“I can feel.” His gentle laughter echoes around our enclosed booth as he lowers his face and replaces his thumb with his tongue. At the same time, he slides two fingers straight into me, and I moan as my back arches. Yes, yes, yes. I hear the wood cracking under my fingernails as I dig them in, feel the thump of the music outside and the heavy beat of people stomping on the dancefloor, but none of it registers like the feel of Aleksander’s fingers fucking me at the same pace as his tongue. He owns me, every single inch, and he knows it. I moan loudly, nearly screaming in pleasure. I don’t care who hears me anyway as he fucks me with his fingers and tongue. He doesn’t stop, and he is consistently demanding. He holds back from letting me come though.
I’m not above begging at this point. “Aleksander, please.”
“You know what I want you to say,” he grumbles against my pussy, and I look down at him. His dark hair is curled and messy, and his eyes are playful as they meet mine. His hands grip my thighs tightly, and he looks like a God.
“Mate. You’re my mate, Alek,” I moan. “And I want you to make me come.”
“With pleasure, mate.” I’m not prepared as he speeds up with his fingers and tongue, letting me crash into that perfect orgasm completely at his control. The orgasm ripples through me like a shooting star violently hammering across the sky, and the world goes black as I feel all of it.
I come back as I hear him undoing his belt buckle. He pulls my hips to the edge of the table, and I look down at him as he goes to continue undoing his trousers now his belt is loose. I move his hands away, and he arches an eyebrow, but he doesn’t stop me. I undo his button before slowly pulling his zipper down, feeling the hard length of him grazing against my fingertips within seconds. He groans, leaning over me and digging his hands into the table. I push the edge of his trousers down, his boxers going with them, until I finally see all of him.
Damn, the Gods really, really blessed me. My Nexus purrs. He’s big, thick and looks totally like he can damage me with that thing. I might not be able to walk afterwards, but I’m sure as fuck going to enjoy the ride. I can barely wrap my fingers around him as I stroke him once. The table creaks under the pressure of his hands, and when I look to see if he noticed, his eyes are flickering between the pure darkness of Alek’s Nexus and him. No, that won’t do. Not for our first time together. “Listen to me, Nexus. Aleksander has me this time.” Aleksander's eyes stay firmly on mine. “Stay with me for this.”
He grabs the back of my neck, pulling my lips up to his. “Mine.” His growl is possessive against my lips, and I can taste myself on him. Taste how perfect we’re going to be together. “I’ll always stay with you. It’s why I waited for you. It’s why I never touched anyone. Gwen, I wanted to be your first, but I’ll have anything from you. I just want you now and forever.”
Grabbing his ass, I pull him closer to me until he covers my body on the table with his, barely holding me on the edge. His cock feels hot as I line him up and look into his eyes as he pushes the tip of himself into me. I moan, feeling how tight he’s making me, and I barely manage to hold eye contact as he pushes in more, just an inch more at a time, and his arms shake. All my senses are devoured by him as he pulls back a little and pushes all the way to the hilt with one long thrust, hands digging into my hips. I cry out in pleasure so loud it echoes out of my throat, as I realise how perfectly he fits inside me. He hurts a bit, but it’s in a delicious way that I never want to stop.
“Fuck, you’re tight and hot. Better than I imagined,” he murmurs against my lips as he begins to fuck me, hurriedly, out of control, and I love it. He slams into me over and over, hitting my sensitive clit with each thrust. He pulls my top down, taking one of my nipples into his mouth, nipping and licking as I throw my head back on the table and enjoy every moment of him. My neck arches back, pleasure and heat building through my body so fast as he fucks me hard on the table.
The whole table is shaking and rocking, and it’s no surprise as the wood cracks. It collapses to the ground, and we fall with it, Aleksander swiftly moving us so he lands on his back with me in his arms. Desperate with need, I climb onto his lap and slide right back onto him in the chaos, and he growls in approval. “My mate,” I whisper against his lips. “I love you.”
