Clarke and Lexa finalize their bond (acceptance of all their selves) while Octavia seeks revenge against Bellamy.
Notes:
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Feeling strong arms carrying her, all Lexa can focus on is the way Clarke's eyes are on her. The way her usually blue eyes have turned red, clearly dilated and excited about the prospect of marking her. Usually Lexa would have been against doing such a primal thing, but when it came to her mate and her needs, she found the idea of belonging to Clarke completely arousing, as if a part of her self was familiar with the behavior and needed the ritual to be completed. Perhaps it had to do with her special abilities and blood, but until Raven took a sample and tested it, they wouldn't be sure. And, with Bellamy on the loose and Azgeda threatening them, the last thing Lexa wanted was for them to somehow figure out that she was a mundane and that she was Clarke's mate. Yes, they would probably know the moment they saw the mark but she didn't want to entice them to abduct her or something like that because of her blood and its possible properties. Because Lexa was no fool and she knew that the Azgeda vampires would find a way to make her blood become a weapon; a way to make mundanes stronger and use them in the war so that they didn't lose their soldiers and vampires too quickly.
"Hey, are you with me?" Clarke whispers to her while placing her on the bed.
Looking around her, it finally dawns on Lexa that they have arrived to Clarke's suite and that somehow she had become too lost on her own thoughts.
"I'm sorry, I was just thinking about that sample Raven wants." she admits to her mate. "I don't think right now is the best time to figure out what I am."
"What do you mean?" Clarke asks her curiously.
"I mean that I don't think right now I should give a blood sample." Lexa expects her mate to calm her paranoia but is surprised when the opposite happens.
"I was thinking the same thing." the blonde says simply. "Right now I don't know who to trust apart from Octavia, Raven and Anya; who knows if Azgeda has somehow found a way to infiltrate my labs. I mean, Bellamy had a spy in my personal guard and I only noticed when he tried to kill you." she finishes angrily.
"I can feel you're still upset about that." Lexa tells her softly. "But there's nothing more you can do about the situation concerning your people unless you start an investigation. And, if you do, then the real spies may escape. We have a plan, a good one and it should work out."
"I hope so." Clarke tells her angrily. "Because if it doesn't I know I won't be capable of keeping my word and I'll kill Bellamy with my own hands."
"But that would make you break your blood oath." the brunette says her bitterly. "You would die and just like that leave me all alone?"
"I don't want to Lexa." Clarke tells her immediately. "But I'm the Queen of the Coalition. I cannot let Bellamy walk away after all he has done."
"I understand that." Lexa promises her. "I just don't get why you don't trust the plan. Why are you so afraid?"
"I'm afraid because I don't want to lose you Lexa." the vampire whispers brokenly. "I just found you and tomorrow I'm going to take you to Trikru to discuss a war between Azgeda and the Coalition. One that you had no idea existed until we met."
"And that's not your fault Clarke. It's Azgeda's and I want to be by your side. We're stronger together and I deserve justice for my people. I'm a part of Trikru, and, although Raven has not done her tests on me yet, it's pretty obvious that I'm no mere human. Which means that I have the right to be there and help my people." the brunette woman says vehemently.
"I know." the blonde chokes out.
She had already lost the only people she loved, her parents and Kane, and the mere thought of Lexa being next terrified the blonde vampire. She wasn't sure she would be capable of handling such a situation.
No, she knew that Lexa was it for her, and that a life without her was no life at all.
"I trust you and our plan Clarke." Lexa says surely. "I trust our friends and our people to do the right thing and support you in this war. But, in order for them to do that we must first complete our bond. We must give them their best fighting chance."
"That somehow makes me believe that you're doing this because it's what's best for our people and not something you want to." Clarke whispers bitterly. "And the last thing I want to do is force you to be by my side."
Lexa smiles softly at her.
"Clarke, you're not forcing me to do anything. I love you and I cannot imagine my life without you in it. I want this Clarke. I want this life. I want you."
"Being with me would make your existence change completely." the blonde warns her. "And this bond we will have is one that never ends or breaks."
"I'm aware of that and my answer hasn't changed." the mundane promises her vehemently. "Life is about more than just surviving Clarke, and up until I met you I felt that I was just surviving. But now all I feel alive and I know that it is because of you." she gets close to Clarke who is crying silently. "Don't cry please." she whispers soothingly. "I don't want this feeling to end and I want to stay by your side forever."
