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Had I misunderstood everything they said? No, I couldn’t be wrong. Everyone couldn’t be wrong!
I turned, preparing to teleport myself away, but Caleb grabbed my wrist and gently turned me, smiling down at me. “I’m sorry for laughing, Ember, but … well, look.” He tilted his head towards the cushion and the guys.
Looking over, I watched as they each pulled a small black box out of their pockets, opening them to reveal bloodstones.
Caleb pulled one out of his pocket, opened it, and dropped to one knee before me. “Rubyhare Ember Jasperwood, will you do us the honor of becoming our mate, our partner, our queen?”
I smacked his shoulder and growled. “You ass! I thought you were upset by my gift.”
“Only because you beat us to it and ruined the surprise we’d been working on for weeks!” he said and wiggled the box at me. “So, what do you say?” One of the bloodstones inside of his box glowed, which meant he’d already put his power and blood into it.
“I say, we have eight bloodstones to sell.” Chuckling, I wiped the now happy tears from my face, threw my arms around him, and kissed him. “Yes. Always yes.”
Chapter
Eight
Jolie had warned me that to be fully mated, each race required a different thing. Mages and elves each used a spell. Dragons and wolves used a bite. With us being hybrids, we weren’t sure which was going to be required. So, they had researched information for all options.
“Which are we going to try first?” I asked. The guys had all opted to put the bloodstone from me beneath their right eye. So, I had put the four bloodstones in the diamond formation beneath my right eye as well.
“We’re going to try biting, since that’s the easiest,” Caleb answered.
“First, we need a picture,” Triston said as he set his phone on the windowsill and put a book in front of it so it would stay standing upright.
“A picture?” I asked as I stood off the couch.
“Look at you, we need this gorgeous dress documented.” I smiled, and he added, “Plus, I thought you might like to have a picture of us on our anniversary with our fresh bloodstones.”
“I would,” I said with a nod. I loved how considerate he was.
“Line up,” he ordered us.
Caleb stood at my right, Riddick on my left, Branson on Caleb’s left and Triston on Riddick’s left. We all turned so our right side faced the camera.
Triston stepped forward, and said, “Three second delay … now!” He pressed the button and stepped back into position. “Smile!”
There was no way I would stop smiling at this rate. The camera flashed and Triston checked the picture. “Looks good to me.” He held out the phone. “What do you think?”
I looked down at the picture and nodded, smiling wider. “It’s perfect.” I was going to print it and put it in my room.
“Great, now we can get you out of that dress,” Caleb said, his hand dropped down to my lower back and he reached up, releasing the clip that held the halter top. The dress fell and pooled down at my feet, exposing the matching lace thong I was wearing.
Riddick groaned. “Fuck, that’s hot.”
Caleb cupped my cheek and rubbed his thumb over the bone. “The bite’s going to hurt a bit,” he whispered.
“It’s okay, the pain will be worth it.”
He kissed my lips gently, then stepped back and removed his shirt. Once his skin was bare, I stepped forward and ran my hands from his chest down his abs. “So hot,” I whispered.
Bending forward, he kissed the side of my neck, whispered, “With this bite, this mark, you become mine, my mate, my partner, and I become yours, forever after.” His teeth sank into my neck and I sucked in a sharp breath, but the pain quickly morphed as a surge of power flowed from Caleb into me, the power heady and made me moan the next instant.
He licked the bite and whispered, “Make it quick, you three. The urge to mate with her is incredibly hard to resist right now.”
Riddick stepped up behind me, swept my hair off my shoulder, and whispered, “With this bite, you become mine, my mate, my partner, and I become yours, forever.” His bite hurt less than Caleb’s, but the surge of power, though less pungent, spread through me. My head fell back and I let out a breathy moan.
Caleb stepped to the side, letting Triston move closer, he licked my shoulder and said, “with this bite, this mark, you become mine, my mate, my partner, and I become yours, forever.” One more lick and then he bit my shoulder. I didn’t even feel the pain this time, only the power surging into me.
