(Book 3)- Chapter 70
Willa’s POV
After the adrenaline slowly left my body, I began to understand everything I saw. It was so much b***d and c*****e. The crisp figures lying in the courtyard made my stomach churn. I had not grown up with so much violence and this being my first battlefield was shocking, and I knew I was not made for this kind of life. Now that Orion was back with my family and me by my side, I could finally relax.
Until the dang coronation.
Violet was safe, we were safe, and it was all said and done. Letting out a large sigh, Orion put his hand on the small of my back. My father started directing orders for my brothers to check for anyone left alive around the area and take care of it before anyone healed.
“Let’s get you home, Darling,” Orion spoke as he waved for Horus to come around. Horus stood triumphant as he licked his lips after obtaining a coven witch in his belly. A few glides later, he stood before us and leaned his neck down. I mounted first with Orion’s help, and he sat behind me, holding my waist. Horus walked through the barrier that was now crumbling, and there stood behind us was a large stone structure of what was the B***d Coven. The glamour spell had broken. It was attached to a great stone wall that had been there for centuries.
“This building connected to the wall served as border control between the two nations during the Shifter War. The Vampires’ nation is on the other side; it’s best to steer clear of them now.” I hummed in acknowledgment, not wanting to have a history lesson at the moment. I still had to store the memories of what happened just this afternoon, and that was going to take a bit to get over.
Horus took to the sky, and with long gentle strokes of his wings and took flight. The scales shone brighter as he ascended the clouds. “You know, you are still not without punishment.” My body stiffened a bit at his words. “I told you to behave, and you deliberately put yourself in danger.”
“I think you liked it that I disobeyed you; I think you wanted to spank me,” I chided. His grip around my waist grew tighter as his lips brushed my ear.
“I would love nothing more than to spank you but what you did deserves more than that,” his voice was husky and low as he bit my ear a little too hard. I immediately clamped my legs around Horus’ neck, and he started growling lowly. Orion let out a loud laugh as he kissed the temple of my head.
Once we arrived close to the palace, we saw Cricket running around with Elaine. She looked happy, healthy even. Her smile was wide, and her skin had lost the terrible grey color. Her wings were out as she showed Cricket how to use them to make him run faster since his wings were not large enough to fly.
“That’s it!” She laughed heartedly as he began flapping feverishly. “Keep going!” Cricket saw us in the sky as Horus started his descent in the front courtyard. The flowers and leaves blew, causing petals to fly about as he landed. Horus kept his talons in as he landed in the soft grass, being sure not to destroy the lawn.
“Willa!” Cricket screamed as he hugged my legs. “You found my mama!” I hugged him tightly as Eamon and Brenden approached.
“Eye, that she did,” Eamon bragged. “And to think all she did was save the boy from getting his hand cut off by the baker.” Elaine gasped as she grabbed hold of Cricket again.
“What happened?” she cried.
“It was nothing,” I sighed as I pet Cricket’s head. “The orphanage didn’t have enough money for food, but we made sure it was corrected. Cricket was just trying to feed the younger children.” Elaine kissed Cricket’s cheeks calling him his brave boy while he tried to push her away.
“Not around my friends, mama!” Elaine’s eyes looked into the distance as if she was looking for someone.
“It was Sibille, wasn’t it? She taxed them heavily, didn’t she?” Orion grabbed me by the waist with one hand and rubbed my arm with the other. I nodded my head solemnly as she clutched one hand to her chest.
“I’m sorry,” I nodded in confirmation.
“Is she…?” Orion put me behind him as he stepped forward.
“She is no longer with us,” he put his arm over his heart and bowed slightly. Elaine gripped him tightly into a hug while Orion stiffened. Elaine let out a few tears clutching on Orion, and nodded into his chest.
“It was for the best.” Wiping a few tears, Cricket came up and wrapped his little arms around Elaine. Petting his hair lovingly, she grabbed his hand and smiled. “Let’s go inside, hmm? Papa will be back soon.” Cricket jumped excitedly and started to race to the palace while Elaine walked after him.
My shoulders slumped as she walked away. Elaine had been through so much and now dealing with the loss of a daughter that wanted nothing more than to obtain the power her father wanted.
The suns were setting as the warriors and began emerging from the trees. Some were bloodied from battle, but their wounds were healing. They weren’t healing as fast as the werewolves, but they would be good as new in time. The wolves had left to go back to their pack to prepare for the upcoming coronation ceremony here at the palace.
More stress. Yay!
As we walked in, there was chaos running through the hallways. Several maids and butlers were running with flowers, linens, bedsheets, candles, and one group of men was carrying an entire throne. Orion rolled his eyes and pulled me towards our hallway.
