Fight (The Aurora Marelup Saga Book 3)

March

It’s been fourteen days since the last attempt on anyone’s life. Since then, life has been pretty good. The babies are growing quickly. Especially since, if we leave our chambers, they return to the forms of their animals. Aurora and the children are in the main landing area today because the babies keep trying to fly. Alaric feels it’s time for them to start trying. So, he’s lying down, letting the babies climb up him and jump off of his head. Aurora and Nicodeamus are cracking up, catching the babies when they don’t quite get the lift they need. Ladon seems to get the longest hang time when he jumps.

Aurora doesn’t have a care in the world right now. Well, all she cares about is her mates and babies. Alaric is nervous, but he won’t say anything to Aurora. Klaus and I are terrified for Aurora; we don’t want her to die. Klaus comes over to join me at the bench, carrying the laptop and drinks for us.

We sit side by side, booking the last of the flights for my people, as well as the American Lycans my brother feels are loyal. This morning, Alex sent word that he had to put almost a dozen Lycan down because they tried to cause an uprising. Without their Alpha, they are more prone to their base urges and for Lycans, it’s to battle. Ten hours until battle time, and my nerves are shot.

Klaus, Dimitri, and I spent a good three hours in and out of bed with Aurora this morning, trying to dickmatize her into not wanting to battle. Her answer was that honor dictates she answer the challenge. I get that, I really do, but she’s a mom now and they should come before honor and duty. Currently, Dominik and Dimitri are in the pit, making sure it can withstand what will happen tonight.

Several hours pass, and it’s dinner time. We decide to dine alone in our private chambers so Aurora can relax. The babies are the size of toddlers, walking around all wobbly. Still babbling since their human vocal cords haven’t fully developed yet. Ladon has learned to speak through the bond, mostly through direct contact with the family’s non-dragon members. Tiamat doesn’t even try since Ladon speaks for both of them most of the time.

His parents and grandfather can hear him over a distance through the bond. In a way, I’m a bit jealous of that level of connection to the children. But I know in time I’ll have my own pup to have that special connection with. In a way, it’s great that the dragon babies were born first. They’ll help protect their younger siblings.

A knock sounds at the door and Dimitri moves to open it. The pitmaster is at the door. Nicodeamus walks over to him with the list of dignitaries that are allowed to witness the battle tonight. None of us know what Aurora is going to do, or honestly what she’s capable of since Oberon’s visit. Aurora’s power and her beast seem to be more focused and in tune with her. There are no more internal power struggles or wars going on that would lead to her lashing out over nothing. The guys and I are concerned about what’s going to happen tonight, especially since she’s so deadly calm right now.

Aurora watches the exchange at the door and goes back to eating her almost raw venison. She isn’t being snobbish about her power or swinging it around like a big dick in the wind. I feel it’s like she’s playing a huge poker tournament, and she’s holding her cards close to her chest, so no one knows what to expect from her.

Here it is, go time. Aurora has Klaus in what looks like a mobile DJ booth, up in one of the standard viewing booths. Aurora has apparently set a playlist for this battle. Dimitri said that Aurora always has a soundtrack for every part of her life. Every big event and challenge, she’s pinned a song to it, just to keep her focused.

Camile enters the pit first and goes through her shift, nothing theatrical like Aurora does. She’s rather large for a Red Dragon and a female to boot. Camile proves her power and dominance by blowing, and sustaining, a stream of fire for a long time before roaring.

I watch Klaus’s eyes bleed to mercury when Aurora reaches out to him. Klaus’s eyes meet mine and the other mates before he nods his head. The song Aurora chose to walk into the pit is “Feel Invincible” by Skillet. The first few powerful hits of the bass and guitar trigger the side doors to blow open. Aurora enters in a cloud of frost-like mist. Aurora is wearing a two-piece bikini with a sheer robe that shimmers in the light like diamonds.

