The Kings Series #1 His Beauty Queen novel Chapter 18

He held onto his control tightly, not letting his wolf take over completely. He would have pounced on Anna without second thoughts. He had decided to shift into his animal form instead of his lycan. The latter would have scared her mate even more.

His sensitive ears flapped to the back of his head, hearing her ragged breathing. Her heart pounded profusely. Thank Goddess she didn't faint. He was actually expecting that to happen. His wolf whined. Loathe scaring their mate.

His wolf moved down to his hunches, bowing to their queen and crawled timidly towards her, tail wagging. Good. His wolf was not aggressive towards Anna.

I will never hurt mate, dumbass.

He smirked. Knowing how crazy he was over their mate. Through his eyes, he can see Anna approached them slowly, licking her lips, nervous and alert.

Wolf and man were barely breathing, wary on what she planned to do. His wolf whined. She stopped a few feet before his beast and he dropped completely on his belly.

She raised her trembling hand to touch his wolf's thick mane, running her delicate fingers down to the furry chest. His wolf shuddered in ecstasy. His brave little mate. He thought proudly.

"Alexander?" She whispered. Her voice was breathless. She kept wetting her dry lips. Unsure of the situation. Goddess, he believed she was doing great. So far, she had not run away from them.

He watched, amused, his wolf licked her face, she shrieked but didn't push away the tender gesture. "Bad dog!" His wolf huffed. Happy and elated to be accepted by their Queen Luna.

They were the most feared wolf in the Lycanthrope realm yet his beast was acting like a pup in her hands.

"I am still a bit of shock. Although I should be afraid, I am not. Can you be my Xander again? I mean to turn back to human form?"

I want mate.

Let me assure our mate she is safe. You can meet her again later.

His wolf growled lowly though he reluctantly consented. He imagined himself human, shifting back in a matter of seconds.

Surprised when she launched herself in his arms, on tippy-toes, she wrapped her slender arms around his neck. He groaned in relief. He was so afraid she would walk away.

"Xander," She breathed on his chest. "I am here to stay, my soulmate."

"I was so afraid, mia anima. I wanted to tell you the truth since the day we met," he closed his eyes in agony. He couldn't bear the thought of her leaving him.

"I am here to stay. I don't care if you are a wolf or whatever. All I care about is you. Us." She declared in earnest. Declaring her commitment.

Goddess! His Anna was one of a kind. "I have a lot to tell you, mia anima."

"Ok. Let's talk while we have time. Wait! Put your pants back on, Xander. You are too distracting!" He smirked. He knew she loved ogling him, even if she does not admit it.

"I am distracting?" He growled playfully. Inhaling her neck, savoring her delicious scent.

Suddenly hauling her in his arms --ignoring her shriek of outrage-- he navigated the distance to the nearest sofa and arranged her on his lap. His throbbing cock in between them. He decided to ignore it for the moment.

"Ok. I am listening." He rather liked this new her. She was getting confident.

"I am a wolf and you are my mate. In each lifetime, the Moon Goddess will gift us a soulmate. The other half of us. I would want no other but you. The bond we have is stronger than any relationship in this world, stronger than marriage. I will forever be faithful to you and you to me." She leaned her temple on his shoulder, he combed her silky russet strands, soothing her and himself.

"Are there a lot of you out there?"

"Yes, mia anima. Alexie and Michael are mates. All the people in this pack are wolves. Mostly all my employees as well. There is only a handful of humans we employ." They made sure to keep their race a secret. Most humans fear what they don't understand.

"Wow. And Sofia and Oliver? Doctor Xavier?" Her eyes were wide. He had expected to see fear, not excitement. As he said before, one of a kind.

"They are a different race. Though, I assure you they will never hurt us most especially your sister Mish." Goddess. How will he explain this to her? There were a lot of misconceptions about vampires. They were mostly portrayed as villains in movies.

"What are they? Please tell me? I trust your judgment." And he trusted her implicitly. He closed his eyes briefly, gathering his thoughts.

"They are vampires," he paused. Waiting for her reaction. She was staring at him in skepticism. Then she nodded in acceptance.

Goddess. His Queen was made of sterner stuff.

"And I thought Twilight was a shitty movie," She muttered. He chuckled at her dry humor. That was what he thought too. He had to endure those movies when his sister conned him into watching with her.

"Your sister Michelle. She is very important to their kingdom." Had to help out his friend Xavier here.

"Why?"

"She is Xavier's beloved. Like us wolves, vampires also have soulmates. They call them beloved. That's why your sister dreamt of him constantly. Their souls are entwined. She needed Xavier to save her."

"But Mish is just sixteen!"

"I know, mio amore. Don't worry, Xavier is a true gentleman. He knows his limits. He respects your sister, I know he will start courting her when she comes of age. I just want to tell you he can't be without her, especially now that your sister is still sick." It will drive his vampire beast to bloodlust. With all that was happening, they could not afford that.

"Ok. I'm only consenting because you trust him and I trust you." His heart constricted. She doesn't know how much her words mean to him.

"Thank you, baby girl. Now let's go back to us." He kissed her pouting lips softly. Making her smile. His cock responded. Twitching. It was throbbing hard between them. Shit! They need to hurry up. He was dying for relief.

"There's more?" She teased. He tickled her sides, making her squirm. "Ok. Xander! Stop!" She giggled. Fuck! He loved that sound.

"I have to tell you something. It's very important," She needed to know what their bonding would entail.

"What is it?" He stared into her amber eyes deeply. He wouldn't want to miss her reaction.

"You now know that we are soulmates in every sense of the word. To complete the bond, I need to mate with you then mark you. It will merge our souls into one. We will feel each other's emotions, read each other's thoughts. Most importantly, you will gain strength, you won't get sick and you will stop aging." There were a lot of emotions swirling in her eyes. Disbelief, shock, awe. The most important one reflected was love and understanding.

"If you had stopped aging, how old are you exactly?" Shit! He was hoping she would not ask.

"I stopped aging at twenty-eight," he rubbed the back of his neck. Stalling before he answered. Will she be disappointed?

"Xan--der," he sighed. No escape for him.

"I'm 167 years old." He waited for her reaction. She pursed her pink lips.

"Oh. Ok. I can leave with that. We are going to live a long life? You and I?"

"A very long and ageless life."

"Cool. How are you going to mark me?"

"I will bite you here, " She shuddered when he traced her collarbone down to her shoulder, tugging her shirt to the side. He licked his lips in anticipation. Soon.

"Will I turn into a wolf?" Her hot breath teased the side of his face. He trembled at the thought of them mating in wolf form. Yes. She can turn into a wolf by biting him until she drew blood. He could feel his erection pulsing, he doesn't have to look down to check if he secreted precum. He could feel and smell it.

"If you want to. Yes. All you have to do is bite me during our mating ceremony and during lovemaking until you taste my blood." Her eyes darkened, imagining it. Fuck! Her sweet scent of arousal was heady. Her pussy was getting wet from the idea.

"I would like that, Xander." She pulled his head down as she hungrily kissed his lips. He was surprised at first then he matched her hunger.