Lucien’s command and the picture of his cum dripping out of me forced over my precipice, sending me tumbling over with a shudder.
I cried out his name at the same time that he cried out mine. My power rushed out of me, releasing some back into him until I was left sated in my desires and content at the amount of power I was comfortably holding within me now.
With the way my mind and body felt like they were floating in the blissful aftermath of our love-making, I might as well have been one of the clouds out here.
Lucien trailed tender kisses along my back as he released his hold on my hair.
“I love you, Alexandra. All of you.”
His sweet words spurred me to release the railing and turn around to gaze up at him, and he straightened with my movement. Lifting a hand to caress his cheek, I smiled as he turned to kiss my palm.
“I love you, Lucien. All of you. I’m sorry if I made it seem for even a moment that you weren’t everything I adored and needed. I’m proud that you’re my mate, and I vow to never make it sound like anything else ever again.”
My heart squeezed with the knowledge I’d made him doubt my love for even a second. I was thankful he was being so gracious and understanding of my mistake and allowing us to move forward without holding it against me.
Each of my mates had taught me valuable lessons in grace, humility, and compassion since they’d come to life.
“And?” he hedged, mischief back in his eyes, which was exactly the way I loved to see him. “I told you I’d do something for you to thank me for.”
With a laugh and an eye roll, I smacked his chest playfully. “Thank you for the orgasms, babe.”
With a satisfied huff and nod from him, I finally felt like we were back and better than ever.
A clearing throat jolted me, and I glanced around his bulk. Kylo and Elwin were both sprawled on the bed, facing us with varied looks of amusement and heat in their gazes.
Lucien chuckled, and my gaze whipped back to him.
“Did you know they were here?”
His smirk told me everything I needed to know, but all I could do was laugh.
After a quick peck to Lucien’s cheek, I crossed to the foot of the bed where my discarded clothes lay.
“What brings you both this way?” I asked as I picked my shirt up. “I thought you were going to help Zurie with dinner.”
Elwin let out a heavy sigh as he rolled on his side to face me, propping his head up with his bent arm on the bed. “Well, you see, it turns out if you aren’t born of this realm or don’t have a certain tonic that’s brewed for visitors, gazing upon an archangel can burn your eyes out. And that’s like…the very least. At worst, it can burn your body up depending on their distance from you.”
My jaw dropped as my eyes widened at the implication in his words. Forgetting my shirt, I let it fall to the ground and rushed to them, my gaze scouring every inch of their skin, clothes, and eyes for any sign of harm. “Did they hurt you?”
Just the thought of it left me breathing erratically.
Kylo swung his feet to hang over the edge of the bed, grabbing me by the hips and dragging me to stand between his spread thighs. “Darling, we’re fine. Zurie realized the depths of the situation as she felt their energy drawing closer. She told us to come wait here. With being mated to them, she doesn’t need the tonics, so she said she needed to send Remiel to go grab some.”
His confident tone and explanation returned my heart to a normal rhythm, relief washing over me in a wave. They were fine.
Dragging one of my hands up to his lips, he pressed a kiss to my skin and murmured, “Put your mind at ease. She said she would bring us dinner here and we’d have the tonics by morning at the latest.”
With that, I nodded and let it go. Without the distraction of freaking out to preoccupy, I noticed the wetness between my thighs from Lucien’s cum and grimaced.
“I’m going to go shower if anyone wants to join.”
Elwin took me up on it, gently washing my body and hair before we stood in each other’s embrace under the hot water, soaking in the moment of peace.
Upon our exit, we found food waiting for us. Finding clothes was easier than expected. Ama and I were similar in size, and with the number of mates she has, we were able to easily find clothes for my own mates too.
The exhaustion from the day caught up to me as soon as I finished eating the delicious alfredo and caesar salad Zurie prepared.
With my heart full of hope, and my stomach full, sleep claimed me the second my head hit the pillow.
