Ch. 181..190

Chapter 181

He laughed maniacally; even as he faded off, stunning everyone present.

"I’m the last of my kind. I can’t end like this. This is not the end of me. Mark my words, I... " His words faded off as he did, until what remained was his crown, sitting obediently on the spot he just disappeared from.

There was silence before the clatter of a sword resounded in the room, yet no one was willing to speak.

Koan turned to address the crowd, but he sees Naomi getting up from the floor, Nancy holding onto her, their hairs matted to their foreheads with sweat, dirt and blood.

Her eyes were blue.

Her eyes were blue!!!

"Naomi... " He called, slowly stepping down from the levated platform.

Naomi turned around, seeing the familiar faces of her friends before she took notice of her half-brother who was inching close to her.

"K.. K- Koan... " She whispered, breathless, before he crashed into her, enveloping her small frame into his bigger one for a hug. She tensed up a bit, this was THE ALPHA whom she only admired and feared from a far distance, but this Alpha was also suddenly now her brother.

"This is still f**king weird." Barton whispered with a smirk cracking on his face and Brittany elbowed him.

"Won’t we get a hug too?" Someone said behind her, and she turned to see Brittany smiling up at her.

She pulled away from Koan, her attention on her friends as they each hugged her one by one, she of course, taking note to almost squeeze the life out of them as she hugged them tightly, not minding the blood, sweat and dirt, nor Nancy’s tears soaking up her clothes.

As she pulled away, she said.

"I’ve always wanted us to be friends, but who knew what fate had in store for us. We’re actually sister-in-laws."

"What?!"

Barton chuckled, an arm around Naomi’s shoulders.

"I had an expression just like that when I found out."

"Me too." Koan adds, not too jokingly, but they all burst out laughing, including Cardin.

"you..." Naomi suddenly said, peering closely at Hakura before she got close. "You’re a witch... "

Hakura bowed and Naomi turned a shade of red before the witch rose.

"An honor to meet a fellow royalty, your highness."

"Princess Hakura." Naomi smirked, finally recognizing her.

Hakura shrugged.

"Quuen Hakura in a few days."

Naomi turned solemn.

"I’m so sorry... "

"You can really show your condolences by coming for my coronation. I won’t take a measley ’Sorry’ for sympathy."

Naomi grinned.

"I won’t miss it."

Cardin finally choked on his saliva.

"You’re a princess? You’re royalty?"

"I don’t find that hard to believe." Koan said and Hakura smirked before turning to Cardin who still had a stunned look on his face. There was a knowing In look in her eyes before she turned away from him.

"We don’t know each other... but thank you. For everything." She politely told Cardin and he curtly nodded. Talia just rolled her eyes with a smile.

Naomi looked around?

"Where are the others?"

"They’re still in the werewolves territory." Daniel suddenly replied and she turned to him.

Just as he got close, she stepped back and he frowned, like he was confused about something.

"Don’t... Just don’t come close to me." She whispered, turning away from him.

Daniel frowned.

"Naomi... "

"You know what’s ridiculous right now? Acting like you don’t know what you did! How could you Daniel?" She lashed out at him.

"Naomi. What are you talking about?" Barton asked while everyone looked on in shock and atonishment.

"Him!" Naomi broke down again. "He pushed me off that cliff. Daniel tried to kill me."

"What?!" Daniel was enraged. "Why would you think I’d do something like that. I would never hurt you."

"That’s what you said.. after you found out about me. You said you’d kill me. And you did. You tried to."

A chuckle suddenly echoed in the room as Sakuarr floated on the air before landing next to Daniel.

"I think I should clear this up. I’m the one who pushed you down that cliff, honey." With that, she shifted before them, and Daniel almost fell back on seeing the exact replica of him. "I didn’t plan on killing you though, I just wanted to form a strategy so you’d think it was your loving mate and loathe him. Sorry about that." With that she shifted back to her true form and flashed a small smile.

Naomi was speechless as she stared at what just happened with red blotchy eyes.

Daniel glared at her.

"Why in Moon goddess’s sake would you even think I’d try to even kill you?"

"You really meant it." She fired at him.

"Are you just daft or really dunce. Would I really kill you?"

"Can we do this later." Brittany said before gesturing to the crowd behind them.

Naomi’s eyes widened before she subconsciously stepped forward, her bare feet cold against the ground as her widened eyes took In hundreds of ...

Her subjects.

"Um... " She was getting nervous. Without thinking, she raised a hand and waved. "H- Hi?"

They gave her a horrified stare.

Koan face palmed himself, hiding a smile.

Hakura rolled her eyes.

"You’re a queen. And you don’t do that "I want to treat my subjects fairly" or that nonsense type of stuff. You’re a queen and they’re your subjects," She pushed herself forward, out of the pillar she was leaning on. "Only your immense prescence should order silence and respect without words." She glared at them all.

Sakuarr suddenly growled.

"Bow to your Queen!"

Just as everyone began getting on their knees, Naomi raised her hands.

"No!"

They all paused, staring at her like she was mad.

"What are you doing?" Hakura blinked in surprise before Koan reached forward and held her arm, pulling her back.

"Just let her do what she wants."

"I don’t want to do this. I’m not ready for this yet..." She bowed her head. "I can’t rule. I’m not even worthy to be a Luna, talk more of a Queen," She gestured to the throne. "I don’t want to leave Foxtune behind, but I can’t stay here. As much as this is my birthplace, this isn’t my home."

"Any decision you make your highness is fine by us. As long as it is in union with the king’s, then we wouldn’t mind." One of them suddenly said, and the rest nodded.

"Koan?" She was surprised.

"Me." Daniel said and she stared at him in shock.

"He’s your mate isn’t he?" Another one pointed out from the crowd. "He’s you husband, the king."

Naomi dreaded what he had to say.

What If he wanted her to stay here and rule Foxtune while he went back with the others. After all, in his eyes she was just an abomination. She wasn’t the Naomi he knew all these while. She was a full breed Kitsune, a pure blooded Kitsune. What would he say? Would he reject her again?

"As everyone of you know, we’ve been foes for as long as our descendants lived, just before a treaty was signed between us. But then again we were thrown into loggerheads with each other, and If you don’t realize it till now, I’ll let you know that, you all were been manipulated and controlled by the king. We are harmless, we are kind, and we are hospitable to the right people. And I know you all are the same. We just grew up believing that each of us were threats, and we just did what any normal creature would do to a threat." Daniel reached out and took Naomi’s hand, clasping it in his before bringing Nancy close, who had her hand entwined in Koan’s, thereby bringing the four of them before the crowd.

"But the Moon goddess wasn’t stupid. She wanted us all to know that we weren’t meant to fight each other. We weren’t destinied to be enemies. We were actually destinied to be together. As one. As one territory. One family. Just... One."

"Just like us." Nancy said and Daniel smiled at her before turning to the others.

"Just like us."

 

Chapter 182

"Here you go honey." Luna Tessa said, going round the huge dining table to personally hand Liliana a cup of hot melted chocolate before sitting back down —next to her sister-in-law, Luna Luan.

Tessa was Late Alpha Drake’s Luna of Crimson’s Moon pack and she was related to Luan since Luna Luan and Alpha Drake were siblings.

Luan tenderly put an arm around Tessa before glancing up at the others who had stuffed their stomachs, genuinely appreciative for having to eat such a delicious sumptuous meal after so many days.

"You all can go up to rest now." She said, and smiled at the relieved looks on their faces.

Without hesitation, they all scrambled upstairs to the rooms which the Omega had prepared for them, taking care to show their sincere condolence to Luna Tessa before retiring.

"Luna Tessa, thank you so much for taking us in... It really means a lot." Alpha Joseph said.

"I’d really appreciate It If you all stop thanking me. It’s really not a big deal. After everything you’ve gone through, you deserve more than this."

"I’m sorry I wasn’t there for you when... " Luna Luan began.

"It’s Okay. It will take some time for me to heal from this, but please don’t blame yourselves for it. None of us saw it coming and neither did you guys," Tears for the nth time rolled down her rosy cheeks, her emerald green eyes glassy wet with tears. "I just wish it didn’t happen. I just wish I didn’t witness my husband’s heart forced through his chest by those monsters." Luna Luan, seeing her state, also began shedding tears before hugging her in her embrace.

"I’m sorry. I’m so sorry." She just whispered, hugging the woman while Alpha Joseph came up behind the two women, rubbing their shoulders.

*

"Good. You’re here. Have a sit." John said, his eyes lighting up when Raiden walked in last.

When they were heading to their rooms to freshen up and change into the new clothes brought it for them to wear, John had announced that they’d all meet in his room after they must have finished with freshening up and changing.

And here they were, seating in a circle on the floor, legs crossed.

"So, Why did you call this gathering?" Raiden asked, coming to sit right beside Liliana who stiffened, holding the colar of her robe tightly to her neck.

"Well, first of all." He raised a bottle of tequila and Royce rolled his eyes. "I brought this."

"You stole that from the kitchen?" Jephthah was interested in knowing how he snuck the bottle up here.