Clarke smiles warmly at her.
"Forever is not impossible for us, Lexa Kom Trikru."
"I'm aware of that Clarke Kom Skaikru." Lexa gets closer to the vampire and kisses her strongly. "Please stop fighting this and be with me."
Growling in surrender, Clarke closes her arms around Lexa and responds to the kiss desperately. Unlike their previous time when the blonde vampire had been afraid of her inner creature, this time she knew that in order to complete the ritual she had to fully embrace it. Not only that, but that dark part of herself has proved that their common concern is their mate and that they would always put her first.
Feeling the creature wanting to take control of things, Clarke realizes that it won't take too long to lose herself in the passion and lust of the situation. Yet she has to warn Lexa and prepare her...
"Lexa.." she separates from the brunette's lips and notices how her green eyes focus on her own.
"You can let go. I know that with you I'm safe." her mate caresses her eyelids and kisses her reassuringly and that's all it takes for Clarke to truly let go.
Feeling her brands appear on her body and her senses to solely focus on Lexa, Clarke growls before holding the mundane close to her and carrying her towards the bed in front of them. A small part of herself is whispering to be gentle, but her beast knows that is not what her mate wants. In fact, she can feel Lexa using her extra strength to squeeze them tighter together.
Lowering the brunette woman on the bed, Clarke quickly discards her clothes and throws them on the floor before moving towards the bed, being intent on gliding her skin on top of her mate's. Smirking when she sees Lexa's body tremble and move upwards in order to create contact, Clarke denies her in order to tear her clothes apart since she is too far gone to simply take them off. Luckily Lexa doesn't mind. In fact, she clearly hears her whimper at the sight of her strength and desperation.
Growling and nibbling at the skin laying under her, Clarke does not speak a single word, deciding to use her lips to mark and brand every single surface available to her. Usually she wouldn't do this because she always found it silly to leave hickeys. But, it seems like her creature thinks bitterly because she's growling and purring after noticing the red marks left on Lexa's body.
"Clarke..." Lexa whispers vehemently. "Please don't tease me darling."
Moving upwards so she can see the mundane's eyes, she can notice the way they're dilated and can clearly see the soft perspiration on her body. Not only that, but a familiar smell is starting to dominate the room, one that was almost making Clarke salivate. Tangy yet sweet and so very Lexa, the blonde moves one hand downwards and uses her fingers to softly caress the brunette, who whimpers at the sudden intrusion but welcomes it immediately by moving her hips upwards.
Being a vampire had its advantages.
"You're so wet." she speaks and notices that her voice has become deep and raw, one usually unfamiliar and that she uses when her creature is out of control.
"For you, only for you." Lexa promises her and kisses her deeply.
"You're mine Lexa." she points out with a finger entering her mate.
"Yours." the brunette confirms and moves her hips in response to her hand's movements. "Pleaseee..."
"Who do you belong to Lexa?" she growls and takes her hand away which makes Lexa cry.
"You!" she begs and promises. "Please Clarke, please make me come."
"I love you Lexa." her beast promises and pushes three fingers in before lowering her lips and kissing her mate passionately. "I love you so much." she keeps saying and doesn't stop moving her hand and fingers.
"Love... you... too..." Lexa chokes out is almost ready to let go.
Staring at the woman on top of her, Lexa can see red eyes focused solely on her and can notice the brands on her skin shining brightly on her skin. Knowing that the person on top of her was another part of her mate, Lexa realizes that this moment is pivotal to finalizing their bond and proving their union to the rest of vampires of the Coalition. Because, although they had already bonded, that ceremony was mostly controlled by Clarke. This time, the person that was confessing her love and devotion to her was that other part of her mate, the one responsible for helping Clarke survive in this world.
Her vampire self.
Using all of her self strength to not come undone at the pace Clarke was setting, Lexa separates her lips from Clarke and moves her hand to land on top of the one the blonde vampire had inside of her. This makes the vampire stop immediately and concerned eyes focus intensely on her.
"I am yours." Lexa repeats deeply and grabs the hand filled with her essence tightly. "And I love you too." she stares at deep red eyes. "You're mine as well."
Noticing tears yet again on her mate, she's saddened at the misunderstand this side of Clarke has experienced from the blonde woman. Because, while she believed that her beast was a monster, it was clear that this side of her also felt just as deeply as she did. And, addressing her and promising her love and devotion was something that needed to be done.
