Beyond Beta's Rejection

Harper

My eyes snapped open to darkness. I was back on the bed, but I knew I was still not alone as my eyes swiftly adjusted to the dark and the first thing I saw was a dark shadow towering over me. I lashed out on instinct seconds before realising that the shadow was Elias.

“Ouch,” he grumbled as I knocked him off the bed.

“Shit.” I jumped off the bed after him in panic. “f**k, Elias. I’m sorry,” I said as I reached him. He chuckled in response and pulled me onto his knee while I tried to fuss over where I had hit him on the face.

“Well, we know your reflexes are still all good,” he said as he nuzzled into me. I leaned into him allowing his sea salt and mint scent to wash over me and calm my rapidly beating heart.

“I’m sorry,” I said again, “I just freaked out.”

“What was it about?” Elias asked and I turned to look at him.

“What was what about?” I asked.

“The nightmare,” he said, “I woke you because you were distressed.”

“Oh,” I fumbled for an answer. For some reason, I didn’t want to tell him about the little visit I had. Like he would be angry or offended or something. “I’m not sure if I can remember.”

“Liar,” Elias scoffed, “You forget I can feel you, my beautiful mate. Even now you are still on edge.” I sighed, knowing he was right.

“I think it was one of the demons, the horsemen ones,” I said and then rolled my eyes. “Goddess, it sounds stupid as f**k when I say it. I mean how are we even talking about horsemen from hell.” I buried my face into his chest and took a deep breath of his scent. The sensation of it began to surround me like a blanket. First comforting me and bringing me back to myself. But then it flowed deeper to a more intimate space in me. I could feel myself awaken, or my inner me. The one that wanted to role in Elias’ scent and let him devour me. I felt a low growl, almost like a purr, in my throat as I clung to Elias.

“You were visited by a horseman?” I had only just felt Elias’ body stiffening in my increasingly distracted state. I looked up into his eyes and saw concern in them. I turned and straddled his legs and nuzzled into his neck and laid a gentle k**s against his mark, humming against it as I did. His hands wrapped around me, pulling me in tighter.

“Harper,” Elias said while clearing his throat a little, “I think we need to talk about what happened in your dream. Do you think it was a dream? Or an actual visit?” I nibbled his neck, drawing the skin lightly between my teeth. I didn’t want to talk about my dream right now. The more I touched him, the more I shook away the heavy weight of the dream, and then the more I could feel a new type of energy flowing through me. I felt like I could feel liquid gold running through my body.

“Harper, baby.” Elias’ voice had deepened and become gravelly. I smiled at the effect that my touch was having on him.

“Mmm,” I breathed into his ear as I kissed up his neck. His scent felt stronger than ever and Maya yipped inside my head in excitement. Elias g*****d against me as he buried his head into my neck and my skin became alive at the touch of his lips. He worked his way up my neck to my mouth with growing urgency. Whatever this new feeling was, it was obvious that Elias could feel it as well. Our lips crashed together, and I felt Elias’ tongue delve into my mouth. I greeted it eagerly and ran my hands in his hair, gripping tightly.

Elias wrapped his arms tighter around my waist and moved to his knees before hoisting us both up. I wrapped my legs around his waist as he walked us the very short distance to the bed. He pulled away from our passionate k**s before I was ready and I growled in protest as I tried to recapture his lips, but he pulled himself completely out of my grip and I frowned up at him.

“What’s wrong?” I asked as he smiled down at me. A slow grin crossed his face, and he dropped to the floor again, on his knees in front of me.

“Don’t think that I am too far gone to know that you are avoiding my question,” he said, and I shrugged a little and gave him a sweet smirk. I could tell by the way his grin grew he wasn’t buying it.

“But,” he said as he began to trail his finger up my bare thighs, “I am happy to make you pay for your avoidance a little.” The carnal look that flashed through his eyes sent a thrill down my spine. He continued to watch me as he leaned in to lay the faintest of k****s on my thigh where his finger had been seconds before. I could feel the buzz from his lips as he made his way up the inside of my thigh, one feathery k**s at a time. I tried to hold still, to keep my composure, but each touch seemed to send an increasingly strong current through my body.

