40. On Roman's territory part 6

Even though we had a border between us, I still felt on edge.

I sat up sighed out.

"Tesoro, what's wrong?"

He asked shortly sitting up.

"Vincenzo, may I please call someone to tell them I'm ok?"

He sighed and shook his head.

"Sweetheart, I can't do that."

"Please?"

Vincenzo carresed my cheek tenderly and nodded giving into my pleading look. He then reached to the side of his bed table and got his phone. My eyes gleamed with hope, when he went to give it to me. I went to take it but, he stretched his hand out.

"Ok, you get one call, and I get your number for doing you this a favour."

"What? Why?"

"Tesoro. C'mon we're friends now, don't I recieve that much?"

I guess so. I nodded making him smile.

"I'm not supposed to do this, because this can get me in a whole lot of trouble if my boss finds out."

He was risking alot for me, but at the same time I couldn't let this opportunity go.

"No one will know." I restassured holding his hand in mine. Vincenzo brought my hand to his lips and planted a sweet kiss upon it, making me soflty blush. Those strange tingles were back and I shyly retracted my hand from his hold.

"Ok, one call and please don't tell anyone you've been kidnapped. Look at this situation as a holiday."

I nodded in understanding. Vincenzo then gave me his phone.

I had many people to call, my boss at work who was probably fuming his head off for me not showing up, my friends would be blasting my phone with calls and text messages wondering why I probably didn't show up to school but most of all, the one who I really wanted to call was...

"Hey, Mom."

She shocked to see me calling so late. I spoke to her briefly whilst Vincenzo got up from the bed, and gave me a little privacy. I couldn't help but check him out when he had his back towards me. As he did so, I noticed he had a horrible scar like wound going down at the back of his shoulder. I soon finnished up the call and Vincenzo turned around climbing back on the bed besides me.

"So, I'm your lab partner from school?"

"It's better than saying oh by the way, I've been kidnapped by a werewolf mafia gang."

Vincenzo and I both broke out in a short laughter.

"C'mon it's late you need to go to bed."

"Wait, aren't you going to tell me the story of your origin?"

"Can't I tell it tommoro tesoro?"

"Please, I'm just curious, and I've got so many questions. Do I need to go on your lap again?" I spoke innocently making him huff a laugh and pinch my cheeks.

"Vincenzo!" I whined slapping his hands away.

"Damn, you're so cute. Fine, many moons ago, I'm talking like 2000 years ago. The Moon God Triton and The Moon Goddess Callisto had a fight. The Goddess accused Triton of having an affair with a Water Nymph. Nephele. Nephele waged war on Callisto and held powers like that of Medusa. She could turn anyone who dare got close to her and her subjects into stone. She tried to warn Triton that Nephele was using him to rule the Moon, but Triton was too blinded by Nephele. For she had him under his love spell. Before Nephele attacked her palace, Callisto turned towards her subjects fleed to Earth. Callisto then settled in the woods and protected her subjects. However Nephele found her. She went to attack Callisto, but Goddess's 5 guards, Mars, Achilles, Titan, Oddyseus and Neptune took on the form of great big wolves since they knew Nephele was afraid of them. Out numbered and out of luck Callisto's guards then killed her. When Nephele died, so did her spell on her beloved. The Moon God returned back to Earth to apologise and pleaded with Callisto to come to the moon with him. However her 5 guards did not return back with her. They became greedy with wealth and power, since they were more powerful than the mortals that walked the Earth. Callisto couldn't bare the sight of them acting like gods and cursed them to be wolves forever. The 5 guards then came back to their senses and realised that they were wrong. Callisto lessened their curse and told them not to fret. For their curse was a blessing. Callisto was fond of the humans that helped her during her stay on Earth and requested the guards to watch over them and protect them. The guards did so, but at the same time they could not help but be attracted to the mortal women who warmed their beds at night. Unfortunatly, not all women survived the night with them. Terrified of their ways, the women fleed from the kingdoms to hide far far away. Mars the first Alpha of the pack than prayed to his goddess Callisto for help. She soon sent more of her female subjects down calm the situation, and although it worked for a while, their lust for blood and women did not. Realising something had to be done, Callisto made fated mates to calm their wild sides down."

"Fated, mates?" I asked yawning mid way.

"To the wolves they are very sacred mia amore. They are like your soul mate. Once we find them, they're all that matter."

"How [yawns] do you know it's really them?"

"Well, a wolf loves the female's scent. They can't stop thinking about them, and feel very very protective about them. The female in return recognises the male through a special touch."

Vincenzo took my hand and interlinked his fingers with mine. I was in a daze with him, fighting to keep my eyes open.

"So, just a touch?"

"It's more complicated than that."

"How [yawns] so?"

"Well, when a male wolf finds mate, he needs to mark her."

"Mark her, how?" I asked resting my head on the pillow whilst holding Vincenzo's hand interlocked with mine.

"I don't wish to scare you tesoro. Go to sleep."

"No, please I wish to know?" I grabbed his hand making Vincenzo sigh out deeply. It was as if he didn't want me to know the marking process. Vincenzo then brought my hand towards his mouth. He lightly kissed my finger on his lips then opened his mouth wide. I blushed madly whilst fighting the odd tingles I felt by his contact.

"Can you feel these tesoro?"

I nervously gulped, my heart pounded deeply aware at to what he was making me feel.

"They're very sharp, V-Vincenzo."

He pulled my hand away and nodded.

"Well to mark my mate, I'd need to bite down upon her flesh."

I gasped out and retracted my hand from his hand. Vincenzo was scaring the shit out of me.

"Don't be frightened tesoro. It's just the way of my culture."

"D-doesn't that h-hurt your mate if you do so?" I asked relaxing my heart beats.

"It does. But at the same time, the she-wolf will do the same to her male wolf in order to claim him."

"Well. That's intresting, and alot to take in."

"Yep, now go to sleep."

"Wait! I have one more question."

"Tesoro."

I made a mental note to ask what he meant by that nickname for me later, but I was craving to know another question.

"Please, It's the last one I swear."

"Fine, shoot what is it?"

"Do wolves like you, mark human girls?"

Vincenzo suddenly ripped the pillow between us and hovered himself over me. My heart pounded widly as he suddenly crashed his whole body down on me. I squeeled and out surprised and broke into laughter when he tickled me up.

"V-vincenzo stop!!! ahahaha...I'm sorry, I'm sorry it was the last question."

"Ever heard of kiss and tell?"

"W-what?"

"Kiss me tesoro, and I'll tell you the truth you seek." He said shooting his eyes down to my parted lips. My heart was hammering away with excitement. This wasn't how I pitcured to have my first kiss, with a half naked beast man ontop of me. He then winked and making me roll my eyes as he laid carefully on top of me. My heart pounded. I cupped his face, surprising him.

"C-close your eyes." Vincenzo did so and I pressed my lips to the side of his cheek.

"Tesoro." He flashed his glowing eyes briefly.

"W-what? You said kiss, but you didn't specify where? I, I did the dare, now give me the truth." I spoke finding my casual cool voice again.

"Very well. Humans are not compatibale with us by strenght or physique, so no tesoro. We do not mark the lambs like you, because they can not handle the bite since they die, if we do."

Vincenzo kissed my forhead then rolled off of me. As he did so, I let out a sigh of relief. At the same time I felt sad about what he said.

He then placed the pillow inbetween us making me feel comfortable and relaxed once more. Vincenzo then turned of the light.

"Goodnight tesoro."

"Goodnight Vincenzo."

Sleep swept through me and I couldn't help but cuddle close to my warm pillow.