Complete Freedom!

 

Already growing to become someone that wanted the best for someone else was strange to Sharlae, like cooking and cleaning but…When it came to keeping her mouth shut and not teaching people a lesson, so to not anger or upset Nathanial, it was hard!

Being reminded of her life from a long time ago, where she did not tolerate one inch of people misbehaving, she didn’t know how to handle holding herself back!

Clenching her hands only worked for a day or two, so it ended up that the tree she stayed it started to be punched, so that she would try to get rid of her anger before she did something she would regret!

 

As much as she still wanted their connection, not regretting it in the least, Sharlae took a while before she could get over some changes because of it.

For her anger to subside, Sharlae ended up having scratches and bruises on her hands for a while and Nathanial, at first, had not said a word about it…But, seeing that the bruises and scratches did not fade but would in fact steadily get worse, he could no longer let it go and on a particular day, about three weeks after returning from Rosna, he finally pulled Sharlae over to the bed and kneeled down in front of her.

 

“Why are your hands like this?” He simply asked her.

Sharlae looked down and pulled her hands away.

Seeing her pouting, Nathanial shook his head, “Let me tend to them.”

“It’s ok.” Sharlae sighed, she knew that tending to them wouldn’t help, as she will only punch the tree again tomorrow. It was already a dull ache now that she was getting used to…

“No, a master should tend to his servant’s injuries…Now give them to me!”

His words stunned her into shock.

Feeling hurt to his words, Sharlae swallowed down her pain and looked away from him.

 

Nathanial wiped at her hand but lost his mind to the sudden connection through his creature.

She was hurting…

He had gotten used to treating her like he normally did but perhaps…He had gone too far this time.

Wanting to apologise, wanting to soothe her, he looked up…To see her lightly smiling at him and then whisper, “If you want to apologize, then can you…Pretend, for a little while…Mmm?”

Nathanial frowned, “Pretend what?”

Sharlae took a deep breath, gaining her courage, “Just for today…Pretend that we…”

Looking at Nathanial, seeing him not quite understand, she dived in and touched her lips to his.

“Please…”

 

Clinging to his body almost directly after, Sharlae could nearly cry to how great it felt.

Feeling his hands hold her tightly, kissing her back now, Sharlae felt like she had just won the world! To her it didn’t happen soon enough but to him, Nathanial…He was surprised to how quickly his hands and his desires responded to her!

Nathanial, still holding her tight, pulled back slightly and nodded, “Alright, for a while, I will pretend.”

So silly, Sharlae stated, now climbing onto his lap and digging her fingers through his hair.

Her creature was now telling her that his creature was really happy right now too!

She didn’t understand…They obviously both wanted this yet look at the time that they had wasted by not doing it!

Yet, it wasn’t long before her thoughts were foggy and clouded…Only yearning seemed to fit the description that she felt…

 

Within no time, Nathanial lost himself to her.

All this time that he had stayed away, he told himself not to bother or care about her…Continuously…

If pretending was what he was being asked of right now…He had, all this time, pretended!

Now…Kissing her neck and feeling her flesh in his hands around her waist…Now he felt like he was real…

Showing her his passion and desire was as easy as breathing. Speaking her name and touching her was a hidden dream! How could he have trouble ‘pretending’!?

 

At this time, it was just after dinner and normally they would have their baths and go to bed, as Nathanial didn’t really use his light upon the dark nights.

On this night though, it was different, they had just had their dinner, Nathanial spending that time to talk himself into looking after her hands and then this…

‘Pretending’ lasted right until just before dawn, where entangled but wiped down bodies laid together in exhaustion.

To both of them, and their creatures, it was the best night in their lives…

Sharlae had lightly teased Nathanial, giggling when he then took control and Nathanial didn’t hold back from showing her how much he desired her and just like that, Sharlae felt like a greedy, little kid and took as much as she could get!

 

Nathanial had told himself that he would work it out the next day. He told himself that he needed to make the best of this night and so…They were of similar minds.

Both of them showed a part of themselves that they hadn’t showed to anyone before. Both of them showed an inner desire for the other that they wanted to hide, letting the other know only at this time through their touch, through their moans and breathing…

It was only now, now that they weren’t poisoned or half awake. They were both sober, they were both knowing truthfully what was going on and both of them knew as well, that it felt so perfect. To Sharlae who had only been forced, except that of the time with Nathanial when he had been poisoned, she only saw now that there was a different way of being this intimate where she could enjoy herself and fall into a pit of pleasure that she didn’t want to get out of!

 

And…Nathanial really didn’t want it to end…

Living was an experience. Working, watching people, dealing with being teased and being different but…This other development with Sharlae was as big as living! It was on another level all on its own!

