Moonbeams & Wolf Dreams_Children of Selene_Book 1

by Sarah Louise

  ***Jacobi***

  I can’t believe my feisty little mate threw a butter knife at me! It shouldn’t have been so erotic, yet here I was thirty minutes later, still painfully erect.

  “Do you need to go take a cold shower brother?” Liam asked me.

  “At this point I don’t think a cold shower is gonna cut it.” I laughed.

  “Aye, she is something else.” Nicolae agreed. He had a dreamy far off look in his eyes that I’d never seen before.

  “She is the most powerful shifter I’ve ever encountered. The only thing I can describe for some reference was when I met our Goddess Selene all those millennia ago,” Gunnar added.

  That stopped my thoughts in shock. I can still remember when Selene had changed me into the very first Hawk shifter. It was in the infancy of Egypt’s history. I was the son of a pharaoh and my transformation set the stage for the story of Horus from Egyptian mythology. I was not a God like myth suggests. But my life had been touched and forever changed by the Gods. Those mystical and powerful beings that wove the strands of fate over millennia of time. If Selene was taking such an interest in my wolf than the world better be prepared to listen up.

  Chapter 11

  I woke up with Anakin’s arm wrapped around my waist. He had pulled my back flush against his front and snuggled his face down into my neck. He was warm and smelled like home. He was also quite aroused if the hardness poking against my ass was any indication. Wondering if he was awake or still napping, I decided to have some fun. I wiggled my ass up and down against the hard length of him, feeling myself grow wet at such a blatant invitation on my part. In my head Tala was practically rolling on her back, panting, begging me to let our mate take us.

  “Mmmm, if you keep doing that Aylin, I won’t be responsible for how I react,” Anakin said as he nipped at my ear. I turned around to face him and slid my hand over his bare chest and torso, enjoying his gasp as I stopped just at the edge of his shorts.

  “Maybe I want to make you lose control.” I pushed my mouth against his claiming a kiss and reached my hand in his shorts grabbing his cock and tugging on it with just enough pressure to tease. Anakin tried to roll me onto my back and take control of the kiss, but I pushed him back on his, straddling his waist.

  “Uh-uh-uh. I’m in charge of this mating lover,” I told him. I started nibbling at his lips, moving my way along his jaw and down his throat. I gave him a bigger bite at the junction of his shoulder and neck causing him to yelp and jerk his hips up, his hand fisting the bed sheets. I continued nipping down his chest, scraping my nails against his nipples. I’d finally reached the band of his shorts and I licked just under the edge.

  “You’re going to kill me.”

  “Maybe, but not yet at least. Just enjoy the ride.” I laughed. I pulled his shorts off and his cock sprang free.

  “Manscaping, Anakin?”

  “I like the way it looks.” He gasped.

  “Me too,” I licked my lips and took the tip of his cock in my mouth. I swirled my tongue around the head then began to inch the shaft down farther into my mouth. By the time I had his whole cock in my mouth and the head of it in my throat where I swallowed around it, Anakin was sweating with the urge to hold himself back. I gave the tip of his cock one last kiss and sat up, shucking my clothes off as he watched with greedy eyes. I moved myself to straddle his cock, testing my wetness with my fingers. I was absolutely soaking, before I could wipe my fingers discreetly on the sheet Anakin grabbed my hand and sucked my fingers into his mouth.

  “You taste like heaven, be prepared for payback after this first round,” he growled out. Unbelievably, even more turned on, I decided to torture him a bit more. I took his shaft in hand and rubbed his tip against my slick opening, circling around my clit causing us both to gasp. Anakin gripped the side of my hip, begging me with his eyes as I lowered myself onto him fully. There is no way to describe being fully joined with your mate for the first time. The pleasure both mentally, physically, and metaphysically is incomprehensible. I raised myself up again and slammed down hard, creating a bruising pace for both of us but there was no way to be gentle or slow anymore. Anakin kept his one hand on my hip supporting me, the other he brought around to flick my clit in time with me riding his cock. It didn’t take either of us long until we were chasing the crescendo. We locked eyes together.

