STOP!

-Eve POV-

I feel how he lifts my body and I wrap my legs around his waist. We continue kissing, oh my gosh - his lips are so soft! I almost got drunk in his touches, his kisses and his scent. He smells amazing! Like the pines after the rains, like the morning dew in the woods. I let go of his kiss and inhale the scent from his neck. I can smell a bit of star anise as well. I love it! But I have not much time to think about it, Adam is pulling my head towards his lips again.

And then I felt it; his erection pressing against my flower. And I froze. Adam must have felt it, because I notice his emotions changed. “Did I something wrong, little one? What’s going on?” He still holds me and isn’t moving an inch. But he stopped kissing and touching me. I can only say one word: "Stop! Please, stop..."

"Whats happening?" Adam asks me.

“I - I don’t know…” I stutter. “I thought about earlier, about Ted. He wanted to rape me. And, and feeling you against my private parts, made me.... I froze. I just froze..” I start crying. I can’t control myself, I don’t know what to do! But I do know, it’s not the time to continue.

Adam understands, and is worried about his little girl. So he immediately puts her down on her feet and turns of the shower. He grabs a towel and wraps it around her body.

“Come, little one. It’s OK. I understand, I really do.” Adam says to her. On the way back to his bedroom, he grabs a towel for himself too and wraps it around his waist. He lets her sit down on his bed and says: “I’ll be back, let me grab some clothes. OK? It’s fine…”

Eve nods and calms down a little. Adam puts a kiss on her forehead and leaves his bedroom.

Oh, how could I be so stupid? What should Adam think right now? First, I seduce him and then I want him to stop? I start crying again, what a mess! But soon Adam is back and I feel he’s sitting behind me and pulls me against his chest. His arms safely wrapped around my shoulders, comforting me.

“I’m so sorry, Adam. I had no idea I was going to feel that way! I feel so stupid!” I sob.

But Adam doesn’t want to hear anything about it: “Oh please stop, Eve! Never feel sorry for your emotions. Don’t you ever feel the need to apologize against me when you feel uncomfortable about anything! I already said it’s OK, didn’t I? You’re my mate, my everything! I can’t stand you feeling miserable.”

“But I, I seduced you. You asked me if I was sure about it, and warned me. And then I want you to stop all of the sudden? What did you think about me at that point?” I ask, feeling confused and quilty.

Then I hear him chuckle. I look over my shoulder: “What?” I ask, starting to get irritated. “Did I say something stupid, or...?”

“Oh please, Eve. You really think I can think badly about you?” Then his voice turns to a more serious tone: “When I see you, I see only your gorgeous smile; your perfect tiny body and I hear only your amazing voice. I would NEVER think anything bad about you. Never. Do you understand?”

I nod, timidly. I’m amazed by the dominant tone in his voice, I’ve never seen him this way.

“Good. Now we made this clear, I want to sit with you. I want cuddles, and smalltalk. Tell me: what is your favourite food? And drink? Tell me anything about you. I know you’re my best friends little sister, but we’ve never really talked with each other, did we?”

I smile. He’s right! I know a lot about him, through my brother’s stories. But I’ve never really talked with him myself. He was mostly joking around when I was in the same room, nothing seriously. I giggle. “You really want to know all those silly things? Alright then. Let’s start.”

I cuddle up against his chest, it feels so good to be close with him, and I start talking: “Well, it looks like I turned 16 a few days before. That’s new. And uhm you know I don’t like peas. I do like soda and chocolate. Mmmmmh. I love chocolate! Any of them is good, except the ‘white ones’. White chocolate is not chocolate at all. In the winter I love drinking warm milk with anise. Oh: and waffles! You can wake me in the middle of the night for waffles with caramel. And when I….”

Adam wasn’t listening anymore. He just keeps looking at the tiny body frame in front of him. She’s here! She’s finally here..

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After one hour of talking, they left his room to get some breakfast. The moment they walked into the kitchen together, a lot of eyes are staring at them.

“Well, well, well. What do we have here?” Joshua said, smiling. “I checked on you, one and a half hour ago, Eve. But you weren’t in your room. So I thought you were walking outside or something. Turns out: you found your mate.” He shrugs and lets out a laugh: “Well, I can’t blame you. I did the same..”

Eve’s eyes were getting big, and she asks: “Whaaaat?? You did the same? What do you mean, you did the same?” Eve takes a seat next to her brother, ready to fire a lot of questions at him. Joshua chuckles: “You’re not the only one who found their mate, my little sister.”

Eve almost jumped out of her chair from excitement. “Is it true? You found your mate? After all those years of sniffing around with other girls, you found her?”

Joshua puts his hand on her mouth and says: “Hey, shush you. I wasn’t thát bad. But yes, I found her. Her name is Crissie. She is one of us, but at the same time she isn’t.”

“Oh come on, don’t speak riddles. I don’t have time for that!”

Joshua smiles. “She’s the one who made the portal to get you home. She’s a mage, not a werewolf. But she’s a pack member, she’s adopted.”

That’s a lot of information to digest. “Hmmm.. A mage? What’s a mage?” Eve asks.

“We’ll get into that, but I’m hungry. Shall we eat?” Joshua asks.

Adam was looking at the two from the other side of the table and smiles. “Yes, let’s do that! I’m starving too. Steve, what did you make for us this lovely morning?” he asks the cook.

But before Steve could answer, we all hear the squeaking sound of Eve’s voice, yelling: “Waffles! I can smell waffles.. Oh Steve, please. Tell me you made your lovely caramel as well. Pleasseee!”

“Yes, Eve. I made the caramel - especially for you!” Steve answered while he brings her the biggest tower of waffles and caramel anyone has ever seen. “Welcome home, Eve!”