With my shift, our bond was uncaged, bringing us closer than I ever thought possible.
“I never lost hope that I’d find you, Spitfire.Never—”
“We will always find each other,” I answered, sealing my promise with a kiss that broke the fabric of time itself.
I moved to straddle Daxton’s hips, pushing him onto his back as I continued to kiss him. My mate’s hands migrated over my curves, with his fingers digging into my skin, leaving marks where only his hands were allowed to hold me.
A deep-seated hunger—no, a need—began forming.
An instinct to claim him.
Our kiss deepened as sensual desire ignited through the bond. I moaned into Daxton’s mouth as heravaged my body with his rough hands, his growing length pulsating against the apex between my thighs.
“I need to claim you,” I said, rising up. “Remove your armor.”
A dark chuckle of approval shone within his menacing gleam. “Yes, Alpha.” Daxton quickly stripped himself bare.
I moved to straddle him once more, drinking in the rippled muscles and scars of my battle-hardened warrior king.
I firmly grasped the base of his shaft as I traced the tip of his cock against my clit, teasing us both, savoring the build-up of heat.
“Yes,” he groaned, his eyes mimicking liquid silver. “Use me. I’m yours.”
Daxton sat up, gripping my ass with one hand to hold me in place as he worshiped my breasts, sucking on one pebbled peak before migrating to the other. I reached out and roughly tugged on the back of his hair, bending to devour his delicious lips.
I moaned as I broke our kiss, tasting the fevered flesh along his neck before nibbling on the base of his ear as I whispered, “I love you.”
“Oh, Spitfire,” Daxton rasped, his voice heavy with desire. “Love doesn’t come close to describing the depth of my devotion to you.” He grasped my chin between his thumb and forefinger, commanding my stare. “I could live a thousand lifetimes, conquer a million different worlds, and be granted the might of the Godsthemselves. But none…noneof these compare to one day, one night, not even one second, that I’m gifted with your presence.”
I inhaled a sharp breath as a flood of emotions burst through the bond, the word “love” falling short of what we truly felt.
“You’re my salvation, Daxton,” I said. “You’re myeverything.”
I leaned in and kissed him. The depth of our love screamed down the bond, so loudly that even those at the crossing to the afterlife could hear us.
I needed him inside me.Needed him to stretch and fill me like no other male could. I needed him to—
Fuck. I needed him to finally claim me as his mate.
Daxton sucked in a breath as I re-took control, pressing him flat onto his back as I moved to sheathe his length in one swift movement. Gripping his shoulders, I rolled my hips, watching my mate’s eyes shine a brilliant silver.
And still, I wanted more.
Daxton released a deep moan as I increased our pace. His hips bucked to meet my fevered hunger. Our thriving bodies worked in perfect sync as waves of pleasure rolled through the bond. Still, we fought to be closer, to meet each other in a place of openness and pure bliss that we could only achieve together.
My release was building as Daxton’s grip held me in place. His hips thrust in a euphoric rhythm with myown, taking my breath away as my core began to simmer into a raging inferno.
“Dax,” I moaned, moving against him, my pleasure escalating higher and higher. “Daxton.” My release tore through me as Daxton continued to ram his cock to the hilt. “Don’t… Don’t stop,” I pleaded, waves of pleasure building once more.
“Not planning on it,” Daxton growled in a dark, heavy voice.
“Good,” I rasped, gripping his hands and pinning them over his head, moving atop his lap as I resumed our pace.
I raked my teeth over the base of Daxton’s neck, my phoenix sending wave after wave of power through my body, causing my limbs to tingle until they trembled with the combined height of power and blissful pleasure.
“Are you ready?” I whispered into Daxton’s ear. The power between us was rising and dancing to the melody of our bond.
“Claim me, Spitfire,” Daxton said.
