The Secrets of the Panther
Chapter 75

IZZY

I couldn’t stop looking at Blake.

From the closeness of his touch, my whole body was reacting to him. I wanted him.

I soon realized that we were just left in the room.

“I think I best get up,” I say as I move my legs from the covers, but Blake moves closer. I stop my movements and stare back at him. I clear my throat.

Blake looks at me, but his eyes dart to my lips and then back to my eyes. “Izzy,” he says in a raspy voice but clears his throat slightly. “I think we should talk about what we want to happen.”

I don’t say a word, but I look back at him with a small smile forming on my face.

Blake clears his throat again and places his hand back in mine; the tingles between us set the mate bond off and make me want him more.

His eyes flicker between his and Axel’s eyes, but his eyes come back to me. “Izzy, I want us to go on another date. I think...” he says, but I cut him off too eagerly. “Yeah, I want to go one too.”

Blake’s mouth opens but closes. He smiles at me. “I’m so glad you agree. I want to make up for the first one we had, but also, I want to make sure we both learn more about each other.”

I smile and nod at him. “I agree, but I want to ask you something,” I say. I have never been shy about sex or anything, mainly because I didn’t want it, but now, with the mate bond working, I know I want to, but I don’t know when.

“What do you want to ask?” He asks, placing his leg on the bed to get comfy.

“I know you said we can wait till I am ready to mate each other, and I know I am ready to, but I want to wait till we,” I say and look down. But Blake places his other hand under my chin, making me go red in the cheeks.

Blake smiles at me with no hint of worry. “Izzy, I told both Puna and you. We will wait till you are ready to do all that,” he says as his thumb gently rubs over my chin softly. “We will wait. No pressure from us.”

I can suddenly hear Puna laugh in my head. “Why are you laughing for?” I ask her.

Puna comes closer to me but doesn’t show herself to Blake. She has a big grin on her face. “I know full well that horny wolf of his will replace it hard,” she says.

I blush slightly.

Blake clears his throat; he has a slight smirk when I look back at him. “You ok there?” He asks.

I can’t help but clear my throat. “Um... yeah,” I say.

He smiles.

I move again to get out of bed, but Blake stops when I remove the covers from my legs when he moves up slightly.

I look up at him as he stares down at me.

“What’s wrong?” I ask him quietly.

Blake shakes his head and looks at me. “Nothing, I’m going to turn around,” he says. He turns around; I move out of the bed and sit up, placing my legs over the bed.

I place my feet on the floor and stand; I grasp the little dresser by the side to steady myself. I looked to where Blake was. I knew he was watching me through the window’s reflection, but I could also sense his wolf close to the surface.

I take a step, but suddenly, a sharp pain riddles through me. I let out a groan, but I could feel my knees give way. I was about to hit the floor with a thud, but I felt strong arms hold me as I leaned on them.

I look up to see a worried Blake.

“What’s wrong?” He asks, sounding worried.

I was about to tell him when another pain riddles through me. It’s not my pain.

“It’s the witch’s pain,” says Puna in a low growl. “It feels like she was being attacked at some point.”

I close my eyes as the pain succeeds more. I grab Blake’s arms tight as the pain washes over me. I scream out.

The pain goes after a few moments; I open my eyes to see a few faces looking back at me.

Blake looks on worried as he holds me in his arms. “Izzy,” he says. “What was that?”

I shook my head, clearing the memory, and turned to look at him. “It was the witch’s emotion. Someone attacked at some point; it just shot through me like it needed to be released.”

Blake has a blank expression, but I look at the other eyes in the room with us. I couldn’t help but let a growl slip through. The man holds his arms up in surrender. “It’s ok, Luna. I’m the pack doctor,” he says. “I was told to come in to check on you by Alpha Derek, and when we came in, we heard the screams,” he says. “We wanted to make sure you were ok.”

I look back at him, but Puna pushes forward with me, the pack doctor and the woman beside him looking on with wide eyes.

“My human is okay,” says Puna, “We are dealing with some things with our power, something we don’t nothing about.”

As I stare back at them, Puna goes back suddenly, but not too far.

“Sorry about that; Puna comes forward when I can’t clear my head,” I say to them, giving them a small smile.

