Page 78 of His Impossible Elf Mate
Celebration
Teárlach
Death was a natural part of life. As an elf who had lived far too many years as a soldier, I had seen countless people fall. Never had a death touched me as much as Janet’s had.
Each of the shifters and even my mother had said their whispered goodbyes before leaving the cabin. All lost in our own grief and feelings.
There was so much to process. All the revelations the goddess—The Luna—had shared weighed heavily on me. Though she had explained she had hidden the truth to protect her beloved shifters, I still could not understand how we had missed that they were one and the same.
Having forgotten our goddess’s true name finally made sense to me. Instead of renaming herself, she had just let it slip out of memory. Rather than tell a lie, she omitted that part of herself, likely suffering in the process as we forgot her.
We left Aldrin and James to attend to Janet while Blake went to the mansion with his family to beginthe preparations for the funeral. Janet had wanted a party, a true celebration of life and love, not something depressing. So that was what the pack would give her.
Chase went with them, picking up little Elliotte while her brothers shifted and raced along the pathways between the omega compound and the main house.
Since Jasper was still stunned at the revelations and his new ability, Dakota took him home. He wasn’t in the right mind to be teaching at the school, and Blake knew Dakota wouldn’t settle at his desk to do any work while his mate was upset.
All of us had to process what had happened in our own time.
Axel and I remained in the carriage with my mother until it got to the portal, where we said our goodbyes.
“Take care of him, Teárlach. Do not let his grief overshadow what should be a joyous occasion for him. What you have created, your child, is a miracle. Celebrate it,” Mother urged before she let me leave the carriage.
“Everything okay?” Axel asked as I joined him by the portal.
“Mother just wanted to remind me to focus on the good things of today. Not our sadness.”
“The queen is very wise. Janet would be telling us off right now, moping instead of rejoicing.” Axel turned and walked the path towards our little house.
“So I would like to take my mate home, make love to him again,” I said, catching up with him to take his hand. “Then I think we should shift. I’ve heard it’s very important for shifters to spend time as their alters to maintain a healthy pregnancy.”
Axel’s pace picked up, he let go of me to charge ahead. “In that case…” He laughed as I chased after him.
We didn’t make it to our bedroom. As soon as Axel entered the house, he stripped off. I hurried to close the door so no one else but me could see the long, lean lines of his body. He had little body hair before his transformation to omega, now he had even less. His hips had widened some, curves softening to prepare for carrying our baby.
He was a wonder to me. I could hardly believe he was all mine.
My clothes joined his in a trail towards our bedroom. Even after all these months, a whole year together, I’d never get enough of him.
I caught him in the short hallway next to our bedroom and took his mouth in a fierce kiss. He jumped into my arms, locking his legs around my waist, rubbing his hard cock against my stomach.
His hands went into my hair, keeping my mouth on his until he broke away to gasp, “right here. I want you to fuck me right here.”
Cupping his ass, I slid my cock over his crease and leaking hole. His slick was enough of a reason to lovehim being an omega now. The head caught on his rim and he moaned. I pushed inside his tight heat on a groan. I’d had him already today, but it was never enough.
I set a fast pace, desperate for all his sounds of pleasure and almost out of my mind with how he was making me feel. Each thrust into Axel was heavenly. He had truly been made for me.
Pictures on the walls rattled and threatened to fall. I paused. One could hurt Axel, hurt our baby.
Still inside him, I turned us and walked the short distance to our bed, grateful for our small house. I laid him on the bed and covered my body with his.
Kissing and stroking his body, I rocked into him, showing him with my body just how much I loved him. I whispered words against his lips, my mark on his throat, his chest, telling him just how much I adored him.
Axel was my world, and with the miracle he was growing inside him, that world was expanding, making room for that little life. Our daughter.
My thrusts picked up as Axel neared his peak. We came together and lay entwined on the blanket for a long time afterwards.
“Nap as our alters? My wolf would love to curl around your owl.”
