The exhaustion of the work that Chimera had put in during the long night had taken its toll on the beasts health and had rendered him low. An illness had taken hold, though nothing nearly as severe as the one that had threatened his family. The man just needed some time to recuperate and regain his strength. Dalila had gracefully stepped up to take the reins while the King took his much needed respite away. For this, he owed her.

Dalila, former slave. He had hated her so, even going to far as to wish her death at some points. Now... she was invaluable to him. The mother of his child, the companion to his women, a lover, a friend. She was a good wolf and she deserved to know it and she deserved to hear it from his lips.

Still out at one of the bungalows far down the beach, Chimera had built a small, comfortable fire on the sand. The sun had dipped low and the edge of the horizon was still tinged in reds and pinks, but it would soon be gone. The Fenmyre King called out for Dalila, requesting that she join him on the beach. She deserved a break after all of her hard work as well. Soon he would be back to ruling, but not quite yet.

"Speech"

Dalila lifted her head with a bit of surprise from where she was resting in the suite she shared with Siren and their children when she heard Chimera's call for her from the beach bungalows. She had been spending her evenings after days spent patrolling and tending to things around the pack with Rusalka, making sure she didn't miss out on the girl's development too much despite the time she was having to devote to leading the pack in Chimera's place. Ruse heard the call too and immediately wanted to go see her father, but Dalila told the girl she had to stay here with her Aunt Siren instead–much to the girl's displeasure. She chuckled and gave the princess' crown a kiss and tucked her into the furs before turning to trot out of the room and down to the beach. She was glad that the girl had grown to love her father so much. She knew it was hard for her daughter to be without him when she looked up to him so much, but the more time and rest Chimera had the sooner he could rejoin them fully and retake his place as the leader of their pack.

She couldn't begin to guess what he had in store for her, but she made her way down to the beach none of the less, not wanting to keep him waiting too long despite her surprise at being called at all. Of all the wolves to call for when he felt up to having company she didn't think it would be her. Perhaps Aliana or Siren, but not her. Dalila saw the campfire on the sand like a beacon in the night as the sun dipped down toward the horizon and began to disappear. Moving toward it, she found the Fenmyre King waiting for her beside the fire and she gave him a smile as she approached, her tail wagging gently. She had gotten much more comfortable around him in more recent months ever since the night that had resulted in the pregnancy that brought Rusalka into their lives and now she thought of him nearly as affectionately as she did Siren. Siren would always be her first love, but she was very quickly building permanent places in her heart for Chimera and Aliana as well. "Chimera," she greeted warmly as she came to join him, giving him a curious look. "What can I do for you?"

"Dalila Vista Rocha"

Dalila soon made her appearance. On her approach, she asked what she could do for him. The massive man huffed lightly in amusement. "It's not what you can do for me. It's what I can do for you." Lifting one paw, he motioned for the woman to pull up a patch of sand. Whether she chose to lay close to him or not was up to her. They were familiar with one another, intimately familiar, but they still weren't each other's favorite.

The mottled fae had proven herself to be both reliable and capable. Chimera trusted her wholly and he believed that she should be compensated for her service to Fenmyre and to him. Once she settled down, he began to speak. "You've proven to be very competent during my absence. I appreciate that I can rely on you to hold things together when I'm... indisposed." The brute raised a brow at the last word. He was fine, he was just tired. He didn't like to admit any weakness, but that wasn't the point here. Turning his head ever so slightly, he fixed the woman with his dual toned gaze. "I trust you completely, Dalila." He truly did. "You're the mother to my child, the lover to us all, and, if you'll accept it, the third and final Queen of Fenmyre."

Again Chimera raised a brow, watching Dalila's face. He half expected her to turn the rank down, but he hoped that she saw enough value in herself these days to accept it. She would almost be equal with her primary lover. She would hold rank above all others, save himself and the other queens. Her life would be set. He hoped she would do something for herself for once. Chimera wouldn't push it, however. He would wait to see what she had to say about it.

