Passionate mates

My own painkiller

I woke up the next day with a slight headache. I stayed in bed for a couple of hours until I felt ready to get up. I went to my bathroom and gulped down what felt like a gallon of water from the tap, and I felt more satisfied.

I looked at myself in the mirror and moaned when I saw myself. Unruly hair, makeup all over, and I looked tired as hell. I jumped in the shower, hoping that would help. When I got out, I dressed myself casually—just grey leggings with a white crop top. I put my hair in a messy bun, and cleaned up my dress from yesterday, which was thrown on the floor.

As I picked it up, I smelled Jax's smell on it from the hug last night. Ugh, the hug, I remembered. I closed my eyes and judged myself. I took a deep breath from my dress, liking his scent. It was so strong and soothing, like it was made only for me. I caught myself wondering if he smelled the same to other females. The thought made me a bit angry, and I shoved the thought away.

I went down, very aware of his scent. He probably smelled me too, which made me happy. Not that I was going to acknowledge that to anyone. The breakfast was already over when I arrived, and no one was there. I wasn't surprised; the time was already 11 AM. I sat in the kitchen after I had made myself some eggs.

I wasn't really hungry, though. My head still hurt, and my stomach was refusing food. I tried to eat some anyway. Mostly I pushed my eggs around while I leaned my head on my hand, eyes slightly closed—Yup, still tired. I felt a hand on the nape of my neck, giving me a little one-hand massage. I felt the tingles, and I knew it was Jax. Right now it didn't matter, though. This seemed to soothe my headache quite a lot, and I moaned. Not feeling pain is underestimated.

"That feels good," I said, still leaning my head in my hand, closing my eyes further. His hand stopped massaging me, but it still rested on the top of my neck.

"Is that a part of the mate bond?" I asked lazily, to which Jax just hummed.

"How are you feeling?" he asked, and I raised my head to look at him. I smiled shyly, feeling embarrassed. He had concern on his face, and it actually looked sincere.

"Tired. My head hurts. Embarrassed.", I summarized. He gave a short laugh, and I had to smile when I heard it. He looked so serious all the time yesterday.

"I like having you throw yourself at me," he answered, and I flushed. I straightened my back, and he removed his hand. I could feel the headache coming back slowly after that. Weird how his touch seemed to work as a momentary painkiller. I let out a groan when my head hurt again. He rose from the barstool he was seated on and got me some water and some pailkillers, after my instruction on where to find them.

"Here," he said and shoved the pills in my hand. I didn't really notice the pills, I only noticed his hand touching mine. Stupid mating bond. Why was it necessary to make the mating bond with such an attraction? I gulped down the pills and leaned my head on my hand again, looking at him.

"Tell me why you and the others from your pack are here. I need to know," I said, looking sincere. He returned my look for a while until he looked at my glass instead.

"It's not really my place to tell," he said. I sighed and hopped down from the stool.

"Come on, aren't mates supposed to tell each other everything?" I asked, acting a little childish. His eyebrows shot in the air, and the corner of his lips did the same. Good, it doesn't take much to amuse him.

"As you said yesterday, you aren't mine yet," he said, winked at me, and stroked his knuckles over my jaw before leaving the room. I groaned when he left me without any answers.

***

Later that day my father had called us for a pack meeting. We gathered around what was the most extensive table in the world, probably. I was seated at the far end of the table with Anna and Mason while my father and Jax were at the other side. Dad told us a bunch of uninteresting things, and the three of us weren't paying attention. We were planning to go to the city today. We liked hanging outside the pack borders, so we could feel what it was like to have an everyday life. We didn't even have to ask dad anymore, as long as we told someone where we were going. Suddenly, dad spoke my name and looked at me with interest.

"My dear daughter Kira. Do you have anything to tell the pack?" he asked, and I thought he caught us talking about other things. I looked at the eyes that were on me and uttered a small

"No."

"I do," Jax said out loud and got the attention of everyone around the table, including me. He looked directly at me with a sly smile and telling eyes. I understood what he would announce, and I shook my head discretely at him. No way that fucker was going to tell everyone now. I wasn't ready for that yet. I wanted to wrap my head around all of this first and tell those who are closest to me. He gave me a wide, wicked smile before he spoke again.

"I have found my mate in this pack. Kira, love, would you join me?" he said with a sweet voice. I bit the insides of my chin and glared at him. I could feel all the stolen glances at me from the pack, and I saw my friends gaping from the corner of my eye.

"Come on, don't be shy now," he said and held out his arm in an open invitation. I gave him a stern annoyed look, and I swear I could see him holding back a laugh. Involuntarily, I rose to my feet and walked to stand beside him, my side against his. Because that's just how f*****g good of a girl I am, and I didn't want to embarrass dad. Jax squeezed my shoulders and looked proudly at my pack.

"Kira and I will be spending some time getting to know each other, and then she will leave with me." he then said, and I had to keep myself from punching him. The pack broke out in a cheer, and they clapped and congratulated us. I tried to act as normal and nice as possible while I pinched Jax's back where they couldn't see. He squeezed my shoulder even tighter at this. God, I was so annoyed at him right now. And there he was, acting proud, happy, and smug. When dad called the meeting to an end, I immediately unraveled myself from Jax's arm and went to see Anna and Mason without looking back. They had so many questions, and I didn't have many answers.

Mason, Anna, and I decided to go to the city as planned. We told dad's beta, and then we left. I was still annoyed at Jax for telling everyone. I can't believe that he outed me that way, without any warning. And now he has told everyone that I'll be leaving with him, and I wasn't sure I wanted that right now. That guy deserved a chair to the face.

The three of us were seated in a restaurant. They clearly wanted to talk before we did some shopping.

"Why didn't you tell us?",

"When are you leaving?",

"Have you done anything yet?",

"Are you happy?". Mason and Anna both bombarded me with questions at once, and I could swear my headache was coming back.

"I don't know!" I yelled, just to shut them up.

"We only met yesterday. We don't know anything about each other, and I don't want to leave dad or you guys." I said, sounding a bit sad. Mason laid his hand on my shoulder and gave me an understanding look.

"I can understand that, but on the other hand...You have found your mate. Your soulmate, your partner in crime, your ALPHA." he said, impressed by the last part.

"Yeah, just give it time, and I'm sure things won't sound as bad then," Anna said. I thought about this for a while and nodded. We sat there for a good hour before we did some shopping.

When we were done shopping, 3 hours later, we went home. Mason parked the car, and he and Anna went to the lake for a swim while I walked to the packhouse with all my newly bought clothes. As soon as I opened the door, I was dragged inside and slammed to the door by a massive body that I had spent the day ignoring.