Chapter Six

Athena POV

Shifting for the first time took us almost four hours and each one of them were excruciatingly painful. I felt every bone in my body break and pop out of place before they rearranged themselves under my skin each time taking my breath away. My skin began to itch profusely as patches of charcoal grey and pink fur sprouted out of my arms, chest and legs. Venus talked me through how to call her forward, but it was so much more difficult than she made it seem. I was ready to give up and admit defeat that I clearly wasn’t meant to have received her that she was sent to me by mistake until she leant me her strength and suddenly here I am. The feeling of the ground beneath our paws and the breeze through our fur felt amazing. My sight was sharper, my sense of smell so much stronger and my hearing well let’s just say I could hear a fair distance away.

“How do you feel” Venus asked having retreated to the back of our shared mind so that I could experience control for the first time in wolf form.

“Happy, worn out, exhilarated a mixture of things” I honestly didn’t know how I felt, it was too hard to pinpoint one particular feeling at this moment in time whereas normally I felt depressed or suicidal.

With everything that had happened in the last six hours from finding my mate to catching him embracing my sister to shifting I was completely overwhelmed.

“You will be ok Athena; you have me to help you now. You’re never going to be alone again, when you feel down, I will be here to lift you up. I promise you Athena we will beat the depression, together” I wanted to believe my wolf more than anything yet experiencing what I had within my life thus far, had me not keeping my hopes up.

“So, what do we do now?” I asked praying to the goddess that Venus would say we could just go home, back to the Moonlight Pack.

“Well, first take a gaze into the water so we can see how we look and then I’m afraid we must go back” 

I hated to admit it, but Venus was right, it was the last place on this earth I wanted to be, yet I knew we had to go back. Walking over to the edge of the lake I sat down and gazed into the water. I looked on in awe at how unique and beautiful Venus was. Her fur was a mixture or black and grey tones with patches of white and different shades of pink. Not once in my life had I seen a wolf like her, and I had seen a lot.

“Your markings are magnificent and the colour it’s beautiful” I could pull my eyes away from our reflection.

“As you can see, we are not a normal wolf Athena, we are a very special type of wolf. You see when the Moon Goddess created our kind she made different breeds, some with abilities some without. You are aware that Rita was created a moon protector, well she comes from just one kind of wolf. You also have the elemental wolves, normal wolves and then there is us. The guardian wolf”

“What the hell is a guardian wolf?”

“A guardian wolf is exactly that, a guardian. The moon goddess created us to be the protector of all wolves, in a way we are similar to the silver wolf however more powerful. Though unfortunately we won’t reach our full potential until marked by our mate’s”

“I’m sorry mates, as in plural?” Surely, I hadn’t heard her right.

“Yes, Athena we have two mates’, one of which you have already met. And though I know it hurt seeing him like that, I’m afraid we need him”

I couldn’t believe what I was hearing not only were we a special wolf, but we also had two mates. That kind of thing was incredibly rare, rarer than finding a second chance fated mate. I gave Venus back control so I could rest while she journeyed back to the Royal Kingdom, if I was going to have to face that cheat of a man, I’d need all the strength I could get.

When we finally arrived back Venus dropped my ballgown from her mouth and shifted returning her us to our human frame. Once dressed I headed up to my room only to find my mate waiting for me.

“What are you doing in here” I grunted refusing to look at him as I made my way to my bathroom growling as he stepped into my path.

“What you saw, it wasn’t what you think. I have an obligation to my family to my pack” his eyes were full of guilt; he didn’t want to have this conversation, yet he couldn’t prevent it.

“What obligation? You’re my mate how could you do that to me?” I was fuming yet shocked at the strength my voice held however I refused to let him see the hurt and pain behind my words.

“You wouldn’t understand. I’m sorry Athena but we can’t be together not now at least” he paused his hands rubbing over his face before looking back at me. “I’m sorry… I Axel Gemstone rej…” before he could finish his sentence, I sped in front of him placing my lips on his in a bid to prevent the rejection.

Axel gripped my arms pulling me away as his dark brown eyes stared into my blue eyes. I thought he was going to turn away from me and continue with his rejection, but to my surprise he didn’t. Instead, he spun us around pushing me against the cold wall moving one of his hands down my leg before pulling it up while using his other hand to tilt my head to face him. As he closed the distance between us my breath caught in my throat at the thought of him kissing me back.

