The Waning Moon Of Pain

Chapter Ten:

Later that day after they had dinner all together, Freki looks over at his sister and her new mate at the table needing to cover something before they call it a night.

"How would you two like to do the sleeping arrangements?"

Diana and Ulric look at him and then at each other. Her cheeks pinken looking back at her brother, "Umm well, just give Ulric your old room to stay in. It has the biggest bed besides the alphas room. I was planning on going to my home for the night. "

Freki and Jake look at her in surprise and concern. Ulric looks at their reaction, then at her. "Are you sure Princess? You haven't gone there since… " her father asks.

She grips her hands under the table, nodding, "Yes, I think it's time. Most of my things are there anyways. After we are done here I will be moving into the Twin Moon pack. I should get ready to start packing while I am waiting."

" Maybe you should hold off until you two finish the mating process. You going there might be hard on you and Rin and slow your process of recovering" Freki warns her sister, not wanting her to push herself.

" I will join her. Keep her company and help her pack." Ulric reassures them.

She looks over at him not wanting to burden him, " Ulric, it's okay I can…"

He puts his hand over hers, seeing the tension in her body mentioning this place, "I told you, you are not leaving my side until we finish the mating process. Plus the only way I am going to get any sleep is with you in my arms, I want us to be both well rested for tomorrow when we start the search."

Taking his hand into hers, she smiles and nods, not fighting it. She would appreciate his company to her and Darius's home that they built together.

"Okay, but if it is too much for you sister. Please come back here and give yourself time. It will always be there and you can come back anytime you feel more ready." Freki tells her, wanting her to know not to rush this.

" I will be fine, big brother. After I have cleared my things out and packed up the place, please feel free to give the lovely home to whoever would cherish it as much as Darius and I did."

" I will. I might make it the new Beta assigned home for future betas. I think it is time I assign a new Beta to our pack as well, but I will do it after we finish things here with the rogues." Freki says and looks at his Luna beside him. She gives him a sweet smile and nods, putting her hand over his agreeing with his choice and proud he is taking this next big step to recover himself.

"Shall we call it a night then and get some good rest?" Jack says as he stands ready to lay down from the long day.

"Yes, let's." Amber says standing with Freki, Ulric and Diana follow suit.

Diana says good nights to her brother, Amber, and her father. Once they disappear up the stairs, she takes in a breath to calm her nerves joining Ulric's side looking up at him, taking his large hand in hers, giving him a sweet smile.

"Ready?"

He smiles lovingly back at her and nods, letting her take the lead as they leave the pack house. They calmly walk together down the pathed road. She then turns off onto an old dirt path into the woods a little. After walking about a half a mile into the woods, they come to a clearing with a nice two story home that looked almost like a ghost under the moon's light from being abandoned for a year.

They stop in front of the home. Ulric smiles looking at the lovely little home they had. He feels her squeeze his hand a bit tighter, looking down at her at his side. She looks up at the house with pain in her eyes.

"We can turn back if you're not ready, Angel." He softly tells her.

Taking in a breath, grabbing hold of her nerves, she shakes her head, "No. I need to do this." She says with more confidence.

He smiles at her at how strong and brave she is. She steps forward to the front door, holding his hand tightly still. He holds her hand, not letting go, gently rubbing his thumb over her knuckles to help keep her calm. Stopping in front of the door, she reaches up with a shaking hand gripping the handle and turns it, letting the door swing open.

The place looked untouched from that day they left their home for the last time. There is just a thick layer of dust everywhere. They step into the front room/ living room area. Diana continues to hold on to Ulric's hand, slowly looking around. She turns flipping a switch next to the door, bringing the house to life with the light.

She slowly moves to the left of them into the kitchen area with a sitting area. There were still dishes where Darius had his last breakfast before they had to rush out and protect their pack. Tears fill her eyes, feeling her heart and soul heavy for the mate she lost, her best friend. Remembering that handsome smile of his that morning they woke together, like any other normal day.

Taking in an unsteady breath, wiping her eyes she turns away from the kitchen and leads Ulric through the house. She felt like if she let go of his hand she would spiral back into the dark lonely pit she had to crawl herself back out of. Ulric stays close to her, letting her do what she needs to do, but if he feels she's pushing herself too much, he will take her away, he will not let her fall back down.

