Chapter 22

Slowly the pain I felt started to reduce, my eyes turned to amber once again. I still had my black wings and sharp fangs, in addition to that I had all of my wolf senses and powers. I could feel the power running through my veins. I had all my alpha as well as vampire powers and could use both in this form of mine. The aura that surrounded me was strong enough to scare anyone.

Mason was happy that I was finally able to gain my full form despite the suffering that we faced together, but it was worth it. I will finally be able to defeat that uncle of mine and retrieve mine and Blair’s parents. The only thing I had to do now was to find them in the shifter’s territory.

I and Mason were still holding ourselves quite well. I was seeing firsthand how hard it is to control your animalistic urges around your mate. The moon was out in the night sky, most of us had transitioned. I hope I won’t do something rash while I am in my hybrid form, it is getting harder to control my urge for blood.

My throat feels dry and I can’t stop craving Mason’s blood, I don’t know if I am going to last in this game of self-control. Mason is sitting beside me and it isn’t helping me even a bit, I don’t want to lose control and hurt him. I get up and start to pace around the room in an attempt to get away from my mate.

The pull of the mate bond is getting stronger too, what should I do now? I know he could feel my restlessness, and I am new to everything that is happening.

“Aria, are you alright, I know that you have been craving blood since last night. You don’t need to hide it, I can feel your cravings are getting stronger. You can drink my blood I won’t mind, you are my mate after all. Mason insisted.”

“What if I hurt you while drinking your blood? I retorted.”

“Aria, you are my mate and I know you won’t be hurting me, do it I know that you need to drink some blood after your first transition. The urges will grow further until you can’t resist anymore. He explained.”

I don’t think I can control the urge for blood anymore, what should I do? Mason’s blood has been tempting me from last night until now. He might have felt my conflicting thoughts as he pulled me to himself. His being so near made it harder for me to control myself. My fangs were out as soon as the aroma of his blood along with the sweet scent of roses hit my nose.

Without another word, he pulled me to him pressing my head closer to his neck. I held him tight my fangs grazing his neck in a slight touch. My animalistic urges were taking control, the next second I was piercing his skin with my fangs driving out blood. His blood tasted sweet as honey, and for a second I thought if he would feel the same when he will taste mine.

When I was done, I lifted my head to look at Mason. He was looking at me lovingly, he was happy that I finally agreed to him. I was no longer feeling thirsty and my inner wolf was happy to be in our mate's embrace. I was having another strong urge, it was to mark him.

“You want to mark me, don’t you? Mason asked me as if reading my innermost thoughts.”

“Yes, I want to. I have been tempted to mark you, can we mark each other? I enquired.”

“We can, I have been having urges to mark you and drink your blood. I have been trying hard to control myself whenever you are near me. I want to share a blood bond with you too, He replied.”

“Our feelings have been mutual for some time now, we should give in to our urges and mark each other at the moment. What do you mean by sharing a “Blood Bond”? I asked him.”

“My dear Aria, “Blood Bond” is a bond formed between mates, they can only drink each other's blood when they are in a blood bond if both mates are vampires. If a vampire has a human mate, he will only be able to take that human’s blood for his or her lifetime. In rare cases, the vampire gets a werewolf mate it will be the same thing as a human mate. But, the werewolves can mark the vampires as their own. The last one is a special case if a vampire has a hybrid mate like you are then, you can mark me as well as share a blood bond with me as you will have both sides equally.”

“The bond between your parents and Blair, Ethan is a rare type of bond, your parents were the first ones to share such a bond. Blair and Ethan are the second ones. As for us, we have a special type of bond, it is the first time that a vampire has a hybrid mate. You are the first hybrid.” He explained.

“I agree to share a blood bond with you, I wanted you to have my blood as well. I told him.”

He was happy to know that I agree with him. We were sitting close to each other and could feel our hearts hammering in anticipation. My amber eyes locked onto his red ones before Mason gave me a peck on the forehead, and whispered let us share the blood bond. It sent shivers down my spine. The next instant his fangs were piercing my neck.

I held him pulling him closer to me so he could have his fill of blood. It felt intoxicating to have my mate suck my blood. I was happy that I could share this bond with him. When he was done he offered me his neck so I could mark him. Inhaling his sweet scent I felt calm than I ever was. I could see that the previous piercing marks had already disappeared from his skin.

Without any delay, I bit his neck piercing my fangs as deep as I could mark him as mine. It was good to know that he belongs to me now, my wolf rejoicing with the joy of marking our mate. Mason held my chin and made me look at him full moon had started to affect us. I gazed at him with overflowing emotions of love.

Our faces neared, and our breath fanned each other as we closed the distance. Our lips touched in a primal embrace. The little peck grew into hunger-filled kisses, we kissed feverishly losing control. We longed to be together, and the day being full moon wasn’t helping us. We lost track of time kissing only stopping for much-needed air in between them.

A while later, Mason released me and we both were gasping for much-needed air after an encore of kisses. We grew tired as our animalistic urges were quenched to some extent. We needed some rest as our body was still weary from the attacks of silver weapons, as we didn’t get much time to rest.

Releasing me Mason pulled off his shoes and jacket so he could sleep comfortably. I was already missing his warm touch as he left my side. I was already in my nightgown so there was no need for me to get changed, instead, I laid down and waited for my sweet mate to join me in bed.

Being done he got in bed turned off the lights and pulled me close so, we could cuddle together to sleep. Even though we were still under the pull of full moon night, I was comfortable just being in his embrace. His being with me put me at ease, I felt him kiss the top of my head with a satisfied smile on his face as I drifted off to sleep.