In The Beginning, Chapter 33
When I got back to Charlie, we only had twenty minutes until Theia returned, and I wasn’t planning on wasting a second of it. I ripped my pants off in record speed, and slipped under the sheets behind her, she had shuffled over to my side, and was snuggling with my pillow, half asleep.
“Wake up my Queen.” I teased as I ran my fingertips over her bare thigh.
“No, you made me eat too much and now I need a nap.” She grumbled, yawning then looking back at me confused, then at the pillow she was strangling. “Oh!” She sluggishly released the pillow and turned around, burying her head in the crook of my neck, and shuffled my arms until they were caged around her, the way I like. Her lips moved over my skin softly, and my grip tightened slightly, instinctually, her silky soft hair brushed against my knuckles as she moved her hand to my chest, above my heart. I don’t know if she was aware she was doing it, but it calmed her, subconsciously or not. I pressed my lips to her forehead as I held her. “I’m nervous.” She whispered, and I felt like something clicked in my brain.
“What do you need?” I asked, via the link, I could feel her worry, she didn’t want the pack to hear about this conversation.
“Encourage, but don’t tell me I’m going to be a master of my powers in no time?” She asked with a chuckle.
“Okay, I think I got this. It’s perfectly reasonable to be nervous, you’re going to do something, you’ve never done before. And yes, you won’t be perfect immediately, but no one is, it takes time, and practice, so go a little easier on yourself. How was that?” I teased, stealing a kiss.
“Perfect, thank you.” She replied, running her nose down my neck and over my chest. My wolf made a grumble of appreciation, and a chuff of desire, and another part of my anatomy showed its approval of her studies of wolf flirting and displays of affection. She began leaving feather-light kisses over my chest, her hand ran up my back, as she moved lower. Before I could process what was happening, she had taken all of me in her mouth, pushing my hips back onto the mattress, and trapping my legs under hers. I pushed the sheets back, with every intention of stopping her, and holding her until she had to get dressed, but as I removed the sheets, I could smell how wet she was. My fingers slid into her hair, she looked up at me, with her big blue eyes, pinning me in place with her seductive glaze. She swallowed while I was in her throat, and my body shot up, my fingers itching to touch her. Her one hand forced me back down, her fingers splayed over my chest, I growled, but relented, part of me enjoying my little kitten playing at being dominant. Her other hand began massaging my balls, I had to grab the headboard before I started shredding the bed sheets.
“Fuck... Charlie!” I hissed, and groaned as she took all of me again, and I exploded in her mouth. She continued sucking, drawing every last drop of my release out of me, I sighed in contentment, but she didn’t stop. My cock was so sensitive my legs started jerking, with every lick of her tongue. “Please, baby, stop.” I chuckled, still she took all of me again, and threw my head back as a jolt of intense pleasure shot through me. I yanked her hair back, hard enough to pull her lips from me, but not hard enough to hurt her. She pouted adorably as wrapped my hands around her arms and pulled her up my body, slamming my lips against hers aggressively. She had challenged my wolf, and mate or not, he was eager to show her exactly what she had let herself in for. The moment she relaxed against my chest, I flipped us, caging her beneath my chest. I took a second to linger, her tiny body trapped under me and her hands running up my back before I took control. I brought her arms above her head, easily holding both her wrists with one hand, as my mouth devoured every inch of skin I could reach. I moved down her body, taking her arms with me, until I used the same arm to pin her leg and stomach to the bed. I lifted her free thigh to my shoulder, snaking my arm around it, so every inch of her was trapped. When I took my first lick of her sweet honeypot, she tried to arch her back, but I kept her pinned, her whimpers turned to moans with every lick and suck on her little bud.
Charlie was panting, riding the last waves of her last orgasm when one of the staff linked me to tell me Theia had returned, I growled, aggravated at being interrupted while pleasuring my mate. But informed her we would be down shortly, before letting Charlie know she had a guest. Although, watching her try to stand and get dressed on weak legs was entertaining, it was even better when she let me help her, getting her dressed was almost as good as undressing her. Either way I got to leave a trail of kisses and hickies on her skin, just this time around it was before covering her up, rather than after exposing her flawless flesh. She even let me carry her down the stairs, of course she did try to argue, until I pointed out she had no idea if her powers would save her if she fell down the stairs. I deposited her in the living room where Theia was waiting and went to find out why the new girl linked me instead of Kathy. Yes, it was childish to ignore Theia, but the woman irked me, and I was a little worried about Kathy, it wasn’t like her. I walked into the kitchen, Kathy was sat at the counter, for the first time ever, with an ice pack on the back of her head, and a cold washcloth over her eyes.
