Princess of the Werewolves novel Chapter 70

"She's gone" Asher confirmed. "Why are you so calm about this?" he asked, looking curious.

"About the mark?" I asked, which Asher nodded to answer. "The mark isn't something you can freely give out. The Moon Goddess made it, so it can only be given to those who have actually done wrong by the Royals" I explained.

Asher sighed in relief. "So I didn't just abuse my power or anything?"

"Nope" I said popping the 'p'. All seriousness just flew out the window, and we were in a comfortable silence. Until Asher picks me up off the bed causing me to squeal. "What are you doing?" I questioned as he started walking.

"Are you still sore?" he asked.

I blushed and nodded into his chest. I bounced a little, indicating that he was still walking. Asher slowly set me down, and I pulled my face out of his torso. We were in his bathroom. He moved away from the counter and started running the water. As the tub filled with water, Asher wrapped his arms around me. "I'm sorry" he mumbled. Damn, deja-vu.

I moved my arms from between us to hug him back. "Why?" I asked quietly.

"I should've been more gentle. You're hurt because of me" he said in a strained voice.

I pulled away to give him a quick kiss. "It was my first time, Asher. It would've hurt either way. Its not your fault"

Asher chuckled, making me give him a confused and questioning look. "It seems like it was yesterday that we were fighting about who's fault it was that you got the pain" he stopped the water before it overflowed. I let him take his shirt off of me, then he picked me up again.

"We've come a long way since then" I noted. He nodded and lowered me into the warm water. "Thanks" I whispered.

Asher sent me his heart-warming smile. "I love you"

"I love you too" I stated. Before he walked out the bathroom, I stopped him. "I'm free today. If you want, we can go to your pack, together"

He quickly nodded. "Our. We can go to our pack" he corrected me before leaving me to bathe.

"B-But I want you to stay here" Matthew said as his bottom lip started trembling. I just told him that Asher and I are leaving for a few days. Needless to say, he's not taking it well.

I bent down so we were face-to-face. "Its only a few days, just a little vacation. We'll be back soon, squirt" I assured him.

Matthew slowly nodded before throwing his small arms around my neck. "Love you" he muttered in my ear.

"I love you too, squirt" I said while giving him a tiny squeeze. I slowly pulled away and made my way out the castle. Asher didn't want to teleport because it will 'taking advantage' of my abilities, so we're running.

"If that's your full speed, then you're a pretty slow Alpha" Asher stopped walking.

"You just deflated his big ego" Ingrid commented in my head. I snickered.

Asher stalked towards me. "Let's race"

I tilted my head in confusion. "I don't even know which way to go"

"Its a few miles straight ahead" he stated while nodding forward. I nodded and we stood next to each other. Asher started counting down."One. Two. THREE!"

We both took off running. We were head to head until I saw the faint outline of the mansion. There is no way that I could speed up.

"We don't have to. Powers" Ingrid said. I mentally slapped myself. Asher didn't say anything about using my powers.

I saw a tree root up ahead. I focused on it, and when we ran by, it wrapped itself around Asher's ankle.

"Cheater" Asher mumbled in the mind-link. I grinned and continued to run. Asher easily caught up with me and sped up so he was winning. I frowned, before getting a different idea.