5 Affirmation

Maia woke up next to Alec the following day. The morning rays streamed between the window curtains, casting a soft glow on his face. Her man's face. It was a beautiful sight. She snuggled up against him and gazed at him more closely. She traced his thick eyebrows with her fingers, down to his nose and chiseled mouth. How the hell did she happen to this beautiful creature's mate?

He refused to leave her after his brother left. He spent a good couple of hours erasing her doubts about Genevieve and all the other women he was involved with. According to him, Genevieve was a cousin who was deeply infatuated with him since she was young. But he had never indulged her.

A female were, she thought. It would really be easier for him to have lycan - as he called themselves - mate.

"Rather than touching my lips, I'd prefer you kissing them."

Her eyes widened in surprise. "I didn't mean to wake you."

"Yeah, well, it's your fault."

She didn't know what he meant until she noticed the bulge in the blankets across his crotch. Her face became hot. "It's early in the morning, Alec!"

He grinned at her, thoroughly enjoying her embarrassment. "Yeah, it is and you went and felt me up."

"I did no-"

He made her shut up by grabbing her hand and guiding it along his length. She instantly felt hot. He closed her fingers firmly around his erection and moved their joined hands up and down his hardness.

As she felt his manhood pulsating against her touch, she could feel her own desires welling up. Her hips became restless and he knew it too.

With his other hand, he sought her core and touched her there. She immediately opened up for his touch. God, this man is the devil.

He teased her clit a bit before plunging a finger in. In and out before adding couple more.

Her grip on his shaft tightened. She buried her face on his neck as she continued to pump his cock with her hand. She nipped a bit of his flesh, trying to anchor herself in the sea of lust she was swept by.

He turned to her and lifted her on top of him. He had her straddle him, her legs open wide for his pelvis. Both his hands were on her bottom, carressing their smoothness. Her entrace up against his hardness. He rubbed her against him, moving her hips on top of him. He groaned in ecstacy. She braced her elbows and moved on her own. Sliding her wet feminine folds along his rock hard arousal and rubbing her breasts against his chest.

She sought his mouth and gave him a not-so-chaste kiss. He grabbed her hips and eased his way inside her, filling her up completely with his cock. They spent the next several minutes feeling each other's heat, forgetting the entire world outside the two of them.

They were locked in a deep kiss as their orgasm took them. He poured his essence inside her, loving every moment of it. She sprawled on top of him as she was catching her breath. She propped her chin on his chest and gazed at him. Oh, he looked so smug and satisfied. And too damned sexy for her peace of mind.

"Is sex supposed to be always like this?" she asked, absent-mindedly.

"Like what?"

"Mind-blowing."

Maybe she shouldn't have said that. The way he looked so pleased with himself made her regret what she had said. "We have our whole lives to find out, haven't we?"

Alec needed to go and see some people for business. Apparently, Alec and his family had been running a security agency affiliated with the government for generations. Maia was reluctant to part from him eventhough they have been together for almost an entire day already.

"Shall we get some breakfast first before you go?" she grabbed his jacket's sleeve as he was preparing to say goodbye.

He smiled at her and pulled her to his arms. "I didn't think I would like having a mate this much." He kissed the top of her head and then her forehead.

She hugged him tightly in return. Her hands sneaked inside his jacket. "Do you want to leave me?"

He laughed. "We'd be fucking all day if it was up to me."

She pinched him. She looked up and glared at him.

He just chuckled at her annoyance. "Well, I can't help it if you are so.." He dipped in and kissed her waiting mouth. "What was I saying again?"

Her eyes gleamed with mischief. "You were saying that you're taking me with you."

Alec shook his head. "No, no. I don't want you anywhere near those wolves."

"You're meeting with other lycans too?"

He looked hesitant. "Yeah, my brother and our cousin Matt will be there too. I told you our family has been running the agency for quite some time now, didn't I?"

She nodded.

"Well, another clan has been with the armed forces for generations too. We're meeting the next-in-line chief for a special assignment today."

"Can't you just take me with you? Pretty please?"

He took one look at her and he turned his eyes to the ceiling. "No, stop looking at me like that."

"Like what?" She tried to pull his face towards her but she was so small compared to him that it was impossible to physically force him. As a last resort, she tiptoed and started dropping kisses on his neck and chin. "I promise I won't be in the way, I could just wait for you in a nearby cafe or something."

He sighed. "All right."

She shriek in delight. "Wait, I'll just go change."

He looked perplexed. "Why? Aren't you dressed already?"

She was horrified. "It's our first date! How can I just wear a t-shirt and shorts?"

"You look beautiful no matter what you wear," he said as-a-matter-of-factly.

She rolled her eyes. "I'm not doing it for you, I'm doing it for me." Being with him would surely attract attention like no other. People would be staring at them all the time. "Why do you have to be so handsome?" she asked him absentmindedly.

His smirk made her heart jump. "You like the way I look." He gazed at her with that warm glint in his silver eyes and wondered to herself if she was just dreaming this entire time. "And I like everything about you."

She snorted. "You're just saying that because I'm your mate."

"Maybe, but thanks to that, we're here. You like me too, don't you?"

"You know I like you. Very much so that it scares me."

He rained kisses on her face. "I'm gonna be with you until you get sick of me."

She doubted it but pushed that thought to the very bottom of her consciousness. She pulled his face towards her and kissed him with all the yearning that she had in her heart.

Maia found out that Alec had left his pickup truck near her place yesterday and looked for her on foot. Lycans, she had learned, could easily track people within half a mile radius by their smell.

After grabbing a quick breakfast at diner on the way to the military camp where Alec was supposed to go, he dropped her in a nearby forest park famous for their zipline activities. The cabin where they met was also part of the forest park.

"Just stay here, okay? Don't go anywhere until I get back. Call me if anything happens." Alec was such a busybody and a worrywart, he had been saying the same thing for the past twenty minutes. She was about to get off the truck when he stopped her. They were already in front of the park's entrance.

"I got it already, you're going to be late if you don't hurry up."

"I'll try to finish early."

"Okay," she said simply.

"Will you really be okay?"

She sighed in exasperation. She cupped his face, "I'm going now." She kissed him full on the mouth. Before he could nag her again, she got off his truck. She rounded to his side of the road to stand on the side walk. "Drive safely." She told him through the window.

"Wait for me." He leaned over the window and beckoned her closer. She thought he was just going to give a peck on the lips but he went and kissed her like they were inside her bedroom. His tongue swept inside her mouth, blatant in his possession. He took his time and kissed her thoroughly, passionately.

Her face was so hot when he ended the kiss. She could feel the piercing stares of the people nearby. She was so embarrassed she hid her face on the side of his neck. "What the heck are you doing?"

He chuckled. "Letting everyone know that you are mine."

She hit his arm. "They didn't even care, now they're all staring!" He kissed her hair before she pulled back. She made sure to put a distance between them in case he starts to hold her again. She's not confident she could resist his touch. "Just go and hurry back."

His smile melted her. He looked at her with a soft glow in his grey eyes. Her heart swelled with love for him.

Yes, she had fallen deeply, if not madly in love with the werewolf.