WHO AM I: PART II
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Phoenix and I started thinking about everything Azrah had told us, then it occurred to us, how did Raphael figure out how to drain someone of their magic. That seems like something only a god would know how to do.
"You really are a smart woman, Liz. That's a very good question."
My mouth hung open in shock. "Wait, I didn't even tell you the question. How did you know?"
She winked at me. "What can I say? I'm a godess."
I laughed.
"Just like I'm helping you, Raphael also has another god helping him. But that is not your battle. You deal with Raphael, and I will deal with the one helping him."
I could already feel Phoenix getting restless in my head. She wanted to shift and run and feel the grass against her paws and feel the wind running through her wings.
"Wait, why did Phoenix only start showing herself after I met Mathew? And..." I hesitated asking this question, but I had to know. Azrah would have all the answers. "Why did I have to leave Mathew?"
An amused smile appeared on her face. "I can't give you all the answers, Elizabeth. If I did, what would the seers do?" She was laughing.
Phoenix just huffed in my head while Azrah reached for my hand again.
"I know you and Phoenix want to leave and explore your new form, but unfortunately there is still something I need to ask of you."
"Anything", I said.
"Mathew will arrive here very shortly. When he does, you must do everything you can to turn him away immediately. You cannot leave with him and you MUST make him go without any delay."
I felt Phoenix roaring in my head. She was refusing to do this.
The roaring was defaening and would definitely take a lot of getting used to.
I held both hands against my head, trying to ease the pain from all the clawing and pounding that Phoenix was doing.
Azrah held my face in her palms and looked into my eyes. "Phoenix", she said while looking deeply into my eyes, "I know it's going to be hard, but you and Liz both need to do this. Please. If you don't, everything and everyone will be lost."
Phoenix stpped roaring, but she growled and slowly walked into the shadows of my mind.
Azrah chuckled and shook her head. "Phoenix will take some getting used to, but I know you're strong enough to control her. Remember, you are the one running the show; not her."
"I know", I said to Azrah, "but I agree with her. I don't want to stay away from Mathew. I've been away from him for too long. Surely now that I know what I am, I can go back to him. What's so bad about me that I have to constantly stay away from him?"
She sighed. "All will be revealed in good time, Liz. Trust me. I promise you'll see him again very very soon, but right now you need to turn him away. He will refuse to leave, but you need to do everything you can to make him leave. If you don't, people will die and all the good things you and Mathew have been doing all these years, will be ruined."
I was about to protest some more, but she and I noticed the white light around us starting to flicker away.
"We don't have much time", she said hurriedly. "Mathew is almost here, but I still need to tell you one more thing. It's about your ability to hide others from evil witches and make them immune against their magic."
"Wait? I did that?" The shock was evident in my voice. "Was I the one who made people immune against the witches' magic? Wait, why weren't the inklings immune?" I had so many questions running through my mind. We have been trying to figure this out for so many years.
"It's not just you. It's both you and Mathew. Every place that has been physically touched by the both of you or touched by the emtional bond you two share, becomes protected. Those people will be cloacked from Raphael and his witches."
The bright white light started flickering even more and Azrah started talking faster.
"Think about it, Elizabeth. Mathew always visited your office, that's why the magical creatures who worked for Jerry all smelled like humans to him and Sabrina. When you visited the Black Claw pack, you and Mathew still had a strong emotional bond. That bond slowly started shielding people you cared for in the pack, before shielding the entire pack. And both you and Mathew have visited almost every nook and cranny in the Werewolf kingdom and you both visited the Gryphon kingdom. However, which places have not had the both of you visit?"
"Uhm", I was rushing to think before this bright light disappeared completely. "Queen Merrida refused to let Mathew visit the Northern Inkling Kingdom so even though I was there, he hasn't been there. And because I haven't spoken to him in almost 3 years, our emotional bond is probably non-existent at this stage so that's probably why the inklings weren't protected."
I furrowed my brows as I tried to think more about this. "Uhm, I'm guessing Mathew has also not been to the kelpie kingdom yet because it's almost impossible to find, so they're probably also not protected."
She hurriedly nodded her head to confirm I was correct. "What else? There is another important place that hasn't been touched by the both of you."
I almost wanted to cry when I realised it.
"The seat of the Werewolf kingdom!", I exclaimed. I've been everywhere in the Werewolf kingdom, except that place because Mathew is there. That means all the people who live there aren't protected. No! What about Mathew? Does this mean he's also not protected?"
She gave me a gentle smile. "If you go to the seat of the werewolf kingdom, the place and its people will be shielded. However, Mathew can only be shielded after marking and being marked by his fated mate."
