Chapter 14: Chapter 14~Exhaustion and CrankyPants

Althea and Roman went to his room to try and get a few hours sleep. Three weeks! Three weeks of 8 hour training days, getting snipers and archers proficient…Three weeks of planning and strategizing. Three weeks of random attacks from Rogues at each border.. And she was exhausted! She stepped into the shower and soaked her hair..just as she reached for her shampoo his hand stops her. He picks it up and squeezes some in his hand and massaged it into her hair..she leans against and moans. He bends down and kisses down her neck and across her shoulder as he slides his hand up her waist to cup her breast…slowly rolling,pinching, and pulling her nipple. She moans deep in her throat and he spins her around lifting her against the shower wall and kisses her so deep she feels her toes curl. She wraps her legs around his waist and tangles her fingers in his hair. Moaning into her mouth he pushes against her and she feels his cock pulsing on her mound. She gasps..his hand slides between them and his two fingers run down her slit. He whispers… so wet baby..and separates her folds to tease her clit. She moans out his name and he loses it at the sound. He drops her to the floor as he kneels at her pussy…like it was just one movement and dives his face in to lick and suck her clit. His tongue dances in rapid circles as he dips two fingers inside her. He links..dear Goddess you are so tight..so wet…you taste so sweet.” He pumps his fingers in and out, crooking them upwards to pound them against her g-spot and she comes undone. She screams out “Roman!! Oh My Goddess!Romannnnn” and he slowly pumped his fingers in and out as he stood and kissed her. He said “I am counting days, my love. And I am going to ravish you!” She whispered “I’m counting on it..and days too” He laughed and said let’s get dried and grab some dinner. They all sat to eat.. and were talking about the ceremony and the menu decided on and a myriad of other inane topics until Roman asked Neil what he was doing..Everyone shut up and looked. There sat Neil..on one knee with a ring box in his hand and he says “DeeDee, I thought the Goddess had forsaken me. I searched for you for ten years..I eventually had to force myself to stop looking before I went feral. I believed you had died before I could find you. And then, I stepped off that bus. I smelled the most wonderful scent in the world…and I knew I had found my mate. My love. Will you do me the greatest honor of my life, and be my wife?” She broke down in tears and covering her mouth with her hands…levitates right off the chair in her excitement. Althea says “Oh she does it and it’s all cute. I do it and my mom tries to lock my powers! How is that fair?” And everyone cracks up. Diedre sits back down and slams her body in Neil’s arms and screeches “YES!!!” The crowd claps! Dillon looks at Althea and says “aren’t you happy for them? Why such a long face?” She rolls her eyes at him and says “Of course I’m happy, you dillhole! It’s just she gets to go home and get laid and I am still 27 days..4weeks Dillon! before I get to be dicked down and it’s not fair!!” Five people fell off their chairs..tears streaming down their faces and Roman says “Okayyyyy cranky pants! Let’s get some sleep, baby!” And carries her up to bed. She’s asleep before he can get under the covers! Roman had gotten a good nights’ sleep for a change. He sent up a silent prayer that Miss CrankyPants did too. He chuckled at his name for her. She rolled over and snuggled into his neck and breathed him in….wrapping her arm around him and whispered “I love you to the moon. Good morning “ He grinned and rolled her to his back and kissed her. He said “Good morning..my love. I love you.” He leans back in nibbling on her bottom lip and pushing his tongue inside to taste her. Just as the kiss was heating up, Caleb linked he has a phone call from the academy. He said “Fuccckkkk! This can’t be good!” They got up and dressed and headed to the office. As they entered, Caleb hands him the handset and Roman says “Barronne” a voice on the other end says “Alpha Barrone, this is Dean Edward Madden…there has been an issue with Sydney.” Roman says “what kind of issue?” He said “she tried to escape. She knocked her therapist out and went out the window. She ran to the edge of the property and was stunned hard enough by the fence for us to take custody. She is currently sedated and strapped to a gurney. I need to know how to proceed “ Roman yells “Lock her in the cells..Throw her ass out …Shoot her..for all I care. Ungrateful little bi…..” “Dean Madden..this is Luna Althea Gold. You put Sydney in her room and lock it from the outside. I am sending two guards to shadow her 24/7. You tell her I said..not Alpha Barronne..I said if she pulls another stunt like this I will come there and she will wish to our Goddess that she had listened to you.. You have a great day, Dean” and click. Roman picked her up and spun her. “You are incredible! I love you” then he looked at Brent and he said “yep…on it” They all laughed. She said “I’m gonna start calling you Cranky Pants” and he pinched her ass. She squealed and he laughed. He absolutely adores her squeal. And it happens every time.. They grabbed breakfast and hit the field for training. After that, they ran the perimeter of the territory so Althea had every inch of the property memorized. They headed back to the packhouse to get some shoolwork done online. All of them decided there was too much going on to physically attend. That was their daily routine. Day in and day out. As the days past.. Intel on GoldenMoon was sparse but invaluable. Michael had built an impressive sized army of rogues and Shanghai’s wolves. Nearly 500, so far. Problem with that was only half would train in any way. The feral rogues wouldn’t take orders and, in 5 instances had killed the instructor for telling them what to do. It was funny but sad. A Shanghai’d soldier told Michael how the Alpha Mantle operated with a Red Wolf..and that her power could only be shared with her True Mate.. Michael said he would kill her true mate then mate with her. When the soldier pointed out it still would not work..remember?… true mate? And wasn’t he already mated anyway and that pissed Michael off enough he snapped the soldiers neck. Again…funny, but sad. The night before the Luna ceremony and both Roman and Althea are so keyed up, they can’t sleep.. Deidre tried telling them that tradition mandates they not sleep together the night before a wedding..and she was told..in no uncertain terms to “Piss Off”. They finally drifted off around