Page 25 of His Impossible Elf Mate
Attempting to distract him, I kissed him again, deepening it, opening his mouth with my tongue as my need for him grew.
All I wanted at that moment was to wash away the bitter memories of my discussion with Ívarr and just drown in Axel. His scent, his taste, the feel of him under me.
With him tucked into my arms, I walked us to the bed. Axel smirked against my mouth. “Insatiable.”
“For you, yes.”
At the end of the bed, I stripped him of the t-shirt and jeans he wore as his regular uniform for pack duties. Getting him into a shirt and tie was a battle, which made me wonder how he would be in royal robes.
Desperation for his skin next to mine washed over me. I pushed him back onto the bed, shucked my clothes and crawled up his body to that sinful smirking mouth. There wasn’t time for preparation. All I needed was the feeling of his cock against mine. I rutted against him as he clutched at my back, digging his fingers in almost painfully.
I swallowed down Axel’s moans as I kissed him and worked us both towards our release.
Our kisses slowed until we were just panting against each other’s mouths. He was my universe, and in his eyes, I saw my love reflected back at me.
Pleasure sparked between us. Each touch, every thrust of my cock against his, took us higher.
Together, in a mess of sweaty limbs, we came, our spend pooling between us.
Axel cupped my cheek. “Hey, I know something’s wrong. When you’re ready, I’ll be here. I’m not going anywhere.”
No. He wasn’t, because I refused to let him go. I would let my kingdom crumble to dust before I gave up the man in my arms.
Attacked
Axel
Wrenched from sleep with a cry, I landed on the floor in a crouch, my eyes scanning for danger.
“Axel?” T looked down at me, his hair flowing into his face. He tucked it behind his ears with an impatient sound.
I put my finger to my lips as I listened. The sounds in the mansion were off. Something was playing with the acoustics. Everything was muffled somehow.
Processing this took seconds, then I took to the pack link. It, too, was distorted until the source of the panic that had woken me became clear.
Kade.
“We’ve been attacked!”
Teárlach scrambled to get out of bed. We both threw on pajama pants, T grabbing daggers held on a belt he hastily slung around his hips before rushing for the door.
“Go get the elves!” I yelled as I peeled off in the opposite direction. I paused, catching his eye. “There’sa guy, likely dead, in Blake’s suite.” He nodded in agreement before he started running away from me.
Watching him go, I tried to filter all the alarmed reports I was getting through the link. All I could really get was Kade. His absolute horror at what he had done. The life he’d taken, the damage he’d inflicted, were awe-inspiring from an omega. Kade had protected his child and his ex.
Roan’s hurt bad!Kade cried out through the link.
Blake got to his mate just as I did. He peeled Kade off Roan, then checked them both over as Aldrin and James arrived with Dakota and Jasper to take Roan to the clinic.
While he was down for the count, I didn’t want to underestimate the attacker. I went to him, checked he was alive, then kept my foot on him while the chaos went on around me.
Jasper’s face paled so badly on seeing the crumpled form of Roan, the boy he’d known since childhood, that he fainted. Chase caught the fox shifter and called out to Dakota to take him into the house. Dakota took Jasper from Chase with a muttered thanks. Chase and Deke ushered Kade after him.
“Let me get Kade and Elliotte safe and we’ll see to him.” Blake had bypassed anger. He was beyond livid. The betrayal he felt was etched all over his face. He turned to follow his mate, sure we had the situation in hand.
He looked torn at leaving Roan. Despite what Roan was to Kade, he was their family, our family now. Roan had no one else but us. We had to make sure he was okay.
Elves appeared, each looking distraught. They helped with a spell to stretcher Roan to the clinic while Aldrin did some basic healing on him.
