The Damned

Aftermath

Nix POV

When I wake up this morning, I am laying on a bare chest.  Everything that happened last night comes flooding into my mind.  Last night, my mate and I marked each other, so, now I can smell his unique scent.  I take a quiet sniff in.

‘Ah!  Pine trees and lemons.  Intoxicating!’  Isla says in my head.  I smile to myself in agreement.

“Now you understand how crazy your scent makes me.”  Comes a husky voice from the top of my head.  I look up into the beautiful blue eyes of my mate with a blush on my cheeks.

“Sorry.  I thought I did that quietly.”  I say laying back down.

“Honey, I’m a wolf.  I hear everything.  Besides, there’s no reason to be sorry.  The scent of a mate is the best scent in the world.”  I hear him smelling my hair.

“So, umm, I have a few questions.”  I say after a minute.

“Okay.”  Darian says hesitantly.

“How was it for you?”  Darian lifts my chin so that I’m looking at him.

“Amazing!  Just like I’ve always imagined it to be.”  He gives me a kiss on my forehead then let’s my chin go so I can lay my head back on his chest.  “How was it for you?”  He asks.

“Perfect!”

“Good.  Anymore questions?”

“Yes.  Why do other packs look to Luna Aslanta for so much help?”

Darian POV

“Umm.”  How do I answer that?  “Well, you were too young to remember, but my father was King of The Damned.  However, shortly after his death, my mother decided to be called just Luna.  At least on the island.  Packs in Europe and America still call her Queen.”  Nix begins freaking out.

“What?  Queen?  If…if…if I had known that…I…I never would have…let last night…”  I try to pull her to me, but she pulls away from me.

“Nix?”  She’s still freaking out.  “Phoenix?”  I try.  Nope.  Still freaking out.  “Persephone!”  That gets her attention.  She stops freaking out and looks at me.  “Come here.  Please.”  She moves closer to me.  I pull her further in.  “If you had known before all this, what would you have done?”  She stumbles for a minute.

“I would’ve…umm…I would’ve rejected you.”  She says looking down and I know she’s being honest.

“I wouldn’t have accepted your rejection.”  I say.  She looks back up at me.

“You wouldn’t have?”

“Nope.  When I first caught your scent and discovered it was you, I was over the moon with excitement.  Ever since the first day of school, when you accidentally bumped into me, you’ve been all I can think about.  So, no.  I wouldn’t have accepted.”

“But I can’t be Queen of The Damned.  I’m not the right girl for this.”

“You are exactly the right girl for this.  Plus, after last night, it all makes sense.  You are the girl from the prophecy, so, you being Queen of The Damned makes sense.  Besides, you have a year before your coronation.  So, my mother and I will help you prepare.”  Nix takes a deep breath.

“A year, huh?”  She looks up at me.

“Yeah.  It will be sometime shortly after your graduation.  You will be ceremonial made Luna then a couple weeks later, you and I will both have our coronation.”

“How is it that you know I’m graduating a year early?”

“People talk.”  I smile.  She smiles too.  “So?  Thoughts?”

“You promise you and Luna Aslanta will help me prepare?”

“With all my heart.”  I assure her.

“Well, then in a year, you and I will be Queen and King of The Damned.”  She smiles, climbs onto my lap, and leans down.  I lean up slightly to meet her.  Our lips meet and the tingles shoot through my entire body even more so than when she sat on my lap.  Nix breaks away with a twinkle in her eyes.  She bites her lower lip causing me to growl then Nix does something I wasn’t expecting at all.  She leans down and kisses my new mark turning me on even more than I already am.

“Aren’t you tired?”  I tease.

“No, sir.”  Nix smiles mischievously.  I raise an eyebrow and her mouth opens.

“What?”

“That was super sexy.”

“What was?”

“You raising one eyebrow.”  She blushes.

“Well what if I do this?”  I say and wink.  Her blush turns a deeper pink almost red.  “I take it that was super sexy too, huh?”  Nix nods.  “Well, I aim to please.”

