Chapter 71 - Punishments Can Be Fun Too.

"Natalia"

"Hmm"

"What are you thinking about?"

"Nothing"

"Nothing?"

"Mm-hmm"

"Baby, you do realise you can't bullshit me, right?"

I look over at Cole who is looking at me sternly, he's leaning against the wall behind him with one foot resting on the wall and he's crossed his huge arms over his chest.

"I'm not bullshitting you, Cole"

He lets out a sigh.

"I can read your thoughts, remember"

Shit.

"Why are you debating whether or not to kill her, babe? she deserves to die and I can't think of anyone better to end her"

"I'm not debating anything Cole, it's just..."

I let out a sigh as I look towards the room where Aubrey is.

"I spent twelve years defending myself to everyone that I didn't attack her, it's practically been the theme song of my life and now I'm gonna kill her"

"She deserves it, Nat"

"I know...I just feel...I don't know, I feel like a hypocrite in a way"

"You're not a hypocrite, babe"

He comes over and stands in front of me, placing his hands on my arms and caressing them as he looks into my eyes.

"Do you remember what you told me about what the moon goddess said about Aubrey?"

I nod my head.

"She's an evil young woman"

"Exactly, she's not a nice person Natalia and I wouldn't say that someone is worthy of death unless they truly are...I mean, did I ever say it to you?"

I thought about it and from what I recall, I don't remember him ever telling me that I should die, I mean technically he had the power to kill me himself if he honestly thought I was such a bad person who did bad things but he didn't.

"No"

"Exactly babe...Aubreys got more crimes under her belt than I can count, she's destroyed so many lives and plotted with Mason to destroy us"

He cups my face and kisses my forehead.

"You need to do this babe...for you to truly get closure and move on, we need to rid ourselves of Aubrey Taylor for good"

He's right.

"Ok"

"Good girl"

I take a deep breath before putting on a stoic face and walking over to the door, I open it and try to ignore the annoying and irritating sound of the metal door scraping against the cement floor.

When we enter the room, we see Aubrey in the same position she's been left in for lord knows how long, she's on her knees with each of her limbs tied to the ceiling and floor in silver chains and her body is covered in cuts, bruises, scars old and new as well as dry and fresh blood, she looks like death which is fitting considering she's gonna die today.

I look down at Aubrey unsure of how to kill her.

"How do I kill her, Cole?"

"Whatever you think is best, babe"

I've thought about this moment every day for the past twelve years, I've imagined every way possible to torture her and kill her but now the day is here...I'm lost, do I make it quick and simple? do I make her suffer? either way, she's gonna die today so is it really worth prolonging it?.

"What do you want?"

A gruff voice asked.

Looking down at my broken former best friend, I couldn't help but feel sorry for her, all of this could have been avoided if she wasn't such a greedy and vindictive bitch.

I quickly discarded those feelings of pity as I walked over to the side table and picked up a dagger and a jar of silver.

I laced the dagger with some silver as I walked over to Aubrey and started to drag the knife across her skin from her wrist to her shoulder before stabbing her in the shoulder bade, Aubrey screamed in pure agony which was music to my ears, I then did the same to her other arm and I had to resist the temptation to drive the dagger into her neck.

Call me a sick twisted human being but there was something about the sounds of her screams as I watched her skin and blood bubble and burn that was just so satisfying to me.

"Do you know what I love about greedy people, Aubrey?"

I ask whilst circling her.

"What's that?"

She asked whilst panting.

"How f*****g stupid they are?"

"I beg your pardon"

She growled as she snaps her head up to look at me.

I slapped her across the face as she screamed, I then gripped her chin tightly.

"Don't you ever growl at me again bitch"

I pushed her face away and stood up straight whilst looking at her with a sneer.

"People like you and Mason are so f*****g stupid Aubrey, you create these fantasies in your heads that you think you're actually smart enough to achieve but in reality...you're not, I mean Mason thought he could overthrow his brother and be king by using me whilst you...well, you used myself and Emily to get your own way numerous times, in the beginning, I can sort of understand it because you were a kid being manipulated by a grown man who was using the mate bond in order to get what he wanted but still..."

"What's your point?"

Aubrey interrupted me and I had to resist an even stronger urge not to kill her, she's testing my f*****g patience today.

"My point is Aubrey that you both plotted these evil plans, you ruined so many lives and for what? so that Cole will reject his mate and accept you, making you his Luna in the process?"

She didn't answer me but she didn't really need too, I already know why she went along with Masons plans.

"But what you pair of dumbasses failed to realise is that fantasies are just that...a fantasy, a world where you can be anything or anyone, you can be anywhere you want and do anything you want without fear of the consequences"

"Why are you boring me with this?"

