On The Tenth Day

They stayed in Aden's chambers for ten days. For the first two they were unable to control their ravenous appetite for each other. With the completion of the bond being delayed for so long neither party was in the right frame of mind to try to keep their hands off each other. They spelt, ate and sexed and not always in that order.

Sometimes they sexed all day, in the shower, against the four walls of the bedroom, on the balcony, in the sitting room. They coupled so much Aden burnt a hole in the bed, literally, on the second day. So they spent the rest of the time on the floor or on the couch in the sitting room. They seemed to be insatiable, unable to get enough of each other.

The heat broke on the third day but neither male mate nor female mate came down from their high. The creatures, for both of them were reduced to their basic instinct therefore they were more beast than human at the moment, needed to bask in each other's presence. Sometimes they spent hours wrapped in each other's arms enjoying each other's scents. Sometimes they would ruminate on the events that happened since they met which seemed to them like ages ago, other times they would make slow and steady love and marvel at the sensations between them.

Of course during the seven days of bonding the castle did not rest as well, despite constant reassurance from Dr. Fenryi, that what was taking place with the prince and his mate was perfectly normal. According to his research true mates tended to bond rigorously after the chrysalisation process was completed. Savarous and Cirious still wanted to break down the door to check on them.

Nothing the medical expert said put the family at ease they were still worried so it was with great relief when on the eighth day servants were actually allowed to enter the room to deliver food to the couple. It was a sign that the couple would emerge soon and the castle could return to normal.

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On the tenth day, Mona woke up when the sun light insisted by shining a shaft of light directly on her face, she sighed out loud.

"Fine sun I'm up, I'm up" she threw off the covers and shook a hand at the window threatened.

For the first time in Goddess knows when, Mona had the opportunity to actually get up out of the bed (Chocolate fixed it after they burnt a whole in it with their passions ) before her Chocolate could accosted her so they could do more bonding things. She smiled broadly as she headed towards the bathroom unimpeded by her mate. He certainly loved doing bonding things she thought happily.

Mona heard the knock as she was coming out of the bathroom. Chocolate growled in his sleep from the bed. Poor darling love Mona thought must be so tired after they spent half the night talking about the dream state they both shared during her evolution and then the rest of the night making love. She smiled at the thought, she loved that bonding activity the most.

She yawned as she went to answer the knock, it must be the servants bringing breakfast, no one else ever stopped by.

Half way across the bedroom Mona realized she was butt naked. All the mating sex has messed with her mind. She chuckled softly and slipped into the walk-in closet to get one of Chocolate's shirts. The knock came again

"Coming!" She mumbled with the shirt over her head. She rushed to the door. The servants would never enter without being let in. One day they stayed on the other side of the door all morning knocking. They wouldn't leave until the food was delivered into the room. Mona thought that if the servants weren't so insistent she would have starved on the second day of their sexcapes.

Although Mona had been feeling unusually energetic and she could go for a very long time in their sexing without feeling tired. She associated that oddity to her strong desire to match Chocolate stroke for stroke. She hadn't yet had a chance to really discuss what Aden kept referring to as her evolution, she didn't really understand the term chrysalisation but she knew something strange happened to her. It was just that Mona couldn't think straight when chocolate opened his beautiful lips and talked about words she couldn't understand.

She always became distracted and started touching which distracted him and they often ended up doing her favorite bonding activity. Mona smiled as she tied the belt of her robe together thinking of her delicious chocolate made her hurry to get back to him.

She opened the door in a rush her mind occupied with thoughts of naked chocolate in bed...when she suddenly felt herself being thrown to the ground.

Twin forces grabbed her shoulders.

Instinctively, she stepped back with one leg, braced at the knee to stop herself from falling. Then she headbutted the person on her left without hesitation and with her free hand she chopped her other assailant in the throat.

All this took place in a matter of seconds.

But it was as if everything was happening in slow motion for Mona. She felt the heat in her body rising, from her belly to her throat and before she could think she let it out. Heat rushed from her mouth. Her brain wanted to register what was happening but she couldn't, the adrenaline was flowing, her thought pattern was simple, protect mate, protect mate.

It was like something...some other entity had taken over her body. The heat ended but it was replaced by a loud roar. It took a moment for Mona to realize it was coming from her throat.

Her vocal cards shook with the force of the sound. It was like an outer body experience where she was hovering above the floor, brown scales covering her body, long black claws were her nails. Mona was frightened but the entity within her was filled with rage. Not at her but on the attackers. Years of being bullied with no recourse made the new power within Mona extra volatile. Never again would she be vulnerable to people who wanted to hurt her.

The Mona of the past clashed with the Mona of the present in a violent kaleidoscope, this new being was ready to protect everything dear to her and crush anything that threatened it.

Mona's mind swirled in confusion and rage her thoughts were hers but not her own.

how dare someone threaten her mate.

I will burn any threat to a crisp.

The entity's thoughts filled Mona's head. Her mind was a haze of anger and protectiveness. Mona didn't know what was happening but she knew something had changed within her. Something was there that was never there before.

She was alive and power flowed through her veins. She heard a roar once more and this time she wasn't surprised it was from her. In the quiet world that Mona the woman occupied now she reached out and touched the beast.

Hello she said tentatively.

An answer came in the form of pictures of chocolate's plush sitting room on fire. people pouring into the room. She got the impression that she must protect her mate from these strange people. Apparently Mona the beast was too enraged to speak.

"Ahhh, excuse me" Mona woman smiled trying to calm her beast "let's calm down a bit and hear what's going on. After all our Chocolate would never put us or himself in danger"

She got the impression of her other thinking. It helped that Chocolate had entered the room and the beast concentrated on him however he was standing in front of the criminals who tried to hurt her. This did not make her other comfortable, she wanted chocolate away from all these strange threats. However Mona's other knew she was not the best person to convey this need and so Mona the woman felt herself being pushed to the forefront of her mind.

Where she came to understand why she felt like she was hovering off the ground... she was flying.

Shocked, she looked on either side of her. Big brown wings sprung from between her shoulder blades she felt the muscles expand and contract with the movement of her wings.

They sent gushes of wind into the room fanning the fire. The fire that she breathed from her body, She breathed fire! She felt pressure in her mind

Mona? She heard her Chocolate's lovely baritone inside her mind

Chocolate my delicious bland mate what in the name of all the Gods and Goddess of our world is going on?! she responded frantically not even realizing she said that directly into his mind.

"Could you come down here? I'll explain everything lovely" her mate said out loud his voice was calm

The other Mona responded to his calm, the rage in her receded but Mona the beast still wanted the strangers gone. At that moment one of the offenders reached out a hand to touch her chocolate. In the blink of an eye she was in front of her mate ready to rip the hand off the assailant. Rage returned in full force, only Aden's quick reflex stopped the maiming from happening. Even so he had his hands full trying to keep Mona in his arms in her half and half state.

"Everyone please leave!" he shouted fearing that Mona in her current state would unintentionally hurt them. As to whether they followed his orders or not was up to them his energy was completely taken over by trying to calm down his struggling angry mate.

The struggle caused the sharp edge of her wings to cut his upper arms but Aden still held her whispering sweet calming things to his railed up mate. Mona the beast finally calmed when the scent of the chocolate's blood permeated the air. The other inside Mona receded once more and Mona was able to think straight.

With the threat gone and chocolate's smell in the air the half and half state Mona was in faded away leaving a very troubled and confused Mona in a burnt room with a bleeding mate.