“What would please me right now is you making love to me again.”  She smiles.

“Yes, ma’am.”  I say and flip us over so that she’s on her back.  I meet our lips and caress her chest as her hands roam my chest.  God that feels amazing!  I break the kiss and move my lips along her jawline then down to her chest.  Her fingers go into my hair.  When she pulls slightly, I growl into her chest causing her to giggle.  I break away from her chest and look up at her.  “Now is not the time for giggles.”  I tease.  She smiles down at me.

“Sorry, sir.”  I come back up to her lips.  As I meet our lips again, I push into her.  She gasps only this time I know it’s from pleasure because she smiles in the kiss.  I start to move and Nix’s hands go to my back.  I break the kiss.

“If you dig your nails into my back slightly, I might move faster.”  I smile.  Nix blushes, but digs her nails slightly into my back.  I growl and start to move faster.  As I sense she is close, I move my lips to her mark.  I blow on it slightly and that is her undoing.  I move in and out a couple times more before spilling into her.  I slowly pull out of her and lay back down next to her.  Nix curls into my chest with a contented sigh.

“So, is there a new family coming to the island?”  Nix says after a minute.

“No.  Why?”

“The house being built by the lake between our houses.”

“You saw that, huh?”

“Hard not to.”  She giggles.

“Well, if you must know.”  I smile.  “It’s being built under my orders and designs for our future home.”  Nix looks up at me.  “Is that okay?”  She moves up so we are face to face and kisses me.

“It’s perfect!”  Nix says after pulling away slightly with a huge smile on her face.  I smile in return.  She kisses me again then lays back down on my chest.

“I’m hungry.  Are you?”

“Yeah I could eat.”

“Okay.  I’ll go whip up us something.”

“I’ll come watch.”  Nix gets off my chest and we each get off the bed.  She puts on my shirt from last night and looks super sexy in it.  I grab a pair of boxers and slide them on.  The two of us go into the kitchen and I go to the fridge while Nix sits on one of the bar stools.  I grab eggs, cheese, milk, green peppers, and mushrooms.  I go into the freezer and pull out hash browns.  Then I go to the pantry and grab an onion.  I begin chopping the vegetables then whip the eggs with the milk and some salt and pepper.  I begin cooking the hash browns and omelets.  Nix watches with a smile on her face as I pop a mushroom piece into my mouth.  “I’m glad you like mushrooms too.”  She says.

“Of course.”  I smile and turn my attention back to the stove.  “Do you want toast with these?”

“No thank you.”  I nod and start humming in happiness.  I hear Nix giggle and I turn to look at her over my shoulder.  “Happy, love?”

“Very.”  I go over to her and give her a kiss.  Then I finish cooking breakfast, well more like brunch.  I serve Nix at the bar then join her.  We eat in silence but I can’t help thinking how extremely happy I am.  After breakfast, we take a shower together.  I will never look at showers the same way.  Once out, Nix puts on the jewelry I got her for her birthday and Christmas.

“You really like that jewelry, huh?”

“Yeah.  I got it for my birthday and Christmas.  I don’t know who left it though.”

“I did.”  I smile.

“You did?”  She says surprised.  “But why?  I mean you weren’t able to feel the mate bond yet.”

“Because it’s like I said.  After that first day of school, you were all I could think about.”

“Well I love this jewelry.  So, did you leave the other gifts too?”

“Yes.”

“Well, my family liked their gifts too.  And the drawing you got me, hangs in my room.”

“I’m glad you like them that much.”  I smile again.  We finish getting dressed and then we spend the entire afternoon together before I take her home.  We pull up to her house.

“I’ll call you later.”  I say leaning over the console.

“I look forward to it, baby.”  She smiles and leans the rest of the way.  Our lips meet and I wish I could take her back to my house to live with me until our house is ready.

“Okay, love, you had better get inside.”  I say reluctantly.

