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Jaken stormed out of the castle, and over to Naomi yelling, "Do you have any idea what my Lord had to agree to in order to get you back?" Naomi shook her head no as he hadn't said anything to her before asking, "What did he agree to?"

Jaken replied, "He has to breed with the Northern lord's daughter. He will place a breeder's mark on her, and it will stay until the pup is weaned. As long as it's male he will not need to touch her again but odds are his beast will bond with her during the pregnancy, and he may claim her as a mate for the sake of the pup. She is a needy bitch, and will run the west into the ground."

She looked at Jaken shocked at what he just said asking, "What if he is already mated?" Jaken replied,"He'd still need to breed with her, and his mate couldn't kill her, or it would start a war between the North and West. However, if his mate was expecting his heir the contract would be dismissed."

Naomi patted Jaken on the head saying, "Don't worry I will handle it watch Rin for me." She rushed off to where she knew Sesshomaru went when he was stressed. She made her way into the garden to the section that belonged to his Mother she found him there under a Sakura tree. She sat next to him and put her hand on his asking, "Why didn't you tell me?"

Sesshomaru growled, "One of these days I will kill that Kappa. I didn't tell you because the only way out of it is for me to be mated, and for my mate to be expecting a son by the next moon."

Naomi made her way into his lap brushing his markings on his face with her hand asking, "Do you or your beast wish to mate with me? Can you both learn to love me?"

Sesshomaru quickly turned his head eyes wide with surprise. He knew his beast already loved her, and this display only made his beast whine louder to claim her. Sesshomaru finally replied, "While I believe love is a weakness I know this Sesshomaru can care for you. But you'd have to be fertile so that I could pup you, and anything other than a male would leave the contract valid. Could you handle sharing this Sesshomaru if you weren't expecting a boy? As I must do what the contract dictates trust me when I say this, I don't wish to rut with her she has been with many men."

Naomi leaned into him saying, "I do have feelings for you, they are not deep yet, but they could be with time." She dropped her scent blocker she looked at him saying can you claim me as a mate instead of placing a courting mark tomorrow?"

Sesshomaru took in her scent he could tell she would be ripe for mating, and bearing him a son tomorrow. He was stunned that she was offering herself to him even though she wasn't yet truly ready. He held her close before asking, "Do you realize what you are requesting?"

Naomi replied, "All I know is I am offering to be your mate for life and to bear you pups. Is there anything else I should be aware of?"

Sesshomaru was pleased that she understood the type of commitment she was agreeing to. He nuzzled into her realizing that her scent would make him want to claim her tonight. He looked at her with lust filled eyes saying, "I could claim you tonight, and present you as my mate tomorrow afterward we would go to my den until you are carrying my heir."

He could clearly scent her nervousness about it; she clearly wasn't ready he would have to proceed slowly when claiming her tonight. She looked at him saying, "There is something I wish to share with you first, and then you can decide if you still want to mate with me."

Sesshomaru looked at her with confusion in his eyes until her appearance changed his mate to be was exquisite how could she think for one moment that he wouldn't want to claim her. He pinned her to the ground capturing her lips in a heated kiss before saying, "I desire to mate with you and fill you with my pups. I will love claiming you as mine, and having you as Lady of the West."

She blushed at his words as he picked her up bridal style she turned into him burying her nose into his chest taking in his scent. He took off at top speed he couldn't wait to claim his female even though he knew he'd have to warm her up. So that she'd be ready to mate with him, he'd be sure to show her exactly what he couldn't express in words about how he felt about her, and what she was willing to do for him. He jumped from the ground onto the balcony that led to his room. He walked into his bedchambers saying, "From this night on you will be sleeping in this room with me. I will have a great need to be near my new mate as we cement our bond. The demand will be higher once you are with pup, and if it's my heir I will be extremely protective of you."

Naomi smiled softly replying, "I know I wish to bond with you too. Just ignore my nervousness I am sure it will go away."

Sesshomaru smirked as he laid her on the bed, and climbed on top of her saying, "No worries I will make sure you are ready for me. I will be sure to relax you as well I don't wish for my mate to fear me. Nervousness is normal for a female when it's her first time even more so when she isn't quite ready to mate the male of her choosing."