Chapter 237: Being Marked

I said excitedly, "Sure!"

He chuckled, "fine. Let me go phase."

I nodded, so he walked few yards away from me, took his pants off and phased. I walked slowly towards the wolf Sam. Once I was facing his snout, he lowered his big head to look at me in the eyes. His eyes were shining brightly golden, and I reached my hand to touch his snout and pet him gently. He closed his eyes and purred lowly. I got more closer to him, to wrap my hands around his head. Well, as much my arms could reach around his head. I felt his body's temperature, and he was very warm. In this windy day, it felt very comforting and nice. I also felt his long black fur was tickling my arms and neck.

I let go and said, "alright. Let's head to the woods before anyone sees you".

I walked across the Black's backyard into the woods. It took a bit for me to pass through the bushes and twigs without getting poked by the branches and dirt on my pants. I looked back to see if Sam was following me, and he was following few yards away from me.

That's odd. Why is he keeping his distance from me? His tail wasn't even wagging, so I knew something was off. He was walking towards me in a lurking manner. It was like he was looking at me as a prey and him as a predator.

Is this wolf spirit coming out?

When I glanced at his eyes, they were flickering gold and normal brown eyes. Each step he got closer to me, his growling got louder and louder. By the time he got closer me, his huge wolf head was above me. He usually brings his head down to communicate with me nonverbally through his eyes and growls.

It was like he was purposely avoiding facing me. All I could hear were his growls vibrating deep in his chest. I wanted to touch him and ask what's wrong, but I had this feeling that it might be a bad idea. Maybe I should wait to see what he does next and what he wants me to do.

Suddenly, the growling was gone. He got eerily quiet. Then, with a nudge from his snout, he pulled me closer to him like a hug. His head was pressing me from the back, and I was completely surrounded by him. I instinctively wrapped my arms around his head again, and I pat him gently.

I said reassuringly, "I don't know what you two are arguing about, but I am okay with whatever you want me to do next."

Then, he lifted his head to press snout with a small nudge on my shoulder.

I asked, "do you want me to get on the floor?"

I heard him grunt, so I took that as a yes. Trusting in whatever he wants to do, I laid down on the ground, then he started licking me all over my neck and chest. I felt the rough, wet texture of his tongue going through my chest. I let out a giggle because it actually felt ticklish. With his long tongue, he started licking all over under my shirt at while purring as well. I turned my head sideways to give him more room to lick me. I couldn't help but find this endearing. He pulled back his tongue and lowered his snout to my neck. I could feel his nose pressing against my bared neck.

Immediately, he stopped moving. It was like he was dealing an internal battle again because for some moments, he would growl and in other moments, he would remain silent. I realized. Ohh, I think I know what this is about. Is he struggling about marking me? Does he wants to mark me? Should I remain still and wait to see what he is going to do next? No. I think it's time to stop beating around the bush about it, so I took the initiative and raised my arm to touch his wolf face. He got quiet. He leaned his head to my hand and purred in contentment.

I said, "if you want to..mark me, I'm willing, Sam."

I heard his tail wagging loudly, and he pulled his head back, so I let my hand go from his face. From the corner of my eye, I saw that he opened his law slightly to display his huge, sharp teeth. He leaned forward and he carefully placed his teeth on my shoulder. He hasn't bit me yet, but I could feel the tips of his teeth on my skin. I heard him breathing very heavily, so I could tell he is struggling whether to do it or not. I don't know why he is struggling so much about this. I thought he wanted to mark me the first chance that he can get.

Next thing I knew, he phased back. He was on his knees in front of me. He lifted my upper body closer to him with one arm and with his other hand, he was holding the back of my head. When I looked at his face, and his eyes were shining gold with his jaws locked.

He asked firmly, "Are you sure? There is no going back."

I nodded and said sincerely, "Yes, Sam. I-I want to be marked by you. Before I was uncertain, but I'm not afraid anymore."

Without any hesitation, he went forward and bit me on my left shoulder. I gasped when I felt his teeth breaking through my skin. From the shock of the pain, I held Sam's back very tightly that my nails were digging deeply into his back. We stood there for a moment. He still had his teeth deep in my shoulder, so I forced myself to breathe.

