Fie Wright's P. O. V

Grimacing at the slick sweat creating an unhygienic sheen on my body, I pull the damp shirt away from my skin with a look of distaste as I peal it away from me before dropping it onto the tiled floor. Next my hands grab at my lycra pants, the one's which Malleus complemented several times throughout the day which I quickly discard as well.

Stripping down to nothing, I hurry towards the shower, wanting all the filth to be washed away after I wallowed away in the sun, quite literally fighting off a pesky Ezra who wouldn't let me go till I had a mini spar with him. I would have said yes quickly but I know the brat has been sparring with his mate and instead of finding anyone else to try his new moves out on, he comes running to little old innocent me.

I would have had nasty bruises forming if not for the werewolf side of our genes kicking in instantly. I could go pouting to Malleus but what kind of person would that make me? I'd be sending my own cousin to the gallows, not that I'm very interested in saving his behind any time soon.

"Stupid little shit. Trying to throw me around like that. The last kick in the balls I gave him should help. No amount of werewolf healing will help that." I mutter under my breath, the shower handle denting a bit due to the force I've applied accidentally.

"Did you say something, baby?" Comes a gruff voice from the other side of the bathroom door to which I hurriedly shake my head.

"No. No. Just talking to myself Malleus. The usual." I call back as he starts mumbling to himself before leaving the room as the door makes a loud smack behind him.

The hot water does wonders against my tense muscles as the day's worries wash away and go down the drain. The scent of my lavender body wash calms me down twice as fast and I nearly let a sinful moan slip passed my tongue at the delightful feeling of my aching bones coming to a rest.

"I could stay in here for years." I say out loud as I scrub my back while inhaling the steam that rises up in clouds all around me. Humming to myself in content, I think of how a bath might have been a nicer reward to my cramped muscles but the thought of my dirty mud covered body has me cringing away at the thought of practically sitting in my own filth and then washing myself with it.

I'll take a bath some other day when I'm much more reasonably clean.

Too busy thinking about my now numb body, I nearly miss the slight creak which rises up from the tiled floor. Freezing in place, I halt all sudsy movement with my hands placed at my chest and my head tilted to the side trying to get a better earful while my eyes try to see passed all the steam which makes it incredibly hard to see.

The shriek that rips its way through my throat and passes my lips, getting muffled immediately as a hand gently presses against my mouth while my body relaxes as familiar sparks and an enticing smell multiple times better than my lavender scented body wash greets me. I let out a sigh of relief as I lean backwards, hoping Malleus' back will be pressed against me and it isn't just a random floating hand against my face.

I start to think weird things when I'm in the shower. I can't help it.

Wet skin coupled with Malleus' body heat has me turning my head, careful to not let my eyes wander any lower than his own captivating ones. The mischievous smirk he sends my way causes a scowl to pull onto my features as I send him a disapproving glare.

"What did you do that for?" I question in a huff, closing my eyes momentarily at his soothing touch, which goes from my lips and up to caress the soppy locks of my curly hair before they shoot open once more. I'm not about to let this slide without whining about it a few times. "You know my mind begins to play tricks on me. I can barely shampoo my hair with my eyes closed because I'm convinced some weird ass ghost is going to be in front of me as soon as my eyelids drop."

I barely get another word out as Malleus spins me around, the one hand which was once in my hair now trailing down to cup the small of my back, dangerously close to a certain naked spot that has me squirming at the thought. My own hands involuntarily land on his chest, clutching at pretty much nothing as heated eyes stare into mine before a tantalising pair of lips land on mine in a scorching heat for an all too brief kiss.

"I love you and all, but my mate speaks a little too much at times." Malleus mumbles against my pouted lips, wanting desperately for him to kiss me like that just one more time.

"What times would that be in particular?" I ask in a genuine tone, wondering how come he's saying that since he usually never complains about me talking too much. Hell, I didn't even know that there are times when I do indeed talk more than I should.

"When I'd much rather be doing other thing's to you but you keep distracting me by your constant talking." His tone keeps huskier and deeper with each word, but I end up having the opposite effect as I pull back from his embrace, his lower hand dropping to his side as I stare at him with a haughty expression.

"Well, I'm sorry I'm currently talking your ear off, but you're not the one who thought some random person waltzed into their bathroom while they were taking a shower. I don't know about you but I am very vulnerable when I'm naked and my defences are lowered so I won't be able to do shit when some stranger walks in-" I cut myself off with furrowed eyebrows before sending him a sheepish smile, "I sort of get what you mean when you say I start talking a lot."

