It is difficult to just stand here and not go to Hawk and help him; how can I just stand here when he is clearly in pain. The burn on my neckispainful, is it possible that I’m feeling his bite? That’s not possible, is it? “Onix.” Hawk calls in such a deep voice that I barely understand. Everyone goes quiet, I look at King and see him nod, I don’t think about anything except going to Hawk. I know that he’s in pain I can see by the tenseness of his muscles as they flex in the moonlight. His breathing is harsh as if he’s been running.
Hawk keeps his eyes on me, boring as if into my soul. “Hawk.” I murmur when I’m but a step away from him. “Calm him.” King says as he inclines his head towards Hawk. I lift my hands placing it over his heart feeling the heat radiating from him. He is so hot it feels like he will combust at any moment, in reality I think he needs some water to cool him down.
“Hawk.” I whisper feeling awkward as I stand here before all these men trying to calm Hawk when I don’t know how or even if he will calm by my touch he’s breathing seems to be calming, his heartbeat under my hand also seems to be calming. Is this actually working, am I calming him? His eyes are focused on me, it seems like he sees nothing else around him except me, I feel my heart racing at his nearness. I feel my skin burning with passion at his closeness.
“Are you in pain?”
“Onix.”Myname comes out in a growl and thenhisarms are sliding around my waist and he is pulling me against him, his lips swoop down over mine. This kiss is all consuming, possessive I give back to him what he is offering. My focus is on Hawk,everything around me disappears.I can hear someone talking but my senses are on overdrive, Hawk is conquering my mind, my body,my very soul, for the life of me I can’t concentrate whenhetouches me.
When he finally pulls away, my breathing isragged, his eyes are still shining with an inner light that is eerie, my eyes lower to his bite and I see the angry skin around the bite. Teeth marks clearly visible, bruising already in evidence. Leaning forward I kiss the wound surprised at my actions but following my instincts.
His hand comes up to the back of my head, grabbing my hair he pulls my head back gently. “Mine.”Hestates loud and clear for all to hear. The men once again howl which has the hair on the back of my neck rising. Why not be his, at least until I have to leave, I have never felt this all-consuming, overpowering sense of togetherness like I do with Hawk and I know that it’s because of being his mate and eventhoughI was sceptical at first I can’t deny what I am feeling.
Raising my hands to his cheeks I pull down his head until he is kissing me again. “Well I think it’s time we left these two love birds alone orwe’regoing to see more than we bargained for.” I hear Dixon say with a laugh, Hawk’s arm comes around my waist and he is pulling me flush against his body.I can feel his erection against my stomach.
“Or maybe we should throw them in the lake to cool down.” Dash teases which has Hawk break the kiss and glare at the men and then he surprises me by suddenly placing his hands under my ass and lifting me. My legs entwine around his hips before I can think of what he is doing we are walking towards the water. I hear the shouts and laughter of the men and then I gasp as the water sloshes around us.
“Hawk.” I gasp.
“Just forget everything Onix, just go with your instincts.” Hawk whispers against my neck as his lips hover over my bite and then he is kissing it,sending ripples through my body like the ripples of the water that surround us. Closing my eyes, I clear every thought from my head and just feel, feeling his lips on my skin, his hands on my back, my legs around his hips.
“You are mine.”Hemurmurs.
Yes, I think I am. He raises his head an intense look in his eyes, when he kisses me again it is gentle his arms wrap around me hugging me close. It is an action of protectiveness; I have never felt safer than I feel right now in this man’s arms in the middle of the woods in a lake surrounded by shifters. I don’t know how long we stay like that in the water, me wrapped around him and him hugging me close, but when Hawk starts making his way back to shore I realize that we must have been in the water for quite some time as most of the men have gone and only Hunter, Dakota and Dash are waiting for us.
“Havefun?” Dash asks with a wink as I loosen my legs from around his hips and let them slide until my feet are touching the ground. I see Hunter is hugging Dakota against his chest,her head buried against his neck.
“How about you get dressed, my woman has seen enough of you for one day.” Hunter mutters which has Dash grinning.
“Yeah, it’s starting to become monotonous. I can undress too if you want to see perfection.” Dash teases which has Dakota and I laughing but I notice that Hunter and Hawk both glare at him.
“No, it’s okay Dash thank you; I believe if I see any more perfection for one night, I might go squint.” He grins at my teasing.
“Yip, wouldn’t want you girls to regret what you are missing.”Hequips.
“In your dream’s asshole.” Hawk mutters as he pulls up his jeans, and then he is bending down to pick up his t-shirt. I look around for my boots, smiling when Dash hands them to me.
“Thanks Dash.” I murmur as I pull them on.
“No problem, made sure there was nothing hiding in them.” At his reply, my head snaps up to look at him which has him roaring with laughter. “You in the woods, near water at night.”
“Thanks for the warning, I will make sure to keep my boots on.” I’m terrified of snakes, the thought that one could have snuck into my boot has me shivering in disgust.
“We are having a party tonight, have you ever been to a MC party?” Dakota asks.
“No,” but I have heard a lot about them, if anything Linda said is true, they can be wild.
“These parties can get wild.I want you to stay close to me.” Hawk says as he takes my hand. Dash has started making his way back to the house, Hunter and Dakota right behind them. Hawk guides me through the woods the closer we get to the club the sound of music gets louder.
“But my clothes are dripping wet” I state, looking down at my t-shirt that is hugging my body and my jeans.
“I will get you something to put on when we get to the house.” Dakota says
I see that the parking lot is filled with bikes, loud music is blaring, and I can see men and women talking and laughing as we approach. The women are scantily dressed, and the men are all hardened bikers, there are men from different clubs as I can see the names on their kuttes, but I don’t see any with the Hades MC kutte.
“You have other clubs at your parties?” I ask as I look up at Hawk.
“Wearenot at war with them, the only club that we don’t allow in our compound is the Hades MC.” Hawk says as he guides me among some of the people. Some call out greetings as we walk past but none stop us until we get inside.