"Speech"

Dalila's head tipped slightly with curiosity when Chimera told her that she wasn't here to do something for him, but exactly the opposite. When he invited her to sit with him she smiled and came to lay beside him, her side lightly leaning into his. What had started as something she made sure she did to maintain the slowly improving relationship she had with the King had become much more comfortable and easy. She no longer felt as out of place at his side or nervous in his presence. He had seen her at her at her very worst, lowest points and had provided a way for her to get to where she was now. Despite their past, despite what he had done and she ultimately had to forgive, she did appreciate everything he had done for all of them.

She listened with interest as he began, telling her how reliable and competent she had proven herself to be and she smiled shyly, glancing down at her paws at the complement. "Thank you," she replied as her toes curled and flexed through the sand. Complements were not something she was accustomed to and certainly didn't expect from Chimera, but perhaps that made them even more impactful. He was a man of few words so she knew that when he did speak he meant them. She thought maybe that would be it, a complement and maybe a small surprise or something in thanks, but what he offered her caught her completely off guard. She brought her pale gaze back up to his with wide, surprised eyes at the idea. A Queen of Fenmyre. Not in the temporary compasity that she was now, but a permanent place at his side along with Aliana and Siren.

For a moment she struggled to respond in stunned silence. She hadn't felt like she was worthy of leading the pack in his stead, but it had logically made sense as the only one of Chimera's trusted wolves that knew how to fight so she had accepted the responsibility. This was something entirely different. This meant putting herself at the same level as someone as regal and beautiful as Siren and someone as brilliantly talented and kind as Aliana. She was still working on her own mentality to stop thinking of herself as a slave and now this... At yet somehow she managed to reply softly, "I would be honored." She heard herself accept his offer and it wasn't really until after the words left her mouth that she really believed that she would be up to the task. She smiled with her ears folded back shyly, her tail wagging gently against the sand as she tipped her muzzle up to leave a kiss on his chin.

"Dalila Vista Rocha"

Chimera was a little surprised when Dalila chose to lay against him. He was glad of it and repositioned slightly so that they would both be more comfortable. In repositioning, his larger body framed her own, his hind legs curled behind her rump. He was comfortable enough and she didn't seem to be complaining, so they stayed that way. The woman thanked him for the kind words and he rumbled in response, but he wasn't done just yet.

After Chimera told Dalila of his plans, she was silent for a long while. He wondered what was going through her pretty little head and almost asked, but she eventually spoke. Dalila accepted the shift in rank gracefully, just as he hoped she would. Again, to his surprise, she reached up and placed a kiss upon his chin. Ears perked as he looked down at the mottled woman. It had been some time since he'd lain with one of the ladies and the little affection bestowed upon him was nice. Did he want it to stop there? No.

"You deserve to be a queen," he spoke in low tones as he looked down at the woman beside him. Bringing one paw up, he lightly took Dalila's chin and brought her blue gaze to meet his pink and milky white eyes. "Shall I show my newest queen just how much I appreciate her?" His tongue snaked out to slide over her chin and lower lip. There was an undeniable heat in those mismatched eyes. It should have been very clear just what he wanted. If she didn't, however, he wouldn't press her. Because of their past, she'd always been skittish around him. He hoped by now she would have realized that he'd changed and that he wouldn't harm her.

"Chimera Klein"

As Chimera shifted beside her to wrap his larger form around hers she didn't feel the unease or nervousness that she thought she might begin to feel. She looked up at her King after she kissed his chin, her ice blue gaze finding his two toned gaze, and knew that she trusted him. The majority of the time that they had lived in close proximity to each other that most certainly hadn't been the case and to an extent that distrust had a good reason, but he had more than mended that bridge now and she had been willing to meet him halfway. Laying here with him now, hearing him say that she deserved to be queen, it was hard to imagine that they were still the same wolves that they had been back then. In reality she knew that they weren't. Physically yes, but mentally they had all grown and changed so much. Chimera had matured significantly since the day he purchased her and she had been forced out of her shell, pulled out of the cage she had allowed herself to grow comfortable in.

