Mikko Stronghold

          I stood there watching Elena fumble through her purse looking for her keys; she seemed a little nervous and I wondered if it was from what happened at the party. I was personally on cloud nine right now; it was the first time in the last two weeks that my wolf and I were on the same page. I couldn’t believe how much of an effect this girl was having on me. I have slept with plenty of human girls but none of them ever did it for me like she does and for some reason my wolf’s basically purring when she’s around, and growling at me when she’s not.

          There was just something about her that appealed to me; I mean obviously she was beautiful, but it felt like there was something more. Since the first day I saw her and spilled coffee on her suit I haven’t been able to keep her out of my mind. The feelings that course though my body when I feel her touch is like nothing I have ever experienced before; it always has me wanting to beg for more.

          After the day when I bumped into her again and we made out in the bathroom I haven’t been able to think about anything but her. After we went back to her hotel room and had sex I felt a connection with her that I have never had with anyone before. Not to mention the attachment that my wolf seemed to have with her; every time we saw her all he could seem to say was ’MINE’, though I cant say that I didn’t feel the same way.

          I couldn’t wrap my mind around the fact that I was the only person she had ever been with; she is so beautiful I thought for sure someone else would have gotten to her first. I wish that she would have told me so that I wouldn’t have been so rough with her, but from what she told me in the car she’s not upset about that. Tonight at the party with her body so close to mine, I just couldn’t resist her. I tried my best to just stay focused on dancing but the longer we danced the more aroused she seemed to be getting; I could smell the desire pouring off of her. My wolf was howling and scratching at my insides to get out, he wanted her bad; so did I and it wasn’t worth fighting anymore.

          I couldn’t believe all that had happened in the last month, but I knew that I needed Elena in my life; I couldn’t keep fighting myself and my wolf. I just didn’t want to move too fast with her; I didn’t want to scare her away. I know it sounds stupid that I want to take it slow when we have already had sex, twice; but I knew that she would be uncomfortable because I was the boss’s son; I just hoped that she could get over that. I knew it was going to be too hard to make my wolf leave tonight if I didn’t do it soon. Elena found her keys and opened the door to her hotel room.

“Are you coming in?” She asked as she dropped the keys on the table by the door.

“Why don’t I just come back tomorrow night and we can go to dinner? Does that sound ok to you?” I asked. I knew I needed to leave, but I didn’t want her to feel like I was ditching her. I felt like it was too early to tell her that I wanted a relationship with her, I just needed to take it slow.

“Oh ok, yeah that sounds good.” She said lowering her gaze to the floor; I hated it when she did that, it was like she never wanted to look me in the eyes. I loved looking into her beautiful blue eyes; I wished she would let me see them more often.

“I had a great night. I will text you in the morning baby.” I said as I grabbed her chin and pulled her in for a quick kiss; I watched a smile spread across her face as she pulled away.

“Ok. Good night Mikko.” She replied as her face slightly flushed; I held back a grin as I made my way back to the car.

          John took me home and I made myself comfortable in bed and fell asleep. The next morning when I woke up the first thing I thought about was Elena. It was a weird feeling thinking about a girl like that, it had never happened to me before. I had never developed feelings for any of the girls I have slept with before but there was something there with Elena; I don’t think that its love but it’s definitely something different. I grabbed my phone to send her a message like I promised.

‘Hey baby hope you had a good night. What time do you want to meet for dinner tonight?’ I hit send and rolled back onto my back in bed.

          I glanced back over the text message that I sent. ‘Did I just call her baby?’ The more I thought about it the more I realized that I used that name with her a lot. I had never given any of my other girlfriends a ‘pet name’ like that before either; everything was just so different with Elena. My thoughts were interrupted by my phone buzzing.

‘I had a good night, thank you. I hope you did too. Would 7:00 work for you?’ I smiled as I read her message; excited about getting to see her again.

‘Yeah that sounds good. See you then baby.’ I hit send and got up to get in the shower.

