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Chapter 20

(Derek POV)

As soon as my lips landed on Chloe's, I felt a tremor of energy course through my body. I wrapped my arms around her and lifted her, so her legs wrapped around my waist. I kicked the door shut and turned to press her against the door in one smooth movement. I heard her grunt at the contact.

Let me join in! Shadow demanded. I growled lowly. No. This was my time with Chloe. Our first time together since all those years ago. There's no freaking way I was forfeiting first dibs to Shadow. I heard Shadow growl at me. Not now, I will later. I promised.

Derek. Chloe's voice whispered to me through our link. Her fingers were threaded through my hair, digging against my scalp as her tongue thrust into my mouth and twirled around mine. She's making me dizzy already, and we're only kissing. It's the heat.

I know, snowflake. Let me take care of you. I hushed her. She whimpered as I trailed my lips down her face and to her neck. When I found her sensitive spot, I sucked gently and let my fangs lengthen and graze her skin lightly. She shuddered in my arms and bared her hips down into mine causing a groan to escape my throat. You keep that up, I won't be able to be gentle. I growled.

I pulled back a little and watched Chloe's eyes slowly open. She gave me a sultry look and bit her lip. Fucking tease. That's my lip. I said possessively, leaning in to nip her mouth away from her teeth and sucking on it gently.

I'm getting too hot. Chloe whimpered. From what I understood, a female's heat was when the body burned with a natural heat that could only be quenched from a mate's touch. To help Chloe from getting too overwhelmed, skin to skin contact would be the best.

Quickly I pulled her shirt off, noticing she was without a bra. When did the little vixen do that? My eyes narrowed watching Chloe breathe harshly under my gaze. She moved to cover herself, and I growled grabbing her wrists and pinning them above her head. Don't even think about it, snowflake. She silently nodded and leaned forward to nudge her nose against my cheek to sate my quick anger. When I released her hands, they immediately went to the hem of my shirt and lifted it over my head.

"Oh god," Chloe groaned as she pressed her bare skin against mine. Pleasure and relief flooded her and seeped into me through our bond. I closed my eyes briefly and inhaled, relating to a drug addict for a moment. Ocean and lilies with a hint of vanilla getting me high so easily. "Derek, please." Chloe's whimper broke through my drug-induced haze.

I opened my eyes to see hers watching me. Her green orbs filled with want and desire, things only I could only sate for her. A rush filled me with that thought. I leaned in and kissed her once more before trailing my lips down her neck again and pulling her away from the door. Her arms wrapping my head securely as I moved towards the small bed.

My knees ran into the mattress, and I lowered us to the bed before pulling back and just gazing at her. "God, how are you so perfect?" I asked out loud.

Chloe blushed darkly and bit her lip. I growled, and she quickly released it before whispering, "only to you."

I took my hand to her cheek and gently traced the side of her face. "That just means I'm never letting you go. You were made for me, and I for you."

"Would you leave me again though? If you ever doubted yourself again?" Chloe asked gently, a hint of insecurity rested with the words the question.

"Chloe," I leaned my forehead against hers. "Snowflake, I want to finish our bond. Completely." I said forcefully. "I never want to go another day in my life without having you by my side, or me by your side."

I moved to her neck and kissed where I knew I would mark her. "Right here, this is where you are going to bare my mark, snowflake. Then everyone will know you are mine. I'm never leaving you again. I would have marked you before, I had actually planned on it, but then everything with Laura and," I trailed off. "But, now I am never going to do that to either one of us again." I nipped down her chest and hovered over the two perfect globes there. "We're stronger and better together, even if we fight every once in a while." I smiled slightly before beginning my teasing.

Chloe arched into my mouth, and I couldn't help the smirk that crossed my face.

"By the time, we finish our mating, I will have touched and tasted every inch of you, at least thrice Chloe," I vowed and renewed my attention to her body anew.

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I curled around Chloe's body, our bodies still fused together. I fingered the mark that appeared in the junction of her neck and shoulder. It was a mini triskelion with snowflakes encircling it. I felt her sleepily trace where she had marked me in kind.

"There's only one more step for us," Chloe whispered to me, the love in her voice resonating in my heart.

I looked at her curiously, and she pointed to her wrist where the Cimaruta formed. There were now four symbols, the newest one being a snowflake. "What do they mean?"

"The crescent moon is my wolf, the leaf is my nagual, the star is the sign from the anchor spell and the snowflake is the symbol of our wolves mating." Chloe smiled. "There's only one symbol left for our bond. The soulbond."

Chloe looked into my eyes carefully studying me. "We need to exchange blood and recite an oath."

