Aeress

     She turned over in the bed, tucked under many blankets, and awoke to darkness. She didn't panic as she could sense that he was near. "Warrick?"

     "Aeress." He breathed, yanking her from her laying position and into his arms. Her weight rested in his arms without effort and she didn't bother to fight it, didn't want to. She inhaled his scent for a very long time without actually saying anything. "Aeress, are you alright?" he demanded.

     She wrapped her arms around him and snuggled in closer. "I'm not sure... I think so? How long's it been?"

     "A little over twelve hours..." he leaned back to reveal the stress tainting his expression. "I had no idea what was going on, I thought that he had hurt you. Don't ever do that again, Aeress, that's an order."

     She managed a small smile. "Don't worry, I won't, I can't anyway."

     "Aeress, what the fuck did you do to him? Why did you heal him? He didn't deserve it."

     She appreciated that he kept his tone as tame as possible, considering the circumstances, he had every right to be furious. "I didn't heal him."

     "Then explain the fact that his entire body went from resembling a murder scene to normal?"

     "Because now he will never heal the same way ever again, and in order for it to work, he needed to be reborn through an unscathed body." 

     "Reborn? Aeress, you're not making any sense. I'll get the doc-"

     "I fixed the problem, Warrick!" She became frustrated. "I made him human. I took it all back, I did it."

     His eyes widened. "He's fully human?"

     She nodded, looking away from him. "You kill him now, he's dead for good."

     "Shit!" He hissed, racing out the door after nearly ripping it off the hinges.

     "What?" She demanded at his sudden urgency, following his supernatural speed with ease. "What's wrong?"

     "Shaya." This was all she needed to hear to know why he moved so quickly.

     They reached the holding room within the minute and came upon yet another gruesome scene, as to be expected.

     "Shaya stop!" Warrick roared, pulling her off of Bakir and slamming her into the nearest wall. The stone cracked at the force of it, snatching Shaya from her whirlwind of violence. Aeress looked at all of the blood on the floor and walls and was certain they were too late.

     Shaya's face was brimming with hate, and she revealed her fangs in challenge. "What the fuck do you think you're doing?"

     "He's human, you'll kill him!" He revealed his own, larger fangs. "Stand down."

     She stilled for a moment in confusion, but the hatred swiftly made its return, making her lovely features darken with obsession. "He's mortal? Then he will die."

     "No, Shaya!" Aeress commanded, but Shaya had already thrown the blade in her hand, aiming straight for Bakir's head. Aeress had a decision to make: do nothing or do something. Oh, how she desired to see him perish in that moment.

     But not yet...

     She reached out her hand and caught the blade, causing it to slice through her hand. She kneeled down, hissing at the pain.

     This set off Warrick who exploded in anger. He shoved Shaya out the room, slamming to cell door closed to halt her from entering again, but this didn't stop him from expressing his anger at her. "You stay the fuck back, I'll deal with you later."

     Aeress dropped the blade and checked Bakir's wrist for a pulse. Small but faint. This was enough.

     Warrick came up from behind and pulled her hand up to his face to examine. "It's fine, Warrick." She tried to pull away but his hold was strong. She stepped closer instead then, and looked up into his eyes. She could tell he was trying not to lose control. "Warrick, I'm okay, you know that. It's just a scratch. She wants him dead just as badly as we do."

     "I doubt that," he gritted out, but the shaking of his body came to a pause. "What now?"

     "Now we kill him the proper way, just in case, I need all the strength I can get."

     "How?"

     "First we will hold a trial for the people, and then we will kill him in the river."

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     "Let me kill him, Aeress! It's my right!"

     Aeress looked up at Shaya who was pacing back and forth. "No it's not, and even if it was, it has to be me."

     She shook her head, and her fists were clenched. "This is bullshit, Aeress. If you just would've let me kill him-"

     "Enough, Shaya!" Aeress commanded. "It's happening this way, nothing you say will change my mind."

     She stopped and faced Aeress. "When?"

     "Tomorrow, the trial will happen in the morning."

     "Fine," she muttered, "I'll do what I can tonight."

     "You're to stay away from him."

     Shaya's big, brown eyes widened. "What the fuck are you talking about? I'm not finished-" 

     Aeress finally got to her feet. "Yes, you are. You've done enough-"

     "Not nearly enough-"

     Aeress flashed her sharpened teeth and snatched Shaya by her arm to pull her close. "Do not interrupt me again. Do not forget who I am or where we stand. You've had your fun, but the time has come to move on. Ripping off his fingernails isn't going to take away the pain, not as much as you think it will, anyway. You're only hurting yourself in the process, and I won't allow it any longer."

