Talking To The Moon | Complete |

Packing Heat

Luna POV

My body was on fire. My stomach felt like it'd been ripped out. My Wolf wouldn't talk to me. But Alessio was here- he always was...

"I'm in Heat?!?" The words were barely out of my mouth before another spasm rocked through my abdomen. If this is only the Heat, I couldn't, didn't, wouldn't, imagine what childbirth would be like...

"Yes, little one, you're in Heat..." Sighing, Alessio ran a hand through his hair and clutched me tighter as the fire in my veins died to a mere spark. Goddess, that helped so much... Alessio, wrap me up tight in your arms and never let me go! As if he'd had the same thought, and perhaps he'd even heard me, he glanced at me with a small smile. "I've always heard that the Mate makes it more bearable..."

Even as another wave of pain rocked through me, I felt the urge to kiss him. Leaning up on elbows, I gazed deeply into his butterscotch eyes as they burned like burned caramel, my lips searching for his. "Alessio... My Alessio..."

Wrapping my arms around his neck, I immediately shrank away with a low whine, that I knew could only come from my Wolf, as an equally low growl shook through his chest. "Stop, Luna." His voice was soft yet insistent as he managed to disentangle himself from my arms, eyes leaving mine. "Not right now, Luna; I- we- can't. I'm sorry..."

"If you're so sorry, then kiss me!" My anger flared right along with my temperature as my heart began to race. What the hell was happening to me?!? "You can't just ignore me, ya know..."

"I can and I will..." With that, he stood up and turned away from me. He blew out a breath as his hair tangled into his fingers- dammit, that was my job! "It's for your own damn good, Luna... Don't you see that?!?" Then he whirled on his heel and practically blurred back to my side with a snarl as his arms wrapped tight yet gently around me. "Look at me, Luna!"

His eyes gazed into mine as he cupped the back of my head to prevent me from turning away; the rough feel of his hand but the gentleness of his voice was all enough to turn me on, to be honest... "Look at what you do to me! If you kiss me, that will be the last thing you do before my Wolf takes over and claims you... But if you're that desperate, go ahead- I'm right here..."

"You don't scare me, Alessio." Then, I brushed my lips over his; the action was slow and hesitant but all the same sure. He was my Mate for goddess' sake, and I'll be damned if some damn Heat was going to keep me from kissing him, whether for my own protection or not!

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By the time we managed to pull away from each other, my lungs were practically burning and my panties were practically dripping; the pain in my abdomen was long forgotten though, which was a good thing. If I could just kiss my Mate until this damn Heat is over, I'd be practically pain-free...

'Oh, little one, there will be pain- just not in your abdomen...' We'd gone back to Mind-Linking, and the silence stretched out comfortably between us. As I listened, however, I realized that the night was not silent; it was just then waking up...

'Do I even want to know where that pain will relocate to?!?' My internal voice was meek and rather embarrassed as I glanced quickly up at him; not quick enough, as his eyes met mine with an almost sad twinkle in them. Wordlessly, I understood exactly what he was saying... 'Oh...' Then, an idea! 'Ya know,' I began, clutching him tight to me with a raised brow and breathy whisper, 'there are other ways of pleasure, as well as keeping me from pain, without actually Mating...' There it was- let him try to refuse me now! Of course, he would try.... But I always got my way...