“Ink!” I grabbed one of his horns, almost drowning in the pleasure.
Next thing I knew, he’d licked his way to my balls, and my fingers spasmed, releasing his horn. Inkiri could’ve given me more of the divine sensation of his tongue on me, but instead he flipped me over onto my belly.
Instead of moving ahead at full throttle, he lowered himself on top of me, turning into the best blue blanket I’d ever had.
“Sadir, are you happy?” he whispered into my ear.
I turned my head so we could look at one another better. “Yeah. You know I am. Why wouldn’t I be?”
He palmed my side. “I don’t know. I think maybe it’s too easy. Making you happy. You’re a human, after all, and I am not, and there must be human things you want. Human things I should tell you, human ways of touching you or holding you. Do I kiss you enough, my sweet Rory?”
My skin grew hotter, and my heart beat louder, almost like Inkiri was meant to hear and recognize that it beat for him.
“You do so much.” I felt the sting of tears threatening, but I knew he’d just hold me tight if I started happy crying now. “I…I like that you’re different. You’re the right kind of different, at least for me, and no one has ever treated me like you do. Like I’m special.”
He bowed his head to lick the junction of my neck and shoulder. “Then they misjudged you. I swear to you, Sadir, I will never make that mistake. I will never forget how special you are.”
“Ink—”
“Let me make you feel good now.”
“No, wait.” He let up immediately, giving me room to turn back around on my back so that I could look him in the face. I reached up to run my hands over his horns, and his eyelids fluttered in pleasure. His gaze remained firmly focused on my face though. “You’re special too. I…I was scared, that’s why I didn’t want to say anything. Maybe I was hoping to get rid of it. Get rid of the magic.”
His eyes cleared, and I knew he was about to tell me that it was part of me and that I shouldn’t discard it.
“No, let me finish. That presence told me. When we were at Donna’s? That now that our worlds are bound, the magics of the two places must be bound as well, and that it chose you to do that. With me. It said that you are worthy, because a chosen one must be worthy.” I ran my hands along his horns, and watched him as he took that in.
“You… Sadir, you’re still—were you scared of the magic, sweet thing, or of something else?”
I couldn’t keep looking at him, but he deserved the truth, not least because I had sworn to myself that I wouldn’t resort to lying in this marriage. “Maybe I already knew you were worthy, but maybe I wasn’t sure if I was?”
He grunted and tilted his head. “That is why you asked about whether I would have still loved you without the mate call. Did you really think I wouldn’t have?”
I shrugged. “I don’t know. You’re this blue prince from another world, and I’m just a theater major without any acting skills or any love life to speak of, at least before I met you. You’re a dream, and sometimes I’m scared I’ll wake up back in my dorm room, and none of it will have happened.” The guilt hit me as soon as I’d said the words. “I mean, if it meant everyone…everyone who died because of me would be back, I’d gladly wake up in my dorm room with everything having been a dream. Sorry. I really, really love you, so much I don’t have words for it, but all the people… If it meant all the people could be alive again, I’d obviously take the dream of you. Forever.”
“Rory.” His eyes went wide and dark, and it was like he was seeing only me. He dipped his head and pressed his lips to mine. The kiss was gentle, careful, comforting. I gave myself over to it completely, but Inkiri left it there. It didn’t change the fact that my body was still ready to do plenty more, and so was his.
“You are more a protector than some I have met. Braver. So very beautiful. If only you could see…” He shook his head. “It doesn’t matter. I’ll show you. Sadir, we must tell Kinnek and Vergis this, about our worlds binding. Not right now. Tell me what you want right now, and I’ll give it to you, whatever it is.”
I traced his jawline with the fingers of my right hand and smiled up at him. “Can I… You always give me what I want, you know? I’d like to do what you want today. You want me to turn back around?”
He grinned at me, and there was a tiny, mischievous light in his eyes. “What I want, Sadir? Are you sure?”
I nodded. “Yeah. Anything.”
That flicker definitely grew. “Good. In that case, yes, I want you on your belly, on your knees, and I want you to scream without holding back.”
I glanced at the window.
“Yes, sweet thing. I want them to hear you. I want them to know what being with me does to you.”
I’d been really proud of the fact that taking my clothes off in front of everyone in that large downstairs bath had almost become normal. Almost. The urge to cover my cock was still there, but I’d become better at controlling it. This was something else. But I’d made a promise to my mate, and I wouldn’t break it.
I swallowed hard, my throat suddenly dry. “All right. If you can make me scream, that is.”
He full-on grinned at me. “Sadir, I know your body well by now. Turn around and I’ll prove that.”
He was my mate, and about to ravish me. Obviously, I obeyed. I tried my eyelash batting before I turned around, and it got me a low, growly purr.
