Dead Luna
Chapter 85

Amelia's POV

We walk together in silence through the forest for some time, me feeling uncharacteristically shy. I had been used to Lance when I had been mated to Leo previously, who had been very playful and sweet tempered with me. He had only been rude or angry towards Leo, and that was for not marking me. And as it turns out that it was not actually his fault, I feel somewhat embarrassed about that as well.

This Lycan Frank, though, I'm unsure about him. He looks so... serious. "What do we do?" I ask Ambrosia.

Leave it to me, girlfriend!

Suddenly she nudges Frank hard, then runs off as quick as she can, calling out in the mind link. Tag, you're it!

No man, or wolf, can resist the chase! She informs me as we pretend that we are running for our lives. Or is it pretend? I'm not so sure, as we zig and zag through the trees, then splash across a small pebbled creek, Frank hot on our tail. Ambrosia taunting him mercilessly.

Before long, Frank has caught us, and then we are mating furiously! I had no idea that it would be like this, never having done things this way before. I'm basically a spectator at this point as Frankincense and Ambrosia enjoy themselves. Multiple times. For several hours. I mean, I'm really happy for them, but I'd kind of like to spend some time with Leo. The last look I had of him was just as I was beginning to shift, and he looked like he was knocking at deaths door!

I would shift back into a human, but I'm not entirely certain how that's done. I'm also worried about the pain, since it was more than 15 minutes of excruciating pain to get like this to start with. I also suspect that we are quite far from the pack house, or any major pack buildings for that matter, so it might be a very long walk back and I have no idea which direction to go. And the forests are likely full of other newly mated wolves who might not take kindly to being interrupted while getting to know their new life partners. Then Frank is getting frisky again, for the fourth time tonight! My mate has got himself some stamina! Ambrosia purrs contentedly. Oh, baby, my mate is a real STUD! He's probably got us knocked up with quintuplets already!

"Oh dear goddess, I hope not." I say, exasperated. "Just one or two at a time would be preferable. Can we finish things up please? I'd like a little sleep before morning. I have a few things I need to do."

As soon as Frank is done doing his thing, I hear Ambrosia crooning to him, and they are calling each other "baby." I'm thinking they will start coupling again, but they get up and both start walking in a direction that I can only assume leads back towards the pack house.

It takes a while, navigating around a forest full of copulating couples. Eventually, though, we reach the pack house. Then Frank is swiftly shifting into Leo, who definitely looks a little the worse for wear. At first I was too worried about the pain of shifting and I hesitated, but when I saw Leo, I forgot all that and Ambrosia helped me to shift back into my human in about 5 minutes. She says with practice it'll be become much swifter as well as less painful.

I rush over to Leo, who had opted to sit on the lawn while he waited for me. Thankfully I had gotten stronger over the last few months from growing into a lycan, and more recently from training, because Leo needed help getting back up off the ground. His recovery from near death would take more than just a couple hours, the stamina of his new lycan to please his mate not withstanding.

"Are you hungry?" I ask first, since I knew he hadn't eaten in over 24 hours, and I hadn't been able to eat much since breakfast, despite everyone trying to force food into me all day.

"Famished!" I'm not surprised to hear Leo say. "I hope there is some fried chicken left."

Alright then, it's time to raid the pack house kitchen at 2 am! We head straight there, naked as the day we were born. And what treasures there were to be found! In addition to the cheese and sausage that we snacked on while I continue my search for sustenance, I found pans of fried chicken and meatballs which I could quickly heat up, plus we had coleslaw, watermelon, and a multitude of pies to choose from (including Leo's favorite apple). We were so starved after our first lycan shifts that we ate until we were nearly bursting. By then we are so exhausted that the only cleaning up I do is to toss the dirty dishes in the sink.

And then we are both helping each other to our room, which is apparently the Luna suite since my parents were still using the Alpha suite. Currently the room is pretty bare, Leo explaining he was leaving the choice of decor to his Luna. It has a mattress, pillows and bedsheets already since he had been using it while the alpha suite was being renovated. And the thin bedsheets are definitely all we need on this warm summer night.

"How is your shoulder feeling?" I ask as we crawl into the makeshift bed.

"It's been worse." Leo says, sounding a little bitter. I could see that it was still a bit inflamed and looked painful. "Frank claims it'll be nearly healed by the time I wake up tomorrow. After less than a week I should feel as if nothing ever happened." "I'm sorry my father did that to you at all!" I say, suddenly feeling quite emotional. "I could have lost you forever!"

"Nonsense!" Leo says. As he fluffs up the pillows and tries to make himself comfortable with his shoulder still sore. Then he is wrapping himself around me in the familiar spoon position that was his preferred method of falling asleep as he continues talking to me. "You'll never lose me. I was with you the whole time. You were lovely, by the way, in that dress with the butterflies on it. Jackson did a surprisingly great job on your hair and makeup. I'll have to thank him for looking after you for me. And then you did a such an amazing job addressing the crowd. I was so proud of you!"

I'm momentarily stunned speechless. He truly must have been there with me. There is no other way he would have known about the dress, or about Jackson doing my hair and makeup. I wonder how much he knows or understands about the oath my father made? I was going to ask Leo about it, but I noticed his breathing had changed, and he was already drifting off to sleep. It had been an exhausting couple of days for him, and for me as well. Before long, I too was drifting off to dreamland, soothed to sleep by the pleasant sparkly tingles of the mate bond that had returned.

Just before 8 am I woke up to use the bathroom, and when I return to the mattress I replace Leo is awake and ready for action. The top sheet has been discarded, and his aroused body is on display for me. I remember It had always been our morning ritual, Leo waking early and ready for morning sexy time before officer training, and I'd go back to sleep for a while afterwards unless I had plans for the day.

"Good morning, my Alpha!" I say as I snuggle into his embrace, facing each other. I see a noticeable difference in how his shoulder is looking this morning, and I'm very glad to see it looking so much better.

"Good morning, my Princess!" He says back, and begins kissing me, starting at the spot on my neck where he marked me last night. It's very sensitive to his gentle touch, and I become almost instantly aroused. Then Leo is touching me, caressing my entire body, worshipping every inch of me.

Then he is heading south, kissing me gently between my legs, then licking my folds as he opens them, and I begin to come undone screaming his name over and over as a powerful o****m overwhelms me at the onslaught of Leo's expert use of his tongue on my sensitive c******S.

Then he finally gives me what he knows I've been waiting for. He climbs on top of my already sated body, sliding into place, and then he enters into me, and my body is quickly overwhelmed with the intense euphoria of making love to my true mate. It was unlike anything I had ever experienced before, and I started to laugh at the intensity of the o****m that hit me, no longer able to contain the feelings of ecstasy that rushed through my body as Leo continued thrusting powerfully into me, until he too was joining my chorus of pleasure. I smile at him as we come down from our euphoric highs, and kiss him lovingly, the taste of Ambrosia still on his lips. I pray to moon goddess that it will always be like this between us.

Soon, though, both of our stomachs are rumbling, and we decide we better head down to breakfast before they finish serving at 9!