I promise.

"Promise me," she breathes beneath him. Her back arching, sweat starting to glisten on her forehead.

"I promise," he practically growls as he buries himself inside her to the hilt. "I will never," he continues, pulling out so slowly it's deliciously torturous. "Come back," he finishes, thrusting back into her so hard and so deep that she swears she just felt the earth quake beneath her.

"Good," she whispers, almost pants, as she wraps her legs tighter around his waist, silently begging him to quicken his slow, hard pace. "Because I hate you."

His thrusting suddenly stops as his brow arches and his lip pulls up into a most devilish smirk.

"You wish you could hate me Caroline," he says as he once again begins his steady rhythm, making sure to savor this perfect moment. His angel, his queen, his Caroline, writhing under him as he finally lays claim to what will forever now be his, and only his.

The sun has set, their bodies still entwined, moving together in a dance that they instinctually seem to know the steps to. He almost rues the fact their their first time happened to be on the forest floor, but he wouldn't trade it for the world as her lips lay butterfly kisses along his stubbled jawline. In fact, he can almost feel the wolf inside of him, howling in celebration at the rising moon as he finally marks his mate.

She makes him promise once more before he leaves. He's nuzzling the crook of her neck, breathing in the scent of the woods, and sweat, and sex, and him on her skin, forever imprinting the intoxicating aroma into his memory.

He promises.

With a smirk.

And a wink.

And a love bite just under her ear that screams 'mine'.

A/N – Wow, sorry for the word vomit. I just….I don't even know. I've been gone forever, and this is what I come back with? God I hate myself. Leave a review if it pleases you.