Sparks igniting all over my skin causing a combustion of fireworks within me. I could feel myself becoming wet as the scent of my arousal began to fill the room. Axel could clearly sense it as he deepened the kiss before picking me up and carrying me to the bed. Gently laying me on my back he moved his kisses along my jaw and down my neck. I felt one of his hands slide under my ballgown and under the band of my panties. As he slowly inserted a finger into me a groan escaped my lips coaxing a lustful growl from Axel. He pulled away from me looking up at me before going lower down the bed and pulling my dress right up. He pulled my panties down slinging them to the floor before pulling my legs apart and kissing the insides of my thighs. This was the first time I had ever been touched in this way, my nerves filled my body thinking this was the night I would lose my virginity, and unlike my sister it would be to my mate. 

Before I knew it Axel’s face was buried between my legs his tongue flicking against my dampening slit. Another moan left my lips as I found my hands entangled in his hair holding him in place not wanting this feeling to end. I could feel myself becoming fidgety and wondered if this was what an orgasm felt like. Axel stopped what he was doing and looked at me as I moved his deep voice telling me to relax and let myself go as he put his mouth back to work. It wasn’t long until I felt warm juices run from my core accompanied by the most amazing feeling one of which had me seeing stars. Axel sat on his knees and just stared at me as if waiting for me to speak. I wouldn’t even know what to say at this moment as my words lodged within my throat with what had just happened. A look of conflicted on his face as if he was at war with himself and his mind. He didn’t say anything, instead he stood up and headed for the door. As he opened it and stepped through, he stopped giving me a quick glance before his eyes fell to the floor as he left closing the door behind him.

I was more confused now than I was when I saw him waiting here. He didn’t take virginity; he didn’t reject me, nor did he mark me. He wanted to I knew deep down he did but something was going on with his family and my sister which was preventing us being together. There was one thing I was now certain of, now I had Venus there was nothing to stop me getting what I wanted. I had seen but a glimpse of the light at the end of the tunnel and now I want it.

Axel’s POV

Why the fuck did I let that happen? I had fought every fibre in my body just to stay away from her only to cave the moment she kissed me. Seeing her again tonight after two years was hard enough, I thought my restraint had already snapped when I approached her at the ball, but now I’ve had a taste I just couldn’t get her out of my head.

“Why did you leave? Go back we need her not that blonde bimbo” Thor was seething with anger. Whilst we were with Athena, he was purring the entire time showing how content he was just being near her.

“You know why Thor; we can’t have her. I needed to reject her, I was going to, but she stopped me”

“Because she wants us you idiot” I just growled at Thor before shoving him to the back of my mind, my mum always called me an idiot when I fucked up so hearing him say the same thing pissed me right off.

I walked to the guest quarters which were located on the eastern side of the palace, this was where me and my father’s beta were staying for the next few days. When I opened the door, I was grabbed by my collar and thrown across the room only to come face to face with an angry beta. He was annoyed that I had disappeared from the ball in an effort to chase down Athena leaving Vanessa to lick her wounds after I left her standing there.

“You will learn your fucking lesson boy” He spat as his fist connected with my jaw making me stumble backwards.

I didn’t respond instead I jumped to my feet dodging his next attack. Landing a blow of my own to his stomach he dropped to the floor. I picked him up by his neck shoving him against the door using my wolfs strength to tighten my grip.

“You may be my father’s beta, but you will not talk to me like that. I am the next alpha inline so if you try something like this again, I will kill you” I dropped him to his feet and watched as he scurried out of my room. I may not hold the full alpha power yet, but I was still stronger than him whether or not I used my gifts against him.

Deciding a shower would calm me down I stripped out of the blue suit I was wearing leaving it on the floor. Checking the temperature was right I stepped in and proceeded with washing my hair. As I closed my eyes, I felt a pair of small arms snake round my waist. By the scent that had entered the room I knew it was Vanessa. She wasted no time in dropping to her knees as she took my cock into her hands whilst gently massaging it before putting it into her mouth. Fuck I knew it was wrong, but it felt so god damn good. I placed one hand on her head and the other on one of the walls of the shower to steady myself. When she was finished, she looked up at me whilst licking those pink plump lips of hers which sent me into overdrive. I grabbed her hand and dragged her into the bedroom throwing her onto the bed. I turned her onto her front pulling her onto all fours. Smacking her arse she growled as I thrusted my full length into her.