The Vengeful Luna

Enjoy

I feel guilty for all the fuss I'm causing over myself. The food is delicious and I want to scarf down everything Marina had cooked today, but Elanor insists on waiting a bit more until I eat again. My body might break down, she says, and I'm sure she knows better than I do when it comes to such things, but I can't help but think she is simply trying to get more of me. she brings the dishes to the sink and walks back to me. Now, that the food has got to settle down, I do feel full and maybe a bit overfilled. As I lean back into the pillows of the sofa, I leaned my head back a bit dizzy. The sofa shifts a bit and I realize Elanor took a seat beside me. her hand smooth over the bandages around my arms and my chest.

"How are you feeling? " she asks softly, her voice soft and worried.

"I'm fine. You can lose your worries... " I muttered and took her hand, pressed a kiss on her knuckles and pulled her into my lap. With hesitance, she settles into my lap, both hands on my shoulders as she straddles my hips. Her weight feels like nothing in my lap and I feel amused by it. As I smile, she seems confused and I tuck away a strand of her hair behind her slightly pointy ear.

"It's amazing how much I seemed to have forgotten about you... "

"What do you mean? " I feel the panic in her voice.

"I forgot how it feels to have you so close. I forgot how intoxicating and maddening your scent can be and I can't wait to get a good taste of you- " I feel myself grow a bit hot and hard as she sits right on my lap.

Her cheeks flush pink and she pats my shoulder slowly.

"That will have to wait until I'm sure you're not breaking like a doll in bed. Healing you is our main priority. We need the leader of this pack to be in full shape when we return- "

"Return?" my brows raised in confusion. "Return to what, my love? "

"To your pack, to your home- "

"I don't have a pack anymore. They all abandoned me. My pack is you. Marina. And that's it. "

"Well, good thing I started recruiting then. " she smoothed over the crease of my brows as I narrowed my eyes at her. "Cassimir started searching for vampires that are against Demetri and Lilith. There are many of us out there who remember the horrors, and there are many out there who'd tear them to pieces and burn them all. "

"Are they? " I muttered a bit skeptical and to this she seemed to pause. "Are there really other vampires with the balls to put up against them? Or is this some sort of game they are pulling on you?" I feel a growl bubbling into my chest but she brushes her hand over it and I feel as if she is asking me to calm down. But I'm not sure I can. It feels as if there was not an ounce of trust left in my body, to offer to anyone else but those I already knew.

"My love... " she purrs out and I know she's trying to coax me out of my anger. "Your anger is justified, but please do not jump into decisions before you get to meet someone. They might give us the upper hand we need in order to- "

"To what, Elanor? " I interrupted her, stopping her hands from moving further. "Do you honestly think I am willing to get away from this place? We are safe here. They are not going to find us. There is no way I am leaving this place just to go to war with a sociopathic vampire and her psychopathic slut. "

The gentleness of her smile vanishes and I feel like I broke a boundary I didn't know existed. She frees her wrists from my hands and gives me a mean glare. She doesn't say anything and she's ready to get out of my lap. As if I'd let that happen! My hands grab her hips and, despite being weak, I manage to hold her down.

"Let me go. " she hisses at me and I only held her tighter.

"I'm not letting you go. Not for a few days at least. I've missed you like crazy and now you come to me and tell me you're ready to go to war? As if I'm going to let that happen! As if I am going to let you walk away from me now!" I scoffed and I am more than sure she was ready to slap me. "I'm not leaving this place too soon. I might reconsider after I get tired of holding you, but until then- " I pause and she seems to still in my grasp "-the world can f**k itself, my love. "

I lean forward and trap her mouth into another kiss. It seems this catches her off guard, because she yelps lightly and bites my tongue before I can invade her mouth. When I chuckle and pull back, her anger dims down and she stops fighting to get out of my lap.

"I want to- " she starts, but I shake my head.

"Can we set that aside for now and enjoy each other again? It feels like centuries since I had you close enough to touch you... "

It seems that this plea finally reaches her and she softeners lightly in my lap, leaning in and resting her head into the base of my neck. Truly. I did not want to hear revenge stories and plots. I did not want to hear schemes and plans. I wanted to offer myself enough time to enjoy her, because it feels like we have always been running. We've always been chased and we never even had the time to enjoy each other.

My hand brushes over her hand and she nuzzles her face into my neck, giving it a gentle wet kiss.

"Did Marina tell you this is our honeymoon ?" she whispered against my skin and I felt myself grow a bit amused again.

"She did. It somehow feels it's some sort of a plot to have us finally spend time together. " I muttered and rested my chin on her head.

"That's exactly what I said too, but she insists it's just how it's supposed to be. " she chuckles and I can actually see Marina insisting on taking a break.

Silence sets over us and she slowly pulls away from me, to look at me.

"She still loves you. " she whispers, a bit sad.

Why was she sad? Was she sad because someone else had feelings for me? Or was she sad for Marina, because that feeling will never be reciprocated ?

"It sometimes feels like it's my fault- "

"Elanor, please stop." I interrupted her again, a bit more harshly. "My love, you're overthinking everything. can't we just sit and enjoy each other right now?"