August's POV-
I had vivid dreams for what felt like most of the night. They were all about her, some where just flashes of us running in the woods together back home and some were just of her face with that green glow over it from her flames. They were pleasant and the best part was when I woke up she was the first thing I got to see.
Her scent was thick in the room, but it had changed slightly. She made it smell like we were outside in the middle of the woods instead of in her bedroom. The smoke wasn't as strong and she gave off more of a pine and fresh earthy scent instead. It was as if she were the forest, like it was in her blood and skin and hair. She was halfway on top of me with her head still on my chest and her fists clenched up close to herself.
She felt so small and fragile, like if I moved she'd break into a million pieces. She wasn't fragile like a doll though, it was more like she was a tiny bomb and it takes steady hands and patience to defuse her. I didn't move an inch because I didn't want this moment to end. I wanted to stay like this with her always and never leave. She kissed me last night and it meant more to me then she probably realized.
She has many sides of her. Sometimes she is all smiles and jokes or she's void and emotionless. She can be headstrong and impossible to reason with at one moment and then be completely curious and vulnerable the next. Then there is that side I've only seen a few times, that vibrant green fiery side that can entrance you and burn you all at once.
I started to trace my fingers up and down her arm and after a minute I scratched her scalp and smoothed her hair back out of her face. She started to stir a little and then took in a sharp breath through her nose and groaned before moving off of me and rolling over to the other pillow. I smiled even though she couldn't see it and rolled over and wrapped my arm around her waist before pulling her back to me.
I buried my face in her hair and took in her scent before placing soft kisses to the back of her head. I leaned my head up and kissed her temple and then her cheek before moving her hair back and placing one on her neck that was now exposed. She still had her eyes closed and would grunt after every kiss obviously not wanting to wake up yet. I kissed her neck over and over until it was too much to resist anymore.
I made my kisses more sloppy and skimmed my tongue over her warm skin until I found her soft spot. I nipped it lightly and she jerked a little away from me and groaned again.
"Mmm.. Keith stop it." She said groggily.
Any form of calmness I once felt vanished immediately. I tightened my arm around her and pressed my nose to the back of her ear before letting out a deep growl.
I could tell she was fully awake now by the way she tried to spring up out of bed, but I made sure to keep her still. She let out a few deep breaths and her heart was pounding loudly, so I definitely got her attention.
"August you scared the hell out of me." She breathed after a minute and tried to wiggle free from me.
"Mhmm" was all I said before going back to kissing her curls and her cheek so this time she knew it was me and no one else.
"August stop it." She said warningly, but I just continued to smother her in kisses.
Her hair, her cheeks, her bare arms until I made my way all the way back up to her neck again. Before she could pull back I nipped the crook of her neck and she gasped before I moved my nose back to her ear again.
"Don't ever say his name again." I said to her, but you could hear Zeb's voice mixed in with my own.
She huffed in annoyance and tried to roll back to face me and I let her.
"Give me a break I was half asleep."
Seeing those beautiful wild eyes of her eased my nerves and I moved a small curl behind her ear and curled my fingers into her frizzy mane.
"I am the only man who will ever have his mouth on you from this moment on. You are mine and I will never share you."
She stayed staring back at me, but didn't say anything else. I traced her cheek and jawline with my fingers until I came to her puffy lips. She didn't move from my touch and stayed perfectly still for me as I outlined her bottom lip. I went to kiss her, but she quickly put a hand over her mouth to stop me.
"Morning breath." She mumbled behind her hand.
I grinned at her and kissed her forehead instead and wrapped my arms around her to bring her back to lay on me.
"Can I try again at making you breakfast?"
"How about just some cereal instead." She said and the grin on my face grew bigger.
"I think I can manage that." I said to her before kissing the top of her head.
"You are way too happy in the mornings." She grumbled sarcastically.
"It's not morning."
"What?" She asked and sat completely up in bed. She crawled away from me and got up to walk to her dresser where her phone was to check the time.
"How the fuck is it 1:30? I have never slept in like this before." She said more to herself and looked up at me.
She had on a pair of grey shorts that were pulled up more then normal since she had been laying in bed. I was busy taking in her figure and her legs before she started snapping at me.
"August did you drug me or something?" She asked half seriously.
I chuckled and got up from bed and walked to her until I was close enough to wrap my arms around her waist.
"And why would I do something like that?"
She rolled her eyes and put her hands on my chest.
