His Blue Moon Princess
Chapter 66

I open up my eyes suddenly, feeling completely awake. I find myself still in Damian's embrace, in the very same position we both fell asleep. It's still night time behind him. What time can it be? I wonder why I'm awake so early. I don't feel like moving, though. It feels so warm under the blanket, and I'm surrounded by my mate's smell. We are so close... When we are next to each other like this, I'm not scared at all. On the contrary, I feel safe like never before. So why do I get so scared when Damian wants me? It's our mate.

Very softly, I caress the dark tattoo on his neck. The Blood Moon Clan's black crescent moon. Once I'm officially his mate, will I get one, too? Yesterday, a lot of the lieutenants had theirs in obvious places. I wonder where I would do mine. Liam, Nathaniel, and Bobo all have it on their chests, and Tonia has hers on her arm.

My fingers go down on his torso, careful not to wake up my man. Sometimes I forget he is six years older than me. He is a full, grown-up man, while I still feel like a child. I don't find myself desirable. I'm thin, with barely any curves, and small breasts. Not to mention my scar...

Maybe that's my main problem. I don't see how Damian, or any man, can find me attractive. Marcus considered me like a toy, an object for s****l satisfaction. Somehow, am I afraid Damian will do the same?

While lost in my thoughts, I sense Damian moving next to me. He takes my hand that was wandering on his chest, and brings it to his lips to kiss it without opening his eyes. "Sorry. Did I wake you?"

"No. What are you thinking about? I feel your wolf is... worried."

I don't know how to say this... And I don't want to worry him, either. We both stay silent for a while, and I would think he went back to sleep if it wasn't for his thumb gently stroking my hand.

"Do you think you would have loved me if it wasn't for our bond?"

"Yes."

His immediate and definite reply takes me by surprise.

"But we were just kids..."

"That's not when I fell in love for you. I liked you as a child, I cherished you, but I really fell for you at the hospital, when we met again. As a man, attracted to a woman. Mind and body. How strong and fragile you were at the same time. I loved that," he whispers gently. "Mind and body?"

"Yes. I told you. I can wait, but I still want you, Nora."

"I was thinking that I'm... I'm not... desirable."

He opens his eyes, looking at me for the first time today. He moves, shifting to stand on his arms above me. He leans to give me a long, deep kiss. Slowly, his lips take mine over, and I respond unconditionally. When he stops, he is smiling again. "Moon Goddess, you are desirable, Nora. That's why I want you so bad."

He goes down, landing soft kisses on my neck, and I feel one of his hands grabbing gently my waist. I let him do so, without moving, just closing my eyes and enjoying this. Is it because it's Damian that this feels so good? I'm shivering under his lips, but it's from pleasure this time. I don't feel any fear, just this slow fire burning on my skin wherever he touches me. I can tell he is hesitating, watching my reactions. But I really am not afraid the slightest this time. So, I put my hand on his neck, gently stroking his hair while his kisses keep coming.

I feel his large hand adventuring lower. He caresses my leg, my bare skin shivering under his fingers. Damian is deliberately acting gentle and cautious, and I love it. But that fire under my skin is not calming down. I caress his cheek and come to claim a kiss from him. He seems a bit surprised, but he doesn't resist it. His fingers go up again, shifting from my leg to my waist, under the shirt this time. I gasp and don't resist it. I can barely breathe, this is so intense and thrilling. I claim more of Damian's lips, and I feel his hand hesitate a bit before he starts fondling my b****t. Oh, my gosh.... Damian's hand is really touching me this way, and I like it, I really do. So much that I hear my own breathing accelerating on its own, and my heartbeat quickens without warning. This is how it is supposed to be. Thrilling, intimate. Something we both really want. I gather my courage and start kissing his neck, right where his tattoo is. I can feel his reaction: a shiver of pleasure. His hand runs through my hair, grabbing it and playing with my curls between his fingers. The other hand leaves my b****t, to adventure further down....

"Damian! Nora! Time for breakfast, guys! I'm starving!"

We both freeze, startled by Liam's yelling. I completely forgot he slept here, too! This is so embarrassing! I blush uncontrollably, but Damian just sighs, and take his hands off me.

"I might really kick his a*s this time," growls Damian.

I can't help but chuckle a bit at his annoyed expression. Liam is so.... Oh, well. Never mind. I still kiss Damian's cheek quickly to stop him from frowning. My mate growls a bit, but he eventually sighs and kisses me back.

He doesn't get up right away, though, but instead leans on the side to look at me, his fingers still playing with my hair.

"You looked okay."

I felt more than okay, actually. I nod, playing with the little spikes of his beard with my fingers. "I think I'm getting there.....

"That's really good to hear, then. Stay in bed a bit longer, I'm going to take a shower really quick and then we can feed that annoying brother of mine."

"Okay."

