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She drops my hand, arching her back as I flick her nipple with my tongue. The sight of my blood, crimson and wet on her lips, pushes me over the cliff.
I come, my seed shooting from my cock like a loaded weapon. Her nipple falls from my mouth as I groan, holding her to me with the gentlest grip I can manage. My cock drives into her; once, twice, five times hammering home.
Thea’s cunt clenches, milking me of everything I am.
This could go on for years and I wouldn’t be sick of it.
My mate is in my arms and joined with me for life. She’s my goddess, my mate, justmine,and it feels so good I could howl into the night like a lunatic.
Eventually the climax ends, and I’m left with a limp lover cupped beneath my heavy body. I roll, pulling her on top of me.
Breathing was never so difficult. I’m panting, enthralled by our love-making and alive like I’ve never been before. Thea’s blood courses through my veins, burning through me like a shot of adrenaline. I smooth my fingers over her wet forehead, examining her from head to toe.
She’s heaving, her lashes fluttering.
What will her transformation be like? More than anything, I’m eager to hear into her mind at long last. I won’t need to worry or wonder over her thoughts, I’ll just know, and she’ll know me, as well.
Did Jacel’s mate transform in the way the snow haired mate of Aldeon’s did? Will Thea’s sweet smell become even more intoxicating, as it usually does with my people’s mates?
I think of the flash of red ringing around Aldeon’s human after he completed the calling, much to my monsters dismay. It seems silly the darkness inside me was so consumed with jealousy. For my maddened state of mind, Aldeon had stolen my meal.
It was a sick, cruel thing for me to have fixated on.
I hold Thea closer, my body tingling with the sticky contact of her skin. For some reason, despite every bit of punishment I deserve, I’ve been blessed.
With Thea, I don’t need to worry about monsters stealing her away. Her mortality dries my mouth, sure, but it isn’t as terrifying as what I imagine Aldeon had to deal with.
The monster I was flashes behind my eyelids. My old self as I stared slack-jaw at myself through the reflection of a cracked shop window, both lips and eyes red with a fresh kill.
No. I don’t deserve Thea.
But I can’t be without her, all the same.
I take notice that Thea has calmed her ragged breaths. In fact, she lies utterly still atop me, her nails pressed against my pectoral. My fingers thread into her hair, waiting patiently until my blood spills the secrets locked inside her mind.
“Who’s Aldeon, Ren?” Her nails move, scraping slow circles over my chest.
My heart stops beating. My throat dries. “Where have you heard that name, my light?”
She pushes her weight against my body, lifting herself so she can stare down at my face. “Your mind.”
I reach out to her again, probing, and again I’m met with the same wretched wall. My hands cut her cheeks, eyes furrowing as I stare into her golden irises. They’ve not changed. “Buthow?”
My mate narrows her eyes. Her finger plunges into my chest, poking me in an accusatory manner. “You. Tell. Me.”
Is this my karma, then? Will my one burning wish remain nothing but smoldering ashes? Thea is so close, we’re joined, she is certainly giving me proof of that. And yet I’ve been blocked from receiving the same gift.
Thea knows my secrets, and I still know nothing of hers.
Her angry eyes melt, and the finger on my chest relaxes. Suddenly, she drops her head and presses it against mine, our noses brushing. A brilliant burst of light blinds me, so bright it hurts. Like lightning, a shock of emotions travels through our bond.
Thea’semotions.
The bitter taste of annoyance is the first to surge in my heart, but underlying it is an intense satisfaction. She feels at peace with our mating, at home in my arms. Thea exhales heavily, her breath warming my lips and traveling into my lungs. Another burst of feelings capture me; gratitude, understanding, and a fierce sense of acceptance.
My body shudders. “Aldeon is a dhampir, cured by his own doing. It seems he was more capable than the rest, his monster feeding until it was no longer hungry. He met a human. A girl. His mate.” I try to shield the images flashing behind my eyelids, but it’s no use. Memories coast from sighting to sighting, reminding me of every glimpse I got of the girl. Her face in the city, before she had mated with Aldeon. The red rings around her eyes as she fled from my horde down a desolate highway, Aldeon carrying her in his arms. Her fear as the compound walls sealed shut inches from my grasp.
Shame is a reluctant friend, humbling me in front of my other half. I hope Thea can see it. I hope she doesn’t think of me as the monster I was, now that she can see him so clearly.
