14

Before long my dad returns.

"You ready princess?" He asks.

"Is Asher?" I respond.

"Hes ready with bells on." He laughs. "The boy is just waiting for his mate." Dad offers his arm to me. "Shall we?" I nod interlacing our arms.

Once we get to the ceremony and I lock eyes with my mate nothing else matters. The walk to him seems slow and all I want to do is hold him. Eventually we reach him and my dad places my hand in the hand of my mate

"Friends and family. We are here to witness the joining of these two wolves as mates, husband and wife, bound for eternity." Dad begins then turns to Asher. "Do you Gamma Asher Brian Frasier promise to be devoted to this woman through all life's trials whether sick or well, rich or poor. In the good times and the bad. To be loyal to her and place her happiness and well being above your own for all your lives?"

"I do."

"And do you Emily Dawn Greyson promise to be devoted to this man through all life's trials whether sick or well, rich or poor. In the good times and the bad. To be loyal to him and place his happiness and well being above your own for all your lives?"

"I do."

"Well then... as much as I will miss being the most important man in my baby girls life every father must let go eventually. I now pronounce you mates! Take care of my little girl Asher... you may mark each other. Claiming one another as mates for all eternity." Dad finishes the ceremony.

I look up at Asher and watch as he seems to fight with himself. I know he still gets caught up in his head a lot. What is he thinking about? Did he change his mind?

"Asher?" I whisper and he focuses on me. "I won't force you again. You can back out... but if you're gonna mark me you should get to it." I continue quietly enough that only he can hear me then nod to the people. "The natives are getting restless."

He gives me a nod then begins his assault on my neck. He kisses all the exposed skin he can find driving me insane. Once he reaches the spot he intends to mark I feel his breath quicken as he scrapes his canines over the spot causing me to shiver.

"Asher." I whine and he just chuckles. This man needs to hurry u.... his teeth sinkinginto my skin halts my thought. I am on cloud nine. I feel his emotions. He truly loves me. I start to think of tonight. I imagine every muscle on his body exposed to me to do with as I please. I think of him stalking towards me like I'm his prey and when he gets close to me...

"Meme, were you just thinking..." he starts to ask. Oh my! He saw that! I start to blush.

"Not here you two!" Dad cuts off the question. "I don't need to hear this." He wraps an arm around each of us. "Your Gamma and Gamma Female... let's eat!" He announces to the crowd.

We walk out to meet our guests. Everyone congratulates us. I keep moving his shirt over. I want every female to know he is taken. Plus I want to see the mark!

"Alright, Meme." He growls as I brushe his collar away from the mark once again. I can't help it! "Lay off the mark or I will lose all control."

I turn to him with a smirk. "I think I'd like to see that, Ash." I like this side of him. I reach up to touch mi mark in him but he stops me and dips his head down placing his lips on his mark. As soon as he touches it my knees give out leaving him to hold me upright. Wow that is the most intensely amazing feeling. I don't want him to stop.

"Perhaps you should listen to me, little mate." He growls dark eyes showing the presence of his wolf

"Hello wolfey." I grin as I find my feet again.

"Mate." He growls. I can see his wolf begging for control. I hope he doesn't shift on me.

"Hello, little mate... thank you for convincing my human... I'm sorry for making you mark him... I thought he'd just mark you and we'd be happy. I know now that it hurt you, I apologize." Asher... or I guess his wolf says. This is so cool! I never see someone's wolf take human form. It's so rare.

"You are a wonderful mate. You wanted us to be together. You have nothing to be sorry about." I tell him holding his face. "Asher is just stronger than you thought. I didn't expect him to jump  through a window either."

"Strong? I'm the strong one, little mate! Human is a pup! He's just stubborn and stupid! The only reason he could resist is the King made him promise not to mark you without a ceremony!" After that he stumbles as Asher retakes control. I help him steady himself.

"Sorry about him." He whispers.

"I like him." I grin. "He knows what he wants and does everything in his power to get it. You could take some pointers from him." I say brushing my fingers over my mark on his neck. He growls grabbing me hand. He kisses my palm and works his way up my arm to his mark.

"Do you really want me to take what I want?" He whispers next to my ear before nipping at the mark again. "Right here? Right now?" My body collapses into him unable to hold myself up. "Is that what you want, mate?"

"W... wo.. wolfey?" I pant as he kisses me. This has to be his wolf.

"No, Emily." He says looking in my eyes showing me that he is indeed in control. "It's me. You know I've always wanted you. So I ask again, do you want me to take what I want, right here, right now?" He begins kissing all over my neck and shoulder. At this rate we wont  be at the party much longer.

"A...mmmm...Ash....Asher!" I pull myself away slightly but still hold on to him.

"Then don't toy with me, little mate." He tells me as he wraps an arm around my waist to keep me up. "Let's enjoy the party."

I love the dominance he has taken. He doesn't seem as withdrawn now. We chit chat with random people. Honestly I just want to get out of here. This part is just to appease my father. After a while Asher seems out of it. I know he's not enjoying this.

"You okay, Ash?" I finally ask worried about him.

"Yea... I'm just not much for parties." He tells me.

"Well why don't we wrap this up then." I suggest with a smile as I take his hand and stand up from our table. "It was lovely seeing you all and we'd like to thank you for your gifts and for just being here to celebrate with us but it's time for us to head home." I announce pulling him out of the hall.

"No one tried to stop you." He states stunned.

"We stayed longer than anyone expected. Most couples only last maybe an hour after they mark each other before they run off to finish the process." I explain as I lead him to our house. When we turn away from the pack house he stops.

"Where are we going, Emily?" He asks.

"Home." I tell him but he still looks confused. "Mom and I set up the Gamma house while you were with the boys. We have our own house now."

"Oh, okay." He follows me but still seems confused and cautious.

"Here we are!" I announce pointing to the nice two story house that is our home. It has a big porch with a swing. Four bedrooms. It is nice. Flowers out front. Perfectfor our family. "What do you think?"