Betrayed from Birth – Alpha’s Unvalued Daughter
Chapter 160

Cheryl's

POV

I woke up with a hard chest against my back, and I smiled in happiness. I can feel the arm that was wrapped around me tighten as he slides me even closer into him. I can feel he is totally awake and had just been waiting on me to wake up. I can also feel how excited he was to see me this morning. I smiled even bigger at that, but I knew I needed to get to the bathroom and see how I looked. I had cried last night during the date, very hard with makeup on. I passed out from exhaustion and never took my makeup off. I know for a fact that I will look like a mess this morning. I just want to slink away to go get cleaned up so I can look presentable, and make sure that Anton did not run in horror at my appearance this morning.

Like he could read my mind, he knew I was going to try to take off. Anton just gave me a kiss on my shoulder and a little squeeze before he said, "You look beautiful to me Cheryl, you don't have to worry about it. I have already seen you this morning, my love. You will never look bad to me. Now, if you want, we can take care of this pressing matter. Either in here or in the bathroom."

I tuned in his arms to give him a quick kiss and said, "I have only ever had s*x in a bed. I don't know if I would even want to try it in the bathroom." I already know that I looked like an i***t last night to him. Of course, he probably has tons more experience than me. I can see me slipping and falling in there, and him deciding right then that he needs a more sophisticated woman to warm his bed. It would really hurt me to lose him. I already love this man so much, he had wormed his way into my heart and I never saw him coming. Not until I lowered my guard to try to take a chance. He means so much to me, I just don't want to lose him. I didn't give him an answer, I let him choose, and in the next instant, I was sorry for not insisting on staying in bed.

"Bathroom it is, then. I will wait while you remove your makeup and we can shower together" Anton told me. I do need to get the makeup off. He needs to see me back in my regular state. I hope that it won't knock his rose-colored glasses off when I am back to "normal" Cheryl.

I blushed as he helped me out of bed, his desire for me was evident and he didn't try to hide it. He waited patiently as I ran to use the bathroom, and then removed the makeup. I remember how nice our night was, and the two wake-up calls that he gave me. Even if he decides that I am not the girl for him, he gave me the best night of my life. Every time I remember it, I know that it will bring a smile to my face. We fit together perfectly and he stepped up behind me to look at me in the mirror. I can see he is serious and before I can even open my mouth, he spoke.

"I love you, Cheryl, you need to stop doubting that. I will not make a habit of seeing what is bothering you, but I also know that Blake did a real number on your self-esteem. So please listen to me, and believe what I am saying to you. I didn't pick you on a whim. I thought you were beautiful the first moment I saw you. I can count on one hand the number of women that I have been with, including you, in my 450 years of life. I knew the story between you and Blake, and I could feel the love you had for him, and the anger you had for him, too. I was going to step back and leave it alone, but I couldn't something kept tugging me back to you. I do not flirt with women, that first day I met you, I flirted with you to judge your reaction. You were so cute, trying to look at me without being caught. I knew some of the interest was because of my species, but I can also read minds. I knew I loved you from the moment we left Black Moon pack. Your being there, and your panic at what was going to happen. I almost couldn't do my job at reading Graham's thoughts because I was so worried about you upstairs. If my coven hadn't been upstairs with you I would have had to get Ivan down there to take over. I still wish I had, as I want to kill your father to this day. If I could have rushed them to finish it quickly I could have prevented you from being hurt. I felt so much guilt over that, that I took it out on Blake before we left. He allowed people to hurt you, and that is absolutely unacceptable. I had to maintain my distance, even though I knew that doctor was still chasing you. The only thing that gave me comfort was the fact that you didn't feel the same for him. That you texted me every day. That I fell in love with you through those texts. I am not here to just use you, and leave you. I am here for you for the rest of our lives. In fact, there was something that I wanted to discuss with you today, but we have to wait for your mate to show up and accept your rejection. In fact, Ivan has already let me know that your mate will be here in a little over an hour. He is coming to accept your rejection and to try to kill me. My coven is coming too, to help me out at the gate. I will never let you face him alone. But you belong to me now. This isn't some game I am playing. I didn't just want to be with a she-wolf. I want to be with you, Cheryl. I want to spend the rest of my life with only you, and Kevin. I will train him as my own, I already have been. I will build our home, for you, for our family. I will mark you right in front of Blake if you want me to. You just tell me what you are feeling, or what you want, and I swear to you that I will make it happen. I am not in this for anything other than getting to spend time, with the woman I love" Anton told me.

