I head straight to Ren's room and shower, wanting to get Lennox’s touch off me again. It’s not as bad this time, but I still feel gross.
Before I reach his closet for a t-shirt, I’m grabbed and thrown on the bed. I only have time to register that there is no foreign scent before words are snarled into my ear.
“Why the fuck didn’t you get into the car?” Then a sharp slap hits my ass.
CHAPTER THREE
REN
I spank Ember ten times five on each ass cheek, before thrusting into her. I feel like shit for not checking she was wet for me, but I’m too pissed. I can smell she’s turned on, then she lets out a low moan with no pain laced in there, cuffing her nape and pinning her to the bed, I pound into her, my hips slapping against her red ass, my balls swinging so they slap against her clit.
“You make me so fucking mad. Not only did you tell me not to come to protect you, but you just stood there ready to fight.” She doesn’t try to answer me, but gasps and moans leak from her with each of my thrusts.
“You don’t cum until I fucking tell you that you can.” I lace my words with command, knowing she can deny it, but I want her to understand, she needs to understand how it made me feel, I cum inside her, my muscles relaxing, and I slow my thrusts, I release her nape, and she pushes up to her hands and knees, pressing back against me, I pull her up against my chest cuffing her throat, I love this position, she’s so tiny in front of me, my Alpha side loves to feel that we are dominating our Luna, I tease her dusky nipples with my other hand, she steadies herself by holding my ass cheek and forearm, pulling me against her with each thrust.
“I’m not sorry for protecting your career or defending myself,”
She murmurs against my lips, swallowing my moans as I cum again inside her, her cunt fluttering around me. She’s so close, but she isn’t allowed yet, so I let my fear of losing her and her getting hurt fill our bond as I kiss her.
EMBER
I know he’s angry because he was scared. I also know he’s been edging me for the last two hours as punishment, but he needs the connection to reassure himself that I’m okay. He’s kissing me like I nearly died, he pulls away, pushing me so I land on my back, I gasp a breath before his cock is pounding into me again, and his mouth is on mine, he cums twice more before he pulls away to speak against my lips,
“Promise we will fight side by side from now on, no more sacrificing ourselves for the other? Promise me, baby! I can’t lose you!” Ren begs as he starts to make love to me, slow, deep thrusts, kissing over his bite marks, the way his hips roll is putting much-needed friction against my clit,
“I can’t promise that, and neither can you, but I will always promise to have someone at my side if I have to fight. But I will never run.” My voice is a whine by the end.
“Please, Alpha, let me cum, I need to cum around your cock, let that be proof I’m here, I’m alive, I’m yours, please, my Alpha.” I kiss his jaw, trying to pull his knot inside my desperate pussy,
“Mmmm, cum my Luna, fall apart in my arms,” he bites down over my mark, not enough to break the skin, but enough to detonate a series of orgasms. My back arches as his knot slips inside me
“Mind, Body, Heart and Soul, I’m yours for eternity. I love you, my Alpha.” I whisper out; my words seem to snap something inside of him, slipping a hand under my ass so my hips are tilted, his cock now hitting that excellent spot inside of me.
“Mind, Body, Heart and Soul, I’m yours for eternity. I love you, my Luna, I love you so much it hurts, baby.” Eventually, our lovemaking slows, and like his thrusts, our kisses are slow and deep, his knot is still locking us together, but he takes us to the shower, where I cum twice more, and his knot shrinks enough to free my now sore pussy, once we are clean and dressed, me in a t-shirt, him in a pair of boxers, we climb back into bed holding each other close.
“Two months, Ember, then we are on the countdown to when you fall pregnant then I expect you to run if there is danger, or I will lock you away to keep you and our babies safe”, his voice is a sleepy growl, I don’t answer, the only time I would run is if I can’t win the fight or the risk is too great.
CHAPTER FOUR
EMBER
Ren and I sleep until after 2 pm, or well, I do. I wake Ren with my mouth. I’m already dressed, so I save my very sore parts from another round. Plus, when my tummy protests loudly, I get a grumpy growl and we head down, hoping Alma saved us some lunch. The amazing woman she is, there is plenty of food waiting.
“The police are at the gate about yesterday, and the elders are on their way as they are claiming Ren stole Lennox's mate,” Jace informs us as we fill our plates. I roll my eyes, then give Ren a worried look.
“Dan always told me to stay away from the elders in case they tried to use me or do tests on me.” I try to keep eating, but it's turning to ash in my mouth,
“We won’t let that happen, sweetie. The elders changed last year. There is now a mix of creatures which will help matters.” Lily soothes over her teacup.
Thankfully because Ren and I are still minors and the cops are human, they only ask us to confirm what Dad and Uncle Nic have already told them, as soon as they head out with my DNA and a copy of the police report from my attempted rape including the CCTV of the most recent attack, Alma turns into a taskmaster, even Liam and Nate jump to, to get the house tidy. Lily and I head to the kitchen. We have two days, maybe, so we work on stuff that can be part-cooked and then stored. Ren, Brayden, Kodi and Jace head out for some meat. Bas and Timber set up some rabbit snares, then start tidying outside, hauling dead trees from view.
The next day is much the same, minus the police visit. Matt checked his emails in the morning, then he and a very pissed off Nate hide in one of the offices. They tell us later that Matt's old supervisor had tried getting into his computer and changing the finder’s commission from him to her. Matt recommended that Nate put out a check on everyone in case she had done with any of the others.
I slept with Jace that night, but other than kisses, nothing happened. I woke to the feeling of two bodies around me, and then one disappeared with a thud. With a chuckle, I left Jace and Creed bickering and wrestling and headed to breakfast with a smile before going to the old sun room, which is now my studio. I had the urge to create today, flicking my music on as I get set up.
After painting a mountain background, I get sealing wax out, heat it, and use it as a dabber on my canvas. I start making dragon scales, creating a replica of Dan's dragon. The canvas I picked is so big that I have to keep using a step ladder for parts of it. As I set out to paint Elise standing on his curved wing, petting his snout, Liam, who had quietly been watching for the past hour, speaks.
“I always forget how fascinating it is to watch you work, and I am annoyed that I can now see so much of your father in you. I hate that I missed it,” he chuckles, but there is a sadness to the tone he uses.
