Episode 59: Blood Moon

Genre: Horror
Characters: Kaya, Caleb, Connor, Sophie, Rosette, Alex, Amanda, Emily
Word Count: 7,393
Rating: R
Type: Series
Summary: Preparations are underway for the Emergence Ceremony and the women of the Savage pack are busying themselves with the final touches. Meanwhile Caleb has plans of his own for making the night extra special for his mate Kaya and hopes to even get Connor in on the act!
Warnings: Language, suggestive material, violence, strong sexual content, adult content, adult situations, nudity

God he is so sexy, Kaya thought as she lay watching a nude Caleb move around their bedroom getting dressed to leave. A smile formed on his lips as he turned to face her, “I heard that.”

“Yeah? Well I thought that!” Wriggling her finger at him she motioned him over and he hurriedly moved towards the bed, crawling up from the foot to meet his mate. Their lips connected and Kaya was instantly paralyzed with unbridled passion as memories of the night before invaded her thoughts. Caleb was a man of many talents and he proved himself well versed between the sheets a few times last night. 

Kaya tossed the comforter to the side revealing her naked body beneath as she wrapped herself around his body, drawing him deeper between her legs. “Mmm,” Caleb growled feeling the warmth coming from her thighs. “I want to, trust me I REALLY want to but I have to get going soon. I’m heading out on patrol with the guys. But when I get back…”

Kaya couldn’t hide her disappointment and he could hear the sorrow in her voice as she spoke. “You sure you don’t want to give me just five itty, bitty, tiny minutes?”

“Five ‘itty, bitty, tiny minutes’ would turn into three hours I’m certain of it. You know me. I’m not a minute man and would not be able to stop myself once I start.” The heat started to rise within her as she imagined his hands all over her body and Caleb laughed, pushing her into the pillows with another deep kiss. “Stop that Kaya!”

“What? I’m not doing anything,” she feigned innocence and moaned against his lips.

“While I LOVE that you’ve finally let me into your thoughts, seeing us together last night is not helping me to go do what I need to for this pack.”

“Ugh, fine; go do your Alpha duties but when you get back…”

“When I get back?”

“You’re gonna pay for making me wait.”

“Yeah?”

“Yeah!” Kaya laughed as Caleb’s fingers tickled across her belly before he kissed her once more and withdrew from the bed.

“I’ll be back soon.” She watched as he tossed a shirt into a backpack and exited through the sliding glass door.

The smell of raw meat lured Kaya towards the kitchen and she suddenly realized just how hungry she had become. Taking a seat at the table near the wall, she watched as Sophie, Rosette, Emily and Amanda went about preparing meals for the entire pack. The she-wolves seemed right at home in the kitchen and it surprised her to see the people that average wolves deemed as savages going about a normal, everyday task. Sensing her Luna’s interest in their activities, Rosette turned with a smile and motioned at the others. “It took a while to get them used to cooking meals instead of hunting and eating them out in the wild as well.”

“Oh Mom! I’m the one that suggested Sunday dinners for our men! It’s not as if we’re mongrels on a constant hunt. It’s nice enjoying a bit of civility at least once during the week. Lord knows with everything else that goes on around these woods we all deserve that much!”

“The hunters?” Kaya inquired listening to Emily defend herself. The blonde woman nodded and turned her attention back to the tray of vegetables she was cleaning in the sink. “How did they learn about you being here anyway?”

“Well that…”

“That was all by accident,” Rosette cut Emily off before the girl could offer up an explanation. “I was out gathering per our usual pre-lunar event and happened upon a trap set by one of them. After informing Charlie about the situation, he organized a few patrols to check the area and one of them alerted the hunters of us when they caught him clearing the trail.” Rosette, Amanda’s mother also, was a bit older than most of the wolves in the pack.

She had been a motherly presence towards Kaya since her arrival back from Willow Reed making Kaya believe this was a role that she took with all of them, after all, Caleb did describe her as maternal. She had faded strawberry blonde hair tucked beneath a few grays, cool blue eyes that often bore a smile and a sweet outwardly appearance. It wouldn’t surprise Kaya to learn that Rosette hadn’t fully transitioned until she was in her mid 50s much like her father. Her girls, however, became full wolf early; Emily at 34 and Amanda in her mid 20s like Kaya.