She had finally accepted all of Clarke and something told her that this was the time to make her mate bite her.
"Do it." she caresses Clarke's face and places it on her pulse. "Bite me." she whispers softly and smiles when she must start moving the blonde's hand in order to make her start doing it on her own.
"I love you Lexa." Clarke growls and bites her mate just like she asked, feeling the blood pouring from her and filling that hunger even she didn't know she felt.
Feeling all of Lexa's love inside of her, it takes Clarke a while to realize that she's finally at peace with herself. Taking a look at her skin and hands, she can see the brands are still there, which means that she's still in her beast mode. And yet she knew she was crying, whispering soft words of love and belonging to the woman that had given her everything she had dreamed of having. It was as if some sort of understanding had taken place between her human soul and her vampire side; one that promised to place their mate first no matter what. And, while protection had been something common to them, now they felt an acceptance to each other, and that came specifically from Lexa and her capacity to trust and love both sides of her.
Separating from Lexa's neck, this time when she licks the wound she notices that it doesn't disappear like it had happened other times. Smiling at the sight of the brand and proof of their true love, she nudges her mate's neck and peppers it with soft kisses that make her chuckle.
"That tickles." Lexa says while watching her mate's eyes and skin. "You're still in your beast mode."
"I know." Clarke says softly. "But it feels different this time, I feel like I can control it because it's letting me do so. Almost as if it wants to remain here by allowing me to have the lead." she blushes at her explanation. "I don't know how to explain it."
"I could sense it." she caresses the brands on her mate's skin and eyelids like she tends to do when she sees them. "I think that you both finally made peace with each other and that has allowed you to embrace and accept your true power."
"I've never heard of something like this happen." the vampire muses while chuckling softly. "But then again, you're so special that it wouldn't surprise me that you somehow have the ability to influence vampires."
"This was all you Clarke." Lexa says immediately. "It came from you realizing that your inner beast is another part of yourself. One that also wishes to experience love, joy and what it means to be alive."
"But I'm not alive."
"Are you not?" the brunette moves her hand and touches Clarke's chest. "Just because you don't have a heartbeat that doesn't define your capacity to feel and live life." she smiles sadly at her. "At that dinner party you had I noticed some vampires looked so depressed, as if they were so tired of living that they could easily become moving corpses. That, to me, is the equivalent of being dead. Not having a purpose to keep on living. But you, your friends, you have dreams, hopes and missions that prevent you from surrendering to the emptiness of this life. It makes you capable of creating friendships and bonds that go beyond loyalty and an instinct of survival. It proves that your friends won't betray you because it will pain them to not have you in their lives. Perhaps that's why your Coalition is not succeeding, because the vampires in it see it as a duty to belong and not a responsibility. They have become so used to it being there that only at the fear of losing it they're willing to react."
"So you're saying that Azgeda's actions will somehow unite the whole Coalition and give it a new purpose?" Clarke asks curiously because what Lexa was saying made sense.
"I'm saying that in their selfish desire to rule Azgeda has reawakened the spirit of the Coalition and the vampires that belong to it. And, I think Azgeda has started to notice this after the convention finished. I think that's why they're trying to scare the other covens into not messing with them by launching individuals attacks on them."
"And they started with Trikru because they know we're closest to them."
"I don't think they expect Trikru to support you. I mean, clearly they don't know the ways of our people because the first thing we would want is justice." Lexa scoffs from Clarke's side of the bed.
"Well, they never wanted Trikru to join the Coalition since they believed it desecrated the purity of the covens." Clarke chuckles. "Wouldn't surprise me to see they don't understand the customs and practices."
"Well, their loss and our win." the mundane smiles warmly at her and Clarke feels all the love her frozen heart is capable of feeling pouring at her mate.
"You are so spectacular." Clarke says in complete awe and caresses her cheek tenderly. "Thank you for loving me, all of me."
Lexa smiles happily at her.
"Loving you is the easiest thing I have ever done." she promises and moves her hand downwards to the blonde's core. "But I've also been told that I'm very good at doing other things..."
"Told by whom?" the blonde asks jealously but still moans when she feels fingers teasing her clit.
"Would you like me to tell you that or just show you?" Lexa uses her strength to move on top of Clarke and starts peppering kisses on her breasts and stomach.
"Show me." Clarke whispers and moans loudly at the feeling of a strong tongue on her clit.
Lexa was going to be the death of her.
