“I might bite you back,” I warn him.
“I fucking hope you do,” he admits. “Now be a good girl and stand up for me so I can finish washing you off.”
My legs move to obey his command, my body seeming to be his to control.
Because of my heat.
Or maybe… maybe because it’s simply him. Us.
I don’t know.
And I don’t fight it.
I just revel in the feel of his hands on me, all while trying to hold back my groans from the mounting agony within.
I need a knot. I need relief.I need to be filled.
“Here,” he says, pulling me back into his lap after rinsing himself off. My thighs part over him and my inside practically weep as he places his cock right at my entrance. “Take me, mate. Ride me and make me yours.”
Oh, I like the sound of that.
I slide right down and groan as he fills me completely. The sensation takes the air from my lungs, causing my head to fall against his shoulder. All I want to do is weep with relief. But I’m too afraid I might wake up, that I’ll experience the horrors of my mind.
Horrors I can’t stop thinking about now as tears fall from my eyes.
Grey wraps his arms around me, bathing me in his strength. “You’re safe, Ash,” he whispers. “I’ve got you. I’m here. And I will always fucking choose you, little riddler. You’re my fated half. My Omega.My mate.”
His purr ignites with the words, swathing me in a sea of soothing energy. I lose myself to the comfort for a long moment, simply existing as I try to master my emotions and my mind.
But it’s all so raw.
I hear Grey’s mind recounting what happened in Kodiak Sector, how his brother—the man I saw in Nikiski’s vision—has been manipulating their twin bond for a century.
Which explains a lot of the haphazard prophecies where my own mating was concerned.
His brother was using Nikiski to manipulate my seeing abilities, forcing me to foresee skewed events.
Everything was hazy for a reason.
And the changes in our paths… they weren’t really changes. They were truths.
We were always destined to mate.
But Spruce wouldn’t let meseethat.
He wanted me alone. Scared. Willing to sacrifice everything. All while thinking Grey chose someone else.
It was a cruel manipulation.
One we not only survived but overcame.
Together.
Grey palms my cheek, his gaze seeking out mine as he pulls me in for a sweet kiss. “This is just the beginning of us, Ash. I don’t need fortune telling abilities to foresee that we’re going to do amazing things together.”
“Like take down the shadow organization?” I suggest, groggy from fighting off my heat.
“Like take down the shadow organization,” he echoes. “With help from others.”
