What Comes After With lauronica_mars

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The campus felt like an entirely different place. Students were buzzing with gossip and rumours surrounding both the Dean and Lara. Some of the favourites Ella had heard were along the lines that she was brain washing students and hypnotised Lara. The rumours of her being an evil witch always made her laugh. Some believed that Lara was the evil one, bribing Ella somehow to get good grades. No one was really one hundred percent sure, except for the students that crossed the Supernatural world and knew what happened that night.

It was both a blessing and a curse that both Lara and Ella had stepped into the light and revelled their relationship. Rumour after rumour piled up but Lara’s blog had become an overnight blast of fame. Ella watched through the security cameras as her girlfriend couldn’t go anywhere without crowds of people staring or asking her questions.

The students that had revealed themselves as wolves were now following her like lost puppies, protective of the witch that liberated them. The witches both light and dark divided into the jealous and admiring of Lara’s abilities. She had never been so popular.

LaF and Perry as best friends of Lara and also present the night everything happened, had also gained the fame and flock of questions that came with that. In the end they had to take their lunch to the far side of the tables in the hall and sat away from the groups and whispers.

“Have you messaged her? You did message her didn’t you?”, Perry stopped stabbing her mash potato with her fork and looked across the table at LaF who was barely eating.

“Back of the hall.” LaF nodded. “I messaged Danny but I haven’t seen her since the night, you know.”

Perry looked up and noticed all the students whispering and talking. “Maybe we should have picked a quieter spot to interrogate her?”

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If anyone would have asked Ella if she cared enough about anyone other than herself, a few months ago her answer would have been a solid no. And that was the way she kept it for over three centuries. Since Lara, that had changed and without a second thought the minute that rock hit her Ella flitted into the ring. She landed with her back towards Lara, directly in the path between her and the alpha. Her fangs were extended and her eyes were dark. She barely noticed the pack of wolves that erupted behind her.

Fliss watched as her pack all transformed and moved closer to the ring, fangs out and snarling behind the vampire. Leo was barely able to stand but knowing Lara got hurt he turned around and attempted to stand next to Fliss.

The mountain wolves did the same a dozens of them transformed into wolves, approaching from the other side and before Ella knew it the circle was closed by both packs, hovering on the edges and growling with rage. Fliss tried to squeeze between two of the wolves on her side but was careful not to step in the ring.

“Ella. How many years has it been?” As he laughed he watched as her vampires came out from being concealed amongst the students and placed themselves alongside the wolves. “You would risk stepping into this ring for a human? Hmm, she must be special.”

“Special enough you’ve upset a whole pack.” Fliss shouted out and some of the wolves barked in agreement.

Ella ignored everything and focused on the alpha. “There’s just you and me in this ring. Do you have any last words before I rip your throat out?” She was furious and progressively slipping into a dark place, ready to fight.

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"Make him tap, love." Lara's tone was soft and confident as she lined up with the vampires and werewolves, and there was a low whistle from some of the neutral wolves who were chatting to each other before standing up in a triangle and walking towards the ring.

"The local alphas are all here." The smile directed at Ella was full of needle sharp teeth. "Which means if you kill me you're in trouble."

"Oh, no, Max. You got yourself into this." The smile from the leading one of the three werewolves was positively malicious. "And think yourself lucky. If either of your wolves had won you'd have been in a feud with an ice wolf pack."

His eyes widened, and there was muttering from everyone about ice wolves; even Ella's mother had recommended not fighting ice wolves, although watching them from a safe distance could be entertaining and to most werewolves ice wolves were a mix of what went bump in the night and what they hoped to be if they didn't individually want to be an alpha, but none had heard of an actual ice wolf pack in living memory. There was also a murmuring and the wolves and even the vampires stepped back as the three alphas headed for Lara.

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Mutters and whispers filled the football arena while the party raged on in the background. Every inch of the lake was alive with students, bonfires and the sound of partying and there Ella stood quietly calming all the anger that was coursing through her veins. Knowing Lara could fight for herself was one thing but permission for Ella to fight on her behalf was another. Ella wasn’t about to let Max off so lightly. Lara would be lucky of Ella didn’t rip his throat out.

