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I breathed deeply as Kai filled me to the brim, bottoming out after what felt like an eternity. But it was an eternity I’d gladly live in, just me and him joined so intimately.
Kai kissed me yet again, allowing my body to adjust to his. Sometimes I did want it hard and fast, but other times I wanted to luxuriate in the moment.
Gods, I loved him. I really did. I loved him more than I had words for—more than any curse could hope to contain. It was overwhelming in such a positive way, and if I could just bottle it, I was sure I could ward off any unhappiness for the rest of my life.
When Kai broke the kiss, it was to pull back from me, then slide forward in another slow but relentless thrust. My body was already crying out for more, more, despite how much my mind was clamoring to savor every moment, and I stayed locked in that deliciousness in between, in the gap between too little and not enough. I held on and tried to sync my hips with his, giving him everything I had. As the pleasure began to crescendo between us, my mouth dropped open, and desperate words tumbled forth.
“Mark me, Kai. Make me yours. Do it, do it.” It wasn’t quite an order, but it was most certainly a passionate plea.
I soon felt Kai’s mouth at the side of my neck, where it met my shoulder, his kiss practically searing against my mating gland. After so many times of denying him, after both of us coming to a practical agreement that we couldn’t, it was finally time to give in. I tilted my head to the side and pressed up into his kiss, waiting anxiously.
Because I knew that even though we were already half-bonded, this was going to change everything forever for the both of us, and while that was an intimidating thought, it wasn’t an unwelcome one. It was the unknown, yes, but I was ready for it. I wanted to be tied to Kai in every single way possible.
“My gorgeous girl,” Kai rumbled against my skin, his teeth nicking against me, and just the graze of his canines made my eyes roll back in my head. “My mate. My Ayla.”
At that, he sunk his teeth into that slightly swollen spot, and for a moment, I left the earth entirely. My vision spun and then disappeared altogether, taken over in the deluge of sensations rushing through me.
Suddenly, I was both Kai and Ayla, feeling everything from both of our perspectives but twenty times more intensely. His breathing was my own, and my heartbeat was his, both of us locked together so deeply, we could never be wrested apart.
Heat and desire overwhelmed, followed immediately by elation, joy, and pure, unadulterated love. After so much of my life spent being forced away from true connection, it was like a repair to all the old wounds in my soul. I felt myself being rewritten in ecstasy—a promise that I’d never be alone again. No matter what happened, I had Kai. I had my love. I had us.
It was while locked in that beautifully cataclysmic connection that I felt my entire world rewrite itself. My orgasm hit me so hard, I swore I actually physically merged into Kai, arching up into him with my nails dragging down his back. No wonder people who were fully bonded to their fated mates never shut up about it. I certainly wouldn’t if I were in their position. Thank the Gods. We hadn’t tried it in the capital because I would have been fighting off the urge to tell every single soul I saw.
“Kai!” I called out, my voice somehow not just my own but his as well. I could feel myself clamping around him, from both inside my body and his, a dizzying connection that was somehow still so greater than our previous one, which I thought was borderline impossible.
“Ayla!” he cried back, and that was how his climax hit him, consuming us both in the wellspring of pleasure.
Resplendent, rapture, and unfiltered bliss. A deluge of perfection. Time stopped meaning anything as we rode it all out together.
I couldn’t say how long it lasted or even if I stayed on the planet the entire time. All I knew was that it was everything I wanted and so much more. Kai collapsed next to me, both of us panting and covered with a thin sheen of sweat. I couldn’t speak, and I could feel through our completely wide open bond that Kai was in the exact same position. But that was okay because we didn’t need words. As long as we had each other, we would be able to communicate in a way that was unlike anything else.
When I had the wherewithal to move again, I curled into Kai, and his arms surrounded me. I could feel through my chest, as well as hear, that our hearts were following the exact same rhythm. Two halves of the same whole.
Together, just like that, we fell into sleep, ready to face our future from an entirely different perspective.
Chapter 20
Kai
My life had suddenly and irrevocably shifted.
Normally, that’d be a bad thing for most people, or at least terrifying. But as I cracked my eyes open to the afternoon sun, I could only describe my mood as absolute, unabashed bliss.
I was mated. Completely and fully mated to Ayla. I wanted to jump, I wanted to do flips, I wanted to run for miles and miles as a wolf and never look back. But I didn’t do any of that because I wanted to spend as much time as possible with Ayla in my arms, the two of us dozing together in post-mating contentment.
I’d thought our first time where we’d been half bonded was intense, but this was exponentially better. It went beyond what I had the vocabulary or ability to describe, but I didn’t need to draft whole poems or sonnets about it. I could just be in the moment.
I had been obsessed with Ayla before, but at that moment, I wasn’t quite sure how we’d be apart from each other for more than short bursts. All those stories of newly bonded fated mates growing sick or being in physical pain because of separation from their mate didn’t seem so farfetched.
Ayla began to slowly rise toward consciousness through our bond, which really was incredible. Another wave of pure happiness filled me when her eyes fluttered open.
“Hey there,” she said, voice hoarse from sleep, but also, I liked to think from just how loud I’d made her scream the night before.
“Hey there,” I said right back, not even trying to hide my fondness for her as I tipped my head down to kiss her fresh mating mark. The bite was red, borderline angry, but it looked so beautiful there. It looked right.
I felt the jolt that went through my mate more than saw it, and the squeak she let out was far too adorable. The urge to leave the flat of my tongue against her mark was so intense, I nearly did it without thinking, but I figured we both needed to rehydrate and stretch before I accidentally launched us into another romp.
Although the idea was certainly appealing…
