Despite being undead, Aeda felt... warm. Hot. She whimpered, her pleasant dream about inscription and love songs in many languages shifting into the smell of burning buildings and corpses throughout Eversong, and the heat melting her flesh. Aeda awoke with a flinch, eyes darting around wildly under the glare of the sun. Shiv's clawed hands tightened around her, and his fur bristled.
"What's wrong, elf? I could smell your fear." His voice was gentle, but his eyes- the ones she saw as a mirror image of her's in life- were cold and focused not on her, but on the trees around them.
"It's nothing," she reached up as if to stroke the fur on his neck, but dropped her hand before she could touch him. "I just had a bad dream. I'm sorry if I woke you." Aeda looked up apologetically at Shiv, and he relaxed again.
"Don't apologize. I was awake for a while anyway; I don't need that much sleep, but you sleep like the dead." The corners of his mouth twitched upwards, revealing more of his fang-like teeth. Aeda was silent for a moment, but then started laughing at the weak jest.
"So what were you doing while I was asleep? You could have just set me on the ground." Aeda realized she was still in the worgen's lap, and began to shift to her feet. Shiv hugged her closer to his chest, growling as he moved her legs around his waist in such a way that it would have made her blush if she could have.
"Don't," he muttered, "Maybe I thought the ground was no place for you to sleep. Maybe I just like having a pretty little elf on top of me." He realized what he said a bit too late, and tried to backtrack. Aeda was shocked, her mouth open slightly. She thought about how nice it was to sleep in a man's arms, then chose her words carefully.
"Well," Do I have the courage to say this? She put a sultry smile on her face as she pressed her breasts against Shiv's chest, her cool fingers tangling in his fur, "Maybe I like being on top of you, but I definitely liked it when you were on top of me."
Shiv gaped at her for a moment, then his expression changed from surprise to one filled with need. Oh, what have I done? I was just playing with him... Aeda swallowed, trying to stay calm. "You didn't answer my question," she said, her voice a little more shrill than she intended, "What were you doing while I was asleep?"
"I was watching you, mainly. Watching for other Dark Rangers and worgen as well, but... you're very distracting." Shiv nipped at one of Aeda's ears playfully, making her gasp.
"Oh," she whispered, then cleared her throat and went on, "I don't think I'm distracting, but I am truly sorry if that's what you think." Why do I feel so anxious? No, I know why, and I'm pretty sure he does too...
Shiv tilted his head and ran his claws down Aeda's back, scratching her just enough to make her back arch. "Your scent while you were dreaming... If only I knew what it was about. It nearly drove me insane. You shouldn't do that to me, Aeda." His words were a hypnotic purr.
"It was just about songs and stuff," She mumbled, looking down, "And why shouldn't I drive you insane? So far, it's proven to be fun."
Shiv chuckled. "Fun? You don't seem like the type to just do... fun."
Aeda bit her lip, "You're not wrong."
Shiv lifted her chin with a claw, making her eyes meet his. "Then what do you want? Am I misreading you?" His voice was soft, not teasing.
"Maybe you are. I don't... I've never..." Aeda sighed. Shiv blinked.
"Really? Not once, in your whole life?"
"No. I only had one relationship, and I told you everything about it."
"I like you, Aeda... Maybe in time, you'll like me too. Don't force yourself to do anything though." Shiv rested his head on top of Aeda's making her giggle at the odd situation.
An undead elf cuddling and discussing relationships with a worgen. "I already like you, Shiv. And not just as a friend. I've never felt so safe with a man. I can't explain why I like you after so little time, but..." Her small shoulders shrugged, and then she wrapped her arms around him.
"You're mine, then?" He asked, almost disbelieving.
"Yes. I'm yours." She barely finished her answer before she was on her back, Shiv's claws tearing at the armor on her chest and legs. He paused.
"Your first time shouldn't be with a beast. No promises after this, though." With a wink, Shiv stood quickly and Aeda watched with amazement as a puff of smoke appeared around him, with a bit of crackling and a hiss.
Emerging from the dissipating smoke, the most beautiful human stood before her. His eyes were still purple, his hair black and flowing down to his bare chest. The coarse stubble along his jaw made Aeda want to feel that roughness against her soft skin. His height surprised her; he looked nearly as tall as his worgen form, with the defined muscles of an athlete or a soldier. He smiled lazily, his white teeth slightly sharper than your average human's. Kneeling between Aeda's bare legs, he moved her ruined armor out of the way.
"You are even more beautiful like this," he said, his voice smooth and considerably higher (though still a husky baritone) in this form, "Though I must say that leather and mail suits you quite well." Shiv trailed his fingers down Aeda's face to her neck, kissing her cheeks gently. She closed her eyes, and her hands found his shoulders.
