Dead Luna
Chapter 70

Amelia's POV

"Amelia?" I hear Prince William's voice in my head, just as soon as I've gotten settled into my bed for the night. His deep baritone voice in my head sounding so sexy that I feel myself growing a bit damp. "William?" I respond back, surprised. "How are we able to mind link to each other? We aren't from the same pack."

"Because we are Lycans! We can mind link to anyone we know within the Emerald Kingdom, providing they are within a few miles radius." He explains. "Can we talk? In person, I mean."

"I suppose so." I agree. I'm about to ask where and when, but apparently that is completely unnecessary.

My door opens immediately, and William enters my room silently, and also manages to shut the door without a sound. He is obviously confident that I would allow him entry if he was already standing just outside my room! And he is wearing nothing but some loose boxer shorts, his perfect muscled body on display for my enjoyment. He smiles at the sight of me in bed. And then in the blink of an eye he is wearing nothing but that smile, and he advances towards the bed with a huge hard on already! I can hardly believe my eyes, and even Ambrosia is impressed by the size of it.

Before I can even think to object, he crawls under the covers, delighted at the discovery that I prefer to sleep naked.

"You had better keep your hands to yourself if you don't want my gamma in here tearing you apart." I warn him, severely. "You said we needed to talk?"

"Should I be worried about your gamma?" He asks seriously.

"Yes, actually. You should! Because apparently as long as I'm unmarked, he is going to know exactly what I am up to!" I tell him. I see him nod, as he thinks about that. "Alright, then," William agrees. "I'll mark you!"

"I haven't agreed to that." I remind him. "How about you get to the point, or I'll have to get Jackson in here to chaperone."

"Well, remember how you said I have the option to take a chosen mate?" He asks, and I agree that I did say that. "Well, what if I decide to take you as my chosen mate?"

I laugh, he truly is incorrigible! "I would also have to agree to be your chosen mate before you're allowed to do that!"

"Oh, I think I could get you to agree..." he says, wiggling his eyebrows at me. It's really very cute, but I'm not so easily persuaded. He then shows me a little gold colored foil packet. "Allow me to use this thing, and I'll have you so satisfied you'll be begging me to mark you in half an hour!"

"Confident, much?" I say sarcastically, but I'm actually a bit turned on by all this talk, and I'm intrigued to hear more. "What is that thing?" "It's a simple but effective human contraceptive device," William explains. "I slip this thing on, and it creates a barrier against pregnancy." "And you think all I want in a mate is a s****l partner?" I ask, definitely unconvinced.

"Well, no." William agrees. "But as a princess and heir apparent to the Emerald kingdom, you need to be more selective than most. In fact, if your parents had been mates all these years as they should have been, you probably would not have had any choice in the matter at all. Your father wants this, and is encouraging me to do whatever it takes to persuade you. The kingdom needs stability, which our mate bond would give. And I promise you, I will be a caring and faithful life partner."

These arguments all make a lot of sense to me, but I still would rather have it be my choice.

"I have one other concern..." I tell him. "You are my dad's cousin. The family connection is a bit too close, genetically, for my comfort. I really don't want inbred pups!"

William laughs at that, but I don't think it's funny at all, and I say so.

"I laugh because your dads uncle Richard, my father, isn't my dad at all!" He claims, and I look at him in wonder. "Its a not-very-secret secret that he was mated for political reasons to my already knocked up mother. He agreed to the match because he was sterile due to an accident as a young pup, and she was agreeable because my actual father was already mated and had a family. It's one of the reasons why my adoptive father is so against pre-mate bond s****l relations. He claimed me as his, so while legally you and I are cousins once removed, but the truth is we share no blood relationship. I look nothing at all like any Worthing family member."

"Oh."

He kisses me softly, and places a hand on my hip, pulling me in a little closer. "Any other objections you'd like to share?" "Umm..."

"Listen, I know about your other 3 choices. But how many am I truly competing against? Be honest with me!" He demands. "Just one."

"Tell me exactly why he is my competition." He again demands gently, as he softly caresses my chin. "Because he is my fated mate, and it's who the moon goddess wants me to be with."

"But she has given you the option to choose for yourself." William reminds me, and I nod. Then he comes in close to whisper in my ear. "So, tonight, my dear one, I am going to worship you all night long. In the morning I'll be going back to King County. I'll see you again in Bull Run in a few days, in time for the mating ball. If you truly believe that Leonard will love you better than I will, then go ahead and choose him. I'll be happy for you and we will pretend this night never happened. However, I'm confident that after one night spent with me that I am the one you will choose!"

"But what should we do about my gamma? He was very freaked out and embarrassed about what we did this afternoon, since he could feel everything that we did. I promised him I wouldn't get carried away again."

William thinks about it for a minute, while I bite my lower lip wondering if he can come up with any idea that might placate Jackson. Then I see him smile.

"Invite him to come and join us!" He suggests, as he begins kissing my scent glands. Then he is slipping a finger inside my folds. I gasp out loud at the sensation I'm feeling, as well as the novel idea of having a threesome. "You keep threatening to bring him in here, so go ahead and bring him in here!"

I'm rather shocked at the idea at first, but also more than a little intrigued as well as turned on by the idea. I had fantasized about it on occasion, even before that morning more than a week ago when I woke up in bed surrounded by Derrick and Jackson. But I never ever thought that I would actually do something like this for real, while sober.

I'm fairly confident that Jackson would jump at the chance to join a threesome, too. Particularly since he would actually be a participant in these nighttime activities whether he was here or not. He might as well be an active participant and get some enjoyment out of it, rather than suffer mortification as an unwilling voyeur again.

"Jackson," I ask by mind link. "You wouldn't happen to have any personal lubricant on hand, would you?"

"Oh my goddess, Amy! Why? What reason could you possibly have for you to ask me for something like that?"

"Because, things are about to get a little wild and crazy in my guest suite. We might be needing some."

"Exactly how wild and crazy are you talking about here?"

"I'm not entirely sure yet.... Just bring the lubricant, and you can come join us if you'd like to replace out for yourself. Bring anything else you can think of we might need."

Jackson didn't answer back, but I knew he'd come when he was ready to. And then we'd begin this party for real, I think, as William whispers all the naughty things we will be doing soon.