Author's Notes:
Happy long weekend from Melbourne, Australia and Happy International Women's Day.
We finally reached the last chapter. Would like to emphasise that this final chapter is seriously RATING M. For Mature Readers Only.
You have been warned.
Thank you to all the reviewers and followers.
Til we meet again on the next KA fanfic,
have a lovely weekend! *blows kisses*
Chapter Twenty-One
A song.
Children's voices singing.
Where was the music coming from? It sounded like a lullaby, beckoning him to a place he knew all his life that seemed beyond time and reason.
He had heard this tune when he was eleven years old, back in his uncle's Tokyo residence on Earth. He heard it every time he peered over his uncle's prized possession: an old parchment with foreign writing, held in a tightly sealed glass case, which was kept under lock and key.
After several trips to planet Ariel, Keith realised that the writings both from his uncle's parchment and on Ariel were similar.
He snapped his eyes open. His lightning-quick reflexes pulled him to a sitting position, only to realise that he was alone in a dimly-lit and unfamiliar room.
Dradin. He was still in Dradin. But where was Allura?
Keith quickly stood up from the futon and searched for her.
He felt some kind of pull, like he was connected to her through the song. His gut feeling yanked him towards the sound's direction.
The music stopped abruptly when he stood outside the bathroom door. He leaned, placing his ear on the dark, wooden panel. He listened for a few moments.
Nothing…not even a sound…
He lifted the latch open and stepped inside.
Keith's breath hitched and his body felt like lead, he couldn't move. Allura took his breath away. She looked so beautiful.
She was floating in the large, soaker bathtub. She was so still. Her face barely above the water, her eyelids closed. Was she sleeping or was she in some trance-like state? Keith wasn't sure.
Her curves smooth; her creamy skin beckoning to be caressed and licked. Her breasts, round and firm, jutted above the bath water. Beneath her serious princess persona was his woman: lush and ripe, her sensuous desires fully awakened.
Yet, his attraction to her was not only physical. Allura was beautiful inside and out. She was a headstrong, stubborn, loving, and a very patient woman. Her genteel presence hid her analytical mind and her empathic soul.
And when everyone else in the Galaxy Alliance thought that his princess was merely sitting prettily on her planetary throne, little did they know that Allura had a big part in finding Black Lion. She had joined him in his secret missions while a body double Intel agent appeared in her stead. She also helped in Intel analysis with the Den Resistance.
His heart bloomed, thundering at the thought that one day he would marry this amazing woman, have children with her, and grow old with her.
Perhaps, when things turned out well on Earth; Perhaps after Wade's sentencing, he could pop the question again, and dammit, this time they could tie the knot in a simpler fashion.
He made a mental note to ask Lance tomorrow for the best romantic restaurant closest the GA headquarters.
For now, it was his princess' turn to be pampered. He felt himself hardening and his thoughts surging, of the many ways he could pleasure her.
Silently prowling towards his sleeping princess, Keith was like a mighty alpha lion meeting his alpha lioness, his expression intent.
Would he wake up his princess with a conventional kiss on her full lips?
Though, nothing between them was traditional nor conventional...
Crouching, he bent down, and placed feather-like kisses on the tip of her breast, while his hand gently caressed the other.
"Keith." He heard her breathed out his name, her eyes remained closed.
He gazed at her while his tongue traced her taut nipple. "I got you, Allura." He moved up and kissed her lips, his fingers circling her nipple, then trailing down to her navel.
She parted her lips, welcoming his hot, searing kiss. She gasped in his mouth, her body jolted the moment he slipped his finger between her thighs.
"Keith," she moaned, gripping the sides of the bathtub. Tight energy building inside her as he slipped another finger between her folds, his thumb circling her sensitive nub. He let out a low groan when he felt her inner muscles clamping around his fingers.
In…out… In…out…
Keith moved lower; his tongue licked and laved her breast, then sucked deeply.
He saw her back arched. He then curled his fingers inside her.
"Don't stop… please don't stop," she pleaded breathlessly.
With his mouth and fingers, Keith felt Allura tightened. Immersed in her water element, all her pent-up desires were brought to the fore, rushing forward, ready to be unleashed.
"Let go, love." He murmured against her breast.
Waves of pleasure rippled inside her, shaking Allura to her core. Like a torrential wave, Keith's love consumed his princess whole.
xoxoxoxo
Allura fluttered her eyes open, feeling Keith's hard, naked body spooned against her, their legs entwined. She let out a sated sigh. His hot, tanned skin contrasted her pale fair complexion, his calloused hand lazily skimming her waist and hip.
"Allura," Keith whispered her name, his lips ghosting the shell of her ear.
