Chapter 224 - Royal Affairs (2/2)
Reighley frowned. ”He's not going to be happy at all about this.”
Lyko nodded in agreement. ”It's to be expected. He may even go as far as to challenge Ales in the future, but Ales has the alpha form. Fern would never be able to best that form even with his cunning ways.”
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Ales tapped lightly on the door not wanting to wake her if she'd already fallen asleep. To his surprise, the door swung open and tiny hands were shooting out to grasp his arm and pulled him inside. Worried eyes searched his in the faint flicker of candlelight emanating from deeper inside the room. He smiled down at her as he brushed several pale blonde bouncing curls away from her face. ”The coronation will be in a few weeks and you'll be crowned alongside me... as my princess.” His smile widened as he brushed his thumb across her jawline to the gentle swell of her bottom lip. ”My princess...” He whispered. ”Two words have never made me happier.”
Cam could feel the overwhelming joy build nearly overflowing as she pressed up onto her tiptoes, wrapping her arms around his neck and pressing her lips to his. ”I love you, Ales! I too have waited for no other two words but those for the past three years.” She pulled him down into another kiss. ”To finally be able to call you mine, and mine alone...” She scattered more kisses across his lips. ”To finally be able to do this as I wish!”
Ales pulled her against him in a tight embrace. ”As have I, you have no idea how hard these past months have been for me.” He could feel her grip tighten around him, knowing she had shared in the pain their separation had caused. With a heavy sigh, he released her. ”Get some sleep princess. It's nearly dawn.”
Cam frowned up at him, ”I'm not ready to part from you yet.” She shook her head fervently. ”What if when I wake, this was all just a wonderful dream. Won't you please stay with me... sleep with me as we used to do?”
Ales smiled down at her reassuringly. He brushed her hair back over her shoulder and gently pulled the neck of her dressing gown down revealing the mark that sat proudly upon her shoulder. ”No matter what happens in the morrow you are mine and I am yours. This can not be undone.” He bent a placed a light kiss to the mark causing her to suck in a surprising gush of air.
His touch caused the tiny hairs covering her body to stand on end as all her synapses decided to fire at once. ”Ales...” She leaned into his touch resting her forehead against his broad chest.
Something about her closeness and the smell of her was causing the wolf within to claw wildly at his insides craving its escape. Ales slowly and carefully pulled away from Cam, whispering as he did. ”I would love nothing more than to never part from you again, but I fear it is even more important for us to do so... at least until I have better control over this new part of myself.” He bent and kissed her lips again before releasing her and turning toward the door.
Cam threw herself at him, wrapping her arms tightly around his waist. ”I am yours and you are mine. There is nothing about you that I am afraid of. I want all of you and I want you to have all of me.” She whispered in a muffled voice against the back of his soft linen shirt.
Ales stiffened against her grip. ”I want nothing more than those things, but I also could never live with myself if I ever were to hurt you. Er... earlier tonight when I bit you... I wanted to do more... the beast wanted more... even as we stand here now the beast wants what has been promised him with that bite.”
Cam released her grip on him and rounded him blocking the door. ”Then give the beast what he craves, I don't mind.” She said pulling her dressing gown away from her neck to show the bite again. ”I am yours.” She watched him near her, feeling her heart pound harder against her chest with every step he took toward her. His eyes were no longer on her but trained on the mark instead. She held her breath as she watched him lower his head to her shoulder again. She squeezed her eyes tightly shut as she felt the hot, damp pad of his tongue slide along the sensitive, torn flesh; but just as quickly as it had touched it was gone. She opened her eyes again to see Ales's wild eyes staring down at her with barely controlled emotion.
”I can not stay here with you tonight. Give me some time to adjust to the beast and learn to better control it, and I promise we shall never part again.” He bent and met her lips with a hot passionate kiss, carefully shifting her body away from the door she blocked. ”I love you, forever and a day.” He whispered as he rested his forehead against hers
”Forever and a day.” She panted back, letting her palms rest against his chest for support. She could feel the pounding of his heart and the gasping of his breath under her palms, matching the out-of-control gasps and pants of her own breath and the rapid tapping of her own heart.
”Sleep well, princess.” He whispered as he slipped from the room forcing himself not to give in to the pouting lips that were still slightly swollen from their kiss and the sad wide sky-blue eyes that begged him to stay. ”I love you.” He repeated again as he gently closed the door between them and rested his forehead against the heavy wood. He stood there for several long minutes waiting on the sound of breathing from the other side to regulate and for the light pad of footsteps leading away from the door.