The Delta's Daughter Chapter 225

HUNJI / KIAN

It took me a minute to come to my senses after my mouth hung open with shock as Morgan ripped me a new one. She stomped towards the opening of the cave. She did know the storm was still in full rage, didn’t she? I didn’t know where she thought she was going, but I knew it wasn’t far. Even still, I followed after her. I didn’t immediately realize I had hurt her feelings until she finished her monologue, eyes brimmed with tears, and hurt radiated from those alluring violet eyes.

I scented Morgan before she had even touched me. I hadn’t been in deep sleep, waiting to see if Lamia would let down her block, as when I tried to connect with her, I was met with a wall. I knew when she was leaning over me, the tickle of her breath fanned across my cheek. The hair on the back of my neck prickled when I felt her hand moving over me and then her fingers lightly touching the mark on my chest. It took everything I had not to move, and shiver from the soft touch of her fingers. My body started to come alive and when her warm lips pressed against mine, I wanted nothing more than to flip her over and devour her.

And then… Reality reminded me why this was not a good idea. So, before it could go any further, I shoved her away and yelled at her to get away from me. I didn’t think before I spoke, but I needed her as far away from me and my wolf as possible at that moment before I did something we would both regret. When our lips connected my wolf suddenly craved her, wanted to claim her and make her ours. We couldn’t. I knew this, Ruda knew it too. She could never be ours.

I followed after her, feeling like the ass I was. She abruptly turned around when she saw and felt the storm, smacking right into my chest. She looked up meeting my eyes and I got lost in hers. They had darkened to lustful indigo. I searched her eyes, silently willing her to tell me this was wrong. Hoping she told me no and pushed me away. But my wolf and body had other ideas. My cock jerked towards her sending pleasurable waves through my body.

A conflicting war was raging in my mind. But the pull to her was so strong. I tried so hard to resist – it’s as if she called to me, putting me under a spell, and unlike Tawny, I couldn’t walk away. I urged my feet to move, though they stayed locked in place. Captivated, my head stooped down - my body had won the war over my mind. I was weak.

My lips crashed down on hers, locking us into a heated kiss. She groaned against my mouth, and I pulled her against me, my fingers gripping her hips. When her hands tangled in my hair, I could think of nothing else but tasting her – my tongue trailing up and down every lush curve of her body. My hands squeezing her ample tits and ass, sinking…

*Hunji, I felt you trying to connect me earlier, sorry the little ones are – Never mind, are you ok? *

I flew away from Morgan quicker than a strike of lightning like Lamia could see what I was doing, giving her my back and adjusting my rock-hard cock. Gods, I felt like a little kid getting caught with their hand in the cookie jar.

*Yeah, I’m here. We’re okay. *

*You sound busy. Bad timing? *

Just play it cool, I said to myself, my wolf chuckling at how uncomfortable I was feeling right now. This was not like me. I always had my shit together. *No, we got caught in a sandstorm, and the satellite phone is broken. Listen, I don’t have the time to explain…*

*Oh, goddess Hunji, what has happened, Please tell me you are okay?* Lamia worried through the link, to the point I could almost feel her emotions and not just hear them in her voice.

*I’m fine, Morgan is fine,*

*Then what is it?*

*I ran into my past out here, there are people after the wit – Morgan, not very nice people who have – who, I have a background with.*

*Can you handle it? I can send our remaining troops from Bhakhil to your location?* She offered; I knew she was worried but I really didn’t want to draw attention to ourselves any more than we had. Besides our troops couldn’t help us against King Panja’s army.

*No, that would do no good. We are still heading to Mint, if you have not heard from me in seven days… Then have Alpha Jasper send out our troops and a full division towards Mint.*

*Hunji, Finn is worried about his sister. And I am worried about you.*

*I will keep her safe and bring her back, I promise.*

*Ok, I know you will. If you need me…*

*You just gave birth to triplets, stay where you are Lamia.* I chuckled through the link to her.

*I know but, I can come there if you need me Hunji.*

*Seven days, I will speak to you then. When I find a phone, I can explain more.* I promise her.

*Seven days - don’t be late!* she finished cutting our mental connection.

My body sagged, the concentration to keep up the link drained me and my wolf. I reached out a hand bracing it against the rough wall to steady myself.

“Are you – Are you all right Ki – Hunji?” I smiled and tilted my head toward Morgan.

“I am okay, mind-linking from this distance really takes it out of me and my wolf. We use up a lot of our energy. That’s what I was doing.” I answered her “Kian.” I added.  I had hated that name for so many years, and it annoyed me when she called me by it, yet I like the way she said it. The way it sounded coming from her, was so natural and sweet, her voice a little breathy every time my real name rolled off her tongue. This was so wrong on so many levels.

