Chapter 116


    Alpha King Damon


    Following Maia’s scent, Ie across a beautiful plum tree with many fresh, ripe plums on the ground


    deep in the forest


    I pick one up and bite into it. Its wine-coloured juice runs down my chin messily. I suddenly hear a


    scream and know it’s Maia. I quickly undress, shift into my wolf, and run towards Maia, which leads me


    to a spot with a cave. A soldier I do not know hovers over my mate. I pierce the flesh of his neck with


    my fangs and rip arge chunk out, killing him instantly


    Maia sits up and looks at me in fear. I shift back into human form and cover myself with my hands. I


    slowly approach her. ‘Your safe now.’I say gently. ‘I won’t hurt you.’I assure her. Her shaking subsides. I


    gently pick her up sparks form where our skin touches. I walk over to the waterfall and step in until I am


    chest-deep in the water.


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    She stares at my chest, and my body hardens. Thank goodness she can’t see her effect on me under


    the water. The water washes away the blood while I caress her face and stroke her hair


    ‘Are you okay? Did he hurt you?’ I ask her, concerned.


    ‘No,” she whimpers, washing the remainder of the blood off her face. ‘Have I missed any?’ She asks,


    asking me to inspect her


    “No,”


    “How did you know I was here?’ She asks.


    ‘I didn’t I just happened to find you,’ I tell her honestly.


    “I’ve heard werewolves are bad,’ she says.


    ‘Not all Only some,’I say.


    Why are you here?


    ‘I was looking for you.”


    Why?’


    ‘Because we are moles, I want to be near you. I feel protective of you, and I feel happy when I’m with


    you,’ I say, desperately wanting to caress her face again.


    ‘t haven’t been this close to a man before,’ she says, and I sense she is beginning to trust me.


    ‘It’s okay,’1 &ay, inching closer to her


    There are many things I don’t know I haven’t had parents lo teach me Although I’ve just returned from


    Vivian’s house, she exined many things’ she exins.


    Who


    Vivian? I ask.


    My triend. She lives in Welline Vge,’Maa omins


    Do you have


    their carey I ask her


    1 ta’ shit says with my fox Ember’put her she has no parents, and she livOB Hacive Patul, und plent a


    fursy on my chest over try heart


    slep close to her, take Htet


    “Do you feel that?’ I ask her, knowing she feels my heartbeat beneath her fingers. I gaze into her violet


    eyes. She is so sweet and innocent.


    ‘I do. It’s so fast. Why is it so fast?’ She asks, surprised.


    ‘It’s fast because I’m happy,’ I tell her, softening how I feel about her so I don’t scare her off.


    ‘Do you desire me?’ She asks, and it’s a question I wasn’t expecting. Maybe she does know about the


    birds and the bees.


    ‘I do, Maia. I do, in the deepest way,’ I tell her, staring into her eyes. She bites her lip and contemtes


    my answer. I don’ t know what she is thinking.


    Once we’re clean, I follow behind her out of the water, and she goes inside the cave.


    ‘Give me a second. I just need to fetch my clothes,’ I tell her running to where I left my tunic, breeches


    and


    boots. I retrieve my clothes and dress quickly, hurriedly pulling each boot onto each foot before


    sprinting back to her


    cave.


    Thousands of glow worms illuminate the cave inside. It is quite beautiful.


    I make my way through the cave until I spot Maia, a fox and a basket on top of a tree stump, being


    used as a table. On the ground not far from this is a makeshift bed with a straw-filled pillow and a wool


    nket. Daylight shines through a square hole in the cave wall, and water cascades over it outside. It’s


    the waterfall that runs into the pool we just bathed


    in.


    Maia moves to her bed and lies down t on her back, on top of the nket. Her fox cuddles in the


    curve of her waist beside her.


    I lie next to her, and she lifts her head and instinctively rests it on my chest. She turns onto her side and


    moves closer to me, so our bodies are pressed together, and I wrap my free arm around her tightly. No


    words at this moment are needed. I have been dreaming of this for a very long time. I smell her hair


    and bask in the scent of violets and honey, and we fall asleep.


    The next morning, when I wake, we are in the same position Ember is licking my face. I scratch him


    between the ears, and he makes a sound simr to a cat purring, but almost a chuckle.


    Maia stirs. I let her roll from her side onto her back. She gently pushes Ember away, and with her eyes


    closed, she speaks.


    ‘Ember. Don’t wake me. I’m so warm andfy. I’m going to stay like this forever,’ she says dreamily.


    Her eyes fit open, and she stares at the cave’s ceiling before turning her head and looking into my


    eyes.


    We’re breathing in tandem, and she knows we both know this.


    ‘Good morning,’ say, smiling, and she returns the smile.


    You are still here?’ She asks.


    ‘I’m your male,’ I say softly and calmly.


    I’m not a Werewolf, though. Only werewolves have mates,’ she says, rubbing her eyes.


    Vatrue. Any species can have a mate. Love universal.’ I say, taking her hand and cing it on my


    chest over my heart so she can feel my heart beating for ber. Maja keeps her hand where it is and


    ponders what I’ve just sand


    I know what you are, Maio,’t tell her, sing her fingers. She smiles at the sensation,


    ‘What do you mean you know what i am?’ She asks.


