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She was breathless. Her whole body responded to my nearness.
I kissed my way down her neck, my fingers sliding under her sweater to find her breasts. The nipples budded into peaks for me as I stroked them. “Love is wanting a person with your whole self,” I murmured. “Love is wanting their body, their mind, and their soul.”
“Oh, Gideon,” she gasped.
Toni
I forgot all about my determination when he was kissing me like this. I couldn’t seem to put two words together let alone speak.
Gideon lifted me in his arms and flew us up the stairs to the bedroom. He lay me on the bed, and I got the sense that I was in a room that was too fantastical to be believed. The roof was round and glass, showing the bright blue sky above. I vaguely remembered that from outside it had looked like a tin roof, so had that been the glamour or was this? The bed was full of fluffy pillows and blankets of the softest material I had ever felt. It was almost like a bird’s nest, only instead of scratchy straw, it was built for comfort.
Then he was removing my clothes. Each item was an opportunity for him to explore fresh skin with his mouth and his fingers. I moaned as he traced a line along my spine. I’d had my fair share of one night stands, but this . . . my breath caught in my throat as he slid down my skirt and kissed the indentation of my hip bone. My nerve endings were on fire.
Once I was naked, he stood, and his gaze slid over every inch of me. Somehow, even not touching me was erotic, and I wriggled against the sheets.
“Toni, you are exquisite,” he said.
Heat rushed to my cheeks, but I grinned anyway. I had never had any lover appreciate me in the way he did. I made sure to show how much I appreciated him back. My eyelids slid to half mast as I watched him while he removed his own clothes. The sunlight showed every muscle, every grove, every inch of his wingspan. He was a man but also so much more. My gaze slid from his broad shoulders, down over his chest to the V that led to his huge cock. It was thicker and longer than anything I’d ever seen before. I still couldn’t believe that this monstrosity had fit inside of me the last time, and I trembled thinking about taking it all in again. My gaze lingered, then slid back up to his eyes.
I climbed up to my knees and reached for him as he approached the bed. He was too far away. “Come closer,” I murmured.
He stopped just out of my reach, his cock bobbing between us. “Do you still think this is a one-time thing?” he asked softly. “Do you still think you can walk away whenever you want?”
My shoulders tensed. “Yes,” I said, but my voice was hesitant.
Gideon shrugged. “Then I should walk away now.” He ran his hand along his cock, stroking it back and forth, and it responded.
Wetness seeped between my legs as I remembered the feel of him inside me. The ecstasy that I’d felt when we’d moved together. I didn’t want to give it up. I didn’t want to let him go.
“Fate isn’t making this choice, Toni,” he said, reaching for his pants. “You are.”
“No,” I said.
He raised an eyebrow, looking for all the world like he didn’t care either way. “Do you want me? I don’t come in bits and pieces,” he said, crossing his arms in front of his chest. “If you want me, you want all of me—the kisses and the breakfasts, the quiet conversations, and the whole relationship.”
I scowled. I wanted him. I wanted him to fuck me like this every day and every night. I wanted to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner with him. I wanted to make him smile and laugh, and I wanted to talk about the hard times too—about his brother and Jules. Oh my Goddess, I loved him.
I fell back on my heels, staring at Gideon. “Is this what love is?” I asked, still hesitating. Could I do it? Could I stand up to my family, my coven, and choose this gargoyle?
He smiled. “Yes, Red.”
“Red?” I asked, flipping my hair over my shoulder. Despite my hair color, no one had ever called me by that nickname. I’d been Antonia to my parents, and Toni to some of my friends. Jules called all women babe, so he didn’t have to remember their names. But Gideon had chosen something that was uniquely me.
He moved closer and stroked my hair. “A new name for a new life.”
It felt as if the weight of the world fell off my shoulders. I could just leave. If I was far enough away, and apparently Gideon’s cabin was perfect, the coven, my family, their rules didn’t matter. I could be who I wanted to be, and I could make my own choices.
“I love you, Red,” Gideon said. “Even if fate hadn’t marked us, I would want to be with you forever.”
“I love you too,” I said.
Then he leaned down and kissed me.
***
Over the weekend, we made love and ate and talked and made love again. It was the most blissful weekend of my life, and I found I didn’t really want to return to reality. Over breakfast on Sunday, Gideon told me about the darkness he’d seen around me and how he thought it was related to Jules. I hadn’t felt more than normally tired or weak and clumsy the whole time I’d been here. So it had to be some sort of proximity spell. And the weird way I'd been unable to control my body around Jules, how I'd protected him from Gideon even when I wanted to do the opposite, it all made sense. Now that I knew to look for it, and it wasn’t just my own depression over my roommate leaving, I was sure I could handle it.
We stepped out onto the porch, shading our eyes from the bright sunshine, and getting ready to take off, when someone shouted.
