Chapter Thirty-Seven: Azreal's Date (Part Two)
Tuesday
Emerald's POV:
"My love, there you are. Let's go, we’re getting late, he said, eyeing the triplets suspiciously.
What was going on?
Until a few days ago, the quadruplets could hardly meet the triplets’ eyes, but since yesterday, it was like they were challenging them and the twins. I had this weird suspicion that, someway or another, this new tension revolved around me.
The triplets let out a low growl that had us stiffen, all three of them nodded in my direction and left without another word.
Talk about being bipolar.
For a lot of talk about them being cruel, they sure weren't like that whenever I encountered them.
Turning around as I was about to ask Azreal what was going on between the triplets and them, he beat me to it by crashing his lips on mine. Leaving me breathless and completely smitten, thoughts about the triplets and twins flying a mile away from my mind as his musky scent invaded my senses.
"Let's go, my love, we're super late as it is," Azreal said, pulling me down the hallway to the front porch. He hardly gave me time to recover from our scorching kiss, and we were on our way.
Why was everyone so cryptic? First, it was just the twins, then the triplets started acting up as well. Ever since yesterday, when they all said they were staying, the quads started behaving strangely after having a meeting with them before my date with Ezekiel. What was it that they all knew and were trying to hide from me? It was honestly getting a little annoying now, I thought we were mates, and I was their to be Luna. Shouldn't that amount to something for them to tell me why there was this lingering tension? I was broken out of my monologue when I felt Azreal nudge my shoulder.
"Where you'd you fly off to, my love. I've been calling your name,” Azreal said.
"Oh, sorry, just thinking about school," I said. I knew asking him right now he'd probably dodge the question, and honestly, I didn't want to ruin my date with him. I'll ask him when we head back to the packhouse later in the evening. I could tell he didn't believe me but smiled and nodded anyway and got out of the car to go around and open my door.
He opened my door and reached out his hand for me to take it, I obliged. The moment I stepped out and looked to where Azreal was pointing, my breath hitched. To say the view I was seeing right now was breathtaking would be an understatement; the scene in front of me was something magical. Turquoise water surrounded the harbour, it sparkled under the sun as if the ocean was not water but a sea of tiny diamonds. The water was so clear that I could even see the ocean floor from where I stood. By the harbour was docked a ginormous yacht. It is well over a hundred and fifty feet, with four stories from the look of it. I could even see a pool on the second-lowest deck that could easily fit at least fifteen people. I knew that Hannah's family was wealthy; but I could have low-balled when I thought about how rich they were. However, the money didn't entice me, what made me slowly fall for the quads was their devotion to me. Money was secondary and meant nothing to me. I never had extra money when growing up. I honestly can't remember a terrible memory my parents and I spent together, despite living without such luxuries that quads have been showering me with these days. Pushing the thought aside, I was ecstatic. I had always wanted to sail out to sea where I could see some marine life; it had been one of my bucket list items. I wonder if Hannah had mentioned anything to her brothers.
"From the look of it, my love, it seems like you like your surprise,” I heard Azreal say behind me, as he wrapped his arms around my waist and snuggled into my neck.
"Oh Goddess, yes. Thank you so much, Azreal! I have always wanted to go out to sea,” I replied happily, hopping from foot to foot in excitement.
I heard him chuckle in my neck, giving one of my marking spots a kiss, then he led me towards the yacht. As we got closer to the dock, my eyes bulged open. On the side of the entrance to the superyacht; there were at least twenty vases on each side filled with red roses, crystal candle stands in between each vase with big white vanilla-scented lit candles, making a path to the entrance and in between the vases was a plush white runner carpet.
I couldn't help but blush at the effort Azreal had put in. How romantic were these quadruplet brothers? They were just pulling things out of their sleeves that I would have never imagined them to do. As we walked down the aisle of roses, the sweet scent of flowers mixed with vanilla soothed me, and all the bad feelings I had in the car regarding the quads were put in the backseat of my mind. As soon as I stepped on board, five crew members were lined up, each holding a bouquet of roses and tuberoses. They came up and handed me their bouquets welcoming me, I smiled and thanked them. Azreal had not let go of my waist, and the tingles that spread on my skin from his touch were terrific. Mixing that with the fresh ocean breeze, Azreal's musky scent, and the scent of the bouquets, it was tranquillizing.
Azreal and I were escorted to the second deck level, where there was a lounging section with soft plush white sofas, a massive TV on the wall in front of them and a small coffee table in the middle, that was filled with all kinds of sandwiches, pastries and fruits.
Goddess! He thought of everything!
"My love, settle down. We're about to head out,” Azreal said, as he helped me take a seat on one of the couches and sat next to me.
"Are we going anywhere specific?" I asked, as I filled a small plate with an assortment of fruits.
