The Vampire Queen's Destined King

A battle of words...

Iron Claw-

Something shifted with our back and forth. I noticed the moment she seemed to shut down. Then she tried to play it off. I shouldn’t give a f**k about her feelings. So why do I? Why am I wanting to go and pull her into my arms and tell her it will all be okay?

Fuck this damn mate bond. This is what is messing with my head. I haven’t given a damn about anyone since my mate. Well, that’s not true. The Luna wore me down and made me care about her. She is the freaking annoying little sister I never knew I needed. Plus, those babies. I haven’t even met them on the outside yet, and I’m already in trouble. I’ll give them whatever they want and help them stay out of trouble. Whatever they need, they will always have Uncle Iron Claw.

Needless to say, I’m frustrated as to why I am feeling an attraction for Mira. Why when I know she had something to do with my mate’s death. There is no amount of mate bond that can ever make me replace this hate for love. Now I'm still puzzled over what I said or did to trigger her. Hell, maybe I reminded her of when she took the life of my mate.

I really have to get to the bottom of all this. It’s driving me insane to think I have to be around her for thirty days just to say I still don’t want her.

I could have easily told her that over the phone. Speaking of which. I need to call Grandma Cece. She is Beta Colton’s grandmother. She is also one of the wisest women here in the pack. She just returned to our pack. Just in time to help break the curse that was on her grandson Colton. Which was the reason he would not claim his mate Emerson right away. It was tough watching them torture each other. Now, they are about to have their first pup. A very powerful son. I can’t wait to see what this next generation does.

“Knock, knock. Your majesty, your clothes have been retrieved." Gerald speaks through the closed bedroom door. I walk over to open it and there he holds a suitcase that was prepared for me.

“Thank you, Gerald. Just call me Iroquois, please. I’m no king or anything like that.”

“I will do my best sire, but it’s tradition and how I was trained.”

“Hey, Gerald, before you go. Do you know what happened earlier?” I look at his knowing expression. “But you can’t tell me, can you?”

He nods as he walks down the hallway, stopping in her office. I could see the light to the office from under the door. She has been in there since we arrived. That was three hours ago. I decided to shower and prepare for bed. The sooner I can try and sleep, the sooner these thirty days will be over.

I get undressed and get into the shower. The water is as hot as I can stand. I let it fall over every inch of me. I find myself thinking of Mira being in this shower. Washing her beautiful soft skin. Lathering up as she caresses the special places only her mate should feel. I let the water run down my face as I pushed my hair back.

I lather up with the face towel as images of her creep into my head. I begin to stroke myself, imagining she is in this shower with me. I lean in nibbling on her neck. Biting softly into her flesh. Just enough to leave teeth marks but not break the skin. She releases a moan as I pump harder. Imagining my other hand between her wet folds pumping to the same rhythm as my c**k.

Her name escapes my lips as a come all over the shower wall. It does nothing to fix this new craving that I have for her. It’s actually made it worse. I’m right back hard with the need to bury myself deep in her. Visions of me taking her all night until she begs me to stop.

“Fuck.” I grunt under my breath as I turn off the shower a few minutes later. The ice-cold water helped a bit to calm my desires. I wrap the towel around my waist after drying off. Exiting the bathroom, I hear her before I see her.

“Oh, hey.” She talks before turning around. “I was thinking we can come to some kind of agreement before we…”

“Before we what?” I ask, standing with my hands at my waist. She turns, zeroing in on my shirtless chest. The droplets I missed and probably the noticeable bulge beneath the towel.

“Oh I’m sorry, I thought you would be dressed.” She still hasn't looked me in the eyes yet

“My face is up here, your highness.”

She quickly looks up to my face. Looking as though biting on the inside of her lip will help her not say what is on her mind.

“Sorry, uhm…” She begins as her phone rings. She holds it in her hand but doesn’t look down.

“You might want to get that.” I sit on the bed and slide on a pair of pajama pants.

“You don’t wear a shirt to bed?” She asked.

