Survival

*Chapter 31*
"Luna, thank you very much!"
I only smiled and nodded to dismiss them after I distributed the shawls and asked a chimney sweeper to clean the chimney that would help for the packhouse.
I glanced at Frederick who was helping to distribute the other batches of shawls when a small, frail hand tugged my hand. I turned my head and looked down to see one of the Omega children who was also living in the packhouse and attending the daycare center.
I lifted my heavy skirt and crouched down to take Luca's hands wrapped with winter gloves I also purchased the other day.
"Yes, my duckling?" I asked softly, tilting my head a little.
Luca giggled upon hearing me addressing him as a duckling. I believe he was already seven years old. That was my endearment to the little pups who had been gone to the daycare center. My heart always melts for these kids.
"Luna, thank you for everything."
"Aww... You are welcome, little duckling." I almost laughed because my words sounded redundant. "It is your Luna's duty to listen to her pack members' pleas. Alright?" I gently tapped his nose.
He shivered. "Luna, why are you not wearing some gloves? I have mine... But you can use mine. It's cold today." He looked at my hands. I was only wearing a sheer fabric of gloves.
"It's alright, duckling. Luna can handle the cold." For now, I want to add. "Have you eaten yet? I asked the cooks to make some chicken soup." I lifted him in my arms when he shook his head. "Come then. Luna will help you to eat. I am very sure your parents are busy for now."
I brought him near to the furnace where we sat on the wooden floor when I knew that his parents went outside to finish the work they were doing for the pack. Poor, Luca... That he was alone in their room and had no one to rely on.
I served him some soup and even fed him. Luca giggled and thanked me that I was there for him.
"I will be with you until your parents come back, alright?"
"Hmm! Thank you, Luna!"
We enjoyed each other's company while watching the furnace that bestowed heat for the whole packhouse. We watched as the woods cracked while we were listening to the people who were busy enjoying their meal.
Moments later, Luca fell asleep, laying his head on my skirt which allowed him to cover his body with it. Since I was wearing a thick skirt of the ball gown, it allowed him to avoid coldness despite that we were in front of the furnace.
I also felt a blanket hovering over my shoulders and smelled Frederick's alluring scent behind me. He showed himself and bestowed me with a bowl of chicken soup.
"You haven't eaten yet, my goddess," he said softly.
I nodded. "Indeed. I am busy taking care of this duckling." I chuckled softly before I tapped the space beside me. "Come and sit with me while we wait for his parents."
Frederick nodded and did as I told him. Then his eyes darted at Luca. "He must have missed his parents so much." He looked at the wall clock and saw that it was already six in the evening.
"Reginald must have been overworking them. He really wants to exhaust our pack members." I rolled my eyes. But I softened when I gently caressed this boy's hair. "Poor Luca... His parents are so busy they have no time to ponder with him."
I suddenly remembered back then about my father. He was so busy helping Alpha Denzil and even handling the household affairs that he didn't have time to ponder with me.
"It's for survival, my goddess." I glanced at Frederick hearing his earnest tone. "They are doing what they think would be best for that child... to provide the needs this child needed." Then he looked at me. "Even if it means sacrificing the parents and pup bond. Even if their bond will start to fade away which will cause a misunderstanding to him because he thought that he has been neglected by his parents when in fact, they sacrificed everything just so he could live... to have some food to eat and clothes to keep him warm." I held my breath with his words. "If the parents will communicate more, I am very sure that a pup named Luca would be able to understand everything. That everything they do is just for him..."
I stiffened on my seat, looking straight into Frederick's eyes.
Why did, all of a sudden, feel like he was referring to my situation?
Or was it not? And was it just my imagination?
"Ah... Good deduction then," I stated nonchalantly, suddenly feeling annoyed.
Calm down, Novalie... Do not jump to the conclusion that this is all about you. This isn't about you...
Frederick smiled and nodded. Then he looked at my bowl. "My goddess, you have to finish your meal."
"How about you?" I asked as I was taking a sip of the soup.
