The Moon Goddess

Pieces

***NSWF*** 18+

CHAPTER 18

I pulled Apollo into our room and shut the door. I looked at him in a predatory way. He took a deep breath.

“Rose. Are you sure this is what you want? Are you sure it isn’t the mate bond talking?”

“Apollo, I have wanted this for a VERY long time. I just don’t have the strength to resist anymore.” And with that permission he started towards me and before I knew what was happening his lips were on mine. This kiss was hungry, devouring, nothing like we’d ever done before.

“I know why I was holding back, but why were you?” He breathed on my neck as he started trailing kisses down to my collar bone. I let out a gasp as he did and managed to say, “Because I was afraid that I'd get lost in you. And that once we started, we’d never be able to stop.”

“We haven’t exactly had time to get lost in eachother, have we?” He said, his eyes meeting mine.

“No. We haven't.” So we stood there, allowing ourselves to get lost in eachothers eyes. “Why were you holding back?” I asked, my fingers trailing up his arm, leaving goosebumps where my hands had been.

“I wanted to be sure you were ready. And I wanted to take my sweet sweet time with you.” He let out a grunt as I smashed my lips against his, threading my fingers through his hair pulling him deeply into me, claiming him as mine. We stumbled back until my legs hit the bed, I went down with a thump and Apollo joined me. His mouth found mind again and I flipped us over so I was on top of him. He grabbed onto me and lifted us up so we were sitting, and then his fingers found the hem of my shirt. His cool, expert fingers slid under my shirt and braced my bare skin. I let out a gasp as he continued to explore before asking for silent permission to remove my shirt. I nodded, and in an instant his other hand was tugging at the hem, removing my shirt slowly, revealing more of my skin as he did. When the shirt reached above my breasts he let out a desperate growl.

“Gods, look at you.” He removed my shirt fully and took his time taking in every inch of my bare skin. “You’re beautiful.”

I pulled his shirt over his head, savoring every inch of his toned form, “Right back at you,” before taking his mouth in mine. We wrestled for dominance, our kisses becoming desperate and hungry. In a single blink of an eye, Apollo managed to wrestle the pants off my body and pin my hands above my head.

“You look delicious.” He growled into my ear as he kissed my neck.

“Why don’t you find out?” I said, my words becoming shallow and breathy.

He let out a low chuckle. “As you wish, my queen.”

His mouth began moving down my body, his breath leaving a warm trail as he kissed his way down my body until he reached the center of me. He hooked his arms under my hips and gave me one last greedy look before latching his mouth onto me. There was nothing slow or gentle about the way his tongue moved as he devoured me. Sending me nearly over the edge with every tug of his lips, and swipe of his tongue. I moaned and writhed in pleasure, the only thing keeping me to his mouth was his strong arms. Finally I finished, I could feel myself spasm and drip as he made his way back up to my face.

“How did I taste?” I asked through ragged breaths.

“Like the sweetest, most plump and juicy fruit I’ve ever bitten into.”

My breath caught, “I want you inside.” I said as I moved my arms down to his waist. He only hovered above me, letting me explore. My hand stopped when I found what I was looking for, I wrapped my hand around him and pumped once, twice, three times and watched in delight as his head hung and his eyes closed.

“Rose, if you keep going I won’t be able to last long.”

I only gave him one more teasing stroke before leading his length to the center of me. I let out a small gasp as the tip of him teased my entrance. At the first feel of me he took back control and brought both my hands above me. His eyes were devouring as he started kissing my neck, each moment he went a little deeper. He went slow enough so I could acclimate to the size of him. Once he was fully inside of me he found my eyes again.

“Can I mark you?”

My eyes turned dark, “Only if I can mark you.” That was all the permission he needed to pull himself out of me, elongate his fangs and bite into me the same moment he began his thrusting. I cried out in pleasure and in pain. The mark hurt at first but soon became tender as he withdrew his fangs and licked the blood away. His thrusts never stopped.

“God, you’re so wet for me Rosie.”

