Chapter 23:
RPOV
It took another couple of weeks to abolish slavery. Well, for the law to be signed anyway. For things to actually change for slaves, that would take years.
There have been special programs set up, but I knew Dimitri and I were the lucky ones. He still held his position as General. As a matter of fact Tatiana appointed him Commander of all the military. I too had earned my freedom. My father was showering me with titles and jobs I had no idea about. But right now it didn't matter.
Right now I am preparing for tonight. The full moon.
This would be our first full moon where we were free. No more inhibition, no more hiding. We could devour each other if we wanted to and I knew we would. Dimitri was busy with some checks. There were a lot of Alpha's and Beta's right now. Dad had called in most of his pack to keep the peace. He couldn't use them much during the coupe, because moving a large pack would surely have drawn attention. But he did have his beta's with him and they had helped in the coupe to control the outer regions of the palace.
But it added to the number of people Dimitri needed to make sure they didn't cause any problems during the full moon. He had made it clear to my father, he didn't want any shenanigans during the full moon. Especially this full moon.
Those two had stared at each other a lot, trying to intimidate the other. I was fairly certain I was the object of their strife, but I couldn't care less.
My father has never told me what to do and he wasn't about to start now.
I was excited. This would be it. After tonight Dimitri and I would be mated. Not to mention we would be together during the full moon and we didn't have to fight it. We had been together a lot lately, but we had yet to spend a full moon together together.
It was already late afternoon and Dimitri still wasn't back yet. But I knew he wouldn't miss this for the world. And it was a good thing he wasn't back yet, because couldn't decide what to wear.
I looked down at the bed holding all my clothes. I had moved into his room and out of the concubine garden. I only took some dresses. Other's I left behind. They were way too ornate for me to wear anywhere. Besides it kind of reminded Dimitri that I had been a concubine and we didn't need any reminders of that.
"That one looks nice."
I just scowled at Lissa. I know she was trying to help, but that would look awful on me.
Lissa leaned back into the chair she had been sitting in for the last hour. She was no longer a slave but still worked for the docter as a nurse. But now she got paid for it. He had given her a choice, but it had been an easy decision. She said she wanted to keep learning and become a real surgeon one day. And now with the new law, she could.
"I don't understand why it matters anyway. It isn't like you will be in those clothes long." She commented with a huge grin on her face.
She might be right, but I wanted tonight to be perfect and that included my outfit. But I really didn't know what one should wear to a mating. Maybe she was right, maybe I should just go naked. I knew Dimitri wouldn't have a problem with that -the people in the palace that we would have to pass on our way out might though.
"What does Dimitri like on you?"
Again I came up with the answer of nothing. That or leathers. But somehow leathers just didn't sound like something you were on a night like this.
"I don't want to look like someone I am not, which is what I will look like when I put on any of these dresses. But I also don't want to wear my leathers. It looks too casual."
Lissa got up and looked over the pile of clothes again, she had one arm crossed over her stomach and another was at her mouth, thinking hard.
"How about-" She pulled a simple satin dress and held it in front of me. "And then maybe this-." She then picked up my gauntlets and a rather wide leather belt which could hold a lot of weapons. She held the belt in front of the dress and I was starting to understand what she was doing. Mix and match.
"Try this."
I changed into the silk dress. It was flowy and a beautiful ivory color. It contrasted nicely against my skin. I had dismissed it because it was very plain. But when Lissa added the belt it singed in my waist and gave the dress a much more fitting appearance. And when she added the gauntlet and did my hair with the pin Tatiana had given me, I knew she had been correct. I looked good and I looked 'Rose'.
"This is perfect."
"Thank God. I was beginning to think you really would have to go naked." Lissa giggled. Lissa had quite the dirty mind for such a proper girl. Maybe I should be looking for a wolf for Lissa next. There was a lot of new blood coming in. I am sure we could find her a nice wolf.
Lissa helped me do my make-up. I had kept a few things from the concubine garden there too. Nothing flashy, just some coal and a bit of red for my lips. Just enough to give me a bit of an edge.
Lissa stepped away from me to take a good look at the total picture. "You are ready." She declared.
I felt ready to burst. The sun was setting and I could already feel the moon's effect. It was like a thousand butterflies in my stomach and a million blades underneath my skin. The moon must already be visible.
Lissa seemed unperturbed. She was neither alpha nor beta. She said she felt it, but when I explained how the full moon felt for me these last few moons since releasing my wolf, she looked at me like I was crazy.
The door to our suite opened and in walked my Alpha God.
"That is my cue to leave" Lissa giggled to herself and patted Dimitri on his back. She winked at me. "I'll hear all about it in the morning, Rose."
"Don't count on it, Liss." Lissa had been very adamant that I tell her every detail of my relationship with Dimitri, I think she was living vicariously a bit. But not only will I not tell her 'all about it' I wasn't sure I would be free in the morning. I was planning on staying with Dimitri for a while.
