When it starts to fade, I pull back and steady her on her hands and knees again before thrusting into her over and over. I look between us and take in the sight of her pussy stretching around my thick dick, taking all of my inches like a good girl.
"Fuck, that's good, Athena. So fucking good," I grit out, wrapping my fist around her hair. I tug, causing her back to arch so she can take me even deeper.
“Ohmygod, ohmygod, Wraith…”
“Yeah? This what you need? Need your man to remind you who you belong to?”
“Y-Yes. I need… I need…”
“What do you need, Athena? Tell me,” I growl.
“I need you to remind me this is real.” It’s barely a whimper, but her words completely destroy me.
I fall down on top of her, catching myself on my hands and caging her in with my body. My chest presses into her back,my arms are on either side of hers, and our fingers are locked together. I rut into her, grinding down, and filling up every single inch of her wet, silky heat.
“You’re real, Athena. I’m real. What we have is every-fucking-thing to me. You’re safe. You’re free. You’remine,” I say in between powerful thrusts.
“Yours, yours, yours,” she chants, throwing her head back and resting it on my shoulder as I tear her apart in the way she needs. In the way we both need. I want to rip out all her painful, lonely, dark memories, and replace them with pleasure, joy, and light.
“That’s right, little goddess. Feel this with me.”
“Wraith,” she gasps, pressing her tear-stained cheek against mine. “Wraith, I’m gonna…”
“Fuck yes, come for me,” I groan, absolutely overwhelmed by how perfect and complete this moment feels.
Athena inhales sharply and holds her breath as her whole body goes stiff. I pull out as far as I can from this angle and hammer into her as her pussy spasms and floods with her orgasm. I feel her gushing for me, the sloppy sounds we’re making topped only by the broken whimpers Athena lets out with each breath.
My vision goes white as I wrap an arm around her hips and hold still inside of her. Athena squirms and squeals, both of us crying out our release together, her slick cunt sucking up thick ropes of my cum. I keep coming, squeezing my eyes shut as her pussy locks up, pulsing, fluttering, and creaming all over me yet again.
It lasts for fucking ever. She keeps coming, and when it seems as though I’ve taken everything she can give me, I lean back and grip her hips, fucking myself with her limp body.
“I love you,” I grunt, transfixed as I empty the last of my cum and pull out of her, my dick messy with our combined releases.
I collapse next to Athena on the rug and roll her over, draping her trembling body over my chest and wrapping her up in my arms. She snuggles closer, kissing my chest and tucking her face into the side of my neck.
We stay like that, curled up together, letting the sweat dry on our skin as the fire keeps us warm.
“I love you,” I say again, making sure she heard me. Athena confessed in front of my closest brothers, and I was too awestruck to say it back to her in the moment.
She props herself up on my chest, her hair a beautiful mess, her emerald eyes warm with satisfaction, and the knowledge she is loved. I want her to always look at me like that. I’m damn proud I make her feel this way.
“I love you so much, Wraith. I didn’t know I was capable of loving someone. I thought I was too broken, but then you… Thank you,” she says softly, pressing the sweetest of kisses to my forehead. This woman. I don’t know how I lived my life up until now without her.
“Why are you thanking me?”
“For…” she pauses, studying me intently. A thousand thoughts swirl in her eyes. I swear I can see each one as she decides what to tell me.For not giving up, for not hurting me like everyone else, for believing in me, for wanting me, for loving me, for making me real.
Tears form and fall before she can say anything. I wipe them away and tuck her into my side.
“I’ve got you, love. I’m right here.”
We stayed wrapped up in each others’ embrace for what feels like hours, talking about nothing and everything, and sometimes not talking at all. We don’t always need words. With Athena, even the silence is filled with love.
The fight to end Sons of Destruction and the auction they brought into town isn’t over, but these moments make the fightworthwhile. I’ve never had a woman to come home to or care for. I want to cook for her and feed her and give her everything her heart desires.
There will always be a new monster to vanquish, but with Athena by my side, I know we’ll slay every dragon.
EPILOGUE