A throaty growl leaves my mate as he reclaims his previous position with his hands at the base of my back, but this time with a rougher grip as he talks steps backwards till my once warm back now rests against the cooled tile walls, the spray of the shower blurring my vision and nearly blinding me.

"I don't like the thought of my my mate naked and a fucking stranger being in the same room." Malleus thunders with his hand smashing into the tiles next to my head while I blink up at him without any words leaving my mouth. My head empty of any thoughts.

I open and close my mouth for a few moments, trying to figure out why exactly I'm finding such a reaction so hot and intriguing when I should really be laughing at his overly zealous wolf and thoughts.

"I-I'd advice you to get the thought out of your head then if you don't like it." I say lamely, gulping as his eyes darken even further, his wolf clawing at him internally to come and chew me out most likely.

Malleus' deadpan expression has me letting out a fake cough as I glance to the side, trying my hardest to avoid all eye contact while also having a chance to stop the droplets of water splashing into my eyes. A wet hand grabs onto my chin, roughly moving my head to look straight at my mate's face.

Dark thick eyebrows crunched together as he furrows them at me in frustration, strands of black hair covering them and falling into his eyes nearly covering the fascinating blue colour that stares at me through squinted eyelids. Full red lips parted as he breathes roughly from his wolf trying to come through with his sharp jawline clenched and teeth gritted. Raising my hand, I rest one on his bicep, enjoying the way his muscles flex under my touch just as I raise onto my tiptoes and slam my lips onto his.

I barely get a second to kiss the man as Malleus tightens his grip on me while squeezing me at the hips and hoisting me up. Automatically my legs find a place to latch onto which they do so immediately, their target being my mate's slick waist which causes me to slip momentarily but the cold tiles at the back and Malleus taut muscle infested body save me from making a fool out myself and potentially breaking a bone by landing in an awkward position.

"Fie," Malleus mumbles against my lips, not bothering to pull back which causes his words to come out muffled, "Every time I'm close to mating with you something happens. It's either someone interrupting us or some other shit show going around." He pauses, his attention getting diverted to my neck as he leans down and peppers kisses from my lips to jaw and further down my neck.

I gasp out loud as my hands scramble to his hair, grasping the locks tightly and tugging at them as my mate hisses from the pain.

"Maybe we should stop the whole mating process for the time being. Till this all blows over." I try to think with a rational head, not wanting to rush too fast into this just in case it ends up blowing in our faces.

Malleus makes his hands travel lower causing my eyes to widen as he grips at me, a lustful smirk taking over his features as he tilts his head in an almost challenging way.

"I agree," he admits which causes my heart to drop lower mournfully into the pits of my stomach. I guess I am disappointed, "But that doesn't mean we can't try out other things." Malleus' sinful words have a growl of my own pouring passed my lips as my wolf catches me off guard and nearly takes over my body. Closing my eyes, I clench each part of me to stop the pesky wolf from taking over and after a few moments, she lets go and allows me to stay in place.

"W-what things?" I question, already knowing the answer as he slots our hips together with such an amount of pressure that it causes me to pause in place as a certain appendage of his makes contact with the heat of my belly.

"I aim to please, my Queen." He says in the huskiest tone I've ever heard him speak in as he lets go of me with one hand and places it directly next to my head, up against the wall behind me. The position has my mind wandering and his actions quickly back my thoughts up as he grinds his lower half into me, our lower halves brushing against each other as a lustful sound rips from my chest and echoes throughout the bathroom. I can barely think of much else and all rational thoughts leave me as Malleus makes sure he has a tight hold of me, letting me unwrap my legs from around him as he drops onto his knees.

My eyes widen to saucers as I think one last final thought;

I hope we're not wasting too much water.

*****

Shifting in my chair, I pick at the skin around my nails while holding back the smile that threatens to go against my current nonchalant facade. My current good mood ready to expose my previous activities that would have me blushing a bright red whenever I make eye contact with the person who is responsible for putting me in said good mood.

Raising my eyes from my messed up nails, they immediately meet a pair of blue eyes that have mirth shinning in them. I don't even have to look down at his lips to know he has an insanely cocky smirk, which he's showing for all to see.

Okay, way to be subtle Malleus, I think with a disgruntled humph.

