Amara is sitting down next to mate Daniel who is paler than usual on the bed. She clutches his hand in worry as she sees the white bandages that are wrapped around his chest.

Tears fall down her cheeks and let out a gasp as his eyes open, so she throws her arms around his neck while trying to be careful of his wound. She kisses his lips and wipes away her tears, "How are you feeling?"

"Better, thank you for staying here with me," He says as he lifts up his hand to comb through her hair.

"I will always be by your side, we are soulmates after all, but there is something I must confess," She says.

He hums in response while waiting for her to continue, "I told Lorenzo a lie so that he won't suspect anyone else besides the Alpha that played a part in his kidnapping."

Wickedly grinning he mummers, "Good girl," while pulling her into a kiss.

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After a well-needed shower, Lorenzo and Emilia lay in bed as Emilia press kisses to his temple as he snuggles in her shoulder. She rubs his head while the television plays a random movie plays as the background noise distracts them from any negative thoughts.

"Are you feeling better Enzo?" She asks.

He nods his head but doesn't speak as he tightens his hold on her, afraid that if he lets go he might act on the sadness and anger he is currently feeling. She is the one restraining him from doing anything that could harm him or anyone.

Emilia thinks of ways that could make him feel better until an idea pops up in her head. She has a grin present on her lips and shakes his body in excitement.

"Do you know what we could do to help us both right now?" She asked him once he was looking at her.

He hums in response while waiting for her to continue so she does. "We could bake cookies! I saw a good recipe in a cookbook that I wanted to try out!"

Looking at her, Lorenzo can't say no since he sees how she tries to cheer him up from hearing the news. Lifting his hand he grabs her hand in his own, "I would love to."

She grins at him and moves away while he grumbles at the loss of her touch.

"Give your hand crybaby," She chuckles while holding out her hand.

He immediately holds her hand as she pulls him up from the bed. He is slightly shocked at her strength but regains his composure as he follows her to the kitchen.

Still holding his hand, Emilia gets out the required ingredients that she needs to make the chocolate chip cookies. Quietly gasping she lets go of his hand to run out of the room.

Lorenzo pouts at his mate's loss of touch and presence as he sits on one of the stools while laying his chin on his arms.

After a couple of seconds pass, panting can be heard behind him so he turns around to be met with his mate holding a cookbook in her hand as she leans against the wall.

She tiredly grins at him but comes bounding into the room after she regains her energy.

Slamming the book down creates a thud noise, she flips pages until she finds the specific page that she needs.

Pointing her finger at the picture and instructions on how to make and bake chocolate chip cookies. "Tada, it looks easy to do so are you ready?"

He nods his head and stands next to her as she gets two aprons and puts hers on while tying her hair into a ponytail. He struggles to put his on so he waits for her to help him out as he is embarrassed that he can't put on an apron.

She chuckles as she sees his sheepish expression and helps him put it on.

"Wash your hands, we don't need any dirty paws around here," She teasingly says.

He smiles at her words while washing his hands and drying them on a towel. She does the same and grabs a bowl to start mixing in the required ingredients.

"Hand me the flour, butter, and sugar please," Emilia says while looking at the cookbook.

Lorenzo hands her the right ingredients and watches as she starts mixing them together.

After turning off the mixture, she tastes the dough to make sure it's good and practically beams at the taste. She gestures for Lorenzo to try it but he shakes his head in no motion.

"I want you to feed me it since I'm still sad," He pouts while crossing his arms.

"Oh no, my poor baby," She wraps her arms around him and scoops out some dough with her finger.

Putting her finger near his lips, his stare on her doesn't waver as he licks off all the batter off her finger.

He grins as he sees her look at him with a lustful look, "Tasty." He says.

She pushes him away, "That's not fair, I can't take advantage of you if you're sad."

"Oh but you can, I will allow you too if it means you can be in my arms all night," He says while quickly pecking her lips.

"Kiss me right or don't kiss me at all," She says while bringing his face closer so she can kiss him.

Sparks fly as they passionately kiss each other, Emilia tugs his body closer to her while deepening the kiss.

