Chapter 70

Eleanor:

I woke up with a smile on my face as my heart swelled as so many emotions filled me. The feeling of contentment and peace was the main one of them.

Killian, who was asleep by my side, had his arm wrapped around my waist, and I couldn’t help but find myself feeling small in comparison to him. The man could easily crush me if he wanted to, and yet, I knew that he was treating me as a precious jewel that he was afraid of scratching. It was something that amazed me especially after all the hell that I went through in my life.

“You’re awake,” he stated, catching me off guard, and I blushed as I realized that he was awake. His eyes were closed despite that, and I couldn’t help but admire his features as I looked up at him before he opened his eyes to meet mine.

My body was pressed against his, and the fact that we were in the bedroom and that I was wearing his shirt didn’t slip my mind. I didn’t even know what time it was, but I still couldn’t process whether what I went through last night with him was a mere dream or a reality that occurred. 

“I was awake when the sun rose and the two of us shifted back to human. I didn’t want anyone seeing you bare, and therefore, I chose to…”

“Wait, what?” I asked, stopping him. He frowned in confusion and a smile formed on my lips before I could stop myself. “You’re being serious?”

“I’m being serious?” He asked, frowning in confusion and I nodded.

“I shifted?” I asked, “I mean, it wasn’t just a dream?”

His eyes met mine and a soft smile replaced his confused gaze before he nodded.

“Yes, you shifted last night and our wolves finally met.” He said, and my smile grew bigger than it would have normally been. My heart swelled and I didn’t know how to describe what I felt or how I felt, but I knew for fact that I was happier than I ever was knowing that my wolf, somehow, managed to come back to life for me.

I connected my lips with his before I could stop myself.

I wasn’t dumb.

I knew that the only reason that my wolf allowed me to shift was because of him, and that was something that I was more than a little grateful for. 

He wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me to straddle his lap as he deepened the kiss. I bit his bottom lip, hesitantly pulling it between my teeth, and he smiled when the two of us pulled away as he saw my blush.

“Now this is a side that I never thought that I would see,” he teased, and I laughed. I laid down on his chest and he tightened his arms around my waist, pulling me closer. “I’m glad that you’re happy, baby girl.”

“My wolf allowed me to shift for the first time in years, Killian. How can I not be happy?” I asked, and he smiled as I pulled away from his tight grip to look him in the eye. “Our wolves met,”

“And they seemed to immediately accept one another as mates, just like we do.” He said, and I nodded. “I’m sorry about yesterday. I know that my words may have hurt you more than I intended for them to, and I give you my word that it was never in my intentions.”

I looked down at his chest as I sat up, still straddling his lap. Killian wrapped his arms around my waist and sat like I did, resting his back against the bedrest. I couldn’t help but notice that he was wearing sweatpants, whereas normally, I knew that he preferred to sleep bare, it was something that I learned as I was cleaning his room. The man never had sweatpants in the basket and it didn’t take me long to realize that he didn’t like sleeping with clothes on. Well, that was unless I was with him in the room.

“I didn’t like what I heard, I have to admit that much. And I am still crossed with Natasha. I know that she was in pain and I understand that she was grieving, but it wasn’t my fault for her to hit ME with what she knew about me. As for you, I never did expect to hear what I did, and maybe I understand your reason, you saw me as sensitive and still do, I still didn’t find myself accepting that as an idea. Maybe it is me being sensitive, I don’t know, but I know for fact that it pained me to hear it.” I said, choosing to be honest. “But I have to thank you for apologizing, and I also have to apologize for crossing my limits with you as an Alpha.”

“You’re my mate and my Luna, you don’t have to apologize to me for reacting out of anger, Eleanor.” He said, and I shook my head.

“That would mean leaving things unsolved, and that is the last thing that I want the two of us to deal with. To say the least, apologizing would mean that we’re dealing with the situation. Whereas ignoring it would only pile things up to the point where things might be unsolvable, and that isn’t a phase that I want us reaching.” I said, and he smiled. 

“So, truce?” He asked, and I nodded before he pulled me closer to kiss him.

“Sure,” I said, and he smiled into the kiss before pulling away to rest his forehead against mine. My eyes were focused on his, and for the first time in a very long time, I didn’t feel like I was going to burst out of fear or worry. My heartbeat was calm, and my gaze soft. He gently ran his finger over my bare thigh, keeping his eyes on me as he did.

“I believe that the two of us had a date to go to today?” He stated, and my eyes widened, making him chuckle. “I know that you don’t want to go anywhere that would have you being exposed, but I have a different option that would give us the privacy that you want.”

“And that is?” I asked, raising an eyebrow. He tightened his hand on my thigh, silently asking me to stay on his lap before he leaned in to get his phone. He unlocked it and handed me the phone, making me frown in confusion at the sight of what looked like a resort on an island. 

“I bought us an island.” He said, making my eyes widen in surprise. “To say the least, now you can be comfortable and sure that no one aside from those that I hired would be staying there.”

“Killian…”

“I told you, Eleanor,” he said, his voice softening. “You are going to be treated like the queen that I want you to be. And no matter what may happen, I am going to be sure that you know it…”