Inside the large bedroom, they had made love repeatedly throughout the night. Warm energy continued to flow between them, she felt so connected to Keith more than ever.
She shifted and faced him. Pressing her body against his, she whispered, "I don't want this night to end."
Keith hummed, glancing briefly at the clock on the bedside table. "We still have a few more hours 'til we head back to our lions."
He easily pulled her, sitting her astride. She couldn't believe he was that hard again. Keith's strong hands lifted her, positioning her on his hardened length.
"So soon?" She mewled.
"Yes. Too few and far between. What was I thinking, Allura?" Keith let out a lusty, low growl.
She was so wet and ready for him. "I love you, and promise me…the door will remain open between our rooms." She gasped, feeling his hard, thick length inching inside her.
"Yes," he replied, gritting his teeth. Keith's hands clamped her hips, pushing her down. She felt so full, his hardened need hitting her so deep inside her sweet spot.
Losing control was unheard of for the two most important people on Arus. However, as their masks of formality of commander and princess slid away, in their private, blissful world, Keith and Allura found themselves joined, reconnected body and soul, in sync and out of control.
XOXOXOXO
"Nice shades and...nice bike." Daniel said.
Keith grinned, wheeling the motorcycle on to Black Lion's cargo hold.
He and Allura wore a pair of dark sunglasses. It was early in the morning and neither of them have had enough sleep.
Allura brushed her had against his jaw, and gave him a knowing smile. She then wordlessly turned towards her Blue Lion.
"Morning." Lance approached him, gripping his takeaway coffee.
"Morning." Keith gave an ear-splitting grin.
Lance chuckled knowingly, clapping him on the shoulder.
Keith glanced around, noticed that everyone else loaded up their shopping on to the rest of the robot lions.
He couldn't wait to get back home on Arus. Tomorrow, he and Allura would be on Earth.
"So, did anyone-aside from the cadets-had fun this weekend?" Lance's face appeared on everyone's screens.
"I did," Keith replied, indicating himself with his thumb, still sporting the biggest grin in the galaxy.
The sooner Wade's sentencing was over, the sooner Keith could ask Allura a very important question.
EPILOGUE
[Two days after Voltron Force episode "I, Voltron"]
The cadets just finished their first period class.
"They're back grumpy again," Daniel complained.
"Not too loud," Vince shushed, glancing nervously at their teacher as they stepped out of their classroom.
Without looking at the two cadets, Allura heard them. Her brows creased when she saw Lance strode into the classroom.
"Tell me you and Keith had eloped and tied the knot when you were on either Dradin or Earth." Lance said, approaching her.
"I wish we did," Allura muttered quietly, tidying up behind her teacher desk, avoiding Lance's scrutinizing gaze.
"Looks like Wade ruined both your plans again, huh?" He crossed his arms.
"You could say that," Allura replied, appearing nonplussed.
"Your boyfriend—"
"—Fiancé," she flatly corrected.
"—had told me that he even cancelled a booking at the restaurant I recommended him. You could've been Mrs Kogane by now if not for Wade."
Allura merely shrugged, not willing to give away how she wished the same thing too. Lance didn't need to know that she had a slight argument with Keith during their hurried flight back from Earth.
"Keith closed himself off again, didn't he? He's back with his cranky pants on again," Lance complained, pouting.
"Who wouldn't be...upset after all the damage Wade made?" Allura replied quietly as they walked towards the doorway.
Angry. Disappointed. She wanted to shake her fìsts to the heavens. Life was so bloody unfair.
"He's so cranky that he—"
Without any warning, the castle alarms blared.
The Blue and Red Lion pilots looked at each other; Allura dropped everything and ran as fast as she could. She saw Lance raised his Voltcom, alerting the cadets.
Everyone converged, running along the main corridor, heading towards Castle Control.
By the time Allura arrived, Hunk and Pidge were already frantically working on the holo-monitors and consoles.
"We're picking up a distress call," Hunk said.
"It's from an Arusian Explorer ship but the transmission is encrypted with a very old code," Pidge replied.
"I didn't know there were explorer missions going on now." Hunk stared at the holo-screen.
"Hunk, if it didn't come with a guitar riff and booming drums, you'd probably wouldn't notice it." Lance smirked.
Hunk glanced over his shoulder. "Harsh, but fair."
Allura, who stood behind Keith and the cadets, silently stared at the holo-screen. Her mask of formality firmly locked in place.
"The distress call says they're under attack from the Drule fleet," Daniel quipped.
"Less talking, more rescuing." She heard Keith barked in strict commander mode, bolting towards Black lion's chute, without so much as a glance at her.
[The story continues with "Kogane: Prophecy and Legacy"]
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