“What’s going on?” I questioned as he continued to pull me while I watched the chaos. One woman dropped a stack of plates that crashed to the floor. Nissa came running by and checked the maid before her voice changed an octave higher. “Quick! Someone needs to go to the pottery store and have fifty royal plates made. They must be in light mint green! I don’t care the price!” Two servants left while another group swept up the mess.
“Now that the threat has been done and over with, my mother is a bit frantic trying to prepare the Coronation and Binding Ceremony. The guest wings need to be prepared, decorations need to be hung, and food. Gods the food,” he whined. “I forgot to have you pick your favorite flavor sponge cake for a surprise.”
I gave him a disgusting look, “are you serious right now? I know I love food and all, but we just got back from the worst b***d bath I had ever seen, and you are worried about my favorite sponge cake?” Lifting one of my incredulously, Orion rubbed his forehead.
“Your right,” he sighed.
“But if you are asking,” I chimed in, “almond flavor with the strawberry syrup and chocolate shavings.” Orion chucked, “aaaand whipped cream.”
We found our family hallway swarming with maids. There was a new plush white carpet laid down the hallway. Enormous flowers were flanking each doorway. They were beautiful blues, purples, and even hints of yellow in every bunch. Tiny pixies were dusting each petal with small pieces of glitter, and when the light caught the tip of one, its sparkle touched the high ceilings with light.
The aroma also filled the hallway as we walked by each bouquet. We headed to our room where dinner was waiting for us, but I still had not seen my father or brother’s return. I hadn’t seen anyone besides Brenden and Eamon. “Where is Fionn?” I asked. Orion opened the door and led me to our private dining room, and had me sit down.
“Marsha was stabbed by Sibille,” I gasped while Orion lifted the covering to my food. To my surprise, it was a large steak, just like the one I had at the Shifter Dragon’s territory. My heart wanted to burst; he remembered how much I loved eating steak. His plate was filled with the same along with mashed potatoes and asparagus.
“Marsha is healing well; she will be up and ready for the ceremony. Fionn is with her.” Orion took his fork and pointed to my food, “please eat.” His demeanor went cold as I began cutting and eating my food. I wanted to ask about the others, but the mood of the room didn’t allow it.
Little m***s left my lips as I tasted my medium-cooked steak. I wondered if Horus thought Prinna tasted like a steak? I snuffed a giggle as Orion eyed me suspiciously. Clearing my throat, I began eating again. Someone is in a mood.
I patted my lips when I was done and touched one of the petals on the flower arrangement on the table. I couldn’t get over how soft it felt. Orion sat there, staring at me like a hunter to prey. His eyes weren’t the deep amber color but instead covered in black. Orion stood up without warning, startling me as he walked to the door. Sitting dumbfounded, I sat as he opened our bedroom door.
“Go shower,” his voice was low as I slowly got up; my eyes never left his as he held the door and ushered me in. Orion walked to our large window; the moon was climbing high. I grabbed my nightwear and walked to the bathroom. A few light sprites flew by the window, letting trails of glitter and sparkle fall to the ground. Orion stood there, hands behind his back, while gazing over the sea as he waited for me to leave the room.
Shutting the door quietly and stripping out of my clothes, I felt a slight shiver. The room felt colder than usual, but maybe it was because Orion was sore with me. I disobeyed him by going off and finding him, but I wasn’t just going to sit and wait while I felt his pain. Besides, I had Horus with me; he wouldn’t let any harm come to me. “I helped,” I whispered to myself while I checked the temperature of the water.
Three heads rained down warm water as I entered. I was grateful that my monthly had slowed down to a barely-there trickle. Today’s stress made my body suck whatever I had in me back up into my body. My own body thought I would need all the b***d I could get because I was going to die. There you go; my own body couldn’t even trust me.
I sighed heavily, my body facing the wall as my hair became drenched with water. The cold shiver I had returned. My ears perked up, and I felt a few scales release on my body when I felt a warm hand wrap around my stomach and another around my throat. My body relaxed slightly. Tingles erupted on my skin.
Orion’s e******n was pressed up against my butt; he moved in closer, almost burying it between my a*s. I was pushed up against the shower wall, my n*****s tightened as the coolness of the wall shutter around me. Orion’s lips brushed up against my ear while he tightened his hand around my neck. “You disobeyed me, Darling.” His breath was ragged as the hand on my stomach now lowered and traced my inner thigh. My body shuttered while I let out a breathy m**n.
Feeling Orion’s lips smirk on my skin gave me whole new wetness to my p***y. “Now, I want you to call me, ‘Sir,’ you lost your privilege to call me daddy.” I whimpered. The hand caressing my inner thigh left me cold as he pulled away, and instead, a large smack was left on my a*s. The wet skin and the echo of the shower made it sound worse than what it really was. His grip on my neck was tight, but it was delightfully so. It turned me on more the way he had control.
