Warning! A bit of sexy time.

As we went back down the stairs my eyes drifted towards the path that was calling to me once again, but I decided to travel it tomorrow when we have time to. Right now I needed food and rest. It's been a long day and I still felt on edge from the discussion of the war.

I looked at Beatrice when she squeezed my hand a confused look in her eyes while they shifted over my shoulder towards the path I don't think she can see.

"You're looking in that direction again. Is there something there?" She asked softly slowing down so that we were now at the back of the group at the bottom of the stairs while they went off following Orrick towards another path that leads to the dining hall.

"There's a path there." I decided to tell her wanting to show my trust in her and that I need her opinion on it. "There's something down that path that's calling to me to follow it and I don't know why."

"Do you want to go now?" Beatrice asked though she looked worried the firm grip on my hand told me she would come with me down a path she couldn't even see. I nearly smiled at the knowledge that she trusted me just as much.

"Not tonight. Will you come with me tomorrow?" I asked her running my thumb over the back of her hand, loving the feel of it.

"Of course." Beatrice easily and quickly agreed. This time I didn't hold back my smile and I was happy when she returned it.

"Thank you." I told her happily.

"Come on, we have dinner to get to." Beatrice said starting to pull me down towards where the others went.

"I was wondering where you two went off to." Ashwini grinned strangely while her eyebrows wiggled when we walked into the large dining hall that was easily twice the size of the one back at the estate.

I awed at the size of the room before my gaze turned to the table where Ashwini was sitting. I gawked at all the amazing looking fruits, nuts, creams and food I've never seen before that were laid out over the table.

I followed Beatrice to the table slightly stunned. "This looks magnificent!" I exclaimed a bit belatedly making the others, beside Orrick who stood behind Georgia's chair, laugh.

"Sadly there's no meats because fairies are primarily vegan especially in a time like this, but the fruits and nuts will give you everything that you need." Georgia explained to us.

I smiled at her while Beatrice chuckled lightly. "Georgia, you should know that we don't even need to eat food if we don't want to. As long as we have blood we can survive without eating for years or even forever." Beatrice told her.

"True." Georgia agreed while nodding and laughing seeing her mistake.

"But it still looks amazing! I have goal to try all the different types of food in the world since I never got to eat anything more than rotting bread or moulding cheese when I lived on the streets." I told them while eagerly eyeing the food.

"I like the sound of that! So let's eat!" Ashwini agreed and at her signal we started plating the food until nothing was left. Ashwini and I had the largest portions in the group making the other two women laugh at us.

"I never knew you were such a pig." Beatrice giggled from beside me when I finished my piled plate rubbing my very satisfied stomach while my tongue sang out in glee at the tastes that continued to coat it.

"I've never tasted something so delicious." I told her seriously. "Well, besides for human blood, but that's a given."

Beatrice laughed again making me smile. We were both shocked when her hand came up and wiped something from my bottom lip. We both blinked down at the bit of juice on her thumb before I felt heat rise to my face and I saw her own flush in embarrassment obviously not meaning to do the affectionate act.

My throat thickened making me have to swallow a few times to clear it while I heard sneaky giggles coming from the other side of the table where Georgia and Ashwini sat. My eyes went to the knowing looks they held on their faces and I couldn't help but scowl at them, but that just made them giggle more.

I huffed softly at their teasing before my eyes turned back Beatrice to see her still looking at the juice on her thumb. My heart stopped in my chest while my mouth both dried and salivated at the same time as I watched her place that thumb into her mouth. Her eyes met mine a shivering, teasing light in her gaze.

My god...

I felt my fangs slide from my top jaw and my eyes brighten making everything come to astonishing clarity. The slightest flicker of soft pink slipping past her lips almost made it impossible for me to stop from jumping the woman in front of me. The memory of Beatrice on the ground beneath me resurfaced in my mind's eye. I was amazed by the need that reared up inside me at the memory. I need to see that again.

"If you'll excuse me, I am going to retire for the night. Will I be staying in the same room I usually do Orrick?" Beatrice asked in a calm voice that was the exact opposite of the screaming and howling I was doing on the inside while I clenched the table in a tight grip trying to fight against myself from marking her right there in front of everyone.

The fantasised image of me bending the silver eyed woman over the table and dribbling fruit juice and cream over her before leisurely licking everything up nearly had my control slashed to ribbons.

Whatever was in the air was making me feel delirious with need for this silver eyed woman.

"Yes my lady." Orrick replied just as calm.

"Good, then I will see you all tomorrow." Beatrice smiled at all of us kindly and I heard a slight crack and a release in pressure as my now clawed fingers bit into the wood of the table. She got up smoothly, elegantly, my eyes riveted to her unable, unwilling, to stray.

She left the room yet I was still staring. Her stunning figure stuck in my mind. I don't understand why I was still sitting there.

"What the hell are you waiting for?"

