book #2 Ice Queen: the snow dragon shifter ***completed***

#8 my love

Scarlett took her phone out praying to the moon Goddess he would answer her after she broke his heart. she hadn't heard from him since he left. she could have reached out but she thought she was doing the right thing. she stared down at the screen before pushing his number. he was probably angry with her. he probably hated her but he had a right to know everything and she hoped he would still chose her. she took a deep breath and pushed dial. she was holding her breath as the phone rang. once, twice and then on the third ring she heard his sweet voice through the other line. " scarlett" it was not a question more of a whisper of his love for her. " is everything ok?"

" Liam i......um....I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. please forgive me."

Liam was quiet on the other end. she could hear his breathing as the silence became a thunderstorm in her ears. her heart was beating in her chest threatening to explode. " I'm not angry you chose him. I'm heart broken that you did but I don't hate you. I never could hate you little rose bud."

" I didn't chose him over you. I called it off and he got angry. he threatened me but I didn't end up choosing him. I don't love him. I never could. I am in love with someone else...."

" I don't think I can listen about another man Scarlett. "

" I have always been in love with him. since the first day I saw him when he was four. there could never be anyone else for me but my true mate Liam. I miss you and I have always been in love with you. I know you are upset and you have every right to be. you really should hate me for hurting you. I just hope you give me a chance to make it up to you. I hope you give us a chance." Scarlett let everything she said sink in. she prayed his silence meant he was really thinking about it. that maybe he would want her back and still love her. " liam? please say something. anything. even if you hate me. I can take it just say something."

" Scarlett I love you. what about your loyalty to your kingdom and your parents?"

" you are my mate. my true mate. we are meant to be for each other given as precious gifts from the moon Goddess. I don't care about anything else. just you. just us."

she could hear a door open and close on the other end of the line. there was a hushed voice that sounded female. scarletts heart dropped. he was with someone else. he had given up on her and it was her own fault. " little rose bud. I can't talk right now. can I call you back?" scarlett took the phone from her ear and hung up the phone. her heart wash shattering into a thousand pieces. how could she have let him go? she had closed her eyes dropping her head on her pillow allowing the flood out of her eyes. Scarlett was so deep into her tears she didn't even hear the bedroom door slowly open and close. all of a sudden she felt arms wrap around her torso pulling her from her grief. she felt the tingles coursing through her body.

she gasped out for air at the sudden spark of pleasure. she turned immediately and there he was. His chiseled features and the greenest eyes that haunted all her dreams. "Liam?" she wrapped her arms around him sobbing. " you're here?" her hands went to his face cupping him in her hands.

" I tried to stay away from you. I just couldn't. I was hoping I wasn't too late. I love you my little rose." her lips came crashing down on his pouring every emotion she had into this one kiss. Desperate for him to feel how much she loved him.

she pulled apart from him resting her head in the crook of his neck taking in his smell that intoxicated her so many times. " I thought you moved on."

" not even possible. " he took his shoes off scooping her in his arms he laid them down on her bed. he kissed her forehead leaving the heat behind long after his lips were taken away. " your parents told me what happened. they told me about your dragon. I'm proud to be the first to have seen you shift. she is a beautiful dragon. just as beautiful as my little rose bud."

" my parents already told you?"

" they called me earlier. they wanted me to come back but I was already on my way back to you." he kissed her neck softly landing where her marking would some day be. " you are mine." he brushed the hair from her face and she leaned into his touch. her entire body and mind reacted to his touch. Goosebumps prickling her skin with his touch. "they told me about maleek and how he wants to mark you and make you his."

" I have an idea but I need you to be open to the idea." she sat up turning to him. taking a deep breath in.

" I will do anything you want and need. I always have."

releasing her breath she grabbed his hand in hers. " I want you to mark me and me mark you. I want to be clear. I'm not ready for all of the rest but we are mates and I want no chance of anything. also, strategically it would help both of us. maybe you would be willing to mark me even though we would need to wait on everything else?"

his emerald green eyes went wide as she talked about being marked. " so you want me to mark you?"

" could you refrain from everything else until I am ready?"

he cupped her face bringing her gaze to him again. a smirk played on the corner of his lips. " I have been waiting for you since I was four. I can wait until you are ready knowing you are mine. I think we need to keep it quiet though. we do this and lure maleek out thinking you are not marked yet. I don't like you being in danger but it may be crucial to lure him."

Scarlett thought for a moment about what he was saying. she didn't want to be the hunted but the truth was she was all her life. at least this way she would have some resemblance of control in the situation. " I agree. one condition. "

Liam c****d and eyebrow at her. " anything"

" we mark each other tonight. then we need to train harder together. I don't think we have much time."

" ok. this is not exactly how I thought our marking night would go but I'm all in." Scarlett sat on her knees pulling her shirt down exposing her neck right where he would mark her. Liams lips trailed from her soft lips down to her neck kissing and sucking on the way down her neck line. he felt his teeth aching to come out as his wolf pushed through. his teeth elongated grazing her gently. she sucked in a breath feeling the pleasure of him touching her sensitive spot. she could feel his teeth sinking slowly into her neck just above her collarbone. Liam sunk them deep into her flesh until he hit the bone. she felt the explosion of the moment erupting like a heated volcano inside of her. he pulled his teeth out licking the spot where his mark now was as he whispered out softly. " mine"

her eyes closed taking in the pleasure. her dragons teeth already slipping out as her saliva dripped onto his neck. she let her teeth graze Liam licking where she would mark. her tongue snaking out, taking in his alluring smell. she closed her eyes letting it fuel her lust as her teeth sank in deeply into his sensitive flesh. she only stopped when she felt his bone as he screamed out with immense pleasure. their scents mixed bringing them high and letting him jump off a cliff of euphoria. " mine" she whispered out. she knew she would never be anyone else's and the love flowed through her as she felt every emotion he felt. he opened up the flood gates allowing her in to see the very deepest parts of his mind and heart. they were now one. two people that came together to create a bond so sacred that nothing could break it. they both knew people would try but they would now fight together. side by side until the very last breath they took. theirs wasn't a normal mating. they both knew markings usually happened during intimacy but to Scarlett and Liam this was as intimate as the s*x that usually happened. they were marking out of love. their marking bonded them on a much deeper level than most shifters. there was no breaking this bond. this wasn't just the mate bond pulling them together. there was a deeper intimacy and love.