"You don’t want to know." John instigated with a smirk.

"Just get to the point. Are we here to drink or... "

"Plan a party." John suddenly cut in.

Everyone stared at him like he was crazy.

"You do realize that our friends and mate," Liliana was referring to Royce. "Are.. I don’t know... miles away from here, risking their lives to protect our entire existence, and we haven’t heard from them. We don’t even know if they’re dead or still alive, and all you care about is... partying?"

"No one is dying. Look, the mind is a powerful place. More powerful than the heart or the Brian fused together. If you believe that they’re not going to succeed, then they won’t. We just have to keep up a positive attitude and stop being pessimistic. I mean, if we haven’t died yet... there’s still a greater chance that they’re still alive," Liliana parted her lips to say something but he continued. "And I’m not selfish. I’m obviously planning a party for everyone. Come on guys, we saved our entire existence! I mean if someone’s going to throw a party for turning alpha, why can’t we for saving lives?"

"I just think it’s absurd that we’re planning this without them." Jephthah bit his lip as he said, Talia on his mind again. Planning this party would be so much fun with her smile and two-mood attitude.

John glanced around and saw the solemn looks on their faces.

"You guys think they’re not going to make it, don’t you?"

"That’s not it. It just doesn’t feel the same doing this without everyone present."

"The whole pack in the werewolf territory is going to be there."

"Everyone John."

"I say we throw this party. We gather everyone, and we’ll do this at Moon Howler’s pack since it’s the largest pack." He brought his hand out, palm, face down to the ground. "We keep a positive mind about their arrival. If we can survive this, then they can. They will come back to us, because this is their home. They will triumph. What do you say?"

Every glanced around before turning to his hand still in the air.

Liliana placed her hand on his, palm-down.

"I second that."

Royce placed his hand.

"Me too."

Raiden placed his.

"Me too. I guess."

They all turn to Jephthah.

"I thought we’d be on the same page. You’re literally my other half."

"We don’t think alike, idiot." Jephthah countered, but with a smile, he placed his palm over Raiden’s.

"Okay now... let’s finish this bottle!!" John announced, already opening it up.

"Um... I uh... "As Liliana stuttered, Raiden turned to her and she got more nervous. "I would love to join you guys but I .. have to go to bed."

"Are you Okay?" Royce worriedly asked and everyone turned to her with a worried expression. She almost blushed.

"N.. No. I mean Yes. Yes! I’m okay.. uh... " She scrambled up. "Really. I am. I’m just... really sleepy. So... Goodnight guys." She practically ran out of the room before shutting the door behind her.

John shrugged.

"More for us then."

"I don’t drink." Jephthah pointed out.

"I don’t drink." John mimicked. "I can’t tell who’s the man between you and Talia."

The others laughed while Jephthah turned red.

*

Liliana’s eyes groggily opened as she noticed someone open her door before closing it back. Her eyes finally widened when a dark shadow crept Into her room.

Without thinking, heart beating fast, she switched the bedside light on.

"Damnit! It’s so f**King bright in here... what did you turn on? The sun?"

"Raiden?" She cautiously drew up the blankets, aware that her robe was carelessly cast onto the ground, leaving her in nothing but a skimpy nightgown that barely reached her thighs. "What are you... " her words got stuck to her throat when he sat down beside her, turning to switch off the light.

He smelt strongly of alcohol.

"What are you doing?" She asked in a hushed whisper, seeing him kick off his shoes before crawling into bed with her, slipping each leg inside the blankets.

He chuckled as he dropped his head on the pillow, looking up at the ceiling with an amused smile In his eyes.

"John got us more bottles."

Liliana’s eyes widened. "How many?"

He turned to her, and even in the dark, she could see the intense gaze of his blue eyes, and her heart did flips In her chest again.

"I lost count, but I’m drunk now." He chuckled again.

"That isn’t something to be proud of."

"Tell me... what do you know about drunk people."

She gave him a knowing look as she sat there, staring at his masculinity lying there like an array of sumptuous meals for her to devour.

"Well, they invade people’s privacy." She snapped at him.

He chuckled. "What else?"

"Their voice are usually slurred... " She frowned. "Why do you ask?"

He suddenly leaned up on his elbows before bringing her hand to his lips, and she shuddered on feeling his warm wet lips against her fingers.

"They also tell the truth no matter what." Her heart skipped a bit when he kissed her hand again, this time, their gazes locked. "What If I told you that I loved you. Would you believe me?"

She abruptly drew her hand and held it to her chest like his lips was replaced by a scorching hot iron as he said that.

"Raiden... " She got off the bed and stood at the bedpost, holding tightly onto it, scared that she would break it, yet, not willing to let go. "Please leave."

He sat up.

"I know you find this hard to believe, but just listen to me."

"That’s all I’ve been doing ever since we’ve known each other and all that’s ever left that mouth of yours is hurtful words. The last thing you said... you said you didn’t love me. You only lusted after me. You’re probably here to relieve yourself with me and the next day, you’ll go back to hating me."

"I don’t hate you Liliana. I never did. And I’m not a brute. I can’t use you for your body Liliana. For f**k’s sake, you’re my Alpha’s cousin. Would I hurt you?"

"You’ve hurt me."

There was silence as he stared at her, and he could hear her muffled sobs in the room.

Holding the bridge of his nose, feeling a headache coming in, he staggered off the bed, holding onto the bed post to steady himself.

"Put on your robe."

"What?" She sniffed.

"Just trust me, okay? Put on your robe. We’re heading out."

 

Chapter 183

Koan and Naomi hugged for the nth time before parting with a smile.

"I’m sorry" Koan said, referring to the empty throne behind them with the crown still sitting atop obediently. "But he didn’t deserve to be a father in the first place."

Naomi managed a pained smile and shrugged.

"It’s better to loose him than let him manipulate me into hurting you. I’m so sorry about your mum."

"Hey," He embraced her again. "She was your mum too."

"What do we do about her?" Talia whispered to them, and everyone turned to Sakuarr who was floating beside the throne, staring ahead with a lost look in her eyes, a grin on her face, that mad glint still shimmering in her blue-crimson glowing eyes.

Naomi, Koan and the rest turned to Hakura.

Daniel’s gaze landed on the half finished jar of orange mixture in Hakura’s hand.

"Can’t we use that.. just like it did on Naomi, it might... "

Hakura put the jar back into her spatial space while shaking her head.

"She’s been overdosed with so much of the spell that it would take more than just this to cure her. I don’t know the remedy yet, but for now, we shouldn’t worry since she wouldn’t be a threat... I think."

"What do you mean ’For now’." Cardin cut in.

"She’s still under the king’s control and well, I don’t want to be the pessimistic one here, but when he said ’He’ll be back’, he wasn’t joking. We never actually killed him, he just faded off into non-existence. It will only be a matter of time before he’s transmigrates back here."

Everyone had grave expressions on their faces on hearing the news before she suddenly said, referring to Naomi.

"I don’t think it was sensible for you to suggest that." Hakura cut in, and Naomi figured out what she was talking about since the witch was never on the same page with her based on her decision.

"What’s wrong with Kitsunes living amongst us? It will broaden our mutualism."

"Or get us killed. We can’t trust them." She snapped, but on seeing the look in Koan’s eyes, she finally shut up, realizing what she just said.

Naomi frowned, brows etched as she left Koan’s side to stand before her.

"I think you’re forgetting that I am also a Kitsune. Can’t I be trusted?"

"If we can trust Naomi, then we can accept whatever decision she makes." Barton announced and Naomi smiled at him. Hakura just rolled her eyes, stepping back, feeling Naomi’s aura holding her back though, forcing herself not to bow to her.

"Well, they still refused to leave." The witch pointed out.

Naomi looked out, from the smashed walls, she could see what was going on outside. The Kitsunes had all gathered together, rearranging and rebuilding walls and buildings that had fallen to the ground.

"I respect their decision to remain here. After all, it is their home. But the fact still remains that they won’t be a threat to us any longer." Naomi turned to Hakura as she said this last part.

"If you’re heading back to the werewolves’ territory, we’ll need to appoint someone who’d represent you while you’re not here." Koan said.

"And someone to guide you back at home since you’ve gained your powers, and you don’t have any clue of how to use it." Daniel added.

Naomi sighed, clearly exasperated.

"What of Aunt Marcy? What if she and the others don’t accept me for who I am. What if they don’t want me around any longer." She turned to everyone.

"They will have to accept you. Not for what you are but who. You’re not just a Kitsune. You’re Naomi, and I know you wouldn’t hurt anyone." Nancy said and Naomi entwined her finger with hers.

"I’m so lucky to have you." She whispered, pursing her lips to hold in the fear and emotions she felt all at once.

Nancy tightened her grip.

"Me too."

Suddenly, Naomi turned to Barton and Daniel.

"Where’s Dora?"

She innocently asked, aware that she, Daniel, Barton and Dora were heading to Ruby Stone’s pack before the whole drama began.

