-Adam's POV-
Normally, I would dread the school day yet again approaching, but for once in my life, I couldn't help but feel excited, I was eager to get to school, not that I would openly admit that to anyone, nobody needed to know.
Nor did they need to know the reason behind my rushed intensions that had me leaving the pack house way earlier than I needed to.
I stopped outside my car, freezing, my hand placed on the door handle as a thought registered in my mind, making me groan aloud.
It wouldn't make a difference whether I got to school early or not, because everybody knew that Kaden Hendrix was always late to school.
At least now I knew why, my mate fascinated me before I knew he wasn't human, but now, that fascination only grew stronger, I wanted to know everything, and I wanted to completely, undoubtedly, lose myself in him.
I forced myself to slow down, it was still far too early, and getting to school early would only help to increase my restlessness.
It was also hard to force down my worries, what if nothing changed? But then again, what was I expecting to change? It's not like I was expecting Kaden to be all cuddly with me all of a sudden, maybe I was just hoping for a bit more attention from the boy, either way I couldn't deny how badly I wanted to just see him.
The progress would be slow, I had to accept that, and I would have to continue to fight off my wolf, I didn't know what would happen from here, but I needed to trust my mate.
However, throughout all this, I couldn't help but feel slightly useless, Kaden probably had a plan, he always seemed to know what he was doing, yet here I stood to the side, just waiting for Kaden to make his move.
Surely, there was something I could do. I said I would fight for him too, and I meant it, but I don't exactly know how to do that.
I sighed aloud, lost in my own thoughts, I would figure something out, I would have to, I had to prove myself to my mate, prove to him that I am worthy of being his Keeper.
*
The first lesson past by excruciatingly slowly, and my restlessness did nothing but grow as I impatiently watched the clock tick by the seconds, my nails dug into the wooden desk, willing the clock hand to move faster, and when the screeching bell finally hit my ears, I jumped from my seat, my legs taking me towards the door without even bothering to wait for my friends.
"Adam!" I heard my beta call, but I didn't want to stop, if he wanted to talk he would just have to walk faster.
I didn't really know where I was going, I should probably be heading towards my next class, but a part of me felt like I would go insane if I didn't see Kaden soon.
Not that I knew where to find him, I didn't even know what lesson he had.
"Adam!" Michael called my name again as he jogged to the side of me, his expression one of caution and surprise.
"You okay?" He asked and I forced myself to slow down, what on Earth is going on with me?
"Yeah, I just need to find him," I sighed, running a hand through my hair in frustration.
"Kicking in already, huh?" Michael chuckled lightly, but I could hear the concern in his voice.
"What do you mean?" I asked, finally turning to look at my beta who watched me closely, as if my wolf would lash out at any moment.
"The full moon is coming up...don't tell me you forgot," he lowered his voice, the students rushing past us, oblivious to our conversation.
My eyes widened as I swore under my breath, I had completely forgotten about that, with everything that had happened, the full moon was honestly the last thing that was on my mind, but that would explain why I felt so damn restless.
"I've had more important things to worry about," I shrugged as I started walking again, still not quite knowing where I was going.
"Come on, we have Science," Michael sighed, heading off in a different direction, and I didn't have much choice but to follow him.
I hated that my mate's presence felt so weak to me, usually you would know as soon as your mate walked into the building, but because of that damn guard, it was shielding him from me.
A sour thought washed over my mind that had me frowning, my eyes cast down to the floor as I blindly followed Michael. Would it always be like this? Kaden couldn't take down his guard while in the human world, but I lived in the human world, would it always be this restricted?
No...I'm pretty sure once we're mated his guard won't have any effect on me anymore, there was absolutely nothing that could come between us once we're mated, I just had to be patient until then, after all, I had a feeling that wouldn't be happening for a while.
A sigh loudly escaped my lips as I stepped into my next class, Michael strolling to the back of the room where we would always sit.
"I'm just saying, if he had just been honest in the first place, none of that would have happened." I was pulled out of my thoughts by Adrian's voice, instantly catching my attention as my eyes found him and Gabriel, sitting next to each other, deep in conversation.
"There would be no story if he had just told everything from the get go, and it's not like he was just going to go around telling people he barely knew all his deepest, darkest, secrets," Gabriel rolled his eyes.
My eyes flickered to the empty seat on the other side of Adrian. Right...Michael said we had Science, so this would be the first class of the day where I would see Kaden...but where was he?
"Adam?" I heard Michael through our mind-link but I ignored him, stepping up to Adrian and Gabriel.
"Where's Kaden?" I asked, not caring about Michael's questioning gaze, or what anyone else would think.
Adrian's attention was dragged onto me, a wide smile taking place on his lips, he was clearly doing a lot better than the last time I had seen him.