"Well, you could say that. I heard from a little birdie that you've always wanted to see the marine life,” Azreal said, taking my plate and filling it up with a few sandwiches and pastries as well.
Goddess! What was with them and feeding me all the time. I was probably not going to fit into my clothes if they kept this up.
Wait! Rewind, did he say someone told him?
Ugh! I knew without asking that that little birdie was Hannah.
"Let me guess, Hannah?” I asked, smiling a little.
I just got a small smile and a peck on my lips as my answer.
Azreal had said that the spot we were going to was an hour away, so I decided to play twenty questions with him. To say I was shocked by his answers would be laying it down low; his favourite colour was red, he loved collecting Swiss watches and had about a total of sixty of them, he was closer to Ezekiel than his younger two brothers, which I sort of figured out in the past few days, and he also surprisingly loved to bake cookies. I would have never thought one of the quadruplets would be a fan of cooking. That just blew my mind! Before we knew it, time had gone by and we were about to reach our destination.
"Come, my love,” said Azreal, as he led me to the lower deck. I tried asking him where he was taking me, but I only got a chuckle and a sentence: a surprise is a surprise!
Ugh! Stubborn Alpha male!
When we reached the bottom deck, I got my third shock of the day. Laid out was scuba diving gear. It was that moment where I broke; I lost all inhabitation, jumping into Azreal's arms, hugging him tight as I gave him a big kiss. The moment my lips landed on his, one of his hands went to my waist and one to my cheek as he pulled me impossibly close to him and ravaged my mouth. Biting my lower lip, asking for entry, I opened up. He latched onto my tongue and sucked it hard, and then roamed his tongue around my entire mouth, not leaving a single corner as I did the same with his. Pulling back when he was done, he gave my lower lip a slight nibble, pecking my lips one more time and letting me up for some much needed air.
"If scuba diving gets you this happy, my love, I'll happily take you every day," Azreal said.
I burned red, I can't believe I literally jumped him. Clearing my throat, I looked away. Azreal let out a loud laugh.
Gosh! That sounded so amazing! I hardly ever heard the quads laugh, the sound caused butterflies to swarm in my belly.
Azreal led me to the instructor and helped me get into the gear as he explained how to use the oxygen tank and mouthpiece, and how to move our legs so our fins would work properly when we're below water. I thought the instructor would be diving in with us, but to my surprise it was only Azreal and I. Not that I didn't know how to swim, but given it was my first time, I thought he would go along. Seeing my confusion, Azreal spoke up,
"My love, don't worry, my brothers and I are licensed scuba divers. Plus, I would never put you in harm's way, my love,” he said, kissing my head, then securing my oxygen tank behind my back, adjusting my goggles and mouthpiece, and then doing his. When we were both ready, a crew member helped me towards the boat's edge since the tank was a little heavy as Azreal walked beside me, making sure I didn't fall.
"Alright, Luna, Alpha told me this is your first-time diving. It might be scary at first because of the water pressure blocking your ears, but just block your nose and blow out in your ears as we showed you earlier. Plus, the Alpha will be there, so signal him if there's any problem. Apart from that, you'll be diving into Coral City. I'm not sure if you know about the Great Barrier Reef in the human multiverse. It's off the coast of a human country known as Australia. It is dubbed one of the seven wonders they have. However, the one in the human multiverse over the years has bleached out because of changes in their atmosphere, but ours remains intact. You'll see various marine life, such as exotic fish, turtles, coral sharks, white tip sharks, stingrays and maybe some octopus. The Alpha will show you around. Both your tanks are equipped with three hours of oxygen, so have fun, the instructor said.
At this point, my happy metre had blown its fuse. I had read about the Great Barrier Reef in my human multiverse geography class at the academy, and I had always wanted to see what it looked like in real life.
The instructor gave both our gear a once-over and gave us the go ahead. Azreal took my hand and walked us closer to the edge of the yacht and signalled till three, and we jumped in. My ears started to block off as we went down deeper, and Azreal helped me pop them open. Despite being overly excited about diving, I was a bit scared now. We were supposed only to go seven meters deep, but by Goddess, was it scary. I had contemplated signalling Azreal to go back up. Seeing my inner turmoil, he grabbed my hands and squeezed them, giving me a reassuring nod. His touch calmed my nerves, and we only went further down when he thought I was okay.
I was wrong if I thought the ocean was beautiful from the top when I saw it sparkle like tiny diamonds. In front of me was the most beautiful thing that one could see; a range of orange, red, blue, green and yellow corals was spread out on the sea bed. They were so vast that I couldn't tell where they started and ended. I could see stingrays swim through the sand on the bottom as different sizes and colours of fish swam by us, wrapping around us in a bit of a tornado-like formation. I even saw the human multiverse fish they dubbed 'Nemo' and 'Dory.' As we swam along the reefs, I could see the sharks the instructor talked about going in and out of the rocks and reefs, eating small fish. I had never thought I'd see a shark up close. Sure they weren't Great Whites, but I was positive that I wouldn't want to get up and personal with those beasts. Turtles swam by us, even trying to touch us as we swam over the range of corals. It was amazing, nothing short of a fairytale.