When Lissa closed the door behind her it was just Dimitri and I. He stood in front of me, not touching me, not kissing me, just looking at me and breathing rather quickly.
"You look beautiful."
It seemed to physically hurt him not to touch me, but we both knew what would happen if he did. The moon was nowhere near its highest place in the sky, but we would rip each other's clothes off and he would be inside of me in a second if we touched now. And I don't think his bed could handle that, or his chair, or his floor. Also I think the neighbors would complain- you know the ones all the way down the hall. We needed a wide open space with nobody around for miles.
"Run?" He asked.
"Run." I said.
We left his suite, making sure to leave enough room between us.
Once we were out in the open we released our wolves, climbed on and ran through the forest towards our favorite spot.
It was a beautiful night. The sky was clear and we could already see the light of the moon hitting the lake. Once the moon was high in the sky the light and the moon itself would be reflected on the surface of the lake. There was no wind this evening so the lake looked like a mirror.
I got a little nervous again. I didn't know why. Dimitri and I have been together for a while now. It was the most natural thing in the world to me. But this was something new and I had no idea how to react. I remember the last time it was a full moon and we had almost…
I had been desperate. There hadn't been another thought in my head except being with him. Of course we hadn't crossed any physical barriers then yet, so there was a lot of sexual frustration fueling us on.
It wasn't exactly sexual frustration this time. But there was still that desperate feeling of needing him. But this time, it felt like my own thoughts. Sure the full moon added an extra layer of primal urges. But we didn't have to fight it. We could just let go, be free.
We dismounted our wolves. I had a hard time controlling my wolf. She wanted to go to Dimitri's wolf. She wanted her mate just as much as I wanted mine. I am not sure why I tried to hold her back. Soon she would be bound inside of me again. Maybe I should just let her go. But if I did, I would feel everything she feels. There was no stopping the sensory overload on a full moon. And I knew once the wolves got into it, so would the humans.
I looked at Dimitri, asking for permission. The look in his eyes was just as hungry, and just as scared. This was new to him too.
He slowly walked towards me. I saw him swallow once, twice. He stopped inches away from my body. I could feel his hot breath on my face. It gave me goosebumps, the good kind.
But we still weren't touching.
He looked at the sky, judging the height of the full moon. Not long now. And so he closed the distance between us, pulled me close and kissed me.
Dimitri had never been a bad kisser, but this was otherworldly. Everywhere he touched I could feel thousands of lighting bolts erupt from my skin. My lips tingled with the sensation, my whole body hummed.
I heard growling and it hadn't come from Dimitri our I. Where Dimitri and I still had the presence of mind to take things a little slow, explore each other's bodies, our wolves had thought differently. I didn't really think wolves did foreplay.
The moment Dimitri's wolf mounted mine I gasped. The sensation of his wolf penetrating mine was strange. I could feel her pleasure and her heat. It fueled my own.
Dimitri and I were breathing hard. I could blame it on the amazing kiss, but it wasn't that kind of breathless.
There was something to be said about feeling vicariously. My body was still, Dimitri was holding me but he didn't really move either. All we did was feel our wolves. Our eyes stayed locked on each other. I could hear groan after groan coming from Dimitri, and I was trying to suppress my own moans but I wasn't succeeding.
His wolf had mine pinned and was taking her from behind. His mouth was on her neck, keeping her there in a show of dominance. But he wasn't forcefull. I could feel him growling and licking her as they mated.
"Oh God."
I closed my eyes, I didn't know if I tried to close the link as best as I could or if I wanted to enjoy it more intensely. Dimitri started to pull down the straps of my dress. The sensations coming in from both ends was truly too much. I think my body would be fried in the morning. He suckled on my neck, nipping at it occasionally. The parallels to his wolf weren't lost on me.
His hand moved towards the belt and he expertly undid it. With the belt gone he could push my dress over my arms and down. I hadn't bothered to wear anything underneath it. And when he exposed my naked body bar the gauntlets, he growled. Not groaned or moaned, but growled. There was nothing human in the sound. And I whimpered right back, desperate for his touch.
I didn't waste time ripping apart his shirt. His bare chest, glistening in the moonlight did things to me. I started to lick his chest, up to his neck and down to his stomach. It was kind of the perfect height too. I claimed his mouth again as I lifted myself up a bit and he went down. I started to unbuckle his pants and with a little bit of help from him, soon he was as naked as I was. He still had on his arms cuffs and still had my gauntlets and somehow that was more sexy then when we would be completely naked.
The moment his wolf released himself into mine they erupted into magic tendrils and joined us again. Now that our primal sides were once inside of us there was no stopping us. His kiss was desperate and hard, forcing me to open up and allow him access. There would be no lovemaking tonight. It would be brutal and it would be magnificent.
