Fie Wright's P. O. V

The quickly darkening sky is followed by an even quicker drop in temperature as the rain patterns against the window panes and making a racket, nonetheless, the sound soothing to my ears as I make my way down the hall, the sound of my footsteps muffled by the carpet underneath me. I draw my arms closer to my chest in the hopes of warming myself up just that tad bit more while the lights slowly flicker to life in the long walkway.

I nearly open up my mind link in protest, the autumn evening on such a particular day too bright for what I had plans for but thankfully, it's like my dear lovely mate already knew what I was thinking as only a few lights illuminate my stride, the rest of the glow coming from candles scattered this way and that while a few pumpkins line my path.

"Spooky." I whisper with a delighted smile, the inner child within me jumping for joy since I finally managed to get Malleus on board with the festivity, if you can even call it that. I mean it's not like we're going to have children knocking on the castle door asking for trick or treats, hell, I don't even know if the people here celebrate Halloween the way we do back in my old realm but I simply couldn't let the day go by like any average one that we spend in the castle.

Even Ezra supported me on my little venture and when we pitted ourselves against Malleus to decorate the castle even the tiniest bit for simply one evening, the man finally relented with a few kisses from me and many threats of kisses from Ezra.

'Where are you?' Filters in my mate's voice, the sound catching me off guard as I trip over nothing but thin air, a subtle blush coating my cheeks as I catch sight of one of the maids scurrying away with a basket full of linen, I would have thought she hasn't seen me all flustered at something so trivial but the slight tugging at her lips as she tries to conceal her smile has me blushing even redder.

'I'm coming to your office. I'm nearly there.' I reply back, not missing the slight whine that runs through the mind link which is most definitely from his antsy wolf. Malleus claims it's only his wolf but it seems he forgets I'm his mate and can practically look through everything he does like transparent glass since I already know Malleus is like an overgrown breathing teddy bear. He tries to deny the obvious fact but that gets thrown out the window especially when he more or less started pouting at me when I decided to wake up earlier than usual and since Malleus didn't have anything important to tend too, he nearly threatened me with no tea if I didn't get back into bed to cuddle with him.

Of course he was met with no complaints from me since I myself look for any excuse to cuddle up to my mate and smother him in affection while he does the same to me.

Ugh, I'm surprised I don't make myself physically heave by how I'm wrapped around my mate's finger. I'm whipped and I can't deny it one bit.

Smiling to myself when the familiar door comes into view, the one thing that separates me from my mate, I fasten my pace and nearly end up swinging the door open wildly. I manage to compose myself before I end up looking like a love starved maniac to whomever might be inside, my mate included. Luckily, however, the only person in the room is my mate who himself looks worse for wear, a crabby look in his eyes as he sits staring at his laptop with his arms crossed over his chest. I'm surprised he's not huffing in protest and stomping his foot on the ground with the pouty expression he's currently sporting.

"Hello little wolfie," I greet cheerily, enjoying the way Malleus' head snaps up since he was apparently too consumed in his thoughts to catch my scent that's concentrating in the air rapidly with my arrival. Not missing a bat of an eye, Malleus straightens up and opens his arms wide as I practically skip my way over to him, landing directly in his arms after my mini leap and giving him a peck on the lips in greeting.

"What the hell did you just call me?" He mumbles against my lips, not letting me reply as he lays siege against my mouth, lips fervently attacking my own like I haven't kissed him for days. I nearly let a moan slip passed my lips but hold myself back as I sidle away from the man as far as possible which isn't much considering it's only about an inch or so.

"You call me random nick names all the time so I decided on calling you wolfie. It's fitting." I say with a self assured nod, watching with delight the way his features crunch up in confusion while a scoff leaves his very kissable lips. Unable to help myself and not in the mood to hold myself back, I lean forward and place an enticing kiss on his lips, the action resulting in allowing me to hear a delectable groan coming from him.