          I had meetings that morning and afternoon; I got home just in time to grab a quick shower before driving to Elena’s. I was going to walk to the door but she was already waiting in the parking lot when I got there. I glanced down at the clock to make sure I wasn’t late but it only read 6:52; I stopped the car and she climbed in not giving me time to open the door for her.

“Hi.” She said shyly as she buckled her seat belt.

“Hi.” I replied. “Do you know where you want to go for dinner?” I asked once she was settled in her seat.

“I have no idea; I’m not from around here remember?” She said looking surprised that I asked her.

“Well I know a good place not too far from here I think you will like it.” I said as I started to pull out of the parking lot.

          We made small talk on the way to the restaurant and the ride went quickly. When we got out of the car and started walking up to the restaurant I grabbed her into my arms and spun her around to face me; I couldn’t stand to not touch her anymore and my wolf was going crazy inside of me wanting to be closer to her. Her face looked surprised when I spun her around but quickly turned to a smile as she locked eyes with me.

          I bent down to her locking my lips with hers. Our lips moved together in one fluid motion; it was like they were meant for each other. I could feel the arousal building in me and I knew I had to stop before we went too far; I pulled away from the kiss and pulled her in close for a hug.

“I missed you baby.” I whispered into her ear as she pressed her face to my chest.

“I missed you too.” She whispered back as I moved her to my side and we started walking to the restaurant with my arm around her back.

          Dinner went good we talked a lot about our families and life at home; of course I couldn’t tell her everything about my life at home because of the whole werewolf thing, but I tried to be as honest as I could. I walked Elena to her door with every intention of leaving just like I did last night. She opened the door and turned around to face me; her eyes locked with mine and I could feel the waves of desire rushing off her body into mine. No words were spoken as I swooped her up into my arms and carried her to the bed, kicking the door closed behind me.

“How do you do this to me baby?” I asked as I was pulling her shirt over her head.

“Do what?” She asked as she worked her way down the buttons on my shirt.

“Make me lose control every time I’m around you.” I said between the kisses I was trailing down her neck.

“I don’t know, but I’m not complaining.” She said breathlessly, as I began sucking on her nipples.

“I want you baby. I want you to be mine.” I said while removing her jeans. This was not the right time to be asking her out, but my wolf wasn’t going to stop until we could claim her as ours.

“I want you too Mikko.” She said pushing her hips to meet my body once I was positioned back on top of her.

          I held the weight of my body off of her and stared down at her face waiting for her to look at me. After she noticed I wasn’t moving her eyes moved up to meet with mine.

“Is something wrong?” She asked, looking confused.

“Elena, I need to know if you will.” I said with pleading eyes.

“If I will what?” She asked even more confused.

“Will you be mine?” I asked again.

          I watched as a few emotions flashed across her face; the first was surprise, then confusion, a small smile of happiness and then she looked sad. Why did she look sad? I didn’t want her to be sad; I wanted her to be happy with me. I wish she would just say something already; at least she hasn’t looked away.

“Mikko I don’t think we should do that. I mean you are my boss…” She started, but I cut her off. I wasn’t going to accept the boss’s son excuse. We were already fucking so what would be the difference if we added a relationship to it?

“Baby I don’t care about. That has nothing to do with you and me. If you don’t want my dad to know about us while you work for him then that’s fine, but please don’t let him be the reason you wont be with me.” I said basically begging her to be with me. What the hell was wrong with me? I didn’t beg women for anything; actually they were the ones who were usually begging me.

“Do you promise that he won’t find out?” She asked looking a little embarrassed.

“I promise baby. I would do anything to make you mine.” I whispered into her ear before giving it a little bite then sucking on it. She giggled a little before answering.

“Well then, I’m all yours.” She said pushing my wolf over the edge; he wanted to have his way with her now. I started to trail my kisses down to her breasts when she gripped my chin and pulled me back up to her face.

“I do have something else to ask you though.” She said as her face flushed and she broke her eye contact with me.

“What is it baby?” I asked rubbing the side of her face with my thumb.

“Well… I… umm…” She stumbled trying to find the right words. “Did you use a condom when we had sex?” She finally managed to blurt out refusing to look at me. I let out a small laugh before answering her.

