The sound of Axon’s gasp drew my attention back to my own mate. My mouth hung open as I watched a distinct glow spread from his heart to every vein in his body. He shifted into his spider form, which made the glow of luminescence glow even brighter.
Wait, if he was glowing, then so was his mate. I held my breath and looked around the room for the lucky woman who might be glowing for him now.No way could I be that lucky to find someone so amazing and understanding and have them be my luminescence mate too. No way.
“Ashley,” Axon’s voice reached my ears, but I didn’t want to face him. Not yet, not until I saw who he was glowing for.
He took my hand in his and spun me around, forcing me to face him whether I wanted to or not.
“Look.” He held up my hand and it was glowing too. My hand was glowing!
“It’s me!” I squeaked.
“It’s you,” he smiled. “It’s always been you.”
Axon gathered me into his arms and another round of cheers echoed through our home. I was his and he was mine. Always and forever.
“Shit.” Someone to my right cursed. They did not sound happy.
I turned to see Beatrice wide-eyed and glowing. My eyes tracked where she was looking and there standing before her was Rhaz looking pissed as he glowed too.
“Uh oh,” I whispered to my mate. Neither of them looked very pleased about luminescencing to each other.
Rhaz, now fully shifted in his honey badger form, shook his head and left the cave. From the direction he was heading, it looked like he was going to leave the mountain all together.
Beatrice frowned, and stomped into the sharedcavern.
“Fill us in on the gossip tomorrow?” Axon quietly asked his father.
“Of course,” Karo gave his son a conspiratorial smile.
“We’ve got better things to do,” I didn’t know what Axon meant at first, but then a wave of arousal quickly spread through my body, making feel warm and needy.
“Yes, I agree.” I squirmed against him as he carried me to his cave.
His private cave was the very last one in a long hallway of caves, which I appreciated. The further we were from everyone else, the less likely anyone would be to hear us. Not that we could ever be louder than Brexl and Taylor, but that was beside the point.
Axon carried me into a moss-covered space with no light other than cute fuzzy glow worms inching across the ceiling.
He laid me down on his extra soft bed of furs and gazed into my eyes with a look of hunger.
“Should I start a fire?”
“I don’t think we’ll need it,” I shook my head.
“Do you want to join together? May I lick you until you cry out my name, and perhaps we can try mating again?”
I swallowed hard at his bold words. I did want that. I wanted it very much.
“Yes,” I breathed.
Axon grinned down at me and slowly started to remove my clothes. First my shirt, then my boots, and finally my pants.
His eyes roved over me, taking me in as if I were the most beautiful woman in the world.
“You too,” I pointed to his still fully clothed body. My mouth went dry as he pulled his shirt up over his head. His toned chest was on full display. His pants had fallen off him when he shifted, which was normal. What I hadn’t seen before was a wide slit on his abdomen open up, allowing his thick proud cock to unfurl before me.
Axon met my gaze and I swallowed hard. He was a sight to behold. His toned body was complimented by his sturdy spider form. I licked my lips as his hard cock dripped with precum.
I greedily took in the sight of him like this, wanting to remember this moment forever, our first luminescence. I wanted him now more than ever. I needed him. I needed him so badly.
