Page 7 of Alpha's Fate

We are reassessing the way we function as a Pack since the retirement of my Father, the former Alpha of the Onyxfangs. Our intent is not domination, but cohesion. Our plan is to create a way to ensure lasting peace among the Packs in Schuylkill. Your Pack falls under that.

We are approaching to formally request a meeting with the Alpha of the Unseen Pack.

Our goal is to ensure the autonomy and territory rights of each of the Packs in Schuylkill. We do not claim territory over the entirety of Schuylkill. We want to respect your territory. We believe in your right to operate your Pack in your own way. Your autonomy and territory will be respected, this we can assure you.

We also want to make an offer. Our clan has extensive resources, both monetary and knowledge based. We havediscovered the prophecy and know about the curse on the forest in which you live. It is our pledge to help you should you choose. It is important to us that the land and its magic be protected from the ills of the curse. Our hope is that you feel the same way. Our hope is that we can collaborate, using your innate and learned knowledge of the forest and the resources we can offer, to lift this curse from these woods that are so important to all of us. It is our genuine hope that we can come to an understanding that benefits everyone.

Please respond if you are amenable to meeting so that we can be honored with your presence and discuss this further to come to an understanding between our Packs.

Regards,

Cora Onyxian and Weston Silverstreak’

It was as good an offer as we could think of at that moment. By the time we were coming to the end of our efforts we were both finally growing tired. The light of the fire was getting low, having lasted far longer than it seemed like it should have with no more fuel placed on it. It was as if it wanted to offer us its precious light while we needed it and now it was going out, exhausted itself. I stretched and closed the notebook, placing it safely into the pack.

The night seemed endless at this point, the darkness lending us its grace so we could finally drift off to sleep in our tent, tangled up in one another’s arms. I dreamed of shadows as I slept, like tentacles coming out of the forest floor to grip anything that passed through. Of eyes in the trees, bright in the darkness. I dreamed of alien landscapes with glowing flora and fauna. I followed a shining white rabbit deep into the forest, a thrum of darkness surrounding me, its light the only thing keeping me on track. There were shadowy figures closing in on me. But I dreamed of Weston too. The rabbit led me directly to him and as we reached our arms out to clasp hands, the shadowsretreated. The eyes blinked out one by one. The glowing faded and it was just us in the dark woods. Just us and the rabbit. And in that moment I felt no fear.

We woke slowly when the morning came, gentle light filtering through the canopy above. We woke to see only the stone remaining. The rest of it had vanished- the moss normal with no indication of the lights we’d seen the night before. I sat up and stretched, crawling out of the tent to grab my pack and gather a fresh t-shirt and jeans. As I was slipping on my boots Weston came out of the tent behind me with a yawn. I grabbed some packages of camping food, tossing one to him and opening mine silently.

“Weird dreams last night,” Weston said, and I nodded. “But I found you and I knew I wasn’t alone. I didn’t have to face this alone.” He wrapped his arms around me from behind and I smiled, turning to kiss his cheek when he rested his chin on my shoulder. In spite of the feeling of eyes on me and the gentle melody on the hum of the wind in the trees I felt like I could be brave with him at my side. We could protect one another. Together we could face this task. I felt so close to him then, so deeply in love with him that I could hardly stand it.

“What did you dream about?” I asked, and he looked over at me as he pulled on his clothes. I took my time on what passed for a meal, enjoying it more than I thought it would.

“A rabbit.” He shrugged. “I don’t remember much more. Just a rabbit leading me through the woods like yesterday to something important, and when I reached it, it was you.” He smiled at me and I smiled back.

“Me too.” I said, humming out my agreement. “It was dark, though. It was a nightmare until I found you.” I explained. “Shadows and eyes in the woods. That feeling of being watched and being foreign in a land that doesn’t want me here.” He pulled me in closer and kissed me softly, running his fingersthrough my hair. When it tangled he dug through the pack for a brush, moving to brush my hair out while I ate. This side of Weston was so soft and kind. Everything he did was gentle and he treated me like I was special and lovely, a Goddess in his eyes just as he was a God in mine. I let him brush my hair out and finished my meal, placing it into a bag we brought for waste. “Eat, my love. You need fuel.”

“True,” he agreed, taking the packet I’d left for him and going after it with more gusto than I had. I decided to return the favor and ran the brush through his hair a few times before I tousled his hair to get it looking like he liked it. The strands in the sun that peeked through the now full canopy shone almost silver in the light. While he ate I just admired him, those sea glass blue eyes and his fair skin. He truly was a work of art. “I think you’re beautiful too.” He said suddenly. “I like to stare at you too. Laying in bed like a carving of Aphrodite herself- I’m surprised none of the Goddesses have struck you down for your beauty.” He smiled.

