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The battle is over. Trial is complete. Mine and Neo’s night has begun.
As if recognizing it at the same time, Neo combs his hand through my hair, lowers his head, and kisses my brow.
“Go,” Nita urges the two of us, and I crane my neck to stare up at her, thanking her for catching Lux’s soul for me. How much does she know? How much has she seen? “Quillion, Jesula, and Syn will handle all the mess. I will handle Mordere. Take your night, brother, sweet Ezer. The sun will rise tomorrow.”
And a new darkness…before the blood moon sets and the sun rises.
I purse my lips, considering whether or not I will tell Neo what the Goddess prophesied. Knowing I will lose part of my heart, that I will be broken…it’s more than I can bear. I’ve always vowed never to break. My Haloed heart can never possibly break. If a Scourge of Destruction could break me down but not trulybreakme, how can anything possibly be that strong?
Instead, I twist my head back to Neo and lower my voice to a deep, eager hum, “You owe me a Dragon ride.”
* * *
“Mmm…”I murmur, stretching my naked body along our bed as Neo kisses the back of my neck.
“I’m not certain what I treasure more. Your moans during our lovemaking or these sounds you make when we are finished,” he confesses, lips rubbing along my jaw.
“Well,” I say and turn to face him, tracing his Halo brand to finish, “I did promise we would discuss your penance later.”
“And how do you find me, my love?” Neo banters and dips his hand lower to cup my thigh, staining it with all the gold that has gathered there.
“Lovely, darkly, and deeply penitent,” I respond and open his mouth with mine for the thousandth time. I pause to tap his jaw and add, “Your Dragon ride was the highlight of this night…” I smile, reflecting on how I’d bound myself with my Halo to his Dragon, arrayed in nothing but my glowing skin—a gold and pearlescent contrast to his dark scales—as Neo carried me far above the clouds and to a mountaintop where Neo finally taught me the meaning of how wings have uses beyond flying and painting.
“I’d hope renewing our blood oaths was another highlight,” Neo adds and thumbs the cut in my palm. “Are you certain you don’t want my silver blood to heal it and the rest of your marks?”
I shake my head, glimpsing down at all his fang marks that have already begun to fade. “They’ll heal soon. For tonight, let’s just say I’m proud to display them. But I think I owe you some.” I mount him, nudging my sex against his already hard member, lean over, and unleash my angel teeth.
“Elysia,” Neo protests at first but groans in pleasure when I sink my teeth into his flesh, lapping up his silver blood. “We haven’t renewed our vows.”
“We have time.” I bite around his nipple, twirling my tongue around it, sucking its tip.
“Not much, my love. Oh, holy wings, woman!” I grin at his exclamation when I drop lower than his pelvis and scrape my angel teeth along his generous length.
“Forbidden fruit is so tempting anyway, isn’t it, Neo?” I laugh at my cruel irony and the power I wield over him when I stroke my Halo currents all around his vampire shaft, stimulating ever so slowly all the way to his whetted tip while pairing it with my angel teeth.
“Damn it to hell, Elysia!” He bellows deep and slams his head back against the bed frame, fracturing it in one moment, shattering a window.
“Ugh, Neo! You just restored those.” I press my body down and point an accusatory finger at him. “Now, if you can’t behave, I’ll have to use the whips to string you up. Is that clear?”
“You’re going to be the death of me.” He strokes my curls and shifts my hair back to settle his fingers on the back of my neck, pausing.
I know we will have that conversation soon, but first, I’ll distract him. “Let’s see how close we get.”
* * *
When we are finished,Neo pulls my body closer to his and kisses my brow. “I love you, Elysia.”
“Love you, Neo.”
“You won’t love me once the sun rises.”
“No, I won’t.” I shake my head and consider how sore my insides are, how I should heal them because my tomorrow self will interpret it only one way. But maybe that’s what is supposed to happen. Is that the way to break me? To lose part of my heart? I don’t know what I’m supposed to do. Just as Neo remembered in the deepest of subconscious ways, I can only hope I will, too.
“Did you ever dream of me, Neo?” I wonder, rubbing my lips along his naked skin.
He sighs and strokes his knuckles across my cheek. “I don’t know. I destroyed those memories. But rest assured, I will resurrect them soon. But we must address something else first.” I nod and shift my one leg to wind around his hip, but Neo grips the side of my leg and positions it back against him. “No distracting me this time, my love. You need to know something. Why I was late that time in Court before I divorced you. You want to bring back Thanatos. I understand your reasons, your motivations, but it’s impossible now.”
“Why?” I peer up at him, my cheek nudging his shoulder.
