Alpha Markus and Celeste

Chapter 56 – Markus
Markus P.O.V.
All I wanted was to hold my Tuli for the rest of the night. It was almost midnight and I could feel her exhaustion, both mental and physical. All I wanted to do was take a shower and hold her in my arms to rid myself of the thoughts and actions that I had to make tonight and to assure myself that she was safe. I hated torture, but I didn’t want to make anyone else bear that burden on their souls.
Atlas and I always shared control, which helped put the fear into them. Even Gillian said he was still not used to seeing Atlas’ one black
eye and my one grey.
I picked her up and was heading to our floor when I saw Gillian arguing with the 3 warriors that went to get Marcie. sighed, I had a sneaking suspicion of what the argument was about. Gillian made eye contact with me and I knew my night was not yet over. I sighed and kissed Celeste on the forehead.
“Evil never sleeps,” she half giggled.
“I wish I could though,” I grumbled as I headed for the office instead. I was about to sit on the couch when I remembered what Levi
had said about the office being bugged and I turned around to back out of the office when Gillian came in.
“Not here,” I said, ‘Bugged remember? Not sure who might still be listening,’1 finished through mind link.
He grinned at me and pulled a small Tupperware out of his pocket. “No more bug. I’ve had people scanning the entire packhouse for bugs. All except your bedroom and personal office. I’ve got someone waiting outside for your permission.” I looked at the Tupperware closely, I could see the little electronic bug inside.
“Do it now, I would like to sleep at some point tonight,” I sighed and sat down on the couch. I didn’t want to let go of Celeste, so she
just sat up on my lap. Gillian’s eyes glazed over as he instructed them to scan our bedroom and office.
“We couldn’t find Marcie,” he said. And even though I had already figured as much, I couldn’t help the growl that made its way out of my chest. “It appears she cleaned out in a hurry. The guest apartment she was staying at looks like she ransacked it. I called the restaurant since it was still open and they said she went back to Italy yesterday. Some type of family emergency.”

“Family emergency my ass. She knew what they had planned,” I said.
“I believe so as well. We will have to speak with the council. They are the only ones that can request her parent’s pack to hand her
over.” I buried my face in Celeste’s hair.
I took a deep breath, allowing the mate bond to calm my rage. “Alright, it looks like that’s all we can do today. Get some rest. We will revamp the security measures not only for everyday tasks, but also revisit the security measures for the Luna Ceremony. I don’t want any more incidents of what happened today. They got too far in for comfort.”
“Yes, I have already asked Evergreen to revamp our electronic security measures. He’s bringing his tools with him. He’s also
requested that while he’s home, he be allowed to stay for the full moon run as it’s been 4 years since he’s made some rounds.”
“Alright. Good night brother. We will talk in the morning. Thank you for everything you’ve done today.”
“Of course. I only wish it would have had a different outcome,” he said sadly.
“Gillian,” Celeste said, getting up.
“Luna?” He questioned. Celeste hugged him then. “Thank you for being in our lives.” When she pulled back she smiled at both of us. “We are going to be going to Mexico next month. Please make sure to learn some Spanish. I can help you with some of it, but I have been looking online and there’s an app that will teach you how to communicate. Can you do me a favor and download it? I would prefer not to
be the only person translating.” I dropped my jaw and Celeste only giggled. “Come love. I think we’re overdue for a shower and I am
exhausted,” she said, holding out her hand.
I took her hand and allowed her to lead me to the elevator, leaving a very confused Gillian still in the office. As we ascended, I finally
looked at her still smiling. “Do I want to know what that was about?” I asked.
She looked at me with a twinkle in her eye. “I was just letting him know of a vision I had a little while back. With everything
happening lately, I’d forgotten to tell him. Being the only person that understands Spanish will be exhausting, so I’d like him to learn,”
She said innocently.
“Mhmm, and why wouldn’t you ask me to learn it as well?” I asked, not believing the explanation coming out of that pretty
mouth.
“Well, I would like you to learn too, but you’ve got me to teach you,” she purred now. Actually f*****g purred as she pressed her entire body against mine to stand on tippy toe and kiss me hard on the lips. It was a distraction. She knew that. I knew that. She knew
that I knew. I knew she knew that I knew and I still didn’t care. I picked her up and she wrapped her legs around my waist. I ran us straight
I to the shower, tripping over my pants as I simultaneously tried to close the door with my foot and shimmy out of the stacks. Celeste
threw her head back and laughed as I tried to steady us, leaving her luscious breasts heaving upwards near my mouth. I took her n****e in my mouth through her shirt and she gasped, grabbing and pulling my hair, tugging it closer to her breast. I growled in approval as I took
more of her breast into my mouth.
I went into the bathroom and, still holding Celeste around my waist, I turned on the shower as she sucked on my mark, making me groan with the pleasure it sent straight to my d**k. I pulled us into the shower without waiting for it to be the right temperature or caring that we were both still mostly dressed. She grabbed the edge of the shower door for a moment and I hesitated, wondering if she changed her mind when she brought out her phone from her pants and lightly threw it into the dirty hamper so it wouldn’t break. She then grabbed my hair and crushed her lips to mine again.