The white light was almost gone now and we were almost flooded in darkness.
"Our time is up. The seers will tell you the rest. Always remember this, the Phoenix will always rise from the ashes."
"Wait!", I yelled at her, "what does that mean?"
Her hands and arms started disappearing before she could say anything. Then she was gone.
When I blinked my eyes, I was back in the field. I was still engulfed in waves and waves of endless flames. The flames were burning everything and they had gotten so much bigger. Everything was on fire and Mike was now so far away from me that I could hardly see him. He had to keep driving away from me because the fire was consuming everything in its way.
I looked down at my burning body and noticed that the fire had burned off my clothes. I was standing naked in the field, immersed in fire. But it felt different now. It wasn't burning me anymore. It felt like pure energy and I could feel every flame that had travelled through this vast field.
I slowly started bringing every flame back to me until I was the only thing that was burning. The flames felt incredible. They made me and Phoenix feel invincible.
In one swift move, Phoenix ripped out of me and started running. Neither of was knew where we were going. We just wanted to run. She was so fast; faster than anything I've ever seen. The ground shook everytime her paws hit the burnt dirt and grass. Our fur was still blazing with fire.
We leaped into the air and shifted into our phoenix form. We flew with the flames and stretched our wings in the sky. It felt amazing.
Then I saw him. There was a car that was speeding towards us. Phoenix and I both knew it was Mathew. We could feel it.
We flew back down and shifted back into our human form. I was still naked and engulfed in flames.
We started running towards the car in our human form, knowing that he would reach us any minute now.
The moment he got out of the car, I felt Phoenix push me to the back of my mind and jump in his arms flames and all. The flames didn't burn him. They got bigger and brighter, but they didn't burn him.
I tried taking back control, but she was too strong. She was refusing to let go.
She crashed our lips against Mathew's and started tugging aggressively at his hair. The fire just kept getting bigger, but it wasn't burning him; only his clothes were getting burned.
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Mathew's POV
I couldn't drive fast enough to get to the location Keyon sent me. I could feel Orion inching closer and closer into my conscious mind. He was damn near roaring in my head. We could feel her. She was close.
I looked up and saw a majestic large red bird-like creature engulfed in flames flying in the sky. It was bigger than any alpha wolf I've ever seen. The entire field under the creature was burned to a crisp. The burned area was huge.
I knew that creature was Elizabeth. Orion and I could just feel it in our bones. When she landed and shifted into her human form, I almost couldn't believe that it was her right here infront of my eyes. It was too good to be true. It felt like a dream. All those years of searching for her, and here she was; finally with us. And to make things even better, she was naked.
I sped up the car even more; if that was even possible.
When I stopped the car, I got out and ran to her.
I couldn't get over the fact that she was waiting for me naked; completely naked. I wanted to kiss and caress every inch of her body. I wanted put my lips and hands all over her. I wanted to taste her; all of her. I wanted to touch her beautiful round bottom and lie between her legs. I was aching to have her in my arms and hold her and never let go.
Her scent was different. It was so strong. Orion and I could almost identify it. It was on the tip of my tongue, but for some reason it wasn't coming to me. She may not be our fated mate, but we would make her our chosen mate. We would choose her over any fated mate time and time again. She was going to be our chosen mate and Queen. It's always been her. It would never be anyone else.
She lunged herself into our arms and wrapped her legs around my torso. Orion started roaring in my head for the first time in three years. "I missed you so much, Elizabeth. I missed you so much!", I groaned against her neck while holding her behind firmly with both hands.
"Mate her! Mate and mark her right now!", Orion roared.
I wasn't going to let my doubts stop me this time. I was going to mate and mark her right here. She is mine and I wasn't going to waste anymore time. I had already wasted enough time.
She crashed her lips into mine and I could feel her tongue gently caressing mine. I immediately kissed her back; greedily and desperately. She tasted like heaven.
My one hand was cupping her behind while I held her up and the other was slowly tracing up and down her back and caressing her soft and exquisite breasts. Her breasts were too big to fit in my hands, and I just loved it.
"f**k, Elizabeth" I groaned in between kissing and licking her neck. "You really missed me, didn't you?"
We were immersed in her flames and they kept getting bigger each second, but they weren't burning me. They only burned our clothes off. Orion and I didn't even care if they did end up burning us. We just needed to hold her no matter what. The flames felt like a part of her. They engulfed me just like she had and it felt sensational to be immersed in them.
"Mine", I roared while kissing her.
"Mine", she roared back at me and it almost took me by surprise.
