The Royal Wolves

Mission

* * King Stefan’s POV * *

‘We’ve got this. Once every pack is within the Land of Unity, we can relax,’ Jenson tells me.

‘I know.’

‘So, why the sombre mood?’ He asks me.

‘It’s just that I promised her safety and a home. And yet, her safety is constantly compromised. What am I doing wrong?’

‘It will ease, pal. Everything happens for a reason. We need to say good bye and promise her that we will return,’ he says and I know he’s right.

Erin is checking on the selected warriors and witches, that will be escorting the packs to our land. Wishing them safety and an uneventful mission. Her words being comfort to the brave men and women who have volunteered for this mission. “Do you have words of comfort for your King, too?” I ask from behind her.

She briefly startles, but turns to me with a smile that warms my heart. Her hand reaches up and gently cups my cheek. “My King,” she softly says. “I wish for your safety on this mission. Please know that my heart travels with you, and if I could, I would be by your side every step of the way. Please both of you, come home to us, my heart and life be empty without the both of you to love and hold.”

Her words bring me comfort and I feel Jenson purring in my mind as she soothes his soul. I feel him push to the front and look upon her with his own eyes. “My Queen, my Mate, my soul, I promise to push as hard as I can to return to you before the day ends,” he promises her.

“I love you, Jenson,” she kisses him, before he relinquishes control to me.

She looks into my eyes, then takes my hand and pulls me to my office. “What is running through your mind?” She demands to know.

“What makes you think……”

“Don’t okay dumb with me, Stefan. I know you mind, body and soul. Something is troubling you. Now, tell me.”

“I just…. It’s just that I promised to keep you safe, and yet every step of our journey has brought you in harms way. I feel like I am failing you,” I admit to her. “I’m sorry for the hardship.”

“Stefan,” she sighs. “I was already in harms way, I was already in danger, just by being a human girl within the Wolf Land. You gave me freedom and choice. Know this… I choose to be with you, every step of the way. For better or worse, just like our vows. Even if it was a life on the run, I’d still choose you. You saved my soul and showed me what love is. They’re two things worth fighting for, and fight we will.”

“Thank you for giving me perspective. Now come, I need to hold my babies as well as my mate. I’m sorry, for worrying you.”

“We are each others strength, Stefan. We hold the other up when the world pushes us down, we find happiness together.”

‘Kiss her, you jackass,’ Jenson scoffs at me. I don’t need telling twice, I feed my hands through the hair at her nape and tilt her face to meet mine. Her soft lips part as she welcomes my tongue into her mouth.

“We don’t have long. Make it quick, there’ll be time for worshipping each others body, when you are back,” she purrs into my mouth, setting my blood alight.

My hands swipe the items on my desk to the floor, then slide up her legs lifting her dress. I cup her cheeks and lift her to the desk, my lips never leaving hers. “There’s so many things that I want to do to you,” I tell her, sadness in my tone.

“Once you are back, I’ll let you do all of them. But for now, relieve our tension,” she says and sucks my lower lip and lightly bites, as her hands work on my belt buckle.

Her hands have become skilled at releasing my c**k, and I can’t help but smile at being the one to help her develop that skill. I’m already hard as she unzips my pants, then my c**k pulsates in her hand. Will I ever get enough of this woman? Each time feels better than the last. She pulls her underwear aside and positions the head of my c**k at her entrance. “Please take me, my King,” she begs.

Who am I, to refuse the request of a Queen?

Sucking her mate mark, I push my length inside of her, frowning as her inner walls clench around me. Her nails press through my shirt and dig into my skin, as her thighs wrap around my hips. Without thinking, I allow Jenson forward, to share the moment as we pound into her tight, warm core. “I love you both;” she gasps as her ecstasy heightens.

She screams our names as her orgasm consumes her, her ecstasy rips me over the edge and her name is on my lips as I spill my seed into her. Our heads rest together as we gasp for air and wait for our heart rates to slow.

The next twenty minutes are spent with the twins, I promise them that Daddy will be home soon, and ask them to be good for their Mummy and Nana. I promise myself. That my first job tomorrow, will not be done until I have had breakfast and time with my family. I hear a lot of people say how quickly these early years pass by, and I intend to make sure my people and I are present in our families lives.

The ninety minutes are up and I cast a glance at my mate, just before I climb into the car. When I return we will be housing thousands more. In the hope of keeping everybody safe from harm.

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** Queen Erin’s POV **

As soon as the cars are out of view, I take my leave from the group and head to the twins. I need to keep myself busy, to prevent worrying. And what better way, than spending time with my two little loves.

“And, before you could say cakes and bagels, gingerbread Fred ran away. Saying, ‘Run, run, run, as fast as you can. You can’t catch me, I’m the gingerbread man.” I say the words of their favourite book from memory as they eat their morning snack.

“Excuse me, my Queen,” Jenny, our housekeeper asks as she knocks on the kitchen door.

“Come in, Jenny. Is everything okay?”

“Yes, my Queen. It’s just that Doctor Jo is here, and I wanted to know if it was okay to let him in,” she tells me.

“Of course it is. Bring him through,” I smile.

“Hey, Jo. Are you going insane already? Welcome to the mad house.feel free to distract yourself,” I laugh as Reece smears his yoghurt over his face.

“I’m definitely going insane. I came to see if Flo was here. I can’t find her anywhere,” he stresses.

“Go on, love,” my Mum says kindly.

“Thank you,” I tell her and kiss her cheek, followed by the tops of the twins heads, the only part of them that is clean.

“I assumed she would be with you?” I question him.

“No. She attended the meeting and now I can’t find her,” he frets.

“Come with me,” I tell him and lead him through the packhouse and to the meeting room. A niggling worry at the back of my mind is stressing me out. But, I don’t say a word. I don’t want to upset Jo, unnecessarily.

Each paragraph and bullet point that I skim, brings a sense of relief. It seems I was fretting for no reason.

That is until I reach the last page. “F*uck!!” I curse when my eyes find what I didn’t want to see.

“What is it?” Jo asks me.

“She’s gone on the mission.”

“For f**k sake; Erin!” Jo snaps at me.

“I know!”

“No you don’t. She’s…. We’re…”

“Pregnant. I know. I saw the packages in the living room yesterday.

“SO WHY THE f**k WOULD YOU SEND HER!!” He screams.

“Jo. I know you’re worried, but so am I. Ease up. She promised me to secrecy. She said you wanted to wait until the twelve week mark,” I tell him.

“So, you’re saying this is my fault?” He gasps.

“No. Not at all. But, I kept your secret. I didn’t tell Stefan. She’s part of the Queen’s guard, I didn’t think she’d be drafted to go,” I tell him truthfully as I pull out my phone and try to call her.

It goes straight to voicemail.

“Erin. We have to find her. She’s my life. And the baby,” he begins to cry.

“I know, Jo. Let’s put our heads together,” I tell him.