“We’re both lucky, I guess.” I laughed, stroking his cheek. “I think it’s just stating the obvious. Together we’re stronger, more capable of making this journey. Eyes be damned, shadows aside, even in the face of this strange magic we could make it together. The journey may not be easy and we may not always be safe, but together we could overcome it. We simply needed to keep our senses keen and focused and be aware of the dangers around us so we could avoid what dangers as possible.

I draped myself over his back as he ate, wrapping my arms around him and setting my chin on his shoulder. I gently kissed his neck, moving up and down his neck slowly. I nuzzled at the crook of his shoulder delicately, breathing in the scent of vanilla and coconut that he exuded. Nobody else seemed to be able to smell him like I could. I scent marked him as I moved over him,breathing in our mingling smells into the most divine perfume. Woody and sweet with a hint of the beach. It was amazing.

“Are you scenting me?” He grinned, and I nodded.

“Of course I am. You’re mine and even the forest needs to know that.” I said a little possessively. With danger lurking in the low light in front of us I wanted every creature we may come across to know not to mess with him because he wasn’t alone. Once he was finished eating he leaned back and scent marked me in return so we smelled identical. We belonged together and now everyone would know it. If we came across another pack we’d present a united front.

“Feel better?” He asked softly, kissing me tenderly. I did feel better. My heart felt more at ease at this point. That fear still lingered, but it was a quiet background now, faded by being with my lover.

Chapter eight

Weston

“Good,” I grinned when Cora nodded her agreement to me. That she did feel better. That the forest seemed less menacing in the day with both of us together. It was so nice to be able to comfort her when she was upset, even if it was a small thing.

Cora shifted around me and pulled me in by my shirt, kissing me a little harder. I returned it, deepening the kiss by lickingslowly across her lower lip. When she parted her lips I slipped my tongue into her mouth, gently exploring my way around to memorize how she tasted. Spicy like Thai food, a warm curry. My favorite foods. I could live on her. She brought her hands down to the hem of my shirt, parting the kiss just long enough to pull it off. I returned the favor so once we went back to kissing I could keep it going without having to break away from her. I moved my hands up to cup her breasts, gently squeezing them and rubbing my thumbs over her nipples. Her moan in my mouth reverberated through my bones and I shivered, the sensation traveling up my spine.

She moved to grab our blanket, turning to throw it over the stone and then moving back to grab me in one fluid motion. I grinned, going with her toward what was now going to be a makeshift bed instead of a table.

“You realize we’re going to get the blanket dirty,” I teased, but she just shoved me gently back so I was laying down on the stone with my feet on the ground.

“Shut up,” she teased, reaching down to take my pants off. I lifted my hips to let her pull them off with my underwear in tow. She wriggled out of her own pants before she moved to straddle me. I was already rock hard and she slid down on my erection immediately, staying still for a moment with a sigh. I sat up to pull a nipple into my mouth, rolling it between my teeth and sliding my tongue around it slowly. I moaned as she started moving, causing her to arch into me. I gripped her other breast and gently thumbed over her nipple so she had differing sensations on both.

She tightened around me and moved faster, hips rolling into mine as she moved. I switched nipples and pinched the still wet peak. She was panting and whimpering softly, gripping my hair to keep me in place. I was perfectly happy to oblige, continuing to massage and suck on her perfect breasts. She tasted divineand smelled even better, the small beads of sweat dripping down her skin like shining jewels in the light. I looked up at her through my eyelashes, watching the waves of pleasure crash over her until her head went back in pleasure and I couldn’t see her anymore. My lips were pulled off of her body when she pushed me back onto the stone, placing her hands on my chest so she could move over my body with more ease. I let her take her pleasure from me, gripping her hips to slow her down.

She let out a high whine but didn’t fight me, letting me set a slower pace. I had been rushing toward my climax and didn’t want to come before her. I hated that. I slid my fingers between us after a few moments, gently massaging her center as she moved. Now I let her move harder and faster over me, letting her work my body like I loved to work hers. With my free hand I gently ghosted my hand over her body, barely touching her. She squeezed tighter and stopped for a moment, rocking slowly on my body as she paused. It didn’t take anything away from the sex, it was strangely hot to watch her rut into my hand as I pleasured her with my fingers. I was mesmerized by her movements. When she finally started moving again I shivered a full body shiver, letting out a moan of pleasure as she rode me. From this angle I could watch her move over me as she needed to.

Cora was letting out rhythmic moans as she bounced on my lap, each in time with her sinking down onto me. I was quickly racing toward my peak and I moved my fingers harder and faster to encourage her onward. Even if I came first I was determined to bring her with me. She cried out and arched toward me, moving harder and faster over me as I pleasured her. She didn’t last much longer before her body was pulsing around me and her arms grew weak, failing to hold her up as she came. I came immediately afterward and thrust up into her, holding her in place while I filled her. When I came back down from my highI moved to slide out of her, repositioning her with her chest pressed into the blanket and her gorgeous ass in the air for me.

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