Even though she acted like a brat sometimes, she still wanted to know if she was okay. Maybe she was back at the werewolf’s territory to stay with her recently widowed mother? No... she would obviously want to follow Daniel around.

As she was deep in thought, she didn’t see the grave look that fell on everyone’s faces again.

*

"I wonder how you’ll sit up straight for breakfast with a hangover tomorrow." Liliana pointed out as the two sat side by side on a fallen log of wood in the garden; just behind the Omega quarters.

"I’ll manage, but no pain would be worse than missing this opportunity right now."

She avoided his gaze, aware that he was looking at her before she said, twisting her fingers around each other.

"What are you... talking about?"

"I’m talking about us Liliana."

"I already said... "

"That’s what you said, but you don’t really mean it."

"I do Raiden. This is over."

"There was nothing going on between us in the first place." He pointed out.

Her lashes were wet with tears. "Tell me why I’m out here again?"

"Let me finish," He growled. "There was nothing going on between us in the first place, because of me."

Silence. She finally turned to him with narrowed eyes which looked glassy from the tears welling up in her eyes.

"I... " He took her hands in his. "I was scared, okay? I was scared that we’d go so far in our relationship only to find out that we aren’t mates."

"What about Talia and Jephthah?" Her voice was slowly breaking down with the tears she was holding back. She has cried so much, how was it possible that the tears still kept Rolling down like unending streams of water?

"No one knows for sure if they’re going to be mates or not, but you can see their bond, the undying, unwavering love they share. They’re just like us, Raiden, except that ... unlike us, they aren’t hesitant or scared to love each other."

"I do love you Liliana."

"Prove it."

"What?"

She raised a brow after wiping the side of face, the arm of her robe turning a bit damp from the tears she had to wipe off her cheeks.

"You love me? Prove it? Tell me why I shouldn’t think you’re just pulling another one of your pranks on me again."

After seating down for a while in complete silence, long enough to make Liliana question If he was too drunk to not have heard her the second time, he finally got up.

Before her very eyes, Liliana watched as he left the garden, heading back into the house.

Where was he going?

For several minutes, almost an hour, she sat down there, contemplating If he had just bailed on her again and she stop wasting her time and go back inside or If she should go after him.

Soon, she stiffened on hearing voices and footsteps, and she turned to see two figures walking towards her, talking in hushed voices.

"Jephthah?" She got up instantly.

Jephthah grinned at her. "Hey."

"What’s going on... "

"I happened to get this from one of the workers who was happy to lend me two of it. Is it okay?" John suddenly said, emerging out of the darkness, holding up two silver colored rings which looked really cheap and old.

"John... what’s... " She turned to Raiden and Jephthah. "What’s going on guys?" She asked again.

She watched the three men exchange glances before Raiden finally walked up to her, putting his hands on her shoulders.

"I know you don’t trust me... but all I’m asking is that you give me one last chance tonight." He saw the hesitation in her eyes and he tensed up, his grip tightening on her shoulders. "Please. Just one. I’m begging you."

"O- Okay." She stuttered, sighing after. "But If you mess this up, then forget it." She was stern as she said this, causing the twins behind them to exchange a knowing smile.

Raiden smiled, leaning in to kiss her smack on the lips before pulling away, leaving her red and flushed.

"I promise. I won’t."

They pulled away.

"Well, tell me.. what’s going on?" She curiously asked.

He was about to reply when Royce suddenly emerged from the darkness as well.

"I found this in the nearest store around. It’s very cheap, but that’s all I could get. Oh.. hey Liliana." He grinned and Liliana tried to smile back, but it faltered on seeing the Bouquet he had in his hand.

"Bouquet... " She turned to John. "Rings... " She turned back to Raiden. "You... "

Her voice suddenly broke down and she held her chest so abruptly that everyone exchanged worried looks before Raiden held her hands, steadying her, finally smiling on seeing the fresh stream of tears that ran down her cheeks.

"Liliana." His voice was soft. "Will you marry me?"

 

Chapter 184

Standing in the garden, facing each other with smiles and eyes glassy from tears, only the three men, accompanied by the bright moon and twinkling stars above were exclusive witnesses to the union.

Jephthah stood In between them, holding up a paper which he had scribbled something on, ready to read, clearing his throat awkwardly.

Royce and John, the only audience they had were seated on the log of wood.

"Come on, Jephthah." John urged with furrowed brows.

"I don’t think I wrote this properly. It’s missing something or otherwise... " Jephthah mumbled and John face palmed himself.

"Okay wait .. wait... I’ve seen the problem." With that, he pulled the cap of his pen and cancelled something written there before clearing his throat, glancing up at the two lovers who were lost in each other’s eyes before announcing in a clear, loud, audible voice.

"Today, we have gathered to witness the union of Beta Raiden of Crescent Moon’s pack and Liliana Diego of Crescent Moon’s pack."

He turned to Raiden who still had his eyes in Liliana’s. Anyone watching from afar would think it was just a ridiculous play going on in the middle of the night.

Raiden was in a matching nightie, disheveled hair, and drunken eyes, and Liliana was in a robe, flipflops, hair pulled up in a messy bun, and her face was bare of makeup.

"Beta Raiden," Jephthah gestured to Liliana. "Do you take Liliana Diego as your wedded wife to have and hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poor, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do you two apart, according to Selena’s ordinance; there unto pledge your faith."

"I do." Raiden hurriedly replied, not a single hint of hesitation in his expression.

Luan stepped out of the house, a grumpy look on her face, pulling her robe tighter around her neck as she exited the back door, Joseph behind her.

They had been, according to them, unfortunate enough to have woken up from all the ruckus the kids were causing outside, so they decided to head out and check what was going on.

However, it was like they had frozen in their spots when they saw what was going on in the garden. Lips parted, jaws almost to the ground, they stared on, for some weird inexplicable reason, not wanting to reprimand them like they had planned.

"Liliana Diego," He turned to Liliana who, as well, did not let her gaze drop from Raiden’s, her eyes the wettest of the two since she was holding back so much tears. "Do you take Beta Raiden of Crescent Moon’s pack as your wedded husband, to have and hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poor, in sickness and in health , to love and to cherish , till death do you two apart, according to Selena’s ordinance; there unto pledge your faith."

Liliana’s voice broke down as she said, so much emotions in the two words she uttered.

"I do."

Jephthah stepped back, placing the paper at his side.

"You may now exchange rings."

Liliana flushed red with pride as she placed her hand in his outstretched ones, not in the least bothered that it was a cheap silver ring that wasn’t even theirs.

"What’s going on?" Tessa suddenly asked behind the couple (Joseph and Luan) and they shushed her.

"Just watch." Luan said with a smile and Tessa inched forward to get a better view of what was going on before them with furrowed brows. The brows parted instantly on realizing what was going on. A hand fell over her mouth in shock and her eyes turned glassy from the tears of shock and nostalgia that quickly welled up in them.

Feeling her smaller warm and slender hand in his, he wrapped his fingers around hers before bringing it up to kiss her knuckles, his gaze not breaking from hers till now.

"I choose you to be my partner, my wife, my mate, my everything from this day on forward till forevermore. This ring I give to you as a token of my love and devotion. With this ring, I will gladly marry you and join my life with yours."

Liliana’s other hand fell over mouth and she felt the ring go through her ring finger.

"I’m sorry... You’ve always told me that," he chuckled midway. "If we were going to get married, you wanted a hexagonal-cut diamond encrusted ring. I promise that... "

"Do I look like I care if I had an onion ring around my finger for a ring?" She snapped at him and the three on lookers from behind smiled like their audience.

"It doesn’t matter, okay," she grabbed his hand, tenderly wrapping her small fingers around his big ones, bringing her perfect lips to rest on his knuckles before pulling back. "What matters is that we’re together now and nothing can break our bond. This ring doesn’t signify our love, it’s the affection and sincere love our heart holds." She slipped the ring in his finger and she she said, the tears finally rolling down her cheeks again. "With this ring, I’ll gladly marry you and join my life to yours."

"Are you two going to kiss or not?" John suddenly said when Raiden had pulled her in for an embrace and they hadn’t let go of each other for several seconds.

The two lovers chuckled as Raiden cupped her face, pulling her face close to his, angling his jaw the other way before merging his lips with hers, feeling her grip on his wrist tightened as she pulled him close to deepen the kiss, snaking her hands around his neck to wound around, drawing his close, tilting her head the other way.

Everyone abruptly stopped, the couples parting when three more people began clapping from no where, finally emerging from the dark.

"Luna Tessa, Luna Luan, Alpha Joseph." Royce said, getting up abruptly, not noticing the broad smiles on their faces due to the guilt of what they had been doing. After all, they had wedded the two of them on Luna Tessa’s property without her permission. "I can explain... "

Luna Tessa waved him off with a calm smile.

"It’s okay, really," She turned to the couples who were holding hands and frowned. "I’m only angry that their union had to be like this."

Raiden stuttered immediately. "We rushed things, but we’ll have a proper wedding after all this is over." He turned to Liliana and they exchanged smiles. "I promise."

