Page 14 of Blinded
"Trust me, Kurt has wolves tracking, and I'm betting the bears are helping. The area you were found on is shared with the bears. It will be important to them to find who did this as well." Bayne's chair creaked again. "Are you going to call your family today?"
I bit at my lip, wondering how I was supposed to explain to my mother that I was now blind. How to tell her my eyes had been stolen from me and I hadn't been able to do anything to protect myself or Bridger. "I guess I have to. They'll want to come, but I don't want them to. There's nothing they can do for now."
"Then we better call them before Bridger's family does, if they haven't already. Knowing parents, they'll probably still show, but we can have Kurt try and convince your alpha to have them stay there. Tell them you need time to heal and we're taking care of things. Your alpha will have felt our mate connection through his link with you."
"I know, and that's okay. I'm not going to deny it to anyone. It's not something I want to hide." I took a deep breath. "We can do the ceremony tonight if you want, but I want you to be sure that you want to be stuck with me. With my eyesight gone, I can't be a normal mate. I can't do the things other wolves can." My stomach knotted as I thought about Bayne doing everything alone.
"You want to be my mate?" Bayne was suddenly kneeling beside me. "You're serious? You aren't going to fight this, refuse it?"
I turned to face him, again, wishing I could look at him. "We both know that would be nearly impossible. I might have convinced my wolf to commit suicide before we caught your scent, but now, even that isn't an option. You know how strong this bond is between us. To deny it would nearly kill both of us. I don't know you yet, but Fate says we belong together and I won't refuse that gift. If we are meant to be, the sooner we do the ceremony and learn how to be together, the sooner we can move on. I just don't want to hold you back, keep you from doing all the things I no longer can, so promise me, when those things happen, you'll go, have fun, live, and I'll be here waiting when you get back." It was so odd to instantly love someone without even knowing the person. The feelings I had for Bayne were there the moment I caught his scent. I needed him, loved him, wanted him by my side. The more time we spent together, the stronger those emotions grew, and I feared how much stronger they would still become.
"I'm never going to leave you behind. We do things together. If there are things you can't do, then I won't do them either. We are in this together. I'd rather be by your side than out doing things alone. I never thought I would say this, but I now see how incomplete my world was before you came into my life. It's insane how I just know we belong together, how I don't have a doubt in my mind that I love you. My mind wants to argue that a connection like this should take years of getting to know someone, but my wolf knows already, he wants this, wants us together for the rest of our lives. I'm not being forced to be with you. I want to. I need to." Bayne cupped my face in his palms. "We're going to make it work together, okay?"
I nodded, keeping my eyelids closed so he wouldn't have to stare into the hollow voids. "Okay."
"I'm going to kiss you now," he warned a second before his mouth found mine.
I gave in to the need being with him sent through me, wrapping my arms around him as I finally released all doubt and hesitation. I was scared as hell. I was starting a new life with a man I didn't even know, but everything about it felt right. I trusted the mating call, and if he was who I was meant to be with, I wouldn't fight it. My wolf howled inside my head, wanting to finalize everything now.
Bayne pulled back. "It's all I can do not to throw you onto the bed and do this now, but Kurt and Cohen are waiting for us. When we do this, I want to have time. I don't want to rush, and I don't want to have to let you go right after." He bent closer, his beard brushing my cheek as he whispered, "and I want you to tell me more about your dominant side before we do this."
My cock went rock hard at his words. Could I be so lucky as to have a mate who would allow that side of my life into our bedroom?
Bayne smiled. "I can smell your arousal. You like that idea?"
I nodded. "It doesn't scare you?"
"Not at all. It turns me on. Remember, Fate doesn't get it wrong. We are a match in every way. I have no problem getting on my knees for you."
If it was possible to get any harder, I did. My heart raced at the thought of Bayne on his knees, submitting to me in every way possible. "Fuck, I wish I could see you." I lifted my hands to his face, running my fingers over his beard.
"You see what's important." Bayne nipped at my lip before pulling back again. "Finish eating and get control of your arousal. The last thing we need is to walk out there and have everyone else smell it. My wolf would kill every person who dared look at you."
I took a deep breath and turned back to my food as I tried to get my emotions in check. I needed to forget what Bayne had just told me, because if I didn't erase the image of him on his knees from my head, I was never going to make it through the day. Tonight, he would be mine, but until then, we had other things to deal with, and I couldn't do those things with my cock hard all the time.
Forcing myself to focus on my breakfast, I readied myself to call my family, and deal with Bridger's. Life had to come first, love would come later.
