Cedric
I stood outside on the porch of the main house, looking at everyone doing their daily jobs and going on with their normal lives. I couldn't help but feel my heart swell in gratitude for Rain. if it wasn't for her bravery and sacrifice, we wouldn't all be here today while she's away suffering, truth is, I'm suffering now too, I've been suffering since alpha Dracus took her with him, I close my eyes and remember her as she walked away, it hurts that she's away, and it isn't helping with keeping my wolf at bay- he's antsy and keeps stirring inside.
I take a deep breath, and that's when my eyes pop wide open, for a second I thought I smelled roses, I close my eyes again and take another deep breath, there it is! fucking roses! I shifted into my wolf form, and before I could stop myself, I bolted towards the smell, I had to know where it's coming from and I hoped to God that it is actually who I think it is.
I ran and ran and the smell grew stronger , finally I slowed into a stop, I watched as the sun started to go down, there, a small figure started to appear, the smell overwhelmed me, there was a hint of fear, excitement, and something like lust and happiness, the figure stopped and I squinted my eyes to get a better look, the sun finally went lower into the horizon, and there she was, Rain.
I took a step forward, two steps and then I kept walking as she ran towards me and closed the distance between us. I bent down and engulfed her in my arms, lifting her in the air. she circled my neck with her arms and buried her face in my neck, this is not enough, my wolf had his share, now it's my turn. I slowly put her down, she stared at me with confusion and a little hurt, I took a step back. She wanted to come closer again but I lifted a hand and shook my head. Slowly I shifted back to my human form.
Rain
Finally, after a night and a long day, I'm standing face to face with Cedric again. my eyes watered as I stared at his handsome face, those eyes, his hair, his olive skin, that stupid cocky but sexy smirk, he reached his hand up and brushed a strand of hair from my face "Rain... I've missed you" I didn't realize the tears were rolling my cheeks until his finger flicked one off my face, I sniffled and threw myself in his embrace. he buried his face in my neck and I buried mine in his neck, he smelled like cinnamon and vanilla, he smelled like home I closed my eyes and drew back slowly, I kept my eyes closed as I planted a soft kiss on his neck- he stiffened but didn't push me back and stop me, and I didn't know what's become of me- I couldn't stop myself either, I trailed a line of soft kisses along his jaw until I reached his mouth "Rain... look at me" I slowly opened my eyes and they locked with his- his eyes were dark with lust and soft with passion, he wanted this as much as I did, and when his eyes fell to my mouth- my lips parted slightly, he slowly brushed his lips to mine, the world around me felt like it vanished, I was floating and everything around me was a wide space of blackness and stars that shined all sorts of colors. When Cedric's hands snaked around my waist and pulled me flush to his body I gasped and he invaded my mouth with his tongue, my heart fluttered and my knees buckled- he held me up with his arms- I tasted him, he tasted exactly the way he smelled, cinnamon, vanilla and lots of masculinity, my eyes rolled into my head even as they were closed and I couldn't hold the moan that escaped me, he grunted and held me tighter, then one of his hand went up and fisted my hair as our kiss turned hotter and more passionate.
someone cleared their throat and that made both of us break the kiss, we were both panting and breathing hard, Cedric's face was dark with lust and he looked impossibly hot, his chest had beads of sweat , so did his face, and I wanted to lick them all- I'm losing control over myself, it's like my body is acting on its own. I looked around to see a surprised crowd of guys, Cyprus was looking away scratching the back of his neck, Jud was staring with his mouth open, Colton and Jason were as always snickering while Darious was standing with a scowl on his face, last there stood Xavier who looked furious and his jaw was ticked- he was looking at Cedric, but when our eyes met I felt my face heat up and I looked down and bit my lip.
Cedric turned fully to face everyone "welcome back, thank you for bringing back Rain- you've done a successful job" Darious chuckled and shook his head "yeah man, sure, we do all the saving and you get all the love and kissing" at his words my face flared and I covered my face with both of my hands as I looked down, Cedric growled and Darious laughed "whoa, whoa, just kidding man- damn you are way too serious, try to have a laugh sometime yeah?" Cedric chose to ignore him, he focused his stare at Xavier "you must be the new alpha of the Amara pack, Xavier nodded "seems like word does go fast around here" Cedric nodded, then he opened his arms "brothers, everyone, let's gather in the conference room- I wanna know everything that went down, later we'll celebrate the victory, the new alpha and Rain's return". Everyone cheered and murmured their agreements. Cedric shook Xavier's hand "welcome to the Steel pack".
I approached them both "well, I'm going to take a shower, and rest while you guys finish the meeting" I reached my hand out to shake Xavier's "thank you for everything, and I'm sorry for all trouble I've caused" , he took my hand, kissed it and put it flat on his chest "I would do it all over again- just to be that close to you", my heart fell to my stomach and I stared at Xavier dumbstruck, I froze and slowly moved my gaze only to lock with Cedric's, he was looking at me with surprise and suspicions, but thankfully he didn't say anything, so I slowly removed my hand from Xavier's and walked towards the main house in silence.
Cedric
as I listen to everyone from the team who went on the mission, I feel like I'm in a tunnel of feelings- angry, worried, pissed and happy, but mostly pissed, because Xavier's words and the way he held Rain's hand never left my head, the fuck did he mean when he said just to be that close to you ? Was he close in the first place? Did anything happen between them? For some reason I felt that I knew this guy, although he's an outsider, my wolf didn't notice him being in my area from the beginning. Was I too engulfed in the moment with Rain? "alpha?" my thoughts were cut , I looked up to see everyone staring at me, Cyprus cleared his throat and pointed at the table in front of me "uh, you should probably stop carving the table surface with your claw, you're creating a hole in it" I looked down and saw the damage, shit, I ran a hand through my hair "I apologize, what were you saying?" Cyprus gave me a weird look before he looked back at Xavier "I was saying that Alpha Xavier was the key to the success of our plan, we didn't know that until we breached the border" my eyebrows shot up "is that so? Alpha Xavier, I'm really grateful for your actions, but I have a question for you" Xavier tipped his chin up "what was the motive behind helping Rain? surely you were the beta of alpha Dracus, you were bound to be the alpha of the Amara back anyway and you were alpha Dracus' best friend-like a brother to him, so again, what made you help Rain, in the end she's just another human virgin'' Xavier's smirk was gone by the time I finished, instead he turned angry, I raised my brow at him as we all waited for his answer, finally he took a deep breath and looked down "Alpha Cedric, I will answer your question, but in private if I may ask" to my surprise Cyprus and Darious took a step forward as if saying they aren't going anywhere, this made me even more agitated, but still I needed an answer so I dismissed everyone. after everyone was out- I was left with Xavier, Darious and Cyprus. Xavier cleared his throat "alpha Cedric, I have a message from Zevrus".