Memories

Chapter 13

Balthazar's POV

I stood at the palace gate as I waited for Azula to return. When she arrived, she gave me the brightest smile. When she had informed me of the army she found already waiting, I was rather shocked. I just prayed it would be enough though. "They'll be here in a week," Azula informed me as we walked inside the castle. We heard small barks before our pups were running towards us. They tried to stop themselves, but since they were on marble, they just slid right into us. Azula picked her pup up, "My little Deigh, I've missed you." Deigh, the Fae word for ice. The pup's tail wagged, enjoying the attention. Nist walked beside me happily. They were no longer the tiny things who claimed us, they were of decent size and would only get bigger. 

"So where do we go from here," Azula asked me. "I think we take a few days to relax." After everything that has gone on, I think it's best. We haven't even had the chance to celebrate two of our children finding their mates, or Lui's recovery. She nodded with a soft smile, "That sounds like a wonderful idea."

As we neared our wing of the castle we heard some chaos caused by our children. "Yulen that was mine you fat ass!" Laceria yelled. "Snooze you loose," Yulen yelled. We entered the wing and saw Yulen running out of the kitchen, plate in hand with strawberry cake on it. Laceria was chasing after him. Lui had his phone out recording the whole thing. Atros and Vidya, shaking their heads while Zilan, Reese, and Norzic found the situation amusing.

Yulen slid to a stop when he saw us, Laceria running right into him. The two were now sprawled out on the floor, the cake smushed between Yulen and the floor.

Yulen made a face of horror, "Not the cake!" He scraped it from his shirt, and held the broken pieces in his hands dramatically. "Why?!"

Laceria took a piece of it and smashed it into his face. She then scrambled to her feet and ran back the way they had come. Yulen then chased after her. "Home sweet home," Azula said with a shake of her head.

The pups then came and cleaned up the cake on the floor. Thankfully it wasn't chocolate. "So what are we going to do now," Zilan asked us. "We're going to take a much needed break," Azula told him. "We've been hitting the ground running with this mess for the last eight years, and really haven't taken any time for ourselves. It's gonna take a week for our new addition to our army to arrive so until then, we're going to relax." "That sounds like a great idea," Atros agreed while everyone else nodded in agreement. 

Azula smiled up at me, "We can go to the beach." I nodded, "Sounds perfect." We then made preparations for us all to go, including our dragons and wolves to enjoy the sun and water. 

Once there I couldn't take my eyes off of my mate. She wore a baby blue bikini her ice blue hair up to show off the tattoo I did years ago. Laceria wore a white bikini, and Atros seemed to have been stunned stupid. Lui held hands with his mate Vidya who wore a black swim suit cover over her yellow bikini, but as they walked he couldn't take his eyes from her. Yulen decided to take his surf board out to the water to enjoy the nice waves. Azula's brothers were goofing off in the water with Jenson. Mokoto and Sarshay sat on the beach, watching their son while enjoying the chance to just sit and enjoy themselves. Mokoto volunteered for the war, so soon he and his family will be officially free. The moment he stepped forward, we began treating his family as if they were free, because Mokoto stopped being my slave a long time ago. He is my closest friend and trusted companion. 

Azula stood before me and I looked down at her. She had a beautiful smile and playful glint in her eyes. These days it was rare, so I cherish these moments even more. I went to give her a kiss but she moved her head back teasingly. I gave a playful growl as I went to kiss her again, but she avoided me. She laughed and took off down the beach laughing. I refused to let her get away with it, so I took off after her. I laughed as I caught her around the waist and spun her around, to face me, one arm keeping her in place, my other hand going behind her head to hold her in place as I took the kiss I wanted. She returned it without hesitation. 

Our kiss was interrupted by us getting sprayed by water guns. Azula gasped at the sudden water hitting us. The culprits were our kids with the others were laughing. The dragons watched on lazily and the pups were barking happily with their tails wagging. "Get a room!" Yulen yelled, shooting us with more water. "There are children present!" Lui told us. I used Azula as a shield. "Put me down," she yelled at me as she laughed while the kids continued to spray us. I didn't put her down till their guns were empty. 

"Retreat," Laceria yelled and the three of them ran while laughing like kids. 

After acting like kids throughout the day, we built a bonfire and roasted food over the flames for dinner. Jenson sat in Mokoto's lap with his mate beside him, Atros had an arm around Laceria who was cuddled into his side, Lui had Vidya in his lap as he talked with Yulen. Azula sat in my lap as she talked with her own brothers. Seeing everyone so happy and at peace let me know I had made the right decision. It allowed us to remember the important things in life and enjoy life itself. 

When it was late, we retired in the the cabins we rented for the weekend. "Thank you Balthazar," Azula said once we were in alone. "For what," I asked her. "For having us come here," she answered. I took her hair down, "You don't need to thank me Azula." She took my hand, and lead me over to the shower to wash off the salt water and sand. Under the spray of the water I looked her over. Her cheeks had a slight pink tint to them due to being in the sun and her eyes were filled with so much joy and happiness. She had never looked so beautiful to me. 

I tilted her head up and gave her a slow kiss. She moaned softly into the kiss and my leash snapped. I picked her up and pressed her back against the shower wall. As she trailed her lips down the side of my neck I entered her with a groan. My thrusts were slow and deep as I enjoyed the warmth and feel of her. Until she bit into my mark, renewing it. My grip on her thighs tightened as the speed of thrusts increased. When she released her bite she leaned back against the wall, her moans echoing off the walls of the shower. I renewed my mark as I felt her walls clamp around my cock, setting off my own orgasm. This was only the beginning of our fun. I had some lost time to make up for, and I planned on making up for it in every way she allowed me tonight.