Matthew moved to the point where she disappeared.
Caleb watched as his father inhaled. The heightened
senses of the Alpha were even superior to his.
“Someone was here,” he said. “They’ve been dead, but
they were guardians. Lucy’s real parents told us that they could visit her if
given the chance, but only if it was needed to save her from making the wrong
choice.”
“I’ve never heard of anything like that,” Caleb said.
“That’s because we can only appear in rare
circumstances.”
He turned to find two people surrounded by a golden
hue. Each of them had similar features to Lucy, and Caleb knew they were Lucy’s
real birth parents.
“Clarissa, Andrew,” Adele said. “Has she turned?”
“We were able to stop her before she turned. Her magic
is stronger than any of us could predict,” Clarissa said. “She’s resting now,
Caleb, in your bed.”
“She knows the truth?” Kyle asked.
“Yes. She knows the truth, and no, she doesn’t blame
you for keeping our secret. Lucy’s aware of the danger that surrounds her,”
Andrew said. “Her magic has alerted covens.”
“They’re coming?” Matthew asked.
“Yes, and they will try to take Lucy from you.”
“What if she kills?” Caleb asked. “I can’t lose her,
and if she’s dark, how can I follow her?”
“If Lucy kills while protecting herself, or her loved
ones, it’s an act of love and sacrifice, and is done for good. It’s when
something insignificant like your little wolf over there that it can turn her
dark. Years of bullying, taunting, and rage consumed her, not just for Lucy,
but for her friend, Bianca.” Clarissa turned toward Bianca. “She loves you like
you were sisters. Stronger than any friends.”
“I love her, too,” Bianca said.
“You mean Lucy is going to struggle her whole life
with turning evil?” Caleb asked.
“No. The early years of being a witch are the hardest
for anyone,” Andrew said. “Lucy isn’t just a witch, she’s warlock, too. Her
power is out of this world.”
“I’ll protect her.”
“Lucy could choose to give her magic up,” Clarissa
said.
“What?” Caleb asked.
“Lucy can choose to relinquish her magic by simply
feeding it into her enemy. Any witch can choose to do it, but as you can
imagine, not many do.” Clarissa wiped the tears from her eyes.
“I’m not sure I follow.” Caleb looked toward his
father.
“She can sacrifice her magic, in essence becoming human.
Witches have two lives, as they’re bound by the laws of nature and that of
their human life. We’re strong, but we’re also human. We can be killed. In a
sacrifice, Lucy can release her magic, making it useless, and return as a
human. Her magic is so great that even if she ever learned to control it, that
degree of magic ability would eventually consume her.”
“It’s dangerous as the acts need to be so extreme that
she would be reborn in the one act,” Andrew said.
“She won’t die?”
“Not really. It’s an act of sacrifice, and she’s
giving up her powers, her magic. That will cease to exist, and she will be
human.”
“Human?” Caleb asked.
“Yes.”
“Does Lucy know this?”
“She is aware of the limits to her power,” Clarissa
said. “We will not be able to help again. We reserved our one chance for when
she needed it most. They’re coming, Caleb. They will take her if given the
chance. Once they have her, there will be no turning back. She will die, and
her magic will be harnessed for evil.”
“I want to be with her.” Caleb looked toward his
father. “May I?”
“Go, son, go, and we will handle this.”
He didn’t wait around, and rushed out of the forest
toward his parents’ house. Within minutes he was in his home, running upstairs
toward his room. Opening the door, he saw Lucy curled up in a ball on his bed.
She looked so beautiful, even though some strands of her hair had gone black.
Most of her blonde hair was still the same color. The dress she wore was
completely black.
Stripping out of his clothes, he climbed onto the bed,
and gathered her into his arms. Pressing his nose against his mating mark, he
held her tightly.
“Caleb?” she asked. “You’re here.”
“Yes, I’m here, and I love you.”
“I saw my mom and dad,” she said.
“I met them as well.”
She rolled over, opening her blue eyes, and he saw she
was crying. “I almost turned evil.”
“I know, baby.”
“I was so angry with her. She’s been mean to me and
Bianca for years, and I just couldn’t stand it any longer. I wanted her to die,
Caleb.”
