A Wolf's Duty (30 page)

“Tobias,” she pleaded, “I
need…”

“I know exactly what you
need, let me give it to you.” Tobias grinned, his warm breath
gliding over her damp nipples and making her shudder. His thumbs
hooked into the edges of her underwear, pulling them down her legs
as he moved down her body eventually coming to rest at the juncture
of her thighs.

“Perfect,” he
sighed.

The feel of warm breath
against her lower regions startled Alex and her body froze.
“Tobias?” Her thighs began to close but a firm hand against each
leg prevented her from completing the move. “Tobias, I
–”

“Sshh,” he
breathed, trying to calm her. “Let me do this, I want to do this, I
–” He groaned, spreading her outer lips before he fell upon her,
his mouth ravenous. She gasped at the first contact of his tongue
against the sensitive flesh, the gasp quickly turned into a
pleasure filled moan as he continued to use his talented tongue to
gain her submission.
Perfect,
he thought, as he lapped at the warm liquid that
had appeared for him. His tongue was wild, licking her frantically
before focusing on the small bundle of nerves guaranteed to bring
her pleasure, flicking it quickly with the end of his tongue. Her
moans filled the room and her back arched from the bed.
“Tobias.”

He abruptly sat up and the
departure of his mouth against her flesh made her frown.
“Tobias?”

He remained silent,
letting her question drift away before sinking a finger into her
tight passage, she moaned at the unexpected sensation, lifting her
hips to meet his questing finger. A second quickly joined the
first, its smooth entry and her pleasure filled reactions pleasing
Tobias immensely. Thrusting the fingers within her, he smiled as
she writhed on the bed before spreading the digits within her body,
stretching her to make way for a third. Her body stiffened at the
intrusion and she looked at him with wide questioning
eyes.

“Tobias?” Her voice was
small and confused and rather than answer her he allowed his head
to descend once more. He flicked the small bud with his tongue
while his fingers remained seated deep within her. A flood of
wetness soon coated his fingers and she began moving her hips into
his waiting digits.

Good
girl.
He grinned, thrusting his fingers
within her, pleased by the ease with which she had accepted them.
Her body felt hot and she could feel the pleasure building within
her. “Tobias, I’m going to –” He growled and the sensation sent her
over the edge, her body convulsing around his fingers while he
lapped at her. Sitting back on his haunches, he watched, smiling as
her body recovered, her bright green eyes soon locking with his, a
satisfied smile creeping over her features. He ran the heel of his
palm over his engorged shaft, groaning and she frowned quickly
pulling herself up to a sitting position.

“Tobias,” she moved
forward, eliminating the distance between them. “I know you said
that we can’t…well you know,” her hands crept up under his shirt
and the feel of her hands touching him elicited another groan from
him. “But I’ve been thinking and I want to do something for you,
will you let me?”

He looked at her, his eyes
flitting over her face. “I don’t think we can, I’m not sure I’ll be
able to control myself.”

“You’ve always managed to
control yourself around me; please I want to do this for you.
Besides I’m curious, I’ve never seen a naked male body.”

Good,
his wolf growled apparently pleased by her
revelation,
the only naked male she should
see is us.

I can’t do
this, I know you’ll try and take advantage of the situation and we
can’t, it’s tradition.

I swear I
won’t do anything Tobias, let her do it.

Promise
me.

I promise. I’m
aching for release and I want her to bring us to it, even if it’s
just once. I swear I’ll be good.

“Tobias?” Alex’s soft
voice intruded on the conversation he was having with his wolf and
he forced his mind to return to the world outside. “Will you let
me?” He nodded, pulling his shirt over his head and tossing it to
the side.

She smiled at the bare
expanse of his chest, pleased by what she saw, before she began
lightly running her hands over the warm skin, rubbing the side of
her face against it and inhaling deeply. “You need to get rid of
the trousers too Tobias.” He complied quickly, standing from the
bed and pulling them down his legs before he returned to the bed.
“Lie down.” He obeyed, stretching himself out on the bed and
awaiting her touch.