I gasped as he began making love to that mark with his mouth, showing the healing wound so much lovely and consuming attention that his thrusts became deeper and stronger as I became wetter and wetter.

Still riding him, I used my new strength to turn us so he was pinned underneath me.

“My turn.” I said with a smile as my hips moved over him, grinding against the most sensitive part of me. I leaned in and through instinct alone, elongated canines I had never released before came through my gums, causing my mouth to ache as I plunged those teeth into him and let my mark fade into his skin. The groan of pleasure Apollo made under me nearly made me come undone as I withdrew my teeth from his skin and gently wiped the blood away, causing him to spasm as the skin on his neck became sensitive and erogenous. I found his eyes and we held each other's gaze as we both fell over that edge.

***

“I didn’t know it could feel like that.” I said to him as I laid on his bare chest and traced light circles on his stomach. His hand was doing the same on my shoulder.

“Me neither. I mean, I heard that s*x was different–better, with your mate. But I never could have even imagined.”

I leaned into his warmth and pressed up so I could look into his eyes, “While I’d love nothing more than to stay here with you for all of eternity, we have business.”

He sighed and watched the ceiling. “I know. Where do you want to start?”

I didn’t answer him as I stood and walked to the small adjoining living room. I could feel his eyes on my naked body track every step I took, but he said nothing as I grabbed the book and made my way back to the bed. I sat on the edge as he sat up and gave me a gentle, understanding look.

“I’ll make myself busy.” I don’t know how, but he knew, understood, that I needed to do this on my own. “I need to check in with Lia to see if any of her spies have anything to report.” He went to the closet and came out wearing a new pair of pants and a loose t-shirt. “I’ll be back in an hour with a proper dinner.” He said as he leaned down and kissed my brow. “Don’t you dare put on a lick of clothing, I’m not done with you yet.” His eyes were hungry as he devoured the sight of my swollen breasts and forced himself away from me. As soon as the door shut behind him, I made myself open to the first chapter of the book.

The history of Astras and Galvas; Volume 1

Long ago, before humans roamed these lands, this earth belonged to the Goddess. She created her children in her beautiful, and wild image and allowed them to freely roam in harmony and in peace. There were no class divisions, no higher or lesser creatures. All worked to serve and play their part in the web of life. The Goddess’ brother, who’s name will not be spoken in this book, saw the good his sister had created and envied it. Distrusted the wild creatures. Behind his sister’s back, he created what he believed to be structure. He made humans; bland, powerless creatures who cared more for their own agenda than that of the earth. Slowly, humans spread like a disease, and plagued the once prosperous lands, forcing the beauty of the Goddess’ children into hiding. But her children grew restless and turned on each other, the demand for order sinking far into their ancient bones. The Goddess yielded created a race that would soon be known as the Galvas. Elemental shifters that could harness the elements and shift into whatever form needed. They were sisters to the Werewolves, The Witches, and The Vampires. The ‘High Three’ as it was so deemed. Class factions began to settle, and a war broke out between the High Three to determine who would be second to the Galvas. The Goddess could not bear her children, made for peace, live in such disharmony. She took a piece of the Galvas and formed something new. The Astras. They were to be the council and royal court of the Galvas. Peace fell over the land of ancient beasts of peace and chaos for three thousand years.

I guess the book hadn’t been updated since the second war. Beyond the first bit, the rest was trivial and mildly insignificant. It talked about the classifications of those now deemed as ‘lesser.’ species, such as dwarves, elves, fairies, pixies, trolls, etc. Turns out, they were only considered ‘lesser’ because there were just less of them. Each had a single kingdom with a few thousand members. The Witches, Vampires, and Werewolves had numbers in the millions, maybe even billions, spread across the world. It was a miracle how humans and supernaturals could coexist without most humans not knowing a thing about them. I guess some humans would have had to figure something out, otherwise we wouldn't have the stories that we do. Or they do, I guess. I am a werewolf. I am a child of the Moon Goddess. But what kind of child? What if I am more than an average werewolf, like Violet suggested? What if that woman on the phone was a Galva? I groaned and tossed the book aside. Looking at the clock, I realized Apollo would be back soon. So I made use of the time and cleaned the mess of books I’d left laying in our living room. As I did, I noticed a letter sticking out of one of the books. Cautiously, I reached for the folded paper and opened it.

