Deimos, My Salvation (Part II)
A/N : Please read the previous published chappy first (Deimos, My Salvation Part - I)
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Females thirst over his raw wildness he flaunts shamelessly, his pride that he beholds. The tattoos that cover every inch of skin on his left arm is so prominent to the naked eye. It adds fuel to the aura of his wildness. Theia seems unfazed by the females' open want to her male as though she is quite used to it.
"Your brother is here," I whisper leaning towards my male who possesses a wide grin upon his face.
"I noticed, my female." He chuckles placing a quick delicate kiss on my forehead.
Sky - crystal blue orbs find us and she runs forward fueled by her excitement. This is the first time we all are present together as one family. "Lumina!" Her soft voice beckons me whilst I smile at her. She often reminds me of a pup with the way she speaks and acts.
She sprints towards me pulling me into her relentless embrace, her scent reaches forth to overwhelm my senses. She smells of a certain flower, yet I am unable to pinpoint the type.
"Hello, Theia." I chuckle wrapping my hands around her waist. She feels warm and so very soft as though I am holding one of Kal's plush toy.
I remember the first time she entered our pack, she embraced my male with affection. Now it is I she holds the most care for. "It is great to finally see you again. I wished to meet you rather than speak on the phone." She says voice faint dripping with sweet honey.
"I feel the same."
"I baked this Genoise cake for your family. It is my mother's recipe I truly hope you like it." She mutters as I take the warm gateau from her hands. This is not for the pack table but a personal gift so I shall set it on 'our' table. "And here is Kal's present, I knitted it to keep him warm in winters." She hands me a tiny red scarf tied by a blue ribbon.
At the tip of the scarf lies Deimos's and my initials. It is truly exquisite. "Thank you. You are so thoughtful, Theia." A vivid red hue is quick to paint her cheeks as she shyly lowers her head to hide her blooming smile to my words.
"Come, meet my male." I take her hand and guide her towards where Cronus has run off after kidnapping Kal.
"Cronus!" She giggles as her brother comes into view. He launches Kal into the air only to seize him as he falls whilst my male screeches with glee with the feelings just erupt in the pit of his belly to his uncle's game.
"Goddess, my sister is here. We must flee now, Kal."
"Stop it, I merely wish to say my wishes to him." Theia laughs as she lays eyes on my male. She circles Cronus as a predator often peeking in at the anxious pup. She disappears behind her brother's back only to pop out and surprise the pup with a funny face. Theia engages with the male this way until he calms to her presence.
"His eyes are stunning, Lumina. Just as Deimos." She beams at the little one as Kal's anxiety eases. He plays along with her antics seeking for her readying himself for her to appear from behind Cronus to scare him. I can see she has her way with pups, the way she plays with them is delightful to see.
"Indeed, but his stubbornness comes from me I assure you." I snicker at the small tease I put out. Curiosity has me peering behind to discover Deimos engaged in a deep conversation with his brother both possessing a beer bottle in hand taking plenty of swigs in between. Phobos does not talk much merely nodding every once and then or responding with a few curt words. Yet I notice it, Phobos's prime distraction.
His ocean blues keep glimpsing at Theia who prances around playing with my male, he observes her every smile her every laugh. His eyes capture her entirety engraving her antics in secret. I find her neck bare of his mark and understanding comes into light. I was in the same situation once so it is easy for me to find what is hidden from others.
"I think he wishes to come to me now, let him go Cronus!" Theia has her hands plunged delicately beneath Kal's underarms as she struggles to take him from her brother's grasp.
"Cronus, I wish to talk to Theia alone," Standing on my tiptoes I whisper into his ear as he turns to me the playfulness leaving whilst seriousness surges forward. He asks no questions as he offers me a curt nod of understanding whilst passing Kal onto Theia's awaiting hands.
He leaves immediately joining Deimos and Phobos giving Theia and me the privacy I wished. "Oh Goddess, he is wonderful." Theia coos nudging her nose onto his plump cheek taking in his scent and allowing him to do the same.
"Theia."
"Yes?" She questions peeking up at me with vivid blues, I can see she adores pups.
"Why has he not marked you yet?"
My question catches her off guard whilst her smile is brisk to vanish a sudden dullness blooms within her as she meekly takes a peek at her male. There is a gut-wrenching sadness her eyes hold as she regards him, he has placed her in misery.
"He does not want me." That is all she says, a strike of her truth shows me the raw void of her soul. A sharp intake of breath is pulled in by me to what she said. She sways my male casually as he places his cheek against her chest sucking on his thumb approving of the way she feels.