Her gaze wandered over
him, so intense that he had to resist the urge to fidget beneath
it. Warm hands soon met his skin, starting at his shoulders before
running down his chest. They faltered at his hips before a hand
wrapped itself around his hard member. He groaned at the contact,
straining against his natural impulse to thrust into her warm palm.
Her fingers were gentle against his flesh, the light touches
tantalising and making him want more as he allowed her to explore
him in her own time.

“It’s softer
than I would have thought, for something so hard,” she commented
while trying to wrap her hand around him. Her failure to do so
brought a frown to her brow. “I’m not sure, seeing as I’ve got
nothing to compare it to, but are they all this big?” she mumbled,
cursing her lack of experience in this area.
I’m probably going to be terrible at this. What if I can’t do
it right? Oh god, maybe this was a mistake.

Her thoughts churned in
his mind and Tobias frowned, not at all pleased with the direction
they had taken. “You shouldn’t worry so much dearest. It gives me a
headache. I can hear your thoughts remember?” She blushed at the
reminder of her lack of privacy. “This is a natural thing between
men and women and it’s even more natural between mates. I’ll take
care of you when the time comes and I don’t like the idea of you
thinking about other men like that.” She blushed at the suggestion,
her cheeks becoming increasingly warm.

The hand wrapped around
him began to move, slowly up and down and Tobias found that he
could no longer resist the urge to thrust into her grip; his hips
lifting off the bed as he attempted to set a pace suited to him.
“Faster dearest, I need you to go faster.” Her grip tightened and
she followed his instructions moving her hand up and down his
length faster, gripping his shaft harder as she led him towards
release.. He groaned and his eyes closed as he tried to savour the
sensation.

After two
hundred years, my mate is finally touching me.

A breath of warm air ran
over the thick head of his throbbing member and his eyes flew open,
he groaned at the sight that awaited him. Her eyes closed, Alex
lowered her lips to the tip of him, lightly running her tongue
around the engorged head before slipping it between her open
lips.

“Nothing better than
this,” Tobias sighed, throwing his head back against the bed.
“Nothing better.”

Her warm mouth descended
lower, sucking on him while her hand continued to move up and down
his length. Her slow and cautious movements abruptly changed,
becoming fast and wild, her tongue swirling around him as she
sucked harder. Thrusting into her mouth, Tobias could feel his
release fast approaching and he moaned beneath her
ministrations.

“Xandria, you’ve got to
stop, I’m going to…” He moaned as she sucked harder and her hand
sped up. “I’m serious Xandria, you’ve got to stop now.” She
continued regardless of his warning and though it pained him, he
pulled away from her, quickly turning to grab the nearest item of
discarded clothing. Gripping himself he stroked hard and fast,
swiftly releasing into the soft material. His release seemed to
continue for an age, his essence spurting from him in long bursts.
Finally spent, he tossed the used shirt to the floor before
throwing himself back against the bed.

“Tobias?” He smiled at
her, reaching out and pulling her slight body against his own. “Why
did you pull away?”

“Much as I
would have liked for you to take all of me, I didn’t think it wise
for you to do it on your first try. It would have shocked
you.”
Next time,
he purred.

“Oh,” she replied,
inanely. “Was I good?”

“The best dearest,
absolutely perfect.”

She moved, her body
covering his, to plant a light kiss against his lips. His eyes
widened as the shift of her body brought her opening and his
hardening member into close proximity. She moved again, leaning up
on her elbows and he groaned because, for a fleeting second, his
shaft had touched her dewy heat. All it would have taken was a
simple shift of his hips and he would have been inside her. Unable
to resist, he let his shaft brush against her again, groaning at
the sensation. His shaft began to harden again and he groaned
softly, cursing tradition.

