”

After a few minutes of poking around, I find everything I need to make blueberry and chocolate muffins.

“Why is your kitchen so stocked if you never eat here?,” I asked boldly. “Haha, what makes you think I don’t eat here?,” He asked laughing. He hands over a mug of freshly poured espresso to me.

“Well, we have not cooked any meal here the entire time I’ve been here. We are always going out to eat or ordering food.

“Well, at that time and I guess I wanted to give you what you desired and show you an appropriate time,” he explained. That’s sweet. “He’s a real man Bridget. He’s our mate,” Deli said. 'I don't understand,' I replied.

“Yes, you do. You are drawn to him and he smells delicious. We both know you were checking him out even when your life was in danger. He is your other half. You make each other stronger. Also, you slept through the night last night without nightmares.”

“Oh, my goddess!” I say out loud. “What?!,” William looked at me concerned. “I just realize that I didn’t have a nightmare last night,” I say. “Yeah, first time besides one due to the fact you’ve been right here,” he replied, shocked. How does he know that?

“How do you know that?” I asked. I need to know.

“I can feel your worry and panic,” he answered. “Wait, so you can sense it when I have a nightmare?” I asked feeling astonished.

“Yeah. I’d wake up, go in and take a look at you to make sure it's just a dream and I’d constantly discover you sound asleep in the bathtub,” He explained.

“Oh no! I'm so sorry that I’ve been waking you up. I didn’t realize...,” I say panicked. He chuckled,” It’s okay Sandra.” He paused before continuing, “Can I ask why the bathtub?”

“The bathroom used to be the only room with a lock,” I whispered as I pour out some pancake batter onto the hot griddle.

He doesn’t say anything. I go over to the sink to rinse out the bowl. William starts flipping the pancakes We stay silent for a while until he finished preparing the pancakes and I start frying the eggs.

“Damn it, Sandra, I’m sorry,” He said, tossing the spatula into the sink suddenly startling me. “What for?”

“I’m sorry I wasn’t there to shield you from all the bad things that happened to you. I’m sorry you were so afraid that you had to sleep in a bathtub. I’m sorry I did not know about you sooner,” He placed his hands on the counter and his head was bent low.

That's the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to me. I can’t let him take the blame for this. I go over and touched his arm.

“Hey, it is not your fault. You have nothing to be sorry for... And you did save me... Jackon was going going to purchase me from my dad and mom but you acquired me first. And I would never have had the courage to kick anyone in their crotch without you,” we snort at each other.

“Well, that reminded me of what I wanted to ask you. How would you feel about getting some training? Maybe you will feel safer when you understand how to protect yourself,” William said as he turned to me and placed his hands on my shoulders.

What a thoughtful and captivating man! Goddess, I forgot he wasn’t wearing a shirt and my eyes travelled downwards.

“Are you checking me out again?,” He asked with that stupid smirk. “What... Oh... Hey, put on a shirt!” I say it’s his fault that I can not keep my eyes off him.

“Haha great. I’ll put one on but you should think about the training,” He said as he walked to his room. “Or I ought not to put a shirt on,” He says as he leaned against his bedroom door frame. What? Can he hear my thoughts? Is that a part of the mate bond? Oh no! I’m screwed.

“Please put a shirt on. What smells so good?” Liam asked as he and Daniella enter the room.

“Sandra is making muffins and I made pancakes,” William shouted from his bedroom.

“Sandra hun, how are you feeling?” Daniella asked concerned.

“I’m good. I really feel like I have a lot greater energy today,” I explained. It probably has to do with sleeping next to William however I didn't say that.

“It possibly has to do with sleeping next to me,” William said, coming out of his room. Of course, he said it. Seriously, can he hear what I'm thinking about? Daniella gave me a cute snicker and I feel the blood rush to my face.

“You guys I have a great idea!” Liam suddenly exclaimed, drawing our attention to him.

“Why don't we take a few days and go to the lake house?”

“Do you think that's good though? Bridget was attacked,” Daniella said. “Yeah, the lake is deeper into our territory. We can have warriors on patrol and we can have your dad step in for a few days. Come on man, we never take any time away,” Liam said, pleading with William.

William looked at me. “What do you want to do? I already told you I would take off time to spend with you. Would you like to go to the lake residence or would you rather stay here?” He’s leaving this up to me.

