Darkling POV

Laying here watching Alina sleep in my arms I couldn't help but wonder if she truly forgave me and how could she love me? After watching her for awhile to make sure she wasn't going anywhere I fell asleep with the woman I love in my arms. I awoke to screaming, to found Alina thrashing and screaming in her sleep. She must have rolled out of my arms at some point and time while we were sleeping. Quickly I summoned my shadows to hide her screaming. Reaching out for her bringing her back into my arms "Alina wake up my sun wake" I kept repeating till she finally opened her eyes crying "your here your really here." Stroking her hair back out of her face hugging her closer "yes my sun I'm here it was a nightmare I'm here." She held on to me crying and I let her till she calmed down. "Alina it's ok my sun I'm here and your safe." Finally when she finally stopped crying and her shuddering lessened she summoned a ball of light I was surprised when she didn't flinch at my shadows. "Aleksander I can't stop seeing what happened in the carriage. The only one that was halfway nice was the woman she said the first night she never wanted to hurt me. Then they freaked cause they heard y'alls horses that was when Berkker got violent the woman is the one who stopped him. Jasper found me funny though I-I am not sure why. Aleksander I can't go back don't make me go back." She must still be waking up if she thought I would let her go back let alone go anywhere. "Alina you are not going anywhere I promise you I have you. I am sorry you got hurt cause they heard our reinforcements my sun. You will never go back to that carriage again mine will be taking us home." Now i was glad that I had sent for it and Midnight now that I had Alina. "Good Aleksander I love you please don't let him hurt me again." I looked down sad he almost broke her but I won't let him win "Alina I will never let him go near you again other than to sentence him. He will never hurt you again my sun my love my Alina I love you." She reached up grabbing my face pulling it to her I went willingly it shocked me with the amount of force she kissed me. When she pulled back I could read the lust written on her face "Alina we can't do anything until you are healed I won't risk the chance of hurting you." She pouted "but Aleksander please what about what I need doesn't that matter and I need you." I was having trouble saying no and I could tell she was getting ready for another no so instead I said "if anything starts to hurt you let me know and we stop right away and get a healer." Within a second her face lit up and she was kissing me "do we have a deal I need to know that you will tell me if you start to hurt." She cupped my face "yes Aleksander I promise now will you please make love to me." Instead of answering I just started kissing her pulling her into me so she could feel how much she affected me. I about swallowed my tongue when she started grinding and rolling her hips against my hip or manhood depending on how she did it. When her tongue swiped across my lips asking for entry I was all to willing to accept. Pulling her over me so now she straddling me, she pulled back from the kiss the look on her face confused for a moment before she started kissing me again. I moaned when she rolled her hips and started pushing the silk nightgown she had on up. Brushing my thumb over her clit as I passed her core, tickling her sides, ignoring her breast to hear her whimpering, finally her nightwear is gone and all she is left in she her underwear. "Aleksander flip I'm not ready enough for starting out on top yet plus someone is now in far to many clothes." I just chuckled and flipped us before she could blink.