"Can't you call me something else?" He says in an almost silent whisper, lips brushing against mine while his hands tighten around my hips, my hormones already starting to get out of hand as my wolf mentally pokes at me, a signal from her for me to get moving. By get moving she means undress and let the man take you on the table.

No thank you dear horny wolf. Anyone can walk in on us right now.

"Like what?" I mumble against his lips, pressing gentle kisses in between each word and relishing in the way Malleus' already dark eyes turn an even darker hue with the lust pooling in them.

"I can think of a few things." He murmurs huskily and in a heated voice against my lips, one hand reaching up to to tug at my chin as he tilts my head to slot perfectly against his, not letting any room to come in between us. I wrap my own arms tighter against his neck as we press our bodies closer than ever, enjoying the feel of his hard muscles torso firmly digging into mine. I nearly lose my grip on the man, however, when I'm suddenly hoisted off of his lap, the flow of wind travelling against my legs till a hard surface meets my behind. The lack of cushioning has me grimacing but all thoughts of a sore backside fly out of my brain at the look Malleus gives me, his hands laying on either side of my legs, propping himself up at my hips as he puts all his weight on the sturdy desk.

Or at least I hope it's sturdy.

That's the last rational thought I have since Malleus attacks me once more, the both of us eager for one another and unrelenting as I part my lips for his tongue to enter my mouth, a groan leaving him which results in me reciprocating his actions. Damn. Even just a lust filled sound like that has me getting worked up in ways I've never imagined before but something that I won't be regretting any time soon.

"The door's open." I gasp out loud once Malleus detaches his lips from mine and instead trails them down to my neck while his fingers deftly start undoing the buttons to the black coat type thing I have to don every day when I head to work. My words don't appear to reach him since he's too focused on unbuttoning my upper half but the coat not cooperating. The growl that leaves him this time isn't one of lust but more so annoyance as he grips the thick material in his hand just as I realise what he intends to do.

"Oh no way! You are not tearing this apart." I scold while pushing his hands away, the slight pout on his lips nearly making me give in but I stand strong,

What would I end up telling Asha? Oh sorry I'm not in proper uniform because Malleus just couldn't stop being horny and ended up ripping it off of me. No thank you. Knowing Asha she'll probably want some weird details about something or another.

"But Fie," the whine in his voice is obvious as he drags out the last vowel in my name, hands settling at my hips while his face delves into the crook of my neck. Unable to help myself, I let out a short laugh at the way Malleus is acting before removing his face out of my neck so that I can kiss him tenderly to let him know that he's not getting permission to carelessly rip apart my clothes. The both of us get lost in one another's touch, too absorbed in how his lips feel on mine and vice versa that we don't catch on to the footsteps nearing the office door, all of our senses leaving us except for touch which Malleus seems to be doing a lot of as he tries to work his hand under my damned uniform.

"Hell-no." Comes an annoyed voice that usually brings annoyance to everyone else he comes across.

I automatically wind my arms tighter around Malleus, not giving him any space to move in case he intends to jostle me around with him. The reason for my doing so being the pain in my ass right behind us which I know my mate will be more than content to snap Ezra's neck off his pretty little shoulders.

"We should be the one saying that." I say with a childish huff, tightening my grip on Malleus even further from both keeping him in place and my own annoyance that's rearing it's head.

"I'm going to murder you. It'll be painful for you but most definitely worthwhile for me." Malleus says in an aggressive tone, one which I won't be surprised if he takes action on exactly what he says.

"Maybe you both should have locked the door instead of leaving it open for any idiot to barge in." The man sadly does have a point which I can't argue but Malleus doesn't seem to give a damn as he lets out a frustrated growl.

"Well maybe you should consider the fact that no sensible person dares to enter the King's premises without seeking permission by knocking on the door." Malleus grits out in retort while I wince, already knowing my mate is pissed and not just irritated at the intrusion. Deciding it's necessary I calm the man down, I rub my palms down his chest, trying to soothe his anger away.