Nathanial felt like his attention was halved, his knowledge was halved, his life was even not as full as before!

No…It seemed that this relationship, even though he didn’t dare to admit it, was very special to him! He didn’t know when it became as such, whether it was gradual or sudden, but he just knew of what it was now and…And that was why he made the best of the previous night…Because he simply didn’t know when it would happen again!

 

 

Upon waking, it was so tempting to kiss the woman beside him. She looked so damned desirable!

With their creatures already linked, Nathanial couldn’t even believe that he now even wanted to link their human halves together…

Yes, last night, he had wanted to bite her!

Now that he was awake, that he should be more in his right mind, he still couldn’t deny it.

If only they were in different circumstances…

If he wasn’t her master, and she not his slave…If they wouldn’t get into trouble by the pack, teased…

Hell, he might even be killed!

So…If there is something that should never be done…It was marking her.

 

Nathanial hugged her tighter than, knowing that he was going to go without.

Even if they were able to work things out, in some weird degree, he will never be able to have her completely…Well, unless he ran away.

Would he do that though?

It was too soon!

At the moment, even though she somehow became someone very special to him, it was too soon just to run away with her!

She could change back to that killer easily and…Would I even like her then?

Right…

It was time to wake up…In more ways than one!

Even though…Even though he didn’t really want to, he wanted to stay stuck in a fantasy of naked bodies with her but…Realistically…

 

***

 

Sadly, for both of them, this was how it worked out for the next few months.

He refused to acknowledge her as more than her ‘servant’ status, especially in front of people…But upon Sharlae begging, which came more and more often, Nathanial would let himself go, loving her without restriction for a while.

While they ‘pretended’, they smiled a lot, held hands a lot and even laughed.

Instead of the occasionally angry stroll that he used to take, where she used to tease him and wanting him to snap, the stroll now was playful and sometimes they even had their creatures out to enjoy in the fun too.

Just for a few hours, they talked with no boundaries, where Nathanial even went as far as telling her why he could still revert back when not ‘pretending’.

 

Sharlae might still be upset upon Nathanial saying some things but it seemed like they had grown a lot closer and it was still worth it.

Anything was worth it…And it was amazing to Sharlae just how easily she could smile now. With just a look at him, she felt herself blushing, and with one of his smiles she would instantly smile in return, sometimes she didn’t even know it!

Sharlae obviously had many stories to tell, to which Nathanial listened to and knew that even though it was her, it was her past and hoped that she had changed just a little bit since then…In her past…It seemed she didn’t remember the weather or the name of places but what caught Nathanial’s attention the most…Was that she didn’t care for others and their feelings very much at all…To the point of not even knowing and saying her stories like there was no problem at all!

Only once Nathanial had stopped her and asked her how she would feel if she had been the other person. It was only once, and it seemed enough for Sharlae to understand that for a lot of her existence she had not thought much of others at all.

 

Nathanial didn’t want her to become someone she was not though, so he did not become persistent and told himself that he already knew she was like this…That perhaps a reason why he did like her so much was because she was indeed pretty great. She was powerful, she was also a rare golden creature, she also used to be on a very important circle of people that helped the world become a better place…

In fact, now that he thought about it, he was a bit jealous of this part of her! He didn’t have much to boast upon in his life but she…She could boast, and it was not something that he wanted to take away from her…

What made him fonder of her though, was that she was telling the truth, speaking of her bad times, where she was really nasty, and he then would tell her that he’s proud of her growth.

 

After that, they would play, either with words or actions. Once she had stated that she was much older than him and how he had ‘disrespected’ his elders, even giving him specific times upon his bad manners!

Nathanial had let her get ‘angry’ at him but really, he was still happy. Her happiness did many things to him, turning him into someone that he wasn’t quite used to…Like that of having more trust. He wanted to trust her! He wanted her to be happy, yet before…Well, he didn’t trust many people entirely, it was just the trust he thought he should have for fellow members but he saw it now…Saw how this ‘old’ yet still maturing Golden winged serpent was growing along with him and only felt like everything was okay! He found he didn’t have all that much faith and trust in his members but why didn’t it matter so much anymore?

 

It really was hard to question his happiness.

He thought that if he was loyal and just endured through the taunts of the band of coyotes, he could still find happiness within but…He found that he was wrong.

His happiness was simply being with her…That was all.

Why, something so easily taken away, was his happiness?

The Alpha Master would surely do something if he knew!

Yet…As these months past, Nathanial was becoming obvious to his loyalty changing, simply because he adored Sharlae more and more and he really wanted to start his own family…

Finding a mate and starting a family was basically instinct, it was natural and…He’d found his mate…

 

Nathanial had always wanted a family, yet he never knew till now that he wanted his family to be closer than that of where he’s been residing all this time.

