*LYCIA*‘Stay together.’At that moment I hadn’t realized it but my embarrassed father and my overprotective mother couldn’t bring it in themselves to say it to me directly that I should mate with Seff.As in they gave me permission to have sex with him for my own protection.Well of course this wasn’t something most parents would like but since my case was special they were specifically telling me to do it. I don’t think I would have realized what her words had meant if she hadn’t called me to her room once again to give me a very awkward talk about the birds and the bees all over again and that if I still didn’t want to be with Seff then she would surely find a way on her own to keep me safe.Even though I assured her that I was happy with this outcome, I think this had been the most tense I had ever been when talking to my mother.“That took you a while? Are you alright?” Seff’s voice scared me, making me look towards him peeping out of the spare room in front of mine.“Yes, I am a
*LYCIA*“Are you sure she still doesn't hate me?” Seff asked, leaning close to whisper into my ear making my mother’s glare intensify.She didn’t, I knew that but why did she behave like this if she had accepted him? Was there something that she was still worried about?It had been the next day and we had just settled down in the living room after breakfast waiting for the result of the rituals dad had performed yesterday.“Mom, I know that you hated Lycans because of something that happened in the past but I am sure you can see that Seff is different from them,” I said wanting to understand her now that we had crossed that hurdle of communicating with each other, “Is there something from your past that is still bothering you? If you talk about it then I am sure I can help you with that.”“It’s nothing you need to worry about and I still don't like Lycans but I don’t hate him,” she said, flicking her eyes away from Seff.She had yet again hurried away from giving a clear answer about
*LYCIA*‘Well it turns out that the bond does actually help.’ When Mom had said that she had sounded sad but I knew that she was happy when she came and hugged me and then whispered in my ear. ‘Make sure that you take him far away from here when you bond with him. I won’t tell you again but you have my permission.’That was embarrassing but I had taken heed of her words and brought Seff to a cabin far away in the woods away from my home. I had already taken a shower first and came out, changed into a dress and dried my hair while Seff took a shower now. Of course we both knew why we were here and I am sure we were both anticipating it but now that the time was finally here it was unbelievable.The bathroom door clicked open, making me look towards it to see Seff stare at me for a few seconds almost lost in his world. His gaze made me feel like he had been seeing me for the first time all over again. A sparkle of the fresh ocean reflecting in its depths as his eyes widened to take me i
*LYCIA*“Are you feeling alright?” Seff’s husky voice whispered to me as I felt him press a kiss to my cheek.I felt a smile appear at his words and as I turned around to look at him I lost the smile. A searing pain ran through my back making me wince and groan. “I want to say that I am but after the back breaking fucking you gave me from yesterday till morning today, I don’t think I am in any position to say that.”“I am sorry,” he said, his face contorted in worry and guilt as he saw me slowly pull my aching body into a sitting position. “Can I do anything to help?”“I would have told you to make me a healing potion but since you can’t do that I’ll somehow bear through this until we go home. I am sure once I take that I’ll be fine.” I said, making him frown and all of a sudden I could feel my own heart squeezing with sadness. But I wasn’t exactly sad…?“Seff, are you sad?” I asked, looking at him wide eyed, “Hey don’t be, I am fine. I would have done it all over again. That was the
*LYCIA* “What the heck are you yapping about? Are you crazy? Don’t listen to his words, Seff,” Esme laughed trying to dilute the situation but I could tell that Travis was serious in his suggestions.“No, it’s alright Esme you don’t need to defend me,” he said in response and taking my hand under the trouble he tightly held onto it making me look at him. His deep blue eyes were flicking between gold and blue and I knew he was angry.Clenching his hand back I tried to assure him that I was here for him and the touches seemed to work as he glared at Travis with bluer eyes and stated, “What we do or do not do doesn't concern you. I am Lycia’s mate and I will be her husband too. As long as she wants me I‘ll be anything for her but if you try to interfere in between our bond and take her away from me then I will be forced to do something about it. You shouldn’t underestimate me.”“Just saying that you would be anything to her doesn’t give you the qualifications to be that.” Travis argues
*LYCIA*Seff was livid.His body transformed on his own as his eyes shone golden and without a second thought he jumped off the ground and struck at Alora with his claws making a gash appear on her arm that she had used to protect herself.“What the fuck is wrong with this dog! Lycia, control your pet!” she shouted and then threw him off herself using her magic.“He is not a dog! He is my mate, stop insulting us and apologize for what you did,” I said, wishing for Seff to stop. Mom wouldn’t like it that he was fighting with her sweet sister.The magic didn’t work on Seff much as he rushed towards her once again. The magic Alora used on him only weakly pushed him back but didn’t hurt him as he struck at her with his claws again.‘Seff let her be, please’ I spoke to him in his mind but Seff ignored me and once again he used his claws to strike at her, this time breaking her barrier and throwing her to the side of the room with his giant paws just as she had done to me.Alora fell agains