"He is your male." I offer her my soothing words aimed to comfort her. I frown with confusion, what could be the reason he does not wish to claim her? Does he not know how to love either? As she meets my eyes with her aching ones that seem to hold simmering sorrow beneath them, her truth intensifies. "You haven't told him."
"I haven't. His assumptions are many, too many for me to straighten."
"You must tell him, Theia. Yet despite it all, you love him." One would be blind if they are unable to see how she beholds her male, her eyes speak volumes.
"Selflessly. Wholly. Unfathomably." She smiles a smile that does not reach her eyes. "It is not merely his assumptions I must deal with. There is someone else among others whom he holds dear to him. I cannot compete."
"Oh, Theia." I place my palm upon her shoulder partaking in her distress.
"No, I deserve this for this is the moon's retribution for what I had done to you."
"Know this he holds half your soul, I know of the sadness I lived through it for several years I do not wish it on any female to go through," I tell her feebly seeking to ease her guilt. I know the reasons for her past actions, I do not agree with but I do not condemn them either for I understand.
"Phobos is not like Deimos, Lumina. You cannot reason with him, he possesses no emotions his wolf is always at bay. And me being younger and inexperienced in several ways wills me with a feeling of insecurity that leaves me breathless."
"Has he held you? Have you mated?" There is no shame for females to speak of this, it is a natural topic a way to aid the other's relationship.
She scoffs as though I had asked her a hilarious question. "In my dreams, yes. He finds no yearning for it. He finds me distasteful." Tears well in her eyes as she pours her virgin bleeding truth to me, her punishment has befallen her with fierce wrath.
"You know that is not true, he cannot resist you. I can see it how can you not?"
"What you see is not genuine. It is an illusion he manifests, he is a master of disguise. His sincere emotions can never be seen in light, I have understood this since I was a pup." She says patting my male's back gently swallowing down her tears wishing to not delve deep into this for she would drown.
"His pack, do they adore you as mine does?" I question.
"It is a mixture, I need to fight for my seat at his table. Whatever he does to me, I cannot stop my heart that beats only for him. Sometimes I wish to return home to my mother, other times I wish to stay firm and remain by his side. It is a constant war between us and I am always left bleeding. But I deserve thi-"
"No you do not deserve this, no female does. Your sins are not many, Theia. They are ones he can forgive." She chuckles, such a depressing sight to see as tears stream down her pale cheeks the playfulness dying. She quickly wipes them away with the back of her palm not wishing to show her weakness.
"Lumina!" My male beckons me shattering our cloud of comfort whilst we turn together answering his excited voice. "Come here, my female. Bring Kal."
I meekly peek back at Theia as she offers me a curt nod carried with a mild smile showing me that she is all right. Whilst we walk towards the males I get a brisk glimpse at Phobos who has his eyes glued to his female's nearing heat, his eyes take in my male who rests happily upon her hip.
Deimos encloses his arm around my waist hauling me to his flesh whilst leaning down to whisper in my ear. "Phobos wished to see him."
"Theia why don't you hand over Kal to your male?" I tell her as her eyes widen visibly to my words. No emotion strikes at her mate as he merely stands there inspecting the little pup in her arms. He conceals his emotions quite well, I am truly astonished by his mastery. Certainly what I just said must have shaken him underneath.
She swallows taking poised deliberate steps towards her male, teeth sink into her lower lip as she hoists Kal gently passing him to his uncle. Ocean blues sharpen and dilate to feast on her flesh lingering on her plump lips, how can she see his desire or the way he regards her if her eyes are always elsewhere? Phobos lifts Kal tenderly from her hands, the electrifying meeting of fingertips has Theia gasping raising her yearning eyes to meet Phobos's.
"Deimos, I had forgotten about the soup!" I yell faintly in fake anxiety swiftly tugging on his hand marching towards the buzzing pack table.
"Soup? What soup? We do not have any soup, Lumina." Deimos whispers with a profound frown struck with deep confusion tripping in his steps whilst I lure him farther away from them. "What are you on about?"
I halt by the table setting him free to simply observe Kal bawling his eyes out with discomfort in Phobos's limbs as Theia giggles explaining to her male how to hold the pup whilst comforting his distress. Such a bittersweet sight to witness.
The handing over of a pup to a mate can be further intimate than anything else, it shall create a passionate need. A need to possess one of their own. If they spend further time alone with the pup it adds fuel to the burning need.
"What are you doing, my female?" Deimos questions with mischief as he delivers a sharp playful nip to my earlobe as I chuckle and shove him away.
"Creating opportunities." I beam up at him with my broad innocent smile whilst his eyes narrow at me in reprimanding. "I know I shouldn't interfere but Theia requires it, so just for today permit me this."
