Aurelia
I awake from a restless sleep. My eyes gradually adjust to the darkness caused by the curtains drawn to keep the rays of the New York morning out of the bedroom. Elian's scent envelops my senses. The connection between us hums in the silence, as Elian's breath steadies against my chest, his body warm against me, his hair a soft mess on my shoulder. Holy shit. Elian. My Omega.
My Omega. My love. The thought sends a flutter of anticipation through my belly. My lips curl into a soft smile, my heart pounding and growing a protective cage to my sensitive wolf, I bend forward and run my nose along the curve of Elian's neck. My tongue darts out.
My fingers trace a lazy path down Elian's spine, feeling the muscles tense and relax beneath my touch. He stirs, his breath hitching slightly, and I smile to myself, moving my head to smell more deeply at his throat. Nuzzling into his skin makes me sigh heavily, a noise that comes out in the most decadent pleasure.
I step back, subtly shifting my body to avoid alerting Elian to the shift in my focus as Raina's voice breaks into the room. "Aurelia, your mother..." she begins, her eyes flicking to Elian, "She's..." Raina walks into the room, speaking hesitantly, "I've never seen her like this before." Raina pauses, looking between Elian's unconscious form.
I rolled off of Elian into a sitting position, causing Raina to rush back to get away. I caught her eye as I straightened my back and ran my hands through my blond hair. "I'm coming." I looked back at Elian, the need to bury myself in him and make him mine again a primal pulse. By the time I reached for my robe, the bedroom door was already closing behind Raina. She held her breath as I passed her.
I enter the living room to find my mother standing by the window overlooking the cityscape. She turns to me as the door clicks shut. "Mother." I keep my tone grave as I meet her gaze and cross my arms. "This is a surprise. Why couldn't you have scheduled this?" I tilt my head, lips pursed, studying her.
"Have you decided on your wedding with the omega?" Her hot breath fogs the glass window. I freeze, my vision narrowing as I tear my gaze away from her to look at the wall opposite the bedroom door. The soft, muffled sounds Elian makes as she writhes in her sleep dance down my neck to my chest, reaching my core. "You know I want to marry him."
"Of course you want to marry him, he's your omega" Mom starts. "But the longer you draw this out, the more power the other alphas will try and carve out for themselves." She spins around and takes a step forward. A step too close. I fangs elongate as my chest starts to rumble, growing louder as I stand taller, red blood pumping, my veins expanding, the sound deep, omnipotent. Mom stops dead in her tracks.
"Elian is mine! And I swear by the Mother of Packs: if anyone touches him, I will tear them to pieces!" The windows rattle as a deep, strong growl escapes my lips. Red reaches my eyes and covers my face. Light fades. Body expands. My mother's voice turns to a sharp hiss in the corner of my head that I do not acknowledge. My instincts flare into a red haze.
"Elian is mine." I flare my muscles and take a step into my mother, her back hitting the wall and ceases backing away. "Go. Away!" Mom steps back as she crosses the room, whimpering toward the exit. The cottage door closes softly, the scent of lilies dissipating.
The remnants of my mother's scent still cling to my skin like a ghostly shadow on my clothes. I head for the bathroom, the slightest noise disturbing Elian's sleep. I undress and step into the shower before I turn the handle, and a jet of water hits my chest. My irritated muscles tense and I curse under my breath.
I run both hands through my hair, scalp massage my nails against the skin. Warm water flows through my fingers as the smell of my mother and my sweaty day drains down. The soothing warmth slows down my racing heart. My red eyes fade. I arch my neck to the water and sigh. As I lather up shampoo on my head, the shower curtain opens up. His scent hits me before I see his face.
"Is everything alright, Alpha?" Elian asks, slipping inside the humid bathroom. I spin to face him. Water barels below me when I step out of the shower stall. My left hand reaches up towards his face, momentarily lifting it to look into his eyes. His stare sends more blood south. "Only if you join me." I nuzzle his neck.
Elian's scent grows stronger as I wrap my arms around him and lift him off the bathroom floor. He grunts softly, smiling into the closeness. Under the stream of sweat and soap, I kick the shower curtain shut behind us and push Elian's back against the cold tiles. "I can't get enough of you, my Omega."
"I want to devote my life to you." I kiss him deeper. "To love you for all time, Elian." "Alpha, I want all that too." Elian moans, his voice pleasured and needy. "But you have to knot me again before that." He whispers. His whines echo into the bathroom walls.
I snap my hips forward, driving into Elian again. The resistance of his body cancels itself out and I thrust into him with a deep groan. His voice reverberates inside me, I lean into him further so he'll feel my mouth and tongue against his throat. Kissing, panting, speaking, marking his body, I slide my hands down to his back to hold him. Lifting my gaze to meet his eyes.
He meets my gaze with glassy part-lidded eyes, blinking a few times before his voice comes out husky. "Alpha, I love you." The warmth in my chest ripples as his words lift me. My hips crash against him rhythmically, drowning him in sensations I only begin to understand. I ruin it all by kissing him. I assert myself into his heat, pulling out and driving back in harder as water beats against our bodies.
I curl my fangs into his throat. "You're mine!" His body vibrates as a heavy moan is ripped from him. He arches towards me, his breath trembling.
"Yours." Elian's head lolls to the side, his fingers clutching at my arms, his chest heaving. "Always yours." I lean back, eyes finding his. His raw need to please me has the first drops of my knot filling him. Sweat dances down my forehead as the muscles in my ass clench and my cock pushes harder, going as deep into him as I can manage. Our breath melds as our lips rarely part...