CLCLCLCL
Walking towards Bellamy's cell, Octavia knows what she must do and yet feels herself heave at the mere thought of having to tell him that they're willing to offer him a pardon. Although she knows that it's a lie and that he will die, it still makes her sick to just imagine the possibility of him somehow getting away yet again with murdering fellow vampires who trusted him. In another time she had believed that they would find Bellamy guilty and would make him pay, but the opposite happened and he was offered a position alongside Clarke. While that had hurt and made her abandon her coven, this time she was determined to see her brother pay.
Although she had agreed with Clarke and Lexa when both suggested that she should be the one telling Bellamy about the blonde vampire's intentions, right now she didn't feel so confident in her capacity to lie. But, although it wasn't a lie, she had to make Bellamy honestly believe in her desperation at seeing him get away with it. And for that to happen, Octavia knew that she needed to kick she shit out of him and time it so that Clarke's guards could stop her before she killed him.
"Open the door." she tells one of the guards and they immediately do as said.
Going inside the room, she can see Bellamy sitting on the floor while staring at the window absently.
"I was expecting Clarke to come, or even that woman from Trikru." he says without looking at her. "But not you."
"I have my reasons for being here." she gets closer to him. "You do realize that you won't get away with this, don't you?"
"Clarke can't kill me." he stares at her with a smile on his face. "I heard that a messenger from Trikru confirmed my tip. The Queen of the Coalition cannot sacrifice a valuable source."
"I bet that just like you betrayed us we could find someone in Azgeda willing to do the same."
"You all know that's not true." he sneers at her. "So with that being said, why are you really here? To condemn me for my decisions? To threaten me? To tell me I will get what I deserve?"
Octavia smiles darkly at him.
"Why do that when you're already expecting that?" she smirks. "No, I'm here to get the justice I deserve because Clarke will probably offer you some sort of pardon in exchange for help."
"A pardon won't do it and you know that little sister." he smirks. "No, you tell your Queen that I will only talk if I partake with her in a blood oath."
"You asshole!" Octavia screams and launches herself on top of him. "You planned all of this! I will kill you." she promises him.
Kicking him with all she had, Octavia focuses on hitting him on the face, blood pouring out of him quickly. While he was trying to defend himself from her, he had not fed and that made his reflexes and strength weaker than her own. Using that to her advantage, Octavia pulls him upwards and uses her leg to hit on his stomach. Smirking at his pained expressions, she continues hitting and kicking him in all the parts she's capable of landing a hit while avoiding his weak attempts at fighting back.
It takes them longer than she had expected them to (and she wants to kiss Miller to thank him for allowing her that small reprieve) but she hears the cells of the cage opening and sees the guards enter to try to contain the situation.
"Don't touch me!" she screams at them and tries to hit Bellamy again. "I will kill him."
"We cannot let you do that." Miller responds to her bitterly. "By orders of Queen Clarke the prisoner has been ordered to remain in this cell, alive, until further notice."
"I don't care what Clarke fucking wants. This creature deserves to die for all he has done to us. He was the one that sold your guards' information to Azgeda. He's the one responsible for their deaths." she pleads with him knowing he won't give in.
"Queen Clarke ordered us to keep him in his cell." he says faithfully.
"Well, Queen Clarke is not here, isn't she?" Octavia says while kicking him on his foot and using their distraction to again launch herself at Bellamy who is finally looking scared.
Before she can make contact with him, she hears a familiar roar coming from behind her and soon enough she's faced by Clarke's beast, who is staring angrily, but yet calmly? at her. Surprised at the fact that the woman is in complete control, she doesn't say anything and notices the blonde to pretend lack of control and growl at her guards who immediately kneel.
"Clarke..." she plays along and kneels as well.
"I said this prisoner was meant to stay at this cell alone!" she bellows at them.
"But he's guilty!"
"And I'm the Queen!"
"He's responsible for the death of your people. For the deaths of Lexa's people. What would she think of you keeping him alive?"
Watching the blonde give her a thankful smile for the excuse of bringing her mate up, she notices Clarke 'calming down' and returning to her usual self.
"She understands I'm the Queen and my people come first." she whispers brokenly and then stares darkly at Bellamy. "But I almost didn't stop you from ending his despicable life."
"But then you wouldn't be the Queen I know you are." he says happily. "And it looks like my sister's disobedience helped prove to you that I'm in danger here."
"I came here to offer you a pardon for your crimes." Clarke starts saying bitterly.
