He gave a punishing thrust, and I screamed out as he hit that spot inside that made stars explode behind my closed eyes. His own claws scraped over the sensitive skin of my inner thighs but never punctured. He was careful to never hurt me, only taking me as far as he knew I was comfortable with.
In a flurry of movement, I found myself positioned before the wall with the bed now firmly behind me. Calix pushed both of my hands to the wall before pressing down on my back. “Arch your back for me, Asteria.”
I shivered as his voice rumbled in my ear, and then arched my back, my ass sticking out.
“Like this, my dorchadas?” I whispered, biting my lip and looking back at him. A hard slap landed on my ass, making me jump slightly.
“Just like that,” he purred, before palming both of my asscheeks.
He lined himself back up at my entrance and pushed in slowly, letting me feel every inch stretching me back out. I groaned, my head falling forward between my arms.
“Calix…” I whined, only for another smack to shake my ass.
“Patience,” he growled. “Do you have any idea how hard it’s been to keep my hands to myself? To be with you day after day, knowing I can’t touch you?”
“Yes,” I hissed back, having fought that same battle despite it being my choice. The hypocrisy wasn’t lost on me.
He chuckled darkly. “Torture of your own design.”
I groaned and refusing to admit defeat, I pushed myself back on him, sinking down further on his cock, earning myself another slap on the ass paired with a warning hiss.
“I have waited so long for you,” he murmured, an undercurrent of wonder in his tone that made me pause. Finding out I was Fae and had a mate all at once meant I never really stopped to appreciate how incredible such a thing was for the Fae. Mates were so rare in our world. Calix had been the only Fae I’d ever met who had a soulmark before my transformation.
To have waited over four hundred years for a mark… I could only imagine how getting one must feel after all that time. Let alone finally having your mate in the flesh.
“Twenty-one years hidden away from me,” he growled, caressing my spine and making me shiver, his cock slowly inching further into me, making me feel every centimeter of him claiming me. “Years of dreams where I was buried in darkness and dreaming of starlight. A light in my darkness that kept hope alive. That you were out there. That I would break through that barrier one day and finallytouchyou.”
I suddenly understood, in a way I hadn’t comprehended before. After all those years before his mark appeared, he finally received his soulmark only to then spend years being tortured by dreams. While I’d remained ignorant until I was closer to him physically, likely a result of the spell that buried my magic, Calix had always known I was there. He’d spent those years reaching across the vast distance for me. Reaching for the light and finding only more darkness.
So I ceased my teasing, and let him take control once more. He sensed my surrender, and the soft kiss to my neck was reward enough, but the sudden thrust of his cock, filling me up completely, was a wonderful surprise.
“Calix,” I moaned as he ground against me, circling his hips until I was sure I was going to break apart from the sheersizeof him. But then I felt something caress my clit, making me twitch in pleasure.
His hands were both occupied; one was currently gripping my hip, while the other had drifted to the back of my neck, holding me in place.
His shadows had come out to play.
“Do you like that, my réalta?” Calix asked, his voice deep and thick from arousal, practically a growl, but not quite. He was trying to suppress the dragon inside him. That wouldn’t do. I quite liked that side of him.
“I love it, my dorchadas,” I told him honestly, but I also wanted to push him further. He might be dominant at the moment, but I still had all thetruecontrol, and I knew it. I could push his restraint and make the wild dragon lurking inside let loose completely.
“Good girl.” He gave a sharp thrust, making me moan his name. My reward this time was his shadows multiplying. One still caressed my clit in a constant tease, while the others slithered up to my breasts, fully encasing them as I felt my nipples get tugged delightfully.
“Tell me, Asteria.” Calix began, groaning as I clenched down around his cock, my arousal dripping down my thighs from where we were joined. “What do you want?”
I groaned pitifully. “You know what I want.”
A sharp slap left my asscheek stinging, and I pushed into him.
“No.” He tutted. “I’m not talking aboutthis.” He thrust in hard, and I couldn’t contain the scream that left my mouth. “What do youwant? Your mother wants you to rule Day. I want you to join me on Night’s throne.”
My breath caught in my throat. It was the first time he’d explicitly said that, and the knowledge that he wanted me tosharehis throne… it had more arousal gushing from me as I struggled to control my wild need for him.
“But what doyouwant,my réalta?” Calix asked heavily. He paused, ceasing any movement, leaving his thick cock in place and stretching me lewdly. But I could feel how much my answer meant to him, so I forced myself to think through the veil of arousal and need so I could truly contemplate my answer.
It was easier than I expected it to be.
“I want it all,” I told him confidently. “I will take Day’s throne, and I will join you on Night’s, just as you will join me on Day’s.”
