Chapter 113 What happened to Maria Nixon?!
113\. What happened to Maria Nixon?!
"Awww," Aura's heart skipped a beat as she unlatched the door.
"Oh dear, I tried to tame her but she's super hungry." Madam Martha said.
Her daughter was quivering in hunger in her granny's arms. Her face was glistening with tears and redness. As Anna's eyes met her mama's, she took a pause and screeched even louder as if she was relieved to see her mama.
"My daughter's hungry, yeah? Our lovely Anna is hungry?" She carefully clutched the shuddering little bundle to her chest and closed the door.
Aura settled on the couch and lifted her dress. She placed Anna in her lap and helped her latch on a nipple.
"Ouch," She winced as the baby's mouth suckled her.
She was tender with each gulp Anna took but her nipple hurt. It paid off when her eyes met her daughter's. She was desperately drinking like her father. Her eyes were closed making Aura look at Damien's scratched back and smile.
The relief on Anna's forehead reminded her of Damien's expressions from the last night. He was at ease like a baby.
Wetness pooled between her legs at the thought. Aura smiled and swallowed a deep breath before taking Anna's small feet and stroking them lightly. She was not energized enough to think about the night as it only made her feel exhausted.
After Anna's tummy was full, she drifted back to sleep again. Her mama tucked her in the cot and slipped under the blanket next to her husband.
This time she woke up feeling something wet moving around her throat. She didn't have to guess who it was as Damien whispered a good morning in her ear and hovered over her again.
"I am still tender, Damien." Aura said in a sleepy voice.
"Who's asking you to wake up? Go back to sleep and let me love you." the sensation of his lips on her collar bone made her whimper.
As much as she wanted to stop this, she loved it. Aura snaked his shoulders and pulled him close.
"But I am not ready, Damien. You've sucked half of life out of my body last night. Let me revive from this pain first." She pouted as she slowly lifted the veil of her lashes. Her gestures contradicted her words.
He chuckled near her ear making a tremble sweep through her. "How about I suck out the remaining half of your life, love? Then you can revive from scratch so I can suck it out fully again."
Aura's core shuddered. Her nipples tightened in her bra as she met Damien's alluring eyes. The hunger of wanting to claim her again was dancing in them. His expressions were raw and demanding. What shocked her more was his energy as he parted her legs and ripped her panties to settle between her thighs.
She smacked her lips nervously since there was no courage to turn him down. She wanted to feel him all over again despite the raw pain. It sounded cheesy but Aura was ready to let him claim the other half of her life. It would not be a big deal to recover after losing every ounce of her energy.
Her thighs shook at the touch of his fingers. He parted her thighs wider to penetrate her soft spot in one move. Since she can fit him full, Damien always eased his entire meat inside her. He was about to do the same. Nevertheless, as the head of his hard meat pierced her aching softness Anna's cries interrupted him.
A deadly smell mixed in the air and hit their nostrils with oxygen. Alpha Damien threw his skull on Aura's chest and scowled.
"Come on, this is not fair. I can't even have a morning love session now." He cried while Aura pushed his shoulders in order to get up.
She affectionately kissed his neck and pushed him back on the mattress, "Don't be so sour, Damien. You are not the only one who needs me now."
She picked her daughter and went to the dressing bed to change the diaper. Damien came next to her and caged her waist. While she cleaned and moisturized the baby's delicate skin before wrapping it in a new diaper again, he showered her neck with wet trails of kisses.
"I know," He said. "I know that I have to share you with Anna but," he dragged the zip down and covered her bare back with his huge palm. "You are too bewildering to let go."
He pulled the dress down until her cleavage put a hand across her to touch her sensitively bruised nipples. He softly fondled them as though massaging them in return for the wildness he showed the other night.
It was an inevitable distraction Aura fought as a mother and dressed Anna in a new set of clothes. She picked her to her chest and turned around.