  “Are you ready?” he asked.

  “Yes,” I gasped. Anakin flipped us around so that he was now on top, still pounding into me, he reached his mouth against the tendon where my neck and shoulder met as I did the same to him, right as we both started to come we bit until we drew blood. I was immediately flooded with all the emotions Anakin was feeling, the thoughts in his mind, the feel of his cougar brushing against Tala. All of it pushed me over the edge into a second mind blowing orgasm. Once spent, we both collapsed onto the bed into a heap of sweat, sheets, and jelly limbs.

  “I have noodle legs,” I told Anakin.

  “You have what?”

  “Noodle legs, like I’d get up to go shower but I don’t think I can actually walk.”

  “Good. Then we can just stay in bed and cat nap.”

  “I’m not a cat Anakin.”

  “No, but you can access mine now.” I felt another presence similar to Tala rub across my mind. The connection wasn’t as clear or defined but it was definitely feline in nature.

  “That was freaking cool,” I said.

  “Yes, your wolf running around in my head earlier was very ‘cool’,” he smirked at me.

  “We should probably go downstairs soon,” I hedged. Even though I had just fully mated Anakin, I was still anxious after having been away from my mates for the hours we had slept.

  “Alright little wolf, let’s go downstairs.”

  We picked our clothes up and got dressed quickly, heading down the stairs. Instead of taking me into a kitchen this time, Anakin led me into a living room. The room was cozy, done in browns and greens like his bedroom. There was a fire place with a roaring fire going and all my other mates were settled throughout the room. I walked over to Nicolae, who was sitting in front of the fire and sat in his lap. I wanted to go and make contact with my other mates, but I had not gotten to know them well enough yet to be comfortable with that.

  They would not object little wolf, they feel the strain to complete the mating same as you do. Anakin spoke into my mind.

  “I see you both took the time to complete your mating bond while you were napping,” Liam pointed out. I blushed and hid my face into Nicolae’s chest. I had my moments of boldness as I was a fairly confident person in general; but, I also had my moments of shyness. Apparently discussing my sex life in front of all my mates fell into one of those cracks.

  “It is a good thing she did, patrols have picked up rogues at an all time high since we brought her here. She needs to be at her absolute strongest and the only way for her to accomplish that is to mate with all of us. Though this isn’t something that can be rushed,” Jacobi replied.

  “I can’t see anything specific involving her. Her fate is tied too closely to my own for Selene and Odin to allow that; but, I do get the general sense to be wary and that something big is coming,” Gunnar added.

  “Maybe Selene will speak to me tonight. She warned me about the prophecy, and to trust in my mates. Perhaps she can give me a better idea of what we are facing. The prophecy states we have missed our true foe, I feel like solving that should be our first priority. Though I still think it is a good idea to go to the head council. Maybe they can give us the resources we need or help my old pack now that James is dead,” I said.

  “So, when do we leave?” Nicolae asked, nuzzling into my neck.

  “After I complete my mating with everyone. It’s the smartest move; we can be at our best and not distracted,” I replied, looking each of them in the eye.

  Chapter 12

  “Someone is coming,” Anakin said. “One of my men, and someone from your old pack Aylin.”

  “I w
onder if it is my dad, maybe now that James is dead he decided it was ok to leave,” I said excitedly. The idea of seeing Duke again filled me with joy, I missed him fiercely, even though we had been prepared to be separated once I changed, it didn’t take away the ache of losing him by my side daily. There was a knock at the door, Anakin left the living room to answer.

  “We found her sneaking around the perimeter, trying to find a way in. She asked for sanctuary and asked specifically for you and your mate, Alpha,” an unknown voice spoke. She? Who could the she from the pack be that would know Anakin was my mate?