She starts kissing his jaw to trail down lower to his mark where she sucks and kisses it. He groans while holding her body tighter and lifts her head to kiss her again on the lips.

"As much as I like kissing you, I also want to add the chocolate chips and bake the cookies," Emilia says between kisses.

"I don't want cookies, I only want your kisses," He grumbles.

"How about we compromise, I can bake those cookies and we can make out the entire time till it finishes," Emilia kisses his lips a couple of times before moving away completely.

"Hmm okay," Lorenzo says while hugging her behind and following her around the kitchen while she searches for the chocolate chips.

She finds it and dumps a lot of it into the bowl and mixes it before rolling the dough into small circles and placing them onto a cooking sheet.

After putting the oven at the right temperature she puts in the cookies and sets the timer.

Lorenzo takes the opportunity to scoop her up into bridal style and carries her to the couch.

He lays on top of her to start kissing her, he was a very impatient man towards his mate.

But he always endures it for his mate since she is and always will be worth waiting for.

"Lorenzo, when did you become such a good kisser?" She questions.

"Since I found my beautiful mate, I had to give her the best of me," He cheekily states.

She grins and bites his lip as she softly pulls his hair. She has her left hand in his hair while the right hand is on the back of his neck.

Slowly but surely she wraps her legs around his waist and tugs him closer to her body.

She didn't want to let him escape but she doubted that he would even try since clearly he was enjoying it with the sounds he is making.

"I'm in love with you, Enzo, utterly and stupidly in love with you and I don't regret one bit," Emilia suddenly blurts out.

He stops kissing her lips to look at her, I mean really look at her.

Like she is his entire world and no one could say anything that would change his mind.

Just that sentence made his heart feel all fuzzy, he honestly can't fathom that she said those words.

But he smiles so hard that his eyes get wrinkles in the corners of them.

He hugs her waist and burrows his head between her shoulder where her mark lays.

"I love you, I love you, I love you so much" He mumbles over and over as he presses kisses all over her face.

She just laughs while pulling him closer and kisses his lips.

"I love you too, Enzo, and I'm glad you're my mate."

He smiles at her and is about to say something when the alarm for the cookies beeps.

She kisses his lips and goes to stand up but he doesn't move an inch.

"Enzo, get off of me or the cookies will burn," She pouts while trying to wiggle out of his hold.

"No, I don't want you out of my arms, you belong here with me, just as I do with you."

Kissing his lips she says, "I'm always going to be here I just don't want the cookies to burn that's all."

"Fine, but I want you to hug me while I'm carrying you to the kitchen," He says.

"Deal," She says while standing on the couch with her arms open.

He opens his arms and has her hug him as he carries her to the kitchen. He doesn't let go and places her on the counter.

"I will take the cookies out, your fingers are too precious to be accidentally burnt by the sheet."

She playfully rolls her eyes at his words but watches as he bends to get the cookies.

"Wow, you have a nice butt," She says while hopping off the counter to smack it.

He smugly smiles as he shakes his butt at her. She laughs and continues smacking it while pretending to throw money his way.

"Okay, I know you are jealous of my butt, but now it's time to try the cookies," He says while placing the cookies onto the counter.

Giggling at his words she grabs a chocolate chip cookie while blowing it to cool it down before she tastes it. She hums at the chocolatey taste and goes to grab another one.

"Try it Enzo, they are delicious," She chews on the cookie, quickly finishing it up before grabbing her third cookie.

He chuckles at how she is stuffing her face and grabs a cookie. She studies his face and smiles at how his face changes to an exciting one while he goes for another cookie.

"You're right, Lia," He continues to eat more cookies that make Emilia wonder if he is just swallowing them without chewing.

Quickly pecking his cheek, she mentally coos at how adorable he looks at that moment. His cheeks were resembling a chipmunk with all the cookies stuffed inside his mouth.

He stops chewing to try to smile at her, but it's proving to be difficult for him. She laughs while patting his cheeks, "Just finish that before you try to do anything else."

Looking down at the tray she sees that there is only one cookie left and squints her eyes at him. He does the same and gets into a predatory stance as Emilia copies him.