"Don’t forget to invite me then." The woman grinned and the lovers exchanged excited smiles. It was honor for a Luna or Alpha to personally want an invitation to a Beta’s wedding.

"Beta Raiden... she’s not your mate. Is she?" Luna Luan suddenly asked and the Beta turned bashful.

"No. But... "

"Kind of reminds me of us." Joseph suddenly said, smiling as he entwined his fingers with Luan who looked flushed as her husband glanced up to explain.

"We never knew we were mates until a year

after our wedding."

"Are you serious?"

"Really?" Echoed in the garden.

"Yeah," Luan sighed. "We had a wedding just like this one except... It was just Drake and Tessa, and we weren’t even home. We were at the OTHER SIDE," She chuckled. "It was so crazy."

"So... You two are mates?" John asked.

Luna Luan shot him a disapproving look with a frown while Luna Tessa just smiled, rolling her eyes.

Jephthah elbowed him.

"I don’t see myself falling head over heels with someone just to do crazy things like that." John said, turning to Liliana and Raiden. "No offense."

"You’re still young." Joseph stated. "You will find that one mate which the Moon goddess have perfectly created for you who you’ll climb the top of the mountains for."

John just shrugged, honestly finding his words a bit hyperbolic, turning to hand Liliana her bouquet, wanting to change the topic.

"Thanks." She smiled as she buried her nose inside, inhaling the sweet scent of the roses.

"Well, finish the rites of the union honey, toss your bouquet." Luna Tessa suggested.

Unknowingly, she entwined her hands with Raiden’s again as she glanced around.

"Okay... Jephthah, John, you ready?"

"Sure." Jephthah shrugged

"No way." John bluntly refused, but on seeing the glare his twin shot him, he sighed. Well, since they were the only ones, he’d make sure to support to two newly Weds.

Liliana smiled, placing a kiss atop the bouquet before tossing it towards the twins.

The both backed up simultaneously, reaching out.

Jephthah grinned as he raised his hand up, only to feel the bouquet in his hands, but as he brought it down, he noticed someone else was holding onto it as well.

Same as John. He had grabbed the bouquet, only to find out Jephthah had caught it as well.

Jephthah glanced down at the flower, imagining it as Talia before glancing up at John with a dark look in his eyes.

John calmly let go of it before stepping back, hands raised, recognizing his wolf, Jeremy slowly taking control.

"Dude, you can eat the flower all you want. I was just doing as you said." He said and others laughed, but they didn’t notice that Jephthah didn’t laugh this time. He just caressed the petals of the flower with his fingers before glancing up at John with a wary look.

 

Chapter 185

The door burst open, and a second later, Raiden emerged from the darkness, holding Liliana in bridal style, shutting the door behind him with his leg.

"Raiden stop." Liliana said, but she was stiffling a giggle as well, "They’re going to hear."

"It’s our wedding night." He implied again, and she giggled, not able to contain the nervousness and excitement that formed like butterflies in her stomach

"Raiden, Baby seriously. We can do this anywhere, anytime when we go back to Crescent Moon’s pack, but not here. Ple... mmm!" She was suddenly cut off by a hot kiss from him, reflexively grabbing the side of his face and pulling him close to deepen the kiss. She was sitting on the bed with her legs crossed, while he was leaning over the edge of the bed, hand fisted in her hair as he pulled her in for the kiss.

When they parted, she panted for breath before hitting his chest to argue again, but he grabbed her wrist and pushed her to fall back on the bed, crawling onto bed with her to straddle her from the waist.

"Are you scared?" He asked tauntingly

"I’m not scared Raiden." She snapped, but paused as If in the act of check-in in her emotions right. She wasn’t scared, but she was nervous. This was the first time she was doing this. Despite her previous relationships and boyfriends, she had only allowed rub ONS, dry humping, but there are two things she didn’t let anyone do. She didn’t let a single man touch her down there with their bare fingers, and didn’t she let any man eat her out. She was a virgin, and she wanted her first to be with the one man she loved and was willing to spend the rest of her life with.

Raiden.

Raiden noticed the lost look in her eyes which he’d only notice that happened when she deep in thought. What could she possibly be thinking about?

Leaning over, he gave her a tentative kiss on the lips, snapping her out of her reverie to look at him.

"Tell me you really don’t want this... I won’t force you Liliana. You know I would never." He began moving back, away from her body, but she sat up, instinctively grabbing onto his colar and pulling him close so that their faces were just inches away.

"I want this Raiden. I’m sorry for making you feel like you’re forcing me," She tried to laugh. "This is our wedding night after all."

He cupped her cheek, and she flushed red as she held her gaze in his, trembling from the so much emotions brimming in his eyes.

"I’ll make this the most memorable night of your life."

"It already is." She whispered, letting her gaze drop to her hand clenched on her knees, the silver ring glinting in the dark room.

Raiden grinned after following her gaze before crawling off the bed, coming to stand Infront of her while she still sat there staring inquisitively at him.

He knew she would never admit it, but he could her heart pounding hard against her rib cage. She was nervous. Hadn’t she done this with anyone before? This couldn’t be her first... could it? He narrowed his eyes at her, but her expression refused to betray her inner thoughts as she just raked her eyes over him.

Their eyes held in one gaze, he reached up, unbuttoning his shirt before tossing it aside, giving her a view of his naked upper body.

Ripped.

Was the one word she could use to define the ardor of masculinity before her, the sweat finely lined on his chest, glistening from the moonlight that seeped into the room from the windows.

He had the body of a demi-god. F**k, she was already inching close, crawling on the bed, arms outstretched to undo the ropes holding up his nightie and pull it down.

He glanced down, his knees touching the edge of the bed, smirking as she was bent over him, her back arched like a bow, fingers stretching out to undo his clothing.

Liliana gasped a bit as his hand fisted her hair, dragging her head up so that their gazes met.

"That robe is a total turn off for me. Take it off."

The authority in his voice sent shivers of pleasure running down her spine as she knelt up on the bed, undoing the binds holding her robe together, taking note of Raiden taking the binds from her hands before watching her pull off the robe, sliding it down her neck, down to her shoulders, down to her waist, slowly tossing it to the side when she was done. Her night gown followed quickly and she knelt there, smirking at his reaction.

Raiden’s breath hitched to his throat on seeing the lingerie she had. Luna Tessa had several new pairs which she had given her to use for the night.

The brassiere was a nipple-cup styled one— only concealing her nipples from his gaze, giving him a full view of her breasts which were almost spilling out of the bra. They were held up to her shoulders by spaghetti straps which showed more of her skin from the neck down.

Lowering his gaze, he saw...

"F**k." He whispered in a hushed voice staring intently at the thong she had on down there. It was lacy and black and sexy, her thighs was in full view to him, smooth and blemish free just like her velvety, almost creamy, bare stomach.

"If you’re going to keep staring like that, you’re going to drool over the floor." Liliana pointed out, leaning down, arching her back, fingers moving forward to undo his lower nightie, but he suddenly snapped out of his thoughts.

"No... hands behind your back, baby."

She smirked again, obediently placed her two hands around her back like she was waiting to be cuffed. Immediately, he leaned over, binding her hands together before she could protest.

She glanced back to see her hands bound tightly together before turning to see that he had taken his previous position of standing right Infront her.

Liliana glanced up to meet with his eyes as he cupped her chin, tilting her head up.

His thumb moved over her lips, feeling he was the luckiest man on the planet to have such a beautiful with the most perfect lips he had ever seen as his.

"Nothing is getting in my way of f**king this beautiful mouth of yours now."

 

Chapter 186

A soft moan of struggle escaped her lips as she gnawed on the waist band of his nightie; trying to pull it down.

Raiden just watched her, trailing the arch curve of her beautiful back, not making any attempt to help her till she finally dragged it down with his underwear, so that they settled around his ankles, leaving him bare.

Liliana’s eyes widened, seeing his hugeness before her face, hard, veins at the sides, the tip already dripping of precum.

Raiden groaned when she just kept staring at it, her hot breath fanning his tip, causing it to itch and throb hard, almost painfully.

He grabbed a fistful of her hair before pushing it into her mouth without warning, sending sparks of pleasure and shock to travel down her body, followed by a loud, muffled, guttural moan as he drew back and pumped in again, this time harder.

She moaned around his length again and he groaned, leaning back only to drive into her mouth again, his fist tightening hard around her hair.

Despite feeling her scalp almost tearing off her head from his hold, and her throat repeatedly constricting each time he deep throated her, she didn’t want it to stop! Soon, she was already moving In rhythm with his movements, bobbing back and forth, mouth open wide, taking him in no matter how far he pushed himself inside of her.

Raiden threw back his head for the nth time, muffling a loud groan as she drew her mouth closer, deep throating him with a groan before glancing down to the beautiful sight of his woman, her breasts bouncing hard with each thrusts, her hands bound behind her, her knees parted on the bed, her hair roughed up in his fist, the rest falling across her face, giving her this sex-crazed look.

When he felt his release coming in, he suddenly tightened his hold on her head, fucking her harder in several feral thrusts, the sight of her perfect little mouth clamped around his length helping him climax more than he usually did.