I watched her intently and nodded. Chloe cut a small cut on the inner side of her wrist without her Cimaruta. Lifting it to my mouth, I gently licked the wound and sipped some blood from the cut before it healed. I proceeded to do the same on my wrist and let Chloe take my blood. I felt a strange tingle course through me.

"With this blood, I give you my life and all my lives after. May we never be parted from this day forward. For if we shall, may our souls that share this blood come together again and live forever." Chloe spoke. I repeated it to her, keeping my eyes locked on her eyes.

Then I felt as if my blood were on fire. I sucked in a harsh breath at the intensity. Chloe whimpered in my arms, and I wrapped her closer to me. I couldn't focus enough to take any pain from her. Then just as quickly, the feeling was replaced with something darker and pleasurable. When I looked, I saw Winter had overtaken Chloe's body, and Shadow was pushing for control. I relented, remembering my word from earlier.

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When I started to wake, later on, the first thing I sensed was Chloe. Her back against my chest as I held her close to me. Her head was resting on my arm that outstretched and intertwined with hers, our inner wrists now bore the completed Cimaruta symbol. I smiled to myself. I glanced at the fifth and final symbol, it was a heart with a triskelion symbol in the center of Chloe's wrist. On my wrist, it was inverted, a small heart with a triskelion branching and swirling out from the heart shape.

I nuzzled my nose into Chloe's mark and nipped there gently. I listened to her breathe while wrapping my free arm tighter around her, pulling her closer. She was mine, in all sense of the word now and I hers, finally.

Chloe began to wake up and twitched her hips against mine. I let out a playful growl. "Careful snowflake or I might think you're ready for another round already," I whispered to her kissing her shoulder.

Chloe smiled and hummed. "What if I am?" she teased, slowly drawing up her foot on my inner leg and rolling her hips into mine. I leaned up and looked at her. She was biting her lip again. I quickly captured her lips, freeing the bottom prisoner and rolled us over, so she was on top of me. Her hair cascaded around us like a curtain, her emerald eyes sparkling with love and mischief at the same time.

I paused in our playfulness and looked at her thoughtfully for a moment. "I love you, Chloe. So damn much."

Chloe's eyes reflected surprise at the change of tone for a moment before a smile replaced it. "And I love you, Derek." She leaned in and bit my nose gently before her smile turned into that vixen smile of hers. "Wanna show me again?" Our bodies were perfectly aligned, just one small move would have connected us again. The completed bond we now shared allowed us to feel even more intensely. I could tell Chloe was holding back a little, unsure if she was allowed to be aggressive in her actions with our lovemaking.

To show her it was okay, I made that one small move and heard her gasp. "Why don't you show me, this time?" I whispered catching her eyes darken and a joyous smile form on her lips. She leaned down and kissed me hard, biting my lip, eliciting a moan from me. Then my perfect snowflake did as I asked and showed me.

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"You know we can't stay here forever, right?" Chloe whispered to me, tracing her fingers across my abdomen. Her head was on my chest just under my chin, my arm wrapped around her hips holding her close.

I grumbled at her, and she playfully slapped my stomach. "Ow," I pretend whined.

Chloe lifted her head up and rolled her eyes at me. "You're fine." She placed a sweet kiss on my lips. I tried to pull her close and deepen the kiss, but she pulled away. "Derek, I'm serious. We have to stop Leia."

I sat up still holding her and positioned her to straddle me. "I know, I know. I just want to enjoy this time with you as long as I can." I kissed her mark and sucked the skin lightly. She shuddered.

"You aren't alone in that desire, but we have to help our friends. Our family." Chloe closed her eyes as she tilted her head to the side giving me more access. My hands trailed up from her hip to her shoulders as I trailed my lips across her skin. Her heat was still here so it wouldn't be long before she was in need again. Since we were fully mated, I would be in the same condition. This heat between us would last for several weeks, if not months. We could hold off not being intimate with each other for a short period, but that burning desire would grow until we sated each other again.

"I need you, just one more time, please," I whispered against her skin. Chloe placed her head in the crook of my neck, and I felt her tongue peek out to taste the skin of where her mark sat. A jolt of pleasure coursed through me. It only intensified when she grazed her fangs against it next.

I growled lowly before flipping her onto her back and kissed her hard while connecting us again. God, this had to be heaven. Chloe groaned as I pressed against her in a steady motion.

"I love you," she panted.

I stared down at her, pausing in my movements before falling to my forearms, framing her body. I kissed her slowly. "And I love you, snowflake. I'm never leaving you again of my own free will." I told her before renewing my motions.