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He made the tiniest chuckle at that, and I couldn’t blame him at all. I liked to think I was above high school drama, but our relationship could’ve been misconstrued as that.
I would be eternally grateful Kai had always been willing to push through, and that he’d been willing to be brave and believe in us when I was so certain there was no hope.
“I also know my curse has complicated so many things between us, and there’s a lot of stuff we’ve held back on… even been afraid to talk about.”
“I would say that’s true.”
“Exactly. But my curse is handled now. At least for the most part. It’s not going to kill everyone I love anymore.” I reached across the table where we were sitting and took his hands in mine. “I love you, Kai. I love you more than I ever thought it was possible to love anyone. We were made for each other in a way most people will never get to experience in their lifetimes.”
My voice cracked, and Kai took that moment to gently squeeze my hands back. “Ayla, I feel the same way.”
“I’m glad,” I said, trying not to cry but failing a little bit. “Because I want to complete our mating bond.”
Kai didn’t respond right away, and it was like he was frozen in time. Worry squeezed in my chest, whispering in my ear that I’d ruined everything by hoping for too much, for being too greedy.
But then Kai seemed to come back to life and stood up so quickly that his chair fell back to the floor with a clatter.
“Whoa, Kai. Are you—” Without warning, he’d managed to circle around the table and was hauling me up out of my own chair as he picked me up. “Kai!” I shouted, laughing.
“Do you mean that?” His tone was completely serious. Already, I could see that his eyes were glowing gold, and his canines were beginning to lengthen.
“Of course I mean it, Kai.” My heart was beginning to thunder in my chest as the bond between us became wide open, pouring everything Kai was feeling into me: lust, joy, arousal, disbelief, happiness, shock. It was a delicious cocktail that told me my mate truly felt the same way I did.
It also made me wonder what it’d be like when we were fully united. We’d been living with a partial bond for what felt like ages, and already it was far more intimate and connected than anything I’d ever experienced before. How much better and how much more intense could it be?
I was going to find out.
Kai kissed me, a harder move to pull off while I was in his arms than one would have thought, then started marching upstairs a lot faster than was safe, but I didn’t care at all. I wanted him so badly, every second he wasn’t inside of me felt like a crime against the both of us. I wanted him. I needed him.
The moment we were in our room, I was on the mattress, with Kai posted over me. His lips were on mine in an instant, devouring in that way which always made my head swim. I felt surrounded by him, my senses caught up in everything that was Kai.
“Gods, you’re beautiful,” he breathed into the kiss, and if that didn’t just make my head spin. I’d never cared what I looked like, not really, but Kai made me take pride in my appearance in a way nobody else could. I wanted to be beautiful in his eyes, because no one else’s thoughts on my looks mattered.
I clung to him, answering his kisses, digging my nails in ever so slightly in that way he liked. I was quickly sinking into that needy, hazy place my mind went to whenever I was able to fully give into my mate, and I relished it.
“Kai,” I breathed, kissing down the side of his face and down his neck. There was the incredibly faint scar over his mating gland where I’d bitten him—the thing that’d started our matehood. I licked it, reveling in the shiver that went through Kai’s body. I loved how much I affected him, especially since he was so incredibly talented at affecting me.
“Fuck, you do that, baby girl, and I won’t be able to control myself,” he groaned into my mouth, and fuck, if the way he spoke didn’t make my entire body throb. He was the piece of my soul I hadn’t even known I was missing, but now that I had him, I was never letting him go.
“Then don’t,” I gasped before biting gently at his lower lip, pulling it like he so often did with mine, and just as I hoped, his eyes flashed brighter, and a pure alpha snarl escaped from his mouth. My inner wolf whined in kind, and I pressed my body up into his.
There was too much clothing between us, I knew that much, and I tugged at his shirt insistently. To his credit, Kai understood what I was trying to get across immediately, because he pushed up and sat back on his haunches.
I reached up, intending to help him remove his shirt so I could take in that glorious chest of his, but before I could so much as touch the fabric, he gripped his collar and ripped the entire thing in two.
I had to reach up and slide my hands over him, taking in the way my pale fingers contrasted with his deeply tanned skin. I was mesmerized by him. Just completely enraptured.
“I need to see you,” Kai rumbled before his hands went to my own shirt. A breath later, it received the same treatment, and I let out a sound somewhere between a gasp and a laugh, giddy from the display. Though, when his hands went to my bra, I gently stopped him, instead quickly hauling it over my head. Good bras were hard to find, even with Aodin’s deep pocketbooks, so I’d rather not waste one of the three I had.
Kai rolled with it, though, with his hands going to his own pants. He did have to stand to pull it off of himself, and while I missed the heat of his body, I sure did like the show.
I could already see he was hard for me, tenting in his underwear in a way that made my mouth water. Gods, I was feral for him, and he clearly was returning the energy right back. He reached down and yanked my pants off so hard that I was pulled down on the bed .
I laughed again, still just as giddy, high on all the hormones and pleasure my body was already releasing. He hadn’t even touched me yet, but I was already so keyed up, desperate for his touch. I wanted echoes of him pressed into every cell of my body until I had every sensation memorized.
I sat up, wanting to get my mouth on Kai, but he was already on top of me, pushing me back down into the mattress. I made a noise of protest when he just captured my lips in a perfectly bruising kiss again.
“As much as I would love that, I’m afraid I’ll come far too soon if I have to look down at you with my cock in your mouth.” He gripped my chin as he said that, his voice such a low rumble that for a moment I couldn’t breathe.