She felt his paw on her chin and pulled her attention fully into him and she felt her breath catch in her chest, feeling as if their secluded piece of the beach was suddenly transported to a different world. His words made her face flush, the pink of her skin peeking through where her fur was palest, and lick he placed across her chin and lower lip feeling as if it might steal her breath away entirely. She had only been like this with Chimera a few of times—once not by choice and another when she was too intoxicated to fully understand what she was doing—not there was none of that now. She was here on her own free will and nothing was influencing her besides her own desire. Admittedly it was a completely different feeling being with him compared to Siren, not just because be was a man but because with Siren she was usually the driving force in their intimacy. In this moment she felt like she was being swept away by it instead of causing the wave herself.

"I'd... I'd like that," she admitted softly to his question once she managed to get enough air into her lungs to speak, looking up at him with a need she didn't fully understand or know how to act on. One of her smaller paws slid to rest on top of his foreleg as she shifted closer to him. She reached up give his chin another kiss before leaving another kiss on his lips, feeling her heart flutter in her chest. It wasn't an anxiousness that she had half expected as she gave herself over to these feelings alone with him for the first time. Her desire had her heart beating hard against her chest, but there wasn't any nervousness or uncertainty. "I trust you," she said quietly as her lips parted from his, giving him permission in her own way to have what they both wanted.

"Dalila Vista Rocha"

He wasn't sure if she would accept or deny his offer, but Dalila didn't leave him waiting for long. He could feel the anxiousness within her smaller frame, but he chalked it up to nervous excitement the moment that she agreed. Dalila kissed him first and Chimera released a low growl of pleasure. His own tongue flicked out as he pulled her gently into him, returning the kiss. He didn't want to rush her too quickly. They were somewhat new to this and after what he had done to her in the past, he was determined to be gentle with her. Though he liked to be forceful, the giant brute would take it slow.

As the kiss broke, Dalila breathily admitted that she trusted him. Two-toned ears pricked forward quickly at the words. It was a surprising admission, but one that he reciprocated. Raising one paw to cup the fae's cheek, he brought her blue gaze up to meet his pale pink eye so that she would see that his words held weight. "I trust you as well. I'm glad that we've grown and come to this," he uttered his own admission. Dalila was an integral part of his pack and of his family. It wasn't just because she had given birth to their daughter. It was because of who she was and of the responsibility that she took upon herself. It was because Dalila was Dalila. He wouldn't call it love, not just yet, but she was growing on him by the day.

Gently, Chimera shifted, his massive frame lifting as one foreleg snaked around the mottled fae. Carefully, he rolled her onto her back in the sand, his front half straddling her, but his back half still curled leisurely on the beach. His mouth found hers again and he kissed her deeply, tasting the flavor that was hers and hers alone. The brute groaned softly into her maw, audibly appreciating the taste of her. Meanwhile, one big paw trailed down her body, claws raking lightly through her mottled pelt. That paw shifted to drift down her stomach until it nestled between her thighs. He was careful to only use pads as he gently and expertly prepared her for what was to come.

The kisses continued, gently, lowly as he worked her into just the right state. Sometimes he would break the kiss and nibble along her jaw, her throat. When she began to tremble beneath his touch, Chimera stopped. With a lick to his paw, the behemoth moved his body over hers, half lidded eyes looking down to the woman. In many ways, this was their first time together. He wasn't in a rage and she wasn't insanely intoxicated or in heat. This time they were both in control. "Say yes," he growled softly into her ear, flicking his tongue lightly over it. He was ready, he need only hear the word. When she gave it, he sank home and did just as he promised. Chimera loved her long and slow. He was gentle, loving, caring. His senses were attuned to her pleasure, though in time he attained his own. It was everything that it should have been the very first time and he already wanted more.

-Fade-

"Speech"

Dalila's gaze met Chimera's as his paw held her cheek, feeling enraptured by him as he admitted that he trusted her in return and that he was glad that they had grown and reached this point together. A smile pulled at her lips while her ears folded back with a shyness she still hadn't managed to shake, looking up at him happily and with a needy desire. "I am too. Their relationship had gone through through so many peaks and valleys, from slave and owner to King and Queen, and she knew that this all could have gone very differently. It had taken a lot of work within herself to forgive and see the other parts of him that Siren and Aliana had already seen, but she knew it had also taken a lot of growth and maturing on his part. He wasn't the same man that had taken out his lust on her all that time ago. She respected and appreciated everything that he had created for them and she found herself wanting to be in his presence more and more where she had previously avoided him as much as possible. Even tough Siren would always be her first love, she felt like she was beginning to feel similarly for Chimera.