*LYCIA*“I still don’t think we should be taking them with us,” Mom worried as she looked at both Seff and me ready and waiting in the living room.“I understand why you are worried, dear but Lars will need them to understand their connection with the spirit. We will have to take the risk,” dad said, going over the same conversation for the hundredth time since yesterday.“Don’t worry ma’am,” Seff said stepping forward, “I will protect Lycia, besides the mate bond is also there so you wouldn’t have to worry as much as before.”“Yeah, Mom and I are capable of taking care of myself too. I have grown stronger, maybe not as much as you two but I can handle myself,” I said, trying to assure her that everything would be alright.“You promise to stick next to me and not wander off on your own?” she asked, still a little agitated but she looked a lot calmer than before.“Yes, “I promised, letting her pull me into her embrace.“Fine I will trust you two but if something happens to you then be
*LYCIA*It had taken us around an hour more to find Lars' house and when we had reached there we found that he had been waiting outside for us to let us in through the protection dome he had built around his small house.He had ushered us in his small house and made us sit, finally taking a seat on a chair adjacent to Dad.Now that we had settled, I finally got the chance to examine him closely. Long tresses, raven and lustrous framed a thin bony face with slender eyes, deep set and peering at us with joy.“I can’t believe it has been so long since I last saw you! You haven’t aged a day,” Dad cheered, making me wonder just how long it had been since this man had looked this old.“Oh you shouldn’t flatter me, I always looked like an old man but years had always been kind to you and they still are,” he said and then flicking his eyes towards Mom he smirked, “Or does love help you maintain that youth?”“As brash as ever, huh?,” Mom muttered and this time I couldn’t stop myself as I blur
(6 years later)*LYCIA*Blinking open my eyes I yawned and turned my head to the side to find that my husband and adorable mate was already staring at me.“Good morning,” I mumbled, making him kiss me.“Morning beautiful,” he said against my lips.“How long have you been staring at me, you creep?” I asked with a chuckle, realizing that it was still early in the morning.“Long enough to get me hard,” he said, swiftly turning us over so that I was now sitting above him as he clamped onto my thighs that were stretched out on his either side, with my crotch directly in line to his cock.“Seff!” I admonished him hitting his chest as I felt all sleep vanish from my mind with the straining hot dick I felt through the soft cotton of his boxers. The loose t-shirt I was wearing over my boy shorts moved out of the way leaving us touching directly save for our underwear.“What? I thought you promised that we would do something naughty today,” he said and I realized that he must have been looking
*LYCIA*"I can't believe you would be the first one to get married among all of us," Esme said, adjusting my veil so that it framed my face better."Hey, don't forget you were the one who wanted me to get into a serious relationship. I merely adhered to my best friend's request," I said, making her pout at me."Don't think that just because you made me your bridesmaid I will forgive you for keeping that secret about the spirit from me," she said, clicking her tongue in disapproval. "That isn't something you hide. You should always come to me first when something happens. I want to be there for you.""I've already apologized a million times for it. Please let it go for today," I groaned, her action reminding me of Reemus. The two were similar in that they both held a mean grudge.She grinned at my expression and then, facing forward, she said, "By the way, you look really sexy! Seff is going to lose his mind."Suddenly, there was a cough behind us, making her look embarrassedly at my d
"Give me some space and move as far away as you can," he said, motioning for us to stick to the walls and keep our distance."Are all magicians this strong?" Seff asked in my head. "I feel like every witch and wizard that I have seen so far are phenomenally strong.""No, I think it's just Lars who can get off a hospital bed and start to wield such strong and difficult magic like that," I said in slight awe at the power he held."Alright, I will start now. Don't try to intervene in between," he said, and then closing his eyes, he started chanting a spell in the old witches' language.Electricity crackled in the air around him as the clothes on his skin started to lift in the air from the waves of magic that he was sending out from him. Slowly, he was lifted off the floor, and just when we thought something would happen, he was plopped down to his feet, making him open his eyes and shake his head."Ah, I think I have become a little rusty not having used magic in so long. Don't worry, j