“Baby we don’t need to use condoms, I can’t get you pregnant.” I said returning my attention back to her glorious body.

          I wasn’t worried about getting her pregnant; she was human, we couldn’t get humans pregnant. The human body didn’t have the ability to carry a werewolf baby. Seeing that the pregnancy for a ‘were’ only lasts 6 months instead of 9 the growth of the baby is too much for a human body to handle. There have been cases were girls have got pregnant but since the baby is not compatible with their body most lose the baby before they even knew they had it.

 “What do you mean?” She asked, not looking convinced by my answer. Damn how was I suppose to explain this to her?

“Baby I promise you that you don’t have to worry about me getting you pregnant, trust me.” I told her again looking directly into her eyes.

“Ok.” She said shrugging, I guess that means she believed me then she moved her hands to my back urging me to continue my previous task.

          I made slow and sweet love to her this time, making sure I got to feel every inch of her body. My wolf was ripping at my insides pushing me to be rougher with her, to show her she belonged to him. It was hard to hold him back, but I wanted to show Elena that sex didn’t always have to be hard, fast, and unexpected; although it was best that way. I made her release twice before making my own release inside of her and we both collapsed on the bed together.

          The next few weeks went by quickly. I would stay at her hotel most nights unless I had meetings to go to the next morning. At work we only socialized on a need be basis, we weren’t ready for anyone to find out about our relationship yet. Elena wouldn’t let me stay the night the week that she was on her period; I told her that it didn’t bother me but she insisted that I just go home. It would be a month and two weeks since we started dating on Saturday.

          It was Friday night and I kissed Elena good night as I headed back to my car. We had talked about all the places that she had applied for around the area and she was anxious to hear back from them. I had a meeting at six the next morning so I didn’t want to stay; every time I did I couldn’t get myself to leave her in the mornings and would end up late. The drive home was short and I was asleep as soon as I hit the bed; exhausted from the sex I had with Elena before I left.

          The meeting was long and by the time it ended at eleven I couldn’t wait to get out of there. I headed down to the parking garage and out to my car. I decided I would pick up some lunch and surprise Elena so I headed to the restaurant where I took her for our first date. I walked in and up to the bar to place food orders when I heard the door chime and a woman walked in.

“Mikko!” Tara squealed when she saw me. Fuck, what was she doing here? I told her it was over between us.

“Tara.” I said sternly not bothering to smile.

“Mikko I have missed you so much. Where have you been?” She said wrapping her arms around me in a hug.

“Tara please don’t do this.” I said pushing her away from me and out of the hug. “I told you its over between us and I meant it.” I continued before turning my attention back to the bar.

“What the fuck Mikko! How can you do this to me? I fucking love you! Cant you see that?” She started screaming tears freely falling down her face.

          I looked around quickly to see a few people starring at us. Agh, I didn’t need this right now. Why did she have to come in here and make a scene in front of everyone? I grabbed her by the arm and headed for the nearest door. I briefly caught a glimpse of the ‘ladies room’ sign attached to the door as I dragged Tara through it.

“Tara stop this you are acting crazy. You knew from the start that what we had was temporary. I never meant for you to have feelings for me. I don’t feel that way towards you I’m sorry.” I said letting go of her arm.

“You are such an ass Mikko. Why are you treating me like this? You love me, I know you do.” She started pleading as she threw her body at me grabbing onto my shirt.

          I heard the sound of heels hitting the floor coming in our direction. Shit, the last thing I needed was to get caught in the bathroom with some girl I thought to myself. I quickly grabbed Tara and pulled her into a stall pulling her body on mine so that it wasn’t visible from under the stall.

          The position instantly took me back to the first time I made love with Elena; this was the same way it all started. Thoughts of Elena filled my mind, I was so wrapped up in it I could swear I could smell her scent. Tara let out a small giggle as she felt my erection growing in my pants. Without even thinking I locked my lips with hers to keep her quiet until the guest left. The person that came in washed their hands and quickly left the bathroom.

