Chapter 22 Echo and Opal

(Alexander POV)

When I arrived at the meeting place of the Clan of Wolves, I thought we would start immediately. I wanted to get back to Hope as soon as possible. There was this yearning in me. Unfortunately, the meeting didn't start at my arrival. There was one last empty chair. Odd. I looked around and saw everyone present. Who were we waiting for?

The High Elder gave me a look as if he were asking me where the missing alpha was. I shrugged my shoulders and he answered back with an impatient look.

Suddenly, we heard it. "Alpha Stella Coeli Brandt- Ulrich, Alpha Crescent Moon Pack." In a flash of light, Hope was seated with all of us at the round table. She tried to desperately hide underneath the table. I laughed. She's so cute.

"Uhmm, is she who we've been waiting for?" I heard Lancaster mumble under his breath. I looked at him with murder in my eyes. "You touch her and I'll kill you." He laughed at my apparent distress. Goddess, why did you have to make her so beautiful?

Echo started growling and I could not concentrate on what the High Elder was saying. I looked at Hope from across the table and she was all business. Good, she can listen and I can square it with Lancaster.

"I heard she is your mate. Where and how on earth did you find her?" Lancaster asked.

"It's none of your business."

"It is my business to know who is part of this clan. I am after all an Alpha." Lancaster laughed like he was challenging me.

"Sssshhh. I'm trying to listen to the High Elder. Plus, both of you are stinking the place up with your male hormones," hissed Alpha Luciana Hemming, my sister's sister-in-law.

"It's not my fault that Alexander here has a few...uhm, how do you call it? Insecurities," Derrick smirked. Insecurities?! Why I ought to..

"Derrick, Alpha Hope is Alexander's fated mate. You should wish them well and find a mate for yourself to fix...uhm, how do you call it? Your insecurities," Luciana sternly said.

Lancaster laughed. "Touché! I was just having a little bit of fun." He gave me a small punch on my arm. "Just like the good ol' days, eh, Alex?" He laughed again.

I sat quietly in my chair wishing the meeting to end. I saw Hope move her eyes around the table and then stop when she saw me. She gave me a warm smile. I didn't reciprocate. She sunk back in her chair with a worrisome look. Oh, baby, it isn't you! I'm so sorry I didn't smile back.

"Why didn't you just smile back? She was looking for you," Echo growled.

"Lancaster, the asshole, got under my skin."

"Don't let him. Hope is yours. Look. She's looking at you."

Hope's eyes had that " I'm sorry look". I was going to mind link her to tell her there was nothing to apologize for when the High Elder concluded our meeting.

I stood up and made a beeline for Hope.

"Alpha Alexander Ulrich, may I have a word?," said the High Elder blocking me from Hope.

"Yes, your excellency. What do you ask of me?"

"I need you to train Alpha Alarie-Ulrich in her wolf form. This is a very good development that one of our wolves has hurt The Rogue Lord. She needs to shift more and bond with her wolf. You are one of our ruthless, well-trained and strongest warriors. I know she will learn much from you."

" So be it, Your Excellency. I will start tonight."

"Good. I know the both of you are still enjoying your honeymoon, however it is imperative she start training immediately. Go now. Seems your beautiful mate is the apple of everyone's eye," he points his head towards the direction of Hope and Lancaster. He laughs and shakes his head. I nod my goodbyes to the High Elder and I rushed towards Derrick.

"Lancaster!" I growled from deep within. I wanted to rip his head off right where we stood.

Hope was looking at us with a worrisome look while we were slugging it out with words. She then came near us and touched our arms, one hand on my arm and the other on Lancaster's. I could feel the anger slowly ebb away.

She reached for me and took my hand in hers. What a glorious feeling looking at the defeat in Lancaster's eyes. It was like I won the lottery! I just had to rub it in and put Lancaster in his place.

"Alpha Hope, don't forget my business with your father!"

I looked back at him while we were walking away. "Oh, she will!" I laughed at him. Luciana witnessing everything snickered as she walked by. Derrick just stood there embarrassed he was left alone.

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After we finished dinner, we sat on the sofa of the balcony watching the moon rise up into the sky. It was such a good feeling to enjoy these simple moments with the one you love.