DPOV.
I tasted her everywhere as I laid her down in the grass. Her mouth, her neck, her collarbone until I got to where I wanted to be. I took her nipple into my mouth, I licked, sucked and tugged at the pink peak eliciting screams from Rose.
It didn't really matter how loud we were. There was nobody around for miles. And even if they were, right now I didn't care. Let them hear her. So they know she is mine.
Once I had thoroughly addressed one nipple, I switched to the other breast. Rose held on to my hair tugging at the roots. Pushing me further into her chest and pulling me back up. I don't think she knew what she wanted. The sensations were overwhelming her. I had a similar problem. The tugging at my hair sent bolds of pleasure to my scalp, the heaving of her breasts fueled me on and as I entered her with my fingers, her wet heat was like an oasis for a parched man.
She whimpered more as I pleasured her. She had let go of my hair and was now desperately holding on to me. I could feel her nails digging into my skin. They were already elongated into claws so close to the moon. But I didn't feel pain. Everywhere she touched me, my skin ignited. It was a good thing that we had come outdoors. If it wasn't for the cool grass and the night temperatures I think I would burst into flame.
Her moans quickened and her body clenched around my fingers. She was close. I kept my fingers inside of her, but started to circle her clit using my thumb. Her mewling increased in intensity, as did her nails in my back. I let go of her breast and instead moved my mouth to her neck.
The moment she climaxed I withdrew my fingers, replaced them with my cock and bit down on the soft flesh. My own canines had grown now that the full moon was at its zenith. It made the marking easier and more intense. Her hot blood filled my mouth and somehow tasted sweet. The pain and the pleasure were too much for her as she lost herself again in another orgasm. She was gripping my cock tight and I had a hard time not spilling into her right then and there.
I started to move, first slowly, but soon the frequency and amplitude increased. I was still latched on her neck, somehow I was very reluctant to let go. It was an instinctual response. I needed to mark her so she wouldn't heal this wound. It could only scar. And for an alpha, that took effort.
My own release was imminent. I held on as long as I could, but it was no use. I let go of her sensitive and bloodied neck as I climaxed so I could look into her eyes. She joined me and together we rode the waves of passion.
It wasn't just my own pleasure I was feeling. Rose stared at me and I knew she felt it too. We were well and truly mated. Not everyone developed the sensing of their mate and some only developed it later in life. It was a measure of how in sync you were that you could feel each other. It was no surprise to me we had developed it as soon as we had mated. Rose and I had always been in sync. We were the same.
"Wow" She said as I moved beside her.
"Yeah." I answered.
She laid against me stroking my chest lazily. Her warmth was welcome against the cold night.
But soon her hand started to move lower and lower. She was slowly rocking against me. I knew it was partly subconsciously because once she realized what she was doing, what she was feeling she looked at me and raised an eyebrow. I too was already back in full force. And it didn't take long before she had straddled me, me buried to the hilt inside of her and was rocking up and down in order to alleviate the burning need inside of both of us.
Is this what it was like to mate on the full moon? Would we experience this everytime we had a full moon together? No wonder the two alpha generals had picked this as their prefered method of handling the full moon.
I grabbed Rose's hips and helped her find a good rhythm as well as giving me some leverage to buck up. Rose had one hand on my chest and she pushed me down. She was strong, so strong. I knew I could get out from under her if I wanted to, but why would I ever want to. She had her eyes closed, feeling every bit of the pleasure. Her fangs elongated and when she had her eyes open they shone a bright amber, illuminating the night and my life.
In a moment of instinct she bent down and attached herself to my neck. I placed a hand on the back of her neck, keeping her there. She was still moving slowly but I was riding with her now. So close to each other, so close to our primal sides and so close to climax.
Just the thought alone sent me off the deep end and I spilled inside of her, Rose following me shortly after. She collapsed on top of me, her face in the crook of my neck but no longer attached to it. I pulled her hair away from her shoulder and kissed the side that was facing me.
"I love you."
I could feel her smile against my skin at my words. She pulled back a little so she could look into my eyes. For the moment they were the deep dark brown but I knew it was only a matter of minutes before they would glow again.
"I love you too."
She gently kissed me, but soon her hips started to move again. I was still inside of her and it took me no time at all to get hard again. I groaned but I really wondered if it was in pleasure or exasperation.
Regardless, it was going to be a long night. But I wouldn't want it any other way. Because I was right where I belonged. Free and with my mate.
I couldn't wait for what was to come. Because for the first time in my life, I had a future.
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AN Thank you to everybody that read, reviewed, commented, voted and faved. I really appreciate it. I am sad to see it end. I might do an epilogue at some point to introduce a few more VA characters.
I am already working on the next story. I hope I will see you all for the next one too.
