Ceres
As I hear my alarm from my cell phone, I get up from our bed then do my stretching to power up my body even just a little bit. When I was doing my morning stretches, Frizabelle, my lovely wife, began to stir from the bed before groaning which made me stop and looked at her. She was lovely even in the morning but what caught my attention was her being irritatedly pissed which I knew the reason why.
"Remind me again why I need to go to school even though I could shift my sched to homeschool?" Frizabelle complained as she sat up on our bed with arms crossed to her chest. I shook my head before I went closer to her and kissed her forehead.
"Honey, it's your last month now and still want to change your schedule? You are not acting like an alpha." I told her as I chuckled before heading to the bathroom to brush my teeth.
"Argh, but I want to see you off tonight." She pouted that almost made me choke from brushing. Good thing I'm about to finish my brushing when she said that.
I went out of the bathroom and she was already up, fixing her bag for school at her study table. I shook my head though my smile was still on my lips as I approached her from behind.
"Oh Friz, only if you knew how much I don't want to leave you tonight but I have too. It's our pack's responsibility to take care of those who are seeking help from us." I sweetly explained to her as I snaked my arms around her waist.
"And don't worry; if they don't want the plan is then so be it. They will be on their own." I seriously told her that she nodded before turning to give my cheek a lingering kiss.
"Better to freshen up before heading for breakfast." Frizabelle said that I let her go of her waist so she would do her daily routine inside the bathroom.
I went downstairs to cook our breakfast which are simple two sunny side-up, 10 slices of bacon, two small bowls of tuna salad, two cups of fried rice, a plate three layers of strawberry pancakes and her hot chocolate mint while as for me, just a simple black brewed coffee. As I finished cooking, I prepared them at our small breakfast nook and exactly, my lovely wife descended.
"That smells divine." Frizabelle compliment which made me just look at her since this breakfast was a simple meal.
"You really wanted me to get fat, didn't you?" She continued with her playful tease which I just kissed on her cheek.
"Of course not. You're always sexy in my eyes." I whispered to her ears which made her giggled before pushing me lightly away from her. Seriously, can my heart stop beating so hard right now? I'm totally whipped over my wife's beauty.
We both ate our breakfast and cleaned up our dishes before heading to the front porch since I have to take my lovely wife to school with her motorbike which she named Dark.
"Ready?" I asked her as I hopped on her bike and started to engine. She was putting her helmet before hopping on the back of her bike before wrapping her hands around my waist.
"Yeah." Frizabelle replied and then we headed off to school grounds.
On the way to the school, the air was really brushing wildly to us but it was really relaxing aside from the tight grip from my passenger on my back. I can feel the rush coming from her but more importantly her emotion of not letting me go was thicker than any fear that she could ever muster. As we got inside the school grounds and let her motorbike be parked on the same spot, I tapped her arms that were still wrapped tightly around my waist.
"My lovely queen, we're already here." I sweetly told her which made her unwrap her arms around me before hopping off from the bike. She removed her helmet and started fixing her wavy hair which I did the same after I removed the helmet.
"Ion, please come back to me. Both of you." Frizabelle said, which almost sounded like a whimper that I immediately went closer to her cupped her face with my both hands.
"Oh my lovely queen, we're always coming back to you no matter what happens. We will search for you and be with you because we always do. I do love you, my queen. Always." I assured her that I really sounded like Iolana and Frizabelle nodded weakly which made me give her a lingering kiss onto her forehead.
"Belle, you're my wife that I'll always be coming home. I do love you and remember our wedding song." I told her while looking straight at her lovingly and she was on the bridge of crying.
"Take it to your heart, my queen. Take that song dearly to your heart as I always will." I continued which again, I sounded like Iolana since she has a taint of blush onto her cheeks which made me kiss them.
"I love you too. I'll go back home as soon as I can after classes. I wanted to see you off." Frizabelle told me which made her pull my collar and let our lips kiss.
As our lips parted from that simple but passionate lingering kiss, we both smiled while our forehead leaned onto each other.
"Go ahead inside." I told her which made her nodded then left a peck on my lips before heading inside the school building. I released a heavy sigh since I'm already missing her lips against mine.
"She's really the death of me." I mumbled to myself before I took a jog toward the school perimeter border since it was the closest shortcut to get back in the pack's territory.
Anyway, as I got back to the pack house, I immediately went to Alpha's office since I had something on my mind and Frizabelle's father, Alpha Gregory, needed to hear about it before my departure toward the Arc Howl.
