In The Beginning, Chapter 36
After Theia had left, true to his word, Daniel didn’t let me have a cocoa until after I had drunk all of my water. Annie snuck in a plate of cookies while he was finishing up whatever he had been doing. I saw a tall, thin, but still athletic man come out of the office, he had his dirty blonde hair cut short, he didn’t raise his eyes once to look at me, which I found odd, until Daniel’s imposing frame deliberately blocked my view, and I rolled my eyes at him. He saw the man to the door before joining me on the couch.
“Who was that?” I asked, Annie had stoked the fire, insisted on getting me a blanket, and had been sneaking me snacks since he left me. So, it took him a moment of assessing me before he answered.
“Mr Michaels, my personal business manager. There had better be cookies left for me.” He threatened as he picked up a crumb I had lost in the folds of the blanket. I shrugged, with my eyebrows raised, before sneaking another cookie from the plate I had hidden. He was on me before I could take a bite, tickling me as he ate it from my hand. His tongue started licking and sucking on my chocolate covered fingers, as his hands stopped tickling, and began caressing. I felt a wave of desire hit me, as his lips found mine, and the image of Daniel licking chocolate off my body popped into my mind, from him. As his fingers teased my nipple through my shirt I moaned quietly into his mouth, before jumping back horrified at what the wolves in the next room just heard. “I’m sorry, I think my wolf wants them to hear? That’s why he’s been pushing a little lately.” Daniel tried to explain through the link, but I was stuck on the wanting people to hear us part. And from the look on his face, he knew. “No, no, not like that, it's like a reassurance thing.” I’m sure my eyebrows disappeared into my hairline. “No. What I was trying to say, very badly, was that if the pack knows we are affectionate, they will rest easier knowing an heir will be on his way eventually. And in times of turmoil, pack morale is important. But that’s not me saying we have to start a family yet; we just want the pack to stay calm and not panic.” He breathed, and I could see the stress he was carrying. Conscious of the wolves in the house I continued the link.
“Why were you meeting with your business manager?” I asked softly, no anger or upset in my voice.
“Taxes, I swear.” He held his hands up in surrender. “Okay, so this is the really long and boring bureaucratic side to my role as Alpha, but we file our taxes a little differently. Do you really want to hear about this side of things? Or do you want an excuse to fall asleep on me?” He asked with a chuckle, as he stole another cookie from my plate.
“Give me the cliff notes version.” I asked, guarding my remaining cookie against his sneaking fingers.
“My... I don't know how many greats grandfather bought up a bunch of land cheap, just fifty years later, the government tried to take back some of the land, but my ancestor negotiated a deal. He would lease the land to the government, to use as they see fit, in exchange for certain tax breaks, the lease has been renewed by every Alpha of the pack. So, we have to file a little differently.” He said huffing when I managed to stuff the last of my cookie in my mouth. He got a devilish look, and lunged again, trapping me. “I bet that cookie is even sweeter now.” He threatened, as I frantically tried to chew the dough in my mouth, while squirming away from him. Only relenting when I had swallowed the last of the treat, and his lips met mine teasingly. “Hmm.” He hummed appreciatively as he licked his lips. “Still not as sweet as your delectable honeypot.” He growled in my mind, and I felt the now familiar dampness in my panties. He ran his nose over my skin. “I love when you blush like that, it’s the same as when you orgasm, and it goes all the way down...” The rest was muffled, incomprehensible, sounds as he buried his face in my breasts, causing me to giggle at his goofiness, which just encouraged him further. Until he was trying to burrow his way up under my shirt with his nose, while holding my arms still, and I cackled like a Halloween witch on helium. That’s when Annie walked in to let us know they were finished for the day and had made us some pasta. I didn’t know who was redder, me, or Annie, the poor woman didn’t know where to look, especially since Daniel had his nose buried in my bra, and my shirt was halfway up my body. Daniel didn’t even move, he just grunted, until he felt my embarrassment, only then did he relent from his quest. “Do you want to eat in here? Watch a movie?” He asked, and I realised he had been checking to see how tired I was, how much I would fight back. Forgetting we still weren’t alone; I shuffled back into his arms and clasped my hands together behind his head.
“That sounds perfect.” I kissed him softly. “Thank you.” I gave him another soft kiss and ran my nose along his. He got a big goofy grin on his face as he moved me back into the position I had been in before our tickle fight.
“Oh, right.” He chuckled after he stood and saw Annie waiting to be dismissed. “You can go for the evening Annie. Are you up to filling in for Kathy tomorrow too?” He asked, when he could have commanded.