"Because Masons your mate and had you both just accepted your destinys with each other instead of trying to destroy other people and wanting something and someone that never belonged to you then you'd both be living a pretty amazing life right now"

She looks up at me confused.

"Oh yer and how do you work that out?"

She asks me in a bored tone.

I stepped closer to her and kneeled down in front of her.

"Did Mason ever tell you who he really is?"

"What do you mean?"

She asked confused and I couldn't help but smirk, this is brilliant.

"You know I'm a royal, right? my parents are the king and queen of all supernaturals"

"So"

She said with a slight growl and a lot of jealousy in her tone.

"Mason's my uncle, he's the alpha kings younger brother"

Aubrey's head snapped up as she looked at me in shock.

"What? y..you're lying"

I shake my head.

"No, I'm not Aubrey, Mason is a member of my biological family, he was your mate and he was literally every girl's dream"

"What do you mean?"

I stood up and looked down at her.

"Mason was rich, he was handsome, he lived in a castle and he had the ability to make his mate a literal princess, he held a very high status in our world and as his mate, you would have too...but because you were both so greedy and dumb wanting things that didn't belong to you...you've both lost out on living a happy and blissful life together"

Aubrey looked down with a lot of regret on her face and in her eyes.

After about a minute, she snapped her head up and looked at me in a state of panic.

"What do you mean was? where's Mason?"

She asked as she started to pull on the chains hoping to release them but she ended up causing herself more harm.

"He's dead"

"What? h..how?"

"My mate and my family killed him"

I gloated as Aubrey looked away looking heartbroken and started to cry.

As an empath, I could literally feel everything she's feeling and I knew that she was genuinely hurt and upset.

"Don't cry Aubrey, you'll be joining him in hell very soon"

I said before walking over to one of the tables and loading up a gun, I could feel Coles eyes burning into me and I could tell he's worried.

"Don't worry baby, I'm a crack shot"

I said hoping to assure him so that he wouldn't worry about me.

"I know, I just don't like my pregnant wife holding a gun even if she does look like a sexy badass"

I chuckled as I turn to face him, we shared eye contact for about thirty seconds before a whimper interrupted us, I finished loading up the gun before turning around and going back to stand in front of Aubrey.

She started to beg and plead for her life but I didn't care, I was past caring.

I shot Aubrey several times in her arms, legs, thighs and stomach, I even shot a few into her back for good measure before reloading my gun with two more bullets and standing in front of her.

"Any last words, Aubrey?"

Cliche I know, who cares? what part of my life isn't a freaking cliche?.

"I'm sorry"

She whimpered.

"So am I"

BANG!!, BANG!!.

I shot her in the chest and in between her eyes.

"Sorry I never saw how much of a sneaky and manipulative bitch you really are"

A stray tear fell down my cheek but I don't understand why I'm crying, a whimper left my mouth and Cole was quickly by my side hugging me and trying to get me to stop crying.

"Sshh baby, it's ok, it's over now"

"I kn..know"

I rested my head on his chest and tightened my grip on him.

"Why are you crying, baby?"

"I don't know, I think your sons are messing with my hormones again"

Cole chuckled and I sighed.

"She cared"

"Hmm, who cared?"

"Aubrey"

I pull away from Cole and look up at him.

"I could tell from the look in her eyes that she cared, she was seriously heartbroken when I told her Masons dead....all they had to do was accept each other and be happy then none of this would have happened"

Cole smiled down at me as he caressed my face with his thumbs.

"And this is just one of the reasons why I love you so much"

Cole says whilst wiping away my tears.

"Why?"

"Because even after everything she's put you through, you still care enough to cry over her death"

I chuckled slightly.

"Contrary to popular belief Cole, I hate hurting people even if they do deserve it and even though I've spent every day for almost thirteen years plotting how to kill her...I really hoped that she'd change and I wouldn't have too"

"She was never gonna change babe, she was too determined to be my Luna"

"Urgh!!, why do girls like that always wanna be Luna? their make up would crack from shock if they actually knew all of the hard work that goes into being Luna, it's not all about being the queen of the pack"

"Some people just want to be in a powerful position, baby"

Cole looks down at Aubrey's dead body and shakes his head.

"Babe"

"Hmm"

He looks down at me and smiles, he's so handsome and he's all mine.

I wrap my arm around his neck and pull his head down so I could kiss him, I may be wearing some killer high heels but it doesn't mean that I'm tall enough to kiss him without either him leaning down or me standing on my tippy toes.

"Let's go, babe, I wanna get you out of here"

Cole says against my lips and I smile.

