“You want to ride me?” I ask, aware of the growl deepening my voice.
“No.” She squeezes me with her cunt, drawing a hiss from my lips. “I’mholdingyou inside me while Iexplore. When I’m done… I’ll consider riding you.”
I arch a brow. “You’ll consider it?”
She nods. “You gave me two commands—to hold you and to explore you. The first is done. The second is… something I intend to make last. So if you’re patient, I’ll reward you. If you’re impatient, I suppose you’ll reward us both by fucking me to oblivion. Win-win situation, I think.”
Her levelheaded reply confirms she’s very aware of our embrace, something that thrills me. While I can’t wait for her heat to take over, I’m eager to play while she’s capable of being in charge.
“Explore away, mate.”
She presses her palms to my abdomen, her nails gently tracing lines across my stomach. “You’re all muscle… I’m kind of mad that you hid this from me beneath your clothes for so long.”
I smile. “Are you saying you want to keep me naked for a while?”
“For forever if you let me,” she says, leaning down to press her tits to my chest and hug me. “I think I’ll just… live like this.” Her pussy spasms around me, causing me to growl a little.
“No moving? No petting?”
“Mm-hmm,” she hums. “You wanted me to hold you… right?”
My grip on her hips tightens. “You’re playing with me.”
“Maybe.” She presses a kiss to my shoulder, her hands trailing up my sides. “I think I’m just… loving you.”
“Loving me?”
“Yes.” She sounds a little confused, her mind telling me that she’s considering the term and realizing that perhaps she does love me.
“You should. I’m your mate.”
“But we just met.”
“After years of stalking each other,” I remind her with a growl. “We’re connected for eternity, Viviana. Love is… what we are.” I say it slowly because I’m attempting to puzzle her thoughts together with my own. “I think our mating redefines the meaning, or perhaps makes the word irrelevant.”
“So you’re saying this is more than lust?”
My growl shifts into a snarl. “Lust is something I feel, yes. But the yearning I have for you is far deeper than that term can singularly define.” Though, I am aware I’ve used that term a few times, thinking about how many years’ worth of lust I have for her to handle.
But this is more than a lifetime of desiring a mate. It’s about finally finding my other half. Completing my soul.Officially feeling alive…
Rather than comment all that aloud, I push the realizations into her mind, wanting her to understand.Needingher to comprehend that this is about so much more than pleasure for me.
She’s my future.
The one I’ve spent several lifetimes hunting for, not just for the kingdom, but forme.
My soul’s mate. My heart.My Strigoi Queen.
She shivers against me. “When I started researching you, I never expected…this. But I think I dreamt about it. And I know I fantasized about… something like this.” Her mind tells me those fantasies involved a lot of sex. Biting.Claiming.
But she never anticipated the emotions thriving between us.
“Mates do more than fuck, Viviana.” I take my hand away from her hip and glide it up her bare back to her nape, then slide my fingers into her hair to take hold of the damp strands. “You’re mine to cherish, regina mea. Mine to spoil, too.” I tug her head up and force her to meet my gaze. “And mine to love.”
She crawls up my form, causing my cock to slip out to the tip, and presses her lips to mine.
My mate is giving up her world for me. But I don’t hear a single ounce of regret in her mind.