How am I supposed to decide? I’ve never been to the lake residence.

“We can go to the lake residence if it really is what everyone wants,” I said now not knowing what I’m agreeing to.

“You’re going to love it Sandra!,” Liam says excitedly. William grabbed my hand and led me to the front door. He opened it and behind the door, Gamma Lucas was looking around.

“Perez, we have decided to go to the lake residence for a few days. Can you get a few warriors to sweep the area and set up patrols?” William asked him.

“Yes Alpha, I’ll set up a three-rotation shift,” Perez replies. He then looked at me and knelt down.

“Bridget Smith, I Gamma Perez vow to protect you until my dying breath," Perez said to me. I looked at him and then back to William.

“You have to accept or reject his vow of protection,” William says in my mind.

“I, Bridget Smith have accepted your vow of protection.” He stands up and laughed. I bet I did the right thing.

“When will you be going to the lake house?” Perez asked William.

“After lunch, so you will have time to prepare,” William replied. With that Perez left and we head again inside.

“Looks like we’re going to the lake house” William announced. Liam cheered and Daniella giggled.

“We’ll have breakfast first then you guys go get ready and meet us again here. We’ll have lunch then head out,” William told them.

We carried the food out and took a seat around the table, eating and talking together. It all feels so effortless and at ease talking with everyone. I’ve never experienced this before. Once we’re all finished eating Liam and Daniella leave and

William and I clean up. When we finished, William assisted me to pack for a few days. I selected a few dresses, some shorts, a bathing swimsuit, some underwear and nighties or shall I say lingerie.

“I did want to ask you something before the others get here. Do you want to share a room or have separate rooms? Either one is okay to me but I guess I have to prepare myself,” He said. I hadn’t even thought about that.

What do I want? Do I want to share a room with him? Is that too fast, too much? I mean I just had the first best sleep of my night. Oh, goddess, what do I do?

“Ok, I can see I asked for too much. How about this, we put together two rooms and if you get scared or just want to have a peaceful sleep, I can come to your room.” Ugh! Why is he so thoughtful? I nod my head. He walked over and hugged me before kissing my forehead. I melt a little.

It’s been a few hours of packing and chatting when Liam and Daniella walked in with their bags, bickering with each other about Daniella packing too much. I agree she has two suitcases and a giant bag.

“You don’t have to pack so much for just a few days. All my stuff fits into one backpack,” Liam said. “Fine then, I’ll take out all the lingeries I packed,” Daniella fired back.

“Baby, it is not what I’m saying. But how much space do they even occupy? They’re strong,” Liam says. Both William and I burst out laughing at that and they both looked at us now not amused.

“Look, I packed what I want and you are going to have to put up with it,” Daniella says in a huff.

“I will have to put up with it since I'm the one carrying them,” Liam whispered.

“Well, all this laughter has made me hungry. Are we geared up to go?” William asked as he opens up my bag and his. Everyone nodded and we head out.

William leaned down and whispered, “Thanks for only packing one bag.”

“I HEARD THAT!!” Daniella shouted on her way out the door. We laughed. We moved out of the building and entered a white Lamborghini. We stopped to have something at a Chinese restaurant. It’s so fine and easygoing.

I can’t help but think about the day when my lifestyle used to be being threatened and I cried myself to sleep. But today I’m going out to eat, heading to a lake house, and I think, flirting. It’s like nighttime.

William told me the lake residence is a few hours away. I begin to doze off and William unhooked my seat belt. Then he laid me down with my head in his lap. It just all feels so easy and right. I must have slept off quickly because the next thing I knew William was patting my back.

“Sandra darling, we are at our destination.” Did I just get called a babe? No one has ever called me babe. It is cute. I smiled “Oh, do you like that nickname? I’ll take note of that,” William teased. I opened my eyes and sat up. I can feel myself blushing.

William giggled and opened the automobile door before helping me out. When I step out, I heard the sounds of birds and water. The lake house is huge like insanely huge. The lake house is a log cabin with a dark roof.

It is propped up against this stunning massive lake that has a dock with two boats tied to it. I cannot believe my eyes. I can see William staring at me as I looked in awe at everything in front of me. I am very happy that I decided to come out to the lake house.

“Come on, let’s show you around,” William said as he grabbed my hand and took me in.

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