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AGE: 17 YRS OLD
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(Sea in Finnish: Meri)
ASLAN HADN’T JUST BEEN NAMED AFTER A lion. He didn’t just share the title of a creature in a children’s book: a creature loved by generations and graced with the symbolism of being a king and God. He also shared that magic. That epic evil-defeating power where just being with him made me heal.
Beneath his touch, I could forget.
Beneath his kisses, I could move on.
I’d asked him to replace the memories of what Ethan had done. I’d fallen into his arms, hoping to enjoy it but fearing that I wouldn’t. That it would be too soon. That I’d suffer flashbacks and ruin this incredibly important connection, this soul-stitching bond by forcing my body to do something it wasn’t ready to do.
But all those fears vanished the moment Aslan wed me beneath the moon. Standing in the sea that’d brought us together, he gave me a new life. He ripped me from the one I’d been living as a young girl with only herself to rely on and gave me everything that he was. His past, his future—he put me above himself in every way.
And that sort of blind devotion cracked open my last remaining shell of teenage-hood, and I grew up. I accepted that this was my mate in life, soul, and heart. This was the man who would take my potential and make me soar—all because he believed in me, supported me, and gave me exactly what I needed to be me.
His lips crashed against mine as he waded onto the shore with me in his arms, heading up the beach. Our lips tangled and tongues touched; I’d never felt so exquisitely safe.
During the day, the sand was pockmarked with tourist’s feet as they explored around the tiny island. But tonight, it was just us. No signs of humankind. Just the soft hissing of the sea, the bright sparkle of the stars, and the bone-deep knowledge that Aslan hadn’t just married me with words but with his very essence.
I felt it in the way he touched me.
It sang in the energy arcing between us.
I tasted it on his tongue as he lowered me gently to my feet and planted his hands on my hipbones.
I swallowed all his promises and made some of my own.
His needs were now my needs, his wants were now my wants.
My allegiance switched from myself to him, knowing he’d done the same for me.
This wasn’t just a silly wedding ceremony, committed by two young lovers after a night of horror. This was a rebirth, a baptism, and the beginning of our truth. I had the son of a crime lord to watch over me, secure in the knowledge he would do absolutely anything to protect me. And in return, I vowed on my life that I would keep him hidden. He was mine, and heaven help anyone who tried to take him from me. This wedding, this marriage, this star-fated union didn’t just bind us together, it merged us into one.
One heart. One body. One life.
And as he swept me into his strong arms and placed me gently on my back in the sand, I gave in. I let moonlight flood through me. I let every cell blaze bright and true.
Ethan was nothing. Nothing more than something I’d endured and survived.
Aslan’s true heritage was nothing. Nothing more than an origin that didn’t define him.
The shadows in our past had no sway on our future and we threw ourselves into the light.
Coiling my arms around his powerful shoulders, I dragged him down on top of me.
He grunted as his erection pressed against my belly, and his chest rose and fell with lust.
He shuddered as I dug my fingernails into his nape, pulling his mouth to mine.
Our kiss was deep and slow, erotic and romantic. Our tongues danced. Our breath mingled. Our blood heated until every inch of me burned.
Running my hands down the rippling strength of his back, I slipped my fingers into the wet material of his boxer-briefs. His firm ass was cool to touch and damp with seawater.
He groaned as I squeezed, pulling his hips harder against my belly, grinding him against me.
“Neri...” he breathed, falling over me. “We can go slow...”