"Well, hello to you too," he grinned cheekily, I resisted the urge to roll my eyes and instead waited for him to answer my question, making his grin morph into a smirk once he'd realised.
"He's been caught up at home, he should be here soon," Gabriel answered for him, clearly uninterested in the conversation.
"Is everything okay?" I didn't know what troubles Kaden had to deal with at home, were they dangerous? Was he risking his life right now? The thought didn't sit well with me.
Adrian smiled wide at me, his eyes flickered behind me for barely a second before he was talking quite loudly.
"Oh, yeah. Kaden will be fine, he's probably bored, wishing he were somewhere else...with someone else..." he smirked.
I'm not gonna lie, I stared at him like he'd lost his mind, what on Earth was this boy talking about?
A hand fell onto my shoulder, thankfully I didn't visibly jump, but my heart went into my throat as my head flew to the side at neck-breaking speed.
Kaden stood glaring at Adrian, before his eyes found mine and he smiled softly.
"Ignore him, I had to take care of something, I'm okay," he assured, his hand that was still on my shoulder tightened slightly.
My heart beat loudly in my ears, all too aware of where he touched me, even if it wasn't skin to skin contact, it felt just as powerful.
"Are you okay?" He asked me, his voice lowering in volume, his eyes shining with concern and I finally smiled back.
"Yeah, I'm okay." I should probably tell him about the full moon.
"Take your seats, please!" The teacher called from where she had just stepped into the room, her eyes burning holes into me and Kaden.
We reluctantly separated and I finally joined my friend at the back of the classroom.
I didn't pay attention that lesson, my eyes unable to move away from my mate, and there was no doubt in my mind that he couldn't feel it.
*
-Kaden's POV-
Zach and I walked to the cafeteria together after the laborious lesson we had to endure, nothing succeeded much at keeping my attention, although at this point, I was getting rather used to that.
I was forcing myself to pay more attention to my classwork however, I knew I could ask the teacher for reference work to take home with me, I just simply didn't have time for that.
It was obvious that I had turned up to school today later than I usually would, but it just felt like nothing was ready to settle, everything had to happen all at once, and I was painfully aware of it.
With a hidden sigh, I pushed the doors to the cafeteria open, allowing entrance for me and Zach, who immediately glanced around for any sign of his keeper. We pushed our way through the growing crowds of teenagers, walking towards the food court.
It didn't take us long to get our food, trying to navigate the crowds towards our usual table, I felt a sigh of relief seconds away from escaping my lips as the view of our table grew closer, but it was forced back down when I was only a few feet away.
My eyes were locked onto Adam, who was already sat at his usual seat, the chair next to him empty and calling my name, everyone else was there too, and Zach joined his keeper, placing his tray onto the table and throwing his arms around my best friend.
But I didn't reach the table, instead I was stopped, my eyes being forced away from Adam and onto the girl who now stood in front of me, twirling a strand of hair between her fingers.
"Hi, Kaden," she smiled sweetly, a light blush coating her cheeks.
There was a part of me that so desperately wanted to ignore her and take my seat at the table, I couldn't do that. Usually, I would return the smile and engage in friendly conversation with her, but today, I couldn't do that either.
"Hi," instead I said, not even having the energy to force a smile.
"I-I was wondering if you maybe...were um free this weekend?...We could...ya know, hang out...or something..." she stuttered, the blush on her cheeks growing darker and spreading to her ears.
I forced myself not to sigh, my mouth open, about to decline her offer, when my eyes caught sight of Adam raising from his seat.
I could practically see the anger pouring off him as he glared at the girl, I must say she was brave, to ask me out was one thing, but to ask me only three feet away from where all my friends were sitting, she didn't seem the type, either she didn't notice they were there, or thought I'd say yes because I'm too nice to publicly embarrass her like that.
In a way she was right, I wouldn't reject her publicly in front of everyone, I was take her to the side and turn her down more privately, but what she doesn't know is that she just asked me out in front of my keeper, that was her mistake.
"He's not interested," Adam answered for me, he finally stepped away from the table to stand beside me, his glare still on the girl who looked between the two of us, flustered.
Adam's voice was stoic, void of emotion, but the anger poured off him in waves, wanting nothing more than the girl in front of us to disappear. I could tell he wanted to touch me, to claim me as his in front of everyone, but we knew he couldn't, and that only seemed to fuel his anger more.
My hand landed on Adam's bicep, hoping my touch would calm him down some, before finally forcing myself to smile politely at the girl.
"Sorry, we have plans this weekend," I lied, although that would probably turn out to be true.
"O-oh...um, maybe some other time?" She asked, hopefully.
My hand tightened where it still gripped at Adam's arm the second I saw his mouth open, ready to tell her no.
"We'll see," I smiled, finally excusing us from the conversation and dragging Adam over to the table with me.