Moving up the stairs to her old bedroom. She softly pushes the door open, turning the light on. The bed is still perfectly made, the place still had a small faint scent left of Darius, but it was barely noticeable with all the stale dust in the air. She looks over at their dresser spotting her engagement ring in front of a cute photo of them both on a camping trip they did together alone to celebrate being mates.

Stepping over to the ring, she carefully picks it up, wiping the dust off the beautiful simple diamond on a rose gold ring. Ulric looks at the ring, then at her worried seeing the pain come very clear now to her face. He quickly catches her, picking her up. He moves over to the bed taking a seat and has her curled up in his lap, letting her break down and get it all out.

Blake whines in his head at his mate being in pain. Ulric hugs her tight, rubbing her back fighting back his emotions. She squeezes the ring in her hand against her broken heart, clinging close to Ulric.

"I miss him...I miss him so much!" She cries out, hearing Rin howl in pain in her head, mourning with her.

"I know Angel." He softly says to her and kisses her head, trying to comfort her the best he can. He thinks he understands why she wishes to wait a little longer. He would feel this painful loss being connected to her. It's not something a mate should share with another, this is probably why it's not good for already mated wolves to have a second chance.

He will be strong for her though. He is willing to fight through the pain with her. It will get better, but never forgotten. Ulric held her close until her tears ran dry and her cries turned silent. Diana just sat still in Ulric's warm embrace to help ease her broken heart.

"Thank you for coming with me." She softly says breaking the silence after a long while.

" Of course Angel. I will always be here for you. Do you want to return to the pack house or are you okay now to continue?" He softly asks her, looking down at her tear stained face as she looks up at him.

He tries his best to wipe her face clean, hating seeing her like this. Even her beautiful green eyes are slightly puffy and red from crying.

She glances around, then looks down at the ring in her hand. She didn't know what to do, she knows she needs to do this, but it hurts so much. Ulric looks at her ring in her hand, he adjusts a little gently taking her ring out of her hand, then takes her left hand softly sliding it on her ring finger, seeing it still a perfect fit.

"He will always be with you Diana. Wherever you go, he is with you and watching over you. I know he would be so proud of how brave and strong you are being, because I am. Keep this ring, you will always be his in spirit and I will cherish you in person, promising him to take care of you for him from now on."

Ulric's words made her aching heart warm up with his love for her. The silly butterflies in her stomach fluttered around again. She smiles looking at the ring returning to where it belongs. It meant a lot to her for what he just promised and she will continue to be strong for Darius. She knows he would want her to be happy and not wallow in self pity.

"Thank you Ulric." She says sweetly, smiling up at him.

She glances at his lips and leans up softly pressing her lips to his. He melts to the softness of her lips, hugging his arms around her leaning down to press his lips more against hers. She rests her left hand on the side of his face slowly moving her lips with his, loving the taste of him.

He clenches his jaw wanting to flip her on this bed and devour every inch of her, to take her pain and replace it with pleasure, to make her feel good, but he fights his urge slowly pulling away. He sighs resting his forehead against hers,

"We should get to work or head back to the pack house. I want to devour you so badly it hurts." He growls in frustration.

She nods understanding, she's fighting the urge herself. Lifting her head, she smiles looking into his eyes and then looks around,

"Let's just head back and call it a night. I didn't think about how dusty it would be. I'm going to have to clean the place up and go through everything, but I'm suddenly really tired from this long day."

Ulric nods, happy to hear it and scoops her up in his arms as he stands. He turns the lights off as he carries her out of the house. She could walk just fine, but she liked being carried by him, so she didn't say anything. He even carried her all the way back to the pack house.

"Which room?" He asks her as they enter the house.

"Second floor, last door to the left." She tells him and giggles as he carries her the rest of the way up the stairs to the room.

She gets the door for him, he pushes it open with his foot and walks over setting her down on the bed, then steps back over to turn the light on. It was a nice simple room with blues and greys as a color theme, and even has its own attached bathroom.

"This used to be my brother's old room. My room is next door." She tells him as she stands seeing that they brought his things into the room for him.

"And where do you think you are going?" He asks her, seeing her walk to the door as he steps over to his things.

"My room, silly. This bed might be bigger than the others, but it's not big enough to fit us both on it comfortably. It will be okay, I will be just next door." She tells him, turning to leave, but he moves fast with his Alpha speed, grabbing her.