She started ripping off my shirt which was almost entirely burnt off now.
The flames in her eyes had gotten so much bigger. The look in her eyes was almost primal. Her eyes were filled with so much love and desire for me. She wanted me.
"Mate her!", Orion roared again.
I gently placed her down on the burnt grass and started greedily kneading and sucking her breasts while my hardness pressed up against her. She was moaning and whimpering under me. "Mathew, please", she whimpered under me. The sounds were like the sweetest melodie in my ears.
I left a trail of slow and passionate kisses as my lips started going down, lower than her stomach. I parted her legs and started tasting her sweet and wet core. I laid down on my stomach to get better access and she spread her legs wider for me.
"f**k, you're so wet!", I growled as my tongue took in all her folds.
I was licking her sweet core while she moaned my name for the whole world to hear. I felt her arch her back for me and it drove Orion and I insane.
I momentarily stopped and looked up at her from between her legs. "I want to hear you say it, Elizabeth", I demanded. "Say you're mine or else I'm going to stop."
I watched her whimper at the thought of me stopping. She wanted me. "I'm yours, Mathew", she moaned through shallow breaths. "Please don't stop."
I c****d a brow at her while I inched my face closer to her core until I was inches away from it. "Now tell me what you want me to do to you", I spoke right into her core, letting my voice travel inside of her.
"Mathew, please", she moaned again.
"Use your words, Elizabeth", I said as I gently licked her clit. "What do you want me to do."
I looked up at her. Her hands were caressing her breasts and she was biting her lips shyly as she mustered the courage to confess to me.
"I want your head in between my legs, Mathew. I want your tongue to-"
I crashed my tongue into her core before she could finish. I licked in between her folds and firmly inserted my tongue inside of her, going as deep as I possibly could to taste every last drop of her wetness.
Her legs opened wider and her hips were thrusting against my tongue faster and more desperately while she cried from pleasure.
I thrust a finger inside of her just as she was about to reach her climax. It wasn't time for her to get her high yet. I still wanted to do so many things to her.
My tongue continued licking her clit while two of my fingers thrust in and out of her with increased speed.
"Ma...Ma..! Aaaah! Aaaaaah!", she yelled out as her first high hit her in waves, leaving her legs trembling.
I licked everything from her base to her budding nerves as she rode out her high, not wanting a single drop to escape my mouth.
I kissed the inner part of her thighs and started moving up her body while I kneaded her firm and luscious breasts. I put her hard n****e in my mouth and hungrily devoured her breast while roughly caressing the other with my hand.
Her moans sounded like pleasurable cries. I wanted to capture every single one of them so I moved my mouth from her firm breast even though it desperately needed my attention.
She immediately crashed her lips onto mine and started grinding against my hardness. The fire had burnt off all my clothes and we were now both naked. Every single moan of hers was reverberating through our kisses.
I lined up my hardness at her entrance and we both gasped at the sensation of finally being this close. "Talk to me, Elizabeth", I demanded again. "I need to hear you say it. Tell me you want me inside of you. Come on, Elizabeth. Say it for me."
Before she could respond, I pressed my hardness more roughly against her entrance, eliciting another breathless gasp from her. I roughly captured her lips in mine again before she could catch her breath. My tongue wrestled with hers until she fully submitted to me and she let me taste the inside of her mouth.
I broke off our kiss only to suck on her mark spot while my hardness remained firmly pressed up against her entrance. I heard her sobbing in pleasure again as I sucked on her mark spot while my hardness threatened to penetrate her. Her body started trembling as she climaxed again.
"Tell me what I want to hear, Elizabeth", I cooed in her ear while she struggled to catch her breath from her second orgasm.
"I want you inside of me", she whimpered. "Please, Mathew...I...I want you to f**k me and..", she bit her lip as she trailed off.
My hardness was threatening to penetrate her core and it took all my strength not to just thrust myself inside of her. I wanted her to beg me to take her. I wanted her to cry for me to be inside of her.
"First I have to punish you for leaving me", I whispered against her ear.
She suddenly jerked away from me and pushed herself from under me.
My body felt cold and dark again at the loss of contact. That pain that I had felt these past three years was threatening to return and she was the only one who could keep it away.
I ran to her.
"Mathew stop!" , she yelled at me. "You need to go back! You shouldn't be here. Please go."
Her voice had so much authority in it; probably as much authority as mine when I gave a royal order. But it wasn't going to work on me. I would never leave her side ever again, and judging from how she reacted when she saw me, she didn't want me to leave either. I could still smell her arousal and taste her on my lips. We were going to finish what we started.