The Lunar Destiny Series

Chapter 18

When we got back to Delwyn later that night, Lio’s people went home. Baltasar went to Celeste’s house, and Lio came to spend the night at my house. It was Githinji’s duty to keep the pack in line for the night. I sat on the right side of my bed, brushing my hair into a ponytail. I didn’t feel like twisting it up tonight so I did a blow-out. Lio was coming out of the bathroom from a shower. I could feel heat from the steam seeping into the room. He came and stood in front of me, one hand behind his back. He hadn’t put a towel around his waist but he did dry off.

I looked up at him, setting my brush down on the bed slowly next to me.

“Lio, what are you hiding?” I asked, narrowing my eyes. He smiled, but he didn’t reveal what he had.

“I wanted to give this to you when we were at the carnival but, you weren’t too happy with me at the time.” He said.

He took his hand out from behind his back and hanging from his fingers was a gold necklace. The charm was a solid gold wolf that appeared to be curled up in a ball sleeping. Its tail was wrapped around what looked like a ten karat diamond. My hand came up to my chest in awe, it was beautiful.

“Lio it’s gorgeous…I hope it wasn’t too expensive.” I said.

“You’re worth every dollar spent. Turn around for me?”

I smiled before turning around on the bed and lifting my hair up for him. He reached in between my arms to unlatch the necklace and placed it around my neck. The charm rested just above my breasts. Once I heard the necklace clasp click closed, Lio kissed the back of my neck. I let my hair fall back down against my back. I turned around to face him again and he knelt down between my legs, looking up at me with his enchanting silver eyes. He brought his hands behind my lower back and linked his fingers together to hold me.

“I’m glad you like it, I haven’t given a woman a gift in years.” He said with a slightly embarrassed tone.

“I love it, thank you so much.” I said.

“You’re very welcome.”

He lowered his head to my thigh and kissed me softly, then nuzzled his nose against my skin. He unlinked his fingers from behind me and started to push my pajama shirt up, until my panties were visible to him. I could feel the goose bumps on my skin rising with every touch.

“Lio, I wanted to ask you something.” I tried really hard to concentrate on the question.

He looked up at me, his head to one side. It was a miracle that I’d managed to sound normal.

“My parents are supposed to visit me this Saturday. Would you want to meet them?”

I asked hesitantly.

Lio smiled at me and nodded.

“I’d love to. But then, you’ll have to meet my mother. Would you be okay with that?”

I nodded and relaxed a little. Lio had told me that his father had died in a territorial war against a wereleopard pack. His father had also taken a human mate, his mother. She had decided to become one of them after Lio was born. I wondered just how difficult it had been for her.

Lio lowered his head to my inner thigh, very close to the front of my panties. He began licking short, wet lines up to my hip. It tickled and felt so good all at once.

“Lio, stop.” I said a little breathy.

He looked up at me with a carnal hunger in his eyes.

“Why? You like it when I do this…”

He said in a low coaxing voice before he continued his tongue teasing again. At the rate we had been going lately, I was likely to be knocked up by the end of the summer. Lio pressed my buttons unlike anyone I had ever been with. I felt like it was nearly impossible to resist him.

I watched him use his tongue to pull at the elastic part of my panties in the groin area. I shivered like a fragile leaf when the wind blew. He looked up at me and smoothed his tongue over his bottom lip.

“Lay back…” He said barely above a whisper.

I laid back against the bed as he asked, staring up at the ceiling. He pushed my shirt up to my breasts and then slowly slid his hands down the sides of my body until he reached the rim of my panties. I felt him slide them off using only one hand. His hands came under my legs and he put them up on his shoulders. I felt the slightest touch of his jet black curls between my thighs.

Lio’s tongue rolled over that sensitive bud of flesh and a sigh escaped my mouth. He flicked his tongue over the spot in quick movements that enticed a soft moan out of me. The licking turned into sucking and I found myself gripping at the sheets as if I would float away. He started sucking a little harder and I instinctively tried closing my legs. Lio’s hands were holding my legs apart so that there was no way to shut him out. I could feel my orgasm building up, until it spilled out of my mouth with a cry of pure ecstasy. Lio continued to suck at me until I quieted.

He got up from between my legs and suddenly I felt him hard and thick against me. Lio moved up the length of my body until I was looking up at him. His silver eyes shined so beautifully when he was lustful, they captivated me.

He lowered his head to my right ear and whispered.

“I want to feel you naturally tonight Astraia…Allow me this just once…”

I should’ve known he was up to something; he was buttering me up for this. Well played.

“Lio you know why we can’t do that. I want to do things the right way.”

He raised his head up to look down at me again.

“And what makes you think that I don’t?”

He asked, raising his eyebrow at me. I wanted to point down between my legs and shout, ‘exhibit A!’ but I didn’t.

“I won’t c*m inside of you. I just want to feel you naturally.” He said lightly touching my neck.

“I know but, we shouldn’t be careless. I want to have s*x without condoms too but…”

I hesitated to finish my sentence; I couldn’t help but look away from his intense gaze.

His fingers pushed against my cheek making my head turn back to look at him.

“Why does the thought of being pregnant scare you so much? Do you think I’ll abandon you?”

I shook my head no.

“No, it’s not that. I just don’t want to be the woman getting married because she’s pregnant. My parents would assume that the moment I tell them I’m pregnant because of how quickly it happened…”

Lio smiled, shaking his head.

“You won’t be that woman, Astraia. When I marry you it will be because I love you. Your parents will see that. And if you were to become pregnant before then, it wouldn’t be an accident. It would be because I want you to be. A child from your womb is a great blessing and an honor. There is no shame in such a remarkable thing.” He said.

I was stunned by his words. He spoke as if this was our fate. The way he spoke of me, made me feel like such a precious person to him.

The pull-out trick wasn’t a guarantee that you wouldn’t get pregnant. I trusted Lio to ‘know when’, but it didn’t put me at ease.

What’s the worst that could happen? I marry the best man a woman could ever have and my parents will be overjoyed that their first grandchild is on the way. Not bad, except for the fact that the father is a werewolf and I’d have to become one too at some point. I could never really share these things with anyone. Keeping secrets wasn’t so bad either. What was I so worried about? Changing into a giant wolf. Yeah, that covered it.

I stared up at him, reaching my hand up to the right side of his face. He leaned his face against my hand, rubbing it with his cheek.

“Just this one time Lio. If we ever do this again it will be on our wedding night.”

I was either too love-drunk to care anymore or completely insane, either way all signs were pushing me toward him. I wanted to be his and for him to be mine. In this moment I just wanted to be with him, I didn’t want to think about what would follow. Lio smiled wide, showing all of his pearly white teeth.

“Are you saying that you’ll marry me?”

He asked with hints of uncertainty and disbelief. I couldn’t help but smile.

“When you propose, you’ll have your answer Mr. Barzilai.” I said.

He looked so surprised when I said that.

“Do you really mean that? Don’t tease me.”

He sounded a little more serious this time.

“I really mean it.” I said, as he claimed my lips.

He pushed himself inside of me soon after. I wrapped my legs around his waist eagerly and put my fingers into his dark curls as he moved in and out of me slowly.