2.12: Getting Information

His eyes still bright red. She realized he was lost in his haze.

'Eli, help? Mark me?' she asked in her head.

'Marking is part of the omegaverse mating ritual. The male and female bite each other on the neck, and it creates a mark visible to others showing they're taken.'

"Calm down, now, Lucien. We've only just met." She stuttered, leaning back away from him. He shook his head momentarily.

"It's your smell, from your heat… it's too recent." He picked her up, sat her on the edge of the table, and crowded her. He eased her hair over her shoulder before nuzzling into her neck and inhaling deeply. Setia gripped the edge of the table firmly, her heart racing. What was happening? Was he being triggered into a frenzy?

He pulled back to look into her eyes. His own eyes were full of lust, passion. He stared at her lips. She flicked her tongue out to lick them. He groaned and dove his head down, capturing her lips in an electrifying kiss. Heat sizzled between them where their lips met, and he gripped her hips, pulling her against him. She dragged her nails down his back, their tongues dancing in an endless rhythm.

"You taste so sweet." He groaned. Gripping her hair and pulling it firmly, he tilted her head back to look at him. "My sweet." He said.

He leaned her back on the table, trailing his hands over her chest, cupping her breasts, down lower, over her stomach, until they played with the edge of her pants. She blushed as he flicked his wrist and popped one button open. He bit at her neck firmly at the same time as he slid one hand beneath the waistband and slipped his fingers into her moist heat. She whimpered and ground against his hand. Moaning softly.

His fingers teased her clit in a quick rhythm and she writhed against him, feeling the hard length of him against her. She felt the pleasure building, and she clawed at him. She bit at his shoulders, his neck, everywhere she could reach. Finally, the pleasure peaked, and she cried out as he kissed her deeply to muffle her cries.

She panted heavily, and whimpered as he slowly stroked her as she came down from the climax. She pulled back and looked into his still red eyes. He was fixated on the spot on her neck where he would mark her. He trailed his fingers down her neck. She tilted her head to the side.

(Ding! Love Meter has increased to 40%)

"I want to make you smell only like me." He growled low. She felt the rumbling of his chest and placed her hand on it.

"Is this really the place?" She looked around them at the empty meeting room. He flushed and shook his head.

"No, I shouldn't rut you in the meeting room like an animal." He sighed, stroking her hair. He was gentle with her, and cuddled her into his body. She sighed in content, feeling sated and protected.

An alarm started blaring all around them. Lights began flashing. Setia jumped up and gasped, doing up her pants. Lucien leapt into action.

"It's an attack!" He shouted, adjusting himself and hopping down from the table. He grabbed her hand and opened the door to the meeting room. People were running up and down the hallways searching for the safe rooms and running to their command posts. He started running up the hallway, dragging her along behind him. He weaved through the mazes of corridors with ease.

He stopped outside a locked door, and flashed his card on the lock, it glowed green.

"Setia, stay here, and do not come out for any reason." He urged her to get in the room. She turned and grabbed his arm.

"I can't just stay here! I have to help." She implored him. He growled.

"I need you safe." He said and shoved her back into the room with a gentle push. The door clicked shut behind him. She heard a click from the other side and realized she'd been locked in! She tried to tug at the door but it wouldn't budge. She pounded against it, growling.

Exasperated she turned around, and froze. She was in an office. It was spacious, with warm wood panelled walls, no windows. A large mahogany desk sat in the center of the room, with a computer on it. Two chairs sat across the desk from the Alpha's chair. She was in his office. Yes! She raced behind his computer and waited for it to boot up. It dinged and prodded her for a password.

'Eli, help?' She asked. Eli appeared next to her. He raised a brow.

'Well, the system can override computers. One second.' He closed his eyes to concentrate and placed his hand on the monitor. The screen flashed, then the computer unlocked. She had no idea how much time she would have. She started searching through his files in documents labelled 'work'. She found lots of trade agreements, military travel routes, emergency protocols, marriage certificates. She sighed and ran her hands through her hair.

Finally, she found a folder marked 'Confidential'. She opened it. She saw documents listed, images, video files. All military plans and procedures, information on the impending war with Vaede and council meetings that have discussed it. Finally she turned to the stuff on the military technology. She knew this was the folder she needed.

(Ding! Mission complete meter has reached 50%)

She dug through her purse for a flashdrive, and plugged it into the computer, she copied a bunch of files over. Tapping her fingers anxiously against the desk as she waited for it to finish loading. Just as she pulled her flashdrive out of the computer, she heard footsteps running toward the room.

Someone tried the door, when it didn't work, eventually the footsteps moved on. Setia sighed in relief. She approached the door with her hands on her hips, examining the lock mechanism. She sighed and pulled a bobby pin from her hair and sent up a prayer to whatever gods were listening. She placed the pin in the lock and jimmied it around, she turned the lock until she heard a click.

Yes! She turned to examine the room, so empty of any personality, looking for anything she could use as a weapon. She saw a dagger hanging in a display on the wall, she grabbed it.

Turning around, she opened the door and peeked out the hallway, it appeared to be empty. She ran down the length of the hall. Holding the dagger in her palm, she did her best to remember the layout of the manor buildings. The attack alarm had gone off, which meant there were beasts at the borders, trying to break into the city, if they hadn't breached already. The council members would be sequestered into safety… She thought to where the Alpha would be, a command room, if there is one. She placed a hand against her purse and smiled, she felt guilty about leaving him like this, but this part of her mission was complete.