Daughter of the Moon

Getting to know you part 1

Our mates are standing there breathing hard and staring at us. I feel Aria squeeze my hand. Completely oblivious to everyone in the classroom they walk our way. My mate comes and stands looking down at me before suddenly pulling out the chair and sitting down sliding the chair as close to me as he can. I watch him lean down and scent me before he gives off a happy growl. “Mine” he says in a low even voice and the word is spoken with a tiny growl.

I feel a smile take over my face and I nod. “And you’re mine” I say back which makes him smile. I lean in slightly getting a good sniff of his scent and I feel Arcadia howl in the back of my mind. His scent is the crispness of fall, the warmth of a campfire’s smoke, and the freshness of the first cutting of grass in spring. I look up at him and try to memorize everything about him. His skin is a sun kissed tan that probably never fades. His eyes are a bright vivid forest green that I could stare at forever and his lips look so soft and kissable while still being manly. We start leaning into each other when a very loud throat clearing caused us to break apart. My mate started growling as we turned to look at whoever made the noise. The whole class was staring at us. I heard another growl, this one coming from Aria’s mate. I felt a hand close around my arm and pull me against a large, warm, extremely muscular chest.

The professor clears his throat again. “Perhaps you should skip class today while you get acquainted.” The professor has a nervous but cheerful tone to his voice. Before anything is said I feel a strong arm wrap around my waist and before I know it, I’m being guided out the door. I look back to see Aria in the same situation though she seems to be keeping up with her mate a lot easier. I look at my chair quick and notice my mate must have grabbed my backpack from the back of my chair. I have to start upping my speed to keep up with him. I’ve never been more thankful for supernatural speed as we "walk" down the hallway. Suddenly he turned and pressed me against the wall.

“What’s your name sweetness?” he asks as his nose dips down to press against my neck.

I swallow several times my breathing quick, “Silver” I reply as I lick my lips. He looks up and watches the path my tongue takes before he swears softly and presses himself against me. He leans down rubbing his cheek against me and a huge smile takes over my face as I realize he’s scent marking me. I rub my cheek against his which makes him pull back enough to smile down at me. I smile softly back up at him. I hear my name being called softly and I look over to see Aria wrapped in the arms of her mate “Our house is closer, we can go there and get to know our mates where there’s privacy.” I nod before turning back to my mate who is watching me closely staring at my eyes. I feel myself blush as I realize they must be turning bright silver. I look down not wanting to see his reaction to my eyes. I feel a finger against my chin that pushes my head back up.

“Beautiful” he mumbles which causes me to blush harder which of course makes him smirk. “Dominic” he smiles at my confused look “my name is Dominic.” I blush some more which causes him to smile even wider. His arms wrap around me tighter pulling me close and we start walking out of the building again. I lightly brush-up against him enjoying his nearness and loving his body heat. I noticed he had on a really nice black leather jacket that was zipped up with lightly ripped black jeans and big black moto boots.

I look down biting my lip. He’s gorgeous and while I am definitely no slouch in the looks department, I’m certainly no tall slim supermodel which I could easily see on his arm. I feel a curl fall against my cheek obviously having fought its way free from my braid. I feel warm fingers brush against my cheek as Dominic lightly tugs on my curl. I look up to find him watching me closely. He gently rubbed his thumb against my bottom lip where I had bitten it. He gave me a questioning look to which I just shook my head and looked away. No way was I going to tell him about my self-doubts and insecurities.

I felt him give a quiet low growl, but he didn’t push the issue, instead he pulled me closer forcing me to wrap my arm around his waist to keep from getting squished. I lean me cheek against his leather clad chest trying to catch hints of his scent through the leather. I started focusing my sense of smell slowly until I was able to clearly smell his scent past the leather and lingering scents of the other students. Arcadia gives a happy rumble in the back of my mind to which I agree. Once we're outside, we pause as we look at each other trying to figure out what to do.

“How about you two follow Ari and myself back to our house. We can wait there until Gwen and Anthon get home then we can figure out what to do. Plus, we have a lot we have to tell you but it’s best if we are all together for that.” I feel eyes on me, and I look over to see Dominic stare down at me intensely. His eyes are glowing lightly telling me that his wolf is close to the surface.

