Awakening The Silver Wolf

RAVENNA POV 

I felt hot everywhere, but it wasn't the type of hot that burned, it was the type of hot that gave me pleasure. 

"Darius," I moaned my mate's name as his finger moved in and out for me, his tongue circling my nipples before he bit down gently on it. "Fuck!" 

I felt that presence in my mind again, and I now knew it was my wolf. 

My wolf. 

God, I really did have a wolf. I shifted. How was that possible?

I cried out when Darius added a second finger, stretching me wild.

I looked down at him to see him watching me, his eyes glowing. His wolf was at the edge. Mine was too. 

"I want all your full attention on me, my love, when my fingers fuck your cunt," he growled, his voice thick and husky. 

My hands clenched tight around the blanket when his fingers increased their pace. 

I kept my eyes on him, not daring to look away or even close my eyes.

"You're so tight," he rasped, leaning in to kiss my navel. "So warm. I want to bury myself deep inside you and watch you scream my name. I want to mark you, Ravenna. I want you all covered in my cum."

Oh god… 

"Darius…" Those were the only words I could form right now.

A pressure was building in my core, dragging me closer to bliss. My wolf was now more at the edge, lurking, trying to come out. Darius' eyes shone more and I knew mine was too. 

Just as I was about to have the most wonderful organism of my life, Darius pulled his fingers away.

"No!" I screamed as I tried to pull him back. 

He just smirked and held me down with one hand before his big body traveled down and his head was in-between my legs. 

My breath hitched when I knew what he was about to do. 

His lips brushed the sensitive skin of my inner thigh. A soft gasp escaped me as his touch sent a spark through my body. 

Slowly, he kissed his way higher, his hands resting on my hips, guiding me toward him. The slow, deliberate movement made my breath catch, my fingers left the blankets and went to his hair, tightening their hold as I closed my eyes.

"You feel so good," Darius whispered, his voice low and filled with reverence before he pressed his lips where I needed him most. 

The soft brush of his tongue made me shiver, the sensation slow and deep, making my body tremble in anticipation.

My hands moved down to the back of his neck, pulling him closer, needing more of him. "Darius," I breathed, my voice thick with need. "Please..."

I didn't know what I was begging for, only that I just needed more. 

He responded to my plea, his tongue moving with precision, exploring, tracing, savoring. Every motion was slow, calculated, filled with the unspoken understanding between us. 

My body responded instinctively, my hips lifting toward him, the pleasure coursing through my veins like liquid fire. My fingers gripped the sheets beneath me, the sensation of his touch overwhelming my senses.

His tongue curled and twisted. Explored and savored. Took and gave. 

My legs left where they were pressed to the bed and rested on his broad shoulders. My fingers went back to his soft hair and drew him closer. He couldn't get any closer than he was but I wanted him closer. I wanted him in my skin. My bones. My heart. My soul. 

As the heat between us grew, Darius paused, lifting his head to meet my gaze. His eyes were dark with intensity, and his lips were swollen from our earlier kisses. "Tell me what you need, Ravenna," he whispered, his voice rough.

I met his eyes, my chest rising and falling with each breath. "I need you," I replied, my voice trembling, as the world around us seemed to disappear. 

The moment was ours, shared in the soft glow of the room, a union of hearts, minds, and bodies.

With that, Darius responded, his actions becoming even more focused, more determined as if he wanted to know every inch of me, every breath, every whisper of need I had. 

And as I surrendered to the sensation, the intensity, I realized that nothing had ever felt more real than this—than us, together. I was a fool to deny myself this man. 

I cried out his name as my climax was ripped from me. My back lifted from the bed but Darius held me down with his hand. My legs wrapped around his neck so tight, I was scared he wouldn't be able to breathe. But I couldn't bring myself to release my hold on me. 

It kept going and going that I felt I was going to die from pleasure. But I didn't die, and Darius held me through it.

He pulled away from between my legs and kissed me hard. I moaned at the taste of myself in his mouth, my head still filled with clouds. 

"You taste better than heaven," he whispered against my lips. He pulled away from me and tucked a strand of my hair behind my ear, his eyes still dark with lust. "I want to fuck you right now, Ravenna."

"Then do it," I challenged, looking deep into his eyes. 

Darius shook his head and drew me into his arms, resting my head on his wide chest. "I won't claim you in this shitty hotel like some cheap whore. You're my mate. Our first time should be special for you." 

My chest warmed at his thoughts for me, and my eyes began heavy. 

I yawned and settled myself in his arms. This was heaven. A part of me had been scared that I would fall for Darius and he would one day find his mate and leave me. But thank the moon that wasn't the case. I was his and he was mine. And also… 

"Am I really a Lupinari?"

Darius stiffened beneath me but relaxed when I drew lazy circles on his chest.

"You are," he answered, his voice quiet.

"How did you know?"

"Your fur is silver. My mother's fur was also silver."

"Lupinari are the only wolves who have silver fur?"

"Yes." A pause. "You're an extremely powerful and rare wolf, Ravenna. Lupinarians heal faster than normal wolves. They're stronger, and faster. If it takes a normal wolf five minutes to heal a brutal injury, it would take a Lupinari half a minute."

Like that day I went hiking with Mia. My ankle hasn't taken up to thirty seconds to heal. 

"Wow," I breathed. "Really?"

"Hmm," he answered. "A Lupinari is five times faster and stronger. You're more powerful than even me, Ravenna. All you need is training and you'll be unstoppable."

A beat of silence. "Why will I need to be unstoppable?"

Darius didn't say anything for a while. "Because you're going to be haunted. People will come for you. They'll want your power. I would lay down my life for you, Ravenna. I will kill anyone who comes close to you with bad intentions but I might not always be there. So I'll teach you to be more brutal than I am. But you wouldn't be the cold killer that I am. You would be better. You'll do better. You'll protect yourself and maybe others. Not use your power for destruction."

My throat closed up and my eyes stung. "Darius…"

"Ssshh. Sleep. Tomorrow, we'll go home."

Home. That was what Darius' pack was to me now. The place that was once my prison was now my home. Ironic.

Sleep was already drawing me in and I was about to surrender but there was one more question. "Why now, Darius? Why did I shift now?"

"I believe it was the mate bond," he answered immediately. "It triggers your wolf to break out from its prison."

I frowned. "Prison?"

Darius inhaled as if he needed more breath to say what he was about to. "I believe someone—maybe your biological parents—locked your wolf inside you before you shifted."

What the hell?