Loving Luna - Stephan

Chapter Two - Heated Chance

“What do you think son?” George asked Stephan as he shuffled the papers together that had been carelessly tossed around the desk. Stephan shook his head as he sat back on the comfortable sofa.

“Honestly, I think it would be a great opportunity for me,”

“Good, I know you mentioned that Michael trained you to be an Alpha, but my question is what type of Alpha. This way, I will know the answer and you will too,” George said as he stood up. “Come, your mother has prepared dinner for us and I am starving,” Stephan ignored the term ‘your mother’ and got up, following George out of the office and to the dining room. Andrea had just laid out the last dish she had prepared.

“This looks like a feast,” Stephan said as he sat down. George sat at the head of the table and Andrea went about dishing up the meal for her mate. Stephan wondered where Jewel was and was just about to ask when she suddenly appeared in the room.

“Come, sit,” Andrea said. Jewel came forward and sat across from Stephan. He gave her a smile, but she quickly looked away. He frowned then, confused by her action. Andrea placed a large steak on his plate, followed by roast potatoes, steamed veggies, and rice with a gravy sauce.

“Thank you,” he said as she went around and dished up for Jewel and then herself. She was rather quick and as soon as she sat down, George urged everyone to eat.

“What do you think of the village?” George asked Jewel. Stephan glanced up at her to see her face and reaction.

“Smaller than back home, but quite pleasant,” she spoke quickly and smiled at George before stuffing her mouth with rice and gravy.

“What did you do back home?” Andrea asked her and Stephan cringed. It sounded to him as if these two were interrogating his mate.

“Andrea!” he spat out disgusted.

“What? It’s a fair question,”

“It’s quite alright, I was the head trainer for the females,” Jewel answered.

“What did you train?” George asked curiously. Stephan was getting quite annoyed.

“She trained them to sew and make dresses!” Stephan snapped sarcastically.

“Son! Mind your manners,” George hissed at him. Stephan saw Jewel’s smile and he nodded over at George.

“Sorry, it just sounds like you and she are interrogating my mate,”

“And you feel the urge to protect her and be rude? We are merely curious and also want to make her feel at home,” Andrea explained softly. Stephan felt like a fool, but he hadn’t missed Jewel’s smile, so that had to count for something, right? The rest of the meal was eaten in silence.

“Delightful, thank you, darling,” George said as he got up and went over to his wife, kissing her on her cheek. Stephan stood up too and thanked her for the meal. George invited him to join him for coffee in the living room and he gladly accepted. He knew that Jewel would help Andrea with the dishes and cleaning up.

“I have a lot to learn,” Stephan commented as they sat down.

“I have to agree with you on that son, but don’t worry, it is an instinct to protect your mate,” George smiled warmly at him and he felt at a loss for words. He never had such an honest and open conversation with Michael as he did with George.

“Why is it so easy to talk to you?” Stephan asked him.

“Maybe because you are my son and even though you didn’t grow up with us, you still feel the connection,” Stephan nodded, it made sense to him.

“May I ask why you decided to marry off your three daughters?” he was curious to know why they had made those choices.

“The obvious reason is that I want to protect my pack as much as possible. However, the main reason is that I never wanted one of my daughters to become an Alpha of this pack. You see son when we lost you, we didn’t just lose a son. We lost the future Alpha, your mother and I talked a lot about what we would do, especially when we tried to conceive again and failed. It wasn’t until I heard from Jeffery,”

“Jeffery?”

“Yes, Emily’s Alpha, he contacted me about an arrangement of some sort for added protection, someone to call on. At first, I was quite horrified at the thought and immediately declined. That’s when I contacted Theodore and Dimitry and they explained to me that many packs were doing it. Your mother and I discussed it at great lengths, and I sat down with Dimitry and we drew up a contract, a proposal and I went to see Jeffery. He agreed and we signed. Emily wasn’t happy with it, but she went anyway,”

“What about the fact that she has Alpha blood in her but yet she married a beta?”

“What difference does it make though? I mean, sure, it wasn’t ideal, even though I didn’t want my girls being Alpha’s I did expect them to at least be Luna’s. However, Jeffery was already mated and married. Whereas Carl wasn’t and he was the next best thing,” Andrea and Jewel came in carrying coffee and biscuits. “Anyway, in the contract it clearly states that if anything should happen to Jeffery and his mate, that Carl and Emily would become Alpha and Luna,”

“What about their kids? I know they have a son and two daughters,”

“They do yes, however, it is binding in the contract. I suppose Justin may fight Carl for the position, but I doubt it. Jeffery explained that Justin was more of a city boy and would either start his own pack or join one that side. I could care less. Emily is fine with being a beta with Alpha blood in her veins,” George took a sip of his coffee and Stephan wondered about his two sisters.

“What about Felicity and Sasha?” Jewel asked and Stephan smiled. It was as if she had read his mind.

“After Jeffery and I signed the contract, I started looking at other potential partners and came across Ayden. He was at Emily’s wedding to meet Felicity. He was adamant that he wanted to see her before any deal was made. Surprisingly he told me he would wait for Sasha,” George explained.

