Chapter 188. Finally Mated

Caleb’s POV

My hands trembled impatiently, but I forced myself to calm down. It was her first…our first. And I didn’t want to ruin it by being hasty.

I wanted to savour every moment, feel every nook and cranny and engrave her form into my very soul.

Maybe it was the fact that I had come so close to losing her not so long ago, or maybe it was just frustration that the mating bond hadn’t been able to connect for so long…but I decided to hell with patience once and for all. Aurora was now eighteen and she was ready for me. And there was nothing in the world that was stopping us from being together now.

I snaked an arm around her nape and crashed my lips to hers. The want to claim her flooded my veins instantly, surprising me with it’s intensity. Maybe it was because Aurora had just gotten back from another near-death experience, or maybe it was just because I was so in love with her that I could no longer go on another day before claiming her as my mate,