As he shifted she relinquished the careful control she usually had over herself to him, her heart pattering in her chest as he shifted and moved her to roll her onto her back. She looked up at him from where his upper body hovered over her own, but instead of climbing on top of her and having his way with her as she had expected he would he kept his hip resting on the sand beside her and his lips claimed hers again. Her eyes fluttered closed as she returned his kiss, her own soft whines of desire answering his groans while his paw trailed down her torso and left a trail of sparks and electricity on her skin. She gasped between their kisses and gave a breathy moan as his paw found its way between her thighs. Her forelegs slipped up around his neck just so she could grip onto his fur and have something to hold on to as he brought her higher and higher on waves of pleasure, her airy sounds filling the air whenever their lips would part and he would leave kisses and nibbles that felt like fire along her jaw and throat. She gave him access to all of her, tipping her head back to give him better access to her jaw and neck when he wanted it.

A whine escaped her when his paw pulled away, but he soon shifted to have his much larger form over hers, the feeling of all of him against her making a delighted shiver trail down her spine. She looked up into his gaze while she continued to hold onto his scruff like a lifeline, breathing heavily as he leaned down to growl into her ear, making her toes curl with desire. "Yes... Yes, please," she replied softly without hesitation. She was lost in a cloud of heated lust, but her thoughts were clear and there was no doubt in what she wanted this time. Even when she was drunk there had been moments of clarity where she wondered if she had made the right choice, but right now she knew exactly what she wanted. Chimera gave her that and more, giving her intense pleasure with a gentleness and love she didn't know he could give. It caught her off guard in the best way possible and it made her enjoy it all that much more, feeling completely at ease in his embrace so that all that was left was savoring and enjoying every moment of their time together.

-fade-

Dalila was curled into his chest when they were at least momentarily satisfied, resting with her head on him where the dark and light fur met. She was floating on a pleasant cloud that she could see herself easily getting addicted to, and she couldn't think of anything that could have made this moment more perfect. Her paw absently combed through his dark fur while she caught her breath, leaving her eyes closed while she savored the little electrostatic tingles that still danced over her skin. She thought about their lives together, everything that had led them to this point, and she couldn't help but think that Rusalka's conception and birth and been the real pivotal moment for them. After a while she blinked open her eyes, tipping her head up to look at him with a little, adoring smile. "Ruse adores you, you know," she said softly with a little chuckle. "Sometimes I feel like she's my greatest achievement in this life and I'm just so glad that you are her father."

"Dalila Vista Rocha"

Dalila reacted to him as she never had before and it stoked the fires in the man. He worked hard to make sure that she attained the heights of pleasure, his attention all for her until he could hold back no longer. Together they were music, they were the ease of crashing waves. Together, they were everything that a couple of lovers were supposed to be and in the end, they were both left momentarily satisfied and panting.

The pair curled up with one another, Chimera holding his lover close. He lazily groomed whatever bits of the fae that he could reach. His heart still hammered in his chest, but it was gradually beginning to slow, as was the woman's heavy breathing. He wondered if she would be ready and willing for round two. He'd given her this first round laying on her back in the sand, but he really wanted to have her pinned beneath him with his arms around her waist, claiming her in body as he had claimed her in title. A low rumble pulled from the brutes chest at the thought and he swept his tongue over the shell of one dark ear.

The woman's words pulled him from spicy thoughts and he looked down at her, a smile pulling at his maw. "Ruse is perfect," he replied, bringing one big paw up to lightly caress the fae's cheek. "She gets that from her mother," Though she hadn't started out perfect, in that very moment, Chimera wouldn't have changed a thing about the woman beside him. Dalila had opened to him. She had blossomed. He was thankful for it and wouldn't take the gift for granted.

