It's Black Friday. Charlie is in Iris' house for the day playing with Clarissa, so Carlisle and I have the place to ourselves. In the morning right after we dropped my stepson off, my mate insisted on going shopping. I wanted to stay home, but my vote doesn't count apparently... *eye roll*

After we arrived back home, we dropped the bags in the living room and heated our lunch - Lupe always leaves some food stocked in my fridge. She's off today on account of the Thanksgiving (extended) holiday. As am I.

Carlisle and I ate our delicious lunch, washed the dishes afterward, and walked upstairs with the shopping bags where he would start to put the stuff he bought in an organized fashion in my wardrobe. After he was done, we lay in bed together.

I took in his marvelous scent as he laid his head on my body - he likes to lay his head on my shoulder or chest, he says it makes him feel safe - and I could only be thankful to have him there with me.

There are not enough words to describe how horrible my life would be had he actually left last Saturday like he wanted to. I understand his fear of Richard taking Charlie away from him, I really do. But there is nowhere in the world safe from that bastard.

I am sorry, my love, but I am the only one who can protect you from him because I will do whatever it takes to keep you and your son safe. That is a promise I take to heart. Nothing is going to stand in my way and if Richard thinks he has the upper hand, then he has grossly underestimated me.

I asked my mate when he was supposed to pick Charlie up from Iris' house and he told me there were still two hours to go. That is exactly what I wanted to hear. One smile and it was enough for him to understand what I wanted right now.

He pulled me up from the bed and we walked to the bathroom together to take a shower. We needed to get cleaned before we became dirty again. I am not going to lie, I love the way my supposedly pregnant mate wants me badly all the time.

Now that we are properly bonded to each other, Carlisle has been insatiable. And I am here for it with all the strength in my body. I know I owe him to reverse our preferred sex positions, but for now, he is just a very handsome, hungry bottom and I love him for it.

Before he even finished drying his body off, I was taking charge and attacking him with kisses. We crashed on the bed where his naked body on display was giving me an eye full - of lust.

My tongue traveled from his neck downwards, stopping at his navel where I played around for a bit. With my hands firmly on the bed supporting my weight, I hovered over his body and engulfed his length, causing him to moan in pleasure.

I cannot deny it, there is an evil inside of me that likes to take control. I like the power I have over him and the fact that he is ready and willing is turning me on like never before - discounting the day of the heat, for obvious reasons.

Carlisle's body trembles as I take his hard penis into my mouth, sucking him with pleasure. Our eyes were shining just like the day we met each other; any time I am with my mate is a happy day for my wolf that is howling inside my chest right about now.

After some time, I moved my mouth to tongue his balls, playfully teasing him with my mouth. He moaned louder as I did this, which of course only adds fuel to the fire. Next, I flip my mate's body delicately and he arches his back readying himself to take me in.

As soon as I looked at his backside, I noticed his ass was already wet in anticipation. I eased myself inside of him and another moan could be heard in the suite. Oh my my my... *naughty grin*

"Harder!"

He demanded me as I was pounding his ass mercilessly. By all means, what my mate wants he gets. Each time I penetrated him, I could feel his body whimper. In and out, my rock-hard dick was giving him all that he wanted. But I wanted more.

Picking up the pace, my pelvis started touching his cheeks when I was inside of him for a moment. At this point, he was taking me fully and as I removed my penis, his body whimpered for it to return. In and out, I was having the time of my life feeling connected to my mate.

"Oh Fuck! I'm gonna come!" Carlisle couldn't resist anymore and started jerking himself off as I continued pounding his welcome bottom, fucking him with immense pleasure. I released all my pent up hornyness into him, moaning in ecstasy as I did it.

"I love you so much!" I declared myself to him, completely enraptured by his magnetic physique and amazing good looks, though I could not see his face from this particular angle. My body was shaking as I came, feeling everything that he was feeling through the mate bond.

"I love you too, mate. You are so good at this it is staggering to me!" He exclaimed, admiring me.

"It is all to you, my love. Every ounce of what I am is to make you happy. This is what I was born for. And I couldn't be any happier than I am right now with you." I am so into my mate that I fear for whoever comes in between us and our family.

It's December.

My mate is plagued by morning sickness. He is definitely pregnant and having a hard time keeping anything in his stomach lately. I urged him to go to the doctor, and when he went she said it was too early to tell - not that it stopped her from ordering some lab exams for safety.

She gave Carlisle a prescription and the medicine helped him, but it was still really bad. Lupe was nice enough to make him a broth that famously helped all the women in her family with their pregnancies. Not only that, my housekeeper is catering to his every whim.

It has been only a week, but she has made him sweets, soup, whatever he wants to eat.

Scents are making him nauseous easily, so wherever he goes outside of the house is a danger to his stomach. And yes, I can feel when my mate is ill through the mate bond. I have been extra supportive of him, being attentive to his needs.