With the wolves and vampires on both sides gathered in a circle to prevent either of them from leaving the ring, she watched as Max cracked and shifted his bones. It was always fascinating to watch an Alpha twist their hold their muscles somewhere between wolf and man, shaping the perfect beast. It was an alpha’s secret weapon.

Lucya who had been watching by the side of her mate, walked towards Lara and gestured for some friends to help carry Leo and tend to her wounds while she spoke. “I think it would be best if we get you back to the tunnels. You will be safe with us and my children would love to see you again.” Her hand lightly brushed Lara’s arm and her smile was warm. “I don’t think we should watch what is about to happen.” And as she looked over the girl’s shoulder so saw the pack of large wolves outnumbering the vampires as knowing full well Ella and Max were in the middle somewhere amongst the wall of fur.

The noise was so loud that Ella lost Lara’s heartbeat. She often tuned into it when she wanted to calm herself. Sometimes taking great pleasure in teasing Lara just to make it race. But at the moment, the field was full of hearts hammering in their chests at the excitement of the upcoming fight.

As Max roared and flexed his shoulder muscles, the claws of his feet pulling apart the earth beneath him, Ella still kept her calm and felt the weight of her fangs extend. Either species could bite one another but the taste was similar to poison in their mouths. Making vampires unable to feed and wolves unable to eat their targets. They can still cause pain to one another.

Naturally the alpha was the first to make the move, launching forwards with two fast slashes one aiming for her head and the other across the vampire’s stomach. Ella dodged both using vampiric speed but on the second slash she flitted towards the back of the circle. Thankfully into the friendly wolves which didn’t attack her but used his nose to nudge into her back and push her forward. Ella had a brief moment of anger at a wolf touching her before considering the fact he was pushing her back into the ring.

“Is that all you’ve got?” Ella laughed and as a fist came flying towards her she caught it with her hand the two of them froze to a battle in strength. It was only through a sharp twist that she was able to jerk to one side and land a crack to Max’s ribcage. He cried out as something went snap inside and that was enough to send him into a fit of rage and before Ella could move one of his claws were able to catch her thigh, tearing through her clothes and skin as if it was a knife through butter.

Ella clenched her teeth together in pure pain and then felt his teeth lock down on her shoulder. Pinning her where she stood. The only way she could break out was reach up and slash her nails across his eye. The cry of pain Max let out was more than when his rib was cracked. Blood was pouring down his face.

The two of them continued to fight and slash at one another. The crowd getting louder as they did so until Ella was flung over to the opposite side of the circle where the mountain wolves yapped viciously, trying to get a bite but being just out of reach. Ella flipped back up and dodged another incoming attack as quickly as she could but she was losing blood fast.

“They told horror stories about you. My father heard from his who heard from his. You were something to be feared but you are all the same.” Max grinned, showing his blood stained teeth before spitting the poison to the floor.

That was enough of a comment that Ella ran towards him. Fuelled by anger she waited to the very last second to fall to the ground, sliding between his legs and jumping up to connect her foot with the back of his knee.

Max went down without question and Ella used the opportunity to lock her arms around the alpha’s neck and begin squeezing a choke hold.

“Tap.” She ordered, dodging the slashes to her face as Max was just out of reach and unable to pry her off. “You would risk dying in front of your pack at the hands of me? Tap.”

His face was noticeably red but still Max refused to tap. It was taking all of Ella’s strength not to kill him and just when she was getting to that point he finally tapped his claws to the ground and Ella released the pressure. Blood pouring from the two of them the second she let go he fell back on her and the two collapsed to the ground.

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Lara rushed into the ring at the tap to haul her lover out with the plan of kissing her senseless, but just as she'd started to pull Ella out and twisted Max off she blocked a pair of claws on reflex, the cut going bone deep into the back of her forearm rather than into Ella's face. A roar came up from all the watchers on her side as they saw the low blow, and more importantly Lara's blood being shed. Lara, of course, was keyed up, and her other hand clapped hard over Max's ear, using the werewolf's enhanced senses against him and a minor twist of magic she'd practiced for that attack meaning he'd take a long time to recover from the tinnitus. There wasn't that much she could do to an Alpha but she could make one wary.