“Yeah.”  Nix half smiles, kisses me one more time, and gets out of the car.  I watch her enter the house before driving back to my house.

Nix POV

Walking into the house after a wonderful night, I wish I didn’t have to leave him.  But the good news is that Darian is building a house for us at the lake between my house and his.  As soon as I’m fully into the house, I’m bombarded by my parents.

“Well, let’s see it.”  Mom says.  I smile and lower the collar of my shirt.  Mom looks at it closely.  “It’s beautiful, sweetheart.”  Mom smiles.

“It truly is something.”  Dad says.  “You hungry?”

“No.  Darian made brunch for us.  I won’t be hungry until dinner time.”  I say.

“Okay, sweetie.”  Mom smiles.  “What’d he make?”

“Omelets and hash browns.”

“Yummy.”

“Very.  I’m going to go rest for a while.”  I say and head upstairs to my room.  I grab Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins and lay down on my bed.  Next thing I know, Nina is bouncing on my bed causing me to jerk awake.

“So, how was it?”  She asks.

“Amazing!”  I smile.  “How was it for you?”

“Perfect!  Like a dream.  Can I see your mark?”

“Only if I can see yours.”

“Of course.”  Nina smiles.  I pull down my collar.  Nina looks at mine.  “Beautiful!”  She then pulls down her collar to show me her mark.  It’s a gray wolf with a black full moon behind it.

“Why the coloring?”  I ask.  “I mean it’s beautiful, sis.”

“Lucian’s wolf is gray and black.”  She smiles.

“Gotcha.”  I smile.  “Well, it’s beautiful.”

“Thanks.”  Just then Mom hollers for dinner.

Dinner tonight is meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and green beans.  After dinner, my family and I decide to watch a movie.  We put in Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

‘Dinner over?’  Darian asks through mind link.

‘Yes.’

‘Good.  Can I call now?’

‘Let me get away from my family.’  I smile.  “I’m going to go talk to Darian.”  I say to my family.  They all smiling knowingly.  I go upstairs and get comfortable in my window.  I pull out my cell phone and hit 1 on speed dial.

“Hi, beautiful.”  Darian answers after the first ring.

“Hello.  How was the rest of your day?”

“Good, I guess.”

“You guess?”

“Yeah.  I missed my mate.”  Darian says with slight disappointment.

“Well, I missed my mate, too.”  I say.

“Yeah?”

“Yeah.  Why wouldn’t I?”

“I wish I could’ve kept you with me.”

“I wish I could’ve stayed.  But it would’ve been awkward with your mother there.”

“Well, I got news today from the contractors.”

“And?”

“Our house will be done before the next school year starts.”

“So, we just have the summer to be apart like this?”

“Yes.  Unless you don’t want to move in until after you graduate.”

“That’s insane!  Of course I want to move in as soon as it’s finished.”  I smile.

“Good.  Me too.  We’ll have to go furniture shopping during the summer.”

“Just name the day.”

“Will do.”  Darian says and I can hear him smiling.  “Mom’s calling me down.  I will talk to you later.  I love you.”

“I love you, too.”  We hang up then and I go into my bathroom.  I start filling my tub with warm water then go back into my room, grab the book I was reading earlier, grab my pajamas, and go back into the bathroom.  As soon as the water fills enough, I climb in carefully so that I don’t get my book wet.

‘Hey, beautiful.  What are you up to?’  Darian asks through mind link after I’ve read for a few minutes.

‘I’m in the bathtub.’  I reply.  ‘What did your mom want?’

‘To discuss plans for graduation.’

‘Sounds exciting.’

‘Yeah.  Well, I’ll leave you to your bath.  You going to bed afterwards?’

‘Probably.’

‘Okay.  Goodnight, love.  Sweet dreams.’  He says.

‘Goodnight, baby.  Sweet dreams.’  I get two chapters read before the water starts to get cold.  I hop out, drain the water, dry off, get into my pajamas, and then go crawl into bed.