My body ached, my chest hurts, my arm was making me groaned.
“Rain, thank fuck… I almost lost my mind. I almost lost my best demon sorcerer. You will have my guards from now on, you will never have to be in danger.”
He lowered himself down to kiss me, and I flinched when my wounded arm instinctively trying to reach for him.
“Shit okay, I’m sorry. Just sit back and here drink this, oh, and eat this…” he looked panicked enough that he finally made me laugh. But he was looking at me like I was crazy.
“What? I’m okay. It’s all superficial wounds. I’ll probably be good in a couple of hours, it’s all Maven’s handy works right?” I asked looking at the ointments on my chest and arm.
“Yes, it’s Maven’s. Damn it Rain, I know you’re going to be just fine but you really gave me the scare, and with your previous attempts… I just… arghh fuck this!”
He hold my neck and kissed deeply, I could feel all of his desperation and his love for me. My arm hurts so bad, but I was kissing him back with the same needs as his.
We were breathless in seconds, he groaned and reluctantly pulled away from our kiss. “You are mine my little wolf.” He kissed my temple, and let me rest back on the pillow.
“I need to get back to my general, I’m getting Muriel here to assist you with your medication and make sure that you are well-rested.”
“I’m good on my own, I’m used to taking care of myself…”
I was about to tell him more when he put his thumb on my lips. Caressing it sensually slow, and smirked when he knew that simple little touch just made me wanted him more.
Damn him and his abilities.
“You don’t have to anymore, I will take care of you. You don’t have to lift your sexy ass unless I tell you to.”
He kissed me again, this time agonizingly slow making my toes curled. I sighed when he finally left me to rest. I actually wanted him to stay with me, but I know he has his duties.
Muriel came just moments after he left, she assisted me with the ointment and my medications from Maven.
“He really cares about you, I heard what happened from Durwin. One of the king’s harem…”
“The handsome elf, yes I’ve met him.”
“He said that he never saw the King looked so upset before. He said he had never seen the King lose control before. You’re different master Rain, I hope that you will care for our King.”
“I do… but…”
“Just give him a chance, not many beings know about his past. They say that he had lost his loved one, betrayed him and he was sent down to hell and has been here since then.”
Muriel was talking about Ranulf, while she cuts the meat for me to eat. I didn’t say no to her, knowing that it may insult her as Ranulf had explained to me before.
She was feeding me his information, the knowledge that I didn’t know before. But somehow I regret knowing as if having another insight into his past would make him looked more human. Finding out that he was betrayed by his loved one, was making sense to his behavior. And was making me understand why he needed his harem. It freaking scare me that I even understand and that I even might let him keep them in the future.
Fuck!
“Thank you…”
“You are too nice master Rain, I could see why he falls for you.”
“Well, I don’t know about him loving me but…”
“He is.”
She said her words I such confidence, that I finally stopped contradicting. Hours later Muriel finally left me after she made sure, that I was all taken care of. I had always hated being a patient. Even as a patient treated in hell, with a concoction from the best demon sorcerer, and a nurse of a dragon nymph.
I must’ve fallen asleep when I felt the bed dipped on my other side. I could feel the feathery touches, making me smile and scoots in closer to his warmth.
“I’ve missed you,” I mumbled to him still with my eyes closed.
“Me too, sshh… sleep now. I’m here, you’re good.” I could feel him pulled me closer to his naked chest. The familiar scent made me sighed in delight, while my wolf purred to his caresses.
No… no… please not again!
Not him too, I can’t!!
But then I saw him, his dark wings were wet with the blood from his back.
His face lay to the side, while his eyes were opened looking straight at me.
The sky was tinted red.
The battle was still ongoing.
But no one came to his rescue.
No one was looking out for their king.
“Rain… baby, wake up… I’m here, it’s just a dream…”
The fear overwhelmed me, the chance of losing him felt very real. My body shook, my hand trembled when I try to reach for his face. I was trying to make sure that he was real, that it was just my dream. Cause it felt so surreal, the sadness washes over me in one go. I was shaking in his arms, I was crying for his loss. It terrifies me to the greatest extent, even more than with Don. And that piece of fact scares the shit out of me.
“I can’t, I can’t!” I screamed at him trying to get away. I was panicking, I was scared shitless. My heart was still breaking into millions of pieces, I was still shocked. I couldn’t see him clearly from the tears. I was suffocating, I couldn’t seem to regulate my breathing properly. My chest hurts so bad that I shattered in his embrace.
“Rain, baby I’m here. You can and you will. You are mine.”
He seemed to read my mind, he knows exactly what I was thinking about. He looked sorry at me, he looked like he wanted to apologize. But I was sobbing, I couldn’t control myself until he pulled me to his chest, and his wings hold my back possessively.
“I’m so sorry Rain, I’m so sorry you have to feel that. But I’m not going anywhere, it was just a dream. I’m here, I’m with you. Will always be with you.”
“I don’t want to lose you too…” my voice was small when I finally get my bearings and let out my words.
“You won’t baby. I’m here.” His thumb rubbed the traces of tears on my face.
“You, I want to feel you. Please…” I was pressing my body closer to him, I want to feel his naked chest, smell his intoxicating scent, hear the steady breathing of his heartbeat. I wanted all of him. And I wanted it all for the rest of my life.
And that last realization hits me like a wrecking ball. I was knocked out of my thoughts, and as if he heard my thoughts which he obviously did. Ranulf grabbed my neck possessively and crashed his lip to mine and kissed me hard, furiously full of passion, electrifying, igniting our desire in one go.
The pain from my body was suddenly gone, in exchange for the burning lust that I felt deeply for him. I was needing his touch, I was wanting his love, I was craving for him… all of him.