The part comes when the singer hits “There’s a reason to fight,” she points up to us then sends a wave of frost to coat the pit. Aurora cracks her neck, still prowling around the pit, looking Camile over. Aurora’s eyes are that of her beast, and she’s searching for weaknesses. I see Alaric’s, Nicodeamus’s, and Dimitri’s eyes are all mercury. They apparently are teaching her about Red Dragons.

There’s the smirk I was waiting to see from Aurora. She nods her head slowly then wiggles her finger for Camile to attack. I’m borderline ready to have a heart attack; Aurora is just standing there when Camile opens her dragon’s maw and rains fire down upon her. It looks like a river of lava flowing over her, I can’t see her and I’m terrified. Alaric and Dominik come over to hold me, telling me to have faith in our mate.

Then it happens, a mass of frost starts to overpower the fire. Aurora is fully shifted, and her beast is mammoth; roaring blue frost flames—like Nicodeamus can do—right back at Camile. Camile’s dragon leaps back, not sure what to make of the hybrid beast before it. Aurora looks like an interesting blending of her Dragon and Lycan bloodlines. Aurora stands bi-pedal like a Lycan—her feet are all Lycan. The shape of Aurora’s head is mostly Lycan with some dragon traits. Aurora’s taloned gauntlets look even more lethal than they did before. Aurora’s body shape is basically Lycan except for the addition of scale armor on her arms, legs, and muzzle. Aurora takes full advantage of Camile’s shock and charges at her by launching up into the air. The talons on her hands and the claws on her feet gain purchase on Camile’s scales.

Camile attempts to shake Aurora off of her, only causing more damage to herself in the process. Aurora makes several swipes, and Camile’s left wing falls to the ground before Aurora leaps off and lands on a column of stone. Her talons sink deeply into the stone as she watches Camile writhe and roar in pain. Camile’s blood is spraying everywhere as she spins and thrashes.

Aurora picking her moment, leaps off of the column to land on Camile again and starts to rip at her scales. Camile can almost reach Aurora when she slides off Camile’s side to slip under her. In a swift, decisive move, Aurora goes and disembowels Camile, using her talons to rip along the seam of her soft underbelly. Intestines slither their way out of Camile’s abdomen and onto the pit’s floor. Aurora is bathed in Camile’s blood as she stands back, watching Camile look at her mortal wound.

In an attempt to save herself, Camile shifts back to human and begins to plead with Aurora, begging to be saved. Aurora shifts back to human and slowly saunters over to Camile. A soft smile plays upon Aurora’s lips as she goes and embraces Camile. We are all really fucking puzzled by this show of sympathy from Aurora. Ever so gently, Aurora kisses away Camile’s tears then moves and kisses her lips, almost passionately.

I am definitely having a what the fuck moment up here. It’s hot as fuck that our mate is kissing another woman, but her? Just as Camile is getting lost in it, I hear the ignitor click. Aurora swiftly becomes covered in frost and shoots her blue flames down Camile’s throat. Aurora’s flames burn through the back of Camile’s neck, leaving the girl’s severed head in Aurora’s hand. Aurora spins around in the pit, holding up the head high, and our people cheer and chant her name. Every day I’m in awe of my mate and what she can do. Today, awe doesn’t even come close to what I’m feeling right now.

Collectively we run down to the receiving room, where the fighters go after battle. Aurora is sitting on the back of one of the War Dragons in his shifted form. Thank the gods the room is big enough for him to be here. Aurora’s hand is running over his scales, glowing faintly. If I’m correct, she is siphoning power from him to recharge herself to full strength. When we arrive, Aurora slides down to the ground and walks over to us gracefully. She gives me a wink then mouths fatality to me. Apparently, we’ve been playing a little too much MK in our spare time.