"I am still full from the tea I had earlier." He was talking about it before we went back to the pack.
"Very well." Nodding, I continued eating it while Frederick was watching me with so much intensity in his gaze.
I found it uncomfortable but I didn't complain about it. Instead, I liked that he was adoring me like I was a real goddess.
"I beg your pardon, my goddess but do you somehow detest me as a person or as a name that I bear?"
I suddenly coughed at his question. I almost vomited in the sleeping state of Luca. I even felt Frederick's hand caressing my back.
"Are you alright, my goddess?"
I summoned my hand to halt him as I stroked my chest. When I analyzed the situation before I happened to experience this, I turned my head at him. "What were you asking a while ago?" I asked.
Perhaps, I could have mistaken it for something else.
Frederick blinked. "Do you detest me as a person or is it because I bear the name you loathe?"
I averted my gaze away from him, focusing my attention on the pup who was peacefully sleeping. "I will leave that thinking to you," I said frigidly, not wanting to answer that question.
"Is it that hard to answer?" Frederick asked. "You can just—"
"Tell me, Frederick. Do you want me to reject you now?"
He stiffened, wide-eyed. I looked at him with coldness in my eyes. He was left stunned, never dared to say anything.
I scoffed. "Yeah. That's what I thought." I finished the soup and ignored Frederick until Luca's parents arrived.
"Luna, thank you for taking care of him..." Risha said as she took Luca, who was half-asleep, in her arms.
Garry bowed his head. "Thank you so much, Luna. We apologize that we kind of neglected our son..."
"It's alright." I caressed Luca's hair. "I had fun babysitting this pup. Please take care of him," I said softly. "And oh! I forgot that you two also have some shawls. Frederick, bestow them," I ordered.
Frederick quietly bestowed them the shawls. They thanked us and bowed their heads before me. I watched them going back to their room and glanced at Frederick who remained silent.
We sauntered our way back to the manor as I told Frederick to distance himself away from me.
"At least, use a parasol, my goddess!" He pleaded. "It's snow falling!"
I ignored him and didn't listen to him. At that moment, Frederick defied me again and approached me to shelter me inside the parasol he brought. He even placed his hand on my back to guide me.
My servants immediately assisted me when I returned to my chamber while Frederick had to separate ways with me. I had a lukewarm bath while they ignited the furnace.
I was already retiring when there was a knock on my door. It was Frederick who had just gone to bathe. I could see him wearing the things I bought before he bowed.
I nodded at my servants to leave before I went to the corner to paint. "Strip," I ordered earnestly without looking at him.
"Yes, my goddess."
I glanced at him when I saw him naked and was kneeling on the floor, having the slave sitting position I taught him. Also, his head was lowering to the floor, not daring to look at me.
I stood up and went to the drawer to take a rope. "Get on the bed and kneel there." Then I went straight to the foot of the bed seeing my submissive slave who looked clueless about what I was going to do with him. But there was a look in his eyes that he knew that I would tie him up again.
I climbed to the bed, towering Frederick. I caught him licking his lips when his eyes landed on my perky nipples protruding under my nightgown down to my porcelain legs before he returned his gaze back to mine but he immediately lowered his gaze when he saw that I caught him desiring me with his filthy eyes.
"You can look at me," I said as I rolled the ends of the ropes to my hands and stretched it to test the suppleness of it. "Are you looking for tonight's playtime, darling?" I used the rope to make him look up more to me.
"Yes, my goddess." His olive eyes were dancing in happiness and excitement.
"Hands on your back," I commanded, not showing any emotion. Frederick followed my order as he placed his hands on his back.
I went behind him and knelt so I could start tying him up by pressing and tying his wrists together behind his back. Then I wrapped the remaining ropes to his arms and to his body. I tied him first from his chest before I connected them in between his arms and torso.
Then I made him sit on the bed with his thighs spread. We both looked up to the full-body mirror that I asked my servants to place there earlier. I leaned forward to Frederick's shoulder having a condescending smile plastered on my lips.
