Twisting Her Fate
Chapter 27

In the bedroom, the two sweaty bodies finally lay side by side panting heavily and staring at the ceiling. At one point, they finally made it back onto the bed.

"Incase you were wondering, I think your UNO cards are dead"

Leilani turns slightly, peeling a card from between her b**t cheeks.

"The sacrifice was worth it"

"Do you think he felt it?"

"If he didn't feel that he is never feeling anything"

Leilani laughs as she presses her cheek against his chest, Connor somehow moves the quilt that is a tangled mess around them and drapes it over them as he pulls her close, pressing his lips against the top of her head. "Now am I allowed to sleep or are you going to disappear on me again?"

"I won't disappear. If I do, I might even leave a number this time"

"Babe, I am being serious that morning....."

Connor pauses as he tries to articulate how he felt.

"It was bad babe, I felt empty, it is something I have never felt before"

Leilani sighs as she closes her eyes and buries her face in his strong chest, breathing in that amazing scent.

"I didn't feel good about it either"

Connor breathes a sigh of relief that he is not the only one that is feeling it, but it poses a bigger question.

"Why did you do it?"

"Connor, it is not as easy as you make it sound. My life, my family, my job, I am a broken piece of baggage. I thought you had the perfect mate waiting out there for you"

Connor sighs.

"And you thought you had the perfect mate waiting out there for you?"

"Truthfully, that didn't even come into the equation at all"

Leilani starts absentmindedly exploring his body with her hand.

"I never really had many expectations for a mate in my life. Little did I know that my worst picture couldn't compare to what I was given"

Connor holds Leilani tighter as a certain heaviness sits behind his eyelids.

"Babe thank you for walking into my office this morning, thank you for everything after and baby,y thank you for what is ahead"

His voice is so low that it is barely a whisper.

"I am so happy to have the bright spark to relight my world"

Leilani smiles sadly into his chest, holding him close and kissing his sweaty skin. Connor's breathing evens out and Leilani stares into the dark room.

How did it end up like this? How can it start off like this? Are they committing some sort of cardinal sin by tangling together? Is it a crime against the moon goddess? Is it a tacky rebound?

She could hardly leave last time. Could she bear to leave this time and then, if she can't, where does it leave her? Where does it leave her team?

But that same feeling as she is held tightly in his arms. That feeling of safety and security, that warmth and that care, the same feeling that confused her so much last time. Of course, she feels the same from her brothers. It is the same but so very different. And then the chemistry they share and isn't anything light. It isn't anything like making do with a bad situation. It is there the same as that first night, before they knew about their twisted fates.

Maybe they are so twisted. Maybe they are correcting the wrong, because how can something that is not meant to be feel so right?

Leilani's lips rest on his warm skin. Once more, the heat seeping through her whole body, bringing about a sense of calm. She just has to take each day as it comes. There is no point stressing about the future. They're only on day one of their game plan. Anything could change. Connor could sound like he wants her now, but by the time she's through with her malicious plan, maybe she isn't anything like what he wants.

She can feel his heartbeat through her lips. The slow, steady, powerful thump, her small hand moves, resting on his chest directly over his heart. She can feel his calm. She can feel his wolf's calm. He is unguarded with her there. She saw it even on that first night. All she can do is relax into him and sleep.

Connor wakes in the morning. His arms are once again empty. At first he fears the whole previous day was a dream, but as he looks around the trashed room, he knows that it is not the faint apricot scent of Leilani still lingering in the room, but she is not there. He's panicked. His heart takes a moment to settle before he comes to his senses. Hearing the water splashing in the shower, feeling her proximity still in the room.

He feels good and nights sleep like that has been a precious few in his life. Connor throws the quilt back and gets out of bed, stalking straight into the bathroom. Hardly even taking a moment to pause and admire the beauty that is Leilani before walking straight into the double shower and pressing her cheek first into the cold tile shower wall. His hot body pressing against hers. His morning wood pressing firmly between her b**t cheeks.

"I think we have a new rule"

"Good morning to you too, Connor"

Leilani sways her hips slightly, making his member twitch with anticipation.

"And what would the rule be, dear alpha?"

"You are not allowed to leave my arms until I'm awake"

"It is not my fault that you sleep like a log"

Connor chuckles deeply. His lips pressed against her bare shoulder, the droplets of water clinging tightly to her soft skin. A total of zero people in his life could describe him as sleeping like a log.

"That is only when I am with you"

Leilani turns in his arms and wraps her arms around his neck, pushing him back slightly so she is back in the warm stream of water, pulling his neck down as she pops one leg, her white blonde hair hanging back water cascading through the long locks, she has a cheeky smile on her face.

"Are you saying that I am so boring that I made you pass out?"

Connor's considerable height looms over her, he takes up a large portion of the otherwise substantial space.

"Quite the opposite actually"

Leilani looks between their bodies.

"Well, I was hoping that I could use that thing on this bright and sunny morning, but since you didn't even bring in the serum, I guess you are not that interested"

Connor leans down and savagely kisses her plump lips. Before moving so quickly that a fine spray of water mist follows him out onto the carpeted floor. In the blink of an eye, he is standing in front of her once more with a small glass vial clasped between two large fingers.

"Who has the honors today?"

"Well, since it is six a.m, I think a nice morning wake up for your dear mate, just so she knows that you are serious"

Leilani grabs the glass vial and tips it straight down her throat as Connor turns on the second shower head, the whole area fills with steam. Leilani looks at the empty vial.

"I wonder if this has ever been tested on she wolves?"

Connor laughs.

"Do you think it is only men that want to cheat on women?"

"So, in this depraved society where even a mate bond means nothing, what do you think? I know you have told me before, but I want to know if your opinion has changed"

Connor steps closer, his strong chest brushing against her n*pples, the hot water running between the two. He picks her up with one hand pressing her back against the cool tiles, their noses touch, his lips brush against hers so lightly it is near ticklish. "I think that once I have the right one, that is it. That is all I need in life"

Leilani's head tilts back, opening up her throat and neck to him as his lips run the length, kissing and sucking.

"How hard should Maggie's wake up be?"

Leilani reaches between their bodies, giving his throbbing member a tight squeeze.

"This hard"

Connor groans heavily as she shifts into position, the hot water beating down on their skin, the combination of the hot bodies plus the water making a thick haze, so thick that even at a close distance they can hardly make out each others features. The sound of wet skin slapping together as a moan of pleasure rips through the fog.

***

In the Half Moon pack, two figures lay on either side of the bed, one clad in a red bikini and the other in rather dishevelled clothing, a faint grimace haunting his handsome forehead. Once Gabriel recovered, they didn't even bother moving rooms, just choosing to stay put.

The sleeping beauty has dyed golden hair sprawled around her and a self-satisfied look on her face as she dreams a pleasant dream. A gentle pain in her heart causes her to stir in her sleep but it isn't enough to wake her, a sleepy hand just drapes over the location as she shifts into a more comfortable position.

The pain hits like a boulder falling on her chest, exploding her heart and organs to pieces. Hazel eyes fly open as her mouth opens, her limbs twist in agony. An anguished howl rips through the air. "F*CK"