Alina POV

I gazed up Aleksander dazed this was the second time he moved me like I had weighed nothing since we woke up. Shacking my head I start going for his shirt "I love you Aleksander but you are in to much clothing." The first part made his eyes soften and the rest brought out a smirk "I love you Alina. Do you want to help with my clothes or for me just to make quick work of them?" I was blushing but considering I had his shirt half way up my hand on his bare chest I said "I'll finish helping with your shirt you can do the rest." He chuckled "as you wish." He withdrew his arms from his shirt and I push it off his head. As soon as he was clear of the shirt it was on the floor and I was kissing him. Suddenly he pulls away with a smile "my love do you want me to get rid of my pants or not." I huffed and smiled "if we stopped now you will have to summon a squallar or a tide maker to put me out cause I'm going to spontaneously combust." This made him laugh "good thing I don't intend on stopping at this moment however I do need to remove my pants." I laughed and released my hold on him, he rolled off me long enough to unbutton and kick off his pants. Coming back he started kissing me with passion only breaking when I needed air he went straight to kissing along my jaw down my neck. Down to my breast he sucked the left nipple into his mouth and took the right breasts into his hand. Oh he was wicked sucking hard, biting, then lapping at it to ease the sting. When he was done with the left side he left a trail of stinging kisses to begin the torture again on the right side. When he was done with the right side he started kissing downward. "Aleksander please I need you" I plead. He stopped at my navel "my love we have only been together once and with you already hurt I need to make sure you are ready enough for me. However don't worry I won't just be teasing you." He started kissing slowly down until he reached my core he sucked my clit into his mouth biting just hard enough to make me squirm. He grabbed my hips to keep me from moving using his tongue to ease the sting and doing it all over again. Before using his tongue to fuck me for a bit he found one spot everytime he hit it I moaned. Pulling his tongue out he immediately put two fingers in causing me to moan and buck my hips. His lips were back at my clit sucking on it, biting it, licking it all to stop right before my orgasm. "Your wet enough now my love" he says teasing me as he makes his way back up my body. "Aleksander your gonna give me a heart attack please-" my cries were broken by his lips in a slow burning kiss. "Alina help me position myself if you will?" Reaching without a doubt I gripped is his erection and instead of positioning him right away I decided to tease him I had heard of hand jobs before I was going to try. I had him hard in my hand I pumped four times before he moaned six and he said "Alina stop please I need you I need to be buried in you." I was moving him to my entrance and as was I move him over my clit causing both us to moan. Finally he was at my entrance looking down at me with love in his eyes "Alina I need you to look at me." I did he entered me I bit back a moan still looking at him I started pulling him towards me. "I love you Aleksander and I feel fine." "I love you Alina and remember let me know if that starts to change." I nod and he starts pumping into me sucking on my breast. Before long I'm signaling my release and he follows a few pumps behind.

Darkling POV

When I came down from my orgasm I found I was still on Alina on probably smushing her so I rolled us. Finally pulling out of her we both hissed her sheath was not wanting to let go but I was more concerned with her. "Are you ok are you hurt?" She smiles lazily up at me "Aleksander please stop worrying I told you that I would tell you if I wasn't ok." I look at her face she seems sincere but I'm not letting her off the hook yet "then why hiss my love? I know why I did but why did you?" I started getting really curious when she starts blushing "well um I um I guess I am sore in one spot but it's a good sore." I laughed but kissed her "as long as that is all my love. Now let's get you back into a nightshirt incase someone comes in. She laughs at this "unless you have changed your mind I haven't let anyone in yet." I laugh "no but I don't want to take chances if we were behind locked doors you could sleep the rest of the night like this." She huffs but smiles and moves to get up "where are you going?" She looks completely confused "to grab my shirt as you said you want me to get dressed." "yes but I'm grabbing it for you." Moving quickly I pull her back under me and kiss her "until you are healed someone else will be waiting on your every need and seeing as no one else gets to see you like this I'll grab it." Kissing her again I move and start getting our clothes pulling on just a pair of pants before walking to the bed with her nightwear. "Aleksander I don't want people waiting on me hand and foot besides Genya sees me naked in fact she helps get me ready remember." I smirk looking at her handing her nightwear "not what I meant and you know it, I mean like this just after sex my love you are a vision of beauty." She sat up to shrug on the shirt "My dark angel only you have ever called me beautiful are you sure you don't need your eyes checked." I laughed "my eyesight is just fine." Climbing into bed pulling her back into my arms I hear her say "I won." Looking down I start lifting her face to meet my gaze "won what?" She shook her head I raised an eyebrow "promise not to be mad at me." What did she think she had done? "What is it I won't get mad." She sighed "you said no to me earlier I won this round." I began to laugh as I realized that she was right. "Your not mad at me?" I stroked her hair "no my love I'm not, my need for you was just as great yours was and I worried about you getting hurt but you didn't. Plus you didn't have a nightmare just so I would wake you did you?" She laughed "no I didn't though I am glad to have woken in your arms." Hugging her to me I spoke the only thing on my mind "me too you feel right in them. Like you were made to fit perfectly in my arms and life. Now sleep my love you need it to face the morning." She didn't say anything just laying with her head on my chest curled into my side soon I could tell she had drifted back to sleep. I kept stroking her hair "I will never let anyone harm you again I promise my love." Deciding I can't sleep anymore i ease Alina onto the bed and dress. Once my kefta is once more in place I step out of the tent and my bubble of shadows still in place. I see the guard at the entrance and ask tell time "sunrise is only about an hour now sir." Looking around I know Ivan will be awake so I send for him and enter the tent once more. I move my bubble of darkness to cocoon the bed so Alina can sleep undisturbed and I can still be near. Ivan walks in just then "moi soverennyi you sent for me?"

