35 Chapter 35

Freya

Hot was what I was feeling right now, my whole body felt like it was on fire. Gabriel's hand on my ass and his mouth on mine were enough to curl my toes. He was kissing me as his life depended on it and to my surprise, I was liking it.

He pulled me closer to him until I was flushed against him chest to chest. My buds puckered from the friction and I couldn't help but moan. Something hard was digging in my lower stomach and I gasped when I realized it was his erection. Gabriel circled his tongue around mine while sucking the air out of my lungs and I mirrored his actions.

He lifted me from the floor and I wrapped my legs around his waist as he pinned me to the nearest wall. I wanted to tell him to stop before we got carried away further, but the feel of his hard body against mine had thrown all the resistance out of me.

"I want you," he rasped pulling away from the kiss.

"Gabriel?" I looked into his eyes shocked.

"I want you, Freya, as I have never wanted anything before. What's stopping you? We are mates after all," he argued.

"Gabriel, I can't do this," we were back to the old argument again.

I needed to be cautious around him if I kept getting carried away like this I might end up losing my virginity to him, while my other mate was out there somewhere, though Titus, had made no attempt to contact me, he was still the mate and I couldn't take this decision without knowing where Titus and I stood.

Gabriel groaned in frustration and then placed me down on my feet. He took a step away from me and rubbed his hands on his face trying to calm himself. I was chewing my lip in guilt, I had led him on and now had declined to sleep with him.

Kissing him was another thing but sleeping with him was a very big deal. I still felt guilty for stopping Titus from kissing me when I had not even tried to resist Gabriel once.

It was not that I liked any of the two more than the other but with Gabriel, I had known him for some time whereas I had just met Titus when he wanted to kiss me. I pressed my eyelids with force to shut my eyes trying to stop thinking how Titus might react to the fact that I had another mate. Sabre won't think twice before he kills Gabriel for touching me.

If Titus turned up at my doorstep someday with Gabriel being around I didn't doubt how I was going to handle the situation. I opened my eyes to find Gabriel regarding me intently.

"You are thinking about him again," he complained.

I took a step towards him and cupped his cheek, "He is my mate Gabriel, the pull you feel towards me is the same that I feel towards him. I can't stop it, he is my mate and I can't forget him even if I try," he said gently.

"But he has forgotten you and moved on," he retorted.

"Still, I can't stop thinking about him, until this mate bond is between us," I sighed.

"I wish you realize the depth of my feeling for you, Freya," Gabriel caressed my cheeks with the back of his hand.

"Gabriel, can we just stop discussing, Titus?"

I was tired of having the same conversation with Gabriel again and again. I wanted to focus on other things than my mates. Like what I was and what powers did I hold and why was everyone hiding it from me?

Gabriel sighed and then ran his fingers through his hair, "It's you who bring him between us," his eyes were filled with resentment.

I sighed and walked away from him, he was never going to stop reminding me that I was the one to bring Titus between us. Maybe I was doing it but I didn't do it willingly. What could I do if he was on my mind even though I didn't want to think about him?

I huffed as I walked down the stairs of my home. Mom and Beta Greg's wife were in the living room discussing the preparations for tonight. They smiled when they saw me and Mom hugged me.

"Gabriel's father wants to announce your engagement, tonight," she said in an excited voice.

I felt like someone knocked off all the air for my lungs. How could she be so happy about something like this?

"Mom?" I looked at her with disbelief.

"I am so happy for you Freya, Gabriel is such an amazing guy. I am sure you will be happy with him," she added.

"Mom, how could you even think about something like this? How can I get engaged to Gabriel when I have another mate?"

Mom and Jenny passed each other a knowing glance and then Jenny stood up and went to the kitchen sighting the reasons she felt parched, suddenly.

"Freya, he isn't coming back. He went for alpha training for two years," Mom said to me in annoyance.

"Whatever Mom, I won't get engaged or married until Titus and I reject each other and this is not up for discussion," I said in a firm voice.

I couldn't understand why everyone was trying to force me to choose Gabriel. I knew they meant well for me and that Titus had not given them a single reason to trust him but somewhere in my heart, I knew that this was not the case. I couldn't forget the look of longing he gave me before he left with his father.

No one can fake such affection, even if Titus faked it for my sake it was impossible that his wolf Sabre would do that. Sabre had looked smitten with me from the moment he saw me, then how could he let Titus leave me this easily. Sabre was an alpha wolf and it was nearly impossible that he would give up his mate this easily.

The only thing I didn't understand was why my parents were forgetting this fact being an Alpha and Luna? Mom of all should know how possessive Alpha's were about their mates, Dad was an Alpha and he wouldn't think before ripping of any man's throat even if he dared to approach my mom.

"Freya it's already decided, your father and Gabriel's father have shaken hands over this," Mom said and I just stared at her in horror and disbelief.