We all take turns hugging and kissing Aurora, checking her over just to make sure she’s in one piece. Out of the corner of my eye, I see one of the servants walking out with Camile’s head on a silver platter, off to be prepared for the collection. Aurora is perfectly calm and relaxed as she moves between all of us. Tiamat and Ladon both chirp for their mother’s attention, and Aurora gladly gives it to them. Aurora quickly moves to sit on the floor, allowing her to hug them both simultaneously.

Nicodeamus makes the motion to get me to follow him, so I do without question. “Yes, Dad?”

He smiles, looking at me, then back towards everyone else in the group. “Aurora’s actions shocked us all tonight; you are not alone in feeling that way. Her great-grandmother was the last dragoness able to breathe fire in her human form. I don’t know what King Oberon did, but whatever it was has made her more lethal.” Nicodeamus shrugs his shoulders and looks at me. “How are you handling it, Jayce? I know you’re more sensitive to her changes than the other mates.”

I ponder his question for several moments before formulating a response. “It’s scary how she goes from chaos to peace. The flaming death kiss was definitely over the top for ways to kill enemies. I love her and will do anything for her, but I’ll be honest, that scared me.” I motion with my hands back towards the pit and then look lovingly back at my mate before turning to Nicodeamus.

“I know she’s better equipped to face what’s coming, but that doesn’t make me any less afraid for her. We have babies now. They need all of us.” I sigh as I realize that I’ve gotten to the heart of what’s really bothering me about all the changes.

Nicodeamus gives me a knowing smile and then kisses my temple. “See, you figured out the problem all by yourself. I’m proud of you, Jayce. Now you just need to talk to your mate and bond mates about your concerns. I’m sure everyone will be happy to listen to you.” Nicodeamus just smiles and walks away.

We gather up Aurora and the babies. Returning to our suite, Klaus and I set up the bath for her with her favorite scents. The babies have shifted and are toddling along in their human forms, gods those two are adorable. Klaus and I wistfully look at the babies, imagining our own when the time comes. Aurora catches Klaus and me sitting on the floor with the babies playing with them, and she just kisses the tops of our heads before cannonballing into her bathtub.

Ladon and Tiamat shift and run towards the water; they both slide in without fear to swim with their mother. The rest of the guys eventually join us, watching Aurora bathe both babies in the tub. I don’t know what’s keeping my attention more, Aurora’s boobs bobbing in the water or the babies getting their scales scrubbed with a loofa. Aurora passes each clean baby off to Alaric to dry; he gets each baby to shift back to their human form and dresses them for bed.

Klaus and I are the only two left in the room with Aurora; I guess the guys are giving us some alone time with our mate. I look over at Klaus and motion towards Aurora; he catches my drift and strips and then slips into the water. I turn on the bubbler, then turn on the heater to keep the water hot. Aurora watches me closely; her curiosity is getting the better of her, to the point she’s not really paying attention to Klaus.

Klaus slides up behind Aurora and lightly bites her shoulder over his old bite mark. “It’s a whole different experience with me completely awake, Angel.” Klaus lightly growls near Aurora’s ear as I watch his hands grip her breast to tease her erect nipples. I can tell by his stance he’s lining himself up with her entrance, and suddenly he thrusts home. I hop myself up on the edge of the tub, watching Klaus take Aurora from behind.

Slowly, I begin to stroke my cock, watching and listening to them fuck in the tub in front of me. I have positioned myself above a bubbler, and Klaus notices it. Slowly, he maneuvers Aurora so that her breasts are tickled by the bubbles. “Angel, poor Jayce looks like he could use a hand. Why don’t you suck his cock so he doesn’t feel left out?” I raise an eyebrow looking over at Klaus. Mentally, I am giving him a high five right now.

Aurora’s grey eyes look up at me as she braces her hands on either side of my thighs. “Is that what you want, love? Do you want to feel my lips around your cock? Do you want me to swallow every drop?” Aurora raises an eyebrow, knowing full well that I have a hard time verbalizing my desires. I playfully bop her nose with the tip of my leaking cock. All I can do is nod my head at her and offer her my throbbing shaft. Aurora is trying so hard to break me the rest of the way out of my shell. I moan softly as she takes my length deep into her throat. I can’t help but move my hips in time with Klaus’s thrusts.