"I don't know which version of you I like better," Aeda smiled, turning her head just enough to catch Shiv's lips with hers.
"I wish we had met like this instead of with me as a... monster." He looked away.
"I fell for you while you were a 'monster' anyway." She bit his neck playfully, sucking on the skin to leave her mark. His hand tightened a bit on her throat as he groaned.
"Shit, Aeda. I'm trying to be gentle, but you're making me seriously reconsider." Shiv's eyes glowed a bit, but his lips were smirking mischievously.
"Just kiss me." She whispered, and he obliged. His kiss wasn't rough, but it wasn't gentle either. It was passionate, his teeth grazing her lower lip every now and then. Aeda parted her lips, and their tongues met. They finally broke apart, breathless.
"Aeda, are you-"
"Don't you dare ask that question." She said raggedly, her hands sliding down Shiv's back, making him press his hips against her. He brushed a lock of hair behind her ear, grinning at her expression when she felt his hard cock straining against his leather pants and pressing against her thigh. Shiv kissed Aeda's forehead.
"Just relax, love." He moved lower, kissing both of her breasts; his tongue traced circles around her nipples, and his teeth bit the full part underneath each one. As Aeda couldn't stop herself from moaning any longer, he reached down to her soft folds, making her writhe against him.
"Shiv, please," she panted, her fingers clumsily unlacing his pants and pushing them down with her knees. He put a hand back on her throat, and kissed her lips again as his other hand spread her other lips with his fingers.
"How could I say no to you, little elf?" He rasped as he pressed against her wet entrance. She shuddered slightly, and Shiv thrust into her with one swift motion before she could tense up. Aeda cried out anyway, and Shiv kissed her neck softly, licking the few tears that fell from her eyes. She smiled at that, and relaxed a little bit.
Shiv slowly pulled out, leaving only the head inside her, and thrust inside quickly, repeating it at the same frustratingly slow pace just to watch Aeda struggle with her shyness. He knew that she wanted to ask him to move faster, maybe even be rougher with her now that she was getting used to his size. He just kissed her neck, biting her collar bone every now and then to make her voice rise, rubbed her breasts until they were as warm as his body, and then he stopped right before Aeda found release.
"Why did you stop?" She pouted.
"Because I'm not done yet, darling." He pulled her up and she stumbled into the tree trunk they were by, using her hands to steady herself. Shiv pressed one of his hands down between her shoulder blades, noticing the huge scar that must have cleaved her delicate body nearly in half. He'd ask about it later, he decided.
"What are you-?" Aeda felt awkward being bent over in this position; outdoors under a tree of all places! She screamed Shiv's name and a few profanities in various languages as he shoved himself inside her again and again, his firm hands holding her hips and supporting most of her weight when her knees buckled under the force of his thrusts.
Finally, she felt as if everything in her core was going to break, and her body shook with her first orgasm. Shiv groaned, moving faster and more erratically as he pulled Aeda's hair and brought her up against his chest. Lifting her underneath her thighs with one arm and wrapping the other around her torso, he kissed her so softly and sweetly that she came.
"That's right," he said, his cum mixing with hers and dripping out. Shiv held Aeda in that position until they could both breathe normally again, kissing each other the whole time. When Shiv set Aeda down, she smiled and kissed his chest, then down his stomach, and finally his wet dick.
Shiv raised his eyebrows, surprised. Aeda held his gaze as her lips closed around him, and she tasted the salty bitterness of his cum, and the tangy sweetness of hers. It almost made her want him again, even though they had spent most of the morning tangled up in each other. He closed his eyes, one hand in his mussed hair and the other pulling hers back in a ponytail. Aeda licked Shiv until he was clean, and then kept taking him into her mouth until he was hard again.
"I'm so glad you're mine," he said, smiling crookedly as his hand tightened in her hair, and he pressed himself deeper into her throat. Aeda looked up, grabbing Shiv's hips and digging her nails into him. He hissed and his cock twitched, and he had both hands in her hair then and started thrusting gently. Aeda gagged and kept her hands on his hips, closing her eyes. Shiv pulled her hair and her head moved back, angled upwards. Their eyes met as he came on her face.
"That was fun," Aeda said, standing and hugging Shiv. He grabbed her ass and smiled.
"I agree, though we should get cleaned up. And I need to get you some new armor." He motioned to the pile of shredded leather and broken chain mail links. Aeda giggled.
There you have it, Aeda and Shiv are official. I think what I'll do for these stories is write them in order; easier than a chapter of one here, another there. Expect the next few chapters to be more of Aeda and Shiv. :)