Falcon

I entered our chambers and my beauty was curled up on the sheets. She truly had been tired. This had been too much from the start. I felt like I was constantly failing her. She had allowed me to mate with her without fear or regret, and I haven’t given her the life she deserves. This war needed to come to an end. Peace needed to be given to my mate, to my people, and to myself. Today’s victory was nothing without her. She came into my life right before it all. As I watched her sleep, I tried to take in her porcelain skin, waves of her long, dark hair spread out on her pillow. Oh wait, that was my pillow. Good, I wished it to smell of her. My heart told me I had to let her go back to the lab. If only I could keep a proper lab here. I’d have to speak to Draco on it. There wasn’t proper electricity. In the centuries since its erection, this castle has stayed close to its roots. The surveillance has expended our limits, and that was a greater necessity at the moment.

I teleported into the bathroom to clean off before I came to bed. As quickly and quietly as possible, I undressed. I had on my armor and it clinked as I set it down. Damn, I didn’t want to wake her up. Peeking out of the bathroom, I saw her still asleep. Breathing a sigh of relief, I turned on the shower. The bathrooms had been remodeled to near present day specifications, except the lighting, which we didn’t need. The hard spray hit my flesh. It felt incredible, but it wasn’t enough. I wanted to hold Leonora. I closed my eyes as I scrubbed my body. Then I felt her in the room.

“I thought you were sleeping,” I said, opening my eyes to watch her drop her nightgown on the floor. Her body was perfect. I tucked my head back, looking at her.

“No, just resting until you came back. What’s the matter, Falcon?”

“Leonora, did you eat a great deal before bed?” I asked, realizing that I was going to regret my words. Was I implying she was round in her belly? I knew that was a man’s biggest misstep.

“No, Falcon. In fact, I have not had an appetite for anything but you, my love,” she whispered, climbing into the shower and pressing her face to my back. “I’m pregnant, Falcon.”

I froze. A cascade of emotions washed over me hotter than the water. My mine raced, but my nature took over. With my sudsy hands, I stroked my length that was ready to release. A growl escaped my throat; it was guttural and primal. She only held me tighter, unable to understand my emotions. I must show her, I thought to myself.

I spun around, lifted her in my arms, and pinned her to the stone walls of the shower. With a growl, I captured her mouth, my body on fire with need. She moaned, her fangs sliding down from her gums and biting my lip. I roughly parted her thighs and pushed my way in, claiming her body as she tasted my blood on her tongue. Her nails scored my heated flesh. Our eyes connected as primal intensity filled us. We bared our teeth to each other, her eyes so blue we needed no other light. I could hear her heart pounding in my head as mine thumped through my veins. Grasping her hair, I moved her mouth to mine, my control slipping as our kiss grew more dominating. I thrusted as deep as I could several times, marking her walls with the first of many orgasms I felt running through me. Needing to mark her in every way, I bit down on her pulsing vein, consuming her and sending her into a screaming orgasm. I rutted my release into her depths, then pulled my teeth from her neck. Licking her flesh closed, I kissed her mark. Her fingers still ran up and down my back as her body came down from fucking bliss. Her legs were shaking around me. I loved to make her feel like this.

“That’s it, Nora. I’ve got you,” I whispered against her ear. I grabbed the soap and scrubbed our bodies clean with one arm before rinsing us off, then carried her off to our bed. This night was special and scary at once. I saw her slightly swollen belly and now I knew what it meant. It wasn’t like we got fat. Our metabolism was high, so it was going to be noticeable very soon. Damn, we only had months before this baby would come. Would we have the girl? The fact that she was pregnant immediately made me feel that we may be the ones.

We laid there wrapped up in the covers while I stared down at her. “Tell me what you’re thinking, Falcon,” she demanded. Her eyes were full of questions and concerns. I understood it loud and clear.

“I’m thinking that you’re beautiful and I want you again,” I replied, brushing her hair away from her eyes and tucking it behind her ear.

“About the baby,” she hissed, swatting my hand.

“Shh, keep it down, my love. I don’t want everyone to know yet.”

“See, that’s it. You’re afraid, aren’t you?” she complained, trying to get up, but I held her down and trapped her in my arms.

I smiled down at her, gave her a peck, then said, “Nora, do I look afraid? I’ve waited over four hundred years to meet you. Here, you are already pregnant. That means that I don’t have to wait another hundred for you to have our baby.”

“But what about the prophecy and the war?”

“I want the war to come to an end, Nora. If you are carrying a girl, then we will rule, meaning we will survive. Should someone else have the girl, then we will be happy family of scientists with lots of time for fucking. I feel like this is a win-win.”

“But the danger...”

“Sweetheart, when I returned to our room, I stared at you for a long while, the entire time thinking that you’ve been in danger. Hell, you were in danger before I met you. All I can do is protect you and have others help me keep you safe. You mean everything to me. There is much to discuss, but for tonight, I only have one thing on my mind.”

“What is that?”

“What awaits a conquering hero?”

“I suppose the spoils of war, my Lord,” she murmured, climbing up to straddle my waist.

“Nora,” I chanted, cupping her face and pulling it down to me and tasting her lips. A lifetime of perfection was in my hands. I’ll never let her go.