Kaya nodded and watched as Emily’s eyes darted nervously from her mother and Luna before moving towards the oven and pulling out a tray of freshly baked cookies. Something wasn’t right there and Kaya sensed she wasn’t getting the full story from the Elder wolf. “Where is Charlie anyway? Did he go with Caleb on patrol?” She asked standing and stretching as she started towards the kitchen. She pulled a Kiwi from the plate of fruit in front of her and was immediately swatted by Rosette’s wooden spoon. “Ouch!” she frowned and rubbed the back of her hand.

“Ha! It’s nice to know we’re not the only ones subjected to Mom’s abuse!”

“I apologize Dear, but that’s for the ceremony. If I let you have one then every Tom, Dick and Hairy who walks in here will want one and we won’t be eating tonight!”

“I can always help peel more,” Kaya suggested and watched as the Elder’s head shook negatively.

“Now there’s no way I’m putting you to work today. As our newly appointed Luna, or very shortly will be, I’d like nothing more than for you to just relax and enjoy your day. I’m sure that old Alpha of ours has plans of his own for you,” she smiled lovingly and the other three giggled following her line of thought.

Kaya returned the gesture but felt a slight blush on her face as Sophie elaborated on Rosette’s words. “If tonight is anything like the night you two bonded I’m assured no one will be getting much rest tonight. And to answer your question, Luna, the guys are out scouting per Caleb’s request. He wanted to make sure nothing and no one interferes with tomorrow’s celebration.”

“You’re lucky all you got was a swat,” Amanda smiled as she took a seat beside Kaya at the counter. “Mom can be a bit of a tyrant when it comes to the kitchen. I’ve seen many wolves lose a limb!”

“Oh Pish-Posh, don’t listen to that girl. Her head is so full of nonsense it’s hard to tell if she’s ever telling the truth or making up one of those stories of hers,” Rosette defended herself against her youngest.

“Ok then what about Jerrod?”

“What about Jerrod?” Emily asked hearing her mate’s name enter the conversation.

“Last Sunday dinner he went for an eggroll and ended up with a splint for his middle finger!”

“And that’s somehow my fault? He slipped on the cabbage that fell out of his pastry and while trying to catch himself from falling sprained his finger in the process. I told him to keep his grubby paws out of that plate; that was karma.”

“Oh enough about that!” Amanda giggled and pulled on Kaya’s arm until the two women were sitting at the kitchen table again snuggled close on the bench against the wall. “So tell me, woman to woman, just HOW good is our Alpha in bed?”

“Mandy!” Rosette yelled appalled hearing her youngest ask something so disrespectful of their Luna about their Alpha. “You know better than that! Get your tail back over here and help peel these potatoes!” 

“Come on Mom, it’s something we all want to know,” Amanda replied looking pointedly towards her older sister and Sophie. “I mean look at him! You can’t tell me every woman in this pack, single or not, hasn’t had some thoughts about him at some time or another. And outside of those lucky enough to have experienced his animal prowess...”

Sophie cleared her throat as Amanda continued and she instantly turned to look at Kaya with a deer caught in the beam of headlights look on her face. “I mean there weren’t really that many within the pack and I’m sure everyone’s forgotten about them really. And he’s never screamed like he did with you…”

“Mandy, your Mom told you to get over here and help now do you mind?” Sophie sighed and waited for the blonde to make her way back over towards them.

“Well anyway,” Rosette smiled genuinely at Kaya as she dropped another batch of vegetables into the sink. “Now I would not be doing my motherly duties if I didn’t ask, Kaya, are you and Caleb prepared for tonight’s blood ceremony?”

Kaya nervously chewed her bottom lip and nodded her head as she thought about the Blood moon and what that meant for her relationship with Caleb. “When he gets back he’s going to busy himself with something in the Alpha house, he didn’t tell me what exactly and I didn’t ask so I assume he has it all under control.”

“And what about your role? You have to drink of his blood three times in order to validate your union. Three drinks each. The first is to establish an emotional connection and strengthen your love for one another, the second to open up nonverbal communication and the ability to sense the others presence and the third to bind your eternal lives together. Although I know you have already bonded, Caleb suggested we make things official and I must say it’s my first time and I’m really excited to welcome you into the fold!”

“We have most everything covered I’m sure,” Kaya smiled hoping the woman would drop the subject. It was bad enough knowing they’d be waiting outside the Alpha’s quarters for her and Caleb to ‘make things official’, she didn’t need to run her step-by-step through the events of the night too. “Thank you for your concern Rosette.”