"I just wanted to mention that before this, I went to over to Malleus and Fie's room and I heard some sounds that I don't think anyone who is pure of mind should have heard." Ezra says loudly just as a loud sigh leaves me, my face automatically turning into a blazing red colour. Malleus rolls his shoulders in his way of a careless shrug, but his hand slithers over to me and tugs at my fingers that are trying to pick at the skin surrounding my nails. Letting go of my poor wrecked skin, I intertwine both of our fingers while pining my glare onto Ezra.

"Continuing on with this conversation," The man doesn't seem to see my death glare as he humbly continues on with what he has to offer, "A word of advice from one sexual cousin to another, you should try this thing called edging on Malleus. I recently tried it out on Rui and the little minx loves it, if you know what I mean. I'm sure Malleus would enjoy it too. Try it out some time. Don't knock it till you try it." My cousin hurriedly adds at the end, mistaking the shocked choking sound that erupts around us for some sort of dismissal, ignoring the six pairs of dumbfounded eyes staring back at him from the other end of the large conference table.

"Please never refer to the both of us as sexual beings." I voice out awkwardly just as Rui yanks her neck from Ezra and over to where her brother sits in cold, stony silence. I wouldn't be surprised if a cold breeze were to mysteriously start up from where he sits.

"No! You cannot kill Ezra." She hisses to her silent brother with pure dread on her face, the first time I've seen anything but sheer happiness or a stoic look on her face.

I'm sure Rui's charming brother wouldn't hesitate to decapitate my cousin's head from his shoulders.

"He should be happy I'm keeping his sister content and pleased. Happy sister, happy life." Ezra barely reads the tension exuding from his mate's brother while simultaneously butchering the phrase without a second thought.

Malleus clears his throat, garnering everyone's attention while slowly withdrawing his tentative eyes from Keir. The man is still decked up in his long cloak, and all I can see is the shifting of the material whenever he makes a certain movement like just now. I'm sure the glance from Malleus is stopping the man from doing what he truly wants; leaving his sister mateless.

"Maybe we should get to the important issue at hand. I'm sure Keir has better things to do and other places to be since this is the longest time he's stayed in the company of others till date," The only other quiet person in the room nods along with Malleus, the Head Mage practically jumping up in her seat as her whole body visibly buzzes with excitement, the toothless gummy smile indication enough of her anticipation.

"Kier, if you will?" Malleus asks while turning his attention to the man who I haven't even heard speak once since he's come. I guess you could count him mind linking Rui.

A long while passes with everyone staring intently at the man who seems to take his time, not bothered that we're all waiting for him to speak. Slowly but surely he moves his arms from next to his side and crosses them over his chest, pale skin showing up as his cloak moves by a fraction of an inch to reveal dark coloured eyes.

"It is quite obvious you are dealing with a witch." His voice is akin to a rough timber, raspy from hardly speaking but so deep it rumbles in ones chest like a purr of a mountain lion.

"What brings you to that conclusion?" Malleus asks with a raised brow although it was rather obvious considering magic is involved.

Kier raises a pale finger and points towards the Head Mage, the vial pinched between her fingers being his sole source of attention.

"That is black magic of the darkest kind. Not only is one witch involved but a whole coven. Considering the strength of it and the number of victims, they are powerful. Very powerful." He says simply as a chill settles over the room.

I have to stop a shudder from travelling down my spine since I know this doesn't bode well. It seems to have gotten all too real now that an entire coven is involved and that too with them being powerful. I can feel the nausea settling into me as my heart drops to the pits of my stomach.

"How powerful?" This time the question comes from Rui who has the familiar no none sense look on her face, my hand clenching Malleus' ever tighter.

Kier turns his head a fraction of an inch from where he was currently staring straight at the wall and now slightly towards Rui, "They sacrificed their High Priestess to make that magic take effect." His words has the Head Mage gasping as the vial slips passed her nimble fingers, landing onto the glass table with a loud thud.

"Why would they sacrifice the High Priestess? It's impossible. A High Priestess to coven's means loss of someone akin to your mother. No sane coven would do such a thing." The Head Mage disputes, sheer horror in her eyes while I begin once more to shift uneasily in my seat.

"No one said they were sane," Keir says bluntly before turning his head slightly towards Malleus.

"I know where they are. You should hunt them down and kill them quickly because they'll kill you if you don't act fast enough."

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AN: Hello everyone! I've had an over all shitty week so please bare with me 😅. Other than that, don't smack me for cutting off the scene but if you'd like, I could add it to my restricted chapters book. Should I or nah?

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