Chapter Forty-Four
Ifeel a hand slide up my shirt and trace the curve of my breast, which makes my eyes flutter open. Axe snuggles behind me, his fingers moving along my body.
“I want to ask you something,” Axe murmurs against my ear, tugging on the lobe with his lips.
“What?” I mumble, closing my eyes to rest.
“How do you feel about moving into my room?” Axe asks. I open my eyes and turn on my back to look at him.
“We've been spending every night together anyway. I kind of already have,” I say.
“I'll make room in the closet if you want to put your clothes in there.”
“Okay.”
I place my hand over his, which is resting on my body. Axe pushes his thumb against the skin of my breast. He covers my breast with his hand and softly pinches my nipple, making a stingy yet delightful feeling travel through my breast.
“Do you want to have sex?”
“Only one way for me to keep getting used to it.” I chuckle.
We haven't had sex since I was on my period. My heat ended nearly two days ago so we've just been snuggling as a way to stay close and for me to recover.
“Exactly.” Axe grins and rolls on top of me, covering my lips with his. “I'm going to make you come this time,” he murmurs against my lips then brings my bottom lip between his teeth and tugs on it.
After kissing me for some time, he buries his head between my legs.
I clench my legs around his head and tug on his hair as his lips suck and do wondrous things to my clit.
I feel a sensation build up but then he stops.
I groan in exasperation but he pecks my lips while sliding inside me slowly.
He moves his hips slowly but makes sure to fill me deeply.
I wrap my arms around his back and hold him against me.
Axe kisses me hard, slipping his tongue in my mouth, my moans muffled by his mouth.
He goes faster, wrapping his hand around my thigh and lifting it around his waist to go deeper.
My eyes roll back in my head as that sensation comes back again and bursts through me, stronger than all the pleasure he's given me up to this point combined.
I call out his name loudly and he growls, dropping his head in the crook of my neck.
Axe relaxes on top of me after he finishes, his harsh breath hitting my skin.
His lips are against my neck as his breathing calms. But then I'm surprised when I feel his canines come out, and I stiffen against him.
“Can I mark you?” he breathes.
“Y-Yes,” I answer, still in my moment of clarity after my orgasm.
His teeth go down to where my neck starts. Axe opens his mouth wide and he bites down, his canines going straight through my skin.
“Ahh,” I gasp.
The mark is painful which is such an interesting contrast given how good I felt a minute ago.
He pulls his teeth out and rolls off me, his eyes as black as ever.
I grab my neck where the blood is dribbling down.
I can feel a shooting spark starting from my neck and travelling through every nerve of my body.
I can feel something changing inside me.
Something wrapping around me. Something I can't explain.
“Axe,” I call.
“Give me a sec.” He removes the condom and lies back down beside me, closing his eyes and letting out a sigh.
I turn and rest my head on his chest, throwing my leg over him. His chest is rising and falling rapidly underneath my face.
“Can you feel it?” I whisper.
“The marking?” he asks, and I nod against his chest. “Yeah, that's why I'm quiet. I can feel it surging through me.”
“What does it feel like for you?” I ask, emphasising the word it.
“I can't explain.”
“Indescribable,” I fill in for him.
“Yes.”
Axe and I lie in bed for a while, dazed over the marking.
His arm is wrapped around my back tightly.
I lean on my chin and look up at him. His eyes are closed and his chest is rising calmly.
I smile at what happened between us. Axe marked me and I came for the first time during sex.
I don't know if it finally happened because our wolves have accepted each other and we were more relaxed or because he went longer with foreplay, but I'm so happy.
We lie there for a while before I get hungry.
I lift my head up from his chest and he wakes up immediately.
“Where are you going?” he asks huskily and yawns.
“Let's get some food,” I say.
He looks down at his chest where the blood from my neck has stained his skin. Then his eyes lock onto mine, darkening. Axe lifts my body up and sits me on his lap.
“You're mine completely.” The way he says it is so possessive but I don't have a problem with it whatsoever.
“And you're mine,” I whisper, leaning my head against his and pressing my lips against his.