“What did I tell you? You can call me Rosie or Mom as a lot of our pack mates do.” Kaya nodded but shied away from a response. It would be a cold day in hell before she would ever call someone else by that term; especially anyone with knowledge and perhaps a hand in what happened to her own mother.

“Madame Luna!” She turned at the sound of Alex’s voice and watched as one of her appointed guards joined them in the kitchen. “And how are you feeling this afternoon? Enjoying your morning thus far?” Even beneath his smile Kaya could sense his frustration at her earlier disappearance. She had become fairly cunning at eluding his company in hopes of having private moments for herself. An act she was sure caused him great discomfort at the hands of his Alpha.

“I’m well Alex, thank you. The day started fine but honestly I think I’d like to go for a run. I’ve seen the north end of the territory enough. I think it’s time to venture out towards a different direction. I want to try and learn everything around this place.”

“That sounds ideal! I would love to join you.” He responded in a way that let her know she was not going to get away from him this time.

“Actually Alex, if you don’t mind, I’d appreciate it if you’d show our future Luna the grounds near Cape Falls. There are some Buzzberry bushes that she’ll need the fruit of for her ritual with Caleb tonight,” Rosette suggested instead.

“As is your wish, Rosie,” Kaya smiled at him and nodded as he guided her towards the back veranda. With a quick wave goodbye at the others they took off towards the west.

“Hey Connor wait up a sec,” Caleb shouted after him before he could enter the manor once the group returned from patrol. He dismissed the others and headed down the stairs to where Connor stood, smiling as he approached him. “Hey.”

“Hi,” Connor waved curiously. “What’s up Caleb?”

“I, uh, I wanted to talk to you about…”

“Kaya,” Connor finished the Alpha’s sentence with a heavy sigh.

“Yeah, Kaya; but it’s not what you think. I wanted to apologize about the way I acted and the way I treated you. I know how much you mean to Kaya and that you two are without a doubt the best of friends and it doesn’t go beyond that. It’s just a little hard for me sometimes to accept and see you as this nonthreatening guy because you have known her basically her entire life. That is something I can never have because of my impetuousness; I screwed things up completely and I know that.” 

“But seeing you there, watching her laugh because of one of your inside jokes I can’t pretend as though it doesn’t bother me because it seriously feels like someone reaching into my chest and ripping my heart out every time. I hate it, I do and I think I always will. Saying I’m jealous of what you share with her would be putting it mildly. But I really want us to be friends and that means more to me than some pissing contest and I know it would mean a lot to Kaya. So the point of all this babbling is to ask if you think we could start over? I will make my very best effort to treat you as respectfully and courteously as you deserve. I just hope you can forgive a few slips here and there on my part.” 

“Wow, yeah sure. I’d like that very much.”

“Good and on that note, if you touch her again I’ll kill you.” Caleb growled, erasing all signs of amusement as he held Connor’s hand tighter within his palm nearly crushing the bones in his fingers.

“Wait, what?”

“I’m kidding,” he laughed and lightly slapped Connor’s shoulder. “Relax dude, I’m not that intimidating am I?”

“Well it was convincing enough.”

“Sorry, I couldn’t resist. Um, also there’s something else I wanted to ask. From what I understand you’re a pretty talented songwriter and I’ve been trying to relate a few of my sonnets into something lyrical and having the damndest time. You think maybe you could look them over and see if anything can be done with them? I was sort of hoping to surprise Kaya with one at the ceremony.”

“Sounds good.”

“And of course I don’t have to tell you it’s a secret.”

“Or what you’ll kill me for spilling the beans?” Connor smiled and nodded his consent. “Don’t worry, I won’t utter a word. Although at some point you may have to tell Eli so he’ll be able to add the drum line to the song. He’s the one you should threaten; I don’t think he does well with secrets.”

“Right! ‘Threaten Eli’,” Caleb wrote on his hand with an imaginary pen. “I’ll get right on that. How are you two getting along here anyway?”

“Well other than the occasional angry glare I get from a few of the people around here it’s been fairly decent.”

“Wait what guys are giving you a hard time? Does Kaya know?”

“I told her about it but it’s cool. Like I said to her I don’t want to start any trouble and I’m sure it’s just them trying to adjust to having outsiders joining the pack.”