“What the fuck happened?” I roared, running over to her concerned. “Who did this?” I demanded, the girl began shaking violently, stammering.
“I- I- I-” She kept repeating, shaking her head.
“It was my fault Alpha, not the girl’s.” Kathy insisted, grabbing my arm, another first. “I fainted; I wasn’t prepared to meet a goddess.” Kathy admitted, a faint blush on her cheeks.
“Are you alright now? Do you want me to call a doctor?” I asked, checking her head, there was a small bump, as an Psi, Kathy had very little defence training, and virtually no opportunities to increase her healing abilities like warriors do. She was still healing much quicker than a human, I’m sure they would’ve had a concussion, but she seemed okay.
“No, if my headache isn’t gone in half an hour, I may have to go home, but it’s not bad enough to waste the time of a doctor.” Kathy insisted, she had never been one to beg off, so I knew she was feeling worse than she was letting on,
“I want you to get checked out.” It wasn’t an order, but it was, my tone left no room for argument.
“Fine, I will go to the hospital.” She conceded, holding her hand out to the girl, who passed Kathy her purse, she hauled out an ancient looking cell phone.
“What are you doing?” I asked, we didn’t have an ambulance, in the strictest sense. We had a team that worked out of the training grounds, for immediate injuries, and there was a vehicle there for transport to the hospital. But for the general public, we hadn’t had a need, most cuts and broken bones are healed before they would get to the hospital, those that had severe trauma, get there quicker by someone on the scene. The only time I remember there being any kind of need, was one winter when I was a teenager. There was black ice on a bend in the road in from the city, a car hit it, span out of control, the people behind tried to stop, but also hit the ice, and on and on it went. Nine cars all in all crashed, before the fire department got there and closed the road. People couldn’t be moved because they could’ve hurt their spines, even a wolf can’t fix a snapped spinal cord, so the doctors went to the scene, treated the patients there, moving those that could be back to the hospital to be monitored by the nurses and handful of doctors that stayed behind. I went out with my dad, we handed out hot drinks, and blankets. My father taught me the true role of the Alpha that day.
“Dad, come on, we are not even helping, we are just getting in the way!” I bitched like the petulant child I was.
“Daniel, this is important, one day you will be the Alpha, and there will be all kinds of people telling you how an Alpha should be or act or what he should do. But the truth is simple, the strongest protects the weakest. Right now, these people, are the weakest in our pack, they are hurt, and scared and cold, and it is our job to keep them safe. One way we can do that is making sure they keep hydrated and warm; another way is making sure their doctor’s stay safe and warm. So, get back to handing out the tea, your mother and brother will be here soon with soup, and your uncle is at the hospital, checking on the families and the patients who have already been moved. You want to lead? Then lead, because a real leader shows up for every pack member that needs them.” He didn’t say it angrily, or even disappointedly, just that it was a fact of life, but it changed the way I saw everything my family did. Before that day, I always felt my family’s acts of charity and humility were for show, a price that came with being born an Alpha. After that day, I paid more attention to the little things my father did that eased the lives of the pack and did my best to do that and more. Kathy’s voice brought me back to present with a start.
“...calling my Lenny, you have too much to do to drive me so don’t even think about it. Annie will take care of everything.” I caught the tail end of her declarations of how fine she was.
“Good, and don’t come in tomorrow, I will check with the doctor when you can come back.” I said, again, it wasn’t an order, I wasn’t using my Alpha influence, but I also wasn’t asking.
“But I’m training Zoe-” One look and Kathy’s argument died on her tongue.
“You Zoe?” I asked the still shaking girl, she nodded her head enthusiastically. “You have a problem learning from one of the other ladies?” She shook her head no, and I turned back to Kathy. She sighed, but nodded, and called her mate. Despite my feelings for her guest, I didn’t want to miss the chance to steal a kiss off of my mate before she left, I still needed to ask where this training was to take place, and I had a few suggestions.