Pulling her back into the room, he shuts the door behind her and backs her up against it. Placing his hands on either side of her, towering his giant body over her small curvy frame, they look into each other's eyes with such heat, trying their best to keep calm and not jump each other.

"I want you with me Diana. I don't care if you have to sleep on top of me to do it. We are going to be close to each other anyways, so it doesn't matter how big the bed is."

Her chest is rising and lowering looking over his perfectly toned and muscular body, resting snuggly against his clothes, keeping her blocked against the door. Rin purrs in her head, liking what they were seeing. She squeezes her eyes shut shaking her head out of her thoughts,

"I don't think that's a good idea Ulric. It's already difficult enough right now to keep our hands to ourselves. Not that I don't trust you won't, I just don't trust myself. I haven't had a physical connection like this...in a long time…" she says breathing deeply, her eyes open and focused to keep them just on his face.

Ulric's blue eyes swirl a shade darker, giving her a smirk, amused by this. He takes an extra step closer to her, his body inches from hers, she can feel the heat off of him. Lowering his head, looking deep into her eyes trancing her with his dominant stare.

" Don't worry Angel, when I make you mine. I will wait until you give the okay, but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy each other just a little in other ways. I've been dying to find out what you taste like, your arousal makes my mouth water." He says to her in a low husky growl.

Rin howls in her head at his words, wagging her tail. Diana's breathing becomes uneven a little at the rush of heat burning down into her core, feeling her arousal come full force with just his words, she can feel her panties getting soaked already.

Watching her green emeralds darken to his words, he takes in a deep sharp breath and let's it out a growl smelling how turned on she is already for him. He couldn't take it any more, he has to taste her, make her wither in pleasure for him.

"Angel?" He growls wanting an answer, fighting from grabbing her and tossing her on the bed, ripping her clothes off her.

Diana jumps a little, her mind still lost on his words, so Rin pushes through helping them out and makes her quickly nod her head,

"Y-yes, okay." She stumbles out and gasps as he suddenly grabs her bringing her over to the bed and lays her down on her back.

His lips crush into hers making her whimper to the burst of sparks going through them. He assaulted her soft lips until they were red and sore. Releasing her lips, he grabs her shirt and she quickly lifts her arms letting him pull it off her and returns to her lips, diving his tongue into her mouth. Diana moans against his lips at the taste of him, his hands moving under her to unclip her bra.

Grabbing the front of her bra, he pulls it free from her beautiful soft pale skin, tossing it to the ground. He trails his lips down her neck to his waiting marking spot on her, sucking the skin hard there to leave a hickey as a promise to mark her there before it fades to himself. He continues his trail of kisses down to her lovely plump breasts, kissing and nipping the sides of them, fitting perfectly in the palm of his hands. He traces his lips up the peak of her right breast, his hot breath teasing her already hardened n****e.

Diana shivers to the feeling of his breath on her sensitive peak, wanting badly to feel his lips around her hard point. He looks up at her face watching her reaction as he slowly glides his tongue over her breast, then takes it fully into his mouth. She gasps, biting her lower lip and whimpering to the fire burning hotter below.

He growls squeezing her breast making her release her lip from her teeth, "Don't hold back those sweet sounds from me Angel, they are mine. You do it again I will bite that lip of yours until it bleeds."

Returning to enjoying the taste of her plump chest, messaging them in his hands, making sure they both get equal attention. Her sweet moans filled the air around them, music to his ears. Giving her chest enough attention he continues his trail of kisses down, but stops seeing her hands are covering her stomach.

He plants kisses on her fingers, gently gripping her wrists to pull them away, but she whimpers hugging her arms around her stomach,

"Please, they are ugly to look at." She pleads, embarrassed of her scars, even though he has seen them already.

Ulric growls gripping her wrists tighter, prying her hands off her stomach and pins them above her head, hovering his body over hers. She looks into his black lust filled eyes, her cheeks burning ashamed.