"To have your way with me obviously." She said and I let out a booming laugh and held her tighter to me.
I kissed her forehead and laid my head on top of hers while I hugged her close to me even though she wasn't hugging me back.
"Trust me, if I had my way with you last night you wouldn't be able to stand right now."
She pulled back from me and gave me a sly grin.
"For a sensitive old man you sure talk a big game."
I chuckled, but still didn't remove my hold on her.
"For a little girl you sure have a big mouth."
She smiled at me and I felt a wave of warmth and comfort go over me from just being so content having her in my arms looking happy.
"What are you going to do about it?" She teased with that mischievous glint in her green eye.
I let out a low growl and picked her up and wrapped her legs around me. She had her arms around my neck and was looking down at me with all her frizzy curls falling down over her and me.
"I can do a lot about it, but I don't think a little girl like yourself could handle it." I said to her dropping my voice low.
She giggled and rolled her mismatched eyes at me.
"I can handle pain August we've been over this." She said and I nodded my head agreeing with her.
"Yes, but can you handle pleasure?" I asked her and her smile dropped and her cheeks were stained with a small red glow.
"Oh? What happened? Did someone run out of sarcasm?" I asked her and carried her back to her bed with me.
I laid her down on her back, but made sure to hold her legs to stay wrapped around me. I leaned my forehead onto hers and moved my hands until I found her wrists. I pulled them over her head and held them down before kissing her forehead and then both of her cheeks and looking down at her again.
I could kiss her forever and never get tired of it.
"If I kiss you, will you kiss me back? Morning breath and all?"
That once stunned look disappeared on her face and was replaced with that same playful grin.
"Guess you'll have to find out for yourself." She said to me wiggling her eyebrows.
I smiled and didn't let another second pass by before I placed my lips over hers.
When I did she let out a small moan and it flipped a switch inside of me. I moved my hands up from her wrists until our fingers were interlocked and she parted her lips for me. I tried to keep control over myself and just kiss her slow, but she wasn't allowing it. She was kissing me hard and demanding more so I pulled back and broke our kiss.
She looked up at me and giggled softly.
"What?" I asked her with a small smile on my lips.
She raised an eyebrow at me and rocked her hips up against me making me growl loudly. I was extremely aroused right now and she knew it.
"Looks like it's you who can't handle pleasure." She said to me and I pressed myself more against her so she could feel just how much I was holding back.
Her eyes went big and that cocky smile of hers was now gone.
"Don't let that mouth of yours get you into something your ass can't handle." I said lowly to her.
She nodded slowly, but fluttered her long dark lashes up at me and I growled again before going back to kissing her. I didn't kiss her slow and wasn't letting up until I had her breathless. I skimmed my tongue over hers and she squeezed her thighs around me more and I moaned into her mouth loving the feeling of her wanting me.
I let go of her hands so I could get mine tangled in her hair and she brought her hands into mine and held my closer to her. Between her scent and feeling her small body underneath mine trembling for more of me, Zeb was battling for control and wanting to come out.
It was hard to fight him and give her my full attention at once, but when she rocked her hips against me again I couldn't stop Zeb anymore.
A dark throaty growl was let out and Emerald broke our kiss and gasped when she looked up at me. I moved her hair out of her face and neck and wasn't even looking at her eyes.
"Mine!"
I could feel my canines grow and that's when Emerald started to try and wiggle free from underneath me.
"Zeb stop!" She said loudly and tried to push me back from her.
"Shh don't fight it my Luna."
I dropped my head to her neck, but before I could even taste her bare skin I hard pop went to the side of my head and my ear started ringing. It definitely was hard enough to shake off Zeb's hold on my consciousness and I looked down to see her giving me the death stare.
"Did you just hit me?" I asked her rubbing the side of my ear that was now hot to the touch.
"I'm going to do a lot more then just hit you if you don't get off of me."
I grumbled a few curse words under my breath and moved off of her. She got up from bed and walked straight to her bathroom before slamming the door shut and locking it.
I flipped back on the bed and sighed before running my hands through my silver hair a few times. Everything was going great. Perfect even until Zeb had to ruin it.
'You wanted me to mark her I could feel it.' He said in a metallic voice.
'It's not about what I want or what you want. She wants to wait, so we need to wait.' I said back to him.
I heard her cut the shower on, so I forced myself to get up and go downstairs to make us some coffee and think of a way to get back on her good side again.