Behind the Mask

11. Longing

Lea

I was in my male’s arm, as Alexus thrust into my core, caressing my insides. He placed a funny vibrating thing on my clit and having it combined with him sliding into me was taking me to the peaks of pleasure very fast. I was melting, dissolving in my male’s arms.

“Drink me,” I breathed, throwing my head back and baring my neck for him.

“Baby, I don’t want to make you feel weak,” he told me, running his fingers through my hair soft and looking intently into my eyes.

His irises were two violet pools of hunger, of raw need. However, he still tried to restrain himself, his needs, and his desires for me. My beloved Alexus.

“Just a bit, please. I want to feel all of you and that you have all of me,” I moaned into his mind.

He didn’t waste any time, and sunk his fangs into his mate mark, sending a jolt of electricity directly into my core and making me cry out my release.

His delicious thrusts were getting faster and deeper, and he was grunting under his breath. He was close.

Suddenly, my Sun flashed into Alexus’ room, having his scent invading my lungs only made me even more aroused.

“Do you want to join, my Sun?” My voice was hazy, I was still lost in a thick and overwhelming pleasure.

Valentin exhaled deeply, running his fingers through his golden locks, “I wish I could, my Angel. But Mel is here, and she seems very sad.

My eyes opened widely as my heart clenched painfully. Mom must be feeling really bad to come here in the middle of the night like this.

I looked at my Alexus, his violet eyes still darker with pleasure. But he nodded, he knew that my mom needed me now.

“I have to go, talk to her,” I peeked at his lips once more before leaving his embrace.

“Fine, baby. Go,” he husked before he held my wrist and pulled me for one last kiss.

I went for a fast shower, I couldn’t go see my mom like this, I was covered by my and Alexus’ desire.

After changing I went directly towards mom, her face was puffed and her eyes red, rimmed with tears. I hugged her in my embrace, trying to pour as much comfort and love into it as I could. I knew that mom always put us first, so for her to be here, she must be feeling shattered.

“Mom,” I patted her back and heard? her quiet and almost muffled sobs. Deep sobs that came from a deep place within the heart, a place of raw pain.

I’d also imagined that the talk with dad could go bad when they left together. I wanted her to know everything she had the right to. But I didn’t want her to suffer, not anymore.

She deserved to be happy and it was high time for it.

I took both her hands in mine and we took a seat on the sofa.

“I am sorry, sweetie. I know it is late and you were probably sleeping, but I… I couldn’t stay alone.” tears were streaming down her pale cheeks. I wiped them away softly.

“It is okay, mom. You’ve always taken care of me, I can take care of you a bit too,” I flashed her a small smile, “We can have a mug of warm chamomile tea and then sleep together, you, me, and Alexander. Like in the slumber parties we had when Liv and I were little.”

“Thank you so much, sweetie,” she caressed my face before she pursed her bottom lip in a failed attempt to contain her tears.

“Mom… cry it out as much as you need, let your tears wash over your pain. I don’t know what happened and what he said… but we aren’t alone and Liv, I, and our babies love you to the moon and back,” I told her, making a soft smile stretch on her face.

It doesn’t matter what would happen or what she would decide about dad. I would always be by her side, and Liv too.

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Maximus

I shouldn’t have listened to Elric. Now there was a high possibility I had lost Melinda completely, all of her. I looked out of the window of my room, as tears blurred my vision. The memory of the first time I’ve been closer to her just after I took her to my villa overtook my mind.

The memories of all my mistakes and the piercing feeling of guilt haunted me like a phantom.

I replayed it all in my head, as my gaze was lost in the dark night sky.

***

“I want to go home!! Let me go!! You can’t keep me here as your prisoner,” Melinda said, pulling her hands away and I let her go out of my grasp.

What the hell? She thought she was a prisoner. But how could she think otherwise? It still hurt to hear, to get to know that she thought so.

I couldn’t answer any of her questions. I denied her everything she had the right to know.

How I wanted to talk to her, to answer anything she wanted me to, yet I couldn’t do that. My child with my beautiful Melinda, Elric’s future mate, was the key to the peace we were trying to achieve for centuries. She, my future child, was to save many lives and make the world right again, to form the peace of the Goddess. How it must be.

I had to make this sacrifice for peace and for the Goddess.

“Cordy, tell my mate that she isn’t a prisoner and she won’t ever be. She can go home whenever she wants. When she wants to meet me again, she shall meet me behind the topaz grotto, at the outskirts of the Arcane garden, at 10 am and you will bring her back here.” I mind-linked him.

I’ve asked him to be here and convey Melinda my words since we Elves could only mind-link our fellow elves, thus neither Tina nor Sienna could be of any help. They were Fae.

I only hope Melinda would willingly come back, that she would come back soon. I didn’t want to be without her, to be apart from her. But I wouldn’t ever force her to stay, she wasn’t a captive. She was my graceful and beautiful woman, the other half of my soul.

“You...” Cordy muttered to Melinda.

“But My Lord, are you sure?” Cordy mind-linked me, his voice vibrating with hesitancy.

“Tell her that, Cordy!” I was losing my patience with him.

I didn’t like the way he was speaking to my mate, not the least. I had to have a serious conversation with him about it later.

“You aren’t a prisoner. You can go back. If you want to meet your mate again, you can meet me behind the Topaz Grotto. It is located on the outskirts of the Arcane Garden. Be there at 10 am and I’ll bring you back here,” he finally said.

“I want to go now!” she said as she took some steps back.

Her words made a lump form in my throat as an unknown feeling of hurt crept into my heart.

Her reaction made sense. What else could she do? Yet, I wanted to, I needed her to stay.

It was my doing, it was my fault.

I flashed Cordy a knowing look and he inhaled sharply and nodded before guiding Melinda out of the room.

Later that day, I wrote my first of many letters to her.

Letters of love and sadness. Letters that carried the words I couldn’t say, but that couldn’t convey enough. For the truth had to be guarded from her.

For we had to love in the dark.

My beautiful mate,

Cordy will be Behind the Topaz Grotto everyday at 10 am waiting for you, if and when you decide to come to be with me.

I only hope it will be soon.

Until then, I will be longing for you.

Yours.