Born of red

The first argue

"Do you have a phone I could use?" I asked Emilia as she walked back towards my room.

"I don't know if the King would like you to have one." She said, unsure.

"Em, I promise I just want to call home to let them know I'm okay."

"Okay, but keep it short." She said as I grabbed the phone.

I called Lulu, only knowing her number by heart.

"Lulu here." She answered and my heart skipped a joyful beat.

"Lu!! It's me!" I yelled in joy and she squealed on the other end.

"Are you okay? I miss you. I haven’t heard from you. Do they treat you fairly? Is the king nice? Are you okay?" She rambled on and I felt myself smile, missing my cousin.

"Chill Lu. Breathe. I'm fine. Xander isn't as we thought he would be. He's kind, well he was a bit of an ass, but I can't stop thinking of him. It hurts just being away for a short moment. I want to be around him 24/7."

"Oh Wen! That's amazing! I'm so happy for you!"

"How's everyone at home? Is father okay?"

"Everyone's okay. We miss you everyday. We are worried about you. Especially your father and brother. I'll tell them you called."

"Are they not around?" I asked and for a second the phone was quiet. "Lulu, has something happened?"

"Ehm." she sounded uncomfortable.

"Tell me." I ordered and felt my Luna power seep through. I think Lulu felt it because she sighed and then continued.

"It's just some rogues. They have been attacking us for a week now. Testing our borders."

"What? Why haven't I been informed?"

"The alpha didn't want to involve the king. He was uncertain if he would ever let you back here if he knew."

"Tell my father to call me on this phone when he gets back."

"I will." Lulu said and I sighed.

"How are you otherwise Lu?"

"I'm happy to no end. Will is my love and after we mated it is as if we're the one and the same." She sighed and I chuckled.

"I feel ya."

"You and the king mated?!" She exclaimed.

"Yeah, more than once." I chuckled.

"Ew too much info, Wen." She spat in the phone, which made me laugh. "I'm happy for you though. Let us know if you need anything."

"The feeling is mutual. I'll try and visit as soon as I can." I said and felt my bond shake. My mate was angry at something.

"I gotta go. Talk soon." I said to Lulu.

"We will. Love you." She said and I smiled to myself.

"I love you too." I said and hung up. When I joined Emilia outside my room I handed her the phone back.

"The King is angry." I said and we hurried down the hall. I could hear him scream in anger.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY CROSSED?" Xander roared at a man who sat in front of him, bleeding from his head. James stood at his side looking at the man in disgust. I hurried up to the wounded man. I examined the cut. It was big and blood gushed out. The man looked tired, but made no signs of pain, clearly putting on a strong face in front of the king.

"Don't touch him." Xander spat at me.

"Don't take that tone with me!" I hissed and looked down at the man with warmth. "Go to the hospital." I ordered him and for a second his eyes fluttered at Xander before he bowed at me and gave me a thankful look. I turned to Xander. Rage filling my chest.

"The man almost gave his life and this is how you thank him?" I hissed through my teeth. Xander scoffed and growled.

"He let rogues over the border." He spat.

"Not by choice. It was a simple mistake." I said coldly.

"BUT IT COULD HAVE COST MORE. IT COULD'VE COST ME EVERYTHING. THEY WANT TO TAKE YOU FROM ME." He screamed, tears almost welling up in him. He was shaking, anger and worry overtaking him.

"James, make sure the border is secure." I told him and he nodded before he disappeared. "Xander." I said softly and he looked at me with panic in his eyes.

"They want to take you from me. If they hurt you.." He couldn't seem to muster himself to speak. The words didn't come out.

"Look at me." His glazed over eyes met mine. I walked up to him and wrapped my arms around him. "I'm here." I whispered and softly touched his cheek. "I'm not going anywhere. If anyone tried to separate us I would tear them limb from limb. I'm more powerful than they know."

"That's just it. I think they know. They have someone on their side who is giving up that information about us. If it comes from my pack or your old one I don't know but the fact is there. Someone has betrayed us."

"Then they'll pay." I countered and sat down on his desk. "Rogues have been attacking my pack too. We need to act." He looked at me with a frown.