They both reach for the cookie at the same time which causes their eyes to widen and for them to start fighting over the cookie.

Emilia is able to snatch the tray from his hands and starts running out of the kitchen to run outside. She turns around to be met with a black wolf with glowing gold eyes which causes her to run faster.

She looks at the tray to still see the cookie safely on top, so she decides to risk her life. Grabbing ahold onto the cookie she quickly tries to stuff it into her mouth but lets out a groan when her body met the dirt-covered ground.

The wolf is playfully growling at her to not eat the cookie but all she does is glare at him for roughly pushing her to the ground.

Lifting her hand in a stop motion she speaks, "Let's break the cookie in half so it can be fair."

That stops the movement of the wolf as he starts to transform into a human again.

Lorenzo is now naked on top of her while looking only at the cookie that she holds in her hands. She moves it around and he follows it with his eyes.

Chuckling at him she puts both of her hands on the cookie and breaks it in half. She slyly inspects it to make sure that she gets the bigger piece of the cookie and the smaller one to him.

Giving him his piece, she laughs as he snatches the cookie and chomps it in his mouth before swallowing it.

He eyes her cookie but she puts it in her mouth before he can grab it. Pouting at her, he wraps his arms around her while she squirms in his hold trying to get away.

"Stop, let me love you," He childishly scowls at her while tightening his hold on her.

"No, you're butt naked, if you want to love me, show in in the house not here where everyone can see you." She puts her hands on his butt while wrapping her legs around his waist from any prying eyes.

His eyes widen as he feels her body clinging onto him, he grabs her hips and his eyes turn black. The need to mate with her gets stronger as he catches a glimpse of her mark proudly sitting on her neck.

Breathing deeply, he closes his eyes, trying to think of anything else except his beautiful mate. But it was impossible when she was under him, with her scent all around him, and her being possessive over him at that moment.

Emilia notices his heavy breathing, so she puts her hands on his head to try and soothe him.

Lorenzo cuddles his head into her shoulder, starting to breathe normally again.

"What's the matter Enzo?" Pecking his head she patiently waits for him to answer.

"I want to make love to you, I want to be able to call you mine in every way possible," He looks up at her with a gaze that makes her practically melt.

Lifting a hand so it caresses her cheek, he leans in while hovering his lips over hers. "I want to see what expressions you make as I'm going in you and see what makes you come undone beneath me. To hear your gasps of breath, your I loves you, your moans as I make you mine over and over again all night long."

She sucks in a breath as she smells his arousal for her and sees his lust-filled eyes. He slowly kisses her lips while starting to move on top of her which emits gasps of pleasure from her.

"You're my everything Emilia, all your flaws, your imperfections, your smile, your eyes that light up when you talk about something you enjoy. Your sadness, your love for me that makes me feel lucky to be able to be the one receiving it. You don't know how crazy it drives me to just be near you and be able to call you mine."

Tears fell from her eyes as she can feel his love for her, she's seen the way he looks at her.

His touch leaves tingles in its wake as his love-filled gaze doesn't waver from her form.

She smiles at him, "Is this your way of getting me in bed with you?"

He grins, "Is it working?"

"Hmm, keep complimenting me, and I just might," She teases which causes him to chuckle.

Suddenly, tugging his head to be face to face with her she harshly kisses him.

He moans into the kiss as she slips her tongue into his mouth to clash with his own.

Before pulling away she bites on his bottom lip before releasing it. Looking into his eyes she says, "Take me home to show me the truth of your words, or are you backing out of a challenge?"

Smirking at her he kisses her before answering, "Keep testing me and you won't be able to walk for months." She grins at his words and flips them over, "That's if you can catch me first."

With that, she jumps off him and starts running back towards the house as he chuckles on the ground. A playful grin is present on his lips, "Oh Emilia, how you tempt with your words."

He shifts into his wolf and chases after her, safe to say, he showed her that he wasn't just a beast that shifts, but a beast that knows how to play in bed.

*Not gonna lie, this is my favorite chapter so far. But I want to thank everyone who reads my book, thank you for having it reach 5k reads. It means so much to me, how patient you all are since I take forever to publish a new chapter.❤️❤️*