He wiped away her tears. The sight of them twisted his
gut and made him ache for his woman. “You didn’t kill her.”
“But I was going to if they hadn’t stopped me.” She
pressed her face against her hands, and Caleb held onto her tightly, refusing
to let go.
“I love you, Lucy. I don’t care if you’re evil or if
you’re good.”
“That’s lies. You’re a good man, Caleb, and I don’t
want to ruin who you are.”
Tilting her head back so that he could look into her
eyes, he focused on her. “I love you, Lucy Wolf. You’re my mate, the love of my
life, and I will not let anything happen to you. I don’t care what other people
say or think. You belong to me. You’re not evil.”
“You really believe that?”
“I know that, baby. You’re not evil. Patricia, she
needed to be taught a lesson, and my father’s going to handle her punishment.”
“What about my punishment? I hurt her.”
“How about spending the rest of our lives together?”
“That’s not a punishment!”
“To some it could be.” He tucked some hair behind her
ear. “I’m not going to lose you, Lucy.”
“I love you, Caleb.”
Pressing his lips against hers, he slid his tongue into
her mouth. His cock thickened, and he wanted inside her. Their one time
together had been ruined because of Patricia. He wasn’t going to let their time
be forever ruined by outside forces.
She held his waist, and her very touch set his blood
on fire.
“I’m going to fuck you now, Lucy.”
“Please, God yes, please.”
Chapter Eight
Caleb moved her hair off her shoulder, and his fingers
grazed over her mating mark.
“I want you inside me.” All the time she was away from
him, she wanted to be with him. She missed him. “I don’t want to be apart from
you, Caleb.”
“We won’t. I’ll follow you to the ends of the earth.”
She was scared and terrified of what would happen if
she let the darkness inside. The only way to make sure that didn’t happen was
to fight it, and fight it she would.
His fingers moved to her tits, and he stroked over
each nipple, before sliding down. Her body woke to his touch. Her pussy was
already soaking wet for him, and she wanted more. “You’re so wet for me, baby.
Always so wet.”
He slid his fingers deep inside her pussy, moving in
and out. His thumb pressed to her clit, stroking from side to side.
Biting her lip, she tried to contain the moan.
“No.” He stopped stroking her. “I want to hear your
screams, baby. I want to know how much you’re enjoying this. My name on your
lips, your begging, give it all to me.”
“Please, Caleb, I need you to touch me.”
“You’re getting my hands. Tell me what more do you
want.”
“Your cock, all of you. I want you deep inside me.”
He claimed her lips, sliding his tongue along her
bottom lip before moving into her mouth. She touched her tongue with his,
tasting him.
Her fear started to diminish as he touched her.
Caleb calmed her in ways no one ever had before. She
loved him, he was her mate, and the more time she spent with him, the more she
believed in the bond that bound them together.
He released her pussy and gripped the dress she wore,
tearing it in two, and throwing the remains to the floor.
“I want you naked for me to touch.” He groaned, then
leaned down, taking her nipple into his mouth. She arched up, loving his touch,
and craving more of him.
He kissed down her body, his lips touching her stomach,
then going down until he was between her thighs. Caleb spread her legs open,
and she stared down, watching as he held the lips of her sex apart. He slid his
tongue across her clit, moving down to fuck it inside her pussy.
She screamed his name. He flicked her clit repeatedly.
Then down he went, going inside her, tongue-fucking her.
He fucked inside her, over and over again heightening
her desire. She couldn’t help but watch as he teased her pussy. He sucked the
bud between his teeth, biting down, and creating an even deeper pleasure.
“Yes, please, fuck me, Caleb,” she said.
Lucy wasn’t above begging him for sex. She wanted him
badly.
“You’re going to come all over my face first, baby,
and then I’ll fuck you, not a moment before, and you’re not going to stop me
now.”
He bit down on her clit, sucking the bud deeper.
The pleasure and pain were equal, and even as she
wanted to push him away, she didn’t want him to stop.
“Yes, yes, yes, so good.”
Collapsing to the bed, she thrust her pussy against
his mouth, wanting what only he could give her.
