Gerald's Command

Osprey
As we walked toward the treeline on the Grimm Forest border so we could shift, Scarlett leaned against my side. I draped my arm over her shoulder, pulling her closer to my side. Every day I spent with her was like heaven on earth. I was so ready to get home and show her just how much I loved her. She had been my everything since before she was even born, and it had taken us so long to come together in a way that nobody could tear us apart. When she finally pulled away from me to get undressed so we could shift, I watched with lustful eyes. No matter how many times I had the privilege to see her body fully nude, I was still amazed every time that she was mine. After she shifted, I quickly took my clothes off before letting Godric out.
He walked around her eagerly, sniffing her flanks before burying his face in between her legs for a moment. He inhaled deeply, gently lapping at her pussy for a moment before dancing away to nudge her in the direction of home. It would take us a few hours to get home, but it didn’t matter as long as I was with her. As habit dictated, we started off walking so Godric and Serena could spend time together before sprinting home. We very rarely got to be alone anymore, and it was just going to get worse the closer we got to officially taking over the sleuth. So, we took every moment that we could to just be together, whether it was just watching a movie or cuddling in bed at night. I made sure that she knew she was the most important person to me.
‘Hey, ‘Sprey?’ She suddenly linked.
‘Yes, my love?’ I answered.
‘How do you feel about Annie and Gerry’s relationship now? I really don’t think that the two of them are involved in a romantic relationship. They seem like they are just close siblings. Almost like how twins would be,’ she told me.
‘Yes, they do. I’m no longer worried that they are together.’ Godric bumped her shoulder slightly to dispel some of his rising frustration. ‘I think we can spend our energy on better things now, like preparing for our baby.’
Serena stepped closer to us as she uttered a little content sigh that made the fire that was our anger jump up even higher. We took a step away from her as her nearness sent a spiral of fury through us, making her glance at us.
‘What’s wrong?’ She asked.
Godric spun on her, slamming his body into her. She fell to the ground, uttering a small whimper as she looked up at us. Godric growled at her, glaring down at her.
‘You are always touching me, Scarlett,’ he growled through our link. ‘I can’t breathe or think with you always around me.’
Serena lifted her lips a little, baring her teeth at us. ‘What in the hell is wrong with you two?’
Godric snapped his teeth at her, not liking the way she was challenging him. ‘You have me so fucking wrapped up in you and what you think, that a stupid little comment you made had me second-guessing Annie and Gerry’s relationship. This is all your fault!’ We spat.
She shrunk back from our link as her anguish started to creep through. ‘I’m sorry that I caused all of this, ‘Sprey. I didn’t mean to. I was just worried about Annie and—’
‘You caused conflict in my family,’ Godric snarled as he took an angry step toward her. ‘And for that, you will be punished.’
‘Punished? What do you mean, puni—”
Godric lunged at her, sinking his teeth into her shoulder before rolling her. Serena screamed in pain as she tried to dislodge us, but Godric bit down harder into her flesh before throwing her a few feet. As she struggled to get to her feet, Godric rushed over to her, body slamming her into a tree. She uttered another cry of pain as she tried to crawl away while we circled her, trying to decide on how best to punish her.
When Godric lunged at her again, she jumped out of the way, barely managing to avoid his snapping teeth. After he crashed into the tree where she had been just seconds before, he got back to his feet, shaking his head as his anger fueled him to make her pay. He began to stalk her across the small clearing, growling threateningly while she scrambled backward away from us. Fear ignited in her eyes, but we didn’t care. We just wanted to make her pay. We tackled her, and when we bent our head to bite into her throat, she shifted beneath us, slamming her hands against our chest.
“OSPREY! PLEASE! I’M SORRY!” She screamed, terror more prevalent with each word she spoke.
As soon as my name fell from her lips, the dark cloud of anger that had surrounded us cleared. Godric shifted back so that I could take a sobbing Scarlett into my arms. I shifted so that she was cradled in my lap while I ran my hands over her body, murmuring softly to her. She trembled violently in my arms as her arm wound tightly around her abdomen to protect our cub. I looked down at her arm. Protect our cub from me.
“I’m s-sorry,” she stammered. “Please, just let me go. I’ll go away, so I won’t ever be able to disrupt your life again. Please.”
My arms tightened around her as I stared down at her in shock. Tears crept up into my eyes as the realization of why she wanted to leave me hit me harder than a freight truck. I lifted her up so that I could put my forehead against hers and stare into her eyes.
“Letti, baby, please don’t leave me. I don’t know what came over me. Maybe I’m being punished,” I told her, my voice full of regret and sadness.
“Punished for what?” She sniffled.
“I don’t know. Maybe for thinking so poorly of Annie and Gerry. I don’t know, but I swear to you, baby, that I will never hurt you again. You mean everything to me,” I said, finishing in a hoarse whisper that did nothing to hide the tears in my voice.
She searched my face for a moment before wrapping herself tightly around me. “Okay, ‘Sprey. I forgive you. But if this ever happens again, I will leave. And it won’t just be me that leaves. I will take our cub with me.”
I clung to her tightly as the devastation at the thought of losing both her and our child filled me with a fear so strong that I knew I wouldn't be able to forget, even if I lived for eternity. I nodded as I kissed her softly.
“Never again, Letti. I swear to you.”
And I knew I wouldn’t. She was too important to me, as was our cub. I closed my eyes as I started to rock us back and forth. I was too scared of losing her to let her go. I continued to cling to her for hours after the sunset that night, trying to reassure her that what I said was true. If I lost her, I lost everything. My heart, my soul, my family, and even my sleuth. If moments like the one earlier that day were a possibility, I was really starting to doubt my capabilities as Alpha. Because what good was an Alpha who couldn’t control his anger? Not even when it came to his own Alpha Sow?