Alina POV

I awoke in darkness and Aleksander was not there. I started to panic till I summoned a ball of light and the shadows shrank back a bit. Then I knew that these must have been his shadows protecting me while I slept so I sent my ball of light straight up out of the shadows signaling that I was awake. Within seconds the shadows peeled back revealing Aleksander with a pile of clothes and a small impish smile. After stepping through the shadows he closed them again. "Why not just drop the shadows my love?" His impish smile faltered "Ivan is here giving me a rundown of everything and apparently one of the healers are wanting to get at you. I've held her off while you were sleeping but I have some good news the first of your personal guard has arrived a heartrender named Calina" I stared at him shocked "you think any of that is good news really?" He chuckles "yes now up." Slowly moving I got up he looked concerned "are you hurting this morning?" Looking up into his concerned eyes "no more sore than just a few hours ago just not looking forward to this. Will you please be there with me during the healing?" He dropped my clothes on the bed and pulled me in his arms "yes my sun I will but I'm kicking Ivan out." I barked out a laugh covering my mouth then saying "deal now go so I can get dressed I'll send up another orb when ready." He kissed my head parted the shadows and backed out sealing them up once again. Getting dressed all I could feel was pain I wanted to stop halfway through in fact I did leave my kefta unbutton. I sent up a second orb and the shadows fell and dissolved revealing the four faces on the other side. Aleksander was on his feet and at my side in an instant "what is wrong my sun?" I knew there was no way of hiding it so I told him "dressing was a lot more painful than it should have been. I wanted to stop halfway through it hurt so bad." With that he nodded and Ivan was out the tent the healer was at my side instructing him to lay my flat on the bed. "Where were her injuries when we got her back." Aleksander explained how they broke ten rib in total, internal bleeding, a broken arm, and more. The healer turned back to me "my dear this will be unpleasant and will hurt maybe even feel like I'm killing you but I'm not I'm having to fix these one by one. You may not want anyone else to watch this process it may even cause you to go unconscious. The other healer did the outside work, your arm, internal bleeding and made sure none of your ribs would puncture anything else I have to do as much as I can on your ribs. That is always the most part and why its broken up in different healing seasons." I notice she looked over her shoulder at Aleksander "the only person I don't want to see this is Calina the General stays with me." The healer nodded and turned to the other woman "out you go you heard the sun summoner." "But I am her personal guard I am meant to protect her." Before the healer could respond Aleksander turned on the heartrender "get out wait by the door if you must. She told you to go so do it do not disrespect the sun summoner again or you will no longer be her guard." The woman bowed her head "yes moi soverennyi I apologize to you and the sun summoner." Laying on the bed I was looking at him standing at the foot of the bed wondering where he was supposed to be. "Sit by me and hold my hand please Kirigan." He came around and sat on the other side a held my hand as the healer began I began crying as bone moved back to bone. Aleksander murmuring that I could do it but I ended up passing out due to the pain.