  “Bring her in, we will question her with my mate and her others present to discern the truth of this situation,” Anakin responded, though he did not sound happy about this at all.

  Anakin walked back into the living room, a frown on his face and worry lines creasing his forehead. From behind him came the last person I ever expected to see again. Being held on the upper arm by the guard was a very torn and bloody Melanie. She was dressed in tattered jeans and an oversized shirt with holes throughout. She was barefoot and had dirt and blood crusted all over her skin and in her hair. She had a burlap sack slung across her shoulders that was just as dirty as she was. As soon as she saw me, tears welled up in her eyes and she flung herself at my feet, hoping I would accept the gesture of submission and acquiesce.

  “What are you doing here?” I asked, standing up to assert my dominance over her.

  She is not what she appears, do not trust her. Tala said, I agreed with her, something about her seemed completely off. She set my teeth on edge and I did not like it one bit.

  “Things at home have been awful since you left. Dad went crazy trying to find you and we found him burned to death in one of his hide outs. His beta took over and let rogue wolves in to run the pack now. They are a bunch of crazy religious fucks saying some God named Ra is making them stronger and more powerful than regular shifters and they are going to overthrow our entire structure, then start killing the humans,” Melanie said. Parts of what she said rang true, but there was still something devious about her demeanor.

  “If I remember correctly you have no love for humans and you were quite popular with your dad’s beta and their whole crowd. Why leave? Why come here?”

  “Because if you don’t remember I changed into prey! I am nothing but a lowly fox like my weakling mother! That makes me fair game for whatever the rogues want to do to me. I couldn’t take it. I remember Dad and Anakin, who he intended to be my mate, so I made my way here thinking I could be granted asylum,” she hissed.

  “You are here begging for asylum yet you still insult me, do not show respect to my mate or our bond, how am I to trust a word you said?”

  “I have proof of how bad things have gotten, you stupid whore.” My stomach dropped, I knew whatever proof she had would not be a good thing at all. She reached around undoing a spell on the bag she wore which immediately began reeking of death and decay.

  “We could have gone about this the nice way. You let me in, I kill you all in your sleep, Ra grants me the power to change into a predator. Instead you force me to break you, this is all your fault Aylin, remember that.” With that she reached into the bag and pulled out a severed head. It was bloated and had started to rot so I didn’t recognize it immediately, but she turned it around and staring at me with glassy eyes was my father.

  “NO!” I screamed dropping to my knees. I threw up on myself sobbing uncontrollably. My mates restrained Melanie, Gunnar taking my father’s head out of her hands and out of my view.

  Tala I need you! She has killed our father!

  I felt the change wash over me quickly and painlessly, Tala and I both sharing the forefront of our mind. We knew what we were about to do was wrong on some levels but it was justice and it was right.

  Let her run, I pushed the thought to Anakin. He nodded his head and told my other mates to let Melanie go. She gave one look at me as I growled, bunching my legs up to jump, Melanie screamed and she ran for the door. I let her get a good head start as I wanted this to be fair and to scare her, like my father had been scared for his sister’s life, his own life, my life. She would pay for her sins, for trusting in this false God. I headed out the door tracking her scent. Tala and I having merged into one mind, my human intelligence and her animal instinct. I don’t think there was as deadly a creature as us right now. She smelled of death, of bitterness, and of sweet fear. It was like she wasn’t even trying to hide from us. We let out a chilling howl to let our prey know we were coming for her. Rushing into the woods and through the trees, silently fleeing over soft fallen leaves and jumping over broken twigs that would alert her to our approach. I saw her trying to make her way to the creek. At this point we were just stalking, letting her think she had gotten away. Maybe she wasn’t as stupid as she looked, had Tala and I been slower or less aware her crossing the creek could have helped her, unfortunately for Melanie, that was not the case. We let her wade down the creek some ways, crossing to the other side where she stopped to catch her breath thinking she had outsmarted us. We snuck up behind her and let out a rumbling growl. She turned around and fell on her back with a cry.

