Longing For A Luna

Chapter 2 - Alpha's Birthday II of II

Murphy was of course at the bar, and soon Nick was caught up in an intense conversation about football.

‘I would rather watch paint dry than stay and listen to any of this,’ I thought.

‘Same here,’ Ana huffed. ‘Let’s go find the hor-d’oeuvres I keep smelling.’

After signaling to Nick that I was going to walk around, I took my glass of wine and went to mingle and look for the trays of food.

It was good to chat with others at first, but conversations quickly turned awkward since we were supposed to avoid talk of mate bonds and the Rebirth tonight. So much of our lives during the past eight months had revolved around the changes it brought, even for those of us not directly affected.

While once again thinking about the changes the Rebirth had brought to our pack, I realized something: there were no new faces here tonight.

‘Except for Marianne’s,’ Ana snarked.

I had to spit out my drink.

‘Would you cut it out? I almost snorted wine through my nose.’

My wolf just cackled in response.

‘I was just thinking about how relieved I am that we don’t have visitors from other packs here tonight, Ana. The thought of guests showing up for the Alpha’s birthday was making me a little anxious.”

‘I know, Dani. I understand.’

My anxiety level was high anytime there was a real or imagined possibility of coming across wolves from other packs. It only took a couple of weeks to identify all the fated mates within our own pack, and I was relieved when neither Nick nor I came across ours. After some incidents that turned violent after the Rebirth, werewolves collectively decided to stop allowing members to travel between territories. The Alphas even changed from meeting in person to video chats. But that was not sustainable for many reasons, and wolves had slowly started to resume travel between packs.

‘We may never meet and have to reject our fated mates, or we may meet them tomorrow,’ Ana offered. ‘But we’re in it together. Plus we have our boys, who are heading this way.’

“Hey beautiful,” Nick walked up and planted a kiss on top of my head. “They’re about to start serving. Let’s go find our table.”

We were seated with Murray, Michelle, and two couples I didn’t know very well. Bless her heart, Michelle looked terrible. She should be at home with her kids and nursing her broken heart instead of here; sure;y Alpha Phillip would have understood.

I was thankful this dinner was for such a special occasion. That meant several heartfelt speeches from pack members singing the praises of Alpha Phillip, which left little time for chit chat with our tablemates. I made sure to say hello to everyone, then kept my fingers crossed that Murray kept his big mouth shut. He was still tipsy, and I worried about him saying something insensitive around Michelle. A couple of times he started to say something to her, but Nick quickly distracted him with the bread basket.

After a dinner of all the Alpha’s favorite dishes, we stood in line with everyone else to wish him a happy birthday.

“Nicholas, Danielle, thank you for coming tonight,” Alpha Phillip said, while giving us a huge smile. This was the most relaxed I’d seen him in months.

“Danielle, have you given any thought to our talk?” Luna Emily asked.

Last week, she asked me to consider leaving my current job as a software engineer at a human company to work for the pack’s cybersecurity company, which she headed up. Our Luna was brilliant and had several degrees in computer science and information technology.

“I have thought about it, and I’m afraid the answer is no, for now,” I quickly clarified. “There are some projects I’m working on currently that I want to see through. But thank you so much for the offer.”

She smiled and nodded, “I completely understand that feeling. Our projects are our babies, right? No worries, and the offer remains open. When you feel you’re ready to make the move, just let me know.”

“I’m sure Nicholas would love to have you both working in the same building,” Phillip added, his eyes crinkling in the corners. “Emily and I enjoy being able to steal a few minutes with each other during the day.”

They both smiled at that and we bid them a good night. They looked so in love with each other. Rumor had it that the Alpha’s fated mate was in the pack, but he decided to stay with the Luna. They had been high school sweethearts, so their decision to reject their mates came as no surprise.

We walked Murray, who was beyond tipsy at this point, to his apartment and then caught a rideshare. Nick held me against him in the car the entire time as he planted soft kisses on my face and shoulder. We both chuckled when the driver grumpily told us that “baby-making” was not allowed in his car.

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We finally arrived back home after a lovely, but long, night. As soon as the apartment door closed, Nick was all over me. We managed to walk down the hall and into the bedroom together without breaking apart while kissing. He only released me to take off his coat and watch.

“Sit on the bed, baby,” he said while loosening his tie.

I sat down and removed the thick bracelet I was wearing, then reached down to take off my shoes.

“Leave them on, and lay back on the pillow” Nick ordered, while reaching for my hands, “Is this okay?”

He was looping his tie around my wrists.

‘Ooooh, he’s doing it! He’s doing it and we didn’t even have to ask!’ Ana squealed excitedly.

I watched as Nick fastened my hands together and then moved them above my head so he could tie me to the headboard. He kissed me again, then stopped and stood up suddenly. He continued to rake his eyes up and down my body as he stripped.

Nick moved back onto the bed and on top of me again. He started kissing me again, this time with more passion. He pulled away from my lips and started peppering my cheeks and jaw before moving lower. I couldn’t hold back a moan as his mouth devoured my neck and the tops of my cleavage.

The fact that he was completely naked while I was still fully clothed heightened my arousal. Then something occurred to me; he better not be planning to rip this dress off me.

“Nick, do not tear this dress. I want to wear it again. Do you understand me?” I said, c*****g my eyebrow at him.

“Yes, ma’am,” he said with a grin as he slid my panties down, his eyes flashing between his deep blue and Riker’s hazel.

‘You’re the one tied-up, but he still gets off on you ordering him around,’ Ana purred. ‘Told you how worked up he gets when you’re bossy. Riker likes it, too’

I chuckled internally with Ana. It was kind of cute, seeing this big, strong werewolf nearly a foot taller letting me give him orders; it was also empowering and extremely sexy.

Nick pushed my skirt up around my hips and hooked my legs over his shoulders. He moved his body down toward the bed and settled in between my legs.

“I’m going to get you naked, Dani, but I’ve been thinking of doing this all night,” he said, kissing the insides of my thighs. “You look like a Goddess in this dress, and I want to worship this p***y and make my Goddess come hard…many, many times, all over my face.”

His naughty promises and kisses on my thighs made my body ignite with lust and my eyelids grew heavy and started to close.

“I want your eyes on me, Goddess,” Nick stated evenly. “I want to see your face when you come undone, and I want you to thank me by name. Every. Single. Time.”

Between the intensity behind his words and the feeling of his hot breath on my folds, I almost came right then and there.

‘Look at him,’ Ana panted out. ‘Tell him yes! Say something!’

“Your Goddess grants your wish, Nick.”