Demonia POV

I wake from my slumber with Lilian's small arm draped over my naked chest and her long curled hair in my face. I inhale her scent and a feeling of love washes over me.

I am now King Demonia Black of The Vale and Lilian is now Queen Lilian Black, my wife and soon to be, mother of my heir.

I smelled her change instantly and when she wakes, she will smell it too. She is with child, it's faint but it's there, clear for all to get the scent as soon as she enters a room, everyone will know she is with my offspring.

A big part of me wants to be happy that I can be the father mine never was to my own children, yet the other is unsure if I can even love another.

Since the death of my mother, her betrayal and her reason for my traumatizing upbring, I had feared this moment my whole life, she is the reason I can not feel happiness, sadness, or anything a normal person would feel in this situation.

I deeply want to change, I want to be everything Lilian wishes of me, and I will try until I finally am deemed worthy to be mated to her.

I owe her that much, because of her I am now King and not Prince, my father is gone and so is hers.

In many ways, we both saved each other from our terrible upbringing and now we write our own destiny, together.

Leaning over towards my mate, I begin to grind my hips against her leg, my eyes fixated on her face as I watch her stir awake from the contact of my skin on her skin, the sensation of our bare skin touching one another causes our bare skin to erupt in sparks at how deep our bond is.

Her eyes begin to flutter open and I lean in and leave soft kisses on her beautiful face as she groans than giggles as my stubble tickles her cheek from my kisses. "Morning my beautiful Queen" I whisper huskily in her ear.

She moans out when I kiss her neck, my body now fully on top of hers, trapping her beneath me. "Morning." She says quietly, her eyes shining brightly up at me from the morning light coming through the window.

"How are you feeling?" I ask as my eyes scan her face as a blush forms on her cheeks.

She shivers under my gaze and smiles shyly. "Um, sore." She whispers so quietly I barely heard it.

I laugh and lean down to kiss her lovingly on her forehead before I move from on top of her and moving from the bed to stand and click my neck and sore muscles in my back. Last night was the first time I had sex with such raw passion, a side of Lilian I had very much enjoyed came out and I plan on bringing that wild side of her out more.

My back is red with scratch marks so deep, the bed is stained from the blood from my back, last night her wolf came out and it was a new experience altogether as I watched Lilian's hands turn into large wolf paws.

I stand in front of the mirror and admire the marks, a part of me wishes they would never heal so I could keep them forever, so every time I move and look in the mirror, I can remember this pain and love I feel right now.

I see Lilian watching me as she sits up on the bed, as she hides her grin with the blanket. "I'm sorry, Mira went a little... too far last night.." She mumbles out and I turn to grin at her.

"I would beg her right now to do it again, never apologize, sweetheart, I enjoyed it." I say with a wink as I grab a towel.

Her eyes flash and I can tell her wolf is begging Lilian to take control to have a repeat of last night. I grin and turn, I head into the shower room and turn it on and begin to wash my body, the cold water hitting my back causes pleasure with each droplet, the pain is almost bittersweet, each drop bringing me back to the euphoria of last night.

I feel Lilian behind me and then I feel her fingers trailing the claw marks on my back. I turn around and see her standing there, beautifully naked with her long wet hair down her back and her intoxicating green eyes looking at me with lust.

Her touch alone brings my cock to life. I grab hold of her waist and pull her into me as I capture her lips with mine, loving the feel of her soft smaller mouth on my much rather rough larger ones. I kiss her roughly, hungrily, and hard without mercy, the taste of blood tickles my senses as I feel my lip is now cut from her canines, but it does not stop my assault, I'm too obsessed with her to care.

Her soft pants are like music to my ears and I fear I won't ever get tired of hearing the sound, it's my most favorite melody and I want to play it forever.

"Mmmh." She groans as I move my lips from hers. They're stained red from the blood off my lip.

I lick my bottom lip and her eyes shine brightly as she breathes heavily in my hold. She looks magnificent under this light, the water makes her skin glisten and softer, if it were even possible. She is a vision, and I feel intense warmth in my chest when I look at her.

"I love you."

The words slip from my mouth before I could even process the words, but it just feels right, even if I did not mean to say it out loud, I meant the words with every single breath I take, I love her.

I watch her as her eyes widen and her lips curl, she smiles widely and her cheeks pinken. "I love you too." She says softly and I wrap my arms around her gently, bringing my body closer to hers, as much as I physically could.

The sound of her heartbeat is more loud and clear, her new scent is addictive and pulling me in, further into the depths of the bond. "I don't want to hurt you." I mumble out quietly in her neck as I try and steady my breathing.

Her small delicate arms wrap around my back and I feel her gently rubbing my back in comforting motions and it calms me to a point where I can get control over the sudden rise in my heartbeat.

I don't understand why I said those words to her.