He gives me another kiss before going, a proper one this time. But I can't go back to sleep now, I'm still way too awake and excited! Instead, when Damian leaves the room, I reminisce what just happened. I can't believe we just almost...! If it wasn't for Liam's stomach, we may have...

The places where Damian's hands touched are still hot. Is that what making love is all about? It felt like my heart was about to burst out! Yet, I think I wanted more, and it would have been okay not to stop there. Gosh, since when did I became so confident? Hey Nora, Bobo's here. He got you some clothes.

Oh, right! I completely forgot about yesterday's events. Most of my clothes must have been ripped out back then. Did Bobo manage to find something he could save? I get up and check my appearance in the mirror. Aside from being a bit red, I guess I look fine. The wrinkled t-shirt and messy hair can be attributed to the sleeping, anyway. I get out of Damian's room while the shower is still running, and find Liam and Bobo in the salon.

"Hello, sleepy head. Hey, what's with those rosy cheeks? Don't tell me you and my brother got naughty so early?"

Gosh, that idiotic and nosy Liam! I ignore him and walk up to Bobo. He is in his human form, wearing some baggy pants and a hoodie. He opens up his arms and I hug my best friend, happy to see him.

"Hi, Princess. I got you some new clothes."

He hands me a large bag with the name of a brand Tonia loves on it. All I remembered from that brand is that they only had three digits price tags.

"New clothes?"

"I figured you wouldn't want anything that sicko might have touched, so Tonia did some shopping for you last night. You can just text her if you need anything else."

He is right on that one... I don't even feel like I could step into that apartment ever again. I inspect the bag's contents, but as usual, Tonia played dolls with me. At least she is definitely starting to know my tastes. A lot of those clothes are ones that I could have picked myself or in colors I like.

"Thank you, Bobo, this is perfect."

I grab a set of underwear, a winter dress, and black thick tights to go with it, and I go back to Damian's bedroom.

"What about me? I don't even get a morning hug?" Yells Liam from the living room.

Have you changed your mind yet about going to the Sapphire Moon Clan?

Nope. I still think this is a really bad idea.

I had hoped he may have thought it over overnight. Seems like I was wrong. When I come back, Damian is out of the shower and busy buttoning his shirt. He gives me an interrogating look since he probably heard Liam's yelling.

"You're giving him the cold treatment?" He asks with an amused smile.

"Just for a while. He is too annoying sometimes."

"I can only agree with you on that..."

I take a quick shower and get dressed. I put on my favorite jewelry, the earrings Bobo got me and Damian's necklace. Once I'm ready, I join Damian, and we both head to the living room. Liam is busy playing on his smartphone, and Damian takes it from him. "Hey! I was about to finish that level!"

"Liam, listen. You are accompanying Nora to work this morning. You just have two hours of classes today right?"

"Yeah. Can I skip them?"

Damian clicks his tongue, and Liam forgets about skipping his classes right away.

"After you drop Nora off, you go to school, and then you head back to Nate's restaurant. Got it?"

"What, I'm playing bodyguard now?"

"Exactly. We are still looking into what happened into that apartment and searching for the intruder. So, for today, you are watching Nora, too."

"Yeah, yeah, got it..."

I am a bit surprised Damian decided to ask Liam to watch me, too, but I don't say anything. I don't believe he would make any compromise, anyway. Moreover, this way I can have Liam with me all day today and not raise any suspicions.

The four of us have breakfast downstairs, in the Company cafeteria like last time. I hope this doesn't become a routine; I miss cooking for the guys. At some point, Damian's phone vibrates, and he frowns.

"It's Neal, I have to go... You two, don't leave Nora. See you later, Love."

He gives me a quick goodbye kiss and runs off upstairs to his office. As soon as Damian is out of sight, I turn to Liam.

Liam, please.

I said no, Nora! This is way too dangerous!"

"What is it?" Asks Bobo

I decide to explain to him my plan, though I don't mention the witch on purpose. Even though it's actually hard to remember to ignore the butterfly on my shoulder since Liam and Bobo can't see it. When I am done, Bobo is frowning. "I don't like it either, Nora. This is risky."

"Thank you! That is what I have been telling the Princess for two days now!"

I growl at Liam, annoyed. Why does he have to be such a chicken now?!

No matter how long I plead in the car when Bobo drives me to work, Liam is not changing his mind at all. When we arrive, I'm kinda mad at him, but it's his turn to ignore me. So, I go to work as usual while he goes to school.

While the restaurant surprisingly functions just as usual despite yesterday's events, I'm still thinking about how to go to the Sapphire Moon territory. I have a location, but I am not confident at all about crossing at least two werewolf territories to go there on my own. That's why I really was hoping Liam would help me.

When it's finally time for my break, I go to the changing room, and, to my surprise, I got a text from Liam.

"All right, I will take you there. But be ready to follow my terms. This is going to be super dangerous."