Her whimper goes straight to my cock.
“But first.” I pull back to meet her eyes. “I need you to see me. All of me.”
Destiny frowns, confused. “I’ve seen you, honey.”
“You’ve seensomeof my hidden parts.” I sit back on my heels, letting it all slowly slip. “But you haven’t seen everything.”
The shift starts at my spine. I feel my wings unfurl, massive and dark, stretching out behind me, filling half the room. Then my tail, thick and long, curling around one of my mate’s lush thighs. My horns grow fuller, sharper. My skin darkens, shadows rippling across my flesh like living tattoos.
Destiny’s eyes go wide. Her mouth falls open.
And her pussy gushes slick all over our nest.
“Fuck,” she breathes. “Rahel…”
“This is what I am.” My voice is pure demon now. Layered, deep, ancient. “This is who you’re mated to. Who’s going to breed you tonight.”
She doesn’t run, doesn’t scream. Fuck. My little omega reaches up and touches one of my wings. Her delicate fingers traces the leathery membrane with trembling fingers.
“You’re beautiful,” she whispers.
Something cracks open in my chest. Something I didn’t even know was locked.
“You’re not scared?”
She shakes her head, still touching me, exploring all the weird shit that makes me. Her hand moves to my tail, wraps around it, and strokes. I shudder, my cock jerking and leaking all over the place.
“I’m not scared.” She pulls me down and kisses me with those fucking perfect lips. “I want all of you. Every part. Now show me our dream realm, Alpha.”
Fuck. My girl.
I press my palm to her chest, right over her heart, and reach through our bond where I find the golden thread that connects us. And pull.
Then the world around us dissolves. And when reality reforms, we’re somewhere else.
The dream realm looks different for every mated pair. Ours is… fuck. It’s beautiful. An endless expanse of warm darkness, lit by a soft amber light that pulses like a heartbeat. The ground is soft, cushioned, covered in something that feels like silk and shadow combined. The air smells like her chocolate shop, my leather, us.
“Oh, My God.” Destiny sits up, looking around with wonder. “This is…”
“Where we found each other.” I pull her into my lap, her back against my chest, my wings curling around us. “Every dream we shared happened here. Our souls were meeting in this place while our bodies slept.”
She’s trembling… in complete awe. “It’s real. It was always real.”
“Yeah, baby.” I nuzzle her neck, dragging my tongue over my mark on her soft skin.
She turns in my arms, straddles my lap and cups my face, her eyes shining.
“I love you, Rahel.” She gestures around us.
I kiss her. Deep, desperate, and full of everything I can’t put into words. Centuries of waiting, starving, fucking hoping against all hope. And she’s here. She’s mine. She chose me.
I pull back to hold her gaze and press a palm to her chest, right over her heart.
Then I open our bond. Wide. Letting it all pour through.
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