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There would be no going back.
No second guessing the choice she’d made.
She stared at him in silence, weighing her options.
When worry flickered in his eyes, dousing his hopeful expression, it nearly broke her. She never wanted to see him looking so fraught with worry. And she sure as hell didn’t want to be the cause of it.
She reminded herself that Errik had saved her life, and there was nothing left for her on Earth. Thus far, he had treated her with kindness and understanding. While they were still getting to know one another, her instincts shouted that Errik was an honorable male. He would be an attentive mate and a caring father.
“I’m sorry,” she whispered. “I-I didn’t mean to pause just now. I just… needed a moment to think. Could you, um, please repeat that last part for me?”
“I will repeat it,” he said slowly, his eyes still clouded with worry, “but only if you are certain. Only if you are certain that you want to become my mate. I… I am fiercely drawn to you, Holly, and I already feel possessive and protective of you. It would shatter me if we were to part. And yet… I could never force you. I couldn’t live with myself. I want you to trust me, and I want you to know that you’ll always be safe with me. Always.”
For a moment, she couldn’t speak. Her throat closed up, and her chest heaved with emotion.
He’d just said all the right things, giving her the reassurance she’d so desperately needed.
She forced in a few deep breaths.
Then she reached for him and cupped the side of his face.
“I am certain, Errik. I want to finish repeating the mating vows.” She paused and moved even closer to him, so close his fully erect cock throbbed against her stomach. “I want to belong to you… just as I want you to belong to me.”
His eyes flashed with surprise, the gleam of worry vanishing in an instant. After a few more seconds, he appeared relieved. And happy. A glimmer of joy shone in his eyes, and his lips curved in a sexy smile.
“Very well,” he eventually said in a voice strained with emotion. He reached for her hand and clasped it tightly in his. “Upon this mating, I am yours, and you are mine. May the Star God bless our union.”
“Upon this mating, I am yours, and you are mine,” she repeated confidently, not wanting him to doubt her intentions. “May the Star God bless our union.”
His eyes flashed again, this time with a mix of pleasure and longing.
“As long as we physically consummate our union, my darling mate, we will belong to one another forever.”
Chapter 10
Errik climbed on top of Holly, and when she parted her legs wider, the pungent scent of her arousal filled the air. Though he’d intended to push his ready length inside her just now, he quickly remembered his earlier plans to taste her first. To sample the sweetness between her thighs and feel her shatter against his vibrating tongue as he lapped at her.
He slowly kissed his way down her body, occasionally dragging his teeth along her flesh, other times licking her with his vibrating tongue, until he reached her slick center that beckoned to him. She gasped and jolted on the bed when she realized his intent. But to his relief, she didn’t protest.
As he pushed her legs wider apart, he peered up at her, enjoying the fresh blush that covered her face. She might be a little surprised, maybe even a little embarrassed or uncomfortable by what he planned to do, but she was also eager for it. And she trusted him enough to let him proceed.
His heart swelled with tenderness.
That trust meant everything to him.
He dipped his head between her thighs, splayed her nether folds apart, and stared openly at her slick pink parts. More blood rushed to his cock, and his vision blurred during a moment of dizziness.
Fluxx. She was perfect.
He couldn’t wait to sink inside her, to drive into her repeatedly until he spent his seed in her depths. His vision blurred again at the thought.
But he quickly refocused on the task that awaited him… and he got to work.
His tongue darted out, and a thunderous growl left him as he finally tasted his mate. He licked up and down through her folds and even pushed his tongue partway inside her, ravenous for her pungent sweetness and eager to make her whimper and moan louder. And tremble harder.
She grasped his head, threading her fingers through his short locks. He continued lapping her, savoring her feminine slickness. Her entire body quivered with need, and when his tongue finally grazed her clit, he felt its rapid pulsations. He circled the engorged button, basking in Holly’s responsiveness. Her whimpers and moans became louder, more intense, and she eventually started undulating her core against his mouth.
Determined to feel her climax on his tongue, he swirled faster as he pushed two fingers into her core. He kept his thrusts shallow at first, not wanting to hurt her.