"Anyways. I'm not here to mess around. Asha gave me whatever the hell this is for you to take," He announces as he steps rather cautiously towards us and instead of handing the item to Malleus, deposits it in the palm of my hand which he gestures for me to open. I take the object carefully, eyeing the murky liquid in the tinted brown vial which I hand over to Malleus who doesn't appear too surprised by it.

My eyes follow as he pops off the red lid and gulps the contents down in one go, wincing at the taste before throwing the empty vial on his desk. He grins at my raised brows, mood turning a one eighty as he places a soft kiss against my lips.

"I asked Asha to get me something which will help calm my wolf down around you." Malleus says simply like this isn't news to me. "He's getting rather excited and pushy for me to take things to a further level which the both of us aren't quite comfortable with yet."

"Oh." So basically the same thing my wolf is trying to get me tangled up in.

"Ha! Virgins." Ezra shouts behind us like it's some sort of insult while I give him a pointed stare.

"And why do you think you're some sort of Casanova. You haven't even had your first kiss yet." I taunt smugly, able to rub it in his face that I've already done that.

My level of pettiness really does reach new heights as the days go by. What a lovely image for a Queen to maintain.

"That might change very soon." Usually I would have bit back with a snarky reply in the very next second but my ears twitch and I turn back to the man with a frown on my face and head tilted to the side. If I'm not mistaken, I'm sure I heard a note of longing and something akin to sadness but on the other hand, his bright eyes throw off his voice entirely.

"What do you mean?" I ask in curiosity which peaks Malleus' interest as well as his hand slips down from my waist and down to clasp my hand where he interlaces our fingers. My entire focus shifts to that of my mate as I stare down at our intertwined hands in comfort, a goofy grin blossoming onto my face which gets disrupted by Ezra clearing his throat in an obnoxiously loud manner.

"As I was about to say before you got side tracked like the love sick fools you are," I ignore his jab while also diverting my eyes away from Malleus at the word love even though just moments ago I was thinking about it so casually but now it renders me tongue tied, "I keep having that same tugging sensation that you had before you met Malleus, like my wolf is trying to tell me something but I just can't find my mate anywhere. I can't even get a trace of her scenes." He ends off in a whine as he crosses his arms over his chest in a huff.

Malleus and I share a bewildered glance before I move towards Ezra, a thoughtful expression on my face. "I'm not going to lie, I did catch a specific scent around you a few days ago but I couldn't pin point it. But I am going to say that I have an inkling as to who it is." I say with a bit of a grin now, wanting to push the man to the brink just the tiniest bit for being an irritating cockblock.

"What?!" He practically screeches while I take a step back at the sudden sound, not expecting him to ever go to such high octaves.

"Yeah, I think even Malleus must have noticed. Did you?" I ask the now the now quiet man who has gotten suspiciously too quiet.

"Malleus?" Turning around, my face scrunches up in confusion at the expression on his own face with his lips parted, brows furrowed and pain etched into his features. "Are you alright?" I question, worry beginning to run through me as I reach up my free hand to place my palm against his forehead. Upon finding his temperature normal, my frown deepens from confusion.

"I feel..." My mate pauses for a lack of a better word while I hang on to the end of his sentence, even Ezra moves forward a bit with growing intrigue, "...Funny. I feel funny."

"Funny?" I ask in pure bewilderment, "What do you mean you feel funny?"

"Wait a second." Ezra butts in, hand in the air as he contemplates something. "I think I might have-,"

A stampede sounds out from the corridor as feet slap with ferocity against the cold marble flooring, the loud rumble appearing to complete with the raging storm outside that's now an every day constant and has been since before I stepped foot into this world.

"Your Majesty!" Comes a rushed baritone that I haven't heard too much of but the familiar scents intwined with one another has an image of Asha's hulking mate, Apollo, entering my mind at the same breakneck speed he's currently barging into the room at. One second he's standing sternly at the door, and the next second, the rather large man is dropping onto one knee with his fist to his chest in the same bow that Malleus has told him to stop doing numerous times.