“It’s not acceptable Connor they know who you are and pretty soon they’ll realize your new status within the pack. If they can’t respect that then…”

“Really Caleb, I can handle it. Other than that I’m slowly learning my way around the place, which is nearly triple the size of Greymane, but it’s been great. There is so much space to stretch out around here.”

“It helps to get in on the ground floor. When Charlie and I first discovered this city there was absolutely nothing here. We used our last penny buying up large parcels of the land back in the mid 1800s so when developers started cultivating the place to bring in residents and tourists, we already owned a great deal of the town. There have been offers to buy but none of it of course is for sale.”

“Of course; land is the most precious of resources for our kind.”

“I couldn’t have said it better myself,” Caleb smiled and patted Connor’s shoulder lightly.

“So those sonnets?”

“Right, I want to start when I know Kaya is busy so there’s no chance she’ll catch us. I think the women are going to keep her busy in the dressing room trying on dresses.”

“Dresses? You do have something planned for tonight right? Because if Kaya is ‘shopping’ you might not see her for a month.”

“Ha well I think I’ll be ok, the ladies already selected a few outfits for her so there’s not much for her to choose from. The hair might be what takes the rest of the afternoon, Rosie’s great with distractions; for starters she sent her on a wild goose hunt in the woods. Anyway when you can, meet me in the den. I’m gonna go scare up a few of my diaries and see which might work best as a song.”

Caleb closed the door and started up the stairs towards the second story balcony where Connor sat beside the music equipment and motioned with the books in his hand as he joined him. “So I was thinking about something loving but not the typical power ballad. I don’t want it to be soft or mushy but it needs to fully convey the sentiment. I know Night Shift doesn’t really do ‘love songs’ so I’m hoping you can loan me your expertise on the matter.”

“Kaya would like anything you did for her really. She may not seem like it sometimes because she was always supposed to be this ‘tough Alpha’s daughter’ but she’s a real girly, girl. Pink wallpaper, stuffed animals, shoe shopping; the whole nine.”

“Yeah but I don’t want her to like it like a mother coddling a child. I want her to love it and know why it came from me when she hears it. I’m sure it’s easier for you. You two have this bond that’s unbreakable. I’d give anything to have that with her.”

“Yeah well it wasn’t easy, trust me. She wasn’t very forthcoming about a lot of things that happened to her at home. Lobo told her that he didn’t want her talking about the pack or anything wolf related because he didn’t know who she could trust. But when Kaya and I finally got to the place where we could talk about anything we both realized how similar our experiences had been as far as fathers with tempers. I remember once she had received a communication from Lobo because he discovered she’d confided in me. He told her he was coming to get her and bring her home as soon as possible. It broke her heart.”

“He came and got her? I thought she spent all of her teen years in France with you?”

“She did. That’s when she decided we should run away together and make our own pack,” Connor laughed as he thought about the bullheaded little girl he’d befriended. “Can you imagine a pack run by two runaway teens, one who was rather wimpy and pathetic and the other who didn’t let anyone stand in her way? I don’t think we would have made it very far. But uh we did. We got as far as Auvergne before she decided it was going to be our home. This place was just amazing and she was instantly in love with it. The countryside was full of hills and mountains, lakes, rivers, hot springs, a few volcanic areas which we loved to explore and forests with so much wildlife to hunt.”

“How old were you?”

“17.”

“And already a wolf pack with a new land?”

“Yeah it was nuts but I wasn’t about to tell her no. If I had, Lobo would have come and she’d have been gone. I would have lost my only friend. Kaya was the only one at school or in my life that didn’t look at me like some useless, feeble minded geek; other than my Mom of course. So we settled in a vacant chateau lost beneath a mountain cliff and lived there for a little while; sixteen days to be exact.”

“What happened then?”

“My Mom and Lobo found us and dragged us home kicking and screaming. Kaya told her father straight out that if he took her from France she’d never forgive him; never speak to him again. So in order to ensure his daughter was going to be in good hands, Lobo inducted me into Greymane and had me swear a blood oath to always protect her. I always suspected he did it partly so that he could keep tabs on me; make sure we weren’t running away again.”

“Plus if you ever went against his orders and touched her, he’d know about it. The penalty of which would have been death; clean kill, no guilt.” Connor glanced over at Caleb and he shrugged with a smirk, “What? It’s what I would have done.” Flipping a page in the journal in front of him, he stopped and moved towards Connor quickly. “I’ve got it!”

