8. The Day After

Eric Pov

I watched as Lilith slept. She had let me hold her but turned soon after she fell asleep, so she was on her stomach now. Her long black hair all over the place and her face turned toward me with her eyes closed peacefully. My hand played with her hair. I had never seen anyone so beautiful. I couldn’t help but replay all the events of the night.

Lilith had first thought of a warehouse as a good place to seal the bond. It was a weird place to take someone. I wondered what her life had been like, to make her think that was a place she would take someone if she wanted privacy. I didn’t understand why we didn’t go to her place. Maybe she had roommates or something. I thought of the elevator.

She was going to rob that old lady, if I didn’t stop her. I wanted to know all the criminal things she was involved in and why she did it. What was the reason? I didn’t think my mate would be involved in a life of crime, but it was apparent she partook in that. I looked at her back rising and falling as she continued to sleep. Why didn’t she tell me she was a virgin? I would have been much gentler. I didn’t like that I had torn her so much.

But, thinking about how tight she was around my dick made me stiffened. The way her back arched as I speared into her. Her mouth open as she moaned and called out my name was forever going to be imprinted into my brain. I planned on doing so much to her. I wanted to taste he again. I wanted to have her on her knees before me and put her in so many different positions. God the things I planned to do were sinful.

I moved Lilith’s hair to see my mark. It was red and irritated. It should be looking better soon, I thought. Shifters healed faster than humans. I looked at the bite again. I wondered if her healing was not accelerated like pure-blooded shifters. Axel told me Lilith was half human. That was why her body in both wolf form and human was tiny. I wondered at her only being halfblooded shifter was the reason she screamed when I bit her. It didn’t seem like it gave her pleasure like it did to me.

I was not tired at all, and I just continued to watch her. Lilith’s mouth was open and had some drool leaking out. I couldn’t help but smile looking at her. I had so many questions for her. I wondered if she would like the Grey Crest Pack. I was she would. Shifters did better living in a pack. We were pack animals at heart. Lilith started to move a lot. The sun was shining in the bedroom in the penthouse. I was sure she would be waking up soon. I picked up the phone next to the bed. Calling for a buffet of breakfast food. I was sure she would appreciate the food.

It didn’t take long for the food to arrive. And just as I predicted Lilith began to stir. “Goodmorning mate.” Lilith opened one of her eyes and quickly shut it pulling her pillow over her head groaning. “Lilith there is food.” She moved the pillow and stared at me. “There is anything you could want for breakfast.” Lilith slowly sat up. Her mouth had some dry drool on it, and I smiled. “What is so amusing?” Lilith said groggily. “You have some drool on your face. Lilith face turned red, and she ran out of the bed running toward a door. She went to the wrong one and then closed it, going to the other one in the room. She had found the bathroom and slammed the door shut.

I snorted that was cute. She was in there for a while. When she didn’t come out, I came to the door a knocked. Lilith didn’t answer so I slowly pushed the door open. She was standing there in front of the mirror looking at her reflection. I came and stood behind her wrapping my arms around her waist and kissed her neck, and then looked at her reflection. “What's wrong little mate?” I asked. “I look like I was mauled. There is no way these marks all over are going to heal before school on Monday.” I looked at the Hickys in various places on her body. Then she had my bite on her neck that looked rough. “You said school are you in college?”

“No, I am a senior in high school.” She said like it didn’t matter. I thought she was in her twenties or something. I knew it was possible to have a younger mate. Some shifters found their mate at 16 like my brother Noel. But I didn’t expect my mate to be in high school. Now I wondered if she was even an adult. “How old are you?” I asked, praying she was not a minor and I had not just done something wrong. She looked at me in the mirror. “I am an 18, an adult don’t worry you aren’t going to be thrown in jail for sleeping with me.” I felt relieved.

“How old are you?” She looked at my reflection waiting for my answer. “I’m 29” She looked at me examining me closely. “Do you think I am too old for you?” I asked nudging my head further into Lilith’s neck. “Nah, my best friend Juliet, her parents are 18 years apart and they seem happy. Besides it wouldn't matter if I thought that now. We are mated so you are stuck with me.” She smiled at me and turned around facing me. Her arms reached up and wrapped around my neck, smile still on her face. “I just hope you're okay being called old man every now and then.” I chuckled and her hands tightened around my neck pulling my face so that she could kiss me.

Her mouth worked mine like it was made for it. Her hands kept a tight grip on me, and I Pulled her closer grabbing her hips. I then lifted her, setting her on the bathroom counter. Her perky breasts pushed into my chest. Her nipple stiff and I could feel them brushing against me. One of Lilith hands twisted into my hair pulling my head to the side and running her mouth over my throat right at my mark. She stopped and looked at me with her piercing blue eyes. “My mark is healed?” I nodded and she looked grumpy.

“It so is not fair you pure shifters get to heal that fast. I mean I heal not as slowly as humans but not near as fast as you pure shifters.” So, now I have an answer to that question. “Come on we should eat. Then I was thinking a nice bath would be nice it will help with the pain between your thighs.”

If Lilith didn’t heal like I did, I knew she had to be sore. I had seen the damage I had on her little pussy. “Fine, but I want to put on that fluffy white robe hung up behind the door.” I looked and saw two robes hanging up on the back of the bathroom door. I helped her off the counter and she slipped into one of the robes and I the other. Lilith laughed. “It is so tiny on you.” I looked at her. “Well, it is too big on you.” Lilith snorted and strutted in front of me, I followed.

I watched her as she looked around the penthouse as we moved through it. Neither of us the night before focused on any part of this place. I just looked for the closest bed to get her into. But seeing as she examined everything it was clear she was not used to staying in places like this. Her eyes landed on the various things set up in the dining area. They had left them to be served and were in hot metal containers, with plates already set up. Lilith and I both grabbed plates and began to grab food. When we sat down, I noticed Lilith had a ton of meat on her plate, and she had helped herself to an enormous portion of food. She was acting like she had never eaten.

“I take it you're a big meat eater?” I asked her. “No not really, I actually eat a ton of veggies and fruit. Meat requires cooking and I am often not welcome in the kitchen.” Her face twisted and she bit her lip like she was unsure if she should have said that. I didn’t push her to explain why her kitchen was not super welcoming. We ate in silence since her last comment had made her uncomfortable. “You know, I tend to hold things close to me. I don’t really like to involve people in my problems much less do I like to talk about them, but there is something about you. It is like there is no barrier, I just blurt things out. Usually, I keep that kind of stuff to myself.”

“It is the mate bond.” I said and Lilith nodded. I didn’t know how to broach the subject. But like Lilith I too would blurt out what I was thinking. “What other crimes besides stealing do you do?” Lilith stopped eating, to look at me. Like what I had asked was something crazy to discuss. But I just wanted to know. “Kali, she has some tendencies and if I do some bad things, here and there she seems to be less erratic. Easier to handle. I do not do anything with guns, or drugs. But I do steal pickpocketing, and sometimes I steal cars. I also collect protection money for Rob. And sometimes I drink.”

Lilith went back to eating her food. I sat there and considered her words. I didn’t know what to make of it. Her wolf pushed her to commit these things. And with a mentor like Rob, he encouraged it, profiting from her habits. I knew he also paid her a cut, he had just last night. I spoke. “I am sure you know when we get to our pack, you can’t steal from them.” I couldn't make out Lilith’s facial expression. She spoke “What do you mean when we get to our pack?”