“You’re my mate, Lucy. Whenever you want this pretty
pussy licked, come to me. I will lick this pussy until you’re screaming my
name.”
She’d only ever go to Caleb. He owned her body. He
owned every single part of her.
He nibbled her clit between his teeth, and that bite
of pain mixed with the pleasure sent her orgasm building even more.
“That’s it, baby. Come for me, give it to me.”
Gripping the blanket beneath her, she raised her pussy
against his face and gave him everything he wanted.
She came, shouting his name as he flicked her clit. He
wouldn’t stop even as she begged him to.
Caleb brought her to a second orgasm and a third
before he finally moved between her legs. She opened them wider for him to rest
between her thighs.
He aligned his cock to her entrance, and pressed deep
inside her.
Lucy moaned as his rock hard cock filled her deeply.
“Look at me,” he said.
She didn’t even realize that she had closed her eyes
before he gave her a warning.
He took hold of her hands, placing them beside her
head and smiling down at her. “Your pussy is so damn tight, gripping my dick.
This to me is home, Lucy. Whether you are good or evil, this is where I want to
be. But I know you, and I know you’re not evil, not even close to being evil.”
“You really believe that?”
“I know that. I know you. You’re not evil, and you’d
have stopped before you killed Patricia.” Caleb kissed her lips. “You’re a
better person than she is.”
She smiled. “I love you, Caleb. I don’t want to lose
you.”
“We’re mated, Lucy. You’re not going to lose me.” He
slid his tongue across her bottom lip, waiting for her to open up to him. “Give
me your lips.”
She gave him what he wanted, and knew in her heart,
she would die for the man above her. Caleb was her whole world, the very reason
she fought every single day to be better for him.
He thrust inside her going so deep. They were one, and
he slammed inside her, over and over again, fucking her hard. She held onto him
tightly. He wrapped his arms around her, and turned them so that she was over
him.
“What are you doing?” she asked.
“You’re going to ride me, baby, and I’m going to watch
you.”
Lucy gripped his shoulders as he moved her so that she
was astride him. He released her legs and cupped her tits, flicking his thumbs
across her nipples. She cried out as he pinched the bud on each of her breasts.
“I love your tits, baby. They’re so big and full.” He
licked his lips and leaned up, taking one of her nipples into his mouth. She
arched her back, loving his lips on hers. Both of his hands moved behind her
back, going down to grip her ass. “It’s time for you to ride me, baby.”
“I don’t know how.”
He kept hold of her hips, and started to work her up
and down his shaft. She bit her lip as he seemed to go deeper inside her.
“Just slide that sweet pussy over my dick, and ride
me. There’s no need to be embarrassed. It’s just you and me here, baby.”
She held onto his shoulders, and slowly started to
work her body up and down his shaft. Lucy closed her eyes, focusing on the
pleasure of him inside her.
The moment he touched her, she lost all focus and
opened her eyes to stare at him.
“I don’t want you going anywhere, baby. I want you
right here with me.”
“I’m here with you.”
“Then stay with me. Keep those pretty eyes on mine,”
he said.
She stared at him and made love to him throughout. He
touched her, caressed her, and stoked her pleasure, heightening her arousal
even more.
“You feel so good, baby. Ride me, mate. You’re my
mate, and I’ll protect you forever.”
“Yes.”
He held her hips, and started thrusting up inside her
as she fucked herself on his large cock. The pleasure started to build, and she
leaned down taking his lips.
“Fuck, baby, I’m not going to last.” He pounded up
inside her, and she wrapped her arms around him, holding as tightly as she
could.
“I love you,” she said.
“I love you, too, baby, forever and always.” He
slammed into her, and they came together. His cock pulsed his cum deep inside
her.
Collapsing against him, she rested her head on his
shoulder, touching his heart where it pounded beneath her fingers.
“That was amazing,” he said.
“I know.” She chuckled, and so did he.
“I’ve dreamed about this moment all the time.”
She looked up at him. “Me, here, in bed?”
“Yes.”
“My mom and dad, you know the real ones that gave
birth to me—they showed me that you’ve always been there for me, watching over
me.”
“All my life.”
“Yes, I didn’t know.”
“You believe you were supposed to be my mated woman
now?”
