Chapter 7

Arianna:

I woke up in my mate’s arms, his chest rising and falling with each breath that he took as the two of us lay naked in one another’s arms.

His neck somewhat bruised because of the love bite that I gave him last night, and knowing that I had a few around my body, I knew to cover them before I head home. The last thing that I needed was for my father to see them.

I smiled for a second before my chest ached, forcing me to remind myself why I was doing this in the first place. I was not here to mate, and that was something that I knew for fact. The man was my mission, no one even knew that he was my mate. And I intended to keep it that way. The last thing that I needed was for my father to find out that his enemy was his daughter’s mate.

I slowly unwrapped his arm from around my waist as I got up, knowing that he wouldn’t be waking up any time soon. The man was in the presence of his mate and his wolf felt somewhat content upon feeling me around him.

Thankfully, the man chose