My hand drifted to the bodice of her gown, and I dipped a finger underneath, far enough to brush over her peaked nipple. Selene gasped and moaned, fighting against the grip I had on her wrists. It was hot as fuck, and I made a mental note to have restraints built into the wall at the head of the bed. One of these days, I would tie her up and torture her with my tongue between her pretty thighs. My mouth watered, and my fangs ached, wanting to drink from her engorged pussy.
“I don’t want sweet,” Selene choked out, drawing me from my little fantasy. I raised a brow, and she swallowed hard before licking her lips. My dick pulsed hard and wept, further ruining my trousers.
“What is it you want, love?”
“I don’t want you to hold back,” she panted.
I became distracted by the rapid rise and fall of Selene’s chest. Instinctively, I yanked down the center of her dress, ripping it from the top to just above her mound. The fabric fell away, and because it was a tight, corset-style top, she wasn’t wearing a bra. Her ample breasts spilled out, bouncing with her accelerated breathing.
Selene moaned when I bent to take a cranberry nipple into my mouth. “I want it exactly as you described,” she hissed.
I froze for a second, then rose so I could search her face. There was no fear, no hesitation, nothing but pure, unadulterated need. “You want to be fucked, love?” I growled, my body vibrating from my effort to restrain myself. Her cheeks burned crimson when she nodded, and fuck if that didn’t make me even hotter.
Giving her wrists a small squeeze, I watched her for any cues that I should back off as I instructed, “Keep your arms up here.”
She nodded, and I gave her one more quick kiss before sitting up to divest myself of my ruined pants. Selene sucked in a breath, and my eyes flew to her face, finding her gaze glued on my long, heavy cock. “You’re huge!” she squeaked, her eyes bulging a little.
“I’ll make it good, love,” I assured her as I grasped the tattered sides of her dress and ripped it the rest of the way down. The only covering left was a scrap of purple lace, and I tore it away just as quickly as the rest.
“Fuck,” I breathed as I took in the sight of her bare, glistening folds. Her arousal painted her mound and the inside of her thighs. My mouth watered, and I inhaled deeply, enjoying the sweet scent of her desire.
With the last of my control stripped away, I was lying between her legs without a single thought, licking up the center of her pussy. She tasted sweet and spicy at the same time. It was delicious, but her blood was calling me.
With my thumbs, I gently parted her lips and groaned when I saw how pink and juicy she was. My eyes zeroed in on the swollen bundle of nerves that would bring her ecstasy as she’d never known. I lapped up her cream, avoiding her clit until she was begging me for release. Giving her what she wanted, I sucked her bud and drove her even higher by inserting a finger into her snug channel.
“Athan!” she cried out, and it sent a wave of pleasure through me that pushed come out of my aching cock. Her hands flew to my head, and she held me in place as her hips pumped up, seeking relief.
“Mmm. I’m going to have so much fun punishing you for disobeying me,” I mumbled into her pussy. If she had a response, it was lost to her cries of pleasure as I devoured her like a starving man.
When she teetered at the edge, I sucked hard, then thrust a second finger inside her. Moaning, she tumbled headfirst into her climax. Only then did I extend my fangs and plunge them into her flesh, sucking her blood along with her clit. Selene’s whole body shook with one violent shudder before she screamed my name.
We would have to buy new bedding because I came right along with her, spilling my seed all over the sheets.
When I’d had my fill, I retracted my canines and licked the tiny wounds to seal them. I kept working her with my hand, and her muscles had become much more pliable with her release, so I was able to fit a third digit inside her.
However, I didn’t let her come down too far, knowing I’d have an easier time getting inside her and hopefully minimizing the pain I would have to cause if she was still relaxed from her orgasm.
I kissed her mound and smoothly glided over her slick skin until I was completely covering her. Her hands moved to my biceps, and her nails dug in so hard that they broke the skin. “Fucking hell,” I groaned. “Why is it so fucking hot that you drew my blood?”
