Delphi had never really trusted anyone in her whole life, so realizing that she trusted Tenebrys was a new and strange sensation.Everythingabout what she was feeling about him was new.
Looking into his eyes and hearing that he didn't care who her father was meant more to her than he could ever know. She had always been the one that people complained to that Narcisse had done this or that to them, and she had grown up cringing in embarrassment or fear.
Louis had come after them because Narcisse couldn't leave without stealing as much as he could. If it wasn't for Tenebrys showing up when he did, she doubted she would have been treated as kindly as she was now.
"You are looking very thoughtful and far away again," Tenebrys commented, his hands holding her steady in the water to keep her from going under.
"Just thinking about how lucky I am that I ran into you in the Mistwood when I did," she replied. She wrapped her arms around his horns and kissed him on the end of his nose. He wasso big that she had to take advantage of them being at the same height while she could.
"That's fate For you. You are my mate. I had to find you eventually," he said, his hands dropping to cup her ass.
Delphi grinned. "You found me in my dreams often enough. Maybe that's why I wasn't afraid of you when we first met. I was shocked but not scared. It's probably why I find you so easy to be around, too, when you aren't grumpy with me."
"Don't give me reason to be grumpy with you," he said, tilting his head and running his rough tongue up her neck. Goosebumps danced across her skin despite the water's warmth.
"That's hard for me to do. We can both be very stubborn and insufferable. What if we become mated, and in a few months, you can't handle the sight of me because we fight all the time?" Delphi asked, still unable to accept that 'forever' meant just that to shifters.
Tenebrys hummed thoughtfully, the sound vibrating in his chest and through Delphi's breasts where she was pressed against him.
"We would deal with it like any other couple. I could always fuck you until you see my point of view?" he suggested.
Delphi pulled on his horn. "That's cheating. You can't use your big dick and spur to get your own way."
"Are you sure? Seems like the best way to get you in a good mood," Tenebrys reasoned, making Delphi laugh.
"I'm not going to complain if you want to use your dick to solve arguments, but I'm not going to guarantee that it will work every time." Delphi loved the way his eyes lit up with amusement, their golden color beaming brighter.
He had said that he would always be hers alone. She had never had anything that belonged to just her before.
Tenebrys was a powerful shifter king, someone who had kept fighting the fae and protecting the human world when everyoneelse had forgotten the threat they had faced. She was the daughter of one of his biggest enemies, and he still wanted her.
Would anyone ever love her that way? Would they accept her witch blood or magic so easily? Delphi didn't have to ask the questions out loud to know the answers. No one looked at her like she was worth anything except what they could get from her. No one except for Tenebrys.
He wanted her to learn her magic. He gave her the books to do it and wouldn't ever hold her back or worry that she would become more powerful than him. He didn't care that a fae high lord wouldn't stop coming for her.
Delphi rested her cheek against his, the soft fur tickling her eyelashes. Her legs wrapped around him as far as they could, and she took a moment just to hug him and draw comfort from his strength.
"Tenebrys, make me your mate," she whispered.
"Are you sure, little flower? I said I would give you time…" he began.
Delphi moved her mouth to his and nipped him on the lip. "Don't make me ask again."
Tenebrys growled, his hand squeezing her ass. "You can't take it back once it's done."
"I won't want to," she said truthfully. "I want to belong to you, Tenebrys."
"I want that to." He kissed her softly, and his fingers glided down the curve of her ass to her pussy. Her breath caught as he teased her in lazy, sensuous strokes. "I also want it to be good for you, so I need to make this delicious little cunt of yours ready to take my knot."
Delphi shivered at his words, his touch, the thought of getting wet and stretched enough to fit all of him inside of her.
"You are off to a really good start," she said, her hands gripping his horns.
Tenebrys's tail moved under the water and teased her breasts. "You are going to make me the happiest monster in the world. I'll make sure that you can never get enough of my touch." He slid a finger into her, making her groan and rub against him.
"Already can't," she admitted. He only had to look at her the right way, and she would get wet. It would have been embarrassing if he hadn't always made her feel so good with every tease and touch.
Tenebrys's mouth moved to her neck, his fangs and rough tongue making the walls of her cunt squeeze his finger.
