Doc is chanting something in the background, but I can barely hear it.
I can only sense Georgiy, filling me up, his hands gently sliding up my scarred back, his breathing stuttering out of him.
“Now, your vows,” Doc says, and Georgiy blinks, his lips parting as he begins to speak.
“I vow to be yours, Bane of my existence, until death attempts to part us, and even then, I’ll follow you into the afterlife. Because you have consumed me—body, mind, and soul—and I refuse to live another day parted from you. I love you.”His voice lowers and he whispers, “You, Bane, are the best boy. The things I want to do to you.”
My eyes are leaking as he settles a bruising kiss on my lips, shifting me on his cock and making me emit a startled moan.
“Bane, not yet. Your vows,” Doc suggests.
I clear my throat, holding onto the sides of Georgiy’s head, forcing our gazes to meet and hold.
“Georgiy, you were an unexpected surprise, and one I can never regret. I will wear you in me and on me for the rest of my days. No one will come between us, and if they do, I will make sure they die. Very messily.”
I kiss him this time, my tongue sliding into his mouth and my hips arching slightly, feeling the press of his dick inside me.
Doc says a few words, but I can’t understand them, can’t look away from Georgiy, his blown-out pupils, the flush on his cheeks.
I hear the clang of the iron, the smell of smoke as Doc approaches with the brand, Mikhail near him. Both are clutching it, and I know it’s time.
“Georgiy,” Doc asks, “do you take this man to be your obsession, to have and to hold until death do you part?”
Georgiy doesn’t even hesitate. “I do.”
His hands tighten on me as they sink the brand into the side of his hip, the scent of burning flesh filtering up between us.
Georgiy’s jaw tightens and his nostrils flare, but then it’s over and the brand is removed, leaving my name on his skin.
And now it’s my turn.
“Don’t come,” Georgiy whispers.
“It’s gonna be hard not to,” I say, feeling his dick twitch inside me.
“Bane,” Doc interrupts. “Do you take this man to be your obsession, to have and to hold until death do you part?”
“I do,” I whisper and eye Angel stepping up to me, Doc in tow, before feeling the burning-hot poker light up my nerves as my skin is singed. My cock twitches as pain shoots through me. And when it’s finally pulled away, I’m panting. Unable to move.
And Georgiy doesn’t even blink.
Doc’s voice booms around us.
“These two men have been joined and will never be parted. And those who try to harm them will have to go through this family. All here who are witnesses to this vow, say that you agree.”
Voices in the atrium well up around me, a promise, a vow to protect Georgiy and me.
“To those in attendance, who have witnessed the love they have for one another, please welcome the Sokolovs,” Doc shouts, and I can hear the happiness in his voice. It mirrors my own exuberance.
A round of applause hits my ears, but I don’t look away from Georgiy. I can’t. This right here is my future.
“Now, as requested by Bane and Georgiy, the mating ceremony is next and can be observed by those who would like to stay. Those who want to leave, there are refreshments in the dining room. Bane and Georgiy will join you shortly.”
A few people get up, meandering out, but some stay. Viktor and Luca. Kit and Jax. Casey and Teddy. Their eyes are on us, watching us as we consummate this bonding.
They watch as Georgiy starts to move, his cock pistoning in and out of me as I bounce on his cock. My fingers dig into his shoulders, holding onto him tightly as he takes me. Over and over.
And our eyes never look away. We are intent on one another. Resolved in what this means.