          I set Tara back on the floor as she smiled up at me thinking that I was going to take her back now. I wasn’t in the mood to continue the conversation in the bathroom, so I grabbed her by the hand and went to drag her outside. We made it a few steps out of the bathroom when Elena’s scent hit me again, but this time I knew I wasn’t dreaming it. I scanned the area and found Elena sitting at a booth her mouth dropped open starring back at me. Oh Fuck! I thought as I quickly dropped Tara’s hand from mine and started walking toward Elena.

Elena Benton

          The last few weeks had been amazing with Mikko. We were together as a couple; although the only people who knew were us and John. After this week I only had two more weeks left working at Stronghold; once I was working at a different company we planned to tell other people we were dating. I had been waiting in the hotel room for Mikko to get back from his meeting but it was already eleven and I was hungry. I asked John to take me to the little restaurant where Mikko and I went when we first met.

          I went to the bathroom to wash my hands when I heard a girl giggle in one of the stalls; it immediately reminded me of when Mikko and I were in the bathroom together. I quickly finished drying my hands and pushed the thoughts to the back of my head as I left the bathroom; I wanted to leave the couple to finish their business in peace. The waitress brought me my drink and left to give me some time to look over the menu.

          I was scanning through the menu items when I saw movement over by the bathroom. I looked up over my menu to see the two love birds from the bathroom exit. ‘What the fuck!’ My heart sank. It felt like all the air had been pulled out of my body and I felt like I was about to crumble into a pile of ashes on the floor. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing; I blinked my eyes a few times, but the image remained the same.

          I watched Mikko start to approach me; there was no way I was ready to talk to him, I had to get away. I grabbed a twenty out of my purse and threw it on the table before heading to the door. I turned for the door and didn’t look back; I hoped that John was still out in the parking lot. When I opened the door I scanned the parking lot for his black SUV and found it parked to the left of the building. I started walking toward the SUV; not stopping when I heard the door open and close again behind me.

“Elena, please let me explain.” I heard Mikko say from behind me. I started walking faster as I felt him gaining on me; I had just reached for the door handle when he grabbed my arm.

“Don’t fucking touch me!” I screamed as the tears started to roll down my cheeks.

“Elena please.” He said again as I yanked the door open; John turned in his seat with a shocked expression.

“Please take me home John.” I asked as I buckled my seat belt. I tried to push Mikko out of the way of the door so I could close it but he wouldn’t move.

“Elena we need to talk about this.” He said seemingly not even feeling me trying to push him away.

“Talk about what Mikko? Do you want to talk about how you go to these ‘meetings’ all the time? I guess fucking me just isn’t enough for you, is it Mikko? I should have known better than to trust you; everything you told me has been lies.” I finished the sentence as my uncontrollable sobs started.

“It’s not what you think baby, just please let me explain.” He said reaching over to caress my face. I slapped his hand away from me; god knows where those hands have been.

“Don’t even give me that baby shit; you can’t call me that anymore, I’m not yours anymore Mikko. Please leave me alone.” My anger was clear in my voice even though it was slightly shaky from my tears.

          I pushed him back and to my surprise this time he moved; I took one more look up at him before closing the door. The look on his face was a mixture of pain, hurt, and surprise; good he needed to feel hurt, I was hurt. I can’t believe that I trusted him and let myself fall for him. I should have known that he would have cheated on me; I mean look how easy it was for him to get me in bed and I was a virgin!

          When I got back to my hotel room I collapsed on my bed letting the tears flow freely down my face. My phone beeped in my pocket and I pulled it out. There was a message from Mikko, I quickly hit close without reading it and turned my phone off. I couldn’t deal with him right now, actually, I don’t know if I would ever be ready to deal with him again; I just wish the next two weeks were over so I could go away and never speak to Mikko again.

          I spent that night crying myself to sleep in my hotel room. The next day I spent curled up in bed like a depressed teenager; ordering pizza and eating candy bars from the vending machines. I felt like just crawling in a hole and dying, I wasn’t ready to face the outside world. I still hadn’t turned my phone on, I’m sure there were probably some messages from Mikko trying to talk his way out of getting caught; I didn’t want to hear it.