Book 2 Chapter 8

Caleb's Point of View

The next morning Daphne is out of our bed before the sun rises. This has been a habit of hers lately

and it is beyond frustrating. I miss holding my mate in my arms. Just thinking of her toned body

pressed against my skin, has my member jumping to life. Growling in frustration, I decide to hop in

the shower hoping that the water will cool the slow burning of my blood.

Basking in the warmth of the water I recall the vivid dream that I was having of Daphne that led to

me waking up craving her body. In the dream we were back in the kitchen except this time she did

not stop me, instead she purred into my ear, as she nipped at my neck. I had pushed her shirt over

her head and took my time teasing her perky nipples through her bra, while slightly rocking my hips

against hers allowing her to feel the full length of my erection against her sensitive nub. She had

bite my neck and was happily rubbing herself against me as well.

Thinking about the dream has me harder than I have been in a while. I casually move my hand down

to my cock and begin stroking it while closing my eyes and continue thinking about the dream. I

had stepped back from Daphne and slightly lifted her ass to pull her pants down. There was my

beautiful mate, slightly blushing laid out on the counter as if she were a buffet. With a slight grow! I

laid her slightly backwards, as I bent over and begin feasting upon her creamy smooth thighs,

before licking her already moist mound. I love the way my mate tastes. I can hear her purring with

satisfaction as my tongue flicks over her clitoris, and she opens her legs wider for me. In the dream I

begin plunging my tongue around her sensitive crevice, while her hands grip my hair pulling me

closer into her, while in reality hearing the pleasure of her dream moans has me sliding my hand

along my cock faster. As Daphne found her release in my dream, I happily licked it up, while I found

my release against the tile in the shower.

I let the warm water continue to pour over me, refusing to open my eyes and face my current

reality. The dream was better than my current situation, but with a frustrated growl! I finally open my

eyes and finish my shower. As I step out and dry off, I am resolved that I will speak with Daphne

today about the issues I am having.

It is not about sex, although I can not deny the dream was a relief. The facts are that I miss spending

time with my mate, and I feel like our bond is suffering because of it. I pull out my phone and set an

alarm to go off before dinner time. Theo helped me devise a plan of packing a picnic style dinner

and asking Daphne to go with me. I wanted to ensure that I was early enough that she would not

have already of eaten. I send a quick text to Scarlett asking if the food was set, and she replied yes. I

thanked her profusely and then got ready to head out to training.

Perhaps some training with my elite squad will help ease some of this madness I feel coursing

through me. Once I reach the training grounds Theo welcomes me with a we need to talk look.

Once we get the squad warmed up, we team them off for hand-to-hand combat, that will move into

them going through scenarios that will cause them to use both their human and wolf forms.

"Ok lay it on my straight, what is on your mind?” I waste no time as Theo, and I begin to spar.

“I received a call this morning from Alpha Noah, he is upset that he was not invited to the meeting

that you are having here next week.” I grunt as Theo lands a jab to my rib cage.

"Great just what I needed right now.” I know that my reply is sarcastic.

“He has held up his end of the deal when he took over the pack. From what I can understand they

no longer have any slaves, and the reports I am getting are positive.” Theo says as I quickly sweep

his feet effectively putting him on his buttocks.

“That is good news but having him here is another reminder to Daphne of her past. I am not sure

that it would be the best situation for her.” I quickly get to the root of the issue that I have with

Alpha Noah. Noah was originally the Beta of his pack; Alpha Jason had been Daphne's father. With

his death we had decided as a pack to allow Noah to take over as Alpha. Although the reports say

that he is leading his pack fairly, I know that at one time he had hurt my mate. The situation to this

day does not sit well with me.

“Are you still planning on having dinner with her tonight?”

"Yes, Scarlett has been a considerable help with the food. I have already set an alarm on my phone

so that I get to her a little before dinner time.” My stomach drops as I realize where Theo was

heading with his questioning.

“Then perhaps this is another subject that you need to approach with her. Daphne is stronger than

you think, and maybe she will not have a problem with it.” I know that Theo's assessment of the

situation is probably the best, but I wanted tonight to be more about me and her as a couple. This is

more along the lines of Alpha and pack business.

“This is all assuming that she will even agree to have dinner with me tonight.” I did not mean to let

the words slip, but they tumbled out before I could stop them. Theo completely stopped in the

middle of us sparring and glared at me.

“Enough of the pity party, you are the freaking Alpha of this pack. Daphne is YOUR mate. That

means you both are fated to be together. She will definitely have dinner with you.” It is not very

often that Theo talks to me like this. In truth I needed the confidence booster. Although Daphne is

my fated mate, our relationship has not been easy.

Our conversation gets cut short as we move into the next training phase which involves shifting

quickly between our wolves and human forms. I know that my warriors are well trained, but it is

important to have them run through different training scenarios as often a s possible. I want them

to be ready for anything that life can throw at them.

My warriors are one of my biggest accomplishments as an Alpha. Every member of my pack starts

training when they are younger. I felt that it was important for everyone to have at least basic

combat knowledge in case of a rogue attack, or if there is a pack war. Theo and I have worked

tirelessly to develop multistage training courses for our pack. We train them to fight in both their

human and wolf forms.

Our newest addition to the training has been escape and evade training. Scarlett helped with some

of the scenarios, and our pack practices different events. We even have a few old cars to use with

scenario training in case of a kidnapping case.

It is probable that I am overly cautious. Both Theo and I lost our parents to unforeseen attacks, so I

try to be ready for anything. It is true that I have a few packs that I consider allies, but I have also

made a few enemies along the way. I do not like Alpha’s that own slaves or hurt and abuse their

pack members. I also try diplomacy first, and when that does not work, I tend to come off as harsh

and angry.

Theo blowing his whistle catapults me out of my own thoughts. This training session has ended, and

I feel a small pang of guilt because I did not monitor them, and I was pretty distracted during the

last half of training. I tell a few of the warriors that they did a great job as we are walking off the

training grounds.

Training did help ease some of the frustration I was feeling earlier. Now I am getting more excited

about having time with Daphne tonight. I send Theo a quick text letting him know that I am going

to head into town and pick up some flowers. There are no pressing issues at the moment that

require my presence and I would like tonight to be special. It has been some time since I got

Daphne flowers, and I know that she enjoys them. Finally donning a smile, I am confident that

tonight will go well