“I believed it when you marked me.” She ran her
fingers across his heart, outlining the shape.
“There’s something I want to talk to you about.”
Caleb had gone all serious, and she tensed up. “What
about?”
He stroked across her back, and she sighed, loving his
touch. “You don’t have to be afraid, baby.” He kissed her head. “Your mom and
dad showed up tonight. It was kind of freaky in a really cool way.”
“What did they say?”
“They told me what you can do in order to lose your
magic.”
She tensed up. Lucy had hoped that her parents
wouldn’t tell him about that. “What about it?”
“I don’t care
about if you’re a witch or not. We’ll take care of you, and we’ll love you. You
don’t need to worry about any of that. The pack is your family, babe. Don’t do
anything that will hurt you.”
“Innocent people will get killed.”
Caleb placed his finger underneath her chin. “I don’t
care as long as you’re with me.”
She couldn’t do that. “Can we drop this?”
“Without you, baby, I won’t be able to live. You’re my
mate. There isn’t anyone else in the world for me. I couldn’t live without
you.”
“We don’t need to worry about that right now, Caleb.”
He wrapped his arms around her. “I’ve only just gotten
you in my life, and I don’t want to lose you again.”
She closed her eyes, resting her head against his. “I
love you, and I’m not going to leave you.”
****
“Is she okay?” Guy asked.
Caleb looked across the market place to see Lucy and
Bianca sitting at one of the café table’s. It had been a week since he’d found
her in his bed. His parents were still waiting to hear back from some of the
pack about the possible covens. In the last week since Lucy had almost let go
and killed Patricia, her magic had been working perfectly. No matter what she tried
to do, she did it without a second thought. Everything she did terrified her
because there was no longer any struggle. Caleb figured it had to do with her
seeing her real parents and also the fact that she had witch and warlock magic
locked inside her.
“She is. She’s scared, and her powers are always
growing.” They had woken up last night to the entire bedroom spinning. Even his
parents had been trying to get to Lucy to wake her up. “Her powers are stronger
than anything I’ve ever seen. She’s scared all the time, but she knows how to
harness them as well.” She tried to hide her fear though.
“I’ve mated Bianca,” Guy said.
“I saw. You went at her, didn’t you?”
Guy chuckled. “My dad warned me we could be at war
with a coven of witches. I didn’t want to wait another moment. I love her.
She’s my mate.”
“I’m happy for you.”
“I hear Patricia has been punished by not be allowed
to turn come the next three full moons.”
“Yes. My father can control if a wolf shifts or not.”
It was a skill that Caleb was going to have to learn soon. With Lucy now living
with him, he’d not been doing his Alpha training. He couldn’t rid the feeling
of impending doom that consumed him whenever he was out with Lucy.
“I know. It’s fucking awesome to see.” They were both
staring across the marketplace at their women. He loved the fact men were there
but giving them a wide berth. Caleb couldn’t handle it if another man touched
her. His wolf was possessive, and he couldn’t handle anyone touching her. He
now understood what his father went through with his mother.
Over the years he’d witnessed his father growling as
men would so much as touch her shoulder to steady her.
“Patricia should have been banished,” Caleb said.
“Did you hear that her own parents wanted her gone?”
Guy asked.
“Yeah, she’s been lashing out at everyone. Woman’s got
anger management issues.” Caleb looked around the main town as the hairs on the
back of his neck seemed to stand on end.
“Do you feel that?” Guy asked.
“Yes.”
He looked around the main marketplace. They were
inside the center of Wolf Valley, and he looked around trying to find the cause
for the reason his wolf was pacing close to the surface. When he glanced down
at his arm, he saw the skin bubbling as if it was fighting to get out.
“No!”
Lucy’s scream was what he heard followed by a wave of
pain. Crashing to his feet, he hurt everywhere. His wolf was crashing about the
gate within his mind, trying to get out. Caleb couldn’t risk his wolf getting
out.
Suddenly, the pain was gone, and when he looked up, he
saw that Lucy was standing forward, a wall of protection covering the whole of
the town. Her hands were spread out, and with it, the wolves’ protection. He
couldn’t see anything, and Lucy chanted something, and then lowered her hands
to her sides.