I couldn't speak for a moment because I was so stunned at all he had told me. I have to admit that I had thought that I was just a passing fancy. But I took the chance that it was more, for both of us. The way he looks at me, makes my toes curl. The fact that I still look like a mess, and he looked me in the eye and told me that I was beautiful to him, that he loved me. My heart was ready to burst with happiness because I feel the same way about him. I love him, I love how he makes me feel safe, and protected. Like he has never loved another before me. That fact that he told me that he would mark me, and in front of Blake, shows me that he is serious about me, about us. I started nodding at him, I do want him to mark me, I do want to be his forever. But it hits me, his forever and mine are different. I might make it to 100, but I will never have the life expectancy that he has. He is already 450 years old. Will he still love me when I am old and gray, and he still looks like this? I want to mark him and be marked by him, but that is definitely a deal- breaker for us.

"I do want to be with you. I love you too. I have never felt so safe with another, ever in my life. I am just worried, I will not live as long as you do. Are you sure that when I am old and frail, you can still love me the same way?" I asked him. My voice was not loud, I was honestly scared of the answer. But I have to give him an out in this, to where if he found someone of his kind to want to mate with, that would be best for him. I have to allow him to live the life he deserves, one that I may not be able to provide for him. It would break my heart to let him go, even today. I would still do it though, for him to have the happiness he deserves, I would do it for him.

I feel his hand on my jaw lifting my head up to look back into the mirror at him. He wants me to look into his eyes as he speaks. He wants me to see his honesty reflected back at me, to know that he means every word he is about to say to me. I am terrified that I just pointed out a huge flaw between us, one that he did not see coming. I wait for the hammer to drop, and I tried not to close my eyes to accept it. I just cannot see this working out for us in the way that it needs to. I will not cry, I will be strong. I will accept that our time is limited and valuable. I will savor every single moment together, and relish the memories of this wonderful man when he is gone. Even as I tried to fight it, I feel the burn of tears in my eyes. I hated that I pointed that out. I could have mentioned this a month or a year from now. But in my heart, I knew I had to. I had to mention it as I was only going to grow to love him more and more as time progressed.

"That was actually what I wanted to talk to you about. I was going to do it in front of Kevin as we sat down and spoke about it, but I think it is better for me to get this out with just you first. So you have time to think about it, as it is forever, for you. I want to turn you, into a vampire. For us to live out eternity together. Do you think that would be something that you would consider doing? I know that this is a big " Anton said, but I stopped him mid-sentence jumping into his arms. "Yes, yes I want to be your mate. Yes, I want to grow old with you. Yes, I want to be with you, and only you, forever. I love you, and I do not need time to think about it. I am sure that is what I want to do" I told him as I kissed his face between each sentence. He is full-on smiling now, and I have no fear that I made the correct decision here. I want to spend eternity with this man. In such a short time he has become my everything. I think back on that wink he gave me a year ago, and I remember my blush, and how my heart fluttered. He may have already known then, and yet he gave me time to heal my wounded heart. So I could love him properly, the way he deserved to be loved. It must have been so hard on him to stay away, especially with Max not letting up at the time. Jackie coming here to our pack, when she could have just as easily gone to Blood Walker, was an answered prayer. I wondered if Anton had been praying too.

"Let's grab our shower and get downstairs. I want to make sure we are there to greet our guest" Anton told me with a smirk, and I do not care if Blake gets hurt at all. I am just excited about the bond being broken and being marked by a man who honestly loves me, and wants the best for me. I started the water in the shower and entered before him. I have never showered with another before, and this was a nice experience. He took total care of me in the shower. His hands blazed a path on my body that got me to the same level he was at very quickly. Feeling his hands on my breasts as he worked me up into a frenzy by gently tugging on my n*****s. His teeth scraping my neck where he was going to mark me helped. I have to say that his teeth look normal right now, which helped. I gave a little shudder at the thought of him as the lowered his fangs into me, marking me as his in front of everyone gave me a thrill. I do not know when I because this bold, but I have flowered overnight into a woman whose only wish was to be in his arms. I am safe and secure here. He gives me peace of mind that helps keep me calm, even with a stressful event looming just an hour from now. I am excited to know that after this, I will no longer have to deal with Blake anymore. I am greatly looking forward to that. He washed my hair for me, treating me like I was already his queen. My heart just cannot take all my newfound happiness. When he finally turned me again and worked me back into a frenzy circling my clit, I came undone. I had to wrap my arm around his neck before my shaking legs just let go, and I fell to the floor. He teased my breasts again, while I caught my breath. My n*****s approved of his hands tugging and pulling on them. They hardened up in his palm to show him how effective his touch is to me. He had me use the bench seat to brace myself with my hands as he spread my legs further apart. I felt him at my entrance and I encouraged him by pushing back toward him to let him know how ready I was. He toyed with me by sliding in gently, causing me to sigh in happiness. His familiar fullness makes push back again, against him. I don't want sweet right now. I want him to take me as if he would die without me. He grabs my hips and he gives me what I want. Oh Goddess, what a blessing to have a man that knows exactly what you want, without you having to say a word. I may not have had to say a word, but I was surely making approving sounds for him. My moans of pleasure could not be held in, and they came pouring out of me too. I straighten up a little using the back of the shower to hold me up as he continued his pace, I felt his hands rise up to my breasts as he put his mouth against my ear and started telling me what he wanted to do to me tonight. Oh Goddess, I cannot stop myself from screaming his name and clenching on him hard as he kept up his pace. I was a good kind of sore, and I got right back to rising up again to accept the next o****m. I threw my head back, and I felt the scrape of his teeth on me, as we both cried out our release. I was weak, but I felt so good. Like I was boneless and was only too happy that he held me up, sensing that I was struggling to stand on my legs.

