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“Well, it looked like we might have something, tomorrow we can start combing over it and hopefully we can find a lead,” I said, cautiously feeling hopeful.
If this didn’t pan out, I didn’t know if we had many more options; this spell looked to be our last hope.
28
LUCIEN
It had been unusually warm. By this time of the year, there were usually a few snowstorms that had passed, but we had yet to have any snow stick. I couldn’t complain though, because for once, Aeon and I were not waking up freezing or covered in snow.
It had been a few days after our Thanksgiving dinner. Aeon and I had started our normal routine of running the perimeter before heading inside to wash ourselves and do more research.
“Just bathe with me, it will be a lot faster if we just get in together,” Aeon smirked at me.
“You know if we bathe together, we won’t get any bathing done.” I bit my lip at the thought of both of us in the bath together.
“That’s the point.” Aeon grabbed my hands, dragging me to my room, leading me into the bathroom.
Ever since he had mated with Katarina, our relationship had never been better. Our bond was stronger, our communication was better and being able to enjoy each other with Katarina was the icing on the cake—as she liked to say.
Aeon stepped into the tub first, sliding all the way back leaving me some space, but I didn’t think it would be enough. He slapped his lap, making me laugh before I stepped into the almost too hot water. Sitting down slowly, I hoped the water didn’t overfill the tub. I turned some of the water into steam to make room for me when it looked like it was going to be too much water.
Once I sat between his legs, he pulled me back to lean on his chest. I relaxed against his firm chest feeling his steady heartbeat, resting my head on his shoulder.
“You think he is going to hurt her again?” Aeon asked, running his hands over my chest.
“Probably, Zev is so scared of Katarina, and he is convinced that she is still going to screw us over. It’s going to take mating her for that fear to disappear.” I ran my hands up and down his thighs, raking my nails down his flesh. It was a tight squeeze, but I loved the idea of being this close to Aeon every day for the rest of my life.
“You think there is a chance he will mate her?” Aeon nuzzled against my face.
“I don’t know, but I hope there is. As much as I love the three of us together, it still feels incomplete.” I leaned into his touch. “Even though I want to murder him after what he did to her, I know that’s not the answer.”
“Zev is frustrating on his best days, and I wish there was something we could do to ease his obviously misplaced anger,” Aeon sighed, kissing my temple.
“I know he felt betrayed by Vivienne, but how much was he going to punish Katarina for something she had nothing to do with? If he mated her, he would see her true intentions revealed.” I pushed back further into Aeon. “You think he loved Vivienne? Is that why her betrayal was so hard on him?”
“I’ve thought of that, but he was always so guarded with her, he told me many times that she was just his duty.” Aeon wrapped his arms around me. “She told him she loved him, but he told her that he wasn’t in love with her.”
“She did?” I turned around, surprised I hadn’t heard about this. My legs were crammed underneath me, but I could see him.
“He told me, when we got drunk, the last time we had to leave,” Aeon said, looking at me. “He felt bad, but that’s when he told me; she was his duty, nothing more.”
“Was I the only one excited for a mate? Or was it my naivety that made me think this was going to be amazing,” I said, feeling dumb.
“No, not at all.” Aeon sat up, taking my face in his hands. “It probably made you the best of us, ready to give a Belladonna a chance. The rest of us just resented her a little.”
He pulled me in for a slow and sensual kiss. I had been half-erect this entire time, but now I craved Aeon. I ran my hands down his chest feeling that familiar burning need I had always had for him.
When my hands reached his hard cock, I began to slowly stroke him.
“Lucien,” he moaned into my mouth.
“Sit up on the edge, I want to taste you.” I nipped his lip.
“Aren’t you the one who said we were just going to bathe?” he growled, sitting up.
“I had a feeling this would happen.” I scooted forward, taking him into my mouth slowly, coming back up, swirling my tongue around the head of his cock. “And the need to see you come for me is all I need.”
“Goddess,” Aeon moaned, flexing his hips up into my mouth.