She could however do things for Ella, especially with Max's attack on her leaving her wolves baying for blood, claws drawn, and almost launching themselves at the ring with the vampires not far behind. "Come on, Love." She'd find healing power flooding into her, courtesy of the pack's current good thoughts for her, and Lara's channeling the healing of all the wolves to augment Ella's own healing, closing her wounds.

Seeing Max's eyes flash as he pulled himself to his feet, Lara knew something was up. A split second later Leo launched himself at Max, growling.

Max sneered, alpha claws extended. Then blinked in shock as the ice wolf's diamond edged claws cut straight through his and deep into his hands.

Lara screamed, redirecting the healing but not in time as Leo's previous humiliated opponent's claws tore straight through his kidney and spine. Even werewolf healing couldn't cure a severed spine.

The three visiting alphas all howled, eyes wide, as the carnage erupted, and at their howls all the visiting non-mountain wolves retreated, not wanting to get in the way. They'd seen the offences from both sides and that this wasn't going to end

Lara's eyes flared visibly with magic, and the flow of energy between the ice wolves stabilised. Each wolf, other than Sylens and Lucya shifted so their claws were almost pure diamond, and each wolf in the pack knew instinctively where every single one of their pack mates was. Also each wolf had the strength of their blows and leaps augmented by the power of the pack. The mountain wolves were all individually bigger than any of the ice wolves, and four of them drew silver bladed swords with glowing runes inscribed along the length of the blade, one intended for each expected alpha that would be there. But they'd seen the diamond claws, glinting like ice, and knew that their blades could be parried. And knew that even the smallest wolf could attack at any time with the speed and strength of an alpha. And they also knew drawing those swords in sight of other packs was effectively admission they had planned to assassinate the alphas, but that was less of a priority than surviving the next five minutes.

Lara swallowed as she helped Ella up to her feet. "Let's get out of here, love. You strong enough to teleport us?"

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The stadium exploded and wolves and vampires clashed in the middle surrounding the two of them. Thankfully when Max shifted to strike at Lara it was enough space for Ella to wiggle free from being crushed beneath him. She barely noticed the vampires and wolves raging around her as the sounds of claws, metal and teeth clashed violently.

The scent of human blood filled the air. Ella knew she had to get Lara out of there fast but as she moved she noticed Fliss running to the side of her best friend who was screaming in pain. It was a battlefield of carnage taking place on in the inside while the party continued, oblivious on the out.

And while Ella got herself free she noticed her already accelerated healing was now sped up further. She clutched her stomach trying to gather all the energy she had left and teleport them out. It took concentration which was hard when paws and wolves were flying through the air above you.

But one teleport was all she needed to do. The vampire wrapped her arm around her girlfriend’s waist and pulled her close. Everything around them filling up with black smoke and then, in the blink of an eye the noise vanished and the two of them landed on the carpet in front of the fireplace of Ella’s living room. If they looked to the right they would see the fireworks and the party in the distance towards the back of the campus.

Her eyes were closed but the familiar scent of Lara dulled the pain she was in. In that moment Ella was simply happy Lara was safe and out the way. She didn’t realise she was so weak from blood loss that she was barely able to hold her arm around Lara’s waist.

“Well that was a rush.” Ella muttered which was quickly followed by a little cough as a rib shifted back into place and started to heal. “Are you alright?” Her self-control over the scent of Lara’s blood was commendable at this point but Ella knew there were plenty of bags in her fridge.

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Lara was immediately moving to the fridge for Ella to get blood bags out before casually tossing three over to her. "For our next date, love, can we make sure that there isn't a fighting arena nearby. Or one of us will step in it, which reminds me I should work with you on your form. And I'm fine." She wasn't quite, but she was better off than Ella and healed fast even if not at the speed of the wolves or the vampires.

She frowned. "I hope Leo will be all right. And that none of the rest of them will be hurt? But I'm not sure how many of the mountain wolves are going to survive?"

She then wrapped her arms round Ella and smiled. "My hero."

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Reflexes were critical and Ella missed catching the bags. Out of pride and of course Ella not liking anyone to see when she was weak, she still tried to catch them but the fight had taken it out of her. In the couple of seconds it took for her to get to her feet she tore open one of the bags and finished it as Lara spoke.