To My Dear Friend,

I know that what you have been trusted to guard is more important than anything else, but I implore you to come home for a visit. There is more information, information that I have acquired lately that will be crucial for your mission. Edward, please. She’s in danger.

-Violet

This must be a letter to my father from Violet, why is it here though? And what dangers? Is she talking about those beasts? I read on for a while longer until I heard Apollo come through the door.

“I brought food.” Apollo said as he walked into the room I was in, pleased that I was still as naked as I was the day I was born.

“Well hello your majesty.” He said coming to sit next to me on the floor.

“Hi.” I said, handing him the letter. He skimmed it before meeting my eyes.

“What do you think it means?”

“I’m not sure. I don’t know what dangers Violet is talking about, or why this letter is here. Either way, she seems to know more than she was letting on originally.”

“I agree. But knowing Violet, she didn’t say anything for a reason. She must think that you need to figure it out on your own.” he responded, handing me a plate of steak and potatoes.

I groaned and leaned my head back on the couch. “That is so frustrating.”

“Well, I have something that may cheer you up.” He turned to face me.

“More s*x?” I joked, but I was also dead serious.

“Well yes. So much more. But actually I found out why your mom was in Nevada.”

“What? Why?”

“While we were there ourselves, my father got a message from the Alpha of a territory there saying he had a human claiming she was from OUR territory sniffing around. My father dug around a bit and found out that your mom tried to find your dad's old pack but ran into an unfriendly one instead. They thought she was a spy so they attacked her.”

“Jesus.” My blood ran cold. “No wonder she hates Werewolves.”

“Especially with everything she went through with your father. I don’t think that excuses her behavior towards you though.”

“I agree. I can only hope that we can maybe be civil one day. It’s hard to be sad though, we didn’t really have much of a relationship to begin with, and after my father died, she became a completely different person anyway.”

“If you were sad, it would be okay.”

“I know.” I smiled at him. “Oh my god.” I said, something suddenly clicking in my mind. “Your coronation is in two days. Christmas is in 5.”

“I know.” He said laughing.

“You know? You have been aware of the impending events this whole time and didn’t feel the need to remind me?” I swatted his arm.

“I figured you had enough on your mind. Besides, we’re all going shopping for outfits tomorrow. Lia figured that while Dom and I get fitted for our suits, you guys can go find something.” He grinned at me, “I believe her exact words were ‘so we won’t be bored watching you peacocks get pretty.’”

I snorted. “Sounds like something she’d say. Is there anything I need to do for the ceremony?”

“Nothing huge, we’ll rehearse it tomorrow.”

“Sounds good.” I leaned over to place a kiss on his lip and his hand came up to graze my breast.

“Round two?” I said onto his lips, I could feel him smile but he pulled away.

“Not yet.” He sighed, clearly wanting nothing more than to rip his clothes off, “ What’d you find out?” He gestured to the book.

“Nothing too helpful yet.” I sighed. I’ll read more later, but right now there’s only one thing I want. He gave me a look before tossing the book on the couch and taking me to the bed again.

***

The next morning we woke up, got ready, and made our way to the shop that was making the boys suits. It was a charming little tailor off the main road in town. Right next door was a dress shop, convenient.

“You guys enjoy your suits!” Lia called to the boys before dragging me into the dress shop.

“Anything in particular I should be looking for? Something that screams ‘Luna’?” I asked.

“Oh love, you need something that screams ‘Queen’!” She responded. “You pick out a few things you like first while I find myself a dress, and then I’ll help you vet options.”

“Thank you Lia, I really appreciate that, in truth I feel way in over my head with all this stuff.”