"Father, can I have a moment?" I asked after I knocked and partially opened the door.
"Okay, just a moment." He said while reading a file. I always find him reading tons of files lately.
As I entered, I took my liberty to sit on the couch while waiting for him to be done from analyzing the file he was reading. When he called his beta through the pack link and just a few seconds, his beta came on knocking on the door. Gregory let his beta inside who gave me a nod when he noticed my presence there that I just smiled at as the sign of greeting.
"What is it, Alpha?" his beta asked while standing in front of his desk.
"Take this to the Sentinels. Ask them to get this to Roosevelt and tell them to give it directly to the Grey Tamer named Ayame." Gregory told him as he lent the letter to his beta.
"The Roosevelt town? The one that has been ruined by powerful beasts?" the beta asked if he heard the alpha right as he took the letter from Gregory.
"Yes. That town. Now, off you go. It can't be delayed." Gregory said which made his beta bow with respect and headed out of the office with the private letter.
As we're being left alone in the office, Gregory took some cups of brew coffee before looking out through his huge window.
"So, what is this about?" Gregory asked after he took a sip from his coffee.
"It's about the Arc Howl." I replied while thinking.
"What about them?" he asked me curiously before sitting back to his chair, putting his coffee on the desk before he removed his eyeglasses.
"Just in case something bad happens, will you let me handle the negotiation on my own?" I asked carefully as I waited for his response.
"Why would I let you do that?" he asked with a curious tone as he began to lean his back on his chair then took another sip from his coffee.
"Well, my gut tells me that something will happen there and will harm me." I explained not telling the reason behind it.
"Seriously, why?" he insisted that made me smirked since he reminds me about Frizabelle.
"I'm a vampire rogue, Father. Plus, I wanted to see if I will get something there that might help us in the near future." I honestly told him the reason behind my question.
He didn't answer me immediately but he was in deep thought about it.
'She's already taking a step for the pack. I wondered how the pack would prosper under her reign with my daughter. Plus, he's trusting her judgement which I wanted to know for myself as well. The mate of my daughter might be a fallen rogue vampire but she was something. I can feel the pack was starting to change.'
Even I don't want to read his deep thoughts but something in my head linking it to his thoughts which made me hear them very clearly like a clear crystal. That only led me to a thought named Irine, Frizabelle's mother and the Luna of the pack itself.
"Oh Mother, you really want me to hear your husband's thoughts about me. Clever." I thought as I smirked knowingly in my head before I could hear Gregory's one voice speaking to me.
"Hmm, that's a fair enough reason. Do what you think it's best for our pack in the near future since you're going to rule this pack with my daughter. I also hope my daughter won't be in such pain while you go out on dealing lots of transactions." He chuckled when he recalled how short tempered his daughter knowing that I'll be away from her side.
"I hope she can manage by that time." I chuckled as well before I stood up and excused myself since I can tell that he was still busy with tons of papers on the top of his desk.
As I left the office, I had some urges to run outside the perimeter before I headed back to our home and fixed my clothes for tonight's departure.
I ran like a wild animal that was having fun until I saw some trainees on the field doing their supposed training. I wondered why they were not doing anything until their mentors, the two gammas came and let them do their combat training. I was glad that these teenagers finally were on this page of being serious and it wasn't just basic since they must hold their temper so they won't shift. That was tricky training. Temperament issue was always with the wolves. I sighed before I went back on my run.
After the one lap run around the perimeter from tree to tree, I took some dead tours in the kitchen since I'm starving which only meant that I needed to feed on blood. I was looking at the fridge for something to cook until I sensed Irine, the Luna. She chuckled as I took raw steak on the preparation table to cut into cubes but bite sizes. She was watching me chop the steak and put some salt then some pepper on them but the thing was, I didn't cook it or even steamed it. I just put them on the plate while it was still a little bloody and I took my stainless tumbler before eating on the island table.
"How did you manage to eat some raw meat?" Irine asked me directly while she's watching me eat my raw meal.
"I'm a vampire, Mother." I sarcastically replied to her but she just laughed at it.
"I know that yet you still eat the same food as us." She said in such curiosity in her tone.
"Well, I trained myself to eat human food but first, I have to learn how to deal with my thirst. So I came up with an idea that each time I have to mingle with humans or wolves, I must have my tumbler with me while I eat the same food as them or I should already take a month's worth of blood in my system." I responded to her before munching the food in my mouth.
She nodded in understanding until she felt something she needed to go. I slightly smirked since I read her thoughts about dealing with her husband's needs.
