“Maybe…”
“Remember what I said last night about the amazing things you bring to this family? How could I not love you?”
“Korrad, just because—”
I’m not sure what she would have said, but when I licked her, Kesha’s words cut off with a moan. She twisted in my arms, threw her arms around my neck, and pulled me down for a kiss.
She was grinning against my lips as I slowly eased her robe off her shoulders…
Yeah, this was better than being Mated. This was a choice—our choice—and it was perfect.
Later, Kesha was lying across my chest as the sun slowly set out of the window. I could feel her drifting in and out of sleep, and my Kteer purred in contentment—not peace, because the damned thing still wasn’t satisfied…but contentment.
“What are you thinking about?” she asked me suddenly, and I had to focus.
“I suppose…how nice this is, to have time alone with you.”
She hummed and wriggled, her ass cradling my finally limp cock. “Yeah, but you know what’s weird? I miss the boys.”
My arms tightened around her. “Not weird. I miss them too. I guess we’ll have to limit ourselves to nighttime activities from here on, but I’ll bet Brak and Jocelyn would take them once a month.”
“Then we can have all sorts of fun—”
Somewhere in the house, my phone began to ring. Kesha pushed herself upright and cocked her brow at me.
“Ignore it,” I murmured, reaching for her.
But when my phone stopped ringing and hers began, she pushed herself off me, rolled from the bed, and hurried after it. I could feel her spike of happiness when she picked up. “Joss! Everything okay?”
I didn’t hear the other end of the conversation, but Kesha came hurrying back, a smile on her face.
“We miss you too, boys. Dad and I were just saying that. Hold on, I’m going to put you on speaker.”
She did, and climbed back into bed with me, and I held her as we listened to our sons tripping over themselves to tell us what adventures they’d had that day. We were each appropriately impressed, and Kesha was the one to ask, “What’s on the agenda tomorrow?”
Milo blurted, “We’re going to the beach in the morning, then in the afternoon we’re going to work on our fort.”
“The one in the woods?” I asked.
Jay cut in with, “It’s a secret.”
“Secret fort, got it.” Kesha winked at me. “Just be safe guys, okay? Dad’s going to be picking you up at five tomorrow evening, so be back at your aunt and uncle’s by three to help them clean up.”
Milo sighed, and I heard Jay hush him. “We will, Mom, don’t worry. I’ll take care of T’mak, he’s my responsibility.”
“I love you both,” Kesha said, and I leaned over her shoulder to call, “Love you, boys. Goodnight.”
“Night, Mom! Night, Dad,” they both chorused, and then the line went dead.
Kesha was grinning when she tossed the phone aside and turned to me.
“Sounds like we have until five tomorrow evening, husband. We should make good use of our time.”
I twitched a brow. “What do you have in mind?”
“Well…” She made a show of pushing me back against the pillows and swinging one leg over my waist to straddle me. “I thought I’d climb on top of your cock and ride you until we both came three or four times.”
My cock stirred against her ass as my hands went to her hips. “Three or four times, huh?”