Ezra gently grabs my chin between his thumb and forefinger, forcing me to keep my eyes on him. It’s so possessive and controlling I forget how to breathe for a second.
“I need you, Aurora,” Ezra pants as he slides his hand into my underwear.
He curses under his breath as his fingers slide deeper, the words older than language, crumbling at the edges.
“Mo chroí.Mo anam …”he whispers, his breath shuddering against my neck.
“Consume me, Aurora. Flay me open. Strip my skin away, layer by bloody layer, until you see every dark, devoted part of me. Everything I’ve been. Everything I am. Everything I will ever be. It all belongs to you,” he groans while he nuzzles into my neck.
His thumb makes lazy circles around my clit as he slides a finger inside me.
I can’t help it. I grind against his hand, chasing more. Chasing everything.
I’ve been thinking about this moment since he left.
I’m so ready to give him everything.
This is my choice.
Ezra begging me for permission is literally the sexiest thing I’ve ever experienced.
Because I know that’s not him.
His restraint, his newfound respect for my boundaries, makes every nerve in my body crackle and fizz.
When I roll my hips again, Ezra chuckles into my neck before adding a second finger. With a loud, desperate moan, I move against his hand, hips grinding as his fingers curl perfectly inside me. I run one hand up his smooth, muscular back, over the nape of his neck, then tangle my fingers in his hair.
“Ezra …”
“Yes, little lupine?” He tilts his head away from my neck to nip along my jaw while his fingers continue their beautiful torture.
“Shit. You should—fuck. You should probably clean up. I didn’t realize how bad some of those cuts are.”
Ezra cocks his head and laughs. He’s devastating when he laughs.
I should have kept my stupid mouth shut.
Ezra leans forward, his breath tickling my ear.
“Whatever you wish, Aurora. But don’t pretend seeing me covered in blood doesn’t make that sweet little cunt soaked. There’s a dark, primal side of you begging to be released. I want to see it. I want you to unleash it on me.
“Deep down, you want me to fuck you this second—just as I am. Covered in blood and sweat, battered and beaten. Because I didn’t stop. Didn’t rest. I bled and kept going. All so I could come home to you.”
His mouth twitches against my ear. So small I almost miss it.
“Because you, little lupine, are the only person who’s ever made me believe I could have one.”
My chest tightens. It’s not just lust. Not just hunger. It’s him. All of him. The monster I called to in the dark. The monster I’d burn for.
I don’t say a word. I just … stay. Right here.
Letting the silence between us say everything.
“I will always return to you, Aurora,” he murmurs. “Nothing will keep us apart, little goddess. Not Heaven. Not Hell. Not Death. Not the Disciples. No one.”
He draws back just enough to meet my gaze, his voice trembling with something sacred and selfish.
“And make no mistake … I will rip the planes of existence apart with my bare fucking hands and shred anyone who dares to stand between you and me. Because you are mine. And I am yours.Forever.”