Feeling his c*m slide into her mouth, she began working her mouth and throat again, slowly bobbing her head over his tip as she licked and drank every single drop of his release, the rest dripping from her jaw down to her breast, sliding down her stomach.

Raiden climbed into bed with her, completely nude. He grabbed her body and placed it to sit behind him, loosening the binds around her hand.

"How did I do?" Liliana asked, glancing over her shoulders to look at him.

Raiden leaned over to kiss her, still loosening her hands, tasting himself on her lips as she moaned, slipping her tongue into his mouth abruptly.

When she felt her hands loosen, she turned to straddle him without breaking the kiss, wrapping her legs around his waist and wounding her arms around his neck, deepening the kiss such that their noses was squashed against each other as their passionate fuel rekindled their firy romance.

After several seconds of intense kissing, she abruptly pulled away.

"My turn." She breathed and roughly pushed him back so that he was lying back on the pillows, glancing down with eyes looking wary from pleasure and excitement as she crawled over his body with her knees, holding the bind in her two hands, a devilish smirk on her face, his own c*m staring back at him on her body, her huge breast almost spilling to the bed from her bra.

F**k.

He tried to sit up but he was held down by her waist straddling his and she bind his hands down Infront of him.

He obediently stayed still, smirking while watching her bind his hands with a focused look on her face. How could she be so adorable and f**king sexy at the same time.

After she had binded his hand tightly, she leaned down, slipping her tongue into his mouth, driving his out of his mouth before curling around it, kissing him hard.

"Just give me a hint of what you’re about to do. I’m painfully hard just thinking about it." Raiden whispered on her lips as she kissed him again.

"Just relax and enjoy it." She hauntingly replied, pushing his bound hands up so that they were above his head before leaning up, cupping her hand around his naked length behind her a*s which was already long, hard, and throbbing in her grip.

Groaning, throwing his head back into the pillows again, he slowly bucked his hip up, feeling her hand grip him tight as it moved up and down his length, grabbing his balls and cupping it when she slid it down to the base.

Soon, his c*m was all over hand as he exploded, sighing outloud as he collapsed on the bed, panting slightly.

Quickly lubricating his length with his own release, holding back from licking him clean again, she positioned herself over him, sliding the thong to the side, not taking it off.

Slowly, with each second, his eyes widening, teeth biting further down his lower lip, she began easing herself down on him.

"Motherf**king son of goddess’s b**tch." She swore in half a second when his entire length was inside her, her hands griping hard on his chest.

"You’re so f**king tight!" Raiden groaned, throwing back his head again, feeling beads of sweat lining up in his forehead, but when she hadn’t yet moved after some time, he glanced down at her, and he caught a scent of blood in the air.

In shock, he saw blood lining down his legs from the point they had connected; they had become one.

She was in pain.

He could see the grimace on her face and the way her eyes was squeezed shut as she tried to adjust to his size inside of her.

"Liliana." His heart skipped a beat as he easily tore through the binds on his arm due to the guilty conscience he was feeling right now.

As he sat up, her hand trailed up to his shoulders and squeezed hard, digging her claws in when she groaned.

"I’m sorry," he whispered, tears of fear filling his eyes when she still had her eyes shut. He cupped her face. "I’m so sorry."

He was clearly in shock. Of course, her past relationships wasn’t surprising to him, but she remained a virgin, and that was news to him. And the fact that she had wanted him to be his first caused his heart to swell so much that his eyes were filled with tears.

Liliana slowly opened her eyes and it widened on seeing the tears in his eyes. Was he about to cry because she was in pain?

She would have chuckled if she wasn’t still in pain, but she managed a smile as she cupped his face.

"I’m okay Raiden... "

He kissed her before pulling back.

"It’s only a matter of time before the pain fades off... are you okay like this or should I..."

"I want to stay this way," but her arms went round to his back as she hugged him. "Like this."

He sighed in relief, hugging her back, burying his nose in the crook of her naked neck, Inhaling her toxic scent.

"I love you."

 

Chapter 187

"Baby." Raiden carefully leaned back to look at her. "It’s your first time." He pleaded again.

She pouted.

"I want to be ontop."

He chuckled at her cuteness, pushing her hair back; away from her face.

"You can ride me anytime baby, but you can’t do that now... this is your first time. I can’t bear to see you hurt."

She looked like she was contemplating for a while, not realizing she was clenching her inner muscle walls around his length still buried in her.

He bit his lower lips, holding back a hiss, almost crying in joy when she nodded, her jaw brushing against his shoulder.

"Ahhh!" She gasped when he suddenly flipped them over, careful not to hurt her, yet not pulling out of her even as he changed positions suddenly.

Without warning, he pulled out and rammed into her very slowly.

"F**k." Her voice was shaky as she heard an unfamiliar sloppy sound of their bodies connecting together before a spark of pleasure traveled up her body, causing tears to automatically well up in her eyes.

"So f**king tight... all mine." Raiden groaned, drawing back several times to thrust in her, painfully taking it slowly, letting her adjust for a bit. Liliana moaned again, curling her arms around his back, slowly bucking her hips up; to quicken the thrusts after some seconds, clearly not satisfied with the ’baby’ thrusts.

"Raiden." She pleadingly whispered, opening her eyes. Seeing him down there, slowly thrusting in and out of her, pushing his lower weight against hers, his hands on either side of the bed; at the sides of her waist, was so damn attractive that she kept staring at him, long enough to feel her release coming.

But just like that, he pulled away.

She suddenly sat up and grabbed his arm.

"What are you doing?"

"Baby, please trust me." He reached over and grabbed the binds he had previously tore from. It was two now, long enough for what he planned to do.

When she hesitated, clearly anxious, a bit mad and scared for being left hanging in the air like that, he pushed her to fall back against the pillows before parting her legs, the sweet scent of her filling his nose immediately. He so badly wanted to taste her, but that can wait.

"Baby, I want you to crawl up and stay on your hands and legs." He ordered. "Turn to the pillows."

Liliana felt a slight tremble in her legs as she did as he said, shuddering as she faced the pillows.

Raiden smirked, leaning over to tie her hands on either side of the bed post, leaving her breasts hanging in the air, barely contained in her brassiere, her a*s raised up to his face as he went to kneel behind her, suddenly grabbing her It.

It felt so mushy and soft between his fingers, he began kneading them, leaning close to tease her with his throbbing length pressed against her from behind.

A grunt, accompanied by a moan, she began struggling out of the ropes, the sexual torment turning unbearable, yet it was like the ropes were steel hand-clasps around her wrists, restricting her movements.

Pah!

Her eyes widened and she felt something wet run down her thighs.

It was her own c*m.

"Raiden... " She breathlessly called.

Pah!

A guttural, muffled moan escaped her lips when he spanked her again, and she felt another wet sensation run down her thighs.

Pah!

Pah!

Biting down on her lower lip as hard as she could, she pushed her a*s high in the air, her legs throbbing from the torment yet she wanted more. She wanted...

Pah!

She screamed so loud, Raiden had to lean over to place his hand over mouth, dragging her hair back, tugging hard on her scalp.

"I need to fix this or you’ll let everyone in the pack know how good I’m making you feel here."

"Raiden no.. don’t.. mmmm " A cloth was stuffed into her mouth, her voice turned muffle before she winced, feeling her head tugged back by her hair, her scalp hurting before she felt something ram into her from behind, sending those familiar sparks running up her body, and this time she could feel his tip teasing the entrance of her womb

She almost drooled onto the cloth in her mouth, feeling him so deep in her. This position was so good, they could try this every night when they were together at their pack. *Cough* What was she saying?

She moaned again, loud yet muffled, feeling him pull back and roughly ram into her again. He plundered her mercilessly at all angles, one hand holding back her hair, the other, squeezing her a*s which hurt from his previous spanks.

"You like me f**king this tight c**t of yours, don’t you?" Raiden leaned into her ear to whisper, still thrusting in and out.

She shuddered, moving back and forth to meet with his thrusts, beads of sweat lined up on her head, causing her hair to stick to her forehead, her wrists feeling sore from where they were tied up on.

Pah!

She groaned.

"Don’t f**king keep mute. I want a reply." He darkly said, biting her earlobe, sneaking his hand down her a*s to cup her breasts, squeezing it hard without mercy, twisting her nipples very hard, rubbing his thumb over it when she moaned in pain and pleasure, taking care not to take off the brassiere.

"Mm-Hm." She said, nodding her head, biting down hard on the cloth as she felt her release coming.

Raiden leaned back, using his fingers to push the thong further apart as he f**ked her harder, pulling out only ram into her harder than the previous, shaking her internal being.

"Sh*t." He swore as she exploded over him, having climaxed, a liberated sigh leaving her lips, before she collapsed, her hands still hanging up.

Raiden groaned as he drew back, holding his length before spraying his release onto her back, watching in satisfaction as it travelled down from her arched back, down to her thighs, to the bed.

There was this satisfactory pleasure he gained from seeing his own c*m all over his woman.