I hope we can wake up every morning just like this. I am so happy right now, I feel like no one can knock this smile off my face. Anton is quick to grab a fluffy towel for me and starts drying me off after we exit the shower. I have never felt that this would be erotic, but the way he does it is. His hand glides behind the one holding the towel, and he makes sure to touch me everywhere as he gets me dry. His touch ignites something in me, something that I didn't know I could feel again. It was just like when I found my first mate, and although it isn't the same tingles, there is something there. A lower voltage, and less of a tingle, but definitely there. It makes it seem like I made an excellent decision for me to stay with him from now on. There is definitely something very special going on between us, and I cannot wait to mark him as mine for the world to see.

I will proudly wear his mark on me, and show it off to everyone I meet as I start making plans to get some new clothes for me to be able to do just that. I want everyone to know that this gorgeous man, is all mine. I head into the closet and freeze at seeing all the bags sitting there. I went ahead and grabbed one that has clothes for me in it, and take it into the bedroom. I would like to go through it and see what is in it before I decide on what I wanted to wear. This was exciting to me as I had some clothes growing up, but not necessarily nice ones. I had one of Reagan's old gowns to go to Raven's introduction party. The items in my closet made me really happy that I could have some nice things too.

Anton came to stand behind me, he had his jeans on but his chest was still bare. I enjoyed the feeling of our skin touching, and yes, his skin was cooler than mine, that made no difference to me at all. He was my idea of perfection with his 6 pack sitting right above that V-cut that disappeared into his jeans. I knew his body well in just a short amount of time, and I honestly just couldn't get enough of it. "What do you have there?" he asked me and watched as I took a few things out of the bag. I was amazed at all that was bought for me. This bag had several dresses in it, casual ones, a sweater dress that came to my knees, I had seen some black boots in the closet that would come to my knees, and I knew that they were bought with this dress in mind. It was a grey-blue like my eyes with cutouts on my shoulders to expose them. I already knew it would look great on me, but I kept going through the bag. I had a few maxi dresses, and the last one was beautiful but wasn't long like the rest of them. It was already my favorite.

It had a V-neck on the front and the back of it. The V-neck went straight over to my shoulders and then down my arms with the long sleeves. The dress was a lighter mauve color with some deep plum flowers, and some darker mauve flowers in it too. It was not too thin, or too thick on the fabric, and was perfect for today. I saw some cute little ankle boots in the closet in a light tan color, that would go perfectly with it. His snarly sound of approval of my dress went right to my core. I was happy to wear it for him, as I wanted him to look at me like he is doing right now, all the time. I wanted that as surely as I wanted to take my next breath.

I grabbed some clean underwear from my drawer and made a mental note to go through everything after I got done with Blake today. I needed to wash my new items and I was glad that I was on the ranked level of the pack house. That meant I had not just a little kitchenette, but a full washer and dryer here as well. The way the dress was made, the V-neck in the back was lower than the front, and it was super cute, but you couldn't wear a bra with it. I slid it over my head and went to go grab the anklet boots. I couldn't resist taking a look in the mirror to see myself. I thought I looked really cute. My hair even came out really well with just drying on its own. It lay a few inches below my shoulders and it looked great, even without me curling it. I was so caught up in looking at myself in the cute dress, that I forgot I wasn't alone in the room.

Anton can up behind me and leaned down to put his chin on my shoulder and wrapped his arms around me. "You look gorgeous. Let's go get breakfast before he gets here. I am really excited to get his mark off of you" Anton told me and then gave me a kiss on my cheek. He lead me to the elevator, and as soon as the doors shut he pulled me to him and said, "You look stunning in this. I cannot wait to get it off of you though." He tipped me back and gave me a passionate kiss. I wrapped my arms around his shoulders. I gave a shudder at his words because I was willing for him to do that at any time. He made me feel beautiful like I was the most important person in the world to him. I was very thankful for the Goddess smiling down on me, for getting such an attentive and compassionate man. One that sees my value without me having to beg for attention. Anton wants to give me attention, he wants to claim me, he wants to protect me. I realize right this moment that this was the reward for all I went through. I would do it all over again, just to have him as my chosen mate.