"Well, you're doing a good job at playing the role of jealous boyfriend," Adrian teased with a chuckle, looking between me and my keeper in amusement, I noticed how Zach nudged him with his elbow, but Adrian's grin only grew wider at the action.
"I don't like people asking out my mate," Adam all but growled, but I could feel his anger had dissipated considerably.
Everyone went about eating and talking, and the food actually helped to improve my mood a little.
"I do not have the energy for today," I sighed, unconsciously leaning closer to Adam as I spoke to just him, the others caught up in their own conversations.
"You were later than usual this morning, is everything okay?" Adam asked, concerned, turning to face me slightly in his seat.
"Yeah...just feels like I can't catch a break lately."
Adam sent me a sympathetic smile, his eyes softening as he did. "I know what you mean, sometimes I wish I could just run away for a bit."
"Take me with you," I chuckled, it would do us a world of good, but running away from our responsibilities would never end well, and now would be the worst time for it.
Adam chuckled softly, leaning closer towards me until his lips hovered over my ear, a shiver racked my body from his close proximity, and I had to remind myself where we were before I pushed him against the table and kissed him senseless.
"I'd kill for just one night alone with you," he whispered, his lips so close they grazed my ear as he spoke. I swallowed down hard, all too aware of how my breathing picked up at his words, and when I felt his tongue swipe against the outside of my ear painfully slowly, I nearly moaned in the middle of the cafeteria.
"Adam!" We were interrupted, Adam growling dangerously low as he forced himself to move away from me.
This was just another reason I needed my guard up, it meant I could compose myself pretty easily, forcing back my eyes that threatened to come forward, without my guard I would have most likely snapped at the person who had interrupted us, who now held the attention of the whole table.
A boy around our age stood at the end of the table, his eyes glued onto Adam, waiting for his attention, his eyes briefly flickered to me, but when I raised an eyebrow in response he quickly looked away.
"What?!" Adam snapped angrily, making the boy jump.
"Not now, Steven," Michael warned the small boy warily, but he didn't seem to get the message, as he continued to stand there looking between us all in confusion.
"I-um..." he looked around more, clearly oblivious to what the problem was. "Just wanted to let you know I won't be able to make the meet tonight," he shuffled nervously, and I could hear Michael's sigh from here.
"Okay?" Adam asked, his glare still on the shaking boy, waiting for him to leave.
The poor boy looked terrified and Adam did nothing to make it better, clearly not too happy that he had interrupted our moment.
I placed my hand on Adam's thigh under the table, squeezing firmly to calm him down, and it didn't take long for him to look at me, breathing out his anger and flashing me a devastatingly handsome smile.
Adam finally turned back to the boy who now looked like he was going to cry, "That's fine, thank you for letting me know, I assume you have a good reason?"
The boy nodded desperately, "my dad-"
"You don't need to explain yourself," Adam cut him off. "The meet isn't an important one, so it won't be a problem."
Adam looked away from the boy then, clearly done with the conversation, and for the first time since the boy arrived at our table, he got the message, again nodding his head desperately, before practically sprinting away from the table.
"Poor kid nearly pissed his pants," Luke shook his head, chuckling in amusement.
"Adam did practically bite his head off," Nathan laughed, glancing warily at his Alpha.
Adam ignored them, going back to his food with a look of disappointment on his face.
"What's that look for?" I whispered, moving my hand that was still on his thigh up ever so slightly, but I know he felt it by how he tensed beside me.
"What look?" He asked, confused.
"You look..." I paused to run my hand further up his thigh, our eyes never leaving each others. "Disappointed," I whispered, a small smirk playing on my lips as my hand reached the top of his thigh.
His hand shot down to grab mine before it could get any closer, but I could see his eyes becoming clouded with lust.
Why did I even have to go to school? I'm the King for Christ's sake, I should be able to come and go as I please, I should be able to do whatever I want, so why on Earth can't I drag Adam out of here and make his scream my name?
"You're playing a very dangerous game, Kaden," he whispered, a smirk of his own dancing across his lips, almost daring me to continue.
"Hmm...I have a feeling I'd win this one," I grinned, his eyes followed the movement of my tongue as I wet my lips. School was the least of my interests right now, and I had a feeling he knew that.
So I did the one thing I shouldn't have done, under any circumstances, definitely not in the middle of the school cafeteria while surrounded by all of our friends.
My hand grabbed him through his jeans, and I felt his dick instantly react to my touch, Adam hissed through clenched teeth, forcing his eyes shut, but in doing so he caught the attention of Michael beside him.
"You alright, man?" His beta asked, unknowing to just what was going on under the table.
Adam nodded stiffly but didn't respond, his hand grabbed the wrist of my hand that wasn't under the table, and he dragged me from my seat, away from our friends.