"Excuse me, your Father needs me now." She told me with an irritated tone and blank face.
"Ohho, sure Mother, bang Father senselessly." I teased her which made her grin like I told her a best idea she never thought of then she went off without saying anything to me.
"Oh mates." I mumbled as I chuckled to myself since I was totally alone in the kitchen which made me miss my wife with that thought crossed my mind.
I just sighed then I finished my meal and began to clean up since I was the last one who ate lunch. Well, I slightly skipped my lunch because of that run that I did. Anyway, I went to our nest so I have to prepare something that will surprise that pack that I'm going to visit. Plus, doing so, it will seriously take some time to finish my plan which it really did. I didn't notice at that time that it was getting late.
4:55 pm
A while ago I'm just eating my late lunch and now it's almost five and I have to take some time to clean up myself before packing a few clothes for the trip which I hope I'll finish without taking overnighters. I took my clothes off before hopping onto the warm milk salt bath with fresh rose petals floating on it. I let my tensed muscles relax when I suddenly felt her rushing. She was indeed in her adrenaline that made me sighed while smirking.
"Welcome home." I stated when I smelled my mate's scent standing by the door of our bathroom and she's panting.
I went out of the tub to meet her, not even minding that I'm still naked and dripping wet. But when I met her swollen eyes, I could feel the pang in my chest and I didn't like to see her crying. I just sighed and hugged her before meeting her gaze closely like I'm reading her.
"My queen…I won't be gone for too long so wait for me with everything about you." I whispered to her as I let my kisses cover her entire skin.
"I know what you have to do…but you're mine…I'll wait for your return." Frizabelle finally spoke to me as she opened her wet eyes and began to kiss my lips so deep that I knew that she long for.
I gladly returned it with everything I felt for her until our kisses bloomed into some heated passion that led us to the bed not even minding of me being soaked. I laid her down and began to make love to her once again. I'm gonna miss her that's for sure.
"Friz, did you just ditch classes for this?" I asked since I knew that her classes would end around 5 or 6 in the evening.
"So what if I did?" she pouted and it made me chuckled since she's being cutely sweet now.
"You know that I couldn't resist that beautiful pout of yours." I sweetly teased her then kissed her lips.
"And since you're here, help me pack." I told her that made her groan as I stood up from the bed and got my suitcase to pack some clothes for tonight's trip.
As we packed some few things in my one small suitcase, we both heard a song playing on the radio inside the bathroom since I'm doing that to relax my nerves while in the tub. The song was entitled Leaving on the Jet Plane by John Denver though the difference was that I'm not particularly going to ride a plane, it was just a long drive.
So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go
"Seriously, that song is not helping." Frizballe groaned and about to go to the bathroom to turn it off but I caught her wrist. I pulled her closer to me without saying another word and just held her there.
"Just let it be. Let's finish here and head downstairs to the front porch, they're waiting already." I whispered to her ear which made her sighed before nodding then we finished packing.
After we packed my things, I looked at her once again and smiled. She sighed and went to the closet to put some clothes before she gave mine. When we're both done changing, she took my coat while I carried my suitcase before we went down stairs. I put down my small suitcase for a sec before I looked once again to my new family - Frizabelle's parents.
"Take care honey." Irine said as she gave a big farewell hug that gave warmth inside my heart.
"I will Mother." I responded to her motherly hug then she kissed my cheeks. I took my suitcase and opened the door when Gregory spoke.
"By the way, Ceres, take Nathaniel and Batz with you. Be safe you three." Gregory said as he put his arm around his wife's shoulder.
I smiled and we all nodded before Nathaniel took my suitcase and put it on the backseat. I walked toward the car then I turned to meet my lovely wife's sad face. I chuckled before pinching her cheeks then kissing her lips.
Now the time has come to leave you
One more time
Let me kiss you
Then close your eyes
And I'll be on my way
Dream about the days come
When I won't have to leave alone
About the time, I won't have to say
"I love you, my queen." I whispered in between our kisses that made her smile while she's holding up her tears.
"I love you too." She responded that made me smile wider.
She gave my coat before giving a peck then to my forehead before smiling at me. I knew she didn't want me to go and I don't want either but I am more qualified for this one.
Kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go
"Return to me unharmed." She said with a warning tone that made me chuckle then flicked her forehead before I waved my hand to them.
"I will for you my queen." I said then we left the house pack with our black jeep to go to our destination at the Arc Howl pack.
I better to end this transaction as quickly as possible so I'll be in my wife's arms once again in no time.