Connor took the book from Caleb’s hand and read the first verse of the poem on the page and a smile formed on his face. “Dude, I think I know the perfect tune for this. The third verse here we’ll make the chorus; repeat it and use the second as the 1^st chorus. You’ll need to write a bridge though but other than that this is great.”

“Yeah? Think Kaya will think so?”

“Kaya, yeah there’s the trick. She plays lead guitar for the band so how exactly is this going to work?”

“Oh that’s simple. See her best friend is going to convince her that for the ceremony there’s a three minute ‘moment of silence’ in which this piece is played and it’s instrumental only. So she won’t ever see the lyrics, only the music sheet.”

“Her best friend? Really? Well I guess that means you’ve accepted me after all; Kaya uses me often for her subterfuge, now I feel special.” Caleb laughed and Connor took a seat behind his keyboard, giving him a small preview of the sound he had in mind for the song. “So I was under the impression that wild wolves didn’t care about ceremony and tradition. Why are you and Kaya going through with the Emergence and Blood Moon rites?”

“Because I know she cares about them and I want her to have everything she wants. It’s still not going to make us become a part of the traditional wolf societies and be governed by its Council. I’d chew off my right arm first before allowing a bunch of hypocritical douche bags tell me what I can and can’t do and who I can and can’t kill,” he winked slyly when Connor looked up at him.

“Life as a governed wolf’s not all bad; if anything it helps you learn immediately who your friends are and who you can and can’t trust. Well let’s see how far we can get with the sound before you have to go.” Caleb grabbed the Fender from the rack and took a seat on the stool beside Connor and the two started in on the underlying track for his song to Kaya.

Kaya stood in the dressing chambers of the Alpha’s quarters nervously preparing herself for what Caleb had in store. Everyone had been smiles and giggles all day watching him secretly go about setting up their evening but she was on pins and needles since learning the entire pack wanted to ensure their bond was done correctly. Unlike the first time where she bit him in the heat of the moment during a tumultuous night of passion, this was planned out specifically as it should be prior to the Emergence ceremony. 

She’d never had a problem expressing herself whether good or bad publicly to Caleb but this was something different. The idea that the entire pack was waiting for their completion scared her. Many had already accepted her as their Luna but in the back of her mind lingered thoughts on those Amanda mentioned who may have once been involved with Caleb. Would they be as accepting? Did they house some sort of hatred or jealousy towards her? Tonight felt as if she was jumping blindly off a cliff with no idea how deep the waters were below.

Kaya checked her reflection one last time in the mirror before making her way to the bedroom. Caleb was putting final touches to items on the table near the fireplace when their eyes met. His breath caught in his throat, and he stuttered a string of nonsense before taking a breath and starting again. “To translate, you look ravishing Kaya, wow.” He swallowed hard and took a step forward as his gaze slowly drank in the vision of perfection standing in the doorway. It took him a moment to realize he wasn’t breathing; in fact it felt as if his heart had stopped completely, before Kaya finally spoke, breaking the trance he was under.

“Funny, I was going to say the exact same thing to you,” she smiled and leisurely made her way over to where he stood. Dressed in an opened button-down shirt and pressed cotton slacks, Caleb looked every bit as appetizing as the meal laid before her on the table. Kaya’s eyes played over the care he’d taken with the setup but Caleb could only stare at her in amazement; she was overwhelmingly magnificent. 

“You cooked for me again? Gee if I didn’t know any better, I’d say you were buttering me up for something.”

“Well as memory serves, you did threaten me this morning. I figured if I made you my infamous Beef Wellington with Foie Gras Pâté you’d be more inclined to…”

“What? Let you bend me over in the throes of passion and ride me like a cheap, bar bronco?”

“Did I ever tell you how much I loved the way you think?” He asked with a smirk, holding out his hand for her to take. Bending to give it a kiss, his eyes were closer than ever to the silky fabric that hugged her like a second skin and he marveled at the way it emphasized her gentle curves. “You look simply divine in white.”

“You’re nervous,” Caleb observed as he pulled her chair out for her to take a seat. It was more a statement than a question but he didn’t need Kaya to respond one way or the other; he could sense her apprehension in the quickness of the breaths she took. “I think it’s a compliment that little, old me can make a seasoned rockstar who’s performed for millions worldwide jittery like a virgin on her wedding night.”