“What?” She asked confused.

“Kian, I like it when you say it.” Her eyes flitted from left to right, not sure what to make of me saying I liked the way she said my name. I knew I was overstepping, letting myself go too far. I could never have her. I had to keep reminding myself. Maybe just for tonight, I could be selfish.

“Ok… Kian,” she smiled, the corner of her lips stretching with each passing second “Thank you, I like saying it.” I was sure she was blushing, but it was hard to tell with how pink her skin was.

I lay back down on the ground, propping my bag under my head again. “Come here,” I told her, offering her my hand and pulling her down beside me when she took it. Her head lay in the crook of my arm an immediate sense of calm overtook me as she nestled in beside me and my wolf settled and retreated to the back of my head resting. “I need a little sleep and so do you, we will get an early start tomorrow.” Satisfied that against my better judgment – I could hold on to this little dream for just a little longer.

I felt her head nod against mine and her body relaxed as she curled into my side. “I want to ask you questions, but I don’t want to make you angry or sound stupid.” She mumbled barely above a whisper.

I hated answering questions about myself. It made me think of things I had long ago forgotten or at least pushed deep, deep into the back of my mind and locked away. I felt bad though, and also, I felt as though I owed her a few answers. After all, it was my family that was chasing us. “What do you want to know little one?” I asked, refraining from calling her little witch.

“If you answer my questions, I - I will tell you a secret.”

“Fair enough,” I chuckled, trying to think what secret she could be holding, coming to the conclusion that it was probably something mundane.

“What is your wolf’s name?” her first question, an easy one.

“His name is Ruda,”

“Can I meet him?”

“Tomorrow,” I promised.

“What is this mark?” She trailed her fingertip over the raised skin in the shape of a sword that sat over my other scars on the left side of my chest.

“That is the mark of the Queen’s Knights. There are four of us and we all bare that mark. It formed when our Queen bonded with her mate. We are her most trusted men and protectors of not just her but the kingdom and the people.” I smiled thinking of my fellow brothers.

“Tell me about them?” She asked, and I did. I told her how Mike and Jonda met, about our mission to find Kellen, the King of Wolves, and how he met his mate, Tala. Mentioning again how she and Tala had a lot in common. I told her about Rhett, that he was a hunter, and how he had been putting together teams of enforcers around the first continent creating a fair and just system throughout packs and lands, and that he was building a new type of council, one that would benefit everyone. I even told her about Tobias making sure she knew what a menacing bear shifter he was.

“Are you friends with my brother?” Morgan asked me after I finished talking about Lamia and how she rose to become the Queen of Shifters, leaving out the details of Orion’s death and Finn’s capture.

“No,” I admitted.

“That’s ok, maybe someday you will be. I knew my father was going to die, I had seen it. But I never told him the truth, I told him he would be successful. I know he was not a good person, hell he kept me locked away. Whether he deemed it for my own good or not. He killed my mother, and I will never forgive him for that. Finn always did what he could. He is a good person - he just hasn’t been given the chance to prove himself.”

“You know more than you let on.”

“A little.” She giggled.

“Did – did you really kill your mate?” I heard the hesitation in her voice, scared she would anger me again. I took a deep breath debating what I should disclose to her.

“I did.” Deciding to tell her the truth, “It’s complicated. I have answered a few of your questions, I think you owe me that secret.” I tried changing the subject.

“It was a lie.” I furrowed my brows at her statement.

“You mean you don’t have a secret?”

“No, I mean - it was a lie I promised to tell. I won’t lose my gifts if I lose my virginity.” I lifted my head cocking a brow at her waiting for her to explain. “It was a lie my mother concocted, to keep me safe and out of the hands of people who would use me. I am the last in a long line of witches from Andora.” She didn’t need to explain any further, I understood what she was saying. This was why my brother wanted her. To breed with her and create offspring who held not only Alpha blood but also had a possibility of being born with gifts. He would use her as his personal crystal ball.

“Good to know,“ I had nothing else to contribute and stared at the ceiling of the cave. Her confession of her secret made no difference to me. Yet my wolf perked up from his rest when she said wouldn’t lose her gifts if she had sex.

Her finger started trailing over my chest again, tracing my scars. I felt her shudder, then the scent of her arousal accompanied the slight quiver her body had. I should never have kissed her. I couldn’t stop myself though and Once I had started, I never wanted to stop. Thank you, Lamia, for interrupting.

“Morgan… I’m sorry I kissed you, but nothing can ever happen between us.” I gulped down the lump in my throat, the words just sounding wrong.

