Alpha Markus
Chapter 56

Markus P.O.V.

All I wanted was to hold my Tuli for the rest of the night. It was almost midnight and I could feel her exhaustion, both mental and physical. All I wanted to do was take a shower and hold her in my arms to rid myself of the thoughts and actions that I had to make tonight and to assure myself that she was safe. I hated torture, but I didn’t want to make anyone else bear that burden on their souls. Atlas and I always shared control, which helped put the fear into them. Even Gillian said he was still not used to seeing Atlas’ one black eye and my one grey.

I picked her up and was heading to our floor when I saw Gillian arguing with the 3 warriors that went to get Marcie. I sighed, I had a sneaking suspicion of what the argument was about. Gillian made eye contact with me and I knew my night was not yet over. I sighed and kissed Celeste on the forehead.

“Evil never sleeps,” she half giggled.

“I wish I could though,” I grumbled as I headed for the office instead. I was about to sit on the couch when I remembered what Levi had said about the office being bugged and I turned around to back out of the office when Gillian came in.

“Not here,” I said, ‘Bugged remember? Not sure who might still be listening,’ I finished through mind link.

He grinned at me and pulled a small Tupperware out of his pocket. “No more bug. I’ve had people scanning the entire packhouse for bugs. All except your bedroom and personal office. I’ve got someone waiting outside for your permission.” I looked at the Tupperware closely, I could see the little electronic bug inside.

“Do it now, I would like to sleep at some point tonight,” I sighed and sat down on the couch. I didn’t want to let go of Celeste, so she just sat up on my lap. Gillian’s eyes glazed over as he instructed them to scan our bedroom and office.

“We couldn’t replace Marcie,” he said. And even though I had already figured as much, I couldn’t help the growl that made its way out of my chest. “It appears she cleaned out in a hurry. The guest apartment she was staying at looks like she ransacked it. I called the restaurant since it was still open and they said she went back to Italy yesterday. Some type of family emergency.”

“Family emergency my a*s. She knew what they had planned,” I said.

“I believe so as well. We will have to speak with the council. They are the only ones that can request her parent’s pack to hand her over.” I buried my face in Celeste’s hair.

I took a deep breath, allowing the mate bond to calm my rage. “Alright, it looks like that’s all we can do today. Get some rest. We will revamp the security measures not only for everyday tasks, but also revisit the security measures for the Luna Ceremony. I don’t want any more incidents of what happened today. They got too far in for comfort.”

“Yes, I have already asked Evergreen to revamp our electronic security measures. He’s bringing his tools with him. He’s also requested that while he’s home, he be allowed to stay for the full moon run as it’s been 4 years since he’s made some rounds.”

“Alright. Good night brother. We will talk in the morning. Thank you for everything you’ve done today.”

“Of course. I only wish it would have had a different outcome,” he said sadly.

“Gillian,” Celeste said, getting up.

“Luna?” He questioned. Celeste hugged him then. “Thank you for being in our lives.” When she pulled back she smiled at both of us. “We are going to be going to Mexico next month. Please make sure to learn some Spanish. I can help you with some of it, but I have been looking online and there’s an app that will teach you how to communicate. Can you do me a favor and download it? I would prefer not to be the only person translating.” I dropped my jaw and Celeste only giggled. “Come love. I think we’re overdue for a shower and I am exhausted,” she said, holding out her hand.

I took her hand and allowed her to lead me to the elevator, leaving a very confused Gillian still in the office. As we ascended, I finally looked at her still smiling. “Do I want to know what that was about?” I asked.

She looked at me with a twinkle in her eye. “I was just letting him know of a vision I had a little while back. With everything happening lately, I’d forgotten to tell him. Being the only person that understands Spanish will be exhausting, so I’d like him to learn,” She said innocently.

“Mhmm, and why wouldn’t you ask me to learn it as well?” I asked, not believing the explanation coming out of that pretty mouth.

“Well, I would like you to learn too, but you’ve got me to teach you,” she purred now. Actually f*****g purred as she pressed her entire body against mine to stand on tippy toe and k**s me hard on the lips. It was a distraction. She knew that. I knew that. She knew that I knew. I knew she knew that I knew and I still didn’t care. I picked her up and she wrapped her legs around my waist. I ran us straight to the shower, tripping over my pants as I simultaneously tried to close the door with my foot and shimmy out of the slacks. Celeste threw her head back and laughed as I tried to steady us, leaving her luscious breasts heaving upwards near my mouth. I took her n****e in my mouth through her shirt and she gasped, grabbing and pulling my hair, tugging it closer to her breast. I growled in approval as I took more of her breast into my mouth.

I went into the bathroom and, still holding Celeste around my waist, I turned on the shower as she sucked on my mark, making me g***n with the pleasure it sent straight to my d**k. I pulled us into the shower without waiting for it to be the right temperature or caring that we were both still mostly dressed. She grabbed the edge of the shower door for a moment and I hesitated, wondering if she changed her mind when she brought out her phone from her pants and lightly threw it into the dirty hamper so it wouldn’t break. She then grabbed my hair and crushed her lips to mine again.

I closed the door to the shower and brought us both into the shower stream. She gasped as she felt the water hit her and I dove my tongue into her mouth, getting a m**n from her. I slammed her against the wall of the shower. I extended my claws out and ripped the pants down the sides, then pulled the fabric right off her. Without missing a beat, I took my straining c**k out of my boxers briefs and sheathed it into her wet p***y in one thrust, making us both m**n at the feeling.

Tonight was not about making love. It was about feeling complete. Feeling myself inside her and knowing that she was safe and that she was mine. I thrust in and out of her with force and speed. I wanted to feel her p***y milk my c**k as it spasmed in the middle of her o****m. I started feeling my balls tighten and I started pounding harder into her. I bit her mark and she m****d as her o****m hit her. I felt her p***y constrict deliciously on my c**k, pushing me over the edge. I buried my face in her neck as we came down from our high.

“Gracias Amor,” she said and giggled. I laughed.

“I know that one,” I said as I kissed her nose.

I gently pulled out and helped her stand. We removed our clothing and began the actual task of showering. Suddenly she turned around.

“The stuff! From the deposit box,” she said.

“It is all in the closet. Maya grabbed it all and placed it on the island in the closet for us when we were retrieving Ruby.”

“Oh good. It will save a lot of time tomorrow with the dress. I’m pooped,” she said and I nodded. We got into bed and I grabbed her and pulled her to me. Spooning her into me.

“I love you Tuli,” I murmured. I got back a gentle snore in response and I felt Atlas’ smugness at having satisfied our mate before I also followed her into sleep.