I wasn't even sure who said it but the next second I was out of the dining hall. All my senses concentrated on finding that one person I needed right now. I didn't even give a second glance towards the mysterious path at the base of the stairs when I passed it. I found her trail and a second later I was in front of a closed door in a section of the temple I don't even know how I got to.

I stopped in front of the door and tried to tame my wildly beating heart. It wasn't working. My beast side and the strange light side were too much in tune with knowing exactly what I wanted and needed after being so close to her for the whole day. The protectiveness and possessiveness I felt all day almost threatened my whole mental state. The way we were always somehow touching each other during the day definitely didn't help my need to be near her.

I knocked on the door, I don't even know how I managed to hold in the savage need enough to be able to have some sense to be courteous though I wanted to so badly to barge the door down and take what we both wanted.

But all thought of being polite flew out of my mind at the sight that answered the door.

No longer in her travel gown Beatrice stood like she was ready to have a bath. Completely and utterly naked underneath a thin, barely held together gown. She obviously knew it was me at the door because if she had answered dressed as she was to anyone else – I would have gouged their eyes out.

Pale skin that looked creamily smooth was shown just enough to tantalise. Her silver eyes brightened inhumanly as they looked up at me. Without her slightly heeled shoes on I found I was easily half a head taller than the beautiful creature in front of me. I found that I liked that.

"Yes?" She asked but it came out in a slightly strained hiss that told me she knew exactly what I was here for.

"Enough games, enough hesitation and enough distractions." My body was burning up and I didn't even flinch when my voice came out in a deep growl as I took slow, precise steps closer to what I wanted. Beatrice's eyes widened and a satisfaction appeared inside me when she took hesitant steps back.

I could hear her heart beat. See the flicker of it in the side of her neck. I could smell something that was just fundamentally her. And now I'm going to taste and touch and feel and devour.

I want to be rough. I want to mark and bruise and have her screaming for me, but the light side of my soul eased the savagery of my beast taking that little edge off to make me want to pet her until she purred for me instead. I will still mark her, still make her cry out for me, but I'll do it softly and slowly. So slow that it'll drive us both mad but when the end comes, much much later in the night, we'll be much more than just two individual souls with a want for each other. I'll have her and she'll have me.

I eased forward towards her. My heart now an easy thump in my chest as the beast inside calmed, wanting to play instead of just take. I would never hurt her, never, neither side of my soul would allow it even to be possible for me to do such a thing. But I knew that if my beast side had its way there would be a possibility I could hurt her, even if by accident.

A slow easy smirk crawled up my face with each step that I made Beatrice would take one back while her eyes never strayed from mine. I could see her fangs poking out, dimpling her bottom lip and it made my own lengthen while both our eyes glowed brightly. With barely a thought once I was in the room, the mana heeded to my will by closing the door behind me and putting out the fire in the stunning stone fire place that was set into the wooden wall right in front of the large four poster bed. Everything went dark except for the glow coming from our eyes. We didn't need the light though to see each other in perfect detail.

"Vaden..." She breathed and it nearly snapped the remainder of my control. With an iron grip though I held onto it, needing to be patient. I was amazed by the sides of Beatrice I was seeing while on this trip. From the calm, collected and strikingly intelligent Lady back at the estate, to the mischievous giggling girl who's willing to play, and now to a woman who knew what she wanted, how she wanted it and wasn't embarrassed in the least in showing it to me. She was panting while her glowing eyes were clouded in lust. I want to see more sides of this woman. I want to see them all no matter how long it takes.

Less than a second I had us chest to chest, my head slightly bent to be right in front of hers while with every breath we took our breasts brushed together. I was pleased by the feel of her hardened nipples poking at me through her thin robe. I wanted to feel them better against me. I needed to.

Without leaning away or breaking eye contact, with quick movements I released the ties keeping my vest together and allowed it to drop to the floor. My hands went to my belt that held up my sword, hunting knife and a few smaller throwing knives but they were stopped by her smooth ones.

"Let me." She said breathlessly while her fingers worked the buckle when my hands fell away. This was nothing like the times with lady Aviva and Sylvia. With lady Aviva I didn't know what was happening and ended up feeling played with. With Sylvia I felt like it was a way to bond with each other in a friendship kind of way and to make it easier to feed during. But this... this is what bedding someone was meant to feel like. With hundreds of emotions flying through your mind and body but none distracting you from the person that was right in front of you.

I growled lowly as her hand sneakily went down to my inner thigh so close to where I was burning the most yet she didn't even brushing against it. All she was after was the buckle keeping my hunting knife against my thigh. A second later my belt and its accessories joined my vest on the ground with a few thumps.

"You're still too dressed." Beatrice complained as her hands curled into my shirt and tugged it lightly.

"I can fix that, as long as I can fix your little over dressed problem too." I grinned at her rocking forward slightly making our breasts mesh against each other deliciously.

"You can fix my other problem as well while you're at it." Beatrice smirked right back using my shirt to press us more firmly together.

"I'll be happy to, my lady." I purred in her ear before in a blur I chucked my remaining clothes off followed by untying and pushing off the robe Beatrice had on.