Lowering his head, Chimera claimed the woman's lips, his tongue flicking over her own for but a moment before he growled huskily against her lips. "It's a good thing that it's too soon for you to have more, or we'd surely achieve that if you decide to stay the night." There was hope in his mismatched eyes and already Chimera was ready to have her again. The brute nibbled up her cheek and whispered, "Stay with me, Dalila. Siren will watch Ruse. Stay with me and let me love you til morning." What an offer.

"Speech"

A warm smile pulled at her lips when Chimera told her that Ruse got her perfect nature from her mother, chuckling as she glanced away shyly. "She gets her courage and tenacity from you though," she insisted, her claws gently combing through the fur on his chest again. There were so many things about herself that she had accepted as fact simply because she didn't know any better and had only ever lived with one truth for the entirety of her life. Siren had begun chipping away at her walls, winning her love and trust, and eventually Chimera began to do the same. It was a long, hard road for them to find a middle ground between them, but now that they had she felt like they had created something wonderful and it only brought them together more.

She began to prepare herself to pull away and start making her way back to her own room to return to Siren and and their children, but Chimera surprised her by lowering his head to bring his muzzle to hers again, catching her lips in another kiss. She gave a small sound of surprise before her eyes flickered closed and she sank into the affection he offered, her heart skipping and thudding against her chest when his tongue flicked across hers. It already felt like too much to ask for to have had this night of pleasure to remember and a new title to carry back with her, but to know that Chimera didn't just want her once, that she was desired so much that he would want her again before they had even fully recovered from the first... It was a thrilling feeling she wasn't used to.

The growl in his voice made small shivers dance across her skin, his words making her heart skip another beat and her face flush. She agreed it probably was a good thing it was too soon for her to have children again if this was leading where it seemed to be, but it was hard to find the words when it felt like she was entranced by his two-toned eyes and the way he held her, everywhere they touched rekindling the spark that had only temporarily been doused. He wound up that spring of desire and need in her core so easily and by the time he was nibbling her cheek and asking for her to stay the night, to leave Ruse to Siren for the evening, so that she could stay and let him love her until morning she already felt that tenseness in her core that was begging for more of the release and pleasure he had already given her.

"You don't have to ask," she replied with a slight breathlessness and a little grin pulling at her lips, tipping her head to nibble gently along his chin and jaw. "I'll stay for as long as you want, my King... I'm yours," she told him, echoing what she had promised the night she came to him drunk on wine and very deeply in heat. There was nothing to sway her decision this time though, nothing to make him question her sincerity. She placed her trust entirely in his paws, fully relaxed into him and allowing him to do with her as he wished, delving into this heated passion and desire that was so unlike anything else she had ever experienced. This feeling of being needed, of knowing that he wanted her here purely of his own desires, was a heady feeling that she clung to as tightly as she clung to him.

"Dalila Vista Rocha"

As the mottled woman pulled her claws through the thicker fur of his chest, Chimera practically purred. He enjoyed her touches immensely and part of that joy was knowing that they had hated one another not all that long ago. Time truly did bring change if the wolf in question had the capacity for it. It appeared that they both did. Dalila's words about Ruse inheriting his traits brought a soft, yet deep chuckle from the man. "Hopefully she took our best traits and left the worst behind."

As he kissed her, Chimera sank into the woman, absorbing her sweetness onto his tongue. The man's gaze flared with heat and he expressed his desire to keep her and have her until morning. There wasn't a doubt in his mind that Dalila would agree to his request and she soon spoke in breathy tones, confirming his belief. She would stay with him and, according to her, he didn't have to ask. The blue eyed fae told him once more that she was his and Chimera's lust flared like a wildfire, his stomach tightening as a wave of lustful possession washed over him. It took everything within him not to growl and claim her just as hard as he did to Aliana, but he didn't believe that Dalila was ready for that yet. Some day, perhaps, but not today.

Rising onto his paws, Chimera stood over the woman, his hulking frame dwarfing her, despite Dalila being the largest of his queens. "You are mine, Dalila," the beast growled softly, keeping himself in check. Raising one dainty paw in his own, Chimera placed a soft kiss upon the back of it before placing Dalila's soft, taupe pads against his chest where his heart would be. "And I am yours," he purred. And he was. Dalila was now his queen and he was her king. They were bound in a way that they hadn't been prior. Giving her this title felt like he was making her a promise. He would be whatever she needed to be. Right now though, he needed her to be something for him.