Breathe.

Each breath that I took, I felt a wave a pain on my shoulder, but I tried to endure it for both of our sake. It won't do any good to break down in tears. I also don't want to upset Sam either. Slowly, I felt Sam pulling his teeth back. I could feel little drips of blood spilling on my back, and he licked my wound. I hissed softly from the pain, and as he continued to lick my wound, I felt the pain fading away eventually.

When the pain became a slow throbbing sensation, Sam started to plant kisses all over my new mark and neck. He left a trail of kisses all the way up to my chin. When I got a better look of Sam, there were a dried blood stain at the corner of his mouth. He had a strong, intense loving gaze that I loosen up the tension that I built on my shoulders from being bitten. His golden eyes reverted to his normal brown eyes.

Then, he started to weep silently. It alarmed me.

Why is Sam crying?

Before I got the chance to audibly express this thought, he leaned forward and gave me a strong passionate kiss. I was overwhelmed by everything that I responded to his kiss by kissing him just as passionately despite of the lingering taste of blood in his mouth.

He murmured, "thank you". He kissed me more some, "thank you."

When I was about to ask what he meant by that, I gasped when I started feeling different emotions that I knew distinctly it wasn't mine. I felt happiness, gratitude, and another emotion that I couldn't pinpoint. I think Sam caught on because he finally stopped kissing me. He saw the mixture of my confused and shocked facial expression ,so he said with a smile, "you feel me?"

I placed my hand on his chest and said in awe, "y-yeah.."

I was still in awe, so all I could so is to look back at him with such awe and curiosity. I saw that he was smiling very sweetly.

I said, astonished by this new sensation, "Is this what happens when you feel my emotions?"

He nodded, "Yup."

His emotions. They were so intense like oh my gosh. I'm getting overwhelmed by it. It was one thing to see his emotions from his expressions and actions, but to actually feel them. It is a whole another level of closeness that I have with Sam. He pulled me close to his chest and sat down on the ground to cradle me.

I said tearfully, "Are-are you that happy to mark me?"

He purred, "yes. My wolf spirit and I have been wanting to since the moment that I met you."

I sighed, trying to get control of not being so affected from his emotions.

He said absentmindedly, "I should've prepared you a little more, but when I phased and my wolf spirit saw you, the urge to mark you became so strong to do it then and there..I'm sorry that I took you by surprise, but the moment you gave me permission, I couldn't control my wolf spirit any longer. We wanted it even more at that moment."

Oh, that makes sense. It was random that it happened now of all times. I would've preferred to have done it more privately instead out in the open like this, but when I saw how much Sam was pulling himself back to not mark me, I couldn't bear to see him struggling any longer. I am glad I finally did it.

Sam said, "You don't have to keep feeling what I feel. Tune myself out by not focusing on them."

Okay. Let see if I can do it. I tried to think more about what the pulsating feeling that I am getting from being marked. Slowly but surely, I was able to not feel his emotions anymore. I sighed in relief. I looked up and Sam was still smiling in a huge toothy grin.

I chuckled softly from his cute expression as He said laughing, "this was a bit of a detour, but want to start heading home?"

I nodded. He got up to phase again. I approached wolf Sam and he lowered himself down, so I could climb onto him. I grabbed tightly his fur with my fists as he adjusted me before running slowly into the woods.

I don't know if it was just the adrenaline after being marked, but I feel so so happy. I know it's my emotions and not Sam's. I was so happy that I buried my face into his thick coat with a big smile plastered on my face. Eventually, Sam slowed down, and I lifted my head to see where we were, and we finally arrived home.

Pumped with energy and excitement, I slid off from Sam. He phased back, and I was practically shivering not from the cold but this sudden energy. My heart was slightly palpitating, so I took a deep breath to control myself. With Sam next to me, he held my hand as we head to our house.

Author's Note:

Here it is! Hope you guys enjoy it. I'll try to send the next one latest by Wednesday.

Happy Holidays!