Azreal and I swam around for another hour as he showed me different fish and even let me touch some of the reefs. Eventually, when he felt I was getting tired, he held my hand and helped me swim back up.
Our life jackets inflated when we came back to the surface, and Azreal led us back to the yacht, where the instructor and crew were already waiting to help us out of our scuba gear. Helping me out of the heavy material, Azreal gave me a peck on the lips and led me towards one of the rooms upstairs so I could change in private, as he went to another to do the same. From the scene out the small window, it was already evening; the sun was slowly setting, casting a gorgeous hue on the water.
I quickly showered, put on the same sundress I had worn in the morning, and went into the room. Looking out one of the widows, I couldn't help but think about the two elder quads' effort for their dates. I had come to know them so much better than I initially did. No doubt our growing bond had some effect, but the way they both had opened up to me was something I wouldn't have thought they were capable of.
"What are you thinking about, my love?" I heard Azreal whisper in my ear, as he wrapped his arms around my waist from behind and snuggled his face into my neck.
He sure loved doing that.
I sighed in contentment, leaned back into his chest, and closed my eyes.
"Just how you and Ezekiel literally left me flabbergasted. This romantic, I could think of Sam and Zeke like that but not you two. It's refreshing,” I said.
I heard him chuckle and felt him start kissing up my shoulder blade till he reached my ear and said,
"Oh, my love, there's so much you don't know, and we can't wait to show you."
Why did it feel like what he said had a different meaning than what I said? A shiver went down my spine in excitement. I was never a physical person. Eli and I hardly did anything, but since the quads and my bond was growing, I couldn't help but feel the tingles that shot down my core whenever they touched me intimately, soaking panties.
"Tell me, my love, are you excited for us to show you? Azreal asked.
Oh, my Goddess, there goes my panties!
On instinct, Azreal’s face shot up, and he inhaled deeply. Like flipping a switch, he let out a low growl, turned me around, and crashed his lips on mine. His body pushed up close to mine and backed me up to the wall. His tongue explored my mouth without abandon as he licked every corner and nibbled my tongue from time to time. I couldn't help but put my arms around him and went towards his hair as I grabbed it. Azreal let out a low growl of appreciation at my action as he pushed more of his body into mine. I felt his hand slowly move up my body to my chest but did not touch my breasts, as he stopped a little below them as if waiting for permission. All inhibitions were lost to me at the time, and I don't know where I got the courage, but I grabbed his hand and led him toward my breast. As if a beast was let loose, he grabbed my breasts and squeezed them, making me moan out in pure delight. Scraping my fingernails up the back of his neck, I watched as he closed his eyes, his lower lip sinking in between his teeth as he groaned out in delight. His hand did not leave my breast for a second, and he went to kiss down my neck from behind my ear to the junction of my neck and shoulder. My grip around him tightened as I tangled my fingers in his beautiful auburn hair.
I felt his other hand go to my waist and squeeze my hips as he nudged his muscular thigh between my thighs, right against my dripping core. The mere contact had sparks going crazy there, making me moan in pure ecstasy. I opened my eyes to see my Alpha male staring at me with pure lust, eyes black as charcoal telling me his wolf was at the forefront with him. Azreal gripped me tighter as his body moved against mine. He guided my hips smoothly, grinding his thigh against my core. His hands then go to both breasts, squeezing them, weighing them between his hands. A weird sensation was building up in my belly; my vagina walls were tensing up. What was this feeling? It felt like I was climbing higher and higher with each thigh stroke. Seeing my turmoil, Azreal bit my neck and said,
"Let go, sweetheart,” giving my nipples one last pinch and thrust his thigh against my overly sensitive core.
As if on command, my body obeyed him; squirming in his hold, I closed my eyes. Everything tightened in me as I let out Azreal's name in a breathy moan. Lights flickered behind my closed lids, fireworks were dancing around my body. It felt euphoric. Finally opening up my hazed filled eyes, I was met with Azreal's dark grey orbs that held so much emotion that they could melt any girl's heart.
Scooping me up with one arm under my knees and the other under my arms, Azreal carried me to bed. He kissed my forehead, tucked me in and moved to get up when I reached out and grabbed his hand in a sleepy state.
"Thank you. This was one of the best days of my life,” I whispered sleepy, barely keeping my eyes open.
"I love you, my Luna,” was the last thing I heard when my body finally gave in and I dozed off.