Severed Souls

21

Everest's POV:

These last two weeks have been rough; after Matias' house was burned to the ground, he immediately set a team up with the task of building a new one. We got to go through a few designs, and the time to build it will be about eight months, but by the time it is done, it will be the perfect home for us. It is not a crazy big mansion like the other house was; instead it will be a bit smaller, with six bedrooms, a home office, a small kitchen, and a really open setting so that it will not feel cramped.

Matias has already ordered the biggest freezer that he could (that will still be practical in our home) and made sure there will be a big living space so we can host dinner parties since we are now both part of the alliances. Thankfully, no one else is morally fucked like Matias' father, so it is actually a nice group to pass time with.

We spent last week in America, packing up everything we had there, since Matias still had his apartment and I wanted to thank the hostel owners for taking care of me for the past couple of years. Now, we are back in Italy, and Matias has told me that he has gotten me a temporary citizenship in the country until we are officially mated. In the same way humans marry, I will automatically get citizenship when I mate with Matias, and I will officially be Everest Amato, an Italian citizen.

I really need to learn Italian.

For the time being, while our house is being built, we are renting a cute apartment outside the main city so that we can go to the forest and reconnect with our wolves. It is nice to have our own little space, even though we can't really host people here since it is a one room apartment.

Matias offered to get us something bigger, but I did not want something in the city. Since I spent so long in New York and I have learned how much I like living outside of the city, I did not want something bigger in exchange for the breathing space I get outside of the busy city.

"You're a bit zoned out, love," Matias says, making me jump a bit and turn to face him.

"You're not supposed to be back for another hour," I respond looking at the horrible clock that I always end up staring at when waiting for my mate to come home.

That's the downfall of being part of this damn company; Matias actually has to go do stuff for meetings and to keep things moving smoothly, leaving me at home alone for three days a week, sometimes four.

"I was able to leave early," Matias tells me, smiling sweetly. "I know that getting up to speed has been difficult on you and you've been lonely."

"Wow, you are so observant," I deadpan, kissing his lips when he sits down beside me. "I miss you all the time... you've made me co-dependent."

Matias sighs. "You know that you're welcome to come to the office with me."

"How well did that work last time?" I ask.

True to my word, the week after we fucked in the grass outside the burning house, I went with Matias to work and sat on his cock whenever he wasn't fucking me against his desk. It was fun, don't get me wrong, but he did not get much work done and was stressed as hell every night, trying to catch up.

Of course, I did not want to take away his fun, so I completed the whole week, but after that, I have stayed away from the office. Since Matias is worried that his father has henchmen everywhere, when I am not with him, I am followed by at least two body guards. That makes it a lot harder to go around town and enjoy myself, as having two huge Alphas in black suits following you into every store or cafe is a lot less exciting than going alone.

Even if I don't know much of the language, I would prefer to struggle or go to Alberto's cafe as opposed to having two guards follow me around and translate for me. Despite my attempts to convince Matias that I would be alright, Matias refused to compromise.