*LYCIA*So maybe I was wrong. The reason why Mom wasn’t worried wasn’t because she had been hiding her fears; it was because she had been working on it. So far, she had put ten tracker witches on Alora’s case to find her, and although they hadn’t been successful, she had been putting all her time and energy into bringing her out of whichever hold she had been hidden in.“It feels weird to be back here,” I commented from my spot on my bed, where I had been lying flat on my belly while Seff was seated on the sofa of my room, holding a cushion to his chest and taking in the room.We had decided to stay the night at the palace yesterday after the ceremony and had only returned back home just two minutes ago after having breakfast with Roz and freshened up.“Yeah, it does, but also kind of nostalgic and comfortable,” he said, picking at a stain on the wall of my lipstick form when I had once thrown it at him, and the stick had smeared red on the wall. “I can’t believe so much time has pass
*LYCIA*There was a still silence that hushed the people as they stared at the scene before them.“Your Highness,” the priestess started at the sudden change of the happy scene. “We shouldn’t do something like this on such a joyous occasion like today.”“It is exactly why it should be done today, in front of all these people, to show them their fates if they were to try to harm the crown and the royal family,” Roz said, his voice naturally reaching far and wide even without the microphone as people listened in on what their feared leader had to say.“But this is an auspicious occasion, shedding blood today…?” The priestess trailed off hesitantly, voicing her thoughts and those of the others who had been raptly looking at the scene before them.“Are you questioning your king right now?” Seff asked, looking over at her with a raised eyebrow.The question chilled my blood; there was rage behind it that couldn’t be masked even with the calm demeanor he had used to ask those words. He abho
*LYCIA*My heart felt like it would beat out of its cage and run all the way back to Amoret. Amoret was a small coven, so its population was small too, but with the way things had been in Darrow, I didn’t know how to face such a gigantic crowd.“Nervous?” Mom asked, coming to my side where I had been waiting to be called to greet the crowd of Darrow.“How could I not be? There are more than a thousand people out there waiting to see me, and millions more watching me back at their homes,” I said, feeling the anxiety eat at my nerves. "I knew what was coming for me, yet when I peeked out and saw it in reality, it was unbelievable. I can’t believe I am a part of the royalty of such a big kingdom."“Regretting being mates with that boy now?” she asked with a wicked smile on her face. She was teasing me and enjoying seeing me squirm, as if taunting me to have listened to her and stayed within the protective walls of the coven.“Never,” I admitted, “I almost died, fought a crazy manic culti
*LYCIA*"So you finally got rid of the Luna training, huh? Wasn’t this a bit extreme, though? You didn’t have to go and risk your life for it."At the words, I turned around to finally see the man who had been missing since yesterday after our return."Reemus! Where have you been?" I asked, rushing towards him. I had wondered about his whereabouts a few times but had forgotten to ask Seff about it."While a certain someone freed herself, I am still bound by my duties to get the Luna ceremony prepared for her," he said with a sigh. Then, with a small smile, he let go of his pretenses of being annoyed and said, "It's good to see that you are fine. I heard what happened, and it must have been really scary for you.""Of course, almost getting transformed into a chimera with my mate wasn’t the most pleasant of thoughts," I joked. But even as I said it, I felt my bile churn at the thought of it actually happening."Spare me from having to imagine that again. If that human hadn't already bee
*LYCIA*They knew.It was apparent by the silence that we now sat in after having just finished our lunch. We had been late because of obvious reasons, and by the time we came, dessert was already served to Dad and Roz, making us quietly hurry through our meal."Since we couldn’t talk while having lunch together," Roz said, looking at the two of us pointedly, "We should continue our conversation in the sitting room."Oh my goodness, I could see it from his gaze that he knew we were late because we were busy fucking each other.‘This is so embarrassing,’ I said, following King Roz to his sitting room, who was now talking to Dad again.‘Is it? I feel quite content, though,’ Seff grinned, glowing from the post-orgasmic bliss.‘Don’t joke about it! I can’t even look Dad in the eyes,’ I said, groaning as I remembered Dad politely smiling at me when I walked in and apologized for being late. ‘We should have stopped right there in the bathtub. Why did you have to seduce me to do it properly
"Lycia! Oh, my goddess! You are back!" Dad's worried voice fell on my ears like a salve, and tears spurted to my eyes like those of a child. I turned around to let him gather me in a hug."My sweet child, I am sorry. It's all my fault. Are you alright?" he asked, his shaky hands reluctantly pulling away from me to look me over. I could see in his eyes that even as I stood there, he found it difficult to believe that I was before him, safe and sound."Why are you covered in soot? Did she try to burn you?" Roz's aggravated voice roared out his anger and concern as he grabbed Seff by the shoulders and turned him around to check on him."We are fine, but let us talk about everything after Lycia and I take a bath," Seff said, pointing at his attire and our state."Yes, of course, but first, tell me, are you both hurt anywhere else besides this?" Dad asked, still anxious as he examined my burnt hands. He didn't wait for my response as he closed his eyes and started working on healing my han