“Careful dearest, I’m
hanging onto my control by a thread.” He shifted her, moving her
body from his chest so that she lay beside him. She reached for his
hand, linking them. A moment of silence passed where they lay,
hands entwined, content.

“Tobias?” she
murmured.

“Mmm.”

“Do I really have to meet
the clans?” she mumbled.

He chuckled at the quiet
question. “There’s no getting out of meeting the clans
dearest.”

“You sure?” She asked,
turning to face him.

He smiled pulling her body
close to his, despite the possible consequences. “Yes dearest, I’m
sure.”

Chapter Twenty
Nine

Looking at her reflection
in the mirror, Alex groaned, disappointed with what she saw. Her
hair was pulled back in a loose bun with a few curling strands left
free to frame her face. A dark green knee length dress draped her
and though the material was the finest silk, the earrings and
necklace she wore made from clear emeralds, she still felt
underdressed.

I don’t want
to have to meet all those people. No matter what way I look at it,
I don’t look like Princess material. This is ridiculous. I’m just
going to tell Tobias I’m not going. He can’t make me go if I don’t
want to,
she decided, reaching a hand up to
her hair, she moved to let the hair lose from its confines but a
warm hand stopped her.

“You look gorgeous
dearest.” Tobias grinned, lowering her arm to her side.

“Tobias, I really don’t
want to do this, I’m not very good around people.”

“You’re
nervous?”

“Yes,” she sighed turning
into his chest. “I never really had the chance to interact with
people. When mum was alive I was always so worried about her that I
never made friends and when it was just Fred and I, I just didn’t
have the energy to try and do more than survive. Tobias, I can’t do
this.”

“You worry too much
dearest, you don’t have to do anything. Everyone is here to meet
you.”

“That just makes it
worse,” she groaned, nuzzling further into his chest.

“Xandria, everyone here
will be going out of their way to impress you, all you have to do
is be yourself.” Her head remained firmly imbedded into his chest
despite his claim. “Are you still worried?” He felt her nod against
him. “There’s no need to worry dearest, I’ll be there. I swear that
I’ll spend the entire night by your side if that will make you feel
more comfortable.”

“Do you mean that?” Her
question was muffled against the fabric of his suit.

“Of course I mean it and
if anyone upsets you I’ll just have them executed.”

Her head sprung away from
him at that and she stared at him with wide eyes. “Tobias, you
can’t do that.”

“Why not? I’m the Prince
and soon enough I’ll be King. I can do whatever I like and I will
do whatever I want when it comes to you. Do you feel a little
better?”

“I guess, but it also
makes me kind of nervous, I don’t want to be the cause of anyone’s
execution.”

“It’s just as a
precaution. I won’t do it unless someone really upsets you.” He
laughed. “Are you ready?”

Taking a calming breath,
she placed her hand in his. “As ready as I’ll ever be.”

“Good, then let’s go.”
Tightening his grip on her hand, he led them out of the bedroom and
down the halls until they were standing outside a large wooden
door.

“I don’t think I’ve been
here before,” she muttered, her eyes darting back and forth along
the strange corridor.

“I shouldn’t think so,
this is where public events are held. You wouldn’t have had a
reason to come here before. They’re all waiting inside, should we
head in?” She nodded though her stomach was twisted in knots.
“Could you announce us please?” Tobias asked the two guards that
stood either side of the door, glad that they had waited for
Alexandria’s nerves to settle rather than simply announcing them on
sight.

“His highness Prince
Tobias and her highness Princess Alexandria.” The doors opened and
Tobias led her inside.

The room was massive and
filled to the brim with people and Alex could feel her anxiety
triple in that instant. The soft music that filled the hall was
unable to penetrate the fog of her mind’s unease and though she was
vaguely aware of the rich gold and cream walls and the large
chandelier that hung from the ceiling, she was too focused on not
falling and making a fool of herself to really notice her
surroundings.