The Alpha's Temptation

Eltanin was... shocked. He was sure that Tania was having tremendous pain in her shoulders and back. Supporting those huge wings on her delicate back must be terribly difficult. He whipped his head from Anastasia to Kinshra to Tania. Tania's eyes were closed and it looked like she was in a trance.

Eltanin turned his gaze back to Kinshra and almost in a pleading voice said, "Please don't give her so much pain. She is already tolerating a lot." He felt the lump in his throat with emotions choking him. He was sure that her mother would understand her agony.

"She will be fine, Eltanin," Kinshra said, making Eltanin's heart beat faster.

"She is ready Eltanin," Anastasia said firmly. "Had she not been ready, I wouldn't have said that. But right now, she has all the powers and the magic in her. She needs to taste the freedom to fly, else she won't be able to for a long time."

"But she is--" Eltanin protested. However, his mouth snapped shut when he saw that Tania started to flap her wings in powerful motion. Golden dust that had made home in her wings, sprinkled from the sides and enveloped her. She opened her eyes and looked up at the sun, taking its warmth, soaking in it. Her eyes turned a deep violet. A purr emerged from her mouth and suddenly shot up in the air. Without anyone goading her. Willingly. Instinctively. As if she was prepared for it all her life.

"Tania!" he called her as a rough exhale left his lips. He wanted to follow her, see her flying. "Please remove this barrier," he requested Anastasia. "I want to be with her."

Kinshra and Anastasia grinned. They glanced at Eltanin who was looking like he had seen a miracle. His eyes were wide and his face was a palette of numerous emotions. Anastasia winked at him and shot in the air after Tania. Before leaving, she flicked her wrist and the barrier vanished.

Kinshra was jubilant. She laughed seeing her daughter going for her first flight. She opened her wings and flew in the air after her.

Eltanin stabbed his fingers in his hair. With one hand on his waist, he saw Tania flapping her wings and maneuvering herself in the air. She seemed unsteady at first. He felt like shifting at all the excitement that rippled through his body. Finally, his fae mate was able to fly and be what she was meant to be. When a tear settled on his upper lip, he realized that he was crying. He laughed at himself, feeling euphoric. With a whoop, he threw a fist in the air and then ran on the ground after the woman he loved. After the woman who he was tied to for life. He was hardly bothered that she looked at him, but he wanted to stay there with her on her first flight. This was the only way.

Tania was feeling... free. When the last symbol of Yunabi entered her, her mind and heart were hyper. Her wings had flared open on their own and there was no pain. So this was what it felt like being a fae. The magic was teeming inside her body. It was so strong that she felt she could upturn a whole world. She had that kind of power in her hand and she wanted to... share it. Share with her mate.

She moved her wings at first and tested whether she was feeling any kind of pain. There wasn't any. With powerful strokes, she rose in the air. And as she did that, cool wind gushed across her, ruffling her hair, soothing her skin, soothing her nerves. So this was how it felt when Eltanin shifted into his wolf form. Free.

Tania loved the freedom she got. There were too many thoughts in her mind but she shoved them all aside and let the cool air whip about her as she flew. On natural instinct she would flap her wings and navigate through the air. It was all so beautiful. The sky was the limit. And this was just her first flight. The beautiful sensation that she had missed for so long.

From the corner of her eyes, she saw someone else beside her. She let out a giggle when she realized that her mother and Princess Anastasia were flying with her. They were better than her because they would stop mid-air and see her steering through the wind and then catch up with her whenever they wanted. It was so beautiful to fly with faes.

"Taniaaa!"

A faint voice from somewhere far reached her ears.

"Taniaaaa!"

She looked around but no one was calling her. She was so high up in the air that the voice sounded very faint.

"Taniaaa!"

She tipped her head below to scan the grounds and there he was. Eltanin.

Her mate. Her friend. Her lover. Her husband.

He was there to share this special first moment of her life. He was running beneath her. Tania was overwhelmed, overjoyed. She couldn't help but admire her beautiful husband who had been with her through thick and thin. Just to show him off a little bit of her newly acquired powers, she fluttered her wings more and flew in a circle above him.

Eltanin's chest swelled with pride when he saw how stunning his wife was when she flew like the fae she was. She was able to guide herself well with her wings. Her achievement felt like his. He was pretty apprehensive initially, but seeing her flying with happiness, all his apprehensions and anxieties dissolved. When she circled above him, he stood in his place. She circled once, twice, thrice. Then slowly, she steered herself to the ground and came to stand right in front of him. Her wings intuitively wrapped around him.

"I can fly..." she whispered, as she craned her neck to see him.

"And I am so proud of you," he said in a hoarse voice.