Aurora suddenly releases my cock and screams out her orgasm; her hands shift, and her talons dig into the marble on the side of the tub. I look around me at the damage she’s causing—at this point, I’m quite thankful she isn’t holding my cock. Aurora’s eyes are glowing, and she attacks my cock with a new intensity. Her hands shift back, and she starts to caress my balls as she leans on my thighs for support. I’m close, so fucking close… I wrap her hair around my fist and start to meet her halfway, thrusting up into her mouth. Her animal grumbles its approval, adding vibration to the world’s most epic blow job. My moans begin to deepen, and my thrusts become erratic. Klaus screams out his orgasm, thrusting one last time up into Aurora. He slides free of her pussy and comes up alongside of us. He moves me in such a manner so I’m kneeling on the side of the tub now.

Aurora stands up straight and continues to allow me to fuck her mouth. Klaus hops up onto the side of the tub and licks his index and middle finger; slowly, he presses them into my anus and starts finger fucking me. Oh, by the gods, I can’t hold out much longer. It feels too fucking good; I don’t want to stop.

Without warning, Aurora releases my cock and jumps up onto the side of the tub with us; she drops onto all fours in front of me. She keeps wiggling her ass in my face, her puffy pussy dripping, begging me to bury myself deep within her. Who am I to deny my mate? I grip her hips tightly and pull her back hard, thrusting my cock deep within her tight, welcoming folds. I thrust into her as hard as I can; I feel empty at the sudden loss of Klaus’s fingers. He reaches around me and gathers some of Aurora’s come on his fingers; within seconds, my once empty ass is full of Klaus’s cock. I almost blow my load feeling him penetrate me so deeply. I gasp and lose my rhythm for a moment. Aurora is close; I can feel her muscles twitching around me. I start to thrust into her once again.

Klaus for the most part, has found a good distance to stand and allows me to impale myself upon him. With all the friction and twitching from Aurora, I can’t hold off any longer so I bite Aurora’s back, instantly causing her to orgasm. Her muscles crush down upon my shaft, sending me crashing over the edge after her. The minute my thrusts slow down, Klaus starts pounding into me like a man possessed. Klaus’s hand finds my throat and he grips it, pulling me back towards him. I love being handled like this; I love the dominance of my bond mates.

Aurora slides free of my cock and turns to watch Klaus dominate me. “This is so fucking hot, Jayce. I love watching the guys fuck you. I love watching the pleasure they give you.” Aurora moves closer and begins to lick and bite my nipples.

My once flaccid cock is hard and dripping again. Her hand moves to grip my shaft roughly as she jerks me off in time with Klaus’s thrusts. Klaus’s moaning gets louder, and Aurora rises up to look around me. “Don’t you dare come yet! Jayce needs time!” Aurora growls out her command, and amazingly Klaus obeys.

On the other hand, that just ramped up my arousal, and my cock starts to leak more than before. Aurora’s eyes look down as I grip my cock. My one hand cupping my balls, the other gripping my throbbing cock—I’m jerking off as if my life depends on it. Aurora is smiling at me, then her eyes lock on my cock again. She drops to all fours once more and starts to lick at the tip of my dick. Feeling her tongue does me in. I come so hard, and without warning, I shoot my load all over Aurora’s face. Klaus, hearing me scream from my orgasm, comes hard in my ass and thrusts into me twice more before knotting, locking himself deep within me. He lays his head on my shoulder, looking down at a come covered Aurora.

Klaus and I are scared for our lives, to the point the other mates come running into the bathroom to behold the disaster before us. I hear Alaric say, “Oh, fuck.”

Then Dimitri is saying, “Not good” over and over again.