"He's drank it hasn't he?" Asha asks as she follows behind her mate at a slower pace but more winded than the young warrior who slowly raises back onto his feet with a sceptical expression.

"I think I might have picked up the wrong vial." Ezra says with a panicked look, glancing from the tiny brown container in his hand and over to Malleus who starts to sway lightly on his feet.

Too worried to start berating the idiotic man child in front of me for his carelessness, I lean against Malleus so that he settles his weight onto me while I try to push him back into his office chair, my mates eyes glazing over as he throws his head back once I manage to deposit him in his chair.

"Will he be alright? Malleus are you alright?" I throw around aimless questions, sighing in a bit of relief when his arms wrap around my waist and tug me onto his spacious lap. At least he isn't that out of it and from the concerned yet amused look Asha is sporting, I think it's safe to say Malleus won't be flipping out on me any time soon.

"He's fine. I guess Ezra wasn't entirely at fault since the two vials were next to each other but don't worry, he should be fine. To an extent." She says in a rushed tone while edging closer to Malleus before passing me a weary look. I nod my head to let her know that I'm fine with her touching my mate as she places the back of her hand to his cheek while a knowing glint enters her eyes.

"What exactly did he take?" I ask as Malleus nuzzles into me with his eyes still closed but no further response coming from him.

"He consumed contents of something that we reserve for a few of the warriors when they're going through severe pain. Think of it as painkillers but a bit on the extreme side." The way she says the word 'extreme' has my eyes narrowing while she shuffled back, standing besides her own mate while she laughs sheepishly.

"Extreme?"

"Hehe." Is all I get from Asha before she turns serious in the next second and bows lengthily at me and then disappearing in the next moment with a quick, 'Let me know if you need anything.'

"That doesn't sound good." Ezra mutters as he scoots closer slowly while I send him a glare although I guess it's not really his fault.

"Malleus? How are you feeling?" I coo to my mate but don't get a verbal answer, nope, he decides to answer me in a way that has my eyes widening and face turning red. The sparks along the patch of my neck contrast against the wetness that's left behind from the moment Malleus licked the side of my neck while nipping at my skin here and there.

"Okay. This is getting very kinky for me but I still need to find out who my mate is." The awkwardness increases tenfold and even Ezra doesn't seem comfortable at the turn of events. I twist my head to the side and away from Malleus' insisting lips, trying to focus on the current matters that I have hanging over my head.

The matters being my weirdly acting mate due to the result of him taking something he shouldn't have and then Ezra who's increasingly anxious at finding his own mate who could be only a few rooms away from him.

"Okay. Let me just-," I get cut off trying to answer Ezra as Malleus whines loudly, begging for my attention since I'm not responding to his own tries for my focus to go to him.

"Malleus!" I screech as he repeats the same action of licking a strip down my neck but heading downwards and into further dangerous territory.

Getting up immediately, I ignore Malleus' darkening eyes which offset his pouting lips as I get away from him much to his demands.

"We'll find your mate but you're going to help me keep him in line." I say firmly to which Ezra agrees immediately but then pauses at a glaring Malleus who even has a problem with the man in a state like this.

"Can you at least tell me who my mate is?" Ezra pleads as we make our way out of the room with Malleus' hand clutched in mine so he doesn't go astray.

I ponder over his words for a few seconds, thinking what the best course of action would be.

Should I tell him his mate is most possibly the war general, Rui?

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AN: Hi everyone. I feel really guilty posting this so late especially since the last chapter came out late too but it's not been a good month generally but this week was a bit too much and made everything go whack. This wasn't the original chapter I had planned which might be obvious but this is all I could put into words. Anyways, I won't promise but I'll definitely try my hardest for the next chapter to come when it's supposed to. Sorry for the inconvenience!

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