“Anthon?” he asks with slight growl undertone to his voice. I tried my hardest to glare, I swear to you I really tried, but I was simply just too happy to have him jealous over me. I know a lot of girls who get terribly upset by possessive and jealous behavior but being a pretty possessive person myself there’s just something about that behavior that makes me feel wanted and treasured. Plus, I know that I have more than enough power to kick his ass if his behavior gets too stifling.

“My brother,” Aria supplied. “Though really he is more like our brother, because of the way we grew up together. We were more like siblings than best friends.” I nodded making sure that I caught Aria’s eye, so she knew that I completely agreed. We smiled at each other for a brief second before we returned our attentions back to our prospective mates.

Dominic was once again relaxed and watching me closely as if he wanted to capture absolutely every detail. I, once again, blushed. Honestly, I was beginning to suspect that when it came to him I always would be. I looked into his eyes when suddenly I felt myself get pulled into a vision.

{In the vision} I see myself laughing and running through a thick forest. I can tell by my eye color that Arcadia is at the front of my mind. I watch as I move gracefully through the forest dodging, jumping, and swerving with agility only a supernatural could have. Soon I make my way into a clearing, I knew without looking that Dominic, in wolf form, was close by chasing me. Suddenly I’m tackled down as Dominic came zooming towards me from the side. We roll several times with Dominic’s wolf landing on top. I feel the wolf lick the side of my neck and cheek before he slowly starts shifting. When it’s Dominic laying on top of me, he lifts some of his weight off me by transferring his weight to his forearms which are on either side of my head. We just stare at each other for a long time before he lowers his head starts kissing me. The vision starts to fade as I wrap my arms around his neck holding him to me when a loud howl sounds in the distance{End of vision}

When I come back to myself Dominic has me in his arms pressed tight against his chest. I feel the vibrations of his growls before I hear them. I move my head and look up at him to find him glaring at Aria. “What the hell do you mean there’s nothing I can do! It’s like her whole consciousness left her body and you say it’s normal and there’s nothing I can do about it.” He snarls some more before holding me even tighter.

I don’t want him getting mad at Aria and causing an issue between them. I reach my hand up and cup his jaw before pulling his head down and lightly pressing my lips against his. When I pull back, I see his eyes are the shining almost iridescent amber of his wolf. “What is your name?” I ask, knowing that it was his wolf who was in control right now.

“My name is Fenrir, little one.” At my gasp of shock, he gives me a small smirk before leaning down and nuzzling my cheek. “All the lifetimes I waited for you, now I will never let you go my mate.” Fenrir is the first wolf spirit ever created. The way shifters work is that they are animal spirits that live in the spirit realm until they choose a mortal soul to merge with. Whenever their mortal partner leaves this world, they return to the spirit world until eventually they choose another mortal soul to bond with. For Fenrir to have gone through all those cycles without ever finding his mate, me, tears at my heart. I can never compare my handful of years of loneliness to his lifetimes of waiting. Now I couldn’t even give him his full mate by shifting into my wolf form. He must have sensed my change in thought because he pressed his lips against mine. “All those lifetimes I was waiting for not only you and Arcadia but also Dominic. There will be no more cycles for me. We will live in this world for as long as we can before we journey to the next together. I will never separate from either of you again.” I feel in my bones the truth of his words as well as his conviction to truly not let anything separate us. Before I can ask more about that Dominic is back in control.

“Are you ok? What happened? Why did that happen?” As he fires question after question, he runs his hands over my body as if checking for any damage even though I never left his arms. It seems Fenrir wasn’t the only one worried about me. I smile softly at him before sitting up and wrapping my arms around his waist.

“I’m fine” I say against his ear as I start pressing kisses to his neck, cheek, forehead, and finally his lips. I pull back to look at his face and the panic and anger is gone replaced by adoration and lust. Using my advanced speed and strength I standup and hold my hand out to him. He takes it and stands but he doesn’t let go of my hand, instead he holds it and pulls me slightly so I’m resting against him. “You’ll have to let me go so we can get out of here.” I say even though I’m nuzzling against his chest which is when I notice he must have unzipped his jacket. He’s got a retro Led Zeppelin t-shirt on and I swear I fell a little bit in love with him. I hug him one last time, pressing my nose against his shirt and taking a deep breathe filling my lungs with his scent and committing it to memory.