"Ok"

Cole pecks my lips before grabbing hold of my hand and leading us out of the dungeons, it felt so good to be able to walk out of there knowing that both Mason and Aubrey are dead and the breath I took when we entered the packhouse was one that I can't even describe, it was like a very huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders and I'm free to do anything I want too.

"Are you ok, babe?"

"I'm perfect"

I said whilst looking up at Cole with a big, bright smile on my face.

And it's true, everything is perfect.

I know Mason and Aubrey aren't the last people who are gonna try and cause trouble for myself and Cole or our pack but after dealing with these two, I know I can take on anyone or anything not that anyone will even try, they're too scared of my husband and my daddy to do anything.

Later That Night...

Today has been a very long but amazing day.

After killing Mason and Aubrey, my momma was so ecstatic that all of the drama was now finally over and done with that she and my adopted momma immediately started planning a pack barbeque for this weekend, they even roped myself and Emily into helping them which was very tiring and every part of me is calling for me to go to bed but it's also calling for me to go and see Cole who I haven't seen since we left the dungeons this morning.

I was torn between my comfy bed and my sexy husband, in the end, I decided to go and see my man and hopefully entice him back to our bed so I went up to our room and had a lovely hot shower, when I got out, I blow-dried my hair into my natural beach waves and applied some strawberry lip balm to my lips before changing into a sexy red teddy and spraying some of my Ariana Grande sweet like candy perfume all over me, Cole loves it when I wear this.

When I was ready, I left our room and went straight to Coles office where he's currently doing some paperwork which is what he's been doing for the past few hours.

I don't have to worry about anyone being in there with him because his office is on our floor which is strictly prohibited, Cole has banned everyone from coming up here unless they've got a really good excuse like for rogues attacking us or if the house is on fire or if someone is on fire so I know he's alone because he's warned everyone of the consequences if they break his number one rule.

I noticed the door to Coles office was already open when I was walking down the hallway which made surprising him even easier, when I got there, I leaned against the doorframe as I checked out my incredibly handsome husband, Jesus, have I mentioned how sexy Cole is? he's so freaking hot, he's sitting at his desk wearing nothing but his sweat pants and a pair of eyeglasses.

I swear this boy is trying to kill me, is there such a thing of being convicted of murdering your wife to death through turning her on?.

"Well, well, well, what have we got here?"

Cole asks as he sits up straight placing his paperwork on his desk and taking his glasses off, aww, he could've left those on.

"An extremely horny woman who wants to reward her husband"

"Reward? what did I do to earn such a reward?"

"Oh goddess, the list is so long"

I walked into the room and around the desk as I list off the many things that he's done to be rewarded, I then sit down on Coles lap and wrap my arms around his neck as he ran his hand up and down my thigh gently caressing and squeezing it.

Cole buried his face into my neck kissing and biting on my neck no doubt leaving more of his marks there, he does this all of the time and even though I've got nice tanned skin, it doesn't make the love bites invisible, thankfully somebody invented make-up so I can hide them with concealer which Cole hates but boo hoo he needs to get over it, I'm not gonna walk around looking like some high school tramp especially with my family around, I mean you should have seen what happened the last time one of my family members found a love bite on my neck, it wasn't pretty and neither was Christian and Cole when they were done with each other.

"You're so sexy, mi amor"

Cole growled before kissing my lips.

"Get up on the desk, baby"

I smirked as I jumped up of Coles lap earning a slap on the ass when I did, I sat down on the desk and felt my arousal spike when Cole forced my legs open and stood in between them, I don't know if I've said this before but I love it when he gets all dominant with me, I'm starting to think Brody is right and that maybe I have actually got a thing for the whole fifty shades lifestyle.

A moan left my mouth when Cole gently gripped my hair and pulled my head back a little forcing me to look into his gorgeous eyes.

"You do realise I'm still mad at you, right?"

"Huh, what for?"

What the hell did I do now?.

"Do you remember the conversation that took place before you disobeyed me and orbed to save Max and Charlotte?"

Oh f**k.

I knew this would eventually come back to bite me on my perfect ass.

"Nope"

I hoped to lie my way out of it but I forgot that I'm a really bad liar and Cole is like a walking lie detector machine.

"Oh really? so you don't remember talking about the Dreamboys and Magic Mike?"

His hands roamed my body gently teasing me as his hot breath fanned my mark.

"No"

I bit my lower lip as I felt Cole smirk against my neck, he then startled me by pulling away and looking at me sternly.

"Stand up and turn around"

Oh god.

"Cole, what's going on?"

He gently gripped my chin but not in a way that is hard enough to hurt me as I wrapped my hand around his wrist.