Selene’s pretty eyes opened, and they took on a sultry quality as she brought one finger to her mouth and sucked at the few drops of my blood lingering on her skin.
Son of a bitch. Somewhere in my addled mind, I fervently hoped she’d meant what she said because, at that moment, I was gone. I became a beast ravaging his mate. I gave her no warning because I was acting on pure instinct as I thrust inside her narrow sheath. A garbled shout escaped my lips as I popped her tasty little cherry and buried myself so deep that I rammed right into her cervix.
After lifting her legs to circle my waist, I grabbed her wrists once more and locked them over her head in an unyielding grip. Streaks of acute pleasure shot from my cock as I slammed in and out of her slippery channel. She was tight as hell but wet enough for me to slide in fairly easily, stretching her to accommodate my large girth.
Selene threw her head back and cried out as she met me thrust for thrust. Her legs clenched around my hips, and her inner walls spasmed around my dick. “Fuck, yes!” I shouted as my body began to shake from the effort to hold back my climax. “So fucking tight,” I grunted. My orgasm was close, and it tipped me into a frantic pace of wild thrusting, and I rocked the bed into the wall with a repeated bang.
“I feel how close you are, love,” I growled. “Come on my cock, Selene. Cream me up so I get nice and deep in your ripe womb before I fill you with my seed. Oh, fuck! Oh, yeah! Fuck! Fuck!”
Pressing my knees into the mattress, I angled my cock to make sure I hit the right spot with each plunge into her depths.
“Athan! I—yes! Yes!”
With my feet flat against the footboard, I shoved inside her so deep there was no way to know where she ended and I began. Selene broke apart, her screams shattering off the walls, and I roared her name as I followed her into the orgasmic abyss. My head dropped to the crook of her neck, and though I avoided the marks for now, I sank my fangs into her artery and felt her hurtle over the edge once more. With every draw of her blood into my body, my cock seemed to fill with more come because I released jets of hot, creamy seed with every pulse, and it seemed as though there was an endless supply.
After what seemed like an eternity, the sensations began to ebb, and we started drifting back down to earth. I waited for my sanity to return, but instead, my need continued to build, and my cock—which hadn’t really gone down—swelled and hardened all over again.
Selene shifted and whimpered when my erection moved inside her. “Did you mean what you said?” I wanted to clarify again, giving her one more chance to back out and wait until I had enough control to make love to her.
Her head lifted, and she took my earlobe between her teeth for a second before she whispered, “More. Fuck me, Athan.”
I nearly fucking came when those dirty words fell from her perfect mouth. But I had other plans first.
I pulled out and rose to my knees before flipping her over and yanking her hips up. “First, I’m going to redden this pretty little ass for moving your hands,” I growled.
After I turned both cheeks pink and took her from behind, I held her close, staying inside her as we fell onto the mattress. I rolled to my side, and she snuggled deeper into my embrace.
Selene broke the silence after a spell. “If that’s a punishment, I’d very much like to experience a reward.”
I burst out laughing before turning her head and kissing her with all the pent-up emotion inside me. “Perfect,” I mumbled against her lips a few minutes later. “You’re perfect for me.”
5
Selene
When I woke the next morning, my body bore the brunt of every
thing Athan and I had done together. I ached in places I hadn’t known were possible, but the twinges were a small price to pay for all the pleasure he had given me. I’d lost count of how many orgasms I’d experienced at some point during the night and had barely been coherent when he’d carried me into the shower to get me cleaned up. If I’d been more alert, I probably would’ve insisted on wearing something to bed, but then I would’ve missed out on waking up naked in his arms, which would have been a shame.
