With a feeling of joy and relief, Daren hugged Victor because finally the man came after he had waited long enough. Even though it had only been a month since they had seen each other, he missed his alphas. It felt like time was moving so slowly without him around like before.
"I thought you wouldn't come. I was waiting for you at the time you said but you didn't show up. I had lost hope, but you finally came and that makes me very happy," he said as he hugged him tightly.
"Didn't I say I would definitely come? I'm sorry that I came late, something unexpected happened. But that's not important right now," Victor said as he ruffled Daren's hair.
He could feel the man's hands, which were cold from being outside all night. With his large, warm hands Victor removed his gloves and grasped both of Daren's hands to warm them.
The Omega smiled as he could feel his lover's hands on his again. Even though he knew Victor would be back at work tomorrow and they would have to wait a long time to see each other again.
But for now he didn't want to think about it, and just wanted to enjoy the moment with Victor this morning.
"Let's go inside, I've prepared a small cake for us to celebrate together," he invited.
"I should have brought you that cake. But you prepared it," the big man said and carried Daren inside.
At the entrance, Mike stood holding the blanket and thermos of hot tea that Daren had used earlier. He looked at Victor and his eyes would have said that Daren had been waiting for him all night but the man had only just arrived now.
'Lucky I didn't scold you, for making Daren have to freeze outside and even sleep sitting up like that,' Mike thought and let them both go inside as he followed behind.
Victor took Daren to his room and laid him on the bed. He took off his jacket then joined Daren to lie next to him and hugged the Omega. It felt so good to feel the warmer embrace of each other's bodies.
Neither of them said anything, but what they did made it very clear that they missed each other. Inhaling the pheromones of their partner, after so long of not being able to feel them.
"I tried calling you at 12pm, but why did you reject my call?" asked Daren.
"You called me?"
He felt confused because he didn't remember Daren calling him. He didn't even hear his cell phone ring. Since he had woken up at half past one in the morning, he hadn't had time to check his phone to see if he had called him.
'But I should have known if he did call me. But why didn't I know? Would that son of a b*tch dare to reject a call from Daren on my cell phone while I was sleeping,' he thought.
Victor then replied that he hadn't meant to and had slept until the morning, which was why he'd been traveling. He explained everything that happened to Daren which made the man quite surprised and felt that the Omega who was the target of Victor was brave enough to do that.
"You were supposed to be his tutor. Why would he dare to open your bag and even touch your personal belongings when you are his tutor?" he asked, looking both surprised and shocked.
He could only shake his head and told her not to think about it too much as he would handle the matter.
"Now I just want to enjoy my time with you without thinking about that annoying task. I want to tag you again because I'm annoyed that Zach and that damn Ace keep getting close to you!" Victor said as he tightened his embrace on Daren and nuzzled into his blond hair that felt so soft.
"Yes, I understand, they're really hard to tell that I have you. They just said that because you were away from me they could get a chance for me to choose one of them and leave you," Daren said.
Suddenly he felt a strong threatening pheromone coming from the Alpha next to him. Apparently Victor was angry when he heard Daren's explanation.
"How dare they say that behind my back. If I see them coming today, I'll eliminate them both at once for daring to say such a thing," he said with a fury that made even Daren feel afraid to be near him.
But at the same time he felt very calm and safe because his Alpha was there for him now. All his worries seemed to vanish as he felt these menacing pheromones there to protect him.
"You belong to me, and don't let any Alpha or Beta have you when I'm not around. Do you understand?"
"I understand very well."
Without saying anything else, Victor suddenly bit Daren's neck which made him jerk in surprise and squeeze Victor's shoulders. His body trembled all the way to his spine.
"Ahhn... Vic..." he moaned as he felt those sharp teeth on his skin.
The bite was so deep and strong that it almost made him feel the heat. He held his ground until Victor finally finished marking his neck.
He licked the bite mark that had left such a red color on Daren's neck. He wanted everyone to see that the man was his. He didn't want Daren to be owned by any Alpha or Beta other than himself.
"That's just the beginning, I'll mark you more later tonight along with my pheromones that will hold you for a few days," he whispered in a husky voice then kissed Daren's lips with passion and desire.
He kissed him back while wrapping his arms around his strong neck. It was as if he didn't want their kisses to slip away from each other and wanted to continue feeling his warmth.
As Victor pulled away with their saliva clinging to each other until it finally broke, he stroked Daren's lower lip with his thumb as he said.
"Save that for later tonight, because like I told you I'll claim you tonight before I leave again to continue my duties. And don't worry about protection, I've prepared plenty for tonight."
And that's when Daren realized he wouldn't be safe in his hands tonight.