He frowns as I step away, which is adorable, before nodding. “Stay close to me while riding home so I can make sure you’re ok.” He says in a demanding alpha tone. I’m just surprised that he didn’t even try getting me to ride with him or even refusing to let me ride on my own. He must see the shock on my face, I take a peak at Aria and her mate, who I really need to learn the name of, but both are too preoccupied with each other. When I look back at him, he has a raised eyebrow and an amused expression. “My wolf knew that whatever happened to you was going to happen so I’m confident I could keep you from harm.” He said that with his chest puffed out in pride and I smiled.

Aria and I separated from our mates going over to the end of the parking lot where our bikes are. “wow” is all I can say as I peek over my shoulder and see Dominic doing the same thing as he and Aria’s mate walk over to a bunch of Harleys. I look forward again with a smile on my face. Then I remember “what’s your mate’s name by the way?” I ask Aria before we lower the protection spell and place a new one over Anthon and Gwen’s bikes.

“Lucas” Aria say with a soft sigh. I look over at her as I get on my bike enjoying the soft look on her face. I feel my smile grow when she looks over and blushes some as if noticing me watching her. “It’s a good look for you Aria” I say honestly, I mean who would rather see their sister lonely and sad over giggly, blushing, and happy.

I put on my helmet and look up as I hear the rumbles of motorcycle engines coming our way. Dominic was riding a 1983 Harley XR-1000 and Lucas was riding a Harley VRSCA V-Rod. I let Ari and Lucas pull out first then I pulled out with Dominic just a bit behind me. For some reason, the ride back home seemed both longer and shorter which I don’t even understand how that works. I think it felt long because I wanted to be able to be closer to Dominic but shorter because I also enjoyed being out and riding with him.  

Aria and I pulled into the garage when we got home while Lucas and Dom parked just outside of the garage. I pulled off my helmet and decided to let my hair out of the braid. I had just finished shaking out my hair when I felt a warm hand traveling up my back. Dom’s caress was also massaging as his hand traveled up my spine and then into my hair running his fingers through my hair and playing with my curls. I slowly sat up fully and then slid off my bike. Dominic didn’t waste any time pulling me back against his side.

“Why don’t we go inside so we can talk and get to know our mates.” I heard Aria say. We all agreed and went inside, using the garage/mudroom door. I saw Aria peek at me over her shoulder and give me a little wink which caused me to give a tiny laugh. I hung up my bag and coat before taking Dom’s coat and hanging it up over mine. I felt Dom’s fingers playing with the hem of my shirt and I looked up at him to see him staring at my chest. He must have felt my gaze because he looked at me and the lust in his eyes caused my breathe to hitch and my heart rate to speed up some.

I looked down and saw that my shirt had gotten pulled down some and you could see the black lace edging on my bra. I blushed and looked back up at Dom who was looking around with a very satisfied smirk on his face as he started walking down the hallway and further into the house. I had just opened my mouth to comment on his pervy-ness when he glanced over his shoulder “That’s one of my favorite bands” he said then gave me a wink before walking further into the house, which causes me to look back down at my shirt then back up at him. I just stood their gaping at him for a few minutes before I followed after him with a slight smile on my face.

I found him in the kitchen sniffing over the large pot roast I had going. “Paws off the food perv” I mutter as I walk past him to the fridge and grab a bottle of iced tea out of the fridge before turning around to give him a glare when I noticed he was still hovering over the slow cooker. His frustrated whine caused me to laugh. I was just about to take a drink when the bottle was snatched from my hand and Dom took a huge gulp. I gave him a little play growl before lightly punching him in the stomach. I say lightly because not only is he solid muscle but also as soon as my hand made contact with what I can only imagine to be deliciously defined abs I had a very hard time pulling my hand away.