     Shaya swallowed and her eyes watered. "Let me go, Aeress."

     Aeress did. "You know I'm right. I'm not defending him or protecting him, I'm ending him, and I'm ending this for all of us. Not your or anyone will stop me. I'm doing the right thing here."

     She was trembling and Aeress saw how much Shaya had been corrupted by this hate, consumed the last couple of years by this obsession. "What do I do now, then? Huh? I've got nothing. No baby, no mate. And what do you have? A man that loves you, and you're daughter is alive! I'll never be that happy again, so what's the point? Please, just tell me."

     She approached her friend and took her into a tight embrace. Shaya took this as permission to sob uncontrollably. It broke Aeress' heart. "You've got me. You are loved, and you deserve to live. Amir and David would want you to live. I want you to live."

     "But I want to be with them."

     "They never left, Shaya."

     "I just miss them so much, and when Bakir is gone, what purpose will I have?"

     "If you can't see one right away, look for it. Because there is one. Don't give up, it's not your time."

     Shaya shook her head. "I wouldn't do that to you... I need to go. I need to get away."

     "Away from me?"

     "No... yes. I don't know what I need." She wiped the tears from her cheeks and blew out a long breath. "I've decided just now that I don't want to be there tomorrow. I don't need to."

     Aeress swallowed and placed a kiss on her head. "Whatever you need, including space. But you know I will always be here. Call, text, whatever. Don't go missing on me, I'll hunt you down."

     "I know, thank you, Aeress, I don't think you understand how much you've saved me."

     "That's what best friends do, right?"

     "Right."

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     "It is done," Aeress spoke to the people, proclaiming the end of the trial, and commencement of the execution.

     Aeress walked to the center of the clearing, where his limp body was, and grabbed his weight. 

     He groaned. He was only beginning to recover from what Shaya had done, but even if they had not scheduled an execution, he mostly likely would have perished soon anyway. "Kill me. Kill me. Kill me. Please, Mother."

     It was hard to ignore the agony in his tone, but she easily recalled all the terrible things he did and knew what she was doing was the right thing.

     Together, they approached the river. It lit up with blue flames on Aeress' command. Everyone around gasped in amazement. She had to focus, make sure this was done properly.

     She was nearly naked as she stepped into the river. Any other day it would have been cold to the point of freezing, but today it was warm as fire. She accepted this comfort and gazed down at his broken body. "The time has come to end eternity," she spoke to him in their language. "You are not meant for this world."

     He blinked up at her. "I love you, Mama." He sounded so faint, so weak, so unlike who she had come to hate.

     "I know you do," her voice cracked and she briefly glanced over at a pensive Warrick. "But your love has hurt and killed. Your version of love has hurt those I love."

     He swallowed and she pictured his eyes and skin like hers, like her firstborn. "I'm bad, aren't I...? I just wanted to love you, I promise." Tears fell down his cheeks. "I did bad things. I just love you so-"

     She shushed him in a whisper, sensing that he would become hysteric soon. "Be calm now, I will cleanse you of your sins."

     It was like the last breath left his body. His eyes were wide. "I will never let you go."

     "I know."

     "Will you let me go?"

     "Only the bad parts."

     "Okay, Mama, let go."

     She breathed out heavily and slowly pushed his body under the surface. His face contorted with fear and he released a shrill sound she couldn't hear. The both of them errupted into flames. She held him down as he struggled with small effort. The water splashed, but the light was bright and the flames scorched until he finally dissolved from into between her fingers.

     She gasped at the realization that he was gone, and in the blink of an eye, the flames disappeared and the river was normal once more. Aeress looked up at the blue sky and wanted all of the heavens to hear her. She opened her mouth, revealing razor sharp teeth and released a sound of complete triumph and devastation. The trees around bristled as if they were flinching.

     Minutes passed and she sensed as everyone was ushered away from the area. "Aeress?"

     His voice made her blink a few times into reality. She got up from her crouch and swiveled around to drink him in. Aeress couldn't fight the pull-didn't want to-and went to him. He pulled her against him and held her tight.

     "I did it."

     He kissed the top of her head. "You did. I'm so proud of you, Aeress. I know that was hard."

     "It wasn't," she instantly replied. "Not in the way it looked. I could kill Bakir a thousand times for what he has done."

     "But...?"

     She sighed. "Nothing, Warrick, I promise I let him go. For us. For Avathara. My heart is yours." She pulled back so she could look up at him. "Warrick, I love you."

     His eyes widened and he was silenced.

     She gave him a shy smile. "I get it if-"

     They went tumbling backward as he smashed his lips to hers. The breath expelled from her body at the impact against the ground, but he didn't let up and instead possessed her within seconds, ripping at her clothes. She helped him, even as she was thoroughly confused. "Warrick?"