Axe wraps his hand around my neck making me gasp as his fingers brush against the mark. A wave of pleasure travels through me every time his fingers slide over the mark.
“Let's have a shower.”
Axe picks me up and I wrap my legs around his waist as he walks us into the bathroom.
Instead of putting me down, he turns on the shower and steps in.
When the water hits my neck, it stings, and the blood drips down our bodies.
As I'm watching the blood wash away, Axe pushes the tip of himself in me.
I let out a gasp and dig my nails into his neck.
“A c-condom,” I stammer the moment I realise how warm and natural and good he feels. He's not even all the way in yet it feels so good.
“Fuck,” he breathes and pushes in a little further.
“Axe,” I gasp.
“Just a few strokes,” he groans, slowly pushing in and out.
I whimper and drop my head against his shoulder. This angle with no condom feels so fucking carnal. I bite down on his shoulder hard.
“Fuck, we gotta stop.” Axe pulls out of me and sets me on my feet. “Why don't you go get some food? If you stay in here any longer, I will come inside you, Elora.”
“I can go get a condom.” I rub my thighs together, feeling the arousal heighten the longer I'm looking at Axe's wet naked body.
“I really don't want to use one. So how about I turn the water cold and we figure out birth control soon?”
“Enjoy your cold shower while I'm eating.” I chuckle, quickly stepping out of the shower before he turns it cold.
I grab a robe and go downstairs. I look for something to eat but I can still feel the aching need I have for Axe between my legs.
Maybe food will help distract me. I go to the living room and watch some tv, chuckling to myself the longer Axe stays in the shower.
After an hour, Axe walks into the room, his hair still wet and he's only wearing sweatpants.
Sometimes I still can't believe it's real, I'm with the alpha. He comes and sits beside me.
“How was your shower?” I tease.
“How do you think? I spent an hour in there trying to get my cock to go down,” he complains, making me giggle. “Don't laugh at me.” He pokes me in the side. “I'm sure you're still wet,” he whispers in my ear and grabs my thigh.
“Don't start this again if you don't want to use a condom,” I warn.
“Okay.” He looks at the coffee table then back to me. “Didn't you save me any food?”
“I just had a snack.”
“Choose a movie. I'll go get some food.”
Axe goes to the kitchen while I put on a movie. He comes back and sits beside me. We watch the movie while we eat and then I decide to make conversation.
“Can I ask about the trials? Have they started?” I ask. It's been some time since the meeting.
“I've been with you most of the time but we will schedule the first trial for next week.”
“How does the trial work?”
“They've already been proven guilty so this is just choosing their punishment. They'll have their final say and the sentence will be chosen,” Axe explains.
“Who chooses?”
“During a normal trial, there will be six jurors. Three men and three women. I'll be the judge who has the end decision.”
“Are they just pack members as the jury?”
“Usually it will be a male and female elder for some wisdom. The next two will be a male soldier and a female doctor. The other two will just be pack members.”
“That actually sounds smart,” I comment. “Having a doctor as a juror would be beneficial for the victim, right?”
“Yeah, like in a murder case, the accused's biggest task will be convincing the doctor of their innocence. The doctor will know about cause of death and all that so proving the doctor wrong will be the most compelling argument.”
“An alpha has to know about medical health and law as well as being a leader. I didn't realise how much pressure an alpha has.”
“Having a beta by your side makes it easier.”
“I'm sorry if I've added extra problems for you,” I say apologetically, now coming to terms with how hard his life must be.
“Elora.” Axe grabs my hand. “As an alpha, your problems are my problems. Don't ever think you caused negativity in my life. You were the one who freed me from my internal misery.”
“Oh.” I feel my eyes tear up. “I'm not used to the way you praise me.”
“Get used to it.” Axe smiles, pulling me onto his lap.
“I love you.” It still feels strange to say that to someone but I'm comfortable saying it to him.
“You mean everything to me.” He smiles but I can see the sadness in his eyes.
His mate used to say those words to him. It must be hard to move on from your soul mate. I wouldn't know the feeling. I shared one kiss with Joel. I don't even know him. If someone asked me something personal about him, I wouldn't know.