Chapter 595 – Hidden Desires of the Werewolf King Novel

Filed To Story: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel

“Cora”, he called. “Is there something wrong?”

“What could be wrong?”, she responded with a question without looking at him.

James took the tablet from her hands and kept it on the side.

“Talk to me, Cora. Why are you avoiding me?”

“We spent the night together. I wouldn’t call that avoiding you.”

He didn’t want to let her wiggle out of this. “You know what I mean. You are not even looking at me.”

“You are almost naked.”, she pointed out the fact.

“Is that a problem? Isn’t that helping me feel the energies better?” He glanced at the t-shirt she was wearing. “Actually, feel free to remove your clothes. Now that it’s just the two of us, there is no need to cover up.”

Cornelia puffed her cheeks. “There is.”

“Why?”

“Because…”, she paused while wondering how to respond to this. “You are underage, and you don’t feel the bond.”

James’ face fell. Was that the problem? He could fix many things, but his age and feeling the bond were different issues. “You don’t like me because I’m younger than you are?” Did she treat him like a child? He could tell her that he explored many women already and that he was not innocent nor inexperienced, but he had a feeling that might explode into his face, so he kept those words to himself.

“I read there…”, she gestured toward the tablet. “That being in a relationship with a minor can get me into trouble.”

Did she believe he will buy that nonsense? “If I’m human, the age of consent here is sixteen years old, so us being in a relationship won’t be against the law, and we are not human so those don’t apply to us.”

“That doesn’t change the fact that you are not sensing the bond. THAT is a sign it’s too early for you.” She released a long breath. And then there was the possibility of witches being hunted for experiments or for breeding and even though she could refrain from using her powers, Cornelia didn’t feel safe. James already had so many things going on, and if she was with him, it would only add to his existing problems. “I think that I should return to my realm and stay…”

“No!”, James exclaimed. “You are kidding, right? Tell me you are kidding.” But her stubborn expression told him she was serious, and his stomach started churning painfully.

“Cora, you can’t do that. Are you planning for us to not see each other for two years?” For her, it will be decades and he was confident that for him it will feel like two eternities! “I admit. I don’t feel the bond fully, but I am confident you are my mate. If I am not ready, the Moon Goddess wouldn’t arrange for us to meet. Now, is there any other doubt I need to dispel?”

Cora cocked an eyebrow at him. “Do you think that your little speech made things right? Did you suddenly get older or did the problem with your father disappear?”

James was not willing to give up. “We spoke about my father. I will deal with him and your presence won’t affect that.” But her absence will make him go nuts. “Let’s think about this rationally. Two weeks, two years, or two centuries, it won’t change the fact that I am younger than you are and that we are mates. If we stay apart, we will only torture each other. Is that what you want?”

“No.”, Cornelia admitted. If she knew that her mate would be this young, she wouldn’t come here, not now at least. It was better not knowing because now that she was aware of James’ existence, the pull was driving her crazy and she feared that her control will snap, and she will jump on him. That’s why she asked him to sleep in his wolf form, it was safer.

Was she worried about him being sixteen years old? Not really. For witches, they perform the Coven initiation ceremony at twelve years old, and after that point, they are treated as grownups. Sure, they can’t identify their mates at that time, as that’s the age when they start studying systematically different types of energies and it takes years until they can feel the pull toward their soulmate, but the fact that James couldn’t feel the bond was a problem.

James put his hand on Cornelia’s cheek and forced her to look at him. “Cora, I could lie and tell you that I feel the bond, but I can’t pretend that I don’t feel anything.”

Cornelia realized that he was right. If he said that he suddenly could feel the bond, there was no way for her to check. She should appreciate his honesty and not punish him for it.

“So, what do you suggest?”, she asked.

James was happy to see that Cornelia’s attitude softened. He knew that she could feel the pull of their bond and that she needed only a bit to give in.

“Let me take you out so we can officially start dating.” Actually, he previously promised her a day out, just the two of them, but things with Marcy happened, and the Council of Alphas, and the pack run, and even though they were inseparable, they didn’t go anywhere like a couple.

“What does dating mean?”, Cornelia asked.

James smiled. She didn’t refuse.

He wanted to talk about romantic candle-lit dinner and dancing, but what he really wanted to do was just for them to get naked and he decided not to give specifics at this point.

“It means that we get to spend time together, and…” His heart thundered wildly as he inched closer carefully while gauging her reaction. She didn’t pull back and he decided to go for it.

“I get to…” His breath splashed on her lips and then he kissed her right there, on her full lips that were soft and velvety, and he was quick to wrap his arms around her and deepen the kiss because she definitely kissed him back and she tasted divine.

Cornelia gripped James’ bare shoulders to steady herself. She didn’t expect that he will kiss her like that in the middle of a sentence, but she didn’t hate it, not even a little bit.

Every stroke of his tongue against hers made her feel like another layer of an invisible cord was tied around them, and she wondered if they will ever be able to separate.

This intimacy was new to Cornelia, and it made her tingly all over.

The scent of her arousal hit him hard, and he chanted internally that they needed to take this slow.

James cursed himself for messing up the first evening when they met. If he didn’t act like an idiot, he wouldn’t push her away and she wouldn’t be so reluctant to lower her defenses around him. Due to that, gaining Cornelia’s trust was more difficult than anything he faced so far because he couldn’t risk making a mistake.

The kiss ended, but James and Cornelia still stayed like that with only a fraction between them, inhaling each other’s breaths, obviously wanting more.

He relished the feeling of Cornelia’s arms around him, and he could feel the rise and fall of her breasts against his chest. Damn, he really wanted her to remove that pesky t-shirt she was wearing.

James licked his lips to collect any flavors Cornelia left behind as he didn’t want to waste any of it. He kissed females before, but this was a kiss that shook his core and even his wolf stirred, and James knew that they crossed a line after which there was no coming back.

The idea of her returning to her Coven without him was making his heart tighten painfully but he also understood that she had her reasons to be reluctant.

Cornelia grew up in a realm without men, and since coming here she heard about witches being used for breeding, and James told her about his father sleeping around even though his Luna was right there, and Cornelia heard how misogynic Alpha Magnus was, and she even saw Dayson mistreating Talia… Cornelia really didn’t have many good examples to go with.

“You are mine.”, James said possessively. “I am not like others.” He didn’t mention names, but he knew that she understood what he wanted to say. “I won’t look at other women and I will treat you like what you are, the most important person in my life. We will stay together, and I will put my life on the line to protect you. Whatever comes, we will deal with it, and you are not allowed to leave me. Do you understand?”

Cornelia blinked once, twice, and then she responded, “Yes.”

James’ heart soared. She said yes! He had no idea how he will deal with his father or with any other challenge coming their way, but for the first time in his life, he was selfish, and he knew that life without Cornelia in it would be meaningless. He was confident that they will come up with a way to make it work. They had to.

“Now that we are dating, how does that change things?”, Cornelia asked. She didn’t understand the whole dating concept.

James wondered how far he can push this.

“I get to hold you like this…”, he tightened his hold on her. “And I get to kiss you, and for anything else, we will do it when both of us are ready. Will that work?”

She barely nodded when he kissed her again.

James pushed her down on the bed with his body and they held each other and kissed, her sweet scent of wild berries tortured him, and he realized that this will be the biggest test of his control. Ever.

But no matter how much he tried to control himself, his hands started wandering over Cornelia’s body that somehow melted into him as their legs intertwined and her fingers dug into his back.

“James… James…”, Cornelia called breathily between kisses.

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