I had to stop though to just look at the stunning specimen that was revealed from beneath that irritating cloth. Creamy, pale skin covered her whole luscious body that was tight and firm showing sleek muscles that spoke of her continued physical training. Her breasts were gorgeous orbs that were easily more than a handful capped with pretty pink nipples I couldn't wait to see turned red and puffy from attention. I hmm'd softly at the sight of the most dazzling part of Beatrice's body. Hidden slightly by a matter of black curly hair I could only see the outline of her outer lips, but I knew bellow that pretty hair was what I needed to see and worship tonight.

I could barely stop myself from getting onto my knees to get a better look. In a moment, I told myself as my eyes roamed back up her body to her eyes that were a lot brighter than before as they went over my own naked form.

"You are utterly captivating." I told her seriously while I felt myself giving her a soft and caring look. I went to her and breathed in deeply as I wrapped my arms around her naked form pressing her up against me. We fit so perfectly. As her arms went up around my neck I didn't bother to even try to stop myself from ducking my head till my nose could brush against the skin of her neck. I took in a deep breath through my nose, a hum of contentment vibrating through my throat. "Mine." I whispered to her before placing a sweet kiss to her skin.

Beatrice mmm'd at me and it made me smile against her as I continued placing kisses over her beautiful skin. Her arms curled tighter around me and I was amazed that we were just standing there in each other's arms. My beast side was totally okay that I wasn't ravaging the stunning, silver eyed beauty. If my beast had a physical representation, I could just see it lying on its back like a dog while its master petted its stomach. That's how I felt at the moment. I could just stay right in this moment forever. Lie, no, this was perfect and all, but I'd rather have her completely lax with pleasure in my arms before we started to cuddle.

My thoughts made me grin and this was the first time I allowed the beast side of my soul to have more control than the light side. I want its mischievousness in this moment.

Keeping Beatrice up against my body I allowed my hands to start wondering over her back. I heard her take in a sharp breath when my hands started their wondering and it turned into a breathy moan, barely perceptive if it wasn't for her being right beside my ear, when my hands went further down than up.

I hummed happily at the feel of smooth skin beneath my palms. I don't even know why it felt so good to touch her there, maybe it's just because I'm able to touch her, or maybe it's because she liked being touched there too. But either way, the pliant flesh of her backside that my fingers kneaded and teased felt delicious under my palms.

I started to walk Beatrice backwards once again before in a quick movement, my hands slid down to the back of her thighs and I picked her up. Instinctively her legs wound themselves around my waist, I felt completely surrounded by Beatrice and with the wet heat of her sex against the skin of my stomach, I couldn't help but shiver.

Her hands clenched tighter on my shoulders while she leant backwards a little so it was possible for us to look at each other in the eyes.

I looked up to see a goddess in my arms, my goddess.

"You have the beast in your eyes." She whispered but didn't sound afraid.

"The beast is a part of me now. I need to use every part of my soul if I want to protect you. Will you accept it? Will you accept me?" I asked her softly staring up into her glowing eyes.

"Yes. Will you accept me, even with all the mistakes I have made?" She asked back softly, this time sounding nervous.

I crawled up onto the bed, easily staying on my knees with her still in my arms before I softly, slowly, carefully laid her down onto the bed that was even softer than the feather bed at the estate. Beatrice kept her arms and legs around me as I hovered over her, keeping my weight off her with an arm beside her head while my other hand was slowly stroking the side of her thigh in a languid caress.

"I saw that you were perfect and fell in love with you. Then I saw that you weren't and I fell in love with you even more. I accept and welcome, and hope to continue to find, every perfect fault about you, Beatrice. You are mine."

Tears pooled in Beatrice's silver eyes while her hands clenched against the back of my neck pulling me down to her. I dropped my head till our noses brushed and allowed some of my weight down onto her sandwiching her between the bed and I.

"I love you, my Mate." I smiled at her before sealing my heartfelt words with a kiss.

I closed my eyes and found explosions lighting up the darkness. My body tingled everywhere Beatrice was touching me and I couldn't help but lay my total weight down upon her till it felt like we would start to melt into one. I growled into her mouth as I felt a startling awareness appear between us. I could feel what she was feeling and it intensified my own feelings when I could see that she returned everything I felt about her perfectly.

I pulled away from her, the both of us panting while we stared at each other and I just couldn't keep a stupid grin from my face as giddiness made my insides tremble.

"I'm so happy right now." I told her in awe while feeling her mind brush up against my own on a plane that was completely psychic.

Beatrice giggled and I could feel her own giddiness that matches my own. Her arms once again complete wrapped around me while she made me press her down further into the soft bed.

"I know. I can feel it." She breathed eyes bright and shining, but no longer just in lust. No, our love is matched and it was awe inspiring to know that.

I just laughed because this was amazing. No one in all my time of existence has ever made me feel like this. So loved. So accepted. So soft and just all mushy inside that even my beast side would be bearing its belly while its tongue lolled out to the side.

But truthfully, now it was time to play.

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