"We will." He said and sat down on the chair in front of me. "What would I do without you? I am nobody without you. I can't live in a world where you don't exist. I can't fathom the thought. You're everything to me. Everything." He sighed and leaned into my embrace. I kissed his head.

"I want to be your Queen, but you have to let me do it my way." I said and he looked up at me again.

"What if I can't trust my men around you? You're intoxicatingly beautiful. Even James, who I trust, has a hard time looking at you. I see it in his eyes. His thoughts take over him and he has a mate and is loyal to me. That's why I trust him, but others. They might not control themselves."

"Then let me be your Luna and show them why they shouldn't try." I said determined, feeling power surge in my chest. Xander looked at me with an intense look. Something mesmerized him and eventually he nodded.

"Yes, my queen." He broke into a wide grin. "I'll give you the world if that is what you desire."

"All I want and all I need, is you." I whispered and his hand slowly went up my thigh.

"Don't ever leave me." He pleaded.

"Never." I whispered back and gasped when he gripped my hips and pushed me closer to him. He stood up and loomed over me. His lips lightly touched mine, then continued to caress my cheek, my ear and down my throat. He lightly kissed my mark and I lost my breath.

"Xander." I said and he growled in pleasure. "Wait." I gasped as his grip on me tightened. "Am I allowed to walk around freely?" I pushed him off me. He stared down at me with pain. He had trouble letting me go even within the border of the pack.

"You have to let me take in this new life as I want. I beg you." He looked down at me with sorrow. He wouldn't let me go. "If you don't, I won't let you touch me anymore." I said and roughly pushed him off me. He approached again, but I was expecting it and flipped backwards over the desk.

"Nope. I told you. I was serious when I said I wanted to know my people." I growled and he moved towards me, I was gone in a flash.

"Come back!" He roared in an alpha voice, I froze and gave him a cold and deadly glare before I was out the door.

"I won't deal with you when you're being a masochistic asshole. Come back to me when you learned your lesson!" I roared back. I felt his hand around my wrist, but I was in rage mode and easily slipped from his grasp. I punched him and roared in my Luna voice.

"Don't!" I ordered and he whimpered before his anger flashed in his eyes again.

I took off to my room and locked the door. I grabbed a lamp and threw it across the room. It exploded into a million pieces.

Stubborn i***t. My anger was fuming and I had trouble controlling myself. I felt myself changing. If I changed into my wolf inside I would destroy more than a lamp. I had to get out. I threw open the balcony doors and threw myself over the edge. I changed mid air and my clothes burst into pieces scattering around me. I landed with a hard thud. Two guards who stood by the door let out a terrified shriek. My whole guard came bursting out. What I saw was not only shock, but also complete terror. They feared me. Embarrassed, I whimpered and backed.

"Luna?" Rosie said and walked towards me.

"Rosie, don't." One guard said and grabbed her arm. I growled, he immediately let her go.

"Luna, I'm sorry." She said and bowed. I was surprised, I thought she would loath me in my form. People feared my wolf. If I looked scary as a human, I left terror in people's eyes as a wolf.

"Here." Rosie said and pulled off her cloak. She threw it over me and I quickly turned back into human. Already missing my wolf form. But being angry was better as a human. More in control.

"Thanks." I said to her with a smile. "I am sorry if I startled you." I said to my guard. "You never have to fear me." I said sincerely. I would never hurt them.

"We know, Luna. We're sorry." They blushed and looked down in shame.

"Don't be embarrassed, it's a normal reaction. Trust me." I chuckled and they smiled. "I think I need to go to my room." I said, gesturing to the coat that shielded my naked body. The guards nodded and looked down as they followed me into the house.

"Windira?" Xander stood outside my room with a puzzled face. Then he saw that I was wearing a cloak, but nothing more. His growl was dark and threatening. He grabbed me and pulled me behind him, shielding me with his body.

"Don't be f*****g ridiculous. This is your fault. Don't blame my guard. They helped me." I spat and broke down the lock on my door. I turned in the doorframe.