“I can, but I think she is coming in tomorrow, Alpha.” The younger woman nodded. She looked to be in her mid-thirties, but that meant nothing with wolves. She had a kind face, with big brown expressive eyes, and a lean strong body, she was still very beautiful, in a girl next door kind of way. Her dark hair was twisted into a neat bun, and her face was free of makeup. I got the feeling wolves didn’t enjoy wearing makeup, Miranda was the only woman I had seen wear it on a daily basis, but all the women here were beautiful without it. I realised then that despite everything, the majority of the people I had met, were happy here. Sure, there was the odd death glare, but whenever we drove through town, everyone looked happy. I hadn’t lived somewhere like that before. Sensing my shift in mood as he saw Annie out, Daniel came up to me, a questioning look on his face. I smiled back at him, still tired but also ravenous.
“You gonna tell me what’s going on?” he asked hesitantly.
“I’m just really, really happy.” I replied with a little blush, but the grin that spread across his face made it deepen considerably. We ate pasta, salad, garlic bread and a tub of ice cream for dessert, before I finally fell asleep halfway through the movie, only waking when Daniel carried me to bed.
I woke up to an alarm sounding somewhere, my hair was draped over my face, blinding me, and disorientating me in my barely awake state. Something moved beneath me, and I squeaked in surprise, before realising it was Daniel and I had literally crawled on top of him during the night. I was also panty-less, and only wearing what felt like one of Daniel’s shirts. I managed to brush my hair out of the way as he reached for the alarm knocking it off.
“Hi.” He smiled, wrapping his arms around me and moving me higher up his body. I jerked away, remembering I hadn’t brushed my teeth before I went to sleep.
“I just need to... I'll be back in a second.” I tried to squirm out of his tight grasp.
“Where are you going? It’s too cold to go running, we had heavy snowfall last night, but I can think of another way for us to exercise.” He practically purred in my ear.
“Mmhmm, why don’t you make coffee, while I freshen up a little, and then we can do whatever you want until I have to get dressed for work.” I negotiated, wriggling free, but not before he ran his erection between my butt cheeks.
“Are you sure you want to promise me anything kitten?” He asked, the predator coming to the surface. I slipped out of the bed and began tugging on the shirt to pull it down over my body.
“Yes, anything until 7am, but by then I have to be showered too, so you better get those coffees.” I teased as I closed the bathroom door and locked it, rushing to the sink to scrub my mouth. I heard Daniel leave the bedroom a few seconds later, allowing me to relax, and pee without worrying about his wolf hearing picking up any sounds. Feeling a little better with a minty fresh mouth and an empty bladder, I slipped back under the covers to wait for Daniel, it didn’t take long. He set our coffees down on the bedside table, his body hovered over mine for a moment, as he ran his nose along my jaw.
“So many ways to make you scream my name, so little time.” He lamented as his lips met mine, our bodies soon followed, the fabric between us removed hurriedly, as his hands roamed over my body freely. “I used to be patient, controlled, strict, but you make me weak.” He groaned as his fingers moved inside me, I was dripping with need. “So wet for me.” He smiled as he filled me. My body trembled, my muscles contracting and reacting of their own accord. “Fuck, Charlie!” He moaned as his hips moved against mine, he lifted my leg higher, driving himself deeper, my fingers clasped fistfuls of his hair as I hungrily drew his lips to mine. Biting his lower lip, had him growling, he flipped me over onto my stomach, his knees spread my legs, and thrust into me savagely. So deep inside me it almost hurt, he began a painfully slow pace that had me whimpering in minutes, needing more. “Are you going to continue misbehaving?” He asked as he wrapped my hair around his fist.
“No Daddy, I’ll be good.” I pleaded, anything to end his exquisite torture.
“Get up.” He ordered, slipping out of me, leaving me to crave him more. He moved until his back was against the headboard his dark eyes kept me frozen to the spot. “I want to watch you ride me.” He ordered, I crawled up him faster than I thought possible, impaling myself on his throbbing cock as his hands gripped my hips. “That’s it baby.” He groaned as I began moving myself up and down his rigid shaft. “Fuck, yes.” He began repeating as words abandoned me, I gripped his shoulders for support as my legs started trembling. My orgasm was building fast, I gripped Daniel tighter as I fought my legs to keep moving, I hit my peak with a scream, my legs giving out as I clenched around him. He was gritting his teeth like he was in pain but still moving my body, drawing out every last aftershock of my pleasure. Without warning he moved his hands under my ass and yanked my hips up to his mouth. I could feel his elongated canines around my clit as he licked and sucked me, feasting on my pussy. My body fell backwards onto the bed between his legs, mine shook as he sucked on my clit, I grabbed his thigh as I moaned, his tongue pushing me closer and closer to the edge