He returned my growl before grabbing onto my hips and pulling me closer. When I looked back into his eyes, he once again had a lustful gaze but there was also the tiniest hint of smugness which just wouldn’t do.  I made a quick decision to hit him in the one weak spot I knew of, food. “To think that I was going to offer you some of my beef jerky,” I sniffed dramatically “all the more for me I suppose.” This time Dom’s growl was a lot less playful as he narrowed his eyes at me.

Suddenly his expression completely cleared, and he gave me the most ridiculously exaggerated pout I’ve ever seen. “You don’t really mean that, do you sweetness?” He gave me puppy dog eyes before he dropped his head and pressed light kisses against my neck which caused me to shudder. I almost gave in until I felt him smirking against my neck. So, I decided to kick it up a notch, after all, what’s a girl to do when her mate thinks he’s all that.

I stepped away from him before raising the bottle to my lips and purposefully taking a drink right from where his lips had been against the bottle before screwing the cap on tightly. I heard him give a soft snarl before his hands shot out reaching for me to pull me back into him. He now only had lust in his gaze, but I decided that I liked teasing him too much. I evaded his hands and sashayed my way over to the fridge, purposefully swinging my hips more than necessary. After I pulled open the fridge door I peeked over my shoulder and noticed his gave fixated on my ass. Just as I had hoped. I quickly grabbed a package of jerky before closing the door to the fridge and checking that his gaze was still south. I then walked over to the stairs knowing that he stayed back so that he could enjoy his view.

I felt my heart beat a bit faster with excitement as I reached into the bag as quick as I could and pulled out a piece of jerky. I then turned and waited until he looked up then I savagely tore off a piece with my teeth and took off up the stairs using my magic to enhance my speed so that I stayed ahead of him. I heard his roar of outrage followed by his pounding footsteps as he took off after me. I ran into my room and closed my door then leaned against it, bracing myself for impact. It wasn’t more than a few seconds before I felt him run into the door. I couldn’t stop my laughter if someone held a gun against my head. I quickly opened the door so he wouldn’t break it down. It was opened no more than a few inches before it was shoved open completely and I was thrown over a large shoulder while he took a few steps. Then I'm suddenly air born as he throws me almost across the room before kicking my door closed and locking it.

I had just caught my breathe after landing on my bed when he crawled on top of me using his weight to press me into the mattress. I spread my legs some so that he was settled fully against me. He gave me a hard, punishing kiss as his tongue pushed into my mouth and quickly dominated mine. I raised my arms and wrapped them around his neck holding onto him tightly. He pulled away from my mouth after some blissful minutes before shifting his weight to his forearms and lowering his head and going between nuzzling, nipping, and kissing my rapidly rising and falling breasts through my shirt and bra. I was still breathing heavy when he sat back on his heels watching me. He was breathing fast as well watching me with a look full of adoration and lust. I smiled up at him glad that I had wiped the smug look from his eyes. Well at least for a few minutes because now it was back and that was when I noticed he held the package of jerky in his hands. I shook my head as I laughed before leaning forward and pressing a kiss against his lips before laying back down and giving him a soft smile that I knew conveyed my adoration.

I scooted up in bed so that I was leaning against the headboard. I reached down and grabbed the bottle of tea before placing it on the nightstand. I noticed Dom looking around my room and I quickly looked around trying to see what he saw. I haven't changed much about my room. My queen bed was a soft grey with a padded headboard. I had a cream-colored bedspread on the had abstract flowers in different shades of purple. The creamy white nightstands on either side of my bed were pretty basic with a lightly rose scented candle on one and a few books stacked on the other. The walls were a light purplish grey color. I had the bed facing the large windows that bracketed the space where I mounted a tv over the media counsel which I used store my large sci-fi movie collection. The windows looked out into the forest and provided a lot of natural light. I had a reading corner set up a comfy chair and a small hanging book shelving unit that help some of antique books that I had collected, though most of my books were on my k****e.

I had framed landscape and nature pictures that I had taken throughout our travels but otherwise the room was pretty bare. The same for the attached bathroom which just had a few products out, but most were still in the traveling case, the same with my clothes and suitcase. After I realized that both my mate, and most likely Aria’s, were in this area creating a high probability of being in the same pack I decided to not fully unpack so that I could be prepared to leave. The few items I had unpacked were easy enough to get together and repack.

