Kyran
My fingers drift lazily drawing patterns over Selene’s soft skin as she lies asleep on top of me. Her face is buried into my neck, and I stroke her hair absently as I stare up at the brightening skylight, watching as the stars slowly fade and breathe in her now musky jasmine scent. Before our bonding, she always smelled crisp like snowfall and sweet as a jasmine flower, and with my warm, earthy scent combined with hers, anyone will undeniably know she is my mate.
The smile that hasn’t left my face since last night pulls a bit wider at the thought and I tip my face down to place a soft kiss to the top of her head. Nothing could beat this feeling of having the world in my arms, I wonder as I wrap my arms around her and hold her snug against my body. She stirs a little, a soft sigh escaping her as she snuggles in closer to me and her short puffs of breath tickle my throat.
“Good morning,” she whispers, sliding a hand along my shoulder and up my neck.
“Mmm,” I groan as her fingers run through my hair, sending tingles over my body. “Good morning, sweetheart,” I murmur, kissing her forehead.
I trail more gentle kisses over her temple and down her cheek, drawing a sweet laugh from Selene and I smile against her supple skin. She groans as she stretches before rolling off me, plopping onto her back beside me and I immediately miss the contact with her. I shift over onto my shoulder, propping my head in my hand as I reach out and brush her silky hair away from her icy blue eyes. You’re so beautiful, I say to her through our mindlink and she grins widely at me.
I love hearing you in my mind, it feels like a warm hug from the inside, she giggles and her smile scrunches her nose a bit.
I cup her cheek for a moment before gliding my fingers over her jaw and trace the curves of her luscious body, savoring every inch of her with both my hand and eyes. The image of her lying bare in my bed in the soft morning light will forever live in the forefront of my mind. She sighs at my touch and closes her eyes, a peaceful smile pulling at her tempting lips. Leaning over, I grasp her hip and pull her toward me before I claim her lush mouth with mine. She wraps her arms around my neck and buries her fingers into my hair just right at the base of my skull and low rumble rolls from deep within my chest at her touch.
Selene smiles against my lips, lightly scraping her nails across my sensitive skin and I pull her full lower lip into my mouth, dragging a soft moan from her. After a few long moments she pulls back a little, sighing and dramatically pouting her lips. “I don’t want to get up,” she mumbles, looking up at me through her lashes, “I just want to stay right here forever.”
Selene tucks her head into my chest as she wraps her arm over my middle and throws a leg over mine. I chuckle and glide my arm down from her head to her ass, giving it a squeeze. “No one will be up for hours, we can lie here for as long as you want, sweetheart. I’m not going anywhere,” I murmur into her hair.
She hums with pleasure, the sound making me pull her tighter to me before she lifts her head to narrow her eyes at me. “What if I don’t want to just lie here?” she smirks and bites her lower lip.
I grin with a growl and roll on top of her, holding my weight off of her body as I rest my forehead against hers. My brow pinches and I inhale deeply, a heavy emotion washing over me as I gaze into her bright eyes. I feel whole now, complete, something that I have never felt in my entire life. Lowering onto my elbows, I cup her face in my hands, grazing my thumbs over her high cheekbones and kiss the tip of her nose. She glides her fingers along my arms, taking hold of my face as well and I lean into her soft hands.
“I love you, Selene,” I say quietly, turning to press a kiss into her palm. “You are the best thing to have ever happened to me, and I will always cherish you. I want to display my devotion and proudly present my mate to everyone, to proclaim in front of all the packs the arrival of our Queen. I want to have a bonding ceremony to honor you, to celebrate us, here, tonight. Will you do me the honor of accepting me again, publicly for all the wolves to see?” my voice is rough and thick with my emotion as I gaze into her beautiful eyes.
They sparkle with unshed tears as she bites her lip while eagerly nodding her head yes. “Of course, Kyran, I would love nothing more,” she laughs, a tinkling chime of a bell ringing around me.
I grin widely, laughing with her and I lean down to kiss her passionately, my thumbs brushing away her tears as they fall. Her hands slide down my neck and over my chest as I wrap my fingers around the back of her head to deepen our heavier growing kiss. A weighted desire engulfs me, the headiness of it pulling a growl from my chest as I lean back for a moment to slide my hands over her waist and flip her onto her belly. Dragging my fingers down her back and over her round ass, I grip it tightly as I lean over her shoulder. “As I said before, we have hours, sweetheart,” I whisper in her ear, gliding a hand up her spine and reaching forward to gently grasp her chin. “How do you want to spend them?” I growl lowly.
“Mmm,” she hums, her chest emitting a soft rumble of her own and I can’t help the groan that escapes me as I press myself against her. With my hand still lightly gripping her jaw, she turns her head slightly to look over her shoulder at me, our eyes inches apart. “I think I’d like to sort through the junk mail in my inbox,” she smirks at me, her voice husky and I carefully tighten my grip on her throat in response.
Her smirk widens as she narrows her sultry gaze and bites down on my index finger. Pulling it deeply into her mouth, she snakes her tongue around it and elicits a raspy groan from me. The sharp contrast of pain and pleasure sends me over the edge and I growl in her ear, dropping my weight over her soft body and slowly pushing myself between her thighs. Selene lifts her ass to meet my hips and I slide into her easily, both of us breathing a heated moan at the contact.
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You’re right, angel, I could stay here forever, I murmur through our bond as I let go of my restraint entirely.