With the second bag finished Ella was starting to look a lot more like herself. “My form?” Ella placed the half finished third bag to one side. “I’m over three hundred years old and people fear my name let alone fighting me. My form is fine.” She wanted to be defensive but the second she turned around she felt Lara’s arms around her she felt her stomach churn.

“I’m not a hero sweetheart.” She took one of Lara’s arms from around her neck to inspect the damage. After a moment her eyes looking up to catch Lara’s. “But that’s twice now I would be willing to die for you.”

Ella sighed when she saw the damage. “I’ll admit pushing you away to stop you getting in trouble was a bad thing to do. You seem to find trouble all on your own.” She brought Lara’s hand up and kissed her fingertips. “Max knew that hurting you would provoke me. Leo is lucky he escaped with his life.”

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"Ella I saw that fight." Lara smiled as she approached her lover for a hug. "And you might not be a hero, but you're my hero. And my hero deserves a reward." She kissed Ella lightly, not wanting to think about Leo right now. "What does she want?"

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“Then you would have seen that Max was lucky I spared his life.” She carefully took Lara’s arm. “And because I spared it, look what happened to you.”

Ella didn’t object when Lara called her a hero but this time welcomed the kiss. She slipped both hands down to her girl’s waist and tried to gather her thoughts. “I know I pushed you away because I thought I was protecting you and I promised I wouldn’t do that again but are you sure you want this?” She looked directly into Lara’s eyes and gently cupped her cheek. “Us.”

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"Max is an idiot." Lara shrugged. "And really didn't know how to use his strength and speed." Lara frowned. "And will you stop asking me that. Yes, I want you and this." She reached out, one hand burying itself in Ella's hair to draw her in for a kiss.

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She was about to object on how many times she had asked but the second her temper flared up Lara’s lips found hers and everything else melted away. Her arms slipped around Lara’s waist, holding her closer. When their lips parted and combined with fingers through her hair, Ella couldn’t stop herself from softly purring.

Instantly embarrassed she pulled back when the kiss ended. “I can’t remember the last time that happened…”

Linking their fingers Ella shook off the embarrassment by leading Lara over to the bathroom. It just so happened that Lara’s phone started to vibrate with floods of messages from Fliss asking if she was okay and telling her that Leo wasn’t good and LaF who was drink and unable to send messages in one go but several broken badly spelt texts where the words needed some sort of drunken translation.

She was half tempted to turn off the phone now they were finally alone but knowing the messages could have been important she nodded over to where her phone screen was lighting up on the floor. It must have landed there when they teleported. “Could be important?”

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Laura's voice was pouty. "I suppose I'd better." She reached for her phone with magic, checking the messages even while staying curled up with Ella, snuggling in deeper, and frowning before shooting a message to Fliss and one to LaF saying she was fine. And then another to Fliss saying she was about to do something for Leo.

Ella would see her frown, and then collapse against her as she redirected some of the pack's healing energy to Leo, the blood draining from her face.

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“Nuhuh, no.” Ella gently cupped Lara’s cheeks with both hands the seconds she saw the blood drain from her face. Their lips were barely millimetres apart as closed all gaps between them. She made a point of grinding her hips purposefully against Lara’s.

“You are mine Lara; the rest of the world can wait.” And with that the vampire distracted her with a kiss that started off slow until their lips parted and Ella’s fingertips playfully pushed Lara back towards the bathroom door. “No witches, no vampires…” She broke the kiss to press another Lara’s jawline and eventually nipping at her ear where she continued to whisper. “..no wolves…just us.”

Regardless of the amount of damage Ella had received, she could feel her body healing itself and wounds starting to mend. The worst of it was her shoulder where Max had bit deeply, the venom around the wolf bite now fading. For an average vampire they would be lucky to escape with their life from a bite but Ella was far from average.

Slipping away from her, Ella moved to the white marbled bathtub in the corner which looked more like a Jacuzzi with a few steps leading up to get into it. She turned on the taps, looking back over her shoulder to the student that had changed everything for her. “Come here?” Ella smirked, putting her fangs away and holding out her hand for Lara to take.