Dom moved so that he was sitting right beside me then grabbed my hand and intertwined our fingers. I leaned my head on his shoulder taking a moment to close my eyes and truly cement this moment in my mind. I held onto his hand tighter as I started getting swamped with emotions. He must have sensed my strong emotions because he lifted me and placed me on his lap wrapping his arms around me, then I laid my head back down against his chest listening to his heartbeat. “What’s going on in your mind, mate?” he asked softly then kissed the top of my head.

I was quite for a few moments as I struggled to find the words of how to tell him about all the times, I longed for him. All the nights I felt the keen ache in the depths of my soul for his presence. Some might detest the idea of a mate after seeing their mother, especially one as strong and powerful as mine, irreparably broken from the loss of their mate, they might believe that it's better to be alone than to run the risk of such heartbreak and pain, but not me.

Every night my mother would tell me stories about my father, she never tried to hide anything about him or try to dissuade me from asking even though it put her through tremendous pain to recall the memories of my father. When I was older and understood more of life, I asked her why she put herself through the pain of talking about my father. After moments of silence where she genuinely thought about her answer, as she always did, she answered that she’s my father all the time. In her memories, dreams, nature, and especially in me. She told me that if she did not feel the pain, she might almost think that it was all a dream. “I feel that if I do not have the pain to ground the memories in my mind that they might drift away, and that those pieces of him, of us, would drift away with them. You cannot separate love and heartbreak, little light, just as you cannot separate good and evil. They are two sides of coin that only exist because of the other. If there is no pain in the love, then it is not real love and if there is no heart in the pain then it is pure evilness. All you can do is your best to balance evil and good, Love and heartbreak. Everything and one has a balance of both to some degree. For every moment of love and happiness there is a moment of anger and pain. You must look within yourself and decide which you want to embrace. I choose to embrace the pain the loss of your father caused so that I can keep the moments of joy, peace, and love that we had together.”

“My mother lost her true mate, my father, when I was a baby.” I said quietly which caused him to hold my tighter, but he didn’t interrupt knowing that there was more. “I never feared finding my mate, finding you. Never thought about the possibility that once I found you, I would get such a strong sense of fear and desperation to make sure nothing happens to you. That the mere concept of even thinking about having to live without you is entirely unbearable, while my mother has lived so long without my father. I know in my bones that I do not have that strength. I would do everything in my power to save you and if I failed I know that there is no reason strong enough, even if we were to have a child, to keep my soul from joining yours. I know how selfish that sounds and maybe even unbelievable considering we just found each other but know that everything I was, am, or ever will be is yours now. My heart belonged to you as soon as I was old enough to grasp the concept of what a mate is.” As I finish my speech, I realize that I must have started crying because Dom is holding my face in his hands using his fingers to gently brush away every tear.

“Did you not believe me little mate when I told you that nothing would separate us?” I looked up and confirmed that it was Fenrir that spoke, though based on his eyes which were a combination of green and amber meaning that Dominic was still there and they were in complete agreement on this.

I frowned, “You said that you would not separate from either of us and that there would be no more cycles for you. Also how do you remember this? I thought all the spirits memories of past lives were repressed until they re-enter the spirit world. Also isn't there a rule against mentioning this in the mortal realm?” Fenrir gave me a secretive smile as I saw Dominic’s green fade leaving only Fenrir. “For that answer little mate, you will have to ask your mother.” I raised my eyebrows wondering if he actually talked with my mother like his tone suggested he did. Before I could question him further, he kissed me. It was hard and aggressive, full of love, longing, triumph, and desperation. When his kiss slowed and softened some, I briefly opened my eyes to see Dominic’s green ones staring back at me before we both closed our eyes again and let ourselves fade into our passion.

Dominic pulled back resting his forehead against mine. We sat like that for a few moments. Before he sat up and looked at me quizzically. “Who is your mom?” He asked.

“We have to wait for Anthon and Gwen to get home, because the answer to that is a long story that requires a lot of explaining which will take all of us." I could tell he was a both to argue before he stopped and tilted his slightly. I had already heard them coming up the driveway so I grinned before adding “luckily they are here.”