Little Anna looked like a doll in her mama's arms. Her fluttering lashes kicked away the naughty thoughts from the mind of his father. It was only her angelic face Damien could see.
"Hey sweetheart," He pulled Aura close by her waist and pressed his mouth on Anna's forehead.
His head lowered down to rest on Aura's shoulder as he caressed the back of his daughter lovingly. Time halted there for them. This was a perfect morning. Totally picture perfect. With the birds contributing chirping music, the sun lent bright rays through the netted curtains as a spotlight on their frames.
Aura was quietly sinking the warm rays on her back as she inhaled Damien's powerful scent. She looked up at his tranquil countenance, "You didn't tell me about Maria Nixon, Damien." And ripped the silence with her disturbing statement.
The alpha pretended to not hear it but the tightness in his muscles gave away his uneasiness. His fingers flexed around her waist and that was adequate for Aura to draw his face upwards and ask the same thing with her eyes this time. Sternly.
"Erm, I will take a shower and come. I stink, don't I?" He walked away to the closet.
"You can't avoid her topic any more, Damien. I want to know what happened to her." Aura followed him in her half naked state.
She stopped behind him and banged her fist on his back to make him turn around, "How did you cast her away, Damien? Did you kill her? Throw her off the cliff? Bury her alive? Tell me what I want to know."
Damien only grabbed his clothes and walked inside the washroom, increasing Aura's anger. She grunted at his stubbornness.
'What is it that you're hiding from me Damien Hunter? I have been trying to ask you about your ex-girlfriend since my discharge from hospital but you won't spill a word. I hope you didn't kill her. But I can't help but wonder what makes you avoid the topic of her whereabouts. Oh moon goddess, how do I make him speak?!'
She stared at the door of the bathroom with creases entertaining her face. Except she didn't linger there for more than a minute as it was time for Anna's morning massage.
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Alpha Damien stood under the shower soaking in the heated water that cascaded over his strained body. The water drops felt cold and harsh on his bruised back in the beginning but quickly transformed into a cocoon of consolation.
The water grazed his skin as perfect rain, warm and steady, awakening his skin. The sound of rushing water relaxed his ears and helped him forget Aura's query regarding Maria Nixon.
She had been pushing him a lot lately. Her curiosity about Maria Nixon wouldn't die away. He assured her everything was good and cool but she refused to believe him.
The evil was cast away. Their mansion was positive and holy like it should be. It was perfect as an abode for them to leave peacefully with their daughter. But… Aurora Hunter was playing her part of being a stubborn Luna well.
'You don't really have to tell her you know that, right?' Damien's wolf purred under the relaxing shower.
That's right. But Aura would not forget it or let him forget anything. His mate was as stubborn as him. Avoiding her had always been hard and he would not persist this time as well.
He washed the bubbles off his body and closed the faucet. Hiding his lower body with the towel Damien came out of the shower room. He stopped before the sink to brush his teeth. But as he looked up at his reflection in the mirror, the happenings of that day displayed like a clip on the mirror.
Flashback…
Damien had promised to be as gentle with Maria Nixon as he could manage. He didn't want to shed blood or harm her on the day of her daughter's birth but one look at her figure on the couch in the guest room she was kept confined, and he lost every fiber of sanity and sincerity.
Whatever shit he heard her throw at Aura in the audio clip rung in his ears. He furiously approached her and yanked her up on her legs by her elbow with no hint of mercy.
He accepted his hold was cruel and the marks he saw proved his cruelty. He couldn't care less as far as his family was concerned.
"D-amien, Damien I swear I didn't didn't harm her. That's true I had bad intentions but hurting her or the baby was not one of them. You can… you can ask Aurora if you don't trust me." She uttered in a heavy terrified voice.
The alpha dragged her out of the mansion while the staff and the guards watched her. It was hard to accept that he was the same alpha who had let her in for protection w ith utmost respect.
Now he was dragging her out as humiliatingly as possible.
Tbc…
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