"Look at you..." I traced my fingers to the rope that was wrapping around him. "You have been such a good boy to allow this rope on you, darling." I reached for his ear, still looking at his eyes glowing in desire. Then I lowered my gaze to his hard cock that was already freed from his chastity belt days ago. "You are already that hard? I haven't done anything much," I whispered and licked his earlobe causing Frederick to shiver under my touch.
His chest became uneven, hearing him gulping. "My goddess..." I whimpered hearing that kind of guttural sound he was releasing. It was making me excited.
"Do you like your new bondage, darling?"
"Yes, my goddess."
"How do you feel then?" I started planting sensual kisses to his shoulder up to the slender of his neck.
He looked at my eyes. "I feel..." He inhaled sharply. "I want to be stepped on by you... r-right now, my goddess."
"Really?" There was a teasing smile sitting on my lips when he nodded. I tapped his shoulder before I separated from him. I heard a disapproving groan from him which I just ignored. But I heard the bed creak before I went to my walk-in closet and reached for the drawers. "What is your favorite color, darling?"
"Green, my goddess."
I looked for the green blindfold silk from the drawer that was full of different colors of blindfolds. Some of them were mostly red and black because those were my favorite colors, especially red.
Red signifies erotic. That is why.
But just for tonight, I would allow that Frederick was the one who would pick the color of the blindfold I would use on his eyes since I was a considerate goddess for my slave.
I came out and approached to see Frederick who had anticipation in his eyes as I waved the blindfold. I hovered on his thighs and made him look at me.
"You look thrilled, darling." I reached for his cock that was already pulsating under my touch. That earned him a groan as his chest rose up and down, forwarding his hips to allow him to touch him. I chuckled darkly before I released my hand and covered his eyes. Then I leaned forward to his ear to allow him to smell me. "Stay here and be a good boy," I whispered to his ear.
I heard his shaky sigh as he nodded. "Yes, my goddess..." he said, breathless.
I climbed out of the bed and went straight to the balcony after opening the window glass door. I shivered when my feet came into contact with the snow that filled my balcony. I knelt and placed the container I got before coming here.
I scooped some snow and compressed them into a snowball but I made it to the size of an ice cube. I made sure that they were well-compressed, turning them into hard ones. When I was finished, I returned inside and settled the container to the bedside table.
I instructed him to lay down on the bed regardless of whether he was being tied up. I didn't even care if he was feeling discomfort right now. Then I climbed to the bed, using my hand to support myself before I roughly grabbed his jaw, digging my nails to his luscious skin.
"Shall we begin our play, darling?"
He breathed heavily and nodded. "Yes, my goddess."
I released his jaw and tapped his cheek enough that I would leave a red mark there. "Since you have been misbehaving lately, I am very sure you will like my punishment," I announced before I straddled him and sat on top of his stomach. Then I leaned forward and choked him on his neck. His breath was getting heavier than ever. "Tell me, my darling Frederick. What is the lesson you always need to learn?" I asked as I reached for the container containing small snowballs.
Frederick licked his lips and cleared his throat. "Um..." I tightened my hold to his neck which coughed him up.
"Answer. Immediately," I said dangerously. "You wish to halt this?"
"N-No! Please no, my goddess!" Frederick answered hastily.
"Answer," I commanded and lessened from holding his lower neck tightly.
"Always obey my goddess. Always listen to her commands."
"And what am I going to do with you now since you did not follow the lessons?"
"I-I deserve punishment."
I felt my clit throbbed when Frederick shivered in delight the moment he uttered those words. My wolf was already squirming because our mate was making us excited with this play. I had been looking forward to this one of the moments with him.
I already had this mouth to pleasure me. Perhaps, next time, I would allow him to use his fingers and mouth at the same time without restraining him.
"Good." I took the container to place it beside me. "Shall we begin the punishment then?" I asked as I placed the ice on my hand, smiling from ear to ear as I waited for Frederick's answer.
He inhaled and exhaled sharply as he nodded. "Yes, my goddess. P-Please punish me for misbehaving."