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“If you take my hand, I can share myself with you. That’s all I ask.” For now. “Accept my essence and, I promise you, you’ll have the answer to any question you wish to ask me right in your grasp.”
She hesitates. “Anyanswer?”
There are no secrets between mates. She will know everything about me once she has my essence, the good and the bad, and all she’ll have to do is search herself to know the truth.
I would give it to her regardless. Though I am not proud of everything I have done in my life, I am proud of my love and affection for her. I want her to know how much I care, and that there is no rush. I want to make her my forever mate, and as long as I do before the gold moon, I will get to keep her.
We have time. Time for her to learn me and decide to make me hers. For me? I made my choice four cycles ago… and there is nothing—or almost nothing—that will keep me from my Hope.
And, as she inches toward me, holding out her hand, she shall finally understand that.
One touch. That’s all it takes. When Hope gave me her essence, it was only because she didn’t know that the exchange would happen the first time she brushed her soft skin against mine. All Sombra demons know how to guard their essence until it’s time to give it away to their mates.
Like I do now.
Yanking her hand back quickly, I know that my essence took root inside of my female the moment her eyes go wide as she stares up at me.
I smile down at her encouragingly.
Hope does not smile back. “You… you’re a demon. An immortal demon.” She swallows roughly. “Holy shit. You’re, like, a thousand years old!”
Not quite. “I have seen nine centuries so far.”
That doesn’t seem to help.
“I’m twenty-eight!”
“Yes. You are a mature female. I am a mature male.”
“And you want to fuck me!”
Fuck…using her essence, I try to understand what she means and nod knowingly when I realize that she’s talking about the physical act of mating.
“I must. Whenever you are willing to accept me, I will do my best to pleasure you as I fill your cunt with my cock. Then you will be my bonded mate. Not a mortal any longer, but mine. And I promise you, my Hope, for the rest of our existence together, I will always love you. I will keep you safe. You will want for nothing… and all I want is you.”
Her mouth drops open. For a moment, it looks like she’s about to say something, but she doesn’t. Instead, stumbling around her furniture, she allows herself to fall onto the cushioning.
This is to be expected. I have heard of those who needed a moment to process the essence exchange. With as many centuries I have seen, there is a lot for Hope to learn about me and my existence.
As a good mate, I walk over to her and, in an attempt to show her that I care, I pat her gently on the top of her head.
She squeaks, peeking up at me.
“Stay here, my mate. Let me take care of you.”
I wait for her to respond. When all she does is gulp again, then nod, I pat her again before heading purposely toward the room where she prepares all of her meals.
* * *
She can be hurt.
I won’t allow it.
“Hot leaf water,” I tell her proudly.
She giggles. The sound makes my heart—and my cock—swell. “What did you say?”
That’s what it is. I’ve watched her prepare it countless times when I was still a phantom. She would take a kettle, fill it with water, and heat it over the fire she keeps inside of that big white square in her kitchen. That part wasn’t necessary for me. I used a pulse of magic from my palm to make the water steam, then dropped a pinch of her green leaves into the cup. After giving it a stir with my pointer claw, I brought it to my Hope.
