Hello again Readers! Yes, another chapter for you all, and another in the works!
of course, as you all know a but I'm bound to declare, ALSS uses some characters and plot that belong to Stephanie Meyer, author of the Twilight Saga. I however own a majority of this lovely plot, most characters, and everyone's favorite sexy Shifter, Warren Lee Walker ;)
enjoy your chapter lovelies, you've earned it!
Warren's P.O.V.
"Warren, this is so bad." Bella moaned as my hands pushed her top up. We were currently entangled in the backseat of my jeep, making out in her driveway while Charlie was away, as been per usual for the past few days. She arched into my hands when I cupped her breasts and she bit down on her lip to contain a cry of pure pleasure. This of course sent a wild thrill down my spine and I bit down on a nice vulnerable spot on her neck. While Bella was right in the fact that this little act was indeed bad (in more ways than one), I knew she was referring to the timeframe. We were scheduled to meet Kyle, Cujo, Quinn, and Miles near the dirt roads leading to the Pride grounds. We were supposed to be ready and there within the next half hour, but damn me if I get a little horny when I see my girl!
After all, she was wearing this flimsy shirt and sweats that barely clung to her hips when I pulled up. Sleep-swaying in the doorway, sipping from a large cup of coffee (another waiting just inside for me) couple that with no bra and a sexy bed head, and hell I just couldn't help but jump her bones.
"Well its either I get a small fix now or I fuck you at the Festival." I panted as I bit at her neck. "just picture me kneeling between these lovely thighs of yours, a taut tent against your back, keeping you barely standing, just hidden out of view of everyone but this lovely smell of your sex in the air..." she gasped and her hips jolted up to meet mine, a sure sign she actually liked the sound of that, even though fear flickered across her eyes.
"You wouldn't." she whispered, breathless and thrilled and turned on all at once.
I grinned down at her and traced my tongue across my fangs. "Maybe I would. Beasts are unpredictable after all."
We resumed kissing and did some more not-so-light petting before she pushed me off. She straightened herself up, pulling her top down and covering anything else that would make my inner beast want to devour her right in the back seat. Bella put on the scarf she's been accessorizing with lately before jumping out of the car, and I smirked as I followed suit because I knew what it was for. Since I came out of hiding we've been pouncing each other every time we ended up alone, and that scarf was hiding all my love bites she can't help but touch through the fabric. It gave me a small sense of branding, it wasn't quite like the Mark my fellow Shifters usually gave their mates, but that shit was permanent, and I wanted Bella to decide when she was ready. We held hands on our way to the door and I held it open as she slipped inside, pulling me in to kiss me in the small hallway.
"Gabe came by and dropped off some boxes this morning." Bella told me as we wandered up to her bedroom.
"Oh did he." I said with a slight eye roll, finding it hard to be annoyed at this moment with such a great ass swaying in front of me.
I was still pissed off at my brother. Since he still refused to talk to me about my recent breakdowns, I refused to attend any more Pride meetings and training sessions. He called it being a selfish cub, I called it an eye for the one he refused to give back to me.
"Baby you have to meet on equal ground at some point, he can't hide...whatever this is from you forever." Bella tried comforting me after noticing I fell silent. "He'll come around, especially since he still needs your help."
I grunted, but said nothing more on the matter of my dipshit brother. "Let's get the ball rollin' we still gotta meet up with the others."
Today was the opening of the Autumn Festival, where all the nearby Shifter clans would come together for three nights of feasting and ally meetings. I was still to attend as the High Guest of Honor, as I was somehow unanimously voted into the position without my knowing. Apparently, I wasn't as much of a loner as I thought. I still held some sort of standing with my fellow creatures. We were supposed to meet Cujo, Quinn and Kyle outside the Pride Grounds within the next hour, and I wasted a good half of it dry humping Bella. And I wasn't one to be late for anything so just wanted to get outta here.
As we entered Bella's room I noticed two boxes on her bed, one had my name on a sticky note and the other Bella's. I went over to open mine and saw it was Festival garbs, but it wasn't mine. I could tell because my attire always consisted of suede, soft leather that allowed ease of movement when I represented my Pride in the seasonal hunting games held at the Festivals. This outfit was hardened, armor-like, demanding attention with its sharp details and carved symbols, detailing stories I heard as a cub told by my father when he ran things, stories of my ancestors, warriors and freedom fighters leading the broken, bringing peace among enemies...
This was his. This was my father's Festival wear, and I had no right in the world to wear it.
Why the fuck would Gabe give me this? He was eldest in our line, he was supposed to wear this! My blood began to boil, it was nearly an insult to the Walker name to just pass shit around where it wasn't supposed to go. I speed dialed his number on my cell, apologizing to Bella under an unintended growl as I left the room to go pace in the kitchen, like some caged animal. He picked up mid-ring.
"Warren?" he sounded surprised, hopeful. Well I was about to shoot that down.
"You like jokes brother? You think you're fuckin' funny?" I almost snarled. "Because I don't find it very funny that you sent me dad's gear, I find it right down insulting."
I wasn't trying to insult you, I'm trying to make amends." Gabe said, now sounding wounded. I thought since you haven't been in the scene for a while...I thought you'd be honored to wear dad's things."
"Apparently you don't get tradition." I said. "First blood wears the ritual armor, I'm not first blood. You are, and on top of that Alpha! I'm not wearing the gear Gabe. So come back and fuckin' get it."
