Alpha Kian And His Captive Mate novel Chapter 55

We ate a four-course dinner and talked some more. I didn't know he was capable of holding a conversation without storming out of the room or grounding me for days. His eyes held a twinkle whenever Rachel's name came up, and those rare dimples that she had told me about were a common sight today.

Sleeping on his shoulder, feeling his pampering kisses and cuddles, I almost forgot about Ari until I heard her cry. She needed me to put her to sleep.

As I watched Kian placing little kisses on her nose and having some funny conversation with her, my thoughts drifted back to Wyatt. He was restless for Ari to come out soon and had made so many big plans. Tears flooded my eyes as Ari cackled at Kian's words.

We were in Golden Dells around the break of dawn, and a million memories of Wyatt and his family overwhelmed me. In just two months, a lot was reconstructed and looked different, but the beach over which the chopper flew before finding a roof to land was still the same. It was the same beach where Wyatt found me for the first time.

We flew over the mall, and the first ice cream shop we went to. It was the first ice cream I ever ate. Didn't know humans could invent something so delicious. Wyatt had told me taking me out was like walking a hyperactive dog who got distracted by every little thing. A lot can change in a year, and the people we take for granted can be gone forever.

"Nyla..." Kian and I were already in a hotel lobby while I was lost in Wyatt's memories.

"Do you want to come down to eat breakfast or have it delivered to the room?"

"Er... come down." I had eaten enough meals in my room over the last two months. Besides, the breakfast lounge seemed to have a beautiful view of the city.

Kian left me at peace while I showered and spent time with Ari. I looked out of the hotel room window at the place I used to call home. It had changed a lot, fully renovated. Ren came soon enough and walked me down to the breakfast lounge, where Kian was already talking to some men who were involved in the rebuilding.

"I missed this! Goldenberries don't grow at your place." I told Ren and introduced her to a sweet and tart pie made with them.

I had my mouth stuffed with the pie when I saw Kian was talking about me with those men he was in a meeting with. They nodded and soon we were on our way to the palace.

The palace in shambles! Except that they had cleaned the debris off after demolishing several parts of it.

"Which side was your bedroom at? Do you want it anywhere else?" Kian's question threw me off.

He brought up the topic of my identity only once, and it wasn't in an interrogating manner.

"It's partly my fault if you don't feel comfortable sharing it with me," he said.

When would I be ever comfortable sharing with him things like how I killed Ryder? That can wait. I couldn't think straight when he was ripping my clothes off once we were back in the hotel room.

Taking a shower together in the warm water with steam coming off our bodies, his hot hands left imprints all over my skin like I always belonged to him. Pinning me to the glass wall, he showed me the most sensual and sensational ways to make love.

We continued in bed until we were exhausted and starving for dinner. My breathing became steadier and my eyes grew heavy as sleep took hold. I didn't want to sleep. I wanted my every waking moment to be with him for the next few days I was in my human form.

"I can't let anyone know you are my mate. But I want to take you as my chosen luna. I want you and only you to go through with the mating ceremony, not Adalyn or someone else."