I chuckled, then moaned—even the tiniest movement lit up all my nerve endings, reminding me that we were locked together and I was so, so very full.
Letting my hands trail up to his neck, I pulled him in closer like I wanted to tell him a secret. Instead, I bit his earlobe, teasing it with my tongue.
His cock jumped inside me, and another orgasm ripped through us both, taking our breath away for real as we lay tangled up, wrapped up so tightly in each other there was no way we’d ever be truly separated again.
Chapter 50
Valens
When at least two more orgasms had lit us both up from the inside out, I rolled us so that Elodie lay on top of my chest, then I collapsed back against the bed as if she’d put a dagger through my heart.
She pushed up off my chest with her palms, deepening the connection point between us and rocking slightly, just enough to tug that knot and seat it a tiny bit deeper. Goddess, it couldn’t be possible for her to take me any deeper.
I groaned, hands going to her waist. To hold her still or tighter, I didn’t even know. “You didn’t answer my question, Firecracker.”
I’d asked her if she was okay, if I’d hurt her, and she’d distracted me.
“Yes, I did. I showed you that I’m better than okay. I’m… floating. I’ve never felt so free. Ironic, considering we’re quite literally tied together for… I don’t know how long.”
The minx wiggled her hips again, and my erection responded, right back on the precipice of pleasure.
That was heat for you.Spontaneous orgasms and insatiable appetites.
Experiencing it firsthand was nothing like reading about it in a clinical book. I’d thought I’d prepared, but the reality of Elodie’s naked, gleaming flesh stretched out above me, her tousled hair, but mostly those eyes, the way she looked at me like I was her personal fucking dream come to life… I reached for her clit again, teasing it gently until she arched, surrendering to the pleasure and dragging me over the edge right along with her.
This time, something seemed to shift within her. A contentment that wasn’t there before as she leaned forward with a languid smile. “I’m starting to get sleepy,” she admitted, nuzzling her face against my jaw.
“Sleep, then. I’ve got you.”
“I know.”
Two tiny words, but they flayed me open just the same. I held her in my arms as she dozed. But I couldn’t close my eyes, couldn’t blink. I didn’t want to miss a single second.
Five days later
Elodie gasped, back arching as our hips surged together one last time, hair a tangled halo against the sheets, eyes shimmering with pleasure. Her pussy fisted around my cock tight enough to make me see stars of my own, and I was ready to collapse by the time the bliss finished coursing through my veins.
I managed to crash next to her instead of on top of her and considered it a win with the way my muscles were completely wrung out. From head to toe, I was boneless.
But so was she, and I had a sneaking suspicion her heat had just faded, the last of my rut going right along with it. Withherculean effort, I lifted a fingertip and rested the back of my knuckle against her rose-tinted cheek.
Crisp and cool, not a trace of lingering temperature.
Goddess.
It felt absurd to be glad a sex marathon was over, but fucking for five days straight was a lot, even with shifter stamina. Sure, we’d interspersed showers and shoveling in food between rounds, but that was it. We’d been locked in this cottage uninterrupted otherwise.
Every single moment was imprinted on my memory in high definition, and I relished them all. But I was exhausted to the marrow of my bones. I held in a wince at the thought of the outside world just waiting to suck us back in.
As all-consuming as a heat was, the other shoe was dangling just above our heads. It would have to dangle a little bit longer.
Elodie’s eyes were already closed, the sounds of deep, even breathing assuring me she’d passed out asleep.
Within moments, I was with her again in our dreams.
A distressed groan woke me from sleep with the electric jolt of jumper cables.
I sat bolt upright, dazed and confused as I scanned the room for Elodie. The sheets to my left were rumpled but empty.