“He never told me that,” Jewel mumbled.

“I didn’t think he would, you see at the time I was talking to Ayden and Warren about potential contracts. Ayden wanted to see my daughters and Warren told me to go hell,”

“So, you wanted Felicity to marry Ayden?" Stephan asked.

“That was the plan, but he told me he would wait for Sasha, he never explained why, but I just accepted it,” Jewel giggled, and Stephan couldn’t help but just stare at her.

“Yeah, that sounds like something Ayden would say and do,” she glanced over at Stephen and blushed.

“So, Stephan, I know I probably sound like a nagging old hag, but when are you going to change your name?” Andrea asked him. He wanted to scream at her but refrained from doing that.

“I’m sorry, I know that you are my parents, that I am your son and that you named me Liam. It’s just I don’t think I could ever get used to the name. I have no problem changing my surname from Stan to Lavoie,”

“Ah! But if you do that, I can’t call you stan,” Jewel pouted sadly.

“Of course, you can, it’s your pet name for me,” he argued softly, causing her to blush.

“Alright Stephan, I accept and understand,” Andrea said quietly. He did feel bad but he just couldn’t imagine going from Stephan to Liam. It was weird and it would take forever for him to get used to it if he ever did.

“I am sorry Andrea,”

“And what about calling us, mom and dad? Is that also too weird for you?” George asked him. Stephan nearly choked on the biscuit he had just shoved in his mouth.

“George!”

“What Andrea? We are his parents,”

“It’s not about it being weird and I apologize if you think me disrespectful. I will try to do better,” he looked over at them and smiled. “Mom, dad,” he tested it out and it wasn’t as awful as he thought it would be. Andrea smiled brightly and even George looked pleased.

“Tell us about Felicity and Warren,” Jewel changed the subject and Stephan sent her a silent thank you look for bailing him out on the awkwardness.

“Felicity was against it. She locked herself in her room for days, Warren had just been released from prison and she was certain we were sending her off to marry a psychopath,” Andrea giggled at the memory.

“She kept that poor wolf waiting at a motel in the human town for days,” George said, and they laughed at that.

“Poor Warren has had his hands full with her since day one,”

-

Jewel came out of the bathroom after getting ready for bed. She wanted to speak with Stephan but was far too nervous, so she decided to just go to sleep.

“Jewel?” his voice came from the other side of the closed door. She was tempted to ignore him and pretend to be sleeping but she couldn’t. She got out of bed and opened the door.

“Yes?” she asked a bit too roughly, although he didn’t seem to be paying much attention to the sound of her voice instead was too busy checking her out. She glanced down and blushed. She had forgotten that she had taken a shower and just slipped into bed, but instead of showing him she was embarrassed by her nakedness, she stood tall and proud. “Yes?” she repeated, but this time there was a hint of something else. He looked up at her and then he did the cutest thing.

“Naked,” he hissed out, blushing a bright red and then turned to walk away and walked straight into the doorframe. Jewel giggled and rushed back inside her room and quickly put on her robe.

“Come in Stan,” she called out to him and he took a shaky step inside and looked everywhere else and not at her.  “Relax, I’m covered now,” she informed him. he looked over at her and let out a heavy sigh. “You act as if you’ve never seen a naked, she-wolf before,”

“I haven’t,”

“Surely you’ve seen many naked wolves?” she asked him curiously. She was aware that some packs didn’t care about nudity and some did.

“Well, sure, but never my mate,” he whispered.

“Are you a virgin Stan?” she asked, teasing him and he went an even brighter shade of red and he turned to quickly leave the room. “No, don’t go,” she called out stopping him. “I didn’t mean to tease you, there is nothing wrong with being a virgin, I mean, I am still a virgin,” she told him proudly. He did turn around to look at her, but he didn’t say anything. “You came to see me?” she asked him.

“Oh, um, yes, I…um, wanted to ah, talk to you,” he said nervously.

“About?”

“Us,”

“What about us Stan?” she wanted to tell him that she had decided to give him a chance, but she wanted to hear what he would say first.

“Just to talk and get to know each other a bit more, that’s all,” he was blushing so badly that she found him so cute.

“Alright, but you have to promise me you’ll relax,” she teased him softly as she sat down comfortably on the bed and patted the spot in front of her, indicating for him to join her. He chuckled nervously as he closed the door slightly and joined her on the bed.

“I can’t promise to relax, surely you know what you do to me,” he looked up at the ceiling and she giggled.

“What do I do to you Stan?” she asked him in a light tone. She was curious to see how far she could push him as she found him so adorable.

“You know,”

“No, I don’t know, tell me,”

“You are just so beautiful and sexy and, and, and, ugh!” he stood up and paced the room and she had to stop herself from laughing at how sweet he was acting.

“And what Stan?”

“And your scent!” she knew what he meant; she was aware of not only her arousal but his as well.

“What about my scent?”

