Sweet Round

Aliana had expected to see happiness and delight in Chimera's face when she revealed the news of her diagnosis to him. She knew of her mate's love of his children, how much he loved having puppies in the island estate. With their most recent litter now turning into yearlings, that vacancy had needed to be filled—and now so had Ali. She would once more carry her mate's children, bring another litter of proud Klein pups into the world. Nothing brought her more joy or satisfaction than being a mother had and the ash and snow queen was greatly looking forward to doing it all over again. She spoke those words to him, and immediately Ali saw her king's face crack into a wide smile, flashing every pearly tooth while the behemoth brute scooped her up tighter into his embrace, drawing sweet airy giggles from the woman. Chimera's actions had always spoken louder to her than his words needed to—she knew voicing his emotions was a challenge for him, and so she had learned to read between the lines of what he did, his body language, and the expressions on his face. What he showed her here and now was sheer joy.

With a shifting of their bodies, Chimera easily rolled them so her svelte form was draped across his own, the clouded queen lifting her head up just enough to peer down into her king's mismatched eyes. Her body hadn't begun to show signs of her pregnancy yet, leaving her still slender and easy to manipulate to a wolf like Chi. The same love shone in her aquamarine eyes for him, a dainty snow white paw sliding up his chest to bridge the gap to his muzzle, stroking along the edge of his jaw whilst she leaned into his touch to her cheek. She reveled in this moment, in the bliss and excitement and love. It was such a stark difference from where she had begun to where they were now. For most of her life, Aliana had been nothing but a slave—property to be bought, used, and sold. Chimera had obtained her, utilized her, used her, and now he practically worshipped her with the way he looked at her and touched her as if she were made of snow. They'd run the gamut of their relationship from the lowest to the highest. Even now Ali could scarcely believe this was her reality. This was her life.

Chimera asked how she always knew how to make him happy and Aliana's cheeks flushed with a warm blush. Her silky tail gave excited wags behind her as she giggled again, bringing her other paw up to gently caress Chimera's cheeks while gazing into his eyes. "You're easy to please, my king." Ali flashed him a roguish smile before leaning closer to lay a tender lick to her mate's chin and speaking in velvety tones. "Or maybe I just know you well." Aliana had spent so much of her life within Chimera's inner circle by now, if she didn't know him well, that would've been an egregious failure. As he studied her, she too would stare back at his face, at his chiseled features that she ran satin paw pads over, watching the way the glow of the firelight played off of his visage. Her king. Her mate. Her Chimera.

He asked if she was content, the question breaking her from her dreamy thoughts admit her staring, and she replied with a gentle smile. "Everything I would have, you have given me tenfold, Chimera," she replied in her own hushed lyrics. "You gave me life, gave me purpose, gave me a chance to know freedom and happiness and love. Everything everyone else tried to take from me, you gave me back." Aliana brushed her paw across his brow, then up over his forehead to stroke the edge of his white-furred ear. "I am content, Chimera. I'm content because I have you, our family, this wonderful home... Being your queen is more than I could have ever dreamed of, but I'm truly happy just being yours."

"Chimera & Aliana"