“But I told you it was ok,” She started.

I grabbed her hand which was still feeling the patterns of my wrongs. “It has nothing to do with that, you will never be mine. And I can never be yours.” I should tell her why, I should tell her I took an oath, that the moon goddess would never grant me a second chance. I should tell her she probably has a mate out there somewhere and it would be wrong of me to take advantage of her. Not that I would. Not that I should or could.

But I don’t. Instead, I just hold her against me as we both silently lay there. I could almost feel the disappointment rolling off her.

“Did I at least kiss good?” I choked on my spit not expecting that “I – it was my first kiss.” She admitted shyly.

“It was good.” I laughed. It was very good, and it would be a long time before I got that image and feeling of her lips and body pressed against mine out of my head.

“You were good too.” I felt her smile against my bare chest.

We lay in comfortable silence and at some point, we both drifted off. I woke before the sun had broken over the horizon, just before dawn’s first light. I slipped my arm from under Morgan’s head, letting it gently fall onto my bag and wandering to the cave’s entrance. The storm had long passed, thank the stars and it looked like it was going to be a bright and clear day. I groaned because out here, that meant it was going to be hot. Using my shifter abilities, I bounded up the rocky terrain, reaching the top of the low formation and looking out. The sky was turning a beautiful golden orange as the first light of the morning sun crested over the horizon in the east.

I crouched down, resting my forearms on my knee and connecting to my wolf.

‘Do you remember the way, Ruda?’ I asked him when he stirred from sleep.

‘Like riding a bike,’ he replied.

‘Right, because you have ridden a bike,’ I laughed at him.

‘I remember.’  He told me full of confidence.

‘She will need to ride you; she can’t walk all that way. Think you can manage that?’

‘I wouldn’t mind her riding me – you.’  He gave me a wolfish grin.

“Yeah, you and me both,” I sighed out loud at his innuendo. “Not happening though buddy, my oath is your oath. I heard Ruda groan in my head. I could feel his attraction to Morgan and his desire to mount her. He knew as well as I did that, that couldn’t -shouldn’t happen.

After Ruda and I decided that keeping to our original path - Northwest - was best, I climbed down the rocks and went back into the cave to wake Morgan. We should head out soon so we can find a good place to stop before the heat of the day and then carry on through the evening and night. It was still two days until we were anywhere close to a village.

“Shit, sorry.” Morgan was already awake and had stripped her dress off, standing in her panties and bra. I turned around quickly, because if I didn’t… Well, I didn’t need to see her naked. It was hard enough keeping my hands to myself as it was. Thirteen years of pent-up sexual tension was threatening to emerge, and I was having a hard time controlling not just mine, but also my wolf’s urges.

“No need to apologize,” She mumbled, a rustle of fabric filling the thick air. “I hate to put a clean dress on over a dirty body. And I can still smell horse manure all over me. Please don’t do that again. You can turn around now.”

She was wearing another white dress, this one thinner and made of a silky material. Nothing fancy but the fabric would actually keep her cooler and the skirt was longer, coming to her ankles. “You’re going to have to ride me.” I pinched my eyes shut as soon as I said it and her eyes bulged out of her head. “I mean, Ruda.” Fuck, Tobias would be laughing his ass off at me right about now and taking back every gay comment he threw at me.

Now I can’t get the vision of Morgan straddling me out of my head. At one point all I thought about was Tawny. Not now, Tawny who? I cleared my throat “Umm, I meant we could cover more ground if I shifted into Ruda, and you rode on his back.”

“I get to meet him?” She clasped her hands together giddy with excitement.

“Yeah, you do. Like I promised.” If a wolf could purr, then that’s what Ruda was doing in my head. He really likes Morgan. I would never admit it, but she was growing on me too.  We didn’t have much to gather, but I decided to combine our bags, throwing out what we didn’t need. To make the load lighter. That included the busted satellite phone, her books, and any clothes we didn’t need. We could buy more when we reached the village. So, we kept two changes of clothes for her, and two pairs of shorts for me. Two remaining bottles of water, the bag of coins, and 3 power bars were left over after we both stuffed one down before walking out of the cave and into the morning light.

I shifted into Ruda, his body stretching out and shoulders rolling. He crouched down so Morgan could climb on his back easily. He was an Alpha wolf, so he was bigger than most, not as big As King Kellen but close in size to his Beta and nowhere close to the size of Lamia’s Dire wolf.

Morgan sat snuggly on Ruda’s back, the bag across her shoulders and her arms wrapped around my neck, as instructed. Ruda pranced and turned his head giving her leg a lick – relishing in the feel of her hands in his fur and then took off in our decided direction.