282- When the Beast Claims Its Mate
POV Aldren Valmorin:
“I cannot find it fair to kill him. What fault is it of his to have been a victim of magic? It would be the same as blaming me for being born part witch. I did not choose it; Orion did not either.”
I nodded.
“I know what I can do.”
“Tell me?”
“I will not allow you to risk yourself trying to break the spell, but I can find another experienced witch outside Romania to do it.”
“And you will keep Orion imprisoned until then?”
“I will, no matter how much it hurts me. Away from us and from the elders’ laws.”
“I’m sorry it has to be this way.”
“My hesitation and trust issues cost you too much pain; it is too much guilt to carry. It is over. No one stands above you. Not my people, not Orion. No one.”
...
I was awakened by strange movements on top of me.
Still exhausted from the past few days, I forced my eyelids open.
And fuck...
My mate was grinding against my cock, which I hadn’t even realized was hard. I was naked, though I remembered going to bed clothed.
She. She had taken them off.
Her blue irises were green now, bright, her head slightly tilted to the side as she stared at me in a feral way.
Not the woman—but the she-wolf.
Her nipples, pointed beneath her thin silk nightgown, greeted the world. My world. I tried to rise, and she growled, even though my intention was to kiss her, not move away.
“Calm down. I’m not planning to run from you, little wolf.”
Determined to have what she wanted from me, she planted her hands against my chest, preventing me from getting up, staring at me with a lust I had never seen in her eyes before.
That was when I scented the air, and my beast dug its claws into my insides.
Her incomparable aroma of roses, jasmine, and black pepper mixed with the scent of her heat, amplifying my senses.
My female was in heat.
Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed something strange around us, and when I looked, the white silk sheets and our blankets had been pulled and piled into a circle, forming a sort of nest on our bed.
Her creature had barely emerged and was already yearning for a pup.
Lucky for her, my beast and I were too.
I grabbed her legs wrapped around me, and my animal howled.
“You didn’t take the antidote,” I barked, and she purred in response. Inside me, I felt the shift between man and beast. “Thank you for not taking it, fuck.”
My female stared at me as if she might attack at any moment. Then her eyes returned to moonlit blue, and she blinked several times.
“Why did I do that?” She seemed lost.
“I’ve never had this experience, but I imagine your she-wolf wants a pup.”
She brought her hands to her lips.
I took advantage of her lapse in control and lifted my torso from the mattress, settling her on my lap. I squeezed her ass and pressed her center against my pulsing erection.
“Aldren...” she moaned.
“You need to tell me you don’t want this now, because my beast does. Wants it like fucking hell. I can’t keep control, not with you, so we’ll need to stay apart for days.”
“Do you think... that’s possible?”
Her irises flashed green, and I realized she would lose control again soon. Ah, and so would I.
“I don’t need a pup to be certain you’re my destined mate. We recognized each other. Our beasts recognized each other. And even if that weren’t the case, Elowen, fuck, it wouldn’t matter.”
“I want it. I want a little pup.” She blinked, letting a tear slip down.
With her confirmation, her eyes shone like a lunar explosion, and her creature took control again.
Before allowing my beast to emerge, I needed to warn the others in the house to keep their distance. We would risk killing anyone who entered and interrupted us.
I tried to escape the thirsty she-wolf to grab my phone.
She clung to my neck and wrapped her legs around me. Stronger, I stood with her attached to me, her hips rocking forward in search of friction.
“Wait, you dirty bitch,” I growled, nearly losing control.
Furious at having to wait, she sank her fangs fiercely into my neck. It took immense self-control not to give up on retrieving my phone from the armchair.
My desire for that she-wolf was only surpassed by my instinct to protect her.
I selected Nerin’s contact, because even if I tried to type a message, she wouldn’t allow it. Before I could say anything, the dirty bitch slid down my body and dropped to her knees at my feet, taking my cock for herself.
“Aldren?” Nerin’s voice sounded as she answered. The damn she-wolf shoved it all the way down her throat.
“Ah, fuck...”
“Aldren? Is something happening?” she asked, worried.
“No, it’s just...” Sliding her mouth over me with lust and fixing that dangerous emerald-green gaze on me, she sucked until her lips popped at the tip. “Holy fucking shit.”
“Aldren? I’m coming upstairs!”
“No! Don’t come up, and don’t let anyone approach this floor. Elowen is in heat.”
“Oh!” She gasped in surprise. “By the gods...”
Gods, my female sucked so well...
“Arh...” I swallowed the guttural moan. “I don’t know if we’ll eat, but during the night, leave something at the door. Water, lots of water.” I didn’t wait for her reply. I hung up and tossed the phone into the air.
From the sound of metal and glass shattering against the floor, I would need a new one. It didn’t matter. I grabbed a fistful of her hair and forced the rhythm of her lips.
“Mm...” She moaned and purred in satisfaction.
“You’d better stay right there, little wolf, because my beast is about to take control and we’ll fuck like two animals,” I growled in warning before thrusting my cock against her throat so deep the outline would be visible in the skin of her neck.