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CHAPTER 25

Christina's POV

I groaned, tossing and turning. Damn, I'm so hungover.

"Cole?" I asked, slowly opening my eyes.

Where was he?

Ouch, my neck hurt a little. Curiously, I reached up and felt my neck, only to have tingles course through my body.

Wait, what is on my neck.

Despite my horrible headache, I jumped out of the bed and ran to the mirror.

Holy shit.

I let out a piercing scream, turning my head to get a better look at it- the mark.

Cole marked me.

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Cole's POV

Silence.

"Well?" I asked, rubbing my hands nervously.

"I am actually proud of you," Ian said, patting me on the back.

"Really?" I asked, a little surprised.

"You are accepting her as a mate, who would't I be happy for you?" Ian asked, still grinning.

"Now, I know I was drunk and all, but man, this is the best thing I have ever done." I told him, smiling.

"What happened?" Emma asked, rubbing her eyes sleepily.

"I took Christina to this club last night-"

"That's your idea of a casual date?!" Emma shrieked, now fully awake.

"Let me finish." I snapped, annoyed a little.

"So as I was saying, at the club we got pretty wasted," I said, ignoring Emma's eye roll,"And when we got back here, well, most of it's a blur, but when I woke up, I noticed she had a mark on her neck. My mark. I claimed Christina."

No response.

Ian and I exchanged anxious looks.

"You are so screwed." Emma said, finally.

I sighed, "I can only hope that she is as happy as I am."

Emma gave me a dubious look before grabbing a water bottle and leaving.

"Good luck Cole."

I sighed, leaning on the counter. That's when I heard it.

A piercing scream came from my room.

Looks like I'm going to need all the luck I can get.

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Christina's POV

Oh my god....

That ass!

He took advantage of me!

Suddenly the door flew open, revealing a nervous looking Cole.

Oh he is so going to get it now!

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Cole's POV

My nerves were taking over as I flung open the door.

"You son of a bitch!" Christina screamed.

I wasn't prepared for the kick to the stomach, nor the punches or slaps that were thrown my way. Dear god, she is really mad.

"Christina! Calm down!" I ordered, grabbing her wrists and holding them high in the air.

Christina was breathing heavily, her eyes had this crazed look in them, and her hair was all over the place.

"You no good asshole!" She hissed, yanking her wrists away and backing up, far away from me.

"Christina, please, why are you mad?" I asked

"You marked me!" She snarled, shaking a bit.

I'm not going to lie, the way she was reacting to the mark made me mad. I began walking to her, despite her stepping back with each step I took.

It was like I was the predator and she was my prey, and I can't help but admit, it turned me on.

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Christina's POV

Oh shit, he is advancing pretty quickly to me.

Oh god, I need to get out of this. I frantically searched around, damn... I have no escape. Wait maybe-

Ouch.

I backed up into the wall.

"No where to run," Cole whispered, sending shivers down my spine.

He leaned against the wall, resting his arms above my head, coming very close. So close, that I could feel his breath on my neck.

My neck.

The mark.

"Get away from me!" I snapped, attempting to push him away.

"Why are you mad?" He asked, searching my eyes with his.

I was outraged.

"You MARKED me! You took advantage of me!" I spat out, shoving him hard in the chest at the last part.

Cole's eyes darkened into a deep black, and he growled angrily.

"I took advantage of you? That's what you think happened?" He asked, his voice threateningly low.

"Think? no- I know you took advantage of me!" I screamed?

"It takes two to tango!" He countered, eyes narrowing.

I was momentarily distracted by his radiating body heat, and his hot breath fanning across my face. Oh god. I know what he is doing. He is trying to make it seem like I wanted this. Yeah, well no I didn't. If he thought he could just go around saying that "this" was mutual- over my dead body.

"Not when one of them is a monster." I finally said, disgust filling my voice.

Cole froze.

My heart began beating quickly and my palms began to get clammy. Oh gosh, I think I'm going to have to apologize before he kills me p.

Suddenly, a feral growl ripped through his throat, echoing around the house and causing me to shrink back in fear. My heart was now pounding and I fear settled into the pit of my stomach.

"Cole, calm down." Ian said, standing cautiously in the doorway.

"Clear the house. Now," Cole ordered.

Immeadiatly, Ian bowed his head and left, and soon enough, the whole house was completely empty. Great, just great. I'm stuck in a house with Cole.

"You think I'm a monster?" Cole asked quietly, his eyes stills deep black.

"Monster, murderer, whatever you preference." I spat out

Cole tensed at the word murderer.

"How am I a murderer?" he asked, shaking once again.

"You killed a wolf in front of me mercilessly." I snapped, recalling the night I found out about Cole- what he was. Come to think about it, that night changed my life.

"I was protecting you!" Cole yelling, slamming his fist against the wall above my head.

I flinched a little. He was right. He had been protecting me.

"And now, you don't want me?" Cole asked, "You don't understand the pain you're putting me through."

This angered me.

"Yeah because what you did to me was so much better." I snapped, shoving him away.

Finally! He was really getting annoying, all up in my face like that.

"How many times do I have to say sorry?" Cole asked, obviously irratated.

"You can say it as many times as you want. The thing is, you need to mean it." I said, staring into his now light blue eyes.

"I do mean it! I have always meant it!" Cole protested.

"Bullshit." I snapped, pushing past him and walking to the stairs.

Wait, what the hell?

There was this pulling feeling in me, like I was supposed to turn around or something. Anything to go back to my Cole.

My Cole?

What's going on with me?!

"It's part if the mating process. Now that I have claimed you, we are almost done with the process." Cole explained, no standing in front of me.

Awkward... I hadn't realized I was talking out loud before.

Cole suddenly wrapped his arms around me, and with lust filled eyes, he lowered his mouth to the mark, and gently sucked on it.

Extreme amounts of pleasure went through my body, and I let out an uncontrollable moan. God, this feels so good-

Then he pulled away.

I couldn't even hide the disappointment on my face, for Cole chuckled at my expression and brought his mouth to my ear.

"You will be mine, this process is almost over."

His mouth remained hovering above my ear.

"Wait, what process? What's the next part?" I asked, confused.

Cole pulled always smirking, before leaning closer and locking eyes with me.

"The mating proces. The last step is that we mate."

My eyes widened and my mouth went dry.

I was so shocked that I didn't even react when I felt a Cole's hand trail up my thigh and to my core. He looked down at me, his eyes once again filled with lust.

"I don't think I will wait any longer."

With that he ripped off my dress, devouring my body with his eyes for the second time.

Oh. My. God.

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