Chapter 55

When Seraphina awoke, the sun had just begun its descent in the evening sky. She clutched the sides of her head as the events of the morning flashed through her mind and tears stung her eyes as she tried to shake the memories away.

“Are you okay my sweet flower?” Achilles whispered against her neck as he pulled her back against his chest.

She opened her mouth but, no words came out. Shaking her head, she pressed herself closer to Achilles, revelling in the contact that she had been longing for more than she realised.

Burying his face in the crook of her neck, Achilles breathed deeply inhaling her scent.

“I’ve missed you, I’ve missed this,” Achilles whispered as he tightened his arms around Seraphina.

A smile crept across Seraphina’s lips despite the gut wrenching guilt she was feeling.

“Achilles… What did I do? All those people, those men… They are dead because of me.” She tried to fight back the tears that were threatening to spill from her eyes.

Moving her hair back, Achilles trailed soft kisses along Seraphina’s shoulder.

“You defended yourself, you avenged your parents, you did what you had to do Seraphina.”

Seraphina rolled over to face Achilles, her distressed eyes searched his.

“I am no better than Lord Stevano! He killed for what he thought was right, how is that any different?”

Achilles shook his head, “You have likely saved more lives than you took. Now, enough of this. Let’s get up and go and check on Leo.”

He stood from the bed and took Seraphina’s hand in his own, she looked down at herself and was shocked to find she had been scrubbed clean, there were no knots in her hair and she had on a pale blue silk dress.

She didn’t remember anything past Achilles picking her up to leave the De Buccleuch Manor.

“I didn’t want to wake you so, I just bathed you whilst you were asleep,” Achilles smiled at her.

Seraphina wrapped her arms around his neck and captured his lips in a passionate kiss.

Achilles hands found their way up to Seraphina’s neck. He pushed her closer to him as he entangled his fingers in her hair, deepening their kiss.

Their tongues intertwined and danced over one another as their breathing turned to heavy pants.

Achilles pressed Seraphina’s body against his, marvelling at the way her body fit so perfectly into his.

Wrapped in each other’s arms, their lips still locked on one another’s, they moved back to the bed.

Achilles lay Seraphina down, her dress pushed up around her hips. He stood back, watching her, admiring her body. He hadn’t noticed until now but, motherhood had changed her body in the best ways.

Her hips were now wider which only went to further accentuate the deep curve of her waist, her thighs thicker, more rounded and decorated with faint, silver stretchmarks.

He could see the gentle pulse of the veins in her heavy round breasts as they rose and fell with every breathless pant.

Achilles licked his lips as he began to salivate looking at Seraphina. He wanted to taste her, he needed to taste her. His pants tightened against his growing erection as Seraphina stretched her arms above her head and parted her legs slightly, offering herself to him.

Lifting her leg up, Achilles traced his tongue up the arch of Seraphina’s foot. She clamped a hand over her mouth as she tried to stifle a giggle which quickly turned into a moan as Achilles sucked a toe into his mouth, his tongue lapped and swirled around it before he released it from his mouth. The cold evening air sent shockwaves through her body as it caressed her warm, wet skin.

Achilles began to trail delicate kisses up her legs, his tongue occasionally darting out to skim over her skin leaving behind a trail of goose bumps.

Seraphina’s back arched and a deep moan escaped her parted lips as Achilles began to nibble and suck on the skin of her thighs.

He ran his hands up the length of her leg, the rough calloused skin of his palms scratched at her soft legs.

Her body quivered in anticipation as his lips gently brushed over her flower as he moved to kiss and lap at her other thigh. Seraphina bit down on her lip until droplets of blood pooled on her swollen lip.

Achilles groaned against her crotch as he sank his teeth into her inner thigh basking in the scent of her arousal mixed with her blood.

He so wanted to run his tongue up the length of her slit and taste the sweet juices that were spilling from her.

In a true testament to his self-control, he stood back on his feet with a grunt. Seraphina blushed a deep shade of red as she tried to cover herself back up.

“I’m sorry my love, we have all the time in the world for this but, we need to go to Leo,” Achilles sighed.

Seraphina nodded as she stood, she smoothed the creases out of her dress as she tried to calm her erratic breathing.

With a final, longing, lust filled looked, they departed the room and began their descent down the stairs onto the garden.

Seraphina spotted Isobella, Eloise and Oisin sat under the redwood tree, where the twins had been laid to rest, with Leonardo.

A smile played around her lips as she heard them laughing and talking to him as he lay cooing and trying to roll from side to side.

As they neared closer, Leonardo caught sight of Seraphina and Achilles, a wide grin broke out on his face as his skin began to shimmer.

Seraphina came to a holt, her jaw dropped open and she stared at her baby as sandy fur began to appear over his body. His ears seemed to slide up to the top of his head and elongate to a point and a tail sprouted from his spine and began to pound against the grass.

She shook herself from her daze as the little wolf pup came bounding over to her on wobbly legs.

Bending down, she scooped the little bundle of fur up into her arms letting him frantically lick her face and neck as his tail wagged eagerly.

She couldn’t stop the tears that spilled and the chuckle that came from her as the happy pup tried to jump from her arms to get closer to her face.

“Please tell me this is his first shift?” She tried to look at Isobella as the others over Leonardo’s wriggling body.

Isobella giggled as she wiped tears from her own eyes, “Yes, it’s his first shift! I guess the excitement of seeing his mama and papa was just too much to keep his wolf at bay.”

Seraphina grinned and nuzzled her face into his fur as Achilles stroked a hand down his back. The excited pup darted his attention between to two, jumping across to lick Achilles face.

“Why don’t you shift? Give him something to chase?” Seraphina smiled over at Achilles.

Achilles passed Leonardo back to Seraphina with a grin as he shifted into his snow leopard.

Leonardo yapped and growled playfully as Achilles nudged him with his muzzle.

Seraphina set the wriggling pup down and watched in contentment as they chased each other back and forth through the garden.

For the first time in a long time, she felt truly happy.