"Come on Baby. Let’s go take a bath." He whispered after loosening her hands, kissing the side of her face.

Liliana just nodded, visibly not moving to stand.

Chuckling, he pulled the cloth out her mouth and swiftly carried her up, leading her into the bathroom which he left open.

While holding her, he surveyed the bathroom and noticed it had a bathtub with a moveable shower head.

On the other side was a stagnant showerhead placed above If the visitor preferred showering while standing.

"Shower or bathtub?"

"Bathtub." Liliana whispered with a croaky voice, burying her face in the crook of his shoulder.

He moved her so that she was straddling him like a baby, her hands curled around his neck, her legs around his waist, her head over his shoulder.

Making sure she was comfortable, he began preparing the bath, putting in some nice scenting rose oil, soap, and lukewarm water.

"You ready?" He asked when he was done and was about carrying her in.

She nodded.

He slipped a leg up up the small stairs leading into the bathtub, and when he got into the bathtub, he slid down, his woman still hanging onto him like a koala.

"We’re here now. You can get off me." He chuckled. "Not that I’m complaining. We could try another... "

"No." She pouted, leaning back so she could lean on the other side of the bathtub, glaring at him.

Though If her true emotions betrayed her words and action, she’d be begging him to tie her down on the bed and f**k her like crazy again, but she knew if they did it again, she wouldn’t be able to walk again.

"At least let me help you. Your hands must be so sore." He offered, a wicked grin on his face as he pulled off the moveable shower head, curling his fingers, gesturing to her to come close.

"Just sit Infront of me while I help you wash your back. Just your back." He suggested.

"You won’t try to... touch me again ?" She asked with narrowed eyes, glancing at those fingers of his. She knew if he did, she wouldn’t hesitate to let him f**k her again.

"I promise." He simply said, and despite the evil grin on his face making him look more hot than he already was with his disheveled face spilling over his forehead, down to his eyes, the side of his lips pulled up into a smirk, she obliged.

She crawled towards him, turning to sit Infront of him, pushing her hair to fall back against her shoulders.

She stiffened, feeling his hot breath fan her neck as she waited for him to wash her back, closing her eyes.

Raiden just sat there, scrutinizing her body with a dark, hungry gaze in his eyes, glancing down to her a*s which was settled on the base of the bathtub. He licked his lips and slowly angled his head to the side with half closed eyes.

He reached over and dimmed the lights In the bathroom, causing it to be as dark as the room.

Liliana’s heart skipped a beat when she noticed they were once again in a dark environment where he could do wicked things to her, but she didn’t dare show him how nervous or intimidated she was. After all, he promised her he wouldn’t touch her, and no matter how small or ridiculous his promise was, it was the first test of their relationship. Will he keep his promises when he made them?

"Take off the rest of your clothes and raise your knees. Part them." He ordered, and she shivered on feeling his hot, sexy voice in her ear.

"You... "

"I promised I wouldn’t touch you, didn’t I?" He reminded her and she nodded slowly, swallowing, before taking off her underwear, tossing them aside. After that, she parted her knees In the air, aware that she was fully bare before him.

"Good girl." He whispered and she whimpered, biting her lower lip.

 

Chapter 188

"Do you like this Baby?" His deep voice came from behind again and she only nodded, holding back a soft moan, chewing hard on her lower lip.

He had previously washed her hair using a lavender scenting shampoo on it. His hands moved expertly along the scalp of her hair, trailing his fingers through the edges, thoroughly massaging every inch of her skull before aiming the showerhead at the top, a sigh escaping her lips.

It was bliss at the beginning, but soon, it slowly turned to a torment.

He would rub a bar of the nice scenting soap over her back, taking care it lathered ever inch of her back from the neck down before he aimed the showerhead from her hair down, pushing the lather down to the water they were buried in, and then he would repeat this process again.

"Ahhh... " She sighed when his free hand moved to the side, careful not to touch her before moving a stray strand of her hair which had settled on her forehead, back.

"Raiden... I... I think that’s enough." She whispered, but she tensed when she felt his lips against her neck, the shower head spray steady on her back, sending hot jolts of pleasure trailing up her body.

"Raiden." She gasped, cupping some water in her hands and half-turning to splash it on his chest. He chuckled. "You promised."

She sighed and lay back on his chest, knees parting further, feeling quite comfortable just being soaked inside the water like this.

"What did I promise baby?" He asked, moving the shower head to spray her chest, down to her stomach, leaning his head down to view the water dripping from her chest, down to her stomach, her nipples hard and straining, dripping wet of water.

F**k, he so wanted to touch her.

"You..." She was finding it difficult to speak. The shower head spray was like a jet ray, feeling it against her breasts, it was like tiny pins being shot at her all at once. She’d note to ask Luna Tessa where she got them. It was like a manual massaging machine and Raiden knew just exactly where she liked it to be used on her. A**hole.

"You promised you wouldn’t touch me." She half-turned again, the top of her head brushing against his taunt jaw as she forced herself to look into his eyes.

She noticed he was staring down there at her body so she nudged him, however, not expecting to see the intense hunger in his eyes as he turned to look at her. Her heart skipped a beat as she forced herself to hold his gaze.

"I didn’t touch you, Liliana." He simply implied. "It was a promise, and I’m willing to keep it as long as you want me to. I only kissed you... " Seeing the look in her eyes, he added. "That doesn’t count as touching. And I’m not going to until you beg me to."

She turned away from him, leaning further down his body so that her head was inclined on his chest, her hands braced against the sides of the bathtub.

Beg him to touch her?

Ridiculous!

She would never.

She wasn’t a desperate b**ch.

Raiden smirked, having seen the disbelief in her eyes before his eyes moved down to her parted knees. After soaping her body, from her neck down to her chest to her breasts further down to her stomach, taking care not to squeeze her b**bs, biting his lip during the process before he finally sprayed the lather off her, aiming the showerhead at her nipples.

"Mmm... " She released a satisfied sigh, her grip on the sides of the bathtub loosening slightly, a silly smile forming on her face. She had never felt sooo relaxed.

"Argh... " She gasped, abruptly sitting up, her grip tightening so hard on the bathtub she feared it might break, yet she didn’t have the luxury to think about that now. Glancing down at her parted knees, she saw the shower head aimed at directly at her down there.

"Ra.. Rai.. " She couldn’t even form a single word as her chest heaved up and down, brows furrowing, eyes drooping weakly, grip tightening as she threw her head back.

Seeing the silent glare she shot at him, he only smirked, pushing the showerhead further down, earning a gasp from her again before she moaned, sending his own length to throb behind her.

"This is so good... " Raiden murmured in her ear and she frowned harder.

So good? He wasn’t the one aimed the showerhead at, was he?

"Can’t believe I’m jealous of f**king showerhead." He added and she bit her lip, bucking up against the water spraying her down there, using her grip on the lip of the bathtub to lift her body up against the showerhead.

But no matter how hard it sprayed her down there, it didn’t quite satisfy her the way she wanted, and that’s when she realized Raiden’s plan all along.

"You motherf**king freaking a*shole of a goddess bi*ch damnit Raiden!!!" She swore at him, dropping to the base of the bathtub, falling against his chest.

Raiden chuckled, moving the shower head down her thighs, up to her knees.

"N.. No." Liliana suddenly grabbed the wrist holding onto the shower head, shaking her head. "Don’t... No... "

"Don’t what?" He smirked, happy that she wasn’t turning to see the expression on his face. She’d kill him.

She sighed.

"I want an orgasm Dammit!!! Raiden."

He chuckled before abruptly pushing the showerhead up her c*nt again. "Remember? You have to Beg for it."

"Raiden!" She growled, her fingers automatically shifting into claws as she buried her claws deep into his arm, drawing blood.

He bit his lip as he pushed the showerhead down, further down, not budging even as he watched his own blood spill down into the tub.

She suddenly moved, surprising him. She spinned around so that she was straddling him the next second, pushing him back to rest against the bath rub, grabbing his hand and squeezing it so hard, he let go of the showerhead.

He was honestly amused at her flexibility and strength, yet the smug smirk on his face refused to falter even when she glared hard at him like it would be possible to wipe him out of existence of she glared harder than she already was.

"F**k you." She whispered, brows furrowing as she glared at him. His hands were still bleeding, turning the water below them a slight pink color from his own blood. it didn’t look like they minded though.

"You seem to have the upper hand now." There was a daring look In his eyes. "What do you plan on doing about it?"

"Just shut up and watch."

He smirked at her audacity, his gaze falling on her b**bs.

"Remember, you promised you wouldn’t touch me." She suddenly adds on seeing the look in his eyes, and finally it was her turn to smirk when a dark gaze settled in his eyes.

Throwing back his head, he groaned. "F**k." His length was buried deep inside of her, the familiar squishy sound of their bodies connecting again, leaving a satisfactory smile on his face as she began bouncing over him, her hands placed firmly on his shoulders, her movements over him turning intense, the sound of her a*s slamming against him, leaving his leg to shudder beneath her bulk. Her slender waist was whining so damn attractive over his as she leaned back to stare down at his length thrusting in and out of her as she moved.