I think it is going to be a long nine months, but this is what I always wanted. I am radiantly happy, to be honest. But I do hope he gets better as soon as possible.

When Carlisle informed his son that he was pregnant (again) he said:

'I knew it, daddy. You have been smelling a little weird lately." He smirked and I gasped at the cheekiness of the young boy. Of course, that is true but I would never tell my mate that.

'Just know that you are forever my little boy and this new baby is not going to change that.' Carlisle affirmed, looking at his son tenderly.

'I am not a little boy anymore, daddy. I am mated now.' He rebuked him and I could feel my mate giving him a massive eye roll.

'You'll always be my baby.' Carlisle spoke, then held his son. He does not want to engage in the topic of his son's apparent mating because it is pointless. Whether it is true or not, it's inconsequential for an 11 year old.

Had he been a teenager, this would have been a much different conversation... *widens eyes*

Carlisle has called his parents and told them he had major news to share with them, but he wanted to tell them in person. It was then that his father told him that Richard was furious after the warriors he sent to collect Charlie all came back dead.

He also told him that Richard went ballistic on his Beta for the epic failure and Zeke Blackwood promised the Alpha to get 'his son' back to Oklahoma no matter what it takes. As a former Beta, his father is still connected to some warriors and people from the Wolf Council but the operation to bring Charlie back is being kept under tight lips.

Once my mate relayed that message to me, I called the Sheriff's Department and told them to keep an eye out on the town entrance road. Unfortunately, policing in human form is not my specialty but I have this entire town wired. One false step and I am onto them.

My Alpha has talked to me extensively about the incursion into our pack and what would be our next move - many would consider this an act of war, but I managed to talk him off the ledge. I don't want us to engage in a fight with another pack so distant from us.

But I am on high alert as always. There is only so much one can spin. Phillip is not going to allow people to threaten his pack and neither will I. But for now, we wait. I cannot put this town on lockdown and even if I could, it wouldn't last forever.

In case you are wondering, I have put someone watching (outside of) my house from a CCTV monitor. I am not stupid, though I highly doubt they would be so bold as to come to my home. If they do, there will be blood.

No attacker will leave my town with their life.

"Wow. You have never looked better since your mate moved in with you. Even your skin looks prettier. You are practically glowing!" Linda noted as we had lunch on a Thursday, the second week of December.

"I'm pretty sure I know why his skin is looking so beautiful... Word on the street is that he is coming to work tardy as of late." Phillip commented with a naughty grin. I blushed as I understood perfectly his innuendo - as did his mate.

"Oh, the joys of being recently bonded. I don't know how I did not get pregnant after we completed the bond. Can you believe it's been 15 years?" Linda reminisced about the time when she discovered her mate back in high school.

"The best fifteen years of my life." Phillip told her with hearts in his eyes, as in love with her today as he was back then. It is the magic of the mate bond, it never fades away.

"I haven't been late to work, whoever said that is lying. Nobody can question my dedication to my job and this pack." I stated, peeved at the implication.

"Calm down, Beta! Nobody is saying you are not committed to your job! It was just a comment in passing. Goddess only knows how committed you are, especially now." Phillip reassured me in a tempered tone.

"Good. Because I am. I have done everything I could possibly think of to safeguard our pack short of closing the borders." I declared, rather pissed off. But I am mostly anxious, not mad at Phillip per se.

"We know, Beta. I have never once questioned your ability and your commitment over the last 11 years since we have ascended together. It has been my pride and joy to run this pack with you, my friend." The Alpha told me, looking proud.

Okay, that was good to hear.

"I feel the exact same way, Alpha." I smiled at him, humbled. Linda was cheerful as we happily ate our meal together. It's funny how this pack house doesn't mean the same to me now that my mate no longer lives here. It is still my place of work [one of them] and where I eat every day.

But it does not carry that excitement like I had when I saw my mate here. I feel that this is something I will get over once I am used to Carlisle living with me long enough. We have changed our dynamics from when we met, so now it is a whole different ball game.

This is no longer where I find my mate because he is inside my house where he belongs. And I am so happy to say that.

I was inside the training center later that afternoon when my cell phone rang. I saw Carlisle's name in the caller ID and imagined he wanted me to pick up his prescription at the pharmacy when I got off from work.

"S-Stephano." His voice was hoarse. I could tell he was crying. He stuttered my name and my heart sank into the deepest of depths as I was overwhelmed with heartbreak and desperation exuding from him via the mate bond. Oh Fuck! *trembles*

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A|N: Sorry, did you want to know what was with that mysterious black SUV?

Do you want to know what happened?

I got you, boo. Don't miss out on the next one!

Tune in for the most heartbreaking chapter I have ever written in my entire life.

It's called "Bring Me to Life".

For real, I cried writing this.

OFF: I love Troye Sivan, but this song didn't come to mind until I wrote the expression casually.

Love,

Léo.