Like the one about staying in the Sanctuary. Indefinitely.
Things were evolving between us. I wasn’t sure how I felt about it, just that it felt right.
Neither of us was trying to label it.
And I liked that.
My wolf was content, too. Especially because her Alpha kept purring for her. Like right now. All that rumbly goodness vibrated behind me as I bent to fluff one of my many pillows.
While I hadn’t said anything out loud, Lorcan knew how important my nest was to me. Particularly as Fare had never let me keep one.
This had been my safe haven for over a century. I’d never allowed an Alpha inside it.
Lorcan had been the first one when he’d shadowed us here after the sparring match outside.
Then Fare had arrived and defiled my space, just like he always had. Except Lorcan had cleaned up the mess in my absence.
Afterward, he’d stayed here while protecting the Sanctuary.
He’d also been trying to find me, something I’d realized when he’d shown me the map he’d put up on the hallway wall outside of my nest. There were pins everywhere noting potential locations for Fare’s nest, all based on what I’d told him and his instincts.
He and Kieran had also sent out information requests to their allies in other sectors around the world, hoping someone could provide a lead.
Lorcan’s purr intensified as I crawled out of my nest to grab more clothes from his basket. This time I took a pair of boxers and used it to prop up one of my pillows. Then I went back for a pair of lounge pants. They were black and smelled like evergreens tinged with sensual male. I inhaled happily and added them to my growing pile of Lorcan-scented items.
He didn’t move while I worked, just stood there waiting to be used or called upon.
I sprawled out in my nest and rolled around, my inner wolf and vampire both content in a way I hadn’t felt in a very long time.
Sighing, I slid to the back and looked expectantly at my mate. “I’m ready for your knot, Alpha.”
His lips curled as he placed a knee on the mattress. “Where do you want it, Omega?”
I spread my legs, my thighs already slick in anticipation. “Here.”
“Do you want my tongue first?”
I considered it for a moment, my lip catching between my teeth. Then I slowly shook my head. Because no. I wanted him inside me. Knotting me. Spilling his masculine scent all over our nest.
It would complete my project, completeus.
He crawled over me, his dark eyes holding me captive beneath him as he settled between my legs, his cock hot and heavy against my center. “That might have been the most painful three hours of my life, watching you prance around naked while working on your nest.”
“Even more painful than my heat?” I asked, arching up into him.
“Falseheat,” he corrected. “And that experience had been different. I wasn’t allowed to touch you then.”
“And now?”
“And now…” He slid into me in a measured thrust, his engorged length filling me deliciously. “And now you’remine.”
I moaned as he pulled all the way out and drove into me again, his thick shaft stretching me with each punch of his hips against mine.
It was unlike any of my previous encounters, primarily because this one was very much consensual. Both parts of me craved Lorcan, even my vampire half. He made me feel complete in a way I hadn’t anticipated, his wolf placating mine in a manner I hadn’t realized I needed.
Mating of convenience it is,I mused, my body rising to meet his.So convenient. Better than convenient. Pretty damn amazing, actually.
Fucking spectacular,he corrected, his mouth claiming mine.
