Chapter 9

Nine

KODAN

D amn it to hell.

The villagers were getting restless. And I had to calm down my very frantic omega wife.

"Shh," I said, pulling her reluctant body to me in a hug. Her body was stiff as I hugged and purred against her. She slowly relaxed under my lead, letting her head fall against my chest. Her tiara dug into my chest as I petted her hair. Her scent filled my senses as I breathed in deeply.

"Just because you can calm me like that doesn't mean I'm not angry," she said, trying to resist my purr.

"It doesn't matter if you're angry. This is your home now," I commanded.

Princess Lyra pulled away from me and punched me in the chest. My eyes widened in surprise. I hadn't seen her this upset before.

"Every villager wants me dead," she exclaimed. "What kind of life is that?"

Then she turned to Luke, and I could see the tension between them. What happened between them? He was the lucky bastard to take her virginity last night.

"Are you two fighting?" I asked, shaking my head.

I realized we were still standing next to the mango seller, who was staring at us curiously. I grabbed Lyra's hand to keep walking so I could show her something.

"She doesn't trust me," explained Luke, following close behind.

"I do trust you," said Lyra, unconsciously squeezing my hand from her nervousness. "Thank you for saving me, Luke."

"You're welcome," he said in a stiff voice.

"Where are we going now?" Lyra asked me, looking at the mountain next to us.

"I want to show you something. Something that could help you understand," I said.

"Understand what?" she said, looking at me with wide blue eyes. "There's nothing to understand. Just get me the hell out of here."

I led them to a wide clearing of rocks. In front of us was a path of stones over the ocean, like a bridge that led to a cave. A long, screeching howl came from the dark cave.

Lyra stood frozen, staring at the cave.

"I wanted to show you that," I said.

"What the fuck was that? What's in that cave?" she asked, backing away from the stone bridge.

"That is the Shadow Wolf," I explained. I debated whether to tell her the whole story.

"What's that?" asked Luke, one foot on the bridge, trying to get a look into the cave.

"He used to be a sigma, like me," I explained. "Before the Wild Wolfmen and before this village formed."

"So what happened?" Lyra asked, sensing my hesitance.

"Do you remember the Great Moon Revolt? You might've been too young to remember," I said. "He was obsessed with the Royal Pack and wanted more for the less fortunate. He led a revolt against the palace, but he never made it there."

"What do you mean?" said Luke. "I've heard about revolts happening here and there."

"A witch cursed him and his people," I explained. "Zaneesha cursed him until he became a wild wolf beast, who we call the Shadow Wolf. He began to attack his own followers, who were also transformed into Wild Wolfmen."

"That's hard to believe," said Lyra, looking at me with pity. "Do you actually believe this stuff?"

"I saw it with my own eyes," I said. "Before the Shadow Wolf could kill off the rest of his people, I trapped him in there. In that cave."

"Why didn't you just kill him?" asked Luke.

He was my younger brother. And the only family I had left.

"I couldn't kill a fellow sigma," I said instead.

"So what does this have to do with me?" asked Lyra.

"Every year on the full moon, the villagers present an omega to the Shadow Wolf as an offering to satiate his appetite," I explained.

"Oh," she said, realization dawning on her face.

"Tomorrow is the full moon, but I had told them there would be no more sacrifices after I married you," I said.

"Why did you agree to marry me?"

"I wanted peace for the people," I said. "They were being picked off one by one by the Royal Pack's guards. It was time to change something and they don't understand."

We started to walk away from the sight of the cave and continued down the shoreline of the ocean. Giant rocks blocked our view of the village as we walked. This was a rougher area of the terrain, the waves cracking against the rocks.

Lyra

I wasn't sure whether or not to believe Kodan's story.

It sounded almost like a fairytale, so it was unbelievable to me. I kept glancing over at the ominous cave and the sad howls that emanated from it.

Kodan was serious every time he spoke, which made me believe he wasn't kidding. We were walking down towards the shoreline and behind the giant rocks that separated us from the village.

My foot slipped on a rock, and I yelled when my tiara splashed into the water. Releasing Kodan's hand, I kicked off my heels and ran into the cold water.

"Lyra! Come back," Kodan called, chasing after me.

The tiara was from my mom. I couldn't lose it.

A huge wave crashed over my head, and I spewed out water as I tried to see.

"No, it's gone," I groaned, rubbing the water from my eyes. My purple and gold dress soaked through, dragging behind me as I waded deeper into the water.

"You're not going to find it," said Luke, pulling me out of the water.

Sorrow filled my heart as I stared off into the water, following Luke's lead. I couldn't see the beautiful tiara anywhere. I felt like I had left my family all over again, stuck in this wild wasteland.

The air was cooler below the rocks, and I shivered as a gust of wind shot through.

"I need to take this off," I said. "Can you please help me unzip the dress, Luke?"

It was still tense between us as he came around and helped me take my large dress off. I stood there in my undergarments. My thin white bra and panties were soaked.

Goosebumps rose from my skin as I hung the dress over a boulder.

"You're bleeding," said Kodan, coming up beside me and touching my right arm. I looked to see a streak of blood running down my elbow from the scratch on my upper arm. I hadn't even felt it when I ran after the tiara. A look of softness came over his eyes. "You're so crazy, little princess."

"That tiara was from my mom years ago. I've had it since I was twelve," I tried to explain.

Kodan ripped off the bottom portion of his shirt, showing off his muscular stomach, as he began to wrap my arm. Luke held me from behind to stop me from running back into the water as Kodan stood in front of me. Sandwiched between them, I felt trapped in the powerful male energies surrounding me. I clenched my thighs when I started to feel the familiar warmth blooming in my middle.

"I'm sorry you lost your tiara," said Kodan.

"You're being strangely nice to me," I said, suspicious and not yet trusting of him. "What happened?"

"I can still be a brute if you like that," said Kodan, narrowing his eyes as he finished wrapping my arm, his fingers lingering on my skin. "You're shivering."

"Yes, just a little," I said, my teeth chattering against my will.

Kodan pressed his hard body against me, and when I tried to pull away, my back pressed against Luke's warm body. I felt something hard press against my back and realized it was Luke's erection.

"Don't worry, we'll warm you up," said Kodan, rubbing his callused hands on my arms. I pressed my cold face against his chest, breathing him in. He smelled like the outdoors, fresh and wild. Luke squeezed the water from my wet hair as I snuggled against Kodan for warmth.

Kodan

My wife needed me.

I enjoyed the feeling when she pressed her cold button nose against my chest. Her small breasts jutted out, nipples pink and hard under the sheer fabric. My cock was growing harder by the minute.

I needed her.

And she was going to fulfill her wifely duties today. When her shivering finally began to cease, I lifted her chin with my finger.

"Feeling better now?" I asked.

"Yes," she said, biting her lower lip as she squinted from the sun.

"What are you thinking about?"

"I'm thinking about tonight and how I want to get it over with," she said.

"What do you mean?"

"I want to do it now."

I laughed, looking at all the rocks around us. "There isn't exactly any comfortable place around here."

She pressed her breasts against me, grinding her hips against my pelvic region. All this cuddling had somehow turned her on. My lips descended onto hers as I breathed her in.