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“I love you,” I said right back, claiming his mouth in the way I’d claimed his cock seconds ago.
He moaned, his powerful hands gripping my hips as he rocked me over his slick cock, the sensation making me tremble as warm shivers danced up my spine. A white-hot knot tightened in my core, the ache pulsing with need.
“Ajax,” I begged against his mouth.
“I know, mate.” He held me poised and aching above him before thrusting inside me.
I whimpered from the delicious sting, my nails digging into his shoulders as I adjusted to the size of him. Ajax broke our kiss, working his way over my collarbone and down over my breasts.
“Take whatever you need from me,” he said, and I didn’t hesitate.
I rolled my hips, over and over again, riding him with an intensity that matched my need. It was like I was trying to outrun death, using our love for each other as a bridge to a future that I knew didn’t exist.
“Goddamn, Grace,” he said beneath me, gliding his hands up my bare back. “You’re a fucking goddess. A vision. Look at you.”
I glanced down to where our bodies were joined, to where I rode him and gripped him, the sounds of our joining filling the quiet peace of the night. I met his gaze, smiling wild and unhindered as I continued to move on him. Continued to squeeze him, demanding every ounce of his pleasure and taking plenty for myself too.
His fangs distended, and I throbbed with a hunger I knew he felt. But I knew he wouldn’t bite me, not tonight. So, I leaned down, kissing him too quick for him to guard against it, just nicking the thin skin of my bottom lip against his fang, a drop of blood welling there.
“Dangerous little mate,” he growled, but sucked my bottom lip into his mouth, groaning at the taste of my blood.
“Yours,” I said. “I’m all yours. My heart, my blood, my soul.”
Ajax kissed me harder, stealing the words from my tongue as I continued to rock above him. God, he felt good inside me. All heat and strength and power.
I threw my head back as I found that edge and rode it as long as I could, wanting to stretch this moment out into a thousand forevers.
The night-blooming flowers rustled behind him with a gentle breeze and when I arched my body back, Ajax supporting me as I rode him from a better angle, I saw stars. An infinite sea of stars sparkled in the midnight sky above us, hinting that we were the only two beings in the world.
“Come with me,” I begged, feeling him harden another degree inside me. “Please, Ajax. I need you to.”
Ajax groaned, thrusting up and into me harder, stretching out my pleasure in a way only he knew how to do.
I brought my hands to his face, holding his gaze as sparks ripped through my body, sending tiny bursts of energy crackling along my insides as he came right along with me. Our bodies trembled and shook in sync, our souls matched, mated.
I couldn’t help but feelgriefas we sat there clinging to each other as we caught our breath. I shoved it away, buried it like he’d bury my body in a few weeks’ time, if we were lucky to get that long.
I forced those thoughts away, clinging to the present. Because in this moment, here with him, I always felt alive.
Felt hope and love and peace.
And I suppose, when death was tapping my shoulder, that’s all I could really ask for.
15
AJAX
“These should help.” Gabriel handed me a little orange bottle.
“Trusting me with narcotics?” I tried to joke.
He was kind enough to smile. “They’re not narcotics. Corticosteroids will help the swelling and pressure. I know your mate is trying to go as long as she can before taking anything stronger for the pain.”
I nodded, my fingers curling around the bottle. “She’s stubborn.” Every moment I caught her trying to hide the pain, the nausea, I wanted to drop to my knees and beg her to medicate.
“Can’t blame her,” Gabriel said, looking at me with something akin to pity. “If I didn’t know how many nightfalls I had left, I’m not sure I’d want to spend them drugged up.” He grimaced. “But I also don’t know how I’d cope with the burden of the pain she bears every day.”
My throat tightened. “And the scans you took yesterday?” Of all the things I had to thank my king for, his spare-no-expense attitude when it came to the imaging machinery Gabriel had purchased over the last month was at the top of the list.
