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“Are you certain?”

Immediately, I nodded in response. I wanted this. I wanted to be completely his, and if our bond wouldn’t fully set in place until after he’d claimed me in this form, I was going to do what I needed to in order to make certain that happened. I took a deep breath and let it out slowly before doing it again, and then once more. After the third one, I finally felt relaxed and looked up at Vaughn. “I am. You weren’t kidding when you said it would be a lot,” I said. My voice came out as a whisper, but I knew Vaughn heard me. “I’m ready for you to start moving now.”

Vaughn’s expression changed, and I quickly understood why. “Little mate, I’m not all the way in yet,” he said. “I don’t need to be though.”

I whimpered. He wasn’t all the way in? How was that even possible? I didn’t have any more time to dwell on that because I was suddenly lifted and then lowered. My whimper turned to a sharp intake of breath, and then when the head of his extremely thick cock rubbed over my prostate, I moaned. That felt amazing. It was definitely more intense than it had been when he was in his other form though.

I continued to whimper and moan as Vaughn lifted and lowered me up and down his cock. All the times I’d dreamed about being claimed by my mate, it was never like this. In all fairness, I’d never imagined I’d be paired with a gargoyle either.

“The sounds you make are always going to be my downfall,” Vaughn said gruffly before he made a growling sound. Right after he did, I felt a change. It was impossible to miss because things felt immensely different from how they had just seconds ago.

I gasped as I looked up at Vaughn. “It’s not going to fit,” I whimpered out. I felt…I couldn’t describe it. My mind was a jumbled mess of Vaughn and what we were doing. I wanted this, more than anything, but it was so much.

“It’s already fit, little mate. You’ve taken all of me,” he whispered before he leaned down and kissed my forehead. His lips lingered there, and I closed my eyes, my body involuntarily clamping down on Vaughn’s cock inside me.

“Really?”

“Yes. I won’t even have to move,” he whispered against my forehead. “I’ll reach around here like this and bring your cock back to life.” Vaughn brought one hand around and wrapped it around my completely soft dick. “I’m going to gently stroke you while I kiss and nibble on your neck. And when you find your own pleasure, I will find mine as well because that will be more than enough to make me come. When I do, I need you to bite me again when I claim you in this form.”

I moaned at not only the thought of all of that, but the pleasurable feelings going through my body again. I could certainly do that. I didn’t know exactly how Vaughn was doing it, but he was causing me to get hard again, and it wasn’t going to take much to get me there, it seemed. Vaughn stroked my dick as he continued gently sucking on my neck. Breathing was becoming difficult because I started seeing sparkles behind my eyelids, and I couldn’t pull in a deep breath. Nope, I felt movement…there, and of course, my body reacted by clamping down on Vaughn’s cock.

He moaned against my neck and then moved down to my shoulder. “Just like that, Lewis. You’re so perfect for me.” He licked over my claiming bite from earlier and stroked my cock again, and my head fell backward at the amazing feelings he was giving my body. I felt movement again, and I finally realized what it was. Just as Vaughn had said, he wouldn’t need to move in and out of me to come. The movement I was feeling was his cock as it had started to expand inside me. He was enjoying this just as much as I was.

It was over for me because there was no way my body could resist anything when he gently bit my fresh claiming bite. I felt my balls tingle intensely, and then when Vaughn’s hand stroked over the sensitive head of my dick, I shouted as an even more intense orgasm crashed through my body. Vaughn growled, and I felt it against my shoulder, but then I felt something even more powerful when his cock expanded completely, and then his teeth bit down again, breaking the skin once more.

My body was overloaded, and the only way I even thought to bite Vaughn back was because he once again pulled my face to his chest. “Bite.” I did as told, and then everything went dark.

I woke up, and after slowly opening my eyes, I saw that it was dark and warm, and there was…purring? That’s what it sounded like? Felt like? I was lying on a hard surface, and it didn’t take long to figure out that it was Vaughn’s chest. That was why I was so incredibly warm. My mate was like having my very own heated blanket.

The purring sound continued, and I realized that it was coming from Vaughn’s chest. He was…purring. But not. It was…I didn’t know. Soothing. It was certainly that. I closed my eyes and took a relaxing breath. I was warm and obviously had been sleeping on top of my mate. That brought a sleepy smile to my mouth. I had a mate. Now that I wasn’t in the midst of intense and truly amazing sex, I could think. Well, somewhat. At least, I thought it was amazing sex. I didn’t have anything to compare it to other than the fact that I came and then passed out. Twice. And it seemed that sex with Vaughn in gargoyle form really knocked me out because I know it was early afternoon when we started, and now it was dark outside.

I closed my eyes again and let myself take in everything that had happened in the last few hours. It was a lot, and every bit of it was life-changing. I was mated now, completely claimed by my gargoyle mate, and I was no longer going to be alone. I had my mate. He would be my family. Sure, I had Evan and Beau, but it wasn’t the same. Not really.

I snuggled in some more, wondering if I’d be able to go back to sleep, or really, what had actually woken me. That was answered when my stomach growled. It was loud enough to wake Vaughn because the chest below me suddenly stopped vibrating and started shaking. Then I heard him laughing.

I pushed up onto my arms and tried my best to see my mate, but it was too dark. I could take care of that though. I pushed out a little magic, and suddenly, the bedside lamp was on. I stared down at Vaughn, who was smiling up at me. “Hello, little mate.”

I sighed. “You know, I should be upset that you’re laughing at me, or about the nickname, but I actually like it. I am little compared to you.”

“You’re pocket-sized, and I love it.” He sat up, causing me to squeak. That turned to a moan when Vaughn’s lips covered mine, and his tongue gently ran along my upper lip. I opened for him but was left wanting when Vaughn pulled away and smiled at me again. “I need to feed you,” he said. “I’ve been listening to your stomach growl for the better part of an hour and was beginning to wonder when you were going to wake up.”

“You mean you weren’t sleeping?”

“I was earlier. After we claimed each other the second time and you passed out, I cleaned us as best as I could in the shower. Luckily for us, I didn’t stay locked in you for too long, and my dick slipped out while we were still in there. That made it easier to clean us. After that, I dried us off and carried you into bed. You’ve been out since.”

That was so unlike me. But I’d never been claimed twice in one day before either. “It’s still Thursday, right? I didn’t go into heat or anything yet?”

Vaughn smiled at me again. “No, cutie. You didn’t go into heat. It’s still Thursday. It’s early evening though, according to the clock I heard chiming downstairs a little while ago.” Vaughn kissed my nose and then wrapped an arm tightly around my waist. He moved us to the side of the bed and then stood with me in his arms as if I weren’t even there.

“I’m not sure how it is you can do that, but I think it’s great.”

“What?”

“Just move from the middle of the bed to the side without even much effort.”

Vaughn smiled at me. “Well, you don’t weigh much, and my legs are long, and that certainly helps.” I’d been so captivated by my mate, I hadn’t realized where he was walking us to. We were in the closet. He set me down now, and although I understood, I was a bit sad to no longer be in his arms. “Raise your arms,” he said.

I did as he instructed, and suddenly, I found myself wearing one of Vaughn’s shirts. It certainly wasn’t mine, and it came down to the middle of my thighs. I glanced down, then back up at my mate just as he was pulling up a pair of sweatpants.