“It drives me crazy, I’ve never experienced anything like this before, I’ve never been so attracted to someone that I feel like I’m ready to burst,” he rushed the words out, his ears now also turning a shade of red. Jewel found herself wanting him to burst, to burst inside her. These thoughts heightened her arousal and Stephan stopped pacing and looked over at her. She could clearly see the lust, desire, and need in his eyes and for the first time, she didn’t want to think about his past, she just wanted him.

“Stephan,” she whispered his name and suddenly he was standing in front of her, pulling her up from her sitting position and had her firmly up against his chest. His strong arms circled her waist and she reached up and placed her arms around his neck. She had never ever wanted anyone to kiss her as badly as she wanted him to claim her lips in her very first kiss. “Please,” she whimpered, and he wasted no more time in lowering his lips to hers. Jewel was pleasantly surprised by the kiss. She was excepting him to kiss her roughly but instead, he moved his lips softly, gently over hers. The effect it was having on her made her crazy as she pushed her lips more firmly against his. She heard his moan and let out a moan of her own. Need building up deep within her. She felt his lips part slightly and then the smooth yet rough feel of his tongue against her lips. Unsure of what he wanted her to do, she just enjoyed the way it felt. His hands moved down and gripped her butt cheeks causing her to gasp against his lips. Stephan quickly slipped his tongue between her lips to taste her. Jewel felt light-headed as the kiss deepened. Her moans were getting louder as she pressed her lower part of her body against his. She could feel him against her, and she wanted him with such a burning need that she could feel the pools of heat forming between her legs. Stephan tenderly pulled away, resting his forehead on hers as they both inhaled deeply, needing air. Jewel had never ever been made to feel this way and yet she trusted Stephan to take good care of her.

-

Stephan stood holding Jewel in his arms, his mind going crazy and his wolf panting with lust and the need to mark her and claim her. He was fighting for control, he slowly opened his eyes and looked at her. She was just as affected by the kiss as he was. Smiling softly, he closed the small gap and kissed her again, only this time, he wanted her to feel his desire. He moved his lips over hers in a rushed hurry, desperately wanting to taste her again, as if knowing, she parted her lips slightly and he slipped his tongue inside, moaning against the kiss at just how delicious the taste of her was. His tongue touched hers, licking and teasing. His hands settled on her hips, unknowingly pulling her harder against his aching shaft. He heard her groan out and she moved her hips slightly. He was quickly becoming a mess as she did the unexpected. She ground herself against him and his hands slipped down to bring her further up against him, easily she lifted herself up with his movements and wrapped her legs around his waist. Stephan pushed himself against her and he could feel her heat. The smell of her arousal was so strong that all he wanted was to taste her and make her cry out his name in passion. Jewel was holding onto him for dear life while jarringly rotating herself on his hardness. Stephan growled and broke the kiss once again.

“Stan,” she pleaded, and he knew exactly what she wanted, he wanted it too, but he had promised to prove himself to her and he wasn’t going to take her in such a heated moment when things were still so uneasy between them. He gently leaned forward and placed her on the bed. She laid back and he quickly averted his eyes as her exposed parted legs were giving him quite the view. Seeing him look away, Jewel hurried to cover herself.

“I want you, Jewel,” he informed her, his voice thick with need. “But not like this,” he turned and rushed out of the room, afraid that if he stayed for a moment longer, he would take her and make her his. Once back in the safety of his own bedroom, he let out a frustrated growl. Laying down on the bed, he ran his hand over his pants and the urge to take care of it was overwhelming. In the past, he had never stopped himself from m**********g, but he forced himself to calm down. He wanted her. He refused to relieve himself with the image of her in his mind. She deserved better than that. She deserved so much more. Stephan made a promise that when the time came, he would worship her and show her just how much she deserved. He quickly stood up and hurried to take a cold shower. He needed to cool off.

The smell of bacon woke him up. He hadn’t gotten much sleep as all he could think about was Jewel wrapped around him and her heat. Sitting up, he noticed something laying on the floor in front of the door. Getting up, he went over to it and frowned.

“What’s this?” he mumbled out loud as he picked it up. It was a folded note.

Stan,

I was more than ready for you to take me, with no regrets. However, after you left and the heat slowly died down, I realized that you pulling away from me was a good thing. I wanted to say thank you, but I didn’t trust myself. Your self-control is obviously better than mine and I admire that. Thank you for taking it slow, it means a lot.

I’m ready to give us a chance, I hope you still feel the same.

Jewel

Stephan read the note over and over until the growling of his stomach could no longer be ignored. Pulling on a top and pants, he made his way downstairs and into the kitchen. He smiled as he saw Andrea in front of the stove, Jewel setting the table and George trying to sneak a piece of bacon off the plate.

“George!” Andrea shouted as he managed to get a piece and shove it into his mouth. Stephan chuckled at the sight and Jewel glanced up. Their eyes met and he smiled. He watched her blush and give him a shy smile. He knew that their journey could finally start, and he was happy she had decided to give them a chance.