"You know what will truly protect me." Bellamy smiles warmly at her.
"No. I won't do that. I won't give you another chance like that."
"Then you're dooming the Coalition to fall under Azgeda. All to get revenge on one man. Kane would be disappointed."
"Don't you dare speak his name!" the blonde screams at him and can feel her brands returning.
She takes a breath to calm herself down.
"I will offer you a blood oath in exchange for information about Azgeda and their plans." Clarke starts saying and doesn't stop when Bellamy tries to speak. "You will stay as a prisoner with us, that won't change, and you will accompany us to Trikru so you can tell all you know to the Primus of that coven as well."
"You will take me to a place where they want to kill me?" Bellamy asks surprised.
"I want you to see what you have done and for everyone to know your face. Perhaps someday I will die and then someone will be able to kill you for what you have done." the Queen tells him somberly. "Besides, you have showed us already that you have people inside Skaikru that support you. Being with us is the best way to ensure you won't escape."
"I don't like this deal." he says simply.
"It's the only one I'm willing to offer you." she says determinedly. "Take it or leave it."
"Can I at least have some time to consider it?"
"You're a prisoner. You either say yes and you don't die today or you say no and I let Octavia finish what she started with you."
Staring at the bloodied man in front of her, Octavia knows that he has believed everything they had done and said. Besides, Clarke had been smart in offering him what he wanted, which was to stay close to them, as a suggestion of her own (which fed his ego). Besides, they knew that Bellamy would find a way to contact his contact inside Azgeda and somehow try to gain his freedom from their caravan while on their way to Trikru. In fact, they had already started measures to prevent that by making Anya and Raven leave early towards Trikru so that the general could assemble a protective guard around them to prevent any surprise attack from Azgeda.
Their plan had to work and it now solely depended on Bellamy and his answer.
"I accept your offer." he says and extends his hand knowingly.
Hissing at this, Octavia knows what will come next. Taking her dagger out, she angrily uses it to open a wound on his palm and smirks when he yelps at the pain of it. Using a bowl that Miller has handed to her, she pours the blood from his hand on it and then cleans the knife. Getting close to Clarke, she does the same to her, although more softly in order to not hurt her.
After that is done, she mixes their blood with the knife gives the bowl to Clarke who stares at it mournfully.
Clarke is certainly an amazing actress.
"I, Clarke Griffin, Primus of Skaikru and Queen of the Coalition, willingly partake in this blood oath with Bellamy Blake. Bellamy Blake is offering his knowledge and information about Azgeda while I'm offering protection and safe passage in the Coalition. Any one of us that breaks this oath will automatically die and the deal with become null." she then looks at Bellamy and drinks from the bowl while doing so. "By drinking this blood, I agree to this contract."
She gives the bowl to Bellamy and flinches when he immediately drinks from the bowl with a smile on his face.
"By drinking this blood, I agree to this contract." he repeats the oath and finishes the blood. "Now that that's done, when do we leave?"
"Tomorrow." Clarke says bitterly at him and starts to leave the room with Octavia following along.
"Then perhaps I should feed, you know, in case someone tries to do something to me."
"They won't." the blonde smiles darkly at him. "You're under the protection of the Queen." she finishes and closes the door behind them. "I didn't want to stop you." she whispers to Octavia.
"I'm glad you did." the brunette vampire confesses to her. "Anya, Lexa and her people deserve justice."
"You deserve justice as well."
"My justice will come the moment I see Bellamy pay for what he has done." she smiles sadly at her Queen. "Which will start the moment we leave this place."
"It worked." Clarke whispers softly to her. "I wasn't sure it would because in order to create a brand on a mundane you both must fully accept the beast. But somehow she does and her acceptance has given me the peace necessary to accept that part of myself as well."
"I noticed something different in your beast." Octavia tells her. "Like you were capable of controlling it."
"I think we have come into some sort of agreement." she chuckles. "That Lexa's safety will always come first. And my beast agreed because it loves Lexa just as much as I do."
"Raven will have a field's day with trying to understand how you were capable of making your beast do that."
"It happened because of Lexa. She was the catalyst." the blonde vampire says simply and the brunette has to agree with her.
"It's incredible." Octavia murmurs after a while of thinking everything that has happened since Clarke met Lexa. "How special that mundane is and how she's changing our world."
"Indeed." Clarke smiles brightly. "Now all we need to do is get rid of your brother and Azgeda so we can start living in this new world."