“Well not to steal the wind from your sails Caleb, but you’re not the reason I’m on edge.” She blew out a breath as he poured her a glass of wine, waiting on her to continue. Kaya pressed her lips tightly together realizing she may have bitten off more than she could chew. The closer she came to the ceremony, the more she thought about if she truly was ready to become the Luna of the animals who murdered her family. Then there was Amanda and the conversation earlier.

Whether or not she knew about the women in her mate’s past was not going to change how she felt about him so what was the point? Although he was perfectly aware of the men she’d been with, in fact he’d made it a mission to kill one and threatened another. “I just think…well everyone is waiting on us to, you know; it’s a little weird is all,” she lied convincingly, smiling reassuringly towards him as she found confidence behind the words she spoke. It was done one way or the other. She was eternally bonded to this man and his family; making it ‘official’ wouldn’t change that.

“I see your point. Would you like me to send them all for a run to say, Canada? They’d do it and I’m sure they’d enjoy the exercise.” Kaya laughed and Caleb joined in watching her face light up with amusement. “Just focus on me Kaya and pretend as if I’m the only person who matters because for me, you’re the only one in my world.”

“You always know the right thing to say.”

“It’s a gift,” Caleb shrugged and smiled as he leaned forward asking for her hands. “Kaya, if you ever feel out of place here, please come and talk to me. We can figure it out together whether it’s a needed vacation or just general change around the manor. I’d like to think I’m an open book; that kind of transparency is important in a relationship.”

“In speaking of,” Kaya sighed, taking the opportunity to broach one of the subjects in question. “I recently learned something about you and some of the women in the pack…” Caleb’s brows rose slightly and Kaya could see him inhale deeply as she continued. “Is there anything I should know about with that? Any exes with an axe to grind for instance?”

Caleb laughed as he shook his head no. “You’ve been talking to Amanda.”

“Actually she approached me. But besides that, if you’ve had relations with some of the pack females I think as their Luna I should have been made aware and not only that but as your mate, Caleb. Do you have any idea the type of volatile situation that could possibly be?”

“I do and you’re right I should have told you about them. Just know that whatever happened between me and anyone here was a very long time ago Kaya, well before I even knew about you. After I realized you were out there, I lived like a monk, I swear!”

“How many?”

“Six. Do you want names?”

Biting her lip, she quietly shook her head no. “It’s not important. The only thing I want to know is do any of them have the potential of being dangerous to me or my position within the pack?”

“Honestly I’d say they all do; it’s the way of our kind. But if you’d like I’ll talk to them one-on-one and assess their threat level.”

“That won’t be necessary Caleb.”

“It is if you’re concerned about being usurped, Kaya.”

“I’m a big girl I can kick my own asses.”

Caleb smirked hearing the confidence in her statement and nodded his head. “Then I’ll write their names for you so you know which doors to go knocking on. I want you to feel completely comfortable here Baby; this is your home now.” Standing from his seat, Caleb circled around the table and knelt down in front of Kaya, taking her hands again. “Promise me you’ll always tell me when you have concerns?”

Kaya’s eyes shut briefly as she considered telling him about her other concern. But looking him in the eyes and seeing the promise he held for their relationship and for things working out as they should, she bit her tongue for now. “I promise Caleb.”

“Good. Now then, we have but a few hours to ourselves before the first night festivities begin and there is something we are supposed to be doing in that time,” he grinned and lifted her from her seat. He turned her around slowly, trailing kisses on her cheek and jaw line. Kaya arched her back, her body responding to his touch, swelling with desire. His hands slid over the smooth material of her dress with ease as he wrapped himself around her, gently peppering kisses on her neck and shoulders. She held her breath when his lips rested on her neck, his warm breath fanning against her feverish nerve endings. “Do you trust me?” he asked, his deep voice trembling with emotion.

“With my life,” she replied and tilted her head, exposing more of her neck to his lips. Caleb’s mouth opened and slowly he lowered his teeth to her soft flesh, breaking through the skin and suckling the warm line of crimson that spilled between his lips. Ardently, she listened to his greedy growls as he lapped at her blood, his arm tightening around her as a deep howl rumbled in his chest. 

The first time did not compare to the way she felt tonight. His slow breathing in her ear and steady heartbeat was in a way comforting and rhythmically entrancing. Kaya was teleported to a heightened state of eroticism as Caleb started on his second then third drink, being careful not to take too much and leave her lightheaded. The fire raged on in the fireplace, illuminating the room and casting a romantic hue against his shape. Shadows danced along the walls and she watched as her mate quietly pulled away from her, wiping his lips as he swallowed the last of her blood. “Your turn,” he whispered against her ear as he moved in front of her.