“Elias,” I gasped as his fingers brushed against my panties. I tried to push against their delicate touch but Elias just grinned wider and moved them away.

“Patience my beautiful mate,” he whispered as his mouth met his fingers at my core. I could feel the warmth of his breath as he ran his nose against the edge of my panties.

“Mmm, you smell amazing,” he breathed, “I can’t wait to taste you.” I let out a frustrated m**n.

“Elias,” I pleaded. I hated the tease, but loved it at the same time.

Elias hooked his fingers into my soaked panties and pushed them to the side, exposing my p***y to him. He looked up at me again, his eyes flitted between his own and the black of his demon, before finally settling on his inky blues.

“Mine,” he growled before lowering his head between my thighs. His fingers spread my lips before I felt the warmth of his tongue on my aching clit. I gasped at the jolt of the mate bond and my arms gave out and I dropped backwards onto the bed. I must have moved too far because I heard a growl seconds before Elias hooked his arms around my legs and pulled me to meet his mouth before burying his head into my sensitive p***y. I gripped the sheets as I felt the edge of the pleasure rushing through my body fast approaching. I wasn’t aware he had let go until I felt his fingers push into me. It was enough for me to crash over the edge into sweet oblivion as the o****m rocked through my body and I clasped my thighs around his head as I came, crying out his name.

Elias didn’t let up and continued to circle my clit and work his fingers inside me, making the waves of pleasure continue to crash over me. I pulled on his hair to pull him away from my now sensitive state and he lifted his head grinning at me.

“Oh, we are not done yet, baby,” he said as he hooked his fingers into my panties and slid them down my legs. He kissed his way up my stomach and onto my chest, pushing the t-shirt I had on as he went. I tried to sit back up, but he pulled my t-shirt off over my head before pushing me back flat onto the bed again. Elias settled himself between my legs and I felt his hard c**k rub against my slit. I couldn’t even remember when he had removed his boxers, or even if he had boxers on. He towered over me and grinned down at me before lining himself up against my entrance. A soft look came over his face as he stared down at me.

“My goddess, you are beautiful,” he whispered, “I really do love you.” Before I could speak he met my lips with his and swallowed my returning words of love into his mouth. He plunged his tongue into my mouth at the same time as thrusting his hard c**k inside me and I cried out against his tongue. I didn’t have time to adjust to him before he seemed to lose all sense of control and began to drive himself repeatedly into me. I wrapped my legs around his body and bucked my h**s to meet his powerful thrusts. I could already feel another wave of pleasure arriving and knew this one would be more powerful than the last. Elias broke the k**s and I could tell he was straining to hold control. Our eyes met for a brief second before I buried my head into his neck.

“Let go,” I panted in his ear. “Please, Elias.” The demon danced along the edge of his consciousness, looking for a way in. I didn’t know how I could feel it but I could. It was like a darkness in his energy and I pushed against it. In my mind I told the demon to stand down and he did. I knew Elias felt it. I felt a shift in his body as the tension drained and his rhythm changed. I could feel the bond between us pulling us into one as he continued to drive into me. That was enough for me and I flew over the edge again with a cry. I gripped Elias as I felt him climax, his seed strengthening the mate bond between us. He collapsed on top of me and nuzzled into my neck, before lifting his head. He looked at me with a lazy smile on his face.

“Damn,” he whispered, “That was different. He listened to you, didn’t he?”

“Talk about taming the beast,” I said with a chuckle and Elias laughed. It was the first time in a while that I had heard him sound so free.

I was pulling him in for another k**s when there was a knock at the door. We both looked up.

“Now that you are done with your… ahem, rest,” Drake’s voice floated through, “We could do with your presence back in the library.” I squeezed my eyes shut with a g***n and looked back at Elias.

“I guess there really is no rest for the wicked,” I said and he grinned.

“Or the good apparently,” he replied with a wink. He pulled himself up and reached out for my hand. “Come on Angel, let’s get cleaned up and find out what is expected of us now.”