"You won't hurt me Demonia.. even if you did, I will always love you, okay?" She says comforting and I squeeze her harder as I breathe in her scent.

I do not even want to picture anyone hurting her, never mind myself. I don't think I could ever do something so unforgiven, I care about this little wolf, this woman...

In such a short time I have known this beautiful creature, I have started to see things differently, from her view, she may seem timid and small but she is strong and humble, even though how lonely and sad she was when I first met her, she still smiled, even though she was in pain.

I envy this of her, it's brave.

"You are going to be a great mother, baby." I whisper lowly as I pull away from the nape of her neck to look her in the eye.

She smiles angelically at me and I feel my heart clench when she brings her palm to my cheek, her eyes warmly looking at me with so much emotion it makes me breathless. "I feel your fear Demonia." She says with a sad smile and I tense.

She puts her other palm on the right side of my cheek and makes me look at her, her eyes confident and kind. "You are a good person Demonia, and you will be a great father, that I do not doubt." She says softly. She stands on her tiptoes and kisses me on the lips softly, her warm lips touch my cold ones and I feel a sense of peace wash over me, just for a second.

I smile and pull away from my mate. "I need to leave for a few days." I say before walking away from the water to wrap a towel around my waist.

"I need to settle my affairs in the Shadow Lands, I shouldn't be gone for too long." I promise, turning to see a sad frown on her face.

"Oh.. okay, want me to come with you?" She asks hopeful and I shake my head.

I begin to dry my hair and admire her as she begins to wash her body with rose petals, the smell tickles my nose but I do not hate this scent on her, I find it rather pleasant.

With that in mind, I just remembered something.

"Who is Khal Vanidestine?" I ask, my eyes staring deeply into Lilian's.

She looks at me confused then with a shine in her eyes. "A dear old friend of mine, why?" She says as she turns the water off, wrapping a towel around her chest.

I hum. "He left a message."

She smiles and I feel my chest clench at how happy another male makes her. "Thank you for telling me." She says shyly and begins to walk out of the bathroom.

I stop her and grab hold of her hand, I pull her into my chest and stare down hard at her, my eyebrows furrowed as she looks up at me with confusion on her face.

"I never want to see another male around you alone, do you understand?" I say, my voice hard with seriousness and she nods her head timidly.

I sigh and let go of her arm and she frowns and begins to rub her arm. I walk out of the room and begin to get changed for my journey, not wanting to speak about other men in her life, especially ones that know her so well, from the way she smiled at the sound of his name, I would say he knows her extremely well.

A thought of his dead lifeless body flashes in my mind and I blink it away when I feel her come into the room, I turn and see her arm is slightly red, my hand had left a mark on her and I feel a wave of guilt wash over me that I hurt her by mistake.

"Lilia-"

A knock on the door interrupts me and I sigh out, walking over to the door I see who it is and it's one of Lilian's maids that came to the palace from house Du Mont to serve her.

I see the way the young maid looked at me, standing only in trousers and an unbuttoned shirt, her gaze on me was longer than acceptable.

I open the door wider and she blinks repeatably, lowers her head, and then walks inside, avoiding my glare as she walks over to Lilian.

I notice that Lilian had also seen the maid stare at me as her eyes are hard and her grip on her comb is hard. I do not let this affect my facial expression, even though I am tempted to grin at how adorable she is when she is jealous.

As we begin to silently both get dressed, I am now fully dressed and ready to leave for my journey, not wanting to take too much time, I want to be gone for no longer than a few days. This would be the first time being away from Lilian and I had trouble being away from her with a few feet, another realm will be most difficult to control myself and the bond.

That reminds me, I had something made for her, I had meant to give it to her for our wedding but she looked beautiful without it, but since I'm leaving, I want her to wear it, it will help calm me.

I walk over to Lilian and see how truly beautiful she is, I stand behind her and admire her beauty. Her eyes catch mine in the vanity mirror in front of her and I bend down in front of her and press a firm kiss on her lips, then forehead. "I have a surprise for you." I whisper out against her soft hair.

I lean back and grab the box from my jacket and place it in her small hands.

She looks up at me curiously and then opens it, inside is a necklace laced with the magic of protection, ancient rare and incredibly loyal magic, it protects any who wear it.

The necklace is special because, it is alive, if any were too harm Lilian, it would protect her with its life, instantly killing whoever attempts to harm her with malicious intent.

"It's been in my family for generations, never remove it." I say as I take the jeweled necklace from the original box and tie it around her neck, clipping it in I feel the magic begin to form a ring of protection around her.

Such magic that would kill even I, if I would dare harm her, this way I know for sure that she is protected, even from me, her mate.

"I love it." She says lovingly and I kiss her forehead.

"And I love you." I say, causing her to giggle.

Being away from her is going to be torture.