“I love you too,” he whispers against my lips, grabbing my hips and holding me to him as he fucks me from below. The pleasure is indescribable as my orgasm teeters on the edge. With a few more thrusts, I tighten around him, crying out his name as I come hard for the second time. He roars as he thrusts one more time, hard and deep, and fills me. We both stare breathlessly at each other, looking at the broken table, wood shattered aroundus, the actual cracks in the walls we caused, and my claws dug into the side of his neck, along with bite marks.
“We made a mess.” I laugh, making him grin. I can feel him dripping down the side of me, even when he is still hard and filling me so perfectly. Pleasure echoes down my spine as I realise I want more—no, my Nexus does. His eyes flicker straight to black as his Nexus senses the change in me.
“My turn,” Alek’s Nexus growls, and I let my Nexus fully take over as he flips me onto my knees and slides straight back into me from behind. All I feel is overwhelming pleasure knowing that Alek is my mate and this is how perfect we are for each other.
Chapter
Eleven
Ilook down at the portal that’s opened right outside the building like the Gods couldn’t be more obvious that’s where they want me to go. For once, I don’t want to run from this. I was doing this to prove to the world that I am not a monster, but I’ve realised it only really matters that my mates and friends know the real me. They can see through the title the world will always give me.
We’ve had two days here of some kind of normality and peace. Two days to prepare the best we can for the trial, and littering my tight purple ranger clothing that my aunt gave me with weapons is the best we can do. I know I could just leave the city and tell the Gods to fuck themselves, but the witch said I had to be here. It’s the best hope I have of fixing everything, and I have to do what I can to make sure what happened in Starlight City never happens again.
“The twin Gods’ markings have been found around the city. Two and three will test at the same time,” Finnegan informs me as he walks into the room. My stomach drops. The Mortal God was the first test, and now the twins. I was hoping for any of the others because the Crimson and Darkness Gods have always frightened me the most. There is something about them thatmade me want to never pray for their help—like they might ask for something too dark in payment. Finn’s arms wrap around my waist, and he kisses my neck, making my eyes flutter closed. “They should be scared of you.”
“What do you think their test will be?” I whisper. I don’t feel like the badass version of myself I try to be. I feel scared. His hands tighten around me.
“There is no playbook, nothing. The tests are designed for you.” He blows on my neck. “We can just leave. Ignore what the Gods have demanded and just leave this city. I don’t care about anything but what you want.”
“How far would we get, Finn? I was told by the witch to come to the city. It cannot be a coincidence that the Gods are still doing the Rite. My aunt is right. The city is the best hope I have for trying to fix the world I’ve broken.” I feel his shoulders drop behind me, feel the way he sinks his back into mine.
“I don’t like that I can’t stop you going into something so dangerous.” He brushes his cheek against mine.
I turn to look at him, brushing my lips across his lips. “This is my war, and I love that you don’t lock me away and stop me. I know every protective urge in you is going mad right now, and you are still standing up with me. I will show the Gods who I am, and I am not just a weapon.”
“You must.” He kisses me back, sending heat coursing down my spine. “But remember, they are just Gods. They aren’t our owners.”
“Crimson and Darkness.” I mutter their names. “Crimson, well, I’m not sure about that one, but Darkness is an old friend. It shouldn’t be too hard for me to figure out a way to win that trial.”
“Be careful,” he warns, and I don’t answer him with a false promise I can’t keep. There is nothing safe about what I’m doing today, and we both know it. I can’t be careful; I must be recklessin order to survive. We only break away when the others come in, followed lastly by Onyx until all my mates are here. Well, except for Rhodes and Severi, and it’s for the best they aren’t here.
Hollis waves a hand at the door. “We’ll walk down together.” I think of Annie as I go in the lift with my mates, as they are all tense. All of them look one second away from carrying me in the opposite direction to the portals. Annie should be in the amphitheatre by now, as she went ahead because she couldn’t watch me walk in there again. I don’t blame her.
“I’m scared to go back to Starlight. That amphitheatre, I know it’s going to be…” I clear my throat. “The city will be quiet of life, and it’s because of me.” There’s not much they can say to make it all better when we know it’s going to be strange walking into Starlight City.
“Whatever is there, we face together,” Onyx offers. “As one.”