"I don't want to hear you ever insult yourself like that again. Don't be ashamed or embarrassed of your body Angel, especially your scars. I love every inch of your beautiful body and every inch of it is mine to enjoy. Don't ever keep me from enjoying what is mine, scars and all. Be proud of those scars, they are proof of how amazing and strong you are. I promised I would cherish you, body, heart, and soul Angel. I am very thankful to the moon goddess for giving me the two most beautiful women in the world. You do this again, I will happily tie you down and smack that lovely ass of yours until it's red, understand?" His voice is hard, but his eyes are soft, making sure she understands he loves her for who and what she has.

Diana felt like her heart was going to jump out of her chest, the words that came out of this man's mouth. He is shameless about speaking what exactly is on his mind. Her dear Darius was never that good with words, but his wonderful actions spoke for themselves. She is quickly learning that Ulric is beautifully gifted at both.

"Yes I understand. Never again." She breathes out, licking her dry lips.

Watching lick her lips like that lured him in wanting to taste them again, pressing his body against hers. She whimpers and moans to the feeling of him on top of her, getting lost in the taste of his lips, driving her body crazy. He ends the heated kiss with her bottom lip between his teeth, pulling on it slightly then releasing it.

"That's my girl. Now lay back and let me enjoy you. Keep your hands out of my way." He growls warningly and releases her wrists moving back down her body again, giving her plump breasts another taste before moving further.

Gripping the pillow above her, too keep her hands in place. She lifts her head feeling him move down to her stomach and without hesitation, he gently and slowly kisses every inch of her scars. It was the hottest thing she had felt and witnessed, her core was screaming for that release.

"Ulric please." She begs not being able to take this slow advancement any longer.

He gives off an amused chuckle, loving the sound of her angelic voice begging his name out loud for that release. He can smell how wet she is, it made him almost drool to have a taste. Leaning back he starts to undo her jeans, feeling her kick her boots off her feet to the floor. Taking hold of her waistband, he pulls off her jeans with her panties, leaving her completely bare before him.

His darkened eyes trails over her sexy curves, her soft paleness, her fine lines, it made him weak wanting to leave a small mark all over her lovely body. Gently grabbing her legs, he lifts them, kissing her ankles, slowly moving further down, placing her legs up on his shoulders when he reaches her thighs.

He moves up to her sexy little waist, nipping at her hip bones, loving how she squirms and whimpers from his touch. Then he reaches his main goal, taking in her raw wonderful scent of her lovely honeypot.

"You smell delightful Angel." He growls with hunger, lowering his head to glide his tongue from bottom to top between her folds.

She breathes in sharply at the feeling, he holds her hips down with his hands and presses his lips against her lower ones, letting his tongue go wild, tasting every bit of her sweet nectar. Her hand combing through his thick black hair, gripping it, her musical voice enchanting his ears to devour her more and make her scream louder for him in pleasure.

Diana forgot how amazing this felt, to be pleasured like this. She never expected to feel this bliss again. It felt just as good as being with Darius. As if she can feel his touch through Ulric's, their touch mixing as one, driving her body wilder than it ever felt.

"Ulric!" She screams out feeling his tongue go wild over her swollen bean. Pushing one of his thick fingers deep into her, pushing more of her nectar out of her body to devour her some more.

She could already feel the wonderful sensation building inside her. Her moans getting louder, her breaths getting quicker and right as she's on the edge, Ulric pushes her over by thrusting a second finger into her, sucking on her bean. Her back arched off the bed, her screams filled the room and Ulric didn't let up until he got every second of her release from her.

Melting into the bed, she smiles satisfied, feeling him give her tender kisses to her trembling thighs from such a good burst. Letting her legs melt into the bed with the rest of her body, he peppers her body with kisses back up to her lips. She drunkenly kisses him back from the pleasure, tasting herself on his lips.

Ulric smirks seeing her body shutting her down from the long and eventful day she has had, happy to bring her satisfaction enough to relax now. Pulling his black shirt off him, he slips it onto her to sleep in, being blanketed in his scent to help her sleep peacefully. He kisses her forehead, stroking her cheek with the back of his hand admiring her,

"Get some rest Angel."

She smiles giving him a sweet kiss and then gets comfortable. He moves off the bed to change into his sweats, getting ready for bed himself, then climbs back in, pulling her closer to lay half way on top of him. The second she found the perfect comfortable position against him, she fell right to sleep with a small smile on her lips.

Proud of himself, he closes his eyes and let's sleep take him as well, feeling just as exhausted from the long day.