Gently, he coaxed the woman onto her belly. One big paw raised her hips into the air, but he kept her front half pressed into the sand. Starting just above her tail, Chimera placed little nips, nibbles and licks down the length of Dalila's spine as he walked forward, eventually covering her with his own huge body. "I'm going to be rougher," he whispered into her ear, flicking his tongue along it before speaking again. "If I frighten you, or if it becomes too much, tell me and I'll stop. Chimera pressed his hips against the fae beneath him, but didn't enter her yet. "I need you, my queen."

Gently, Chimera held Dalila's scruff between his jaws. If anything, that proved what kind of sex was coming her way. With a low growl, Chimera rolled his hips forward, sinking home. He was rough with her because he knew that she could take it. If Aliana could take it, Dalila could take it. Unlike the clouded fae, Chimera didn't draw blood from Dalila. He was as careful as he could be as he claimed her as his queen again and again and again. By the time he was finished loving her in all the ways that he could imagine, the sun was threatening to peek over the horizon.

-Freaking fade-

"Chimera Klein"

Once she gave him her answer and her agreement that she would stay, he shifted and stood to stand over her. There was some small voice in her instinctual response that wanted her to be frightened by the way that his massive form stood over hers, dwarfing her in a way that only proved his strength over hers, but when she looked up at his face and the desire in his two-toned gaze she didn't feel anything like that. It was such a different feeling from the first time that he took her against her wishes. Now she could only feel a desire of her own and a belief that she could fully trust this man that she gave herself to. He confirmed her statement in a quiet growl, stating that she was in fact his, but surprised her as he held one of her paws with his own and brought it to his lips to give it a soft kiss before placing it over his heart. She blinked with a bit of surprise when he told her that he was hers as well, but a smile tugged at her lips all the same. It was still difficult to believe that she could lay any kind fo claim like that over him when there were wolves like Aliana and Siren who already had such a claim, but she didn't see anything in his expression or hear anything in his words that would make her think that he wasn't telling the truth. She was his queen now and even though it would take her some time to fully adjust to that concept she did enjoy the feeling that came with a man like Chimera saying that they belonged to each other.

There was no resistance from her as his strong paws shifted and moved her onto her belly, a bit of nerves fluttering and flaring in her stomach as he kept her chest to the sand and pulled her hips up into the air. She couldn't see him and perhaps that was part of the reason why she was more nervous this time around since she didn't know what to expect, but when he started to nibble and kiss his way down her back, following her spine, the sparks of electricity that he ignited across her skin and the fire that started to roar in her core again chased it away. She trembled lightly under him with desire, her toes flexing through the sand while he shifted to have his body over hers. She felt his hips against hers again and she whined quietly with need and anticipation. She bit her lip as his tongue graced her ear and when he spoke she nodded slightly in understanding. Again that anxiousness and nervousness over what he might mean by being 'rougher' with her crept in, but she held tightly to the feelings of need and lust instead while he shifted against her. She trusted him completely and knew that if worse came to worse and she needed him to stop he would, but until she experienced it for herself it was hard to separate it from the memories of their first time together.

It was only once she felt his teeth holding and not biting into her scruff that she felt like she could fully relax into what he was doing. He was indeed rougher with her, but nothing frightened or worried her. She could feel his strength, feel his dominance over her, but it wasn't too much. Even in the moments when there was moments of pain or discomfort the pleasure far outweighed them and she was lost into this sea of wild pleasure like she had never experienced before. At some point she lost any sense of control over her reactions as he claimed her again and again, losing all sense of time as the evening passed them by in the heat of passion. All she could make sense of for a while was the feeling of his body on hers and her desire for this man that was revealing parts of herself she didn't know existed. She pressed back into him in time with his movements, gripped at sand that only passed through her paws in her desperate attempts to hold on to anything as he rocked her, and cried out each time he brought her to higher and higher peaks of pleasure.

- fade -

"Dalila Vista Rocha"