“You've always been made for me, and you havenoidea how many times I wanted this.”
“I wanted you too.” I pushed more pheromones around him.
He moved, gripping my legs and resting my ankles on his shoulders as he drove in, hitting the sweet spot inside of me and sending tremors through my muscles.
“Oh, Fates, Thorn!”My screaming sent him over the edge as pleasure shot through our bond.
His face warped into ecstasy as he convulsed, breath rumbling before he let out a long moan, pushing my legs off and dropping on top of me, his mouth trailing along my collarbone to the hollow of my throat before pressing a kiss.
“You’re mine, Thorn.”
His brow raised before he tilted his head, his blue hair hanging like a curtain enveloping both of us in our private little moment. “I am all yours, Kit. Body, soul, and magic. But don’t mistake me. You are also mine. Don't forget that.”
The door opened, and Kian’s scent filled the room. “Oh, shoot, I'm sorry. I don't mean to interrupt. Dang it. Well, you interrupted me before too. But it’s still rude. Anyway, I do need to tell you this. I just had a vision. Wren, sweetheart, you're the first one that needs to know.”
The urgency in his tone had Thorn pulling out of me and helping me out of the bed.
Kian snapped his fingers and had both Thorn and me dressed and cleaned. “We don't have time. We need to go to the gate right now.”
Thorn gripped me tightly as Kian rushed over and grabbed Thorn’s wrist. “Let’s go.” Thorn phased us to the academy’s gate just as the big blue butterfly I had been seeing flapped around us, landing on my nose before flying toward the gate, where six humans stood.
My body tensed as Thorn pushed me behind him, but Kian pulled me back beside them. “It’s safe. Don't do anything. Just wait, sweetheart. Focus on the butterfly.”
The humans may be humans, but they didn’t have a menacing feeling as of right now.
“Wren!” Rowan's booming voice carried across the campus as he thundered over with long powerful strides, Blair on his tail. He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me into his hot chest before glaring at the humans. “What business do humans have with Fate Hollow Academy?”
The butterfly went right through the wards, not tearing a hole in it before flapping its wings right in front of the humans. A blue glow emitted as it transformed into a man. A familiar scent of pine trees and jasmine lingered in the air. His blue eyes met mine as one of the humans wrapped a blanket of sorts around his waist. He had blond hair with scars decorating all of his exposed skin. His face softened as he gave me a longing look.
A sharp gasp escaped me as I realized who I was looking at. And if Rowan didn't have his arms around my waist, I would have probably passed out.
Damien stepped out of the shadows beside us, and Rowan passed me to him as he took his spot in front of the gate. “Who are you?”
“Dad.”My voice wobbled, and Damien scooped me up before carrying me forward, standing next to Rowan.
Dad's eyes glistened, and his mouth cracked to a genuine, painful smile as tears slid down his cheeks.
Time had been good to him, minus all the scars from the humans torturing him.
“Dad, it's really you.” I breathed in awe as tears flooded down my cheeks.
“You're not my little bird anymore. You're all grown up.” His voice cracked.
Damien coughed, adjusting his hold on my body. “That's because she's my little bird now, sir.”
Everyone went quiet as Dad's gaze flicked from me to Damien.
“Really?” Kian whispered under his breath. “That's how you're going to introduce yourself to her dad?”
“Toourdad.” Damien winked back at him before settling his gaze back on my dad. “I'm Damien, a shadow demon, and before I was your daughter's mate, I was her stalker.”
I wheezed, coughing on my own spit as Damien lowered me to the ground. “Damien!”
“Oh, but it’s okay.” Damien gave me a thumbs up that he thought was inconspicuous. “She liked me stalking her. It’s how we fell in love, really. Well, that and I killed for her a few times…”
A human woman stepped up beside my dad, and I froze.
“Damien,” Dad chuckled, shaking his head. “You are my daughter's mate, and I have seen you protect her fiercely.”