My fucking brother, Dominik, is taking pictures because he’s an asshole. I’m holding onto Klaus for dear life because if I’m going to die, I’m taking the fucker with me. Aurora slowly stands up; my come starts running and dripping off her face onto her chest. Suddenly, she reaches down between her legs and scoops up a large mass of our combined come from her pussy. She proceeds to splat the side of mine and Klaus’s face with it before heading off to the shower. I hear her in the distance, starting to laugh her ass off, then the shower starting.

I’m not sure if we’re in the clear or if she is silently plotting revenge. Dominik walks up and crosses his arms over his chest. He’s doing that cocky smirk that I’d love to punch him for. ‘So, genius, how does it feel to have committed the ultimate fuck up? I mean, seriously, I’d expect that from Alaric or Dimitri, but not you two fuckers.’ We look back at Dimitri and Alaric, and they are both nodding and laughing.

I can’t help it, but I’m quite concerned for my personal well-being. I shot her, not Klaus. Granted, we’re both wearing her goo on our faces but still, I’m pretty sure I’m going to be toast. Klaus’s knot finally releases, and he withdraws slowly. I walk back to the shower stalls, open the first one and turn the water on. I step in and shower off quickly. If I’m going to die, I’m at least going to die clean.

I walk through the castle and it’s silent, like scary silent. I’m absolutely paranoid at this point; I feel like I’m being hunted. More than likely, I am; Aurora has a sick sense of humor. She’ll get me eventually.

Do you know what it’s like to spend your day living in fear? I do. Trust me, it’s not fun. Everyone is prepping for the flight over to Klaus’s pack territory. Some of our troops are already en route to meet up with Klaus’s brother. Everyone is busy, and all my jobs are complete. I head into the den and start a fire in the fireplace.

Carefully, I slide my favorite chair closer to the fire so I can enjoy its warmth. I’m not sure at what point I dozed off, but boy, do I feel so much better after my nap. I wake up to find everyone in the den; the babies playing with toys on the floor. Aurora is attempting to teach herself how to knit. Who in their right mind would give her stabby, pointy objects that she could kill someone with?

Slowly, I rise and stretch, then reach for my phone on the side table. My background is still Aurora topless with her arms shifted. Our messenger app has twelve messages waiting to be opened. I look around at everyone, and they are busy with entertaining the twins. I pop the messages open; the first few are from the splat heard around the world. Fear rises in my gut and my wolf bristles beneath the surface of my skin. I go to the next photo, and it’s me creeping through the halls trying to be cautious. I notice now that picture is from Aurora.

Fuck, she was hunting me. The next image is taken from high above me, looking down as I move my chair into place. My eyes fly up to the ceiling, and there are claw marks in the wood. Again, that image also came from Aurora. I feel a distinct chill run up my spine. Now I’m really getting frightened, there are three more messages left, all from Aurora. The next is Aurora doing a selfie with me sleeping in the background. The last picture is of her nipple next to my mouth while I slept. Ok, so it’s not bad; she just fucked with me knowing my fear would be far worse than she would ever to me.

I rub my eyes, then look down at the backs of my hands; a brilliant, iridescent blue coats my skin. It’s that color blue the character Mimi—on that Drew show—used to wear. I open up my photo app on my phone, putting it in selfie mode. What the actual fuck?! I have long, fake eyelashes, peacock blue eyeshadow, and Aurora’s signature blood-red lipstick on.

The room clears out, leaving only me and Aurora left. She’s standing there with her full, pouty lips, smiling at me like the cat that swallowed the canary. I’m feeling ballsy at the moment, so I approach her; I pin Aurora to the wall and kiss her hard. Aurora gasps and runs her fingers through my hair; I just smirk and pull away. “I apparently need to go use your makeup remover; I’ll see you later.” I turn to leave. I can smell her arousal in the air as I walk away. Score one for me; I lived and left her wanting. You can bet your ass she’s going to make me pay for this later, but it will be well worth it.