All Chapters of Winter's Mate: Fated on Ice : Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

CHAPTER 41 - Where’s she?JudeI jogged out of the locker room after taking a quick shower, my hair still damp and my body buzzing with adrenaline and anticipation. I couldn’t wait to see Rosie, to hold her, to finally have her all to myself after watching her cheer for me, after seeing her she looked satisfied when Josh was wheeled out and grinned at me.Mine. She was mine.I dropped the white towel I’d used to dry my hair on the bench outside the locker room, scanning the area with a grin already forming on my face. Any second now I’d see her standing there waiting for me, probably blushing and clutching my jersey to her chest.But when I looked around, I found nothing.The space where she should have been was empty.She was supposed to be here. Rosie wouldn’t have gone back inside, right? Maybe she got cold waiting and went to Maya’s car?Was that possible?I raised my head and sniffed the air, searching for her scent. I caught it—vanilla and something uniquely hers—but it was fain

CHAPTER 43 - she knowsJudeMy paws hit the ground hard as my heart beat furiously in my chest, running beside the moving car to save my mate. Every muscle in my wolf body screamed with each leap.Faster. Must go faster.After I’d removed Josh’s fangs, leaving him bleeding and broken in that hospital bed, he’d cried out through the blood and pain that he was innocent—that it had to be Sophia, Rosie’s twin sister, who had kidnapped her.I was frozen, my blood-covered hands still raised, rage warring with confusion.“How do you know that?” “I’d demanded,” my voice was barely human.Josh gulped, choking on the blood pooling in his mouth, crimson staining his jaw and teeth. His words came out garbled and wet. “Sophia... She hated Rosie, and she wished for her death. She’s…she’s unstable, man.”I’d grabbed his shirt, yanking him closer despite his whimper of pain. “Why the fuck should I believe you?”“Because I didn’t want to do it!” Josh had practically sobbed, and for the first time, I’d

45RosieIt had been a week since I discovered there was a world beyond what I knew and grew up in, a world where werewolves were real and I was now intertwined with them and their lives, and everything that came with it.I was mated to a werewolf.After being discharged from the hospital, I’d cooped myself up for some days battling with the loss of my sister because even though Sophia had tried to kill me, she was still my twin, and mourning her was complicated and painful.But I later got over it enough to function, and Jude told me more about his world, and even Elena came by to congratulate me and told me welcome, “Welcome to the pack,” with a warm smile that made me feel accepted.Jude and I had been cooped up in my cottage for days, just the two of us existing together before we came out for the festival today, and I was nervous and excited all at once.And here I am now, grinning cheek to cheek, nervousness forgotten, with my hand engulfed by Jude’s warm, large hand, and the sp

47JudeI was definitely asleep, or rather, I didn’t know when I’d fallen asleep after successfully walking Rosie back to her cottage through the longest route possible because I wanted to delay our time together and stretch out every single second I had with her before we had to part.Even when I finally stood at her door and watched her unlock it, the newly formed mate bond thrummed painfully in my chest, pulling me toward her. I had to clench my fists so hard my nails dug into my palms and swallow down the whining, pleading sound that wanted to escape my throat, begging her to let me inside.I knew she could feel my reluctance through the bond because her eyes softened. She just smiled at me shyly with that beautiful blush spreading across her freckled cheeks and stood on her toes to peck my cheek sweetly before closing the door gently between us, and I stood there like an idiot staring at the door.Fuck! I didn’t know how many hours or minutes I spent standing outside her cottage

He was kissing me desperately like he wanted to devour me whole in a frenzied manner, and his hands were trembling as they roamed over my body, and he lapped at the crescent mark on my neck, and my stomach curled tight with desire. The sensation of his tongue on my mark sent shockwaves of pleasure straight to my core. I could feel myself getting wet already, arousal pooling between my thighs.He practically tore my hoodie off my body, not bothering with buttons or zippers, and I squealed in surprise, suddenly remembering that I hadn't put anything on underneath the hoodie. The fabric ripped and fell away, leaving me bare from the waist up."My beautiful mate," he murmured reverently as he nuzzled into the valley between my breasts, breathing me in deeply before his mouth descended and took one nipple into his hot, wet mouth.I immediately wanted to cover myself, feeling self-conscious about my body and my size, but he swatted my hands away gently but firmly."Let me see you," he murmu