     "Bond with me," he spoke between their kissing, "fully."

     She smiled brightly. "Really? Like as in mating all the way, no going back?"

     He snorted. "As if we could if we tried."

     She held him by his biceps to stop his fervent movements. "You mean it?" She looked up at him, naked and vulnerable.

     He flipped them so that she was straddling him and sat up. Those ocean eyes of his consumed her fully, they always would. "I've never wanted anything more. Bond with me, please."

     Please. He was begging her? She didn't respond but instead nearly ripped his pants off and guided herself onto him, filling herself. They groaned, as she was warm and slick and ready. He wrapped his arms around her and she did the same, positioning her mouth onto his shoulder. They mirrored each other as they embraced. "I love you," he groaned, and began to move his hips up, down, slow at first, making sure she was adjusted.

     She rubbed against him, gasping before sinking her teeth into his flesh and felt as her own skin broke under his fangs. In unison, they were two entities before quite literally sharing the same life force, morphing into one. She was overwhelmed by him, his emotions, his body, everything. Heat exploded, and sharp pain came forth everywhere they touched, but she refused to let go, she never would. Never again.

     The taste of him coated her mouth and throat, traveling down to her stomach before spreading outward until nothing was untouched by him. He imprinted into her very mind until she couldn't tell where she stopped and he started. Their bodies were flush as he made love to her, quickening his thrusts to a euphoric pace, hitting her at an angle that made her scream through her drinking. But he held onto her and wouldn't let up, not until they both climaxed and completed the bond.

     He growled out as his heat was buried in her, the perfect fit, the only fit meant for him. She wanted only him, needed only him.

     She kept drinking in his essence as he made her entire body bounce on him, just how she hungered for. She complied, holding onto him and focusing her energy into pleasuring him and fully dominating and possessing him equally.

     They were close, so close and Aeress needed this so terribly.

     But Warrick wasn't done, and removed his arms from around her, took her by her hips and slammed her downward as he came upward. Now this was the right spot. Aeress screamed into his shoulder, and the united orgasm came upon the both of them, shaking them to their very core. She clenched onto him and felt the definitive finish of their bond.

     They collapsed, and Warrick used the ripped up version of his shirt to cover her. They were breathing harshly and were completely drenched in sweat and a little blood. She leaned over and licked his shoulder clean.

     They laid there in the quietude, a comfortable one of course.

     Nothing feels that different.

     That's because we did most of the bonding already.

    Aeress looked at Warrick with widened eyes. "How did you that?"

     "We can talk within our minds now, sense each others emotions."

     Damn, so you can read my mind now?

     Only when you allow me to.

     Good, don't get too used to it.

     Hiding something?

     She scowled at him. "Maybe."

     He rolled them over so that she was on her back. He slid downward with dark promises dancing across his gaze, dipping his tongue out to taste her. She squirmed. "Now?"

     "I'm hungry." Short, to the point.

     She opened her legs for him, presenting the flesh between her legs to him like a dish, warm to the touch. Aeress couldn't help herself and let her hand roam downward. He watched silently, though his breath was harsh.

     "Right there," she whispered, breathing in small little gasps, and began to pleasure herself as he watched. "Filling me." She bit her lip as the need for another release consumed her. "Tasting me. Warrick." She moaned his name over and over again, like a chant, a prayer.

     He was on her in seconds, yet didn't stop her. Warrick connected their lips and stole her breath just as he always did. His hand covered hers and he moved with her, pleasuring her instead of himself. "Yes!" She cried, grinding against him, against herself.

     And just like that, she screamed out her relief.

     "I have to taste," he growled, causing her whimpering to raise in volume as he drank her in, lapping at her like it was the only sustanence keeping him alive.

     Her thighs threatened to close but he was gripping them to the point that it was almost painful. Only when he was certain he had every last drop did he look back up at her. They both knew she was wet again, but he was eyeing her breasts and licking his lips in anticipation.

     She giggled at him. "My eyes are up here."

     He chuckled and cupped both of her breasts. "Up where?"

     She arched against him. "We can't be here all day, Warrick."

     "Why not?"

     "Because." 

     He switched to pinching her nipples, which were already puckered with titilation. "Just a couple hours, I promise, it's techically our wedding night..."

     "I'd like to actually be able to walk after we have sex?"

     "Where's the fun in that?"

     "Mobility." 

     "I'll make you move alright." 

     "Oh, wow!"

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Author's Note:

Okay guys, ya'll are wild. 100k views is nuts! But thank you with all of my heart, it motivated me to write a longer chapter! 

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