“You’re lucky I’m wearing pants. I sleep commando.” I raise an eyebrow. Her plump lips part just so. Making me focus on the way her body reacts to seeing me.

“Hello,” She answers the phone, speaking into it as she keeps glancing at me. I can see her in the mirror. “Yes, I can talk now. Go ahead.”

She steps into the hallway, and I pull out my phone. I see a missed text message from Luna.

‘So we will be discharged tomorrow and wondered if you were coming by.’

‘I’ll be there in the morning. Can't wait to see what you produce.’ I reply. Then I closed my phone. I’m sure she will get a kick out of that. A few minutes later, Mira returns to the room. She looks worn out already.

“Hey, so for tomorrow?” She begins. “I have meetings and the one with Alpha Ronan as well.”

“Tomorrow I have to see the babies and training of the warriors. Also, I need to check in with Alpha Ronan on new assignments. Since I’ve been cleared by the doctor.”

I lean against the headboard. On top of the covers but my eyes are closed. I can feel her looking at me. I remain still with closed eyes.

“Uhm, so will you need to follow me around the entire day? I feel like we can both get things done without the other. We both understand the importance of ending this mate bond.” Mira speaks. I can feel the increase in her heartbeat. She is trying not to show it.

“No, we can get both done. I can meet with the Alpha with you. We can start out early. Together. This is the best way to learn all we need and agree this was a complete error on the moon goddess part.”

“Fine… I’ll sleep on the couch.” She speaks while my eyes are still closed. I hear the frustration in her voice.

“We have to share a bed. Or the 30 days don’t count.” I remind her.

“Well, we are under the same roof.”

“Not the same, your highness. We stick to the rules. A woman in your position should be accustomed to rules. Or are you a rule breaker because of your power?”

“You know nothing about me. Let's not talk a big game. Especially for someone who just decided speaking to others was an option again.” Mira snaps back at me. There is some of the attitude I want.

“Tomorrow, we will go see an elder I know here on Pack lands and see if she has any ideas on how to rush this along.” I add ignoring her attempts to frustrate me.

“I hope she can help.” Mira walks into the bathroom, and the sound of running water gets s***h's ears up in my head.

‘We are not going in there.’ I speak to my wolf.

‘I know, but it’s only a matter of time before she is begging us to join her.’ s***h chuckles after saying this.

After what was the longest shower in history, she emerged wearing her pajamas. A silk bonnet on her head. She is still breathtakingly gorgeous.

“Don’t try any funny business with me this close to you." I comment as I’m now under the covers.

“Don’t kid yourself.” She replies with a smile. She pulls the covers back and slides in under the covers. Her body makes a noise of happiness from the mattress. Pulling the covers up to her chin. She then proceeds to place a pillow between us

“If I wanted you, do you really think a pillow would stop me?”

“Why does everything have to be a whole big debate with you?” She asks, turning in bed to face me.

“Well, who else would I debate with? It only makes sense that I would save all my verbiage for you.”

“Fine, forget I asked. Let’s just get through the night. I hope you don’t snore.” She replies as she turns on her side. Facing away from me.

The next morning I’m wide away. She does, in fact, snore herself. It's not why I was awake, though. I could not get her out of my head. Every time my eyes got heavy and I dozed off, I kept having dreams of her. Her scent would then enter my subconscious.

Nothing too explicit, but it would just be a regular day. She and I would be hand in hand, running around making decisions for the vampires. She would then fall to her knees to thank me. Yep, this is where it got dirty. One dream had her under the covers, taking me in her mouth. Another had her crawling over me until she lowered herself on my c**k. I kept waking myself up every time the story took this turn. I still woke up feeling refreshed.

Breakfast is brought to our cottage as we both have gotten showered and dressed for the morning. She walks in wearing these black pants that hug her ass. It should be a crime to have an ass like that. Her top is some white piece that hangs slightly off her beautiful shoulders. A black corset pulled in snuggly against her abs.

We head to the hospital to see the twins before discharge. I have a bouquet of flowers for the Luna. Then, small gifts for the twins.