"Guards, prevent the King from entering my room. If he lays a hand on you, you come directly to me and he will answer before me. Understood?" I ordered them. Xander looked at me with rage.

"Understood." Rosie answered and then the rest nodded in agreement.

"Good.” I nodded back.”Xander, leave me alone until you have understood what I asked of you. And you better not be f*****g laying a single hand on my guards. Then you will truly feel my rage." I warned him and then closed the door. His painful look almost tore me from my determination, but if we were going to play the Alpha card I would play the Luna card. He had mated with me, but I was no one's property.

I heard him snicker and growl as he left for his office. Then the sound of wood breaking was heard through the palace. I wondered what poor furniture was being torn apart under his rage. My heart ached at being away from him and my body almost shook, not getting the comfort of his touch. But I was putting my foot down, he had to learn eventually.

A few hours later I walked to the kitchen sitting down for dinner. George and Alice were on edge when I arrived. I gave them both a warm smile and it seemed to calm them down.

"Can I make the food with you this evening?" I asked. "I need something to do." I explained and they nodded in understanding.

We made a chicken stew with vegetables and rice. They showed me the best way to cut vegetables. It was very comforting, but my body still ached after Xander's touch. I felt him close a few minutes later. He stood in the doorway to the kitchen.

"Leave." He told the cooks. They looked at me for confirmation and I nodded at them with a reassuring smile. They left without looking at their alpha.

"I'm sorry." He began, but the rest of the words got stuck in his throat. "I can't." He began again, but tears welled up and my heart screamed at me. He was in deep pain.

"My King." I said coldly, trying to hide my own pain. "Have you assessed my request?" I asked with a stern voice.

"I have." He nodded and looked down in guilt. "I need you to understand why I don't want you to go out alone."

"Xander." I said harshly and he fisted his hands. "I won't discuss this here. I need to eat before I talk with you. Just give me a few minutes, okay?" I said with a softer voice.

He looked like a little kid who was being sent to his room for misbehaving. I couldn't believe he actually listened. The most feared alpha on the planet was baring himself in front of me.

I took my food up to my room and ate alone. Later it knocked on my door.

"Please, my love. Let me come in. I am so sorry. I will let the whole pack know how sorry I am if you just let me in." He pleaded behind the door.

"You may come in." I said after a few minutes of silence. He came in and he looked worse than he did 30 minutes ago. His hair was a mess and his eyes were red. He had been crying and that broke me. I couldn't torture him anymore.

"You proved your point. I was an asshole. I told you I don't deserve you and that is very clear. I can't function without you. Please, I know that I was idiotic, but hear me out."

He sighed and met my stern gaze. "Damn, stubborn creature." He muttered and I lifted a questioning eyebrow. "Okay, I need you to understand why I'm a jerk." He dug his hands in his pockets and shifted his gaze to the floor. "I have never loved another. Never needed another person before. Being with you is totally new for me. You're my world, my everything and if I lost you I wouldn't be able to stay long. The thought alone haunts me to no end." He looked up and dug his painful gaze into my eyes. I gasped at him. He bore himself to me. He showed me his soul. "I've never had anyone to lose. I've been cold and distant my whole life, it was the way I was brought up. I watched as my father slaughtered people left and right. He said it was the way to put people in place and that I should embrace my anger, but with you." He snickered and the sound of his broken spirit was excruciating. This was worse than any pain I had been through. I did regret my stubbornness now.

"You're right. You should never have to be enclosed ever again. You are a Queen and a Luna. You should know your people. It was wrong of me to try and control you. I know that I can't and it terrifies me more than anything that I never know what's going to happen to you. I don't want to lose you, but I ask you to at least have a guard with you, until you have been crowned." He asked and I nodded, agreeing to his terms. It seemed to relieve him of some of the concern. "I promise I will never raise my voice at you like that again. I can’t promise I won't argue." He chuckled and I giggled. It seems to lift him up even more because he smiled longingly at me. "My angel, I love you and I beg for your forgiveness." He said and a single tear ran from his cheek. I couldn't push him away anymore so I just opened my arms at him. His smile shone and the second later he had climbed into my bed and pressed his nose in the crook of my neck. He relaxed as he breathed in my scent. My whole body woke up by his touch. I realized how much I actually had missed his body. This was insane, how much a person could crave another. We were both too stubborn.