I rolled over and stilled, staring at Athan’s handsome face. He looked peaceful in his sleep, and my heart squeezed at seeing this other side of him. Gone was the compelling man who’d commanded my full attention from the moment I’d laid eyes on him. He was no less irresistible this way, though. My fingers itched to comb through his light brown hair and stroke down his cheekbone to trace his lips. I wanted to cup his angular jaw and press my mouth to his. To wake him up with a deep kiss that would probably lead to other things my body wasn’t quite ready for this morning. But first, I wanted to gawk at his gorgeous body. He hadn’t given me much of a chance to explore the smooth, pale skin that covered his lean muscles last night.
Each time I’d gotten my hands on him, Athan had forced my arms above my head. He’d explained that I wreaked havoc on his self-control and he’d never be able to make love to me slowly if I caressed his body for too long. Not that keeping my hands off him had done any good—none of our bouts of lovemaking had ended gently. But I wouldn’t change a thing. I felt an immense amount of satisfaction knowing his desire for me was too much for his willpower. We were explosive together, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Just thinking about how quickly he was able to bring me close to the edge of release had me rubbing my thighs together. The movement must’ve woken Athan because his eyes popped open and his hand snapped out to cup the back of my head. His bright blue orbs held no hint of confusion. He’d gone from sound asleep to fully alert in a millisecond. “Good morning, love.”
“Morning,” I echoed softly, my cheeks filling with heat over being caught staring at him while he slept. After he’d touched and tasted every inch of my body—and even spanked my butt until my cheeks were rosy—it seemed a little silly for me to be embarrassed.
Athan pulled me closer, and I was expecting a kiss when he jerked back and hissed, “What the fuck?”
I didn’t understand what had angered him and only grew more confused when he rolled off me before disappearing into thin air. I sat up, frantically scanning the room before he stormed out of the closet wearing a black T-shirt and pajama bottoms. He tossed a white, button-down shirt and pair of navy sweatpants at me. “Get dressed, love. My brother is here.”
“How in the world did you know?” I muttered as I scrambled off the mattress to put on the clothes he’d gotten for me.
“We can speak telepathically with each other.” He said it so matter-of-factly that I didn’t react until he added, “Once we’re fully bonded, you and I will be able to do it, too.”
“Holy crap,” I breathed, my eyes going wide. “How cool.”
I was wondering what else would change for me—and what all fully bonding with Athan entailed if last night hadn’t done it—when he flung the bedroom door open. When Athan said his brother was here, I’d thought he was downstairs. But nope, Kieran was standing right on the other side of the door.
He handed Athan my purse, which I hadn’t thought about since I’d left it on the bed in the guest room one of his staff had shown me to when I’d arrived for the party. “Her blasted cell phone has been going off virtually nonstop since late last night. I held off on coming over as long as I could so you’d have time together, but I couldn’t handle it anymore.”
“Oh, no.” I slapped my forehead and groaned. “I’m so sorry. I should have known my parents would blow up my phone when I didn’t check in with them last night. When I spoke with them earlier in the evening, I had promised to call after the party but then completely forgot.”
“It’s fine.” Kieran waved off my concern and smiled. “A little irritation is a small price to pay for Athan finally finding his destined consort. Plus, my Thana is thrilled to know she’ll have her childhood friend close.”
With Kieran saying their names so close together, the coincidence finally hit me. “Oh, my gosh! Athan and Thana’s names are an anagram.”
Both men looked poleaxed, their bright blue eyes widening before they burst into deep laughter. “Damn, it’s been a year since I found Thana. I can’t believe I didn’t notice that in all this time.”
Athan laughed harder as he moved to my side and wrapped his arm around my shoulders. “What can I say? My consort is as smart as she is beautiful.”
His compliment had me feeling all gooey inside, but those emotions quickly turned to irritation when my phone started going off again inside my purse. “And on that note, I’ll leave you two to take care of Selene’s parents.” His gaze slid to his brother. “Good luck with them. You’ll need it,” he warned before going poof.
I cringed, knowing how right Kieran was. My parents could be more than a handful when it came to me. Which was proven correct when I pulled my phone out of my purse and found more than fifty missed calls and text messages since last night. “You have to be freaking kidding me.”
