I try to see what he sees, but I only find skin too pale, veins too blue, and claws where there used to be fingernails.
“Beautiful in any form.” He kneels between my legs and kisses my breasts, tonguing each one as his hands grip my hips. Each touch of his tongue sends a sizzle of pleasure racing through my veins and ending between my legs. He looks up at me, then kisses down my trembling stomach.
“Solano.”
His eyes flash feline when I call his name. Just that glimpse of his feral sends heat pooling in my most secret places. I want him so badly, my fangs lengthening as I revel in his touch.
When he gets to my sex, he inhales deeply, his feral purring low and strong. “You smell like peaches. Like before.”
“Before when you—” I gasp as he licks me then presses his mouth against me.
My back arches off the bed as he devours me, his tongue delving inside. He grips my hips, pinning me to the bed, and I fight his hold, desperate to move my hips and get even more friction.
“You aren’t going to come yet. Not until I’ve kissed every bit of you.” He looks up at me as he circles his tongue around my clit. Slower and slower, he teases me, then speeds up again until I’m racing toward the cliff of my pleasure. Then he stops.
“Solano!” I grip the sheets, and they shred beneath my claws.
“Yes, my heart?” He kisses my thigh, then switches to the other and makes his way all the way to my feet, then flips me over with ease before dotting more affection up the back of my legs.
When he reaches my ass, he kisses there, too, then slides a hand between my legs. When he pushes two fingers inside me, I make a keening sound. And when he runs his tongue along the edge of one of my wings, I almost come.
“So sensitive.” He licks the other one. “So wonderfully soft.” Pulsing his fingers in and out, he kisses down my wingspan and then licks up my spine.
I moan my pleasure and grind against his fingers.
“Ancestors,” he breathes as he reaches my neck and kisses there, his mouth so hot and his fingers perfect inside me. “What a gift you are.” He presses down on my wings, his weight and warmth sending my arousal even higher.
When he pulls away, I groan. And when he turns me over and fists his cock, I sit up and watch him.
“Your fangs.” He gives himself two long strokes.
I lie back, shame starting to creep in and dampen the flames.
“No.” He leans over me and presses his head to my entrance. “They are perfect. Beautiful.”
“Really?” I look up at him, the heat returning as I wriggle against him.
“I want you to feed from me, Emma.”
Eraldon’s face tries to materialize in my mind, but Solano charges through it, shattering the image like someone destroying a painting. “No, this is us. This is sacred. I am yours, and you are mine. Whenever you want my blood, you shall have it.”
“I can drink animal blood,” I say as I run my fingers down his strong neck, feeling the veins on either side. “It’s perfectly acceptable. All the seekers could if they’d only be able to control themselves instead of being in thrall to Eraldon.”
He nods. “I want you to drink me, but only if that’s what you want. I will never force anything on you. Your life is entwined with mine, and I will never hurt that bond.”
“I know.” My eyes water again. I have to stop crying. “That’s why I love you. But what if my bite poisons you?”
“It won’t.” He eyes my own neck. “You’ve already proven that. But I’d like to taste you again, if I may.”
“Don’t just taste me.” I rock my hips against him, the need to feel him inside me growing by the second. “Mark me again. Do it so viciously that no one will ever doubt who’s claimed my heart.”
His feral purrs, and the wild look in his eyes makes me combust.
“Do it now, Solano. Take me. I’m begging you.” I stroke his cheek as he nuzzles my neck.
“I love you, Emma.” With a hard thrust, he enters me, and I feel his fangs pierce me at the same time.
I come hard and long, my body wringing itself out, taking every bit of pleasure. The orgasm is stronger than anything I’ve ever had. I feel everything, every spasm of delight, every moment of release that binds me even closer to my mate.
