Chapter 74: Blissful Harmony

AXEL

The island was beautiful, almost as beautiful as my mate. The first few days that we were here, we made love on every surface in the house.

I had missed feeling her body beneath mine, her legs wrapped around my waist as I thrust into her.

The noises that she made as she reached her climax, how she always clenched me so tightly and made me see stars with every thrust.

Once we were done fucking each other into oblivion, we would explore the island and eat the wonderful food. Once we were done with that, we would go back to the cottage and fuck some more.

We had been on the island for a couple of weeks.

Storm lay naked beside me, her chest raising and lowering slowly. We had been up quite late—you guessed it—fucking. I couldn’t keep my cock out of her.

Something about being away from all of my family’s bullshit had reignited the passion in our mating bond.

She stirred in her sleep gently and stretched deeply. “Morning, handsome,” she hushed out.

I leaned in to give her a deep kiss. “Good morning, beautiful. What shall we do today?”

She rolled over, still stretching. “Well, we have explored pretty much all of the island, so how about we hop somewhere else?” her eyes were sparkling with endless possibilities of adventure.

“Where were you thinking?” I stroked her hair gently.

She looked thoughtful. “We could go somewhere on the continent?”

I stroked her cheek. “That sounds wonderful.” I leaned in for a deep kiss, rolling her onto her back as I climbed on top of her.

“What’re we gonna do about Keir?” she asked between kisses.

I looked at her. “You really wanna ask about him now?” I smirked.

She wiggled slightly, sitting up on her elbows. She looked at me sternly before responding.

~Oh boy. Here we go.~

“Well, don’t you think it’s a bit strange that he’s just disappeared and no one has heard anything from him? Aren’t you worried that he’s planning something catastrophic?”

I raised my eyebrows at her, leaning back and kneeling. I looked down at her before rubbing my hands over my face. ~Clearly, sex wasn’t happening now.~

“Well, yeah, but I’m also enjoying our time together. This whole situation has everyone so fucked up in the head. I’m kind of happy he’s disappeared for a while.”

I shrugged, moving to stand up from the bed. She sat up fully, watching me as I dressed.

“I get that, Axel. I really do. But aren’t you worried? He could be planning something dangerous, or he could already be doing something.

“I don’t know, but this whole thing is just really bothering me. We’ve no leads on where he might be.”

I cupped her chin in my fingers and kissed her deeply to hush her rambling. She had curled herself up, tucking her knees to her chest.

She looked so cute when she rambled, so unsure of what the future might hold. She wasn’t the only one. I was unsure too, but I didn’t want her to sense my worry.

She didn’t need to worry herself any more than she already was.

“We don’t need to panic, Storm. Whatever he’s planning, I’m sure we can deal with it when the time comes. Until then, why don’t we just enjoy our time together?”

Her midnight eyes met mine, swirling with an emotion I couldn’t quite place.

“Hey, it’s gonna be okay, okay?”

She nodded, biting her lip slightly. I let out the rumble building in my chest, pushing her back onto the bed. She giggled, wrapping her legs around me.

“It’s gonna be okay, Storm. I’m not gonna let anything happen to you. I promise.”

She brushed my hair out of my eyes. “That’s sweet, but it’s not me I’m worried about.”

I chuckled softly, planting kisses on her neck. She wiggled underneath me, and I cursed that I had put clothes on.

Trust her to be concerned about everyone else but herself. She could probably take down Keir by herself if she wanted to; she’s that powerful.

But I didn’t want her facing him alone. She didn’t need to face him alone, not when she had me, and she would always have me. Forever.

Truth be told, the fact that we hadn’t heard from him did concern me, but I didn’t want her to see my concerns.

We were finally getting time to ourselves, to deepen our bond, to be a young couple in love without the impending doom of our respective races hanging over us.

Just a young mated couple, traveling the world and having endless amounts of sex.

Her breathing got heavier as my hands wandered across her body, drinking it in.