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Lara smiled slightly tiredly. "Just us. And the wolves are going to live and can wait. And I'm all yours."

She took Ella's hand with a smile. "Shouldn't we take my clothes off first?" She could at least kick her shoes off

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When Lara took Ella’s hand she tugged her closer and with her free hand, took Lara’s phone away and put it on the side. She did so with a playful pout that told Lara this time she didn’t want distractions. This was the first time the two of them had been properly alone since they got back together and Ella was still scared over how vulnerable Lara made her. Although the dean didn’t show it.

“And lose the fun of stripping you?” Ella distracted her with a kiss while her fingers worked at removing Lara’s clothes. “This is the only present I could ever want.”

And with that she slipped off the straps of Lara’s bra off her shoulders and unclipped it away. The second she saw her breast she instinctively leant down and flicked her tongue over Lara’s nipple. Of course it was on purpose. The second it became hard there was a bite followed by the wicked eyes of the vampire looking up at her girl.

“Get in. Now.”

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Lara moaned at the teasing, gladly relinquishing her phone; she didn't want distractions any more right now than Ella did, and moaning again at the bite.

"As you wish, Mistress." Lara's smirk and Ella's speed might give the vampires enough time to work out what she was up to as Lara wrapped her arms round her lover. And the threw her over her hip, rolling so she landed on her back in the bath with Ella on top of her. She was still in her skirt while Ella was still fully dressed. In a couple of seconds she'd want to come up for air, laughing, unless Ella decided to play rough.

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The vampires defences were down. Wounded from the fight but healing, the last thing she expected was for Lara to pull a move like that. She didn’t realise how far she had dropped her guard around Lara until it was too late and Ella came crashing down into the water.

Soaked from head to toe, Ella waited for Lara to come back up for air and playfully splashed water towards her. It was the most she had laughed in months, possibly years.

“You’re going to regret that later Miss Hollis. Revenge is something I’m particularly good at.” Her words might have been a bit more threatening if it wasn’t for the fact she couldn’t stop laughing as she started to peel away her clothes. When she was finished she took the time remove Lara’s skirt and them both naked in the tub.

Ella couldn’t help but notice the wound in Lara’s arm. “Before I show you why it’s a good thing vampires don’t need to breath…” She tugged Lara away from the edge enough to wrap her legs around the girls waist in the water. “..do you want me to heal your arm? A few drops of my blood would do it but you would lose your magic for a few hours.” She trailed her hands up from Lara’s sides and put her arms around her neck. On purpose she pushed her wet breasts the girls. “Which means you wouldn’t be able to stick me on a leash. I’ll be the one having the fun.

If you can handle that.”

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Lara smiled when she came up for air, splashing back. "You should laugh more often!" Just seeing Ella carefree and relaxed was extremely worthwhile.

"And I'm really scared that my vampire's going to take revenge." Her tone implied she was anything but as she wriggled under Ella's touch, her smile teasing. "And I'm sure I can manage without leashing you for a while. Although we will have to get you a real collar and leash. Probably one with a very cute padlock so you can't take it off by mistake."

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“Your vampire?” She raised her eyebrow to challenge that but couldn’t stop the smile on her face in an attempt to play hard to get. “And do you really think I would let you padlock a collar on me? You’d have to pin me down first.”

With her legs still wrapped around Lara’s waist, she broke away only briefly to turn on the Jacuzzi. When she moved back to Lara, Ella brought her wrist up to her mouth and let her fangs pierce the skin with ease. Lara would only need a few drops and the wound on her arm would close fast.

“Because I’m stronger than a normal vampire you shouldn’t need much but it will heal you.” Ella brought her other hand up to tucked Lara’s hair behind her ear, exposing her neck. “A few hours of you unable to use your powers on me. Whatever will I do with you?”

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"Pinning you down could be arranged." Lara smirked before drinking, wrapping a tendril round Ella's neck.

"And I won't say that doesn't work on white witches, because it does. But we have to accept it." Lara smiled, tightening the leash. "Dark witches gather power reflexively. But white ones don't, and it won't cut my magic until I accept it." The leash briefly tightened almost painfully before vanishing. "And now you can decide what to do with me. I'm entirely at your mercy, Mistress."