Love. Sadness hit me. She hasn't told me she loves me yet. "She loves you, Alex. Just give her time to be more comfortable. She has done so much for you in 2 days. She'll say it when you least expect it." Echo and his reasoning. Still it would be nice to hear it come from those beautiful lips which were smiling at me.

"So my little she-wolf...you ready?" I ask her.

"Uhm, how about if we need to shift back to human form? I'll need clothes." Hope was worried about being naked once we shift back to human form.

"Don't worry, my love. I have had it all arranged. Oliver and David are on standby if we need them. They already have their tent as well as our tent, IF we need it, pitched up in the forest," I inform her.

"Ooohhh, you have it all planned. I love a man who's always prepared," she gushed.

"Love?"

She gets up to straddle me where I sit. She brushes her hands into my hair to rest them at the back of my neck, rubs her breasts against my chest and kisses me. "I love you, Alexander." It was barely a whisper, but I heard it, my heart almost exploding with happiness.

I kiss her, rubbing my hands all over her body, crushing her to me. "You have made me the happiest wolf on this planet. I will forever love you, Hope. I will never hurt you."

I kiss her one more time. I wanted to do more on the sofa, but I had better plans in mind.

I picked her up and carried her out to the back of the mansion towards the pool. Near the pool is a dressing area. I told her to take off her clothes and put on the robe that was hanging.

We walked, while holding hands, along the path that leads to the forest. In the middle of the field, I took off my robe and I shifted into my wolf. Echo is a huge black wolf.

Echo laid on his belly, his ears up. Hope came to him and buried her face in his fur. Echo licked her face. She giggled.

Hope took off her robe. The moonlight made her skin glow. Her hair was flowing with the wind and in a shimmer, Hope shifted to her wolf, Opal, a white wolf with black claws.

We ran and played in the moonlight. Rolled around the grass. Licked each other's noses. Howled together at the moon. When the moon was highest in the sky, Opal laid down on her belly, in the center on the moonlight, ready for what was to happen next.

"Echo, it's time to make your mark," said a voice carried by the wind. 

Echo moved on top of Opal, crouched down on top of her and bit her, marking her his. The light from the moon flashed leaving it's mark on our wolf forms.

We both shifted back to our human form, however it was still our wolves in control.

We kissed. Opal opened her eyes, they were red-orange, the color of the sunset. "Echo, make love to me please."

Echo trailed kisses as he went down her body. He swirled his tongue on each nipple until he made them into two erect pink peaks. He massaged her breasts, leaving them quivering with delight.

He trailed kisses on her flat stomach, her belly button until he found her mound. He sucked and licked at her mound, spreading her legs with his hands. He licked her folds, penetrating them with her tongue until he found it..the nub of her core. He started to suck on it then he licked it and stroked it with his tongue, circling her nub until it was engorged.

"Echo, please...

"Opal, you taste so sweet."

Opal whimpered as Echo took two fingers and inserted it in the heat of her. He went down again, circling and sucking her core while he played her like a guitar with his fingers. Echo could feel it, Opal was about to climax.

"No, my little wolf. We climax together," Echo said.

In one swift move, he was inside her. All of him. It's like they were made for each other. She sheathed him like a tight glove. Echo couldn't stand the pain of his want, so he rode her, rough, making sure all of him entered her in each movement. She wrapped her legs around him, giving him more access in each thrust.

"Echo, I'm almost there..."

"Opal, open your eyes and stay with me..."

Opal, arched her back, crying out her love, as both of them exploded into beautiful waves of ecstasy.

In one furious thrust, Echo poured his seed in her. He stayed like that in her, on top of her, sweat dripping from his face unto hers.

He kissed her, the both of them still one, as they both floated back to earth. Satisfied, their wolf selves faded to their human selves.

"Hope, my love, I am so happy." I kiss her and feel myself stiffen while still inside her.

She gazes up at me with those red-orange eyes and I feel myself stiffen further.

"I love you, Alpha Alexander Adolpha-Ulrich."

I roll her on top of me. This time she's on top. I want this etched into memory, seared into my brain... forever.

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While both of them enjoy the throes of their love making, a black shadow lurks and watches in the dark.