Athan tugged my phone out of my clenched grip and cursed when he saw the long list of notifications. Then he scrolled to the bottom and uttered another profanity before running his fingers through his hair. “Your parents chartered a plane at the ass crack of dawn this morning when they couldn’t reach you. They’ll be here in less than fifteen minutes.”
“Here?” I pointed at the floor. “As in your house?”
“Our house,” he corrected automatically.
“Here?”
“Yup, they included my address in their last message and said you’d better still be here when they arrived,” he confirmed with a terse nod.
I looked down at the clothes I had just thrown on and started to freak out even more. “How do they even know where I’m at?”
“That’s an excellent question.” He tapped at my phone’s screen and sighed. “Your location is shared with them, so they can track you wherever you go.”
“What?” I screeched, yanking the phone out of his hand to stare at it. “I did not set that up. They must have tweaked the settings before giving it to me. It was a freaking gift...that they could use to check in on me wherever I went.”
Athan pulled me close and stroked his hands down my back in a soothing gesture. He pressed a kiss to the top of my head and murmured, “We don’t have time to worry about how your location got shared with them. Right now, we need to focus on finding you something more appropriate to wear and getting downstairs before they arrive.”
“Crap, you’re right,” I groaned, giving him a tight squeeze before stepping away. “All my stuff is in my room at the hotel where I spent last night.”
Athan flashed me a cocky grin. “Lucky for us, I can teleport there and back in the blink of an eye.”
“Your abilities are definitely going to come in handy.” I heaved a sigh of relief before giving him the details for my hotel. As soon as he disappeared, I raced into the bathroom to freshen up. By the time my parents arrived less than fifteen minutes later, we were dressed and drinking coffee in the formal living room. I’d recommended we wait for them there since my parents would appreciate the grandeur of the antique furnishings. It wasn’t really my style, but Athan had assured me that I could change anything I didn’t like in the house since it was mine too.
We were seated next to each other on a Victorian sofa when a maid showed them into the room. Nervous butterflies swarmed in my belly. I had never had a boyfriend to introduce to my parents, so this was all new to me. The situation was bound to be awkward under normal circumstances, which these were definitely not. Not when my parents had chartered a plane to hunt me down because they hadn’t heard from me in a measly twelve hours, and the man I was going
to introduce to them was a freaking vampire.
“There you are,” my mom sighed, shaking her head. “I was beginning to think that we’d never find you.”
I stood and stepped closer to give her a hug. “I’m sorry. I meant to call you last night, but time got away from me.”
“I was frantic when we couldn’t reach you,” she cried, her arms tightening around me before I pulled away.
Athan moved silently, but I was still acutely aware of him as he came up behind me. His presence gave me comfort as I geared myself up for my parents' reaction to the news that I’d found someone and wasn’t planning to go back home with them.
“Why didn’t you answer any of our calls?” My dad’s gaze bounced back and forth between us. “Did something happen?”
“I didn’t know you’d been trying to reach me.” Lifting my phone, I wiggled it. “I forgot this at Thana’s home last night.”
My mom gasped and stared at my hand. “Where did you get that ring?”
“I gave it to her,” Athan answered, tugging me back to pull my body into his side.
“Impossible,” my mom hissed, shaking her head. “That amethyst is unmistakable. It belongs to our family and was stolen from us several generations ago.”
6
Athan
I barely had time to process what Selene’s mother had said before she reached out and snatched her daughter’s hand and attempted to pull her away from me. No way in hell was that happening.
“Do not touch my consort,” I said in a low, menacing tone. Selene’s mother flinched and dropped Selene’s hand. I slipped my arm around her waist and dragged her back against me. Then I curled both arms around her in a protective and possessive gesture.
Her mother’s eyes widened as her gaze bounced back and forth between my mate and me. “Consort?” she whispered. Her tone was unmistakably horrified.
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