"I'm already decked out and at the Pride grounds. I'm not coming back to exchange shit." he said when I demanded him to switch our outfits again. "Just wear the damn gear Warren, make dad proud! ...someone's got to."
He hung up before I could say anything more.
I was fuming when I returned. But bless Bella, she came right up to me and embraced me despite my state. She pressed a kiss against my neck and let me smell her hair until I calmed, and when I did I explained why I was angry. "Gabe gave me our father's armor to wear, and it wasn't his to give. Its tradition, it follows the line of leaders and that's that."
"But you said you lead in the past, so wouldn't that entitle you somehow?" Bella inquired.
I smiled softly. "Not exactly. You see, I was only put in charge because Gabe never wanted to rule. He ran off when I was younger, no one could find him. And since dad was deployed, he had no choice but to leave me in his place among the Pride along with my mother. my mother trekked most of us out to New York, looking to break away from everything dad built for whatever reason she came up with. Despite the bad blood between us, I did well for a time. I kept everyone in line and kept my mother out of things. She spiraled bad, took to drinking. So it was me who had to step up and rule over what was left of us. But it wasn't right for me to be Alpha, and I had a few...problems myself I had to handle. I had a search party find Gabe and haul him back to Washington, where the rest of the Pride stayed put until either my dad or myself returned. once Gabe took on the title, I made everyone following me return to the east coast and leave me behind to look after my mother. Since then I...well I went underground myself." Bella waited for me to go on, but I didn't. She didn't push me either.
I went back to the box, looked inside at the armor within, and decided fuck it. I was already a disgrace in so many ways, why not insult my ancestors too? I shamelessly stripped myself bare, feeling Bella's eyes on me as I began the ritualistic work of donning my garbs. I first slipped on the soft leather trousers armored with thigh and calf plates, then draped the decorated chest piece over my head. The hardened, engraved leather seemed to almost echo with the songs of my bloodline, praising our calm in war, our strength in pain. The craftsmanship was advanced for its old age, it reflected the intellect of our line. The torso portion was designed to move in sections to allow the warrior within to move as naturally as possible. Though this armor hasn't seen war in ages. Securing the sides so it a snug fit against my body; I noticed it flattened my breasts when I looked down at myself. I looked into Bella's full length mirror and felt a strange memory pull at me as I looked at myself, a memory I didn't remember having...
I shook it off and continued on with my wardrobe.
Then I accessorized with my traditional bone hunting knife, body paint, and bronze bracers. I started to slowly settle back into the identity I was before I left the Pride, the young Alpha my father trained me to be, the bulletproof leader of the largest Were Feline pack in Northern America. For a moment I felt a sense of pride, then it was gone when I remembered I abandoned my post, and I was nothing but a Loner pretending to be something I no longer was. I was almost half tempted to rip off the armor and go back to the studio, throw back a bottle or two and call it a day.
"Hey Warren, does this look alright?"
I was pulled from my thoughts as I turned my head to look at Bella, and felt everything stop.
Dressed in shades of brown and soft pinks, she looked as graceful as a cherry blossom tree. Which seemed to be the theme, because her outfit perfectly reflected it. Cropped suede pants with an asymmetrical skirt piece had twisted roping designs similar to the trunk of a tree. Traveling up, she wore a vest with various shades of pink and white, tinges of green in some places, fastened shut at an angle by petal shaped buttons made of shell. Around her neck were several necklaces on hues of blues and black, some strung with fangs of a Were Feline. From her ears dangled a pair of claw and feather earrings. She looked incredible. Just like a part of the Pride.
"wow." was all I could manage to choke out.
"Warren? Baby why are you crying?"
"Huh?" I wiped under my eyes, noticing I was indeed shedding tears. "I-I...I don't know."
She came towards me, wrapped her arms around my middle. I encircled my arms around her as well, and we stood there a moment basked in that silence until I remembered we were behind on time. We got into my car in continued silence, Bella holding my hand the entire ride to the rendezvous point. As I slowed the car to a stop on the side of the road, pulling down a branch to partially hide the jeep, I walked around to help Bella out. As her feet touched the ground I couldn't stop staring at her, and she noticed.
"What?" she asked, seeming to feel awkward under my stare.
"You wanna know why I was cryin' back there?" I mumbled, pressing her to the side of my car.
She bit her lip as her eyes rose to meet mine. "Yes."
"I've never felt so...at peace, with my life then I did right then. Right now. Even though everything fuckin' sucks, you just being your wonderful self, standing at my side...makes it all bearable." I leaned down to kiss her forehead, hearing her breath shudder softly. I don't know how that works, call it destiny, magic, whatever the fuck you want. Just never stop being you Bella, okay? You give me so many reasons to keep living."
She pulled me closer, somehow finding skin to dig her fingers into. "Let me give you another one." she whispered, and sealed my fate with a single, searing kiss.
as always Readers, review, review! message me with questions you have about AlSS, I'll be more than willing to answer!
And as a special treat to you all for being your lovely selves and continuously showing your support, I'm offering OC positions to anyone interested in being a part of the three part Autumn Festival chapters I am now in the works of writing! I am looking for OCs of Shifter background obviously, but the species, names, looks, personality, and such are up to any interested parties! I will be using them to interact with Warren and Bella in these chapters, and who knows, some of the OCs might be past flames of Warren's {we all know she was quite the player back in the day ;)} looking to give insight to Bella on how to seduce her Feline girlfriend *wink* *wink*
this is just a fun idea I came up with, let's see how interested you guys become :)
see you lovelies in the next chapter!