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The tendril was unexpected but the tighter it squeezed the more Ella let a moan of pleasure escape her lips. She was still hesitant to not be the one in charge but with Lara her defences dropped and it made her nervous.

“Might I remind you that you’re the student and I’m the teacher?” Ella was still sitting opposite Lara as the bubbles roared around them. When satisfied she had taken enough blood to heal her wounds Ella took her wrist away and replaced it with a kiss.

Soft and almost teasing she let their lips part and her hand slip down to her chest. Thumb hardening one of her nipples, Ella moaned as slid the other hand down in the water and between Lara’s legs.

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“And you think you did well?” Keira placed the rag into the bowel of water and continued to wash Max’s wounds. The blood had dirt clung to his skin, filling the wounds. He flinched at the touch but stayed seated through the pain. “The pack saw you defeated.”

He growled. “Mind your tongue. The pack saw exactly what I wanted to everyone to see. The witch.”

“Why is she important?” She placed a kiss to the now clean patch of skin on his shoulder.

“The ice wolves are without an alpha and believe they can work together against the nature that is our kind. All of this because of a young witch who upset the balance. They are weak. Soon they will have the choice of joining my pack or being destroyed.” Max couldn’t contain the grin on his face although his she couldn’t see how dark it was. “My grandfather used to tell me about Ella. The stories of how she was to be feared. All this time and a she now has a weakness. Not only that but it’s the same weakness as the wolves. They protect her.”

“You plan to kill her?” Another kiss was placed to the back of his neck.

Max nodded. “Slowly. With Ella watching.”

Keira trailed her fingers across his back, slipping in front of him and stealing a kiss. “What’s your next move?”

“We kidnap the girl. Not Lara. The one the pack call Fliss.”

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Lara's face was faux-shocked. "You mean you're a *teacher? *Isn't there something about that in the code of ethics? Or does it let you assign me any detention you like?" She melted into Ella's kiss and teasing, wrapping legs round her lover's waist, and putting her arms behind her and leaning back slightly to balance herself - and offer Ella a chance to really take control. At the kiss she moaned into Ella's mouth, finding Ella's skill at teasing her almost unfair. Almost.

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“It’s breaking all the rules.” Ella moaned between the kisses, her fingers parting her girls walls and teasing in a way she knew Lara craved. And when she felt the legs wrap around her waist, Ella took those kisses down to Lara’s chest.

Her flicked over her nipple purposefully teasing it to a point before she began to suck. In the moment in-between switching to Lara’s other breast, Ella looked up with her dark eyes and smirked wickedly. “You will be spending a lot of time in detention doing exactly what I want you. I’ll reward you for being good and I’ll pushing you for being a bad girl.” And with that Ella’s fingers slipping inside, instantly finding a slow and building rhythm as she ground her hips against hers.

The second Lara so much as made a nose she would feel the teasing nip to her nipple followed by the tug of wanting to play.

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Lara's eyes fluttered closed and she moaned. "I've missed this. I've missed you." she sighed, writhing gently.

And then she moaned, grinding into the probing fingers and arching into the tug on her nipple.

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The water roared and swirled around them and Ella didn’t hold back in making every touch count. Every second was spent giving Lara as much pleasure as possible until Ella heard her words and gently took her hand away, only to put both hands on Lara’s waist and push her back to one corner of the bath.

“I’m never going anywhere. This…” When Lara’s back met the edge of the bath Ella stole a slow and heated kiss, pouring how much she loved her without saying the words. “…is where I belong.”

After risking her twice and exposing the fact she had feelings for her to the world, Ella felt the three small words she wanted to say weren’t enough. She couldn’t stop smiling, a sight only Lara saw.

“And all of this….” She started to trail kisses from her lips to her jawline, stopping over her chest to place a kiss where Lara’s heart was “….is all mine.” And with a smirk she lowered herself into the water and found her way between Lara’s legs. Utilizing the fact, she didn’t need to breath, Ella brought her hands into the water and along with her tongue she kept Lara pinned with complete pleasure. As she teased the build-up she waited for moans or a signal to go harder or faster.