"I love you too." I said to him and his lips were on mine.

"I love you, my queen. So much that it hurts sometimes. Don't ever push me away again."

"I won't. I'm sorry I left you." I said and caressed his cheek. He sighed in content.

His arm went around my body and he pressed himself closer to me.

"You don't understand how much control you have on me." He sighed and leaned his forehead against mine. I giggled and started to unbutton my shirt.

"Can you control yourself around me though?" I whispered seductively.

He gulped and looked down on my chest. I rolled over him and straddled him, pinning his arms under my legs. I kept unbuttoning my shirt and his eyes were black of lust. I felt his bulge press up between my legs.

"Let me show you what kind of reward you get. Let me show you how a king shall be treated." I smirked and he looked crazily at me.

"Baby, you're torturing me." He rasped and I smiled seductively back at him, then leaned down on him.

"Maybe it's both. Patience, my love." I whispered in his ear and I felt him shudder under me. He pushed his hips up against me. I tore his shirt open.

"Please." He growled and I started to kiss his torso, down his stomach and to the hem of his trousers. He groaned almost painfully. I unbuckled his belt and pulled down everything he wore. He flung out of his underwear and his hands went to me.

"No." I pushed him back. "Let me take care of you." I said and his eyes widened. When I let my mouth consume him he gasped and grunted loudly. He pulsed in my mouth as I worked. He growled loudly and the second later I was torn from him and he rolled over me. He thrusted inside me smoothly before he pushed hard into me. I let out a loud pleasured moan. My hands dug into his back and I rolled him round on his back again. I started riding him roughly and he pushed inside me in unison. He released just before me and I almost melted over him. He sat up and held me in his strong embrace.

"Damn, I love you." He breathed into my neck. "You're a force of nature, my love." He sighed.

"And I love you too." I said and stroked his back softly. Our bodies didn't want to separate. I leaned back and looked into those deep green eyes. His body, his beauty and his soul were apparent to me now and it made my heart burst through my chest. His look on me was as intense as I felt.

"You." He said and pushed me closer. "Are." He continued and let a hand ride up my body, caress my breast and stop at my neck. "One breathtaking creature." He pulled in my scent and I sighed in content.

"And you're a god." I whispered on which he smirked widely.

"You see me as a god?" He c****d his jaw in joy.

"You're also impossible." I sighed and chuckled as I rolled off him. His hands instantly followed my body and I felt his hips press to my butt.

"And you're more than a goddess. You're my moon and my stars. My sun and my night. You're everything." He whispered in my ear.

I couldn't help but smile.

"Sweet-talker." I joked and he nibbled at my shoulder.

"It's true." He said sincerely.

I looked at him over my shoulder. His eyes were warm and filled with love as he looked at me.

"If you keep talking like that, you're going to get tired of being with me in this bed." I chuckled and he growled darkly.

"Never." He hissed and pulled me swiftly around for me to face him. He looked almost angry. "Any time is not enough. Never enough." His eyes turned black again. "I guess there's always other furniture, places and the shower." He whispered and crooked a smile.

"Mmh." I moaned. "I like the sound of that."

He grabbed my hip and pulled me roughly against him, making me lose my breath.

"Oh the sounds of your pleasuring moaning will not be the loudest when I'm through with you." He said seductively and kissed my mark. "Screw that, I'll never be through with you." He grunted and I felt myself getting wet all over again. I couldn't contain myself, my mouth went at his. Our lips crushed together and I went down his neck to his shoulder, my canines rasped his skin. They sank in a second later. Xander stiffened for a moment, then relaxed and let out a pleasured grunt.

"Wow, how could you do that?" He frowned.

"I don't know. I just needed to mark you as mine." I said and looked at him with seriousness. "You're mine." I growled and he grinned proudly back.

"As you are mine." He smirked and went back to his onslaught on my neck again. Our bodies turned hot again and we started all over again. We battled for dominance and it was wild, hot and beautiful love-making.