"Welp, they're going to fuck," I heard Luke chuckle behind me, but my attention wasn't on them as I let Adam drag me out of the cafeteria.
I didn't bother to ask where we were going, knowing I would find out soon enough, and instead watched my keeper in amusement as he refused to look at me.
It didn't take long for Adam to reach his destination, I'm pretty sure he was just looking for the first secluded place he could find, which is why I wasn't surprised when I found myself pushed up against the wall in the Janitor's closet.
"Such a cliché location, now I am starting to feel like a teenager," I teased.
Adam locked the door behind us, his eyes drilling into mine as he used his body to keep mine pressed against the wall.
"It's like you want me to lose control, do you get some kind of pleasure out of testing my restraints?" He asked, but there was a note of teasing in his voice as his lips found their way to my neck.
"Would it make me sound sadistic if I said yes? I just love watching you lose yourself to me," I whispered, a gasp being pulled from my lips as Adam licked and nipped at the skin on my neck.
"Don't leave any visible marks," I quickly told him, my people couldn't know I'd found my keeper yet.
Adam hummed in acknowledgement, pulling away from me with a smirk.
"Does that mean I can mark you where people can't see?" He breathed, his forehead pressed against mine, his breath caressing my lips, I couldn't resist him anymore.
I nodded my head in answer to his question, before pushing my lips against his, it felt like home.
His lips melding perfectly with my own, taking away every gasp of air as we fought for dominance, neither of us caving, just pressing our bodies closer together as our lips pressed harder and longer.
His tongue roughly swept at my bottom lip, trying to pry my lips apart and of course I gave his entrance, my tongue racing to meet his own and when they touched we both moaned into each other.
Our tongues didn't dance, they battled, our kiss wasn't slow and romantic, it was hot and heavy, it was needy.
My hands gripped his hips tightly, digging my fingers into the skin on his hips after I managed to hike his shirt up ever so slightly.
I thrusted myself against him, grinding my body against his, our erections pressing together through our clothing.
Adam groaned into my mouth, his tongue taking away any air that hoped to reach my lungs, but my body didn't care, this was heaven, this was pure, unadulterated pleasure, and I'd never felt anything like it in my life.
"Kaden..." Adam moaned my name softly, his lips hovering over mine as he pressed his hips eagerly against mine, again, and again, and again.
My hand slipped into his hair, gripping at the strands, I gave myself access to his neck, my lips pressing hard kisses to the tender skin, my tongue trailing a path from the bottom of his neck, to his jaw, before reaching his ear.
"One day I'm gonna make you scream my name," I whispered, letting myself get lost in the pleasure, we were both painfully hard and the grinding never slowed as we continued to torture each other.
Adam chuckled breathlessly, his eyes finally opening to meet mine, I wasn't surprised to see them shining, that all too familiar red colour burning into my soul.
"Maybe after I make you scream mine first," he smirked.
Then he took control, his hand buried itself in my hair, his lips sucked and bit at my collarbone, and I knew I wouldn't be able to wear a low-riding shirt for a while, but I didn't care. His hips pressed dangerously into mine, my back pressed against the wall, as the pleasure he was giving me continued to overwhelm me.
"Adam..." A whispered moan left my lips as I fought to keep my eyes open.
His lips travelled up to where he would mark me, his tongue tracing the area that had me shivering in his arms.
"I have to tell you something," he said, keeping his voice low as he spoke.
"What?" I asked, my head was swimming right now, and forming long sentences seemed almost impossible.
"The full moon is coming up," he said, forcing his lips away from my neck so he could see my face, he stopped grinding against me, at this point we were both practically leaking into our pants, if we kept that up any longer, we would both have a problem, and it was at that moment I remembered we were still in school.
"The full moon?" I asked, I knew the effects of the full moon made them stronger, or well, it made their wolves stronger, which in turn would make their wolf harder to control, but as far as I was aware that wasn't really much of a problem, maybe they would miss a day of school here and there, but nothing major.
"You don't know what that means?" He asked in amusement, but before I could get annoyed his nose pressed into mine gently, rubbing them together ever so slowly, and making my heart skip a beat.
"Now that I have found my mate, it will be harder to resist you the closer we get to the full moon, but it's the day of the full moon that's the worst, it'll be better to stay away from me on that day, I could stay home but I have a feeling I won't be able to fight my wolf and will find my way here one way or another," he laughed. "So, it may be better if you stay in Galtolga on that day," he finished, smiling softly.
"What happens if I don't?" I asked, my voice barely above a whisper as I awaited his answer.
"I'll mark you," he said simply, his lips moving to graze over the area between my neck and my shoulder, so painfully slowly, a shiver racked my body.
The thought of how badly I wanted that to happen both excited and scared me.
That was until the school bell shrieked loudly, reminding me once again, we were still in school.