He leaned back, biting down on his lower lips, feeling it bleed, scared he would touch her if he glanced down to see her body.

"This is so f**King good." She moaned, increasing her pace, evidently not having enough of him, drool almost escaping her lips. She feared she might be addicted to this, yet she feared not having him around when they were back at the pack.

His duties as Beta would prevent him from staying with her 24/7; the way she’s always wanted. It’s not like she could force him to stop and just give up the role of Beta, yet there was this tinge of loneliness she suddenly felt when she remembered that a time would come when she wouldn’t see him for hours, waiting for him to come to her. She saddened a bit, the thought of other women who had their eyes on him flooding her memory like a bad taste after eating a bad fruit. They wouldn’t dare touch her man! Now they were officially together and he wouldn’t confront her from threatening other women, she had liberty to end their lives If they so much as even glanced at him more than once.

"Yeah... " He groaned. "Let my d*ck f**k that c*nt so hard." He groaned again and she leaned down to kiss him. He reached up to cup his hand around hair, almost pulling it off her scalp as he dragged her deeper for a rough kiss, the two fighting for dominance, battling with their tongues and teeth.

When she pulled back, she groaned, slightly trembling as she c*mmed in union with him. Seeing the tensed look on his face when he realized he had released his c*m in her, she chuckled, leaning to kiss him.

"It’s fine Raiden... I don’t mind it."

He slowly reached out to touch her, but his fingers froze in the air when he remembered he wasn’t allowed to touch her, but suddenly, she grabbed his hands and let it cup her face, leaning into his touch with a smile on her face.

"I love you Liliana Diego." His lips trembled from so much emotions.

"I love you too Raiden Coleslaw." She whispered back, eyes still closed, missing the genuine smile that rose on his face. "have always loved you and forever will love you."

*

Few minutes later, two people were laying side by side on the bed, Raiden barechest and only in his briefs while Liliana was in her nightie with nothing underneath, her nipples throbbing from what just ensued a few seconds ago.

She was facing the other way, unable to hold in a smile as she glanced down to his arm around her waist, spooning her from behind, his soft snore like a lullaby in her ears.

Yes. She had pinched herself several times, and this wasn’t a dream at all. This was reality, and she was freaking loving it.

"Goodnight Raiden." She whispered before shutting her eyes, comfortably wiggling her legs under the sheets, the smile still stuck to her face as she slept.

She couldn’t wait to blabber everything to Nancy in detail.

 

Chapter 189

Soft footsteps echoed in the halls as Naomi, accompanied by two women behind her moved forward in brisk but steady steps.

It was very early in the morning; when the sun was yet to peek out, yet the moon had gone down hours ago.

Everyone was still alseep- the Kitsunes had been so kind and hospitable to let their ’guests’ stay over, but they will all be heading back by morning when the sun was out.

The woman standing on the left side of the princess was Acella, the current, oldest Kitsune of all. She was given the responsibility of leading Kitsune while Naomi was absent.

The other woman who looked far younger than Acella was Axle, who would be travelling back to Naomi’s home with her. She was given the responsibility of being the handmaiden of the princess and guide her when it came to using her powers.

"... And Sakuarr?" Naomi finally asked when it looked like Acella was concluding the final discussion on Naomi’s dated coronation which would eventually happen some weeks after.

Acella turned grave.

"She’s been locked up as you’ve ordered."

Naomi nodded gravely, turning to glance away. Until Hakura found out the reverse potion for the spell used on her, she was still considered a threat.

When they got to their first destination, Naomi turned to them.

"Give us a minute." With that she left the two standing before entering the room Infront of them, shutting the door behind her.

Acella and Axle bowed till the door closed, then their heads slowly raised.

"What do you think of the newly appointed leader. Do you think she’s fit to rule us?" Axle innocently asked, turning to Acella with a curious look.

"The crown will decide, but personally, I think she is." Acella simply replied and Axle bit back her other questions. Acella had spoken, and the woman was not someone of many words. She was simple and direct.

*

Daniel was laying back on the king sized bed in the huge room, half-asleep, a dagger clutched to his side, the other, palm-up to his forehead.

Suddenly, his eyes snapped open when he sees someone steadily enter his room and shut the door behind its figure.

With how curvaceousness the figure looked in the dark, he concluded it was a woman.

Kitsune?

His conclusion came to a finalization when it began crawling up on his bed.

"B*tch!" He growled, sitting up and suddenly grabbing her, tossing her down so that he was half straddling her, dagger presses to her neck.

Suddenly, the familiar scent hit him like a nice, sweet, scenting perfume sprayed directly at his face and he froze.

"Naomi?"

"Daniel." She breathed, panting from having been turned over like that, feeling the sharp blade of a dagger to her neck.

Frowning, he leaned over and stared at her, finally making out her feautres in the dark.

"What do you want?" He gruffly asked, turning away from her, slapping his dagger down on the table.

"Excuse me, but were you just about to kill me?" Her eyes darkened when she realized something.

"I thought you were a ..." He suddenly froze and turned guiltily to her on the bed, realizing what he said or was about to.

Naomi nodded and swallowed, feeling her throat clench in pain.

"A Kitsune. You thought I was a Kitsune, didn’t you?"

He grinded his teeth.

"You’re different."

"Yeah," She chuckled bitterly. "That’s because you’ve always thought I was some latent or a werewolf. And now you figure out that your mate’s is a Kitsune, you have to ’adjust’ to my new status, don’t you?"

"You’re Naomi... my mate. You are a Kitsune." He suddenly spat out and she shrank under his gaze. "The Naomi I knew was someone who didn’t even have a status anywhere in the world. She was just a maid... but I loved that Naomi. I wouldn’t have cared If she was a witch. I just wanted to be with her but now .. "

"But now???" She probed him, her eyes fixed in his, the two not realizing how close they were to kissing on the bed.

"That Naomi is dead. She died the day an Omega killed her in the underground room. She died the day I left the pack. I don’t... know you."

There was silence in the room as they just stared at each other.

Suddenly, she crawled off the bed, and he just glanced away, not able to meet with her eyes.

Bang!

The door shut with a loud sound and he glanced up to see she had left.

’Daniel... ’ Kevin started.

"I know. I messed up. I’m stupid and Naomi probably deserves better. But you know what? I might sound childish, but she deserves this. She deserves to know how she made me feel all those years when I thought she was 6 feet underground when she was just like six feet away from me each time we were together."

As he said those words, he got up, clutching his pillows hard, eyes brimming with tears.

Crash! Bang!

Things fell to the floor and smashed to pieces as he scattered several things with the pillows.

When he was done, he tossed the pillow aside and slides down his room door, head leaning against the door.

"Your highness, are you... are you okay?" Axle asked worriedly when Naomi slides down the door, leaning her head against it with closed eyes.

She could hear the faint sound of things crashing in the room before there was silence.

Axle and Acella exchanged glances before turning to Naomi who was sitting there, head back against the door with tears running down her eyes, down her chin to the ground.

Daniel was on the other side, head back against the door as he found a sudden peace just staying there before his eyes closed.

After a few minutes of silence, Naomi got up before turning to them.

"Come on. I’ll call my brother instead." She moves away and the two exchanged glances again before following her.

As Naomi got close, she made to open it, but realizing he was with Nancy and they might want their privacy, she calmly knocked and closed her eyes, waiting.

Soon, the door opened up.

"Oh... Talia... " Naomi bit her lip, a bit embarrassed that she had knocked at the wrong room and had disturbed her sleep.

Talia was sleepy for sure, and a bit annoyed that she was woken up, but it all cleared off on the seeing the red puffy eyes on Naomi’s face.

"Naomi.. are you okay? Were you crying?" Her voice was quite loud so...

Brittany suddenly appeared behind Talia instantly.

"Crying? Naomi what’s wrong... "

Naomi tried shushing them up with sign language and gestures but their kept berrating her with questions until she was forced to speak up.

"Guys it’s very early in the morning, you might wake... "

"What’s going on out here." Two hot guys with disheveled hair and droopy eyes sauntered out of a room just opposite the girls. It was Cardin and Barton.

Naomi inwardly sighed, turning to them.

"It’s nothing."

"Naomi has been crying." Brittany said and they all turn to Axle and Acella with suspicious looks

Acella just returned their suspicious looks with a silent glare but Axle shrugged.

"Why are looking at us? Ask her mate why she’s crying."

The twins suddenly turned over-protective.

"What did he do?" Barton slightly grabbed Naomi’s arm.

At the moment, Acella and Axle also turned cautious and over-protective and stepped closer to Naomi, as If warning Barton to be cautious as well. The two didn’t understand why they did that, but seeing Barton so close to their queen, ignited something in them.

"Guys please... stop this."

"I’m telling Koan." Talia frowned seriously before leaving. The best person to handle this was Koan, because If nothing was done between Daniel and Naomi right now, it might become toxic in the future.

Naomi sighed, holding her forehead, trembling from so much emotions.