I broke us apart to quickly remove my clothes before reconnecting us again, my mouth leaving a trail of kisses along her skin. Her legs tightened around me, and her back arched as I wandered down her.

Our eyes met, and I smiled.

I’d move the world for this woman. I’d kill anyone who tried to hurt her with my bare hands, and I was pretty sure I’d enjoy it too. Something about her just woke the animal in me.

I kissed my way back up her body, burying my nose in the crook of her neck.

I inhaled her scent deeply as I buried myself to the hilt inside of her, her moan like music to my ears as I moved inside her. I could feel her tightening around me with every thrust.

I closed my eyes and saw nothing but her and stars.

Oh yeah, I could happily do this for the rest of my life.

Fuck anything else. I just want to be buried balls-deep in her forever.

***

STORM

The fact that we had no idea what Keir was planning next did concern me, but I did enjoy the time with Axel, just us.

I got to see more of him, his goofy side, his jokes that he would laugh at for hours while exclaiming how funny he was, wiping the tears of laughter out of his eyes.

It was nice seeing him in a setting where he didn’t have to be serious all the time and without his family breathing down our necks or accusing me of something I hadn’t even done.

We left the island, and I took us to mainland Europe, where we spent a few weeks traveling to the different cities and countries.

I liked being able to show him the world, watching his face light up as he tried different foods and embraced different cultures.

We stayed away from witches and werewolves. We weren’t any of those things. We were just a young couple seeing the world and being in love.

We kissed under the Eiffel tower. We ran through the tulip fields in Holland. We rode bikes through the streets of Amsterdam. We sat in gondolas through the streets of Venice.

It was a blissful time, and I didn’t want it to end, but it had to.

Everything must come to an end at some point.

“Are you ready to go home?” He smiled at me as he clasped my hand tightly.

We had spent our last night back in Paris, the most romantic city in Europe. It was the perfect end to a perfect trip.

“Not really, but we have to go home at some point, right?” I laughed as he stroked my hand.

He kissed me softly as I opened a portal behind us that would take us home.

In a matter of seconds, we were standing in his family’s castle. My chest felt heavy being back there, not really sure what we were walking back into.

It had been a couple of months since we had left, and Reign had taken over the pack in our absence.

Diego came down the stairs as we placed our bags on the floor. “Hey, you guys are back! How was your trip?” He hugged us both tightly.

“It was good, thanks. What’s been happening here?” Axel asked.

I almost smacked him for asking when I saw Diego’s expression change to one of slight murder.

~Uh-oh. Clearly this wasn’t good then.~

“Reign’s been having some difficulty getting the pack into line, what with her being female and all that, but she’s dealing with it.”

Axel nodded silently. I squeezed his hand tightly. He still felt guilty about not stepping up when needed. But Reign had chosen her path.

“Hey, don’t stress. She wanted this. She knew what she was getting herself into.” Diego clapped Axel’s shoulder, shaking him slightly.

He wrapped his arm around him and led him toward the dining hall. “Come on, tell me everything about your trip. Where did you go? What did you see?”

I followed along behind them. Clearly we had come back to some drama, but that was nothing new.

I quickly sent a message to Reign saying we were back, and I couldn’t wait to catch up with her when she was free.

So much had changed in the few months we were gone. It seemed like all of the troubles and dramas we had left had been forgotten as everyone embraced us warmly and welcomed us back.

We sat for lunch and told them stories of our travels. I blushed deeply when they asked about sex and should they be expecting pups anytime soon.

Werewolves always spoke so openly about sex I’m not sure I could ever really get used to it.

The disappointment at the lack of new arrivals only lasted for a moment before the conversation switched to Reign and how she was settling in.

Despite everything that had happened, it felt good to be back, although no one mentioned the black cloud that had seemed to be permanently hanging over us this past year.

Keir and where he had disappeared to.

Most importantly, what he was planning and when exactly he would strike again.

Because no doubt he would.

~It was as inevitable as the sun setting each day.~

^End of Book Two^