Chapter 5
I woke up in the embrace of family. I was wrapped around Tiger, Liam and Kim were wrapped around me. My stomach rumbled and Tiger's eyes opened and stared deep into mine, they were filled with worry. Are you okay? He asked brushing a bang back behind my ear that had fallen into my eye's. It was a panic attack I said they happen every time I fall asleep and even when I'm awake sometimes. They've been happening for years I said looking into his beautiful yellow eyes, but I said a huge smile spreading across my face, last night was the first time I've ever been able to stop it. He smiled too. Come on, you are hungry your stomachs been rumbling for a bit. He untangled himself from me and got off the bed pulling me with him, all in one fluid motion. He pulled me out the bedroom door and into the kitchen. His hand still holding mine, he opened the fridge and just stared at the food, a quizzical look on his face. You don't know how to cook do you? I asked a smile on my lips. He looked sheepishly at me and said no. I smiled wider. Want to learn? I asked. He smiled, his eyes lighting up, yes he said. All right I said, are pancakes, bacon, and toast ok with you. He nodded and said perfect. I went around the kitchen pulling out all the appropriate cooking utensils and ingredients. With everything set out on the stove and kitchen counter I began explaining. As we stirred the batter, Tiger was behind me his body meddled to mine. His chin was resting in the spot where my neck and shoulder meet, his front pressed against my back. My hands were wrapped around his on the whisk as we stirred pancake batter, the bacon sizzling on the stove in a wide pan next to us. We started purring the batter in circles on the griddle, his hands in mine, I showed him how to perfectly brown then pancakes. Sean, Connor, Kim, Liam, Katriona, Andrea, Dylan, and Glory all came over for breakfast so tiger and I were going to have to make a lot of food, but I was so absorbed in mine and Tiger's world that I didn't really pay them any attention. After the first few I took my hands from over tigers and put them in the front pocket of his jeans, leaning back into him and letting him fly solo. My whole body was racked with desire I wanted tiger badly but I new I wasn't ready for that; I needed time to heal after my captivity. It wasn't the sex I wasn't ready for, I'd fought damn hard not to be raped and I'd succeed. I just wasn't ready to handle the kind of emotional commitment of having someone depend on me and if I mated with him he would see that as me agreeing to be his mate, though I guess I didn't really have a choice, in only the night I'd known him I think I might've already fallen. Finished with cooking we sat at the table. Tiger filled two plates high with food, while I made the orange juice. I went to take a seat but Tiger pulled me onto his lap. I just rolled my eyes and took a sip of my orange juice before stealing a piece of bacon off Tiger's plate and taking a bite then reaching back and feeding him the rest. I felt him rumble at being fed by me. I smiled at him and was going back to my own plate when his hand snatched a piece of bacon off my own plate, and brought it to his mouth taking a big bite and then feeding me the rest. We continued like this until both our plates were polished, ignoring the jibs we got from the rest of the family. Belly full I leaned back against Tiger taking light sips of Orange Juice. He wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me tighter into him, nuzzling my neck before placing a kiss on my neck.