    You’re the one in the fines.. you’re the Forest Princess,’ I tell her ugouredly and smile


    “Oh, I know that,’ she says.


    ‘I know much about you. Hundreds of years ago, it wasn’t just humans on thesends. There were also


    orcs, witches, vampires, fae, sprites and mages. You’re a


    sprite,’ I tell her.


    ‘A sprite?’ She asks, frowning again.


    There are five kinds of sprites. Four who control an element each. They’re Pyrokic, Hydrokic,


    Aerokic, and Geokic. The fifth sprite is called a Primal sprite. A Primal sprite controls all the


    elements,’ I exin.


    I’m a Primal sprite?’ She asks, her face instantly alight with excitement.


    Yes,’ I assure her, smiling. ‘Primal sprites are of royal blood, I say


    “Royal blood?’ She asks.


    ‘Well, it means you’re a sprite princess,’ I smile.


    Maia sits up and crosses her arms in consternation and ponders what I’ve said. Then, after a moment,


    she rxes.


    ‘What happened to the other sprites? Why am I alone? How did I get here?’ She asks.


    “My Gamma, Eric, is doing some research, so I’ll answer your questions soon,’ I say, slowly reaching


    for her hand and waiting for her to drop her hand in mine. ‘But you’re not alone. Not anymore,’ I say,


    staring deeply into her eyes. She blushes and looks away, and attempts to withdraw her hand from


    mine.


    “Please, don’t pull your hand away, my love I would


    never harm you,’ I tell her earnestly. She looks into my eyes intently, trying to read me


    ‘Why are you so frightened of me, Maia? What makes you think werewolves are evil?’ I ask her.


    The humans said your kind do awful things. I heard many stories. The worst one: how you rip children


    apart in front of their mothers and eat them,’ she says.


    I ce my hands on her face, and she flinches out of fear and from the sexual energy between us.


    ‘Maia, please look at me,’ gently plead with her. I told you I would never harm you, and I mean it. What


    you heard isn’t true,’ I tell her earnestly. She holds my wrists in her hands and looks at me.


    ‘It’s not true?’ She asks, her walls lowering as she begins to trust me.


    We would never harm anyone unless we had to. But, even then, we don’t enjoy it,’I exin,


    I’m sorry, I thought-‘ she mumbles.


    ‘It’s okay.’l say, smiling at her.


    ‘What happens now?’ She asks apprehensively


    I know you don’t want toe home with me yet, so maybe I can stay here a little while, and we can


    spend some time getting to know each other?


    ‘I guess. What if I still don’t want lo go with you? She asks. pause, not expecting the question


    We will worry about that bridge if wee to it,’ say.


    ‘Okay,’ she agrees


    Do you want to show me around the loves17 Your


    “Okay,’ she smiles and stands, and I take her hand,


    ‘Lead the way,’ I say, smiling.


    We walk around the forest and climb a tree together, at one stage, racing each other to see who can


    climb higher. Of course, Maia is the victor when ites to tree-climbing.


    My feet, in my boots, constantly slip off the branches, and sheughs and shrieks when she thinks I


    might fall.


    I carefully and awkwardly pull my arms out of my tunic sleeves and hang my tunic over a branch. I


    unbutton my breeches, lift each leg carefully out of them, and hang them bver the branch with my tunic.


    Without warning. I shift into my wolf and scale the tree effortlessly, joining my princess at the top, where


    the branches are thinning out. My wolf knows how to bnce.


    Maia doesn’t know what to think, so I gently nudge her hand with my nose, prompting her to reach out


    and pat my fur.


    We make our way back down the tree, and on firm ground, Maia, who is more rxed around my wolf,


    pats me and puts her arms around my neck, embracing me.


    “You’re just a bigger version of Ember,’ sheughs.


    I lick her face yfully and shift into my human form


    again. Maia hands me my clothes.


    We walk to the edge of the forest, near Moonstone River,


    and stop at a field of sunflowers


    ‘I bet you can’t find me in this field,’ she says, running ahead


    I’m sure I will, I say.


    The smell of the sunflowers makes it hard to track her scent, but not impossible.


    ‘Found you!’ I announce, and she squeals and giggles, surprised.


    We lie down on the ground among the sunflowers and stare into each other’s eyes. She is beautiful,


    and her violet eyes are almost luminescent under the sun. We sit up and savour the silence before she


    leans her head on my shoulder and sighs. The chemistry and magic between us do not go unnoticed


    by either of us, so I cradle her face in my hand and nt a kiss on her lips, our kiss growing more and


    more passionate. I lift her onto myp, and she instinctively wraps her legs around me-the fabric of her


    long dress bunches up around her waist.


    ‘Is this okay? Are you okay?’ I ask her, breaking away from the kiss to see if she isfortable with the


    pace.


    ‘This is okay. I’m okay,’ she says, smiling,


    I put my hands around her waist, and she ces a hand on my cheek. Her other ar?n is already


    instinctively around the back of my neck / slide one hand up her long dress and caress her back,


    making her moan. I kiss and nibble her neck. We both feel the electricity every time we kiss or touch.


    We then spend minutes gazing into each other’s eyes


    She pulls my face toward hers to kiss me, and I hear my wolf howling with happiness through mind-link.


    I want to stay like this forever with my love, mate, and Luna