She smiled up at him, feeling both anxious and excited to be completing their link in a formal ceremony. Wild with desire and yearning, Kaya pushed Caleb’s head to the side and stood upon her tiptoes to reach his neck. He held back a laugh and lowered himself enough to keep her from straining to bite him.  

Her mouth locked against his skin and blood slowly dripped from his neck along his collarbone. The first drop of his blood settled within her stomach, arousing her wolf and driving her over the edge. Her one desire in that moment became satisfying her animal side and the gnawing hunger deep within her gut. “Kaya?” Caleb warned as he felt her finally begin her third drink but it appeared she wasn’t quite ready to back down now. Caleb could read her thoughts, something he had not been allowed to do for a while. But now with her resistances falling and her guard down she was left defenseless against his explorations and he could hear the exhilaration of her wolf as she fed from her mate. “Kaya?” he tried again, this time using force to pry her away from her hold. 

The moment her teeth unlocked from his neck, she plunged her tongue within his mouth, kissing frantically and pawing at him urgently trying to appease her wild side another way. Feverishly he returned her kisses, unzipping the gown at her back as he kicked his shoes to the side. This is how it was supposed to be; this is who they were. Animals locked in a heated battle of passion, unable to control their hunger for the other, always craving to be near; wanting. Molten fire spread its way through her entire body and she clung to Caleb, moaning as his mouth trailed flames down her chest.

The dress, though it looked great on her, looked better once Caleb reduced it to a ball of silk in the corner of the room. With the expensive gown no longer standing between him and what he so desperately desired, his fingers immediately went to work undoing the clasps of her bra and removing the other scraps of material covering her body. Kaya got the idea and helped Caleb with his shirt and pants as well, tenderly kissing his lips as she turned to undo the remaining buttons on his shirt. 

Resting her gently on the bed, Caleb gripped the back of her right thigh and positioned himself at the entrance of her core. Pressing into her slowly, he stopped with every inch to allow her to adjust. The heat coming from her body was enough to drive him to lose focus and break his will. It was taking everything he had not to surrender to the control his mate had over him and possess her body in every way possible to satisfy the beast within. Kaya looked up noticing the hesitance in his actions and smiled. I’m not a China doll, Caleb. Stop treating me like glass and show me why they call you Savage!

With a chuckle and deep growl, he pushed his way into her in one long, hard thrust watching her eyes as every inch of his cock rammed all the way inside of her. “Oh fuck!” she gasped as he pulled out and drove deeper each time he pushed in again, submerging his entire shaft into her as far as he could go. “Caleb, wait,” she cried and pushed at his thigh trying to back herself away. Instead Caleb held her legs and pulled her back forcefully, impaling her harder onto his thick rod. Smiling to himself as she continued squirming and moaning in pained pleasure, he rocked his hips into her endlessly to the rhythm of her breathing watching the light in her eyes shimmer with lust. 

“Careful what you wish for, Kaya,” he growled as he fell against her chest and sucked on her neck harshly until a large, red hickey appeared beneath his lips. Kaya finally found a rhythm and threw her arms around his neck, gripping him tighter against her body. Very soon he felt himself getting lost within the silky heaven between her legs, craving and desiring to take her much harder and faster than he had before. Leaning up a little, Caleb traced her lips with his tongue, nibbling on them and gently biting on the soft flesh, causing her to gasp and moan against his mouth. Kaya kissed him back, drowning herself in his mouth and the desirable way his tongue worked around hers. 

Her ravenous kisses provided the consent he needed to take his motions to the next level, no longer worried about exhausting himself within the slick conditions pushing him over the edge. Caleb lifted her legs over his shoulders and slammed his hips into her harder deliberately aiming his thrusts downward, filling her completely. “Harder...” she begged, hungrily arching her back meeting his forward thrusts. He smirked and gave her exactly what she asked for, shoving himself deeper and harder. “FUCK!” Their sounds of passion jumbled together, expressing the extent of their pleasure in gasps and growls that filled the room.

Her thighs squeezed tightly around his neck and he gave her a gentle caress on her side silently guiding her towards another orgasm as she whipped around violently beneath him. Multitudes of colors floated in front of her eyes as she bolted upright against him before falling back into the pillows below. Her breathing was heavier and Caleb stopped a moment to give her time to come back to earth, smiling at her as her eyes reopened. “Mmm I don’t remember giving you permission to take a break,” she giggled and wiggled her hips against his lap.

