SPOLIER TRIGGER WARNING*** There is a scene where someone forcibly has their child aborted. It is NOT GRAPHIC and only three paragraphs long. BUT if that is a disturbing element for you, please skip this chapter. I will make a summary paragraph at the beginning of the next chapter to catch you up.
This chapter has more plot than sex, but there will be sexier chapters in the future.
It would seem surprising that I awoke in the same bed I was captured into, but it wasn't. I was more surprised that I was naked, and lying half on Charlotte, our legs tangled and her arm wrapped around me possessively. I was even more surprised that her presence or possession, rather, felt like home. It seemed my necklace agreed as it tried to burn some knowledge into me. I looked up from the crook of her arm and took in her features closely now. I couldn't help but run a finger from the wear under her eyes to the confines of her lips. Those lips that had done deliciously terrible things to me. She startled me when she bit my finger playfully with a smile. I licked my lips but knew I had to retain my front of anger if I wanted answers.
"Are you gonna tell me why," I leaned up slowly on my elbow as I saw the war within her to let me, or not, "I want to punch you and suck your face right now?" She giggled and my heart soared in my chest. She clasped my neck with both hands and I sighed into the contact.
"It's going to be a few scary days for you," her face was serious now, and I sat up to get clarity from her contact. "But baby, I'm gonna be there for every second of it, I promise." I shrugged and ran a hand over my neck, flinching when it landed where she had bit me, "You leave a hell of a hickey," I was trying to keep the moment light, not sure that I could handle full on serious on top of all the other serious I had been dealing with. She leaned up and licked both sides of my shoulders as I shuttered and resisted the need to pull her against me.
"They are healing just fine mate," she let a finger trail to the top of my breasts and I grabbed her hand to stop the journey.
"Why do you keep calling me that? I don't even know you," I was getting more irritated with her presumptuous declarations.
"Don't you though," she traced my necklace, "can't you feel it, can you really deny this," she pulled my chin gently to face her, "mate." I glanced at her lips then looked away with a sigh, not wanting to surrender to her.
"So we have amazing sex, I still don't know you, or where the hell we even are," I needed her to meet me halfway, anywhere. She clasped both of my hands in hers and pulled them to her bare chest.
"Don't think, just feel," she leaned her forehead against mine as we both sighed and I tried to focus on the feelings under my hand. Her heartbeat was strong, almost as if It was something outside of her body, but the weirder part, it was in perfect time with mine. I tried to consciously change the speed of mine as we clutched at one other, faster, slower, hers never missed a beat.
"I don't understand," I stated, without the usual animosity. The evidence of her words was starting to stack against my defence.
"I know mate," she kissed me quickly, promisingly, "And I'm sorry we don't have more time, but I know you are strong enough for me."
"You are certainly stronger than me. How could you even say that, you're really fast and can hold me down without effort, how can I be stronger than you, or even close to it?" I didn't like her suggestion.
"Because I am the alpha, and you are my mate, my other half, you keep me sane, you keep me on my toes." She nuzzled my neck and although I knew it was meant to be distracting, I wasn't allowing myself to get lost in her again.
"We will make great leaders for the pack, they will honor you as they do me and we will-" I pushed her off totally, almost thrusting myself off the bed.
"I'm not a leader, I'm, I"m, nobody, you don't know me. I can't lead anyone, I can't be in charge of people, I'm not even good at being in charge of my life," I could see her impatience growing, yeah she was definitely used to getting her way.
"Well it would seem you don't have a choice," she got up and started pulling on a robe that was ornamental in design. It was a long black material that had seen better days, but the symbols on it commanded a presence of power that only added to her once she adorned it. It seemed a little too big for her, but the golden outlines and rune like scripture took enough attention away from the size to still convey its meaning.
"Luna has spoken, and we have both heard her call, our bloodlines are screaming for unification." Her pacing was the only indication that she lacked complete control in the moment as I pulled the silky sheet up around myself. "I told you I am sorry I didn't get to you before the bloodline awoke, and I will make it up to you forever, but they are waiting for us, and we need not be late." She stood at the bed now holding a hand out to me. I swallowed but looked away definiantly. I was never one to be controlled by anything. She took several moments to inhale and exhale audibly.