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The swollen ridges hit different parts of her over and over until she was sobbing her way through another orgasm.
Vladik kissed her and kissed her, his hips working until he gasped his own release. Zori collapsed in his arms, unable to move or think.
The golden light was shining under their skin where they touched, illuminating where they were bound in their very souls, and it was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen.
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Vladik kissed Zori's hair, breathing in her scent and how it had changed to be mixed with his own.Mine forever.
He had almost blacked out from the pleasure of feeling her magic inside of him. She was what he'd been searching for his entire life without knowing it. Everything had always been moving him towards her.
Vladik's phone started vibrating, and he ignored it. He didn't want to talk to anyone that wasn't Zori. He was scared to go to sleep in case he woke up and realized it had been a dream.
Downstairs the house phone began ringing. Vladik shifted and Zori murmured something in her sleep.
"Shh, it's okay. Stay here," Vladik whispered. He unfurled his wings from where they had been wrapped over them and pulled the blankets around her as he got out of bed. He shut the bedroom door so he wouldn't disturb Zori and headed down the stairs. He was going to murder whoever was calling him. He shifted back into a human before finding the phone that wouldn't stop its infernal vibrating.
Kaspian.
"Someone had better be dead," Vladik answered with a soft snarl.
"I thought you were right now," Kaspian replied. "Why the fuck didn't you answer the first fifty times?"
"Because it's four in the morning, and Zori just claimed me as her mate," Vladik replied, pride swelling inside of him.
There was a long silence at the other end of the phone.
"Are you sure you're claimed?" Kaspian asked.
"No doubt about it. Why?"
Kaspian clicked his tongue. "The poor girl is stuck with you for eternity."
"Fuck you," Vladik said with a laugh. "You told me to listen to my beast, and it knew she was my mate. I was just waiting for her to catch up. Why are you dragging me out of her arms right now?"
"Because I've been watching Maxim's tower, and it's going fucking crazy right now. Cars are pulling up and people are running inside like there's a crisis or a fucking orgy going on. They are allvolhv. They aren't even bothered to hide their magic. You could see their auras from space," Kaspian said, all traces of teasing gone.
"They are mobilizing. We had an incident in the city tonight that probably kicked it off," Vladik replied. He told him about theupiór, Zori vaporizing it, and how they had spent half the night trying to track down how it got in. "We found where it had been set loose at the northern border. It was being controlled remotely by avolhv."
"But how did it get through the wards? Not even humans pass through the magic!" Kaspian demanded.
Vladik's stomach turned. "They had painted him in Misha's blood. It was enough to recognize him as a gargoyle. We found the place where it had been splashed onto the forest floor."
"Fucking hell. Have you told him?" Kaspian had known Misha before he had been taken. He had been intensely dedicated to the city. If he found out that his blood was the cause of an attack, who knew how he'd react.
Vladik ran a hand through his hair. "No, and I will be very careful when I do because he's still healing and is in no position to hunt thevolhvdown. They had him for years. Morana only knows how much blood Maxim took out of both him and Zori. They might not have gotten Misha to shift, but his blood is who he really is."
Kaspian's growl was threatening enough to make Vladik pause. He had seen Kaspian go into berserker mode, and not much stopped him if he was pushed too far.
"They want your girl enough to attack the city itself. Mercenaries have turned up with thevolhv,and if they are going to strike, it will be soon. I should come home…"
"I'd love to have you by my side, but wait until Irina and Aleksandr say so. They are plotting; I can tell. Tonight's attack has spurred them into action," Vladik replied. He had seen the looks that had been passed between them at the ward stone. They were furious and weren't going to stop until they had their fill of revenge. Protecting the city came first, but theywantedMaxim and the others to come.
"Fine. I'll keep watching over the building for now, but tell them to make up their mind about what they want me to do. I get twitchy when I see so many of Chernobog's flunkies that need killing."
"Keep your temper in check, Kaspian. I'll call you in the morning if Irina doesn't call you first," Vladik reassured him.
Kaspian let out a long sigh. "Fine, fine. I'll go sit in the snow and watch the tower while you go back to bed with your little mate. Try to let her sleep."