Now, for some reason, his idea of family didn’t feel complete when he thought of the band of coyotes…

And since…Since he couldn’t help it, already starting to want a child, he knew he will have to come to a conclusion sooner rather than later!

And, of course, it wasn’t like Sharlae didn’t already know this. She had done her best in not forcing Nathanial into anything and it seems it was only time that was needed before she was going to be fully accepted by him.

She was so extremely excited! Not just because Nathanial has already considered her as his mate, but also because…

 

Knowing that Nathanial was thinking of family, Sharlae was giddy.

She didn’t know that she would fall so hard for him, even while she had waited so long.

In a way, him taking so long to accept her, even was something she fell for! It really was getting ridiculous!

It was like, their love had to travel this path, for her to get the most out of it!

Cuddling up to her man, Sharlae smiled, while playing with his hands.

They had just played and were now about an hour walk away from their humble, small house.

She wished to bring up how long it will be before they move away but held herself back.

It was alright, whatever decision he makes, it will be alright…

 

Nathanial kissed her head and then laid down on the grass.

Laying down with him, Sharlae put a leg and arm over him.

“Sharlae…”

Looking up at Nathanial, she saw him serious, and so she said, “Yes?”

“I…”

Seeing him stop, Sharlae frowned and tried to see if her creature knew what he was going to say.

“What would you do if you were no longer enslaved?”

Looking back to Nathanial again, Sharlae raised her eyebrows.

Was this one of those times that they could finally talk?

Was this a time I could show him that I was no longer the person that I used to be?

 

Sharlae had already tried to show him that she had changed, that she was smitten by him and just wanted to be with him…But was he still doubtful?

Taking a deep breath and getting on top of him, bending down to be right in front of his face, Sharlae smiled. “I already feel like I’m not enslaved…”

Nathanial gently looked at her, moving a piece of her hair behind her ears. “If I put my trust in you?”

Her heart started to beat faster, seeing this big step forward! “I will do my best not to fail you…”

“Your best?” Nathanial lowered his hand to his side and frowned.

Sharlae also frowned, really…What an idiot!

“I love you…Nathanial.” She simply stated, her heart getting even faster now…

 

Looking down at Nathanial’s chest, Sharlae suddenly became aware of why she had trouble saying that all this time.

What if he doesn’t love her back!

Well, through her creature, he probably does but…

Suddenly, she was scared. Creatures didn’t know everything about their humans!

In her moment of panic, she suddenly became aware of him sitting up and kissing her deeply.

With his hands holding her tightly to himself and his mouth taking control over hers, it took a moment for Sharlae to register his sudden actions.

Kissing him back, she put her hands around his neck and once again, quite a number of times now, wished that he would bite her and see that she was telling the truth!

She wanted it all, she wanted to be connected to him in every way possible!

 

As they parted, breathing heavily, Nathanial kissed to her neck and surprised her to the sudden pain.

It felt like days passed, as he licked up some blood and kissed her neck after biting her.

No further action or speech was required and Sharlae excitedly dived to his neck and did the same, biting him and feeling him like he was inside her mind.

His feelings crashed into her and she finally found all her waiting was worth it!

Tears flooded her eyes as she licked his blood…

He loved her…Just as she did him!

Crying into his shoulder, Nathanial rocked her and smiled…

 

He knew it had been a risk, but it had been worth it.

He had wanted to trust her, had wanted to be with her wholeheartedly and now…

Her sobs got even louder, as she heard his will and Nathanial held her tighter. “Sweet Sharlae…”

As she cried, and he held her, Nathanial finally stopped fighting himself.

No longer would he deny her, no longer would he stop himself!

They are going to leave, so that he could be with her!

Without further thought, Nathanial went deep into his mind and brought out the enslavement contract.

 

With the contract in his hands, like it was bound to him and like it had come to him after all this time…Like destiny, he then burnt it…

It wasn’t your ordinary contract, it wasn’t your ordinary piece of parchment either.

The contract had the previous Dragon Kings blood and it was made up of one of his dragon scales…It was not something that could be burnt with normal flames and yet…

A rumble went through the earth when the contract started to disappear, and Nathanial could feel a part of himself suddenly disappear…

 

Only a second or two went by for Nathanial to feel this way but that part of himself was now completely gone and forgotten about.

The rumble stopped when the contract was gone completely and Nathanial really did wonder if it was destiny that the contract ended up in his hands, where he and his loyalty to the coyotes was enough to dispel it. Or was it because he was a boar? Was it because of his cultivation?

Perhaps it wasn’t just one factor that gave him the ability to dispel the contract, perhaps it was more but…It didn’t mater anymore because…Sharlae was now free…