That was one of the many things I loved about Orion; he knew how to push my buttons. Orion could take complete control and let me experience things and know he would never hurt me. I didn’t have to think, only feel the pleasure he was giving me.
Another smack woke me from my thoughts as he bit down on my mark. Trickles of red trailed down to my naval as the spike of pleasure was felt at my core. My legs wanted to give out, but he turned me around quickly. “What happened to my strong little queen?” He gruffed before he impaled his tongue in my mouth. His k**s was painful, pleasurable, and so damn hot. My hands left my body as I went to put my hands in his hair, only for him to grab hands and put them above me. The water trickled down our bodies as I struggled to get free.
“You are mine, Darling.” His other hand went straight to my a*s and squeezed it tight. “If I say not to follow me into a battle, you listen.” Another smack echoed through the shower. “You are not to c*m,” he growled as he grabbed my leg and threw it over his h*p. In one quick thrust, he entered me. It was painfully delicious as he thrust into my weepy core.
The head of his c**k and the position he was holding me hit my g-spot just right. It was rough, intense and I wanted to cream all over him. If we weren’t in a shower, I would have been just as wet from sweat. He was relentless; his muscles tightened as his chest rose and fell with his heated breaths.
“Orion, please,” I begged but was met with another slap under the leg he was holding. My other leg was becoming weak, trying to hold myself up. “What do you call me,” he f****d me harder. In and out and pushed until another slap, more brutal than the others, came down on me.
A m**n left my lips, “Sir, please,” I begged quietly, and that devilish fae smirk fell on his lips.
“Not yet,” he f****d me three more times until he pulled out. His c**k was glistening with juices. It bobbed as he turned me around. The bench in the large shower was to our left as he forced me over. “Hands-on the bench and bend over,” before I could spread my legs, he was already inside me.
His claws lengthened as I felt them scratch my skin. “Holy s**t, baby,” his legs started shaking. His resolve was wavering; he was going to come, and my body was begging, no pleading with me to let it go. Holding it on, I let out a frustrated scream. My clit was pounding; I was surprised he couldn’t feel it on his own c**k as he slipped in and out of me.
“Please!” I cried again as I held onto the bench. He was just too damn good. Orion yelled out my name over and over as I felt him rip ropes of his c*m inside me. He came so hard.
I swore I could feel it in my throat. Orion’s thrust became longer and slower; my p***y was frustrated as it tingled for a release. He came before I could, and I wanted to hit him for it. He left me high and dry!
But I did disobey him; I gritted my teeth. I kept quiet; my body demanded it as his flaccid c**k fell out of me. I kept my hands on the bench, waiting for his following command. My a*s was sore from the hefty slaps on my skin. Orion’s chest leaned on my back while I kept my body hunched over, “such a great job you did,” he cooed, “taking your punishment like the queen you are.” He kissed my shoulder, and my knees buckled, getting ready to land on the hard floor. Once my knees hit, I fell into something soft. Orion had placed a towel so my knees wouldn’t get bruised. If I wasn’t so angry, I would think it would be the sweetest thing.
“Since you did so well, I think I’ll reward you,” feeling the tip of something vibrating made me straighten my back. Orion pushed the foreign object in my body; it felt like an average p***s but not the warm c**k I usually felt. Between being on the edge of an o****m and the vibrations of this object moving in and out of my body, I crashed. I crashed and burned like the witches from the B***d Coven. I let out a battle cry as Orion’s grip held onto me as he continued to pump it in and out of my p***y.
I felt another wave crash down on me while he held me up. Once it passed, he pulled it from me. From a glimpse of it, I saw nothing but a blue vibrating fake c**k. As much as I enjoyed my release, I wanted Orion, not a damn substitute. Plus, it wasn’t as big as my mate.
“Behave, and you can c*m on the real thing, my Darling.” I sighed, defeated as he pulled me to sit on the bench.
Orion washed my hair as I worked on regaining my strength from the strenuous activity. Who knew standing there to get f****d would wear you out so much?
He combed my hair and dried it all while drying both of our bodies. He carried me with one arm around my back and one under my legs and led me to the bed. One of his freshly cleaned tunics was laid out, and he put it over my head, so he could tuck me in. Orion didn’t put on anything and scooted behind me, holding our exhausted bodies.
Trails of his k****s on my shoulder made me hum in contentment. “Tomorrow will be a busy day, Darling. I need you to get plenty of rest and enjoy yourself tomorrow.” I hummed, half listening. I was halfway to dreamland before I felt his c**k rub up against my a*s while the other hand grabbed my breast as we both fell asleep.