The Crown's Entrapment

Chapter 663 Heart Stating Otherwise

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As night fell, Aurelia couldn't help but feel more and more excitement as the hour for her to enact her plans moved ever so closer to her. Already, the passion that had annoyingly taken root within her was starting to grow hotter, her loins already tightening just from the sheer prospect of having Calypso fully take her.

[This is annoying,] she couldn't help but grumble in her mind as she made her way to her shared room with her mate. [My body's constantly betraying my mind.]

[It would be betrayal if you also didn't like how it feels,] Aura casually pointed out. [While I admit that this part of us is more trouble than it's worth, it's also ours to wield to our advantage.]

Aurelia couldn't help but smirk at her other self's words. After she had decided that she would complete the Bond with Calypso, both her and her inner wolf began to address the exact specifics of how such a plan would unfold. And while they would both like for her approach to be measured and logical, the ever growing passion she now had within her would make it almost impossible for her to control herself during the act.

Yes… It was then that she realized that as much as she loved and thirsted for knowledge and self-betterment, her body was also predisposed to the endless pleasures of the flesh, specifically the pleasure that came from her mate's touch.

[Indeed,] she mentally hummed in thought. [And judging from how I acted during the last time we interacted intimately, I had only around an orgasm or two before I completely lost myself to my own burning heart.]

[A heart that sang him praises while you mind protested at the loss of control, I might add,] Aura reminded her. [But while it's a loss that we cannot ignore, it's also a strength that we can use for later.]

Aurelia nodded to herself as she finally came face to face with the door to their shared room. Placing a hand on the handle, she took in a deep breath as she mentally went through her plans one last time. 

This was her deciding that she was going to complete the Mate Bond with Calypso. And while her mate might think that this would be his complete and utter victory, he would be sorely mistaken. She would take charge of the act as soon as she saw an opportunity, and she would use every advantage she could get just to get that opportunity to arise.

[Make no mistake, our mate will fight us tooth and nail to get us to surrender,] Aura clinically reminded her. [He knows that you're testing him. That we're making sure that he would be under our control and not the other way around.]

She nodded at her other half's reminder. Indeed, Calypso wasn't any other fool that was trying to gain her hand. He was smart in his own right, a player that managed to seduce women after women to surrender themselves to him without even much thought. He did his best to seduce her as well, but time after time, she managed to put up her defenses against him, even if she did end up developing some feelings for him.

[This will probably both be the hardest and longest game we'll play against him yet,] Aurelia thought as she took another breath. [I can only assume that he'll see this play coming the moment he detected my feelings through our already existing Bond. He'll know that we're planning something, and he'll make sure to be ready if only to try and use it to his advantage.]

[Then we'll just have to counter him planning against our plans,] her inner wolf scoffed. [He might be our mate, but I refuse to let him have us without so much as a fight.]

Smirking, Aurelia pushed the door open to their room, revealing a Calypso that was already leaning on the nearest wall with his arms crossed over his chest. In fact, he looked rather dashing already with how he raised an eyebrow at her, his eyes conveying that she was indeed right to assume that he would be prepared for what was to come.

"Calypso," she casually greeted. 

"Lia," he greeted back with a smirk. "You're looking rather radiant this evening."

"As are you," she complimented back, her features still neutrally inexpressive as she approached him. "It's quite surprising to see that you've already cleaned up for the night."

"I had a bit of time while waiting for you," Calypso smoothly replied, his eyes glinting against the moonlight as she stared at him. "Likewise, you look like you have something on your mind."

[He's being clever with us,] Aura grumbled, her serious tone betraying her wolf's emotions. [He thinks he knows what we have planned.]

"Perhaps," Aurelia shrugged, mentally taking her wolf's observation into account as she moved herself towards the empty bed. "It's come to my attention that a few rumors have been circulating about me."

"Oh?" her mate raised an eyebrow, his tone taking on a more serious hint to it. "What are they?"

"I've been hearing that because we haven't completed the Bond yet that I am a weak Luna for you," she stated, starting up her opening statement. "They say that you're still available for the taking. That they still have a chance of replacing me as your Luna."

"Are they serious?" Calypso scoffed. "Nothing in this world can replace you, Lia. Only you can stare at me with such cold eyes despite your heart stating otherwise."

A blush formed on her cheeks as she gave him the first true smile she would give him for the night. "I'm flattered you think that, Calypso."

"You're my mate, and I respect your right to decide when we'll complete our Bond," he firmly declared as he stood in front of her. "They can pine and swoon for me all they want. My eyes are only for you, and you'll be the one to bear my pups once the time comes for them."

[C-Clever…] Aura mumbled, her wolf stuttering and blushing at their mate's declaration. [He's fired his own shots at us.]

'Then we'll just have to fire back,' Aurelia thought as she held her gaze against Calypso's eyes.

Taking a short breath, she did her best to smother the fiery passion threatening to escape her as she fired her first shot. "Thank you, Calypso. In response, I've decided that we should complete the Bond tonight."