The Moon Goddess' mistake

12. Blue moon after 5 years

12. Blue moon after 5 years

Nathaniel’s POV

It’s been five years since we came back from our training and I marked Cary as my mate and Luna. The kiss I gave Cary the night before we had to come back felt sweet on my lips and I hoped that it would mean that we would be able to find balance in our relationship in the future but I wasn't ready for that yet. After our initiation ceremony we went back to my room to complete the mating.

I felt nervous, I really wasn’t ready yet. I was glad that it was Cary because I know she understands me but I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to do it. True to her words, Cary was by my side standing tall and confident although I knew she was nervous as well. She just didn’t want to add to my nervousness.

I felt awkward, to say the least. I kissed Cary and bit her lower lip asking for entrance and she didn’t deny. This didn’t feel wrong though. It was just too soon. Cary felt my nervousness and broke the kiss. Her hands were on my chest and her eyes looking straight into mine.

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“Let me do this, just relax” she whispered and kneeled before me. Her hands slowly undid my pants and slid them down my legs along with my boxer briefs. I wasn't even hard yet, how embarrassing. Her eyes never leaving mine.

“Relax, don’t worry. I got you” she wasn't trying to seduce me, her voice was soft and caring. She took my member in her mouth and started sucking it slowly, twirling her tongue every now and then. I started to get hard and she bobbed her head faster. I intertwined my fingers with her hair and helped her set the pace. She stopped before I came and pushed me on the bed. Cary stripped her clothes and straddled me. She took control and took care of me until the mating and marking was complete.

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After that night Cary moved to my room. We slept together but she never initiated intimacy. She was patient and was giving me space, letting me move at my own pace. We slept snuggled only if I pulled her in my arms. Sometimes, when she woke up before me she would stare at my face, caress my jaw and lips and even peck my lips softly. I knew she needed more from me but I wasn’t ready to give it to her. 

We started training the pack together. We made every member train, and taught them how to fight against magic. Even the toddlers had special classes to build their reflexes. The kids thought they were playing games and it was fun for them.

One year passed and I was sent in another pack to train their warriors and alpha. Their alpha had just been killed and the heir was only 17 and worried that he wouldn’t be able to replace his father. I couldn’t let them leave their pack, rogues would use that chance to attack them in their lowest. I collected 10 warriors and we spent over 4 months there. I was right about the rogues, they attacked weekly but it turned out to be a good motivation for the young alpha to learn faster. 

During my stay there I found myself thinking about my Gabriella a lot. I couldn’t help but wonder how she was doing. We decided not to contact each other to make it easier for us to move on. That made me think that I haven’t moved on at all and decided to use this isolation to meditate. I focused my meditation on tending to my broken heart. It really helped. I still missed her but I trained myself to focus on our happy memories and not on our bitter end.

When I came back to the Blue Moon Pack, Cary was waiting for me in front of the packhouse. I could see relief in her eyes and softness that warmed my heart. I even felt Atlas stir in the back of my mind. I went straight to her and kissed her lips softly, bringing her body closer to mine. She was confused but melted in my arms. I broke the kiss and took her hand in mine and headed to our room. Once inside, I cupped her face and looked deep into her teary eyes.

“I am ready, Caroline. I am ready to be yours…” my words were cut by her lips on mine. I lifted her and laid her on our bed. I took her dress off slowly and kissed her neck. I noticed her mark was fading, I know it was because I wasn’t letting her in my heart but that was about to change.

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I trailed kisses down her breasts and paid special attention to both her n*****s. Her fingers tangled in my hair. One of my hands already found its way to her wetness and I slid a finger in her p***y. Cary was moaning and I found myself wanting to taste her. I ate her p***y hungrily until she came.

“Please Nate, I want you” she begged me and I was happy to oblige. I positioned myself at her entrance and kissed her while entering her. My thrusts were hard and Cary was a moaning mess. When I felt her close to her orgasm I bit her neck, renewing my mark. She came instantly, her walls constricting around my d**k and I followed her after a couple more thrusts. 

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I collapsed next to her on the bed and brought her naked body closer to mine, her head laying on my chest.

“I am sorry it took me so long, Caroline.”

“It is OK, Nate. I understand, really.”

With time I learned to appreciate her more and I found myself loving her. I will never forget Gabriella but as I promised her, I found a way to let Cary in my heart too. The day I told her I loved her, Cary explained that when my bond with Gabriella was broken a new one formed between me and her and Daniel and Gabriella but they asked Fates to erase it on our ends and leave it one sided. They both wanted to let us heal at our own pace and I really appreciated that. 

We kept training our pack and other packs as well. There were random rogue attacks on weaker packs but we managed to help them and they didn’t suffer many losses. The rogues became stronger too, though, and we had to increase our training to be able to keep up with the attacks and prevent losing innocent lives.

Other than that pack life was calm and we started to wonder if there really was a thread lurking in the shadows. Did we make our sacrifice in vain? Sensing our doubts, Fates sent Odette and she explained that they were able to buy us more time with the prophecy they created but we were still not allowed to know what the prophecy said exactly. She said it will reveal itself to us when the time is right.

It has already been 5 years since my father’s death and 2 years after Odette’s visit. Still no prophecy but we could feel the shifters’ world starting to suspect something was wrong. The full moon pull was missing and there were no satisfying answers from the elders. Feeling exposed and losing their faith in the elders, the packs started forming alliances and at one of the alpha meetings a couple of months ago, I was selected as informal leader of all packs as our pack helped them train and aided them in difficult times with rogues. 

This new ‘secret’ order brought some sense of control in the alphas, because they trusted me. I revealed that I know of a prophecy that is waiting to be revealed when the time is right and that information was enough to delay any further doubts from them.

Currently I am laying in bed with Cary, caressing her swollen belly. My heir, our son, is growing inside her and she is glowing. I am excited about being a father, too. She is due in two months and we were discussing names but my hands had a mind of their own as they moved below Cary’s pregnant stomach to feel her wetness. I enjoyed making love to my pregnant second chance mate. Even though I didn’t feel the bond the same way she did, I loved her, too.