I can’t help myself, and lift my hips to meet her, rubbing my dick against her sex. The motion makes her moan, and I’m instantly hard. Ready.
The ribbon in her hair releases easily when I pull one end. It flutters to the ground, landing out of sight. I thread my fingers through her hair with one hand, pulling her ear toward my mouth so I can whisper, “Do you want to know how we complete the mating bond?”
“Yes!” It comes out a hiss, and I pull her hair back gently, exposing her neck and trailing soft kisses up it.
Her fingers brush against my pants, and then she’s tugging at them, moving them down my hips.
“It’s simple, really,” I tell her, pulling her dress up over her head. I can’t decide if I’m fucking livid or thrilled to find she’s not wearing any undergarments while she traipses around our castle full of people, but that’s an argument for another time. Right now, I need this. We both do.
She’s been begging me to fuck her since the first time I made her come, and it’s been hell holding back.
I needed to know she was ready, and that she understood what it meant when we did this. Needed her to be sure of me. Sure of us.
She helps me with my pants the rest of the way and then my shirt. I move us to the edge of the bed, flipping her around so she’s facing away from me. Her legs are on either side of me so she’s kneeling with her ass against me.
I tease my cock at her slit, barely touching her, and her body tightens in my arms as she attempts to get closer.
She arches her back, lifting her hand behind her so it rests on the side of my face, and rolling her hips.
“Please,” the vixen whispers. “Please fuck me.”
My resolve is broken in an instant, and I ease my way inside her hot, wet pussy. The sound she makes as I enter her makes my breath hitch, and then she’s using her knees to bounce on my cock, riding me like the good fucking girl she is.
I knew this would be good, but gods, she’s fucking perfect. I can’t get deep enough or close enough, and my toes curl when she tightens around me.
I reach my hand down to swirl gentle circles around her clit, and her moan is like a trigger, begging me to release.
“I’ve not had the chance to tell you.” I thrust as she slides down to meet me.
“And I won’t let another second go by without saying it.” Her whimpers tell me she’s close, and I toy with her perfect clit more, loving the friction and the way she loses the rhythm, just a little bit.
“I love you, Arina Chiron.” She twitches in my arms, and I hold her close, releasing inside her. A blinding white light gleams for half a breath, and I feel complete for the first time in my life.
“You are mine,” she whispers. “I love you, too.”
Arina
THE AIR SMELLS of jasmine and sweat.
The training grounds are bustling with life this afternoon, and the sun reflects off swords as they swing. The Rhiza andLukasian soldiers have been mentoring each other at Raiden’s behest.
I swing my leg under Raiden’s, pinning him to the ground. A small, white moth flutters by, and I cannot restrain the smile that forces its way onto my face as I help my mate to his feet.
“You will make one well-rounded and formidable queen, Captain,” he says, kissing the top of my head.
“Queen of death and shit?” I ask.
“I fucking hope not.” He laughs. “Shall we go clean up and get ready for dinner?”
He offers me his hand, and I take it. When we pass Eryk, the two males acknowledge each other with tight nods. Raiden wanted to kill him, and rightfully so, but this is one way we can demonstrate to the people that things are different now.
We walk together to the castle. To our home, and I marvel at the beauty already revealing itself through the destruction left behind by the curse.
The Smog did not vanish all at once, but slowly dissolved into the sky. Our lands will take much more time to heal. We’re starting to see hints of it already. Green grass, flowers, and animals all making their return a little at a time. Soon we will have an abundance of food, and this will all be a distant memory.
I pray our people will heal, too. Their hearts and minds grow stronger each day.
We are working to put together instructional facilities for anyone who needs help managing their powers, and it’s been a great joy of mine to witness all the different ways gifts can manifest now that they’ve been unlocked.