"Your highness, we haven’t got time for this." Acella calmly reminded her.

Everyone turned curious. Got time for what?

"But Koan... "

"Talia’s already heading to his room to call him out." Brittany reminded her.

"Then we haven’t got time to waste. He’ll meet us there. The sun is almost rising." Acella added and Naomi sighed before moving, her new handmaidens behind her before the twins followed.

’Did you feel that?" Axle asked Acella using the mind link.

’I thought I was the only one. I guess this is a sure sign that we have another rare gem as a leader and we should make sure nothing happens to her. Even when she’s not here." The last sentence held warning.

’I won’t fail you, Acella.’

Cardin was deciding between joining them or going back to bed when he suddenly tensed up on seeing a python crawling towards him.

Before he uttered a word, it shape shifted into a human figure and when it rose, it was Hakura.

"Where are they going?" She asked, causally coming to stand beside Cardin like it was a normal day-to-day activity to see a snake shape shift into a witch.

Cardin sighed.

"I don’t know. Why don’t you follow them and find out."

"I’m still sleepy," She yawned. "But since you don’t look like you care, I’m guessing it’s important. So let’s go."

"Wait... No.. I.. " He was suddenly yanked out of his spot and he found himself following Hakura like a lost puppy, her grip on his hand, very hard.

 

Chapter 190

There was a loud, abrupt knock at the door, forcing the couple out of their deep sleep after a few seconds.

"Sh*t." Koan swore as he knocked his hand over the coffee brown colored bedside table in a bid to get up. He turned to Nancy whose brows were furrowing at the sound of the persistent knock at the door.

Leaning over with a guilty expression, he pressed his lips against her neck before moving it to kiss her lips. Nancy moaned softly as she kissed him back before her eyes fluttered open.

"Could you check who’s at the door, Babe." He kissed the lobe of her ear before kissing the side of her neck again, reaching out to cup her waist.

Nancy sighed, mumbling an ’Alright’ before getting up and heading for the door. Koan flashed her an appreciative smile as he fell back on the pillows to sleep, clearly tired.

The slight frown on Nancy’s face disappeared on seeing Talia at the door with folded arms.

"Talia?"

Talia sighed.

"Where’s Koan?"

*

Cardin and Hakura were the last to arrive, but they were right on time to see the others standing at the bottom of a small valley. Standing atop the valley was Naomi, carefully listening to something Acella was telling her while Axle stood beside her.

".... imagine the true form of a Kitsune fox while merging your internal energy with the energy around you.. ." Hakura clearly heard Acella say from far before she spoke up.

"What’s going on? Do y’all realize how early it is?"

"Naomi’s going to finally change into her true form." Brittany said, the excitement in the tone of her voice unable to be concealed.

"Really?" Even Cardin was surprised.

"I’m guessing her elemental powers would be fire since she’s a dragon princess, but I could be wrong." Barton said.

"Or half-wrong. Since she’s royalty, she might have two." Hakura pointed out.

Everyone stared up in awe as Naomi sighed heavily before turning down to smile at them, glancing away to begin the procedure.

"Shouldn’t her mate be present to witness her turn into her true form?" Hakura blinked, an innocent expression on her face as she asked.

"He’ll be here soon." Someone suddenly said and they all turn to see Talia and Nancy approaching them.

"Where’s Koan?" Barton asked, referring to the two of them.

"With Daniel." Talia replied.

"You think they’d fight?" Nancy asked, worriedly biting her bottom lip.

Hakura’s eyes grew wide with shock and interest.

What happened?

*

"Daniel open the door or I’m barging right in." Koan knocked for the nth time and when it looked like he wasn’t going to open the door, he pushed it open, grunting when he discovered that he had probably put a chair against the door to hold it down.

Tsk.

However, when he got inside, he sees Daniel sitting on the ground, head laying back on the door, one knee drawn up with an arm lying on it.

His eyes were closed.

Koan felt all the accumulated anger fade away when he saw him in such a pathetic state.

He sighed, shutting the door. When the door shut close, Daniel’s eyes suddenly flickered open.

"You should have just left me here."

Koan stretched out his hand and as Daniel took it reluctantly, he dragged him up.

"You think I’d give a damn if you wanted to jump right off a cliff and kill yourself." He yanked Daniel up and the young man’s breath hitched up in his throat on seeing the dark gaze in Koan’s gaze. Those eyes reminded him of how strict his father was with him when he was little, and at that moment, he didn’t see Koan as the grumpy Alpha he was scared of, Koan was like a fatherly figure he looked up to.

Koan led him to window, and the two stared out. Daniel’s room was on the topest floor of the building, so from their spots, they could see the tip of a high valley, and on that valley, they could see three familiar figures.

Koan glanced to the side, seeing the look of awe, admiration and yet anger in his eyes as he stared at Naomi. He turned to stare out as well.

"Naomi’s about to change into her true form today, and she wanted her mate to witness her first time doing it," Daniel’s breath ceased once more on hearing his words. What? Was that why she was in his room? "Why do you think she wanted only you?" Koan asked.

Daniel put on the nonchalant facade he was used to showing others.

"To rub it in?"

Kevin sighed inwardly before Koan roughly nudged him with his elbow.

Daniel rubbed his arm.

"I don’t know... because I’m her mate?"

"Why didn’t she call me at first. I’m her brother." Koan turned and Daniel met with his eyes which reeked of anger. "Why didn’t she call anyone else?"

"I don’t know. You tell me, Koan."

Koan fully turned to him and abruptly pointed a finger to Daniel’s chest.

"I think you should ask yourself that question. Maybe you’ll figure it out."

There was a lost look in Daniel’s eyes before he spoke up.

"Talia told me that brittany told her what happened between you two. So she told me everything."

"So you know." Daniel swallowed. "Why are you taking her side then?"

"In this case, I’m actually on your side." Koan announced and Daniel’s head snapped up to stare at him.

"Then why... "

"She faked her own death for 12 years and left you miserable all these while. I understand how you feel, I understood if you hate her and want her to feel the same way," Koan stepped forward and placed a hand on his shoulder. "But it’s pointless doing this Daniel. You two need to sit down and talk this out. From what Talia said, you two were really close as kids."

"More than close. Naomi was my everything."

Koan paused, seeing the emotions that swirled in his eyes as he said that.

"You love her."

"I don’t know." Daniel murmured.

"You think I know a single thing about love?" Koan chuckled bitterly as he leaned back. "I don’t Daniel. I act like I know everything, but I don’t know a f**king thing about love, but looking into your eyes right now, I see my father... I remember the way he looked at my mother, and I can’t get out that image of how much he loved her, all the love, care he could ever muster just clouded up in his eyes like a blue mist, and I hoped I’d look at a woman like that when I grew. I wanted what my father had. But when he died, I didn’t... I just wanted to be alone. But I tell you Daniel," He placed his hands on his two shoulders this time and squeezed it hard. "If you have a mate, the last thing you’d want to do is to hurt him/her, and I learnt that the hard way. I don’t want the same to happen to you."

Daniel stiffened in his hold, and the two men found themselves tearing up; their eyes reflecting a pool of tears from each person’s eyes.

"Now tell me. Do you love Naomi?"

Daniel’s head fell as he stared at his feet.

"I’m talking about Naomi Campbell.... I’m talking about Nana, I’m talking about Fiona... I’m talking about the Omega you knew her to be, I’m talking about the princess of Foxtune, I’m talking about the Kitsune, I’m talking about my sister. I’m talking about all of her, Daniel. Do you love her?"

Daniel’s head rose, and in his eyes were like a molten lava of fire glowing in them as he replied with all the sincerity he could muster.

"More than anything in the world."

Koan nodded slightly, something gleaming in his eyes as he backed away once more.

"That’s all I’ve wanted to hear. Now get your a*s out there and make things right with her."

Daniel grinned before heading for the door barefooted. Just as he grabbed the door, he turned back to Koan.

"Are you coming?"

"I’m right behind you." Koan replied with a small smile.

Daniel made to leave again, but he paused before turning once more.

"Thank you brother-in-law."

Koan frowned, about to reprimand him for using that term again, but he had already left, stiffling a chuckle.

As Koan turned back to the window, the wind tussling his already disheveled hair, a smile replaced the frown on his face, and his blue eyes turned a faint dark gold color as his grip on the window pane tightened.

Right behind him was a white, almost glowing spirit floating slightly off the ground. She was drop-dead gorgeous. Infact, words like ethereal and beautiful weren’t enough to describe her other-worldly beauty, yet she was not even noticed by him.

But the similar expressions on their faces showed that they could feel each other’s prescence in the room.

"I miss you." Koan whispered, closing his eyes and letting the tears drop down his cheeks.

"Koan... " The spirit whispered, trying to touch him, but of course he couldn’t hear her and like other times, her hand went right through his shoulders.

She looked out the window, sighing, her lifeless eyes holding some sort of emotion in them as she stared at her daughter, bearing all her physical features, standing up there on the valley, about to transform.

"I miss you two so much... more than you can ever imagine."