Over the next day, Olivia stayed with her parents for the whole time. At first, Kaia didn't want to speak about it, but then Olivia insisted that she let it out. And when Kaia let out her emotions, she sobbed and sobbed. She really couldn't believe that her son would become the rebel leader under the man Vaarin detested by the end. She couldn't believe that Luke hadn't come to meet her even once when he was alive as a rebel. She couldn't understand the depravity of the man called Murtagh. What he had done to her son was beyond comprehension. He had brain washed him to the level that Luke started hating his own parents and sister as much as he hated his king and queen. In the end Vaarin could only conclude that Luke had gone too far in his life to come back.
When Kaizan and Olivia were departing, Kaia said, "Take care of your health now, Olivia. Your kids are what we want to see now. If you need my help, let me know."
"Yes Mother," she replied. Although Ileus had asked Kaizan to come back, she could have stayed, but she realized that her parents needed a lot of time alone. Luke's memories hung in the air.
Three months later.
The summer had come tapping on the doorsteps with its warm gusts of wind. The trade path was now free of rogues and the rebels vanished from Silver Vales. This had encouraged the traders to an extent that within three months many villages under the kingdom could see the benefits. Whiteclaw pack and the surrounding packs could see maximum benefits because of the heavy influx of traders who sought new opportunities in the lands that were deprived earlier.
Over the past full moons, Kaizan had tried his best not to succumb to his beast so that he was gentler with Olivia. But he just couldn't resist the charm of his mate. His wolf had been gentle with her. Olivia was four months pregnant and Kaizan had willed his wolf to go down because he just couldn't think of taking his mate in this condition. The problem was that the more he struggled to keep in control, the more he wanted to have her. And the more he had her, the more he wanted. The cycle was vicious and decadent.
Often, Kaizan would lope to the forests to escape the full moon charm. Sometime, he would find Ileus also over there. The two would run through the forests and spend the entire night to escape the allure of their mates. On one such night, Ileus and Kaizan were sprawled over the forest floor amongst the wildflowers over a knoll. They had just shape shifted after a long run in the wilds. Ileus looked at the sky that was bedazzled by the full moon. "I can stay here, if you like." Along with Anastasia he had planned on going to Silver Vales to meet his grandfather, Pierre, who was planning on going back to spend a long holiday with his friend Howard in the Northern Mountains.
"No way. You both should go and meet Pierre."
It was almost past midnight. Ileus sprang to his feet and said, "Then I am going to wake up my mate the hard way."
Kaizan laughed. "Get out!"
As soon as Ileus left, Kaizan couldn't stay there. He longed to be with Olivia. He was determined that he would see her just once and then come out. That's all. When he reached home, he padded his way to his bedchamber, hoping that he didn't wake up anyone.
Moonlight filtered the room and bathed Olivia' face. She was sleeping soundlessly, a semblance of a smile on her lips. She turned her body towards the moonlight and sighed in its comforting rays. Kaizan gasped seeing his wife's moonlit features. He walked to sit right beside her. He stroked her hair and then slowly her back but Olivia stayed asleep. His hand went to her cheeks, his wolf rising up. He wanted her so madly, so badly. He shouldn't have come. The moonlight was only adding to the attraction he was feeling. He just couldn't take the tension and so he got up to leave, gritting his teeth, when suddenly Olivia held his hand and stopped him.
"Kaizan," she murmured his name.
He looked at her with agony, with pain, with tension. "I should leave darling," he breathed out. "I don't want to hurt you."
Her lips curved up. She got out of the bed and then drew the curtains.
"You know that would hardly douse my desire."
She ambled to him and said, "I want you too, love." She had missed him terribly. Slowly, the two took each other's clothes out.
Kaizan made her lie on her back. He was so hard that he wanted to plunge himself inside her wildly, mindlessly. Her body had grown even more voluptuous and curvy. Her breasts were heavier and plumper. He leaned over them to suckle. As he suckled one, he kneaded the other one, hoping that he was being as gentle as possible. He left a trail of kisses down her stomach, her navel and then he kissed her clit. She cried and bucked her hips at him. It was impossible for him to wait. He wedged himself between her thighs and them with one push, he was inside her. "Olivia!" he rumbled. Was it the effect of the moon or was his wife who continued to lure him so insanely? Once again, he controlled his wolf to be gentle with her. His muscles had bulged and he had begun to sweat, because he wanted to fuck her with abandon. But he slowly pulled out and then thrust inside again. Soon, he was plunging inside her and in three measured strokes, he released.
Kaizan slumped beside her, completely satiated. This full night he had controlled himself so much that he wondered if he could do it again. Olivia moved closer to him and he wrapped his arm across her breasts. A yawn escaped her. "My mate wants to sleep?" he said, his hazel eyes filled with love and admiration. He rubbed his hand over her belly and then a while later rested his head against it. He spoke with his babies. "I want you two pups to behave in your mother. Don't you trouble her…" he trailed off. He jerked his head to look at Olivia with wide eyes.
"What is it?" she asked, perplexed at his expressions.
Kaizan fell back on the pillow. He stared at the ceiling. "We have a boy and a girl."
"Really?" Olivia sprang up straight.
"Careful!" Kaizan warned her.
"A girl and a boy?"
He nodded, a beautiful smile curling his lips. He turned his head to look at Olivia's tummy. Love filled his heart for his children. "You little rogues. I can't wait for you to come out." He put his hand over her stomach and brushed the skin. As if reacting to their father's words, the kids must have kicked their hands and legs. Kaizan sensed the motion and he chortled.. His heart swelled with love and he rested his head in Olivia's lap near his children.