"Don't make me repeat myself, Natalia"

He growled against my lips as he looked into my eyes daring me to defy him.

I did what he said and stood up turning my back to him, Coles hand which was on my chin had drifted drown to my neck and wrapped around my throat gently as his other hand moved my hair to the side.

"Do you know Natalia that I don't find any other woman attractive, not even celebrities?"

"What about Megan Fox?"

I asked him confused.

He always had a thing for her, in fact, I even caught him jerking off to the Transformers movie once a few years back.

"Nope, not anymore...I only have eyes for you"

He huskily whispered in my ear as his hands drifted down my body and lifted the teddy up revealing my ass to him.

"And I thought my sweet little mate only had eyes for me but now I know she hasn't and they're roaming to anyone with a six-pack"

"Babe seriously, there's no need to...OUCH!!"

He smacked my ass hard.

"Did I ask you to speak?"

"No"

"No what?"

I turned my head and looked up into his lust-filled eyes.

"No sir"

"Good girl"

His eyes drifted down to my ass as he rubbed the area where he hit.

"You've been a very naughty girl, babe"

Oh no, he's using that tone, I hate that tone.

"Do you remember what happened the last time you were naughty, Natalia?"

I groaned remembering what he's talking about.

"Yes"

"You clearly never learned your lesson, did you babe?...how do you think I should punish you?"

"I think you should spank me, sir"

If the options are either getting spanked or not being able to orgasm for the rest of my pregnancy then I'd rather have him spank me.

"I've got an idea"

He says whilst grabbing my ass.

"I'm gonna spank you ten times on each cheek and maybe just maybe, I'll think about whether or not you can have an orgasm tonight"

"What? you're not gonna let me orgasm because I fancy guys I'll never even meet...OUCH!!"

f**k.

"You're only allowed to fancy me, Natalia"

"And I do babe, you're the sexiest man alive to me Cole"

I groaned when he spanked my ass again.

Cole didn't even respond to what I said he just told me to count each spank and say either thank you, sir or thank you, alpha after each one.

Cole started to spank me as I felt myself getting wetter and wetter but I wasn't sure what was turning me on so bad, being spanked, feeling Coles thick hard on rubbing up against me or his sexy groans and occasional comments about how good my ass looks when it's being spanked.

When he was done, Cole wrapped his arms around me and nuzzled his face into my neck.

"You did good, baby"

"Thank you, babe...does that mean we can forget about the other part of the punishment?"

Cole chuckled as he turned me around and kissed me, he then pulled the strap of my teddy down and kissed my shoulder.

"You're so beautiful and perfect Nattie and you're all mine"

He said whilst placing kisses all over my neck and throat, I ran my hand through his hair throwing my head back as his tongue ran across my mark causing me to moan his name out loudly, I looked down at Cole and pulled him to me so I could kiss him passionately.

"I love you Cole and only you, you're the most perfect and sexiest man alive, no man compares to you I promise, mmm, oh god"

I moaned when Cole cupped both of my breasts and roughly gripped them rubbing his thumb over my covered n*****s.

"I better had be, babe"

He said before ripping my teddy into shreds.

"COLE!!"

I growled.

"What the f**k, Cole? do you know how much that cost me?"

He looked down at me whilst smirking and licking his lips.

"It was in my way but don't worry baby, I'll buy you loads more"

Urgh!!, this man.

"Now to the next part of your punishment"

My head snapped up to him.

"What? I thought you were letting me off"

"Oh no, baby"

He shook his head slightly whilst still smirking as he discarded himself of his pants and boxers.

"You still need to learn your lesson baby and I promise you that by the time I'm done with you tonight, you'll have learned your lesson and you won't find any man attractive other than me, do you understand me?"

Oh god, jealousy looks so good on him.

"I said do you understand me?"

He growled whilst gripping my chin once again and bringing his face really close to mine.

"Yes sir, I understand"

"Good girl"

He said before passionately kissing me.

That night Cole made good on his promise and we were up until the early hours of the morning having crazy, rough sex all over his office and our bedroom, he forced me to hold out all night which was absolute torture especially because he said that if I came without his permission then that would make me a bad girl who doesn't think he's the most attractive man in the world, like seriously, I was hoping to get laid tonight but I didn't think I'd end up being f*****g tortured and having punishment sex because my best friends have got mouths like a hooker on a good night.

Eventually, Cole let me c*m and it was so good and explosive that I ended up squirting all over him, I'm not gonna lie, some of my best orgasms have been when Cole has denied me but like hell am I telling him that because it'll only encourage him to do it more and as much as I love the explosive orgasms, I hate the build-up to it, well, I don't hate it but I don't like it either.