His Inescapable Mate novel Chapter 7

"That's my girl," Vincent cooed, pecking me on the cheek before he leaned back a little. I heard a slight chuckle before I felt an intense pain in my left shoulder. The pain radiated all throughout my body, making me scream with agony.

Vincent held me in place as I thrashed my body around, trying to shake his jaws off my body. He bit through my shirt, letting my blood stain it as it oozed out. After a few seconds Vincent finally stopped biting and leaned back, tugging on my shirt to expose my shoulder.

I was crying by now. Both at the intense pain of having my skin pierced by werewolf fangs and the fact that I was claimed as his mate. It's too late now. He owns me.

"I'll make it feel better Mate," Vincent cooed. He began to lick at my bite mark with his tongue, lapping up my blood, cleaning my wound. At first it stung, but soon the pain miraculously disappeared, turning into a dull throb and eventually being gone altogether.

I looked down at my shoulder, already seeing a scar in the shape of a bite mark. "What the-?" I wondered.

Vincent laughed. "Bet you didn't know that. Werewolves can heal their mate's flesh wounds with their saliva."

"Just their mate's?" I asked, my voice quivering.

Vincent nodded, so close to me that his cheek rubbed up against my face. "That just goes to show how much I can take care of you, don't you think?"

My eyes were trained on my bite mark. "Am I going to be a werewolf now?" I whimpered, my bottom lip quivering at the worry of becoming a monster.

"No," Vincent said, actually sounded a bit saddened by that. "You need to be born werewolf. Sorry Mate, you're stuck human."

I fought hard to fight the smile forming on my face. I'm staying human!

"But luckily for you," Vincent carried on, "you now have a werewolf by your side. You have one of the strongest, fastest species totally devoted to you."

Yeah...that's so wonderful. I rolled my eyes.

Vincent started the truck back up and started to drive again, his hand back around my shoulders. "So, just because I don't like to see my mate unhappy, I won't force you to introduce me to your parents. At least not today," he said.

My heart began to slow down in relief. At least my parents will love me for the remaining time that I get to keep Vincent a secret. I gave him the rest of the directions to my house and he pulled up in front of it in a matter of minutes.

"Which one's your window?" he asked as he parked along the sidewalk.

Vincent growled again. "I'll let you off for tonight only," he said through his teeth. "But tomorrow I'm taking you home with me after school. Deal?"

All I need is one day to escape on my own. "Deal," I said.

Vincent smiled. "Then I'll see you tomorrow Mate. I'll pick you up." He brought me into his arms and kissed my forehead again.

I got out of the truck and walked up to the front door, Vincent watching me the entire time. I could feel his eyes drilling into my back. I took my key out of my pocket, unlocked the door, and quickly went inside. Vincent honked goodbye as he drove off after making sure I was inside my house.

"Who gave you a ride?" my mom asked from the living room couch. She was sitting watching some soap opera.

"Why aren't you at work?" I quivered, standing so that my left shoulder was away from her that way she wouldn't see the streaks of blood in my shirt.

"Your brother has the flu, so be prepared to catch it," she mumbled.