“No worries love,” She responded with a smile “So, congrats on your wolf by the way.” She said as she carefully picked through the dresses on the rack.

I laughed awkwardly, “Thank you. I’m not really sure what to do next. Apollo told me that eventually I’ll shift and meet my wolf, which is kind of a scary idea as someone who thought they were human their whole life.”

“I understand that, but you have Apollo, Dom, and I, and we’ll help you through all of this. Do you have any particular questions?”

“Ugh, only a million.” I said as I picked up an ivory dress that I thought was particularly nice. “Like, for one, does shifting hurt?”

“The first couple of times, yes. But eventually your body gets used to it and it becomes a regular function like walking or running.”

“Interesting. What does it mean exactly to ‘have a wolf’?”

“It’s kind of like another conscious. Just a voice in your head.”

“Sounds kind of schizophrenic.”

“It can feel that way sometimes, especially when you and your wolf are both feeling strong emotions. It can feel like you’re at war with yourself sometimes, but at the end of the day, your wolf is just another part of you. And eventually they can start feeling like a built in friend or a voice of reason… or un-reason depending on the situation.” She laughed, then gestured to the dresses I’d accumulated while we talked. “Got some stuff you like?”

I nodded, “You?”. She nodded back and we went to the back to try on dresses. Lia went first, she tried on about 5 and the favorite between both of us was this stunning floor length lavender gown. It was a sleeveless silk gown that hugged her figure with a turtle-neck neckline and an open back. It was truly stunning. I tried on some dresses but nothing was really doing it for either of us so we went back to browse and that’s when Lia found it. She took the dress of the rack, handed it to me and just nodded. I tried it on for the hell of it but we both knew this was my dress.

After we paid we exited the store and found the guys waiting for us outside.

“That was a quick fitting.” Lia said kissing Dominic in greeting.

“Eh, they already had our measurements from past orders, they just wanted to make sure everything fit well.” He said hanging his arms loosely around her hips casually.

Apollo wrapped his arms around me from behind and brought his lips down to my ear. “Do I get to see the dress?”

“Hm,” I thought aloud, “I think you’re going to have to wait until your coronation.”

“You’re mean.” He pouted.

“Get used to it.” I said with a smile on my face. He simple laughed and pulled away, turning me to face him.

“Are you ready for our little outing?” He asked. Right. The cave. The Moon Goddess. I nodded at him and he gestured to Lia, “Do you mind taking my queen’s dress back for her? We have an errand to run.”

“Of course, your majesties.” She said, winking at us. She grabbed my bag and her and Dominic made their way back to the palace.

“Let’s make our way to the treeline, then I’ll shift and you can ride me.”

“Oh yeah?” I said, raising my eyebrows.

He rolled his eyes playfully and laced his fingers through mine and began walking. We made it to the treeline and he shifted as promised and I climbed on his back, as soon as I’d grabbed hold of his soft fur, he took off into the woods and led us to the cave. The run there was pleasant, air wipping through my hair and streaks of green flying past me at every angle. We made it to the cave, Apollo howled and then we entered.

It was all as I remembered. I walked over to the tree and sat at the base of it. Apollo stayed in his wolf form and simply sat facing away from me, watching over me. I rested my back against the trunk of the tree, steadied my breathing and closed my eyes. I quickly entered a meditative space and quietly pleaded for the goddess to hear me, “Please Selene, if you’re out there, speak to me.” I felt a tap on my shoulder, expecting to see Apollo I opened my eyes, except once my lids had lifted Apollo was nowhere to be found, and standing in front of me was one of the most etherally beautiful women I’d ever seen. Her hair was like a waterfall of melted sterling silver cascading down a cliff of satin. Her eyes were a deep indigo, not quite blue, not quite purple, but striking, fierce, and gentle. Her skin was as Violet had described it, dark with patches of white. It was almost like she had vitiligo.

“My child, at last.” She said smiling, a gentle tear fell slowly out of her eye.