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A soft, warm tingling pulls me from sleep, my eyelids opening lazily to the golden glow of morning. Selene’s hand glides languidly up and down my arm, her fingers leaving tiny electric snakes slithering away with each pass. Rolling my head to the side, I can’t help the easy smile that spreads wide at the sight of her as she lies beside me, her bright eyes watching me with a hooded gaze. I graze the side of her face with a knuckle, trailing it from her eyebrow to her jaw and lift her chin for a gentle kiss.
“Mmm, good morning,” she hums, smiling against my lips, “again,” she adds with a soft chuckle.
I laugh and kiss her once more before pulling back to look into her eyes again. I reach over for her hand and raise it to my lips, pressing a soft kiss to her knuckles. “Good morning, beautiful. I hope you slept well,” I murmur, my voice rough from sleep.
Her grin is bright enough to rival the stars and I automatically smile back with how infectious it is. She gives me a sly look and stretches lithely before sitting up with a yawn. I push myself up onto my elbows to watch her as she slides out of bed, the black sheets slipping away to reveal her gorgeous body. I’m mesmerized by the luscious sway of her hips as she takes a few steps before she turns over her shoulder with a knowing smirk and winks at me.
“I slept wonderfully, thank you,” she smiles coyly, adding, “best night’s sleep I could hope for,” before taking a few slow, exaggerated steps away.
A light growl escapes me and I throw myself over the bed, her laughter bubbling out of her as she takes off across the room making me grin. I easily catch her around the waist, her squeak of surprise trilling around us and I pull her close to my chest. Placing my lips to her temple, I kiss her a couple times before dropping my mouth to her ear to murmur, “Keep it up, and I’ll have you sleeping all day, sweetheart,” and I nip at her earlobe.
Selene’s tinkling laugh surrounds me as she turns in my arms, wrapping hers around my neck and nimbly hoists herself up to enclose my waist with her legs. My hands slide beneath her ass and grip her in response when she kisses me deeply. Her lips peck my face a few times before she rests her forehead to mine and rubs our noses together with a contented sigh. “I—we—need a shower,” she chuckles, her crystal eyes full of light, “and I’m hungry. Which, I could only assume, means you must be starving and there’s also the matter of our ceremony to prepare for and hold tonight,” she grins widely as she leans back a little.
I nod my head in agreement, my heart feeling both fuller and lighter than it’s ever been in my entire life. My cheeks begin to ache a little from how hard I’ve been smiling and that thought has my smile growing even wider as I carry us across my room toward the bathroom to shower. As I step over the threshold onto the cold tile floor, my smile immediately falters at Selene’s small gasp as I already know what caused it. Cringing internally with slight shame and embarrassment, I flick my eyes to hers and find her looking around the destroyed room with concern.
“I’d ask what happened, Kyran, but I’m sad to admit I could probably guess correctly,” she says quietly as her gaze meets mine. “You truly believed I was leaving you, didn’t you? I am so sorry for the pain I've caused you, Ky. I wasn’t aware how things would be perceived from your side, or else I would definitely not have gone about my shit the way I had,” she cups my face in her hands as she speaks and I can see tears welling up in her eyes.
Shaking my head, I place a hand over hers and assure her, “It is not your fault, sweetheart, do not feel guilty for my inability to better manage my emotions. If anything, I should have reached out to you, to have tried to talk to you about my fears instead of holding it in and letting this be the outcome,” I nod my head vaguely at the room. “It was a misunderstanding that only hurt me badly enough to cause me to lose my control because of how deeply I care for you, Selene. Though I need to work on my impulse control when it comes to anger like this, in a twisted way it shows how greatly I feel inside. The thought of you leaving was almost too much for me to bear and I couldn’t bring myself to go against what I thought were your wishes just to plead you to stay. I haven’t lost control of myself like this in a long time, it did not feel good and I do not wish to have that happen again,” I sigh, closing my eyes for a moment.
Her thumb strokes my cheek before her hand slides to the back of my neck as she pulls herself to me tightly. I wrap my arms around her and bury my face into her neck as she runs a hand through my hair, gripping me firmly. Taking a slow, measured breath, I breathe in our new mingled scent and smile against her skin before pulling back. Selene traces my eyebrow, trailing her finger down my neck and over my scar before her clear gaze meets mine once again.
“Well, let’s try to be more open with communicating what’s going on inside our minds. I can be a bit…tough when it comes to reaching out for help, and stars know that Luna isn’t quite…pleasant when it comes to being tactful,” Selene winces a little with a half smile.
You got that right, Luna’s voice chimes with a hint of sass that makes us laugh and I can feel Valdr stir at the sound of her.
“I agree, and I promise to always let you in even when I feel like protecting you from my shit, and to be honest, Valdr is really the better half of me. He keeps me in check, has a solid perspective on most situations…well, except from you, I suppose, seeing how both he and I equally kind of panicked,” I grimace as I look around and sheepishly add, “okay, we more than panicked. We freaked the fuck out.”
Kyran freaked out, I knew we were fine from the start, Valdr’s dry sarcasm slides through our minds and makes Selene grin.
Her bright laugh pulls a smile to my face again and I kiss her cheek as I walk us over to the shower. Reaching out with a hand, I turn my body away to keep Selene from touching the jagged glass of the what-was shower door and tug the lever to run the water. I release my hold on her and grasp her waist to gently place her on the floor. As she turns to step into the shower, I can’t resist the urge to grab hold of her ass with both hands and I knead it firmly. She glances at me over her shoulder with a mischievous grin and wraps her hands around my wrists, dragging them over her body to pull me in close to her back.
She slides my hands in opposite directions, moving one up to cup her full breast and the other down to glide between her thighs. I kiss her neck languidly, drawing out a heated sigh from her and with the enticing sound, the task of showering was easily forgotten.