The pack doctor looks back at me and smiles. “It’s ok Luna, we want to make sure you were not in any pain, but could I ask a question,” he asks.

Blakes growls. I look at him, but his face still has a blank expression.

“It’s ok, Blake,” I say. Blake looks down at me but nods.

I turn back to the pack doctor. “What’s your question?” I ask him.

The pack doctor clears his throat. “Well, my question is, where does your power come from? We haven’t got any cat shifter books here to know anything about this sort of thing,” he says.

I smile. “My power is built on my emotions. I know little about it all, either. I just learned to deal with it,” I say, but I look back at him. “How come there are no books about my kind here? I thought every pack has books about other shifters, just in case they have other shifters within the pack.”

The pack doctor looks straight at Blake. I look up at him, but I frown. “What aren’t you telling?” I ask him, as his expression changes slightly.

“Mate was mind-linking someone when we were through the pain,” blurts Puna.

I look back at Blake, who is not giving much away.

“Puna, do you think they are having the meeting without us?” I ask her.

Puna growls. “I hope not,” she says, “But I can’t be certain about it.”

“Blake,” I say to him, “Tell me now.”

Blake looks back at me and sighs. “Ok, Elder Johnson took all the other shifters’ books out of the library and the council collection,” he says as he keeps his eyes on me. “Tilly told my father this morning that she couldn’t meet later. She told my father and Alpha Dawson what she found out and was now returning to the council.”

I growl. “Why didn’t you tell me?” I say, “I wanted to talk to Tilly about something.”

“What about?” He asks.

I try to get up, but Blake holds on to me. “Izzy, what are you not telling me?” He asks. I growl. “Never mind,” I say through gritted teeth.

I look back at him, and Puna pushes through as we join. “Mate, best stop asking questions,” we say.

Blake stares back but doesn’t move.

We look back at the pack doctor, who is staring back with wide eyes once again, “Why would that Elder take the books for? They are not his to take,” we say through clenched teeth.

The pack doctor stutters slightly. “We... I mean... We don’t know,” he says.

Puna and I look back at Blake. “We need to get ready now,” we say.

Puna takes a step back and places me forward.

I stare back at Blake and move up, pushing him slightly as I want to walk alone.

“GET OUT,” says Blake through gritted teeth to everyone in the room.

The pack doctor and nurse run out of the room. I don’t look back at Blake as I walk to the bathroom.

Suddenly I can feel hands on my waist. I growl. “Get off me,” I say to him. But Blake has other ideas. He turns me around and pushes me slightly until I’m pinned between him and the wall.

I frown at him.

“What the hell?” I say.

Blake places one hand on my waist while the other is by my head. He leans into my neck and sniffs at my scent, but he is too close. His scent is so strong, and Puna is purring in my head.

“Don’t walk away from me,” he says into my neck.

I can’t help but gulp.

I don’t say a word.

Blake moves his head from near my neck and moves closer to my face; there is not even an inch between us. I can feel his breath on my face.

“What... you...” I say, but Blake moves the hand on the wall to my chin. He stares at me.

My mouth goes dry suddenly; I can’t help but gaze at his lips. Fuck, I want to kiss him so badly.

I look back at his eyes.

A slight smirk appears on his face. “I know what I want to do,” he breathes, placing his lips on mine with that.

As soon as our lips touched, my body exploded with fireworks. My core was burning with more desire. His lips moved away slightly, and I felt lost when they weren’t on mine. I look back at him; he stares at me.

“Izzy, I’m sorr—” he says, but I cut him off as I place my mouth back on his. I kiss him back hard. He doesn’t move but quickly recovers as his hand on my waist tightens slightly; he moves closer to me. Blake licks the bottom of my lip, and I let him gain access to my mouth. His tongue enters and wrestles with mine. After a few seconds, I can’t help the moan that escapes my mouth.

We both part ways, both panting hard. Blake rests his head on my forehead. “Izzy,” he says in a husky voice. “I—” he says, but I shake my head. “Blake, I wanted to do that so much,” I mumbled.

Blake searches my eyes, but he smiles. “I think you should go in the bathroom to get ready now,” he says. “I will wait out here for you.”

I nod.

Blake places a kiss on my forehead and moves away.

I smile at him and turn to walk into the bathroom; I need to get ready and go to the meeting.

But fuck, that kiss was hot.