I stop. “No, actually. Just goingintowork.”
“Can you take the day off?”
This shift comes with downtime when the store’s dead, giving me the opportunity to practice magic and get advice from the other witches. When I open my mouth to answer, he steps forward and kisses me. After a second, I forget how I was going to respond.
“You make a good argument.” I sound breathless when we pull apart.
“Good. I’m here to whisk you away for the weekend.”
“It’s Wednesday,” I point out.
“Okay, it’s alongweekend.”
“Bane, we can’t just—”
“I figured out what you charmed my watch to do,” he says.
“Oh.”
That’s how he found me. He wasn’t appearing out of nowhere. The watch led him right to me, just as it was intended to.
When creating the second watch for a courting gift, I decided it didn’t need a charm for punctuality after all. Instead, there’s a compass charm. The charm doesn’t point to north though, it leads to me.
It took us years to correct the mistakes that kept us apart, but we found our way to each other eventually. As long as Bane can find me, it doesn’t matter when he arrives. As long as he comes back to me, he’s right on time.
When we get back, I’ll pick up some extra shifts and get some practice time then. For now, I smile at him. “A long weekend sounds good.”
Whenever I breathe in his scent or watch a soft smile spread across his face, something in my chest tightens and loosens all at once. Everything else fades away, and I know with absolute certaintyyes, this is it.
This is what I’ve been waiting for my entire life, and every moment of longing was worth finding him.
19.Countdown to The Real Thing
Bane
Josh claims my romance skills aren’t completely lacking. Not sure I believe him. From where I’m standing, he’s so much better at expressing himself and making his feelings clear.
The watch that magically keeps me on time was practical and sweet. This new gift that instead leads directly to him? Damn, it gets me right in the heart.
He wins. No topping that. Still, I have to try.
“Wow,” he exclaims as we step into the penthouse suite at the best hotel in the big human city closest to Concordia. “This room is stunning.”
“You’re stunning,” I growl, pinning him against the door.
I had intended to dazzle him with the breathtaking skyline, luxurious amenities, and exquisite champagne, but we can’t keep our hands off each other long enough to savor any of it.
Oh well, at least the sheets are soft. They look so pretty wrapped around him while he arches his back and moans for me as my cock sinks into him.
“Yes, Bane, just like that.”
Thisis a great view too. Josh naked on his hands and knees, his body mine for the taking.
I’m inside him, and every time I pull back and push forward, his body shudders with pleasure. I set a slow pace, savoring howhe moans my name. I’m planning to make this last as long as possible.
Then I thrust forward, my knot pressing against his rim, and everything changes.
“Oh fuck,” he moans, arching back into me and practically begging for it. “Knot me. Knot me now.”