My male exhales intensely unable to not pay heed to my wishes. "Just for today." He smirks down at me in understanding as I place my palm upon his cheek drawing his mouth to mine to gift him with a delicate kiss of thanks. A click of a camera has us snap our eyes open and stare at the other in surprise.
"If you could redo that scene, it would be great." Ragon grins peering at us with naughtiness.
"Ragon." Deimos chuckles with a shake of his head at his unruly beta.
"How about we get the family together for a family picture?" He questions with excitement as I beam at his idea. Absolutely.
"Of course, it is highly necessary. Send me a copy, Ragon." Cronus barges in with a meal plate in hand whilst attempting to speak clearly for his cheeks are bloated mouth filled with food resembling a chipmunk.
"Very well, come along then. Let us stand by the waterfall." Deimos agrees whilst steering us towards the flowing waterfall. Phobos saunters forward to hands over our male back to Deimos whilst Theia pursues closely behind looking for a place to occupy.
"Theia! Come stand by my right." I call out to her as she smiles broadly in acceptance hurrying towards me with rapid steps. Phobos chooses to stand at Deimos's left but my male halts his brother's actions proceeding with my wishes to create opportunities.
"That is Cronus's place. Go stand by Theia." He states pushing his brother away as Cronus secures his spot.
Vibrant blues meet Deimos's in surprise as we patiently wait for Phobos to stand by Theia's right and he does so with no opposition listening to his younger brother. Theia gulps firmly by my side clutching her hands tightly together to hide the tremble it possesses.
"Ready?" Ragon questions positioning the camera at a good angle in front of the six of us. Deimos grips me by my hips drawing me to his flesh whilst carrying Kal in his other arm, a wide joyful smile paints his face. "One. Two-"
I peek mischievously towards Theia and quietly shove her away from me with my leg as she stumbles and loses balance with a short scream leaving her lips only to fall into the waiting arms of Phobos.
"Three." Ragon clicks the picture. The sound and the blinding flash of the camera was engraved by me in the depths of my mind. A picture I shall surely treasure for the rest of my life. It was a beautiful day one that shook my core from within for I had never felt such immense happiness in my life. I had everyone I loved right there with me, I had a real family.
As I peer up at the memory littered wall by the stairs of the castle, I focus on the family picture we took on Kal's birthday that Deimos had framed among several others which Ragon had captured from the first day I had arrived here as his Luna.
Radiant cheerful smiles from Deimos, Cronus, Kal and me shine the brightest but what stands out is the burning passion of two new mates. Theia clutching onto Phobos's chest for dear life after I had kicked her whilst her eyes are raised with an immense surprise meeting his orbs that seem to tenderly peer down at her whilst his arm is fastened around her waist protectively. I chuckle remembering that day, for I had received an earful from my male afterwards for my actions.
The turbulent excited screams of my pup beckon me whilst I turn around to discover Deimos chasing Kal around the castle's floor. Our pup runs as fast as his miniature legs take him whilst his father gnarls from deep within his chest pursuing him playfully as a predator.
My eyes peer up to skim the contents of the castle from its high ceilings, its empty stairs to its saturated walls that were once void. Every deep-rooted memory of mine soars forward as floating scenes for me to witness. As snapshots for me to drown in. This place that once seemed so cold, bitter and dark like a prison to me is now a haven overflowing with warmth for my soul. It is my home.
My life was truly not smooth yet I have finally attained it, my end. My happiness and peace.
Kal runs into a hallway trying to escape the troublesome claws of his father whilst Deimos halts beneath the bright chandelier, his mouth opens wide to set his deep booming laughter free to his male's antics. My male peeks up at me to offer me a smile of tenderness. Our wolves sit peacefully behind barriers meeting the other amid our electrifying bond.
A bond we forged with blood, sweat and tears to conceive through years of trials and tribulations. A bond that possesses a stronger power than the one gifted to mates by the moon.
"I love you." He mouths to me, glorious emeralds glowing brighter than the stars birthed by the vast night sky.
"I love you," I whisper back to him, my heart clenches with the inability to store the intensity of my overflowing emotions.
Nothing of our past needs to be retained in my soul except for one element.
Deimos was, is and shall always be my salvation.
~THE END~
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A/N
We have arrived at the end of TAVT! Thank you so much for your love and support, I am truly so grateful. This has been a bittersweet journey and I thank you wholeheartedly my females for being a part of it. I write so I can speak to your souls and you can witness mine.
I shall publish EPILOGUES as well as DEIMOS POV chappies but there is no schedule for these updates and they will take time for I wish to focus on my second book PHOBOS (King of Beasts). If you would like to be a part of Phobos and Theia’s journey you can find my book listed in my profile here on Anystories.
Happy reading,
Liz