Caleb groaned loudly, pulling out of her roughly, and fell against Kaya’s chest, smothering her body beneath the sweat slicked heat of his own. She wrapped her legs around his hips and pushed herself against him as he buried himself deep within her wet core. Each of his thrusts echoed throughout her entire body; bouncing off the walls of her pubic bone and vibrating through her center sending a shock wave up through her chest. “Feels…so…good,” he growled in her ear, humping her like a lubricated piston in a cylinder. Faster and faster he worked his hips until the muscles around him gripped tighter than ever before. 

“Mmm holy shit, Caleb,” Kaya moaned louder, screaming into his ear as she again went over the edge of ecstasy. Their bodies tangled frantically on top of the sheets, locked in a carnal embrace reaching new heights they’d never imagined. The simplest of touches, the most tender of caresses elicited some of the most intense orgasms either had ever shared. Caleb was exquisite in form and his body dissolved completely inside of Kaya’s, the molten heat between them fusing their writhing bodies so thoroughly together. 

Pulling out, he slowly drove himself forward, allowing Kaya to feel every inch of his rock hard cock slip into her. She groaned with each thrust, cussing him for the torturously slow movements as she tightened her legs around his back to force him deeper. Caleb laughed and pulled away, locking eyes with his mate as he lifted up above her. Kaya pushed up against him, constricting her pussy muscles against his throbbing cock and Caleb pulled out quickly before she had the chance to get what she was aiming for. “Stop that I want to savor this moment Kaya.”

“That’s fine Caleb just savor it faster,” she sighed and felt her body tingle in response to the tip of his shaft sliding across her stiff bud as he pulled out again. Words again turned to gibberish as he teased her slick pussy up and down. Kaya flailed into the pillows as Caleb made her climax again. Thousands of tiny jolts shocked her system, prickling her skin with goosebumps from her head down to her toes. He howled as she reached her peak, feeling it himself through the bond they shared. Every sensation she enjoyed, he enjoyed and he relished controlling her pleasure and bringing her to this moment.

And right when Kaya thought she could take no more, Caleb gripped her thigh tightly within his large, masculine paw and slammed his hips into her as hard as he could. Kaya screamed, feeling the muscles rip at the back of her throat as she did and another set of tiny tremors rushed through her like a thousand fireworks exploding deep within her womb; she was seeing stars. Her mate was panting above her now. The once calm and domineering Savage was reduced to a few grunts and groans and profane outbursts of his own as the muscles he teased before were now tightening and convulsing around his prodding shaft. 

Tears formed and slowly rolled down her cheeks as she began seeing herself through his eyes and in that moment, Kaya knew no one on earth could ever love her more than Caleb. Finally listening to his thoughts and letting him in on hers, they communicated nonverbal sentiments from their souls and as she came again the words I love you were expressed through her thoughts. She slid her body over his, letting her warmth surround him. Those three, simple words never would be enough to effectively convey the way she truly felt about him and Caleb could see it in her eyes. She thrashed wildly in his grip as she let her feral side control her, rocking harder and faster in Caleb’s lap while his love consumed her.

Reaching up, he used his thumb to wipe away the tears that stained her cheeks and smiled. I love you more. He replied, lifting his hips to meet her sensuous thrusts feeling the culmination of their actions in his loins. He didn’t need words; Kaya knew his body was ready and she rocked faster, harder preparing herself to take all he had. “I’m cumming, I’m…fuck!” Caleb’s fingers gripped her hips tighter and he groaned in pleasure as he released inside of her, filling her velvety warmth with his hot, sticky cum before collapsing into the bed sheets beneath her. 

She fell over on top of him, breathing hard trying to let her lungs catch up. “Wow,” he laughed breathily and hugged her hot body against his chest.

“Yeah,” she responded, smiling and laughing with him as she listened to his heart beating within his ribs. Her eyes started to close and Caleb shook her, pecking her forehead as they reopened.

“I’m sorry but you can’t rest now,” he whispered as he lovingly stroked a hand through her hair and her eyes shot towards his as she noticed the time. It soon would be nine and the others were in the yard awaiting their arrival. Caleb and Kaya were to announce themselves together a minute after midnight once the blood moon was at the peak of its primal power.

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