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The moment Julian’s first rumbling groan erupted from his throat, I let myself fall over the edge and sank my fangs into his shoulder.
His blood intensified every explosive sensation in my body and just as I thought I could take no more of such delirious ecstasy, Julian bit my neck, and I was swept up in the rapture of his venom.
If I could have screamed, I would.
If I’d died right then, it would have been fine by me.
I didn’t pull away from my mate’s shoulder until he detached from my neck.
We laid there, staring at each other, shocked. Awed. Utterly mystified by what had just happened.
Thirty-Five
We dozedand fucked and dozed and cuddled and fucked and dozed until our respective duties pulled us from the cocoon of our new mate bond.
It was sappy and gross and I hated it.
“You do not,” Julian corrected as he toweled off from a shower.
“You’re right. I don’t hate it one bit.” I gave him a lingering, appreciative stare. God damn, he was perfect.
“I’ll be perfectly late if you don’t stop looking at me like that.”
“What time is the thing?” I wasn’t about to say the “I” word and ruin everyone’s mood.
Julian laid out a fresh charcoal suit. “Midnight.”
I glanced at the alarm clock on his side table. Noon. God, we stayed in bed till noon today of all days? His crew must be fuming.
“My people know what to expect of a mating bond.”
“Is it just me or are you reading more than just my sexy thoughts?”
Julian nodded as he buttoned up his shirt. “I seem to have access to all your thoughts now.” He raised an eyebrow, asking me without words if I heard his thoughts.
“I’m trying. But I still don’t hear a peep from that head of yours.”
He smiled at me. “It’ll come when it’s meant to.”
“Oh, before you leave, I wanted to know whether you’ve decided to let Jaxson attend tonight.”
“I’ve searched the rules and couldn’t find any specifically forbidding wolves from attending. However,” he added before I could do a happy dance, “he must be brought up to speed. He needs to know how the event works inside and out before I’ll let him attend.”
“I’ll take his training on myself, then.”
“Has Sunny explained what’s expected of you tonight?”
“Um, just the entering and being announced, like at a cotillion.”
Darkness shaded Julian’s features. “As my mate, you’re expected to dance with the rival king.”
My eyes bulged, mouth agape. “You can’t be serious, Julian. I can’t dance with the vampire who killed Odette.”
ThatVin his forehead was back. Good. It should be back. He should be worried about this.
“It is cruel and unfair, I realize. But you must follow the protocols to the letter. They are there for a reason and any deviation can result in forfeiture.”
Julian shrugged into his suit jacket and laid a kiss on my head. “I know it’s not what you wanted to hear. But you will get through it.Wewill. I promise.”
