I kiss her with a slow decadence that tells her all the things I cannot yet say.
That I raged.
That I grieved.
That I lost myself without her.
Through this kiss, I tell her every heartbreaking second that we lived apart was a moment I didn’t truly exist. That the depth of my love for her stretches further than this mortal body could ever contain.
A tear falls from the corner of her eye, but I kiss it away. Then I slowly, lovingly grip her waist and feed my cock into her waiting body. She accepts me like a bloom waiting for the bee. Opening, accepting, surrounding me with her sweetness.
She is ambrosia. And for a male who was never anything but rot and hate, Auren has become my salvation. My purpose.
My other half.
I move inside her, and her ribbons help rock her even deeper onto my shaft. Our tongues taste, lapping at one another as if we both wish we could drink each other down.
Swallow whole.
“Never again,” I swear fiercely against her lips. “Never ever will we be separated again.”
Her head shakes, hand gripping my neck and squeezing tight. “Never.”
The vow soaks into our bond and makes her aura flare. We rock together, the ribbons both letting her body swing with meand keeping her in place enough for my thrusts to bury deep. They stretch and lift, lower and twist. Pivoting her in the perfect angle that makes her start to lose control.
When she tears her mouth away so she can pant out quickening breaths, I take advantage by licking down her pulse. My fangs fucking ache with mouthwatering need that I can’t contain anymore.
My canines sink down, plunging into the curve of her neck so I can lap at the small beads of gold.
She comes instantly.
Crying out, I feel her pussy clamp and ripple as I suck down her blood. The metallic warmth drips down my throat and fills me with gratification. Her head lifts as my hips keep snapping in, and she opens her mouth and latches onto the crook of my shoulder.
“Take it, baby. Take what you need.”
Take everything.
Even though her teeth are blunt, Auren bites down. Pricks of a sharp, fleeting pain burst from the spot, but then she starts licking, tasting, drinking in my blood to finish fulfilling our bond, and pleasure rips through me.
I fuck her harder with each swallow, with each drag of her darting tongue.
When her lips pull away, her hands come up to clamp around my face, holding me between her palms. “You’re mine now.”
My heart squeezes at the fierceness in her words. “I was always yours, Goldfinch.”
Even when she didn’t know it.
We come with a kiss. With blood still swirling between our tongues. Seated deep inside of her, my cock bursts within her heated depths, while her own release coats me.
Her aura pulses, and her throat drags out a guttural groan of my name. I whisper hers right back. Again and again. Filling the room with the sound of her.
As soon as her body lets out the last ripple of her pleasure, her ribbons unwrap, letting her drop into my waiting arms. I hold her, clutching her to me, laying the both of us down as our breaths try to slow. Our heartbeats still pounding in rhythm.
I make sure my spikes are all tucked beneath my skin so I don’t hurt her, and then situate her until her body lies on top of mine. With her leg hitched up around my waist, foot stroking my calves, arm draped over my middle, and head resting right over my heart.
Perfect.
“Is the pair bond magic always this…intense?” she asks, her fingers coming down to stroke around my still-hard dick.
