Once My Mate, Always My Mate novel Chapter 4

Sabrina's POV

Xander hugs me from behind and I immediately feel wet from his body, using me as his towel to dry off and soaking me in the process. I try to wiggle away from him but he tightens his hold on me.

"Calm down Sabrina, it's just water." Xander says to me. He kisses the top of my head and his wet hair slaps me sideways and drops of water fall on my face. I giggle trying to force my way out but he has me trapped.

"Tell me something I wan to hear." He says to me and the words find me before I could even think about it.

"Never let me go?" I ask as a joke but to be honest, the words cut deeper than that. Xander being here with me brought me more peace than I could ask for. I felt safe, as a girl that holds so much power and making everyone else feel safe around me, I tend to be the only one left lacking. Xander gave me a love that assured me, made me feel at ease with everything that I do and I can confidently walk around with zero fears of what is to come, because I know he will be here to stand by me.

After leaving Xander, I searched long and hard for that sense of security from the people closest to me. I looked for it in the man that happens to be my biological father but he could not give me his assurances, expecting me to find it myself. Aiden could only give me so much before completely going cold on me and for that, I partly blame myself. Everyone around me could never compare to Xander, when he is with me, I find pure pleasure in life and the walks of it.

Nobody can take me any higher or show me appreciation constantly as Xander can. To compare him is to insult him and with every pain that has fought through my defenses, gaining entry to my heart to inflict a wreckage I could never mend on my own, he has been there. I feel undeserving at times, for he is so perfect. Always ready to catch me when I fall and that is why those words, needing him to never let me go? That was not literal... I need him beside me always and I think he felt the power in my words no matter how hard I tried to downplay just how much I need him or my complete annoyance in how wet he was making me with his wet self.

"I am not going anywhere. This time, I will be the very possessive alpha wolf I should've been from the start. I will never let you go, not again and not for anyone." He says to me, his words holding so much promise and they ease my heart.

"We have both suffered enough being apart from each other, with the world so hellbent on hurting us, it only makes sense to stick together." Xander says to me.