  “Please Aylin, I had to do it! I didn’t kill him, I just delivered him to you. Don’t kill me please! Have mercy!”

  She showed my father no mercy, she showed that poor girl Cassandra no mercy, she showed me no mercy as she broke my heart in two. The only mercy for her would be quick death out of respect for the fact she was Duke’s niece. I know he believed she could be redeemed but after tonight, that had proven untrue. I knew he would understand, as long as I made it quick. I jumped on top of the girl, snarling in her face as she pissed herself in fear. I put my mouth around her neck and ripped out her throat in one quick bite.

  I spit the flesh and blood out beside her body, since I was still merged equally with Tala we knew eating the body was wrong. I walked back to the creek to rinse my muzzle clean of the blood. I let out a long mourning howl, several wolves answered in response. I don’t know if they were natural wolves or others of our kind, but to know they heard and echoed my grief soothed something in the animal side of me. The human side would take some more time to get over this loss.

  Our mate approaches, Tala said.

  I don’t want their company right now, I just want to bury what is left of my father, I told her.

  You can do this, but we cannot push them away, we must trust them and lean on them to get us through this. We need them now more than ever, she replied.

  Let’s switch back so I can communicate with all of them, I suggested. The change washed over me again. I was dizzy as I stood up after the change. As I started to sway Liam was right there out of nowhere.

  “I got you love, lean on me.”

  “I killed her,” I simply stated.

  “We know, we would have done the same. Or done it for you if you would have let us. But I think you needed that to help cope with the grief.”

  “She was his niece; how could she treat his remains so callously?” I asked.

  “Some people just aren’t right in the head love, she was sick, you did the right thing. None of us think any differently of you for killing her. Honestly we’re a little impressed you made it so humane. I don’t know if I would have been as merciful.”

  “Where are my father’s remains? I need to bury him,” I told Liam.

  “Gunnar has wrapped him in a shroud and has him,” Liam replied. I turned around to see the rest of my mates standing behind me, Gunnar in the middle holding a ball of white cloth that was my father. I walked up to him and reached my hands out to take my father from him.

  “Are you sure?” Gunnar asked.

  “I need to do this for him, on my own. You can follow behind, but please give me space to bury him and grieve without an audience,” I said. He nodded and handed my father to me. I cradled him in my arms and sent a tendril of Earth magic out into the ground around me, telling the Earth of my sorrow and my need. I felt the Earth pull me we
st and I began to move, following my magic as it directed me through the thickest part of the woods and out into a clearing with a hill. I walked all the way to the top of the hill when the magic told me to stop. I looked out all around and all I could see were mountains and forests, filled with mist in the barely rising sun. It was beautiful and Dad would have loved the view.

  Chapter 13

  At the very top of the hill, there was a patch of earth that seemed to already be charged with peaceful magic. I could feel the seeds of wild flowers that would grow there in the spring, how it was untouched for hundreds of years by anything other than the local wildlife. No one would disturb Duke here and I could find some semblance of peace to visit him here again. Using my Earth magic, I dug a hole seven feet deep and placed Duke’s shroud covered head inside. The earth lovingly cradled him, welcoming him home. I sobbed as I had to cover him back up. Collapsing and hugging the mound of dirt that now covered what was left of my father. I felt so broken inside. Even though he wasn’t my blood, this was the man who raised me, who taught me how to survive, and ultimately sacrificed his life for mine. Even though I’d gotten a taste of justice, it wasn’t enough. These rogues Melanie had spoken of, dedicated to the God Ra, who promised her the impossible, they would need to be dealt with. I wouldn’t leave the innocent in my former pack to suffer, nor would I allow the pack to continue their misguided and hate-filled racist agenda. I would complete my matings and go to the high council. I would honor Duke’s memory and make things right. No matter what.