by Paloma Beck
With the head of his cock pressed ever so slightly to her opening, Gage held still and spoke in a commanding voice. “I want to be inside you while I drink from you. I’ll give you my wrist at the same time.”
Amelia shook her head in agreement. “Yes, please, just be inside me.”
“But you will not move. Stay completely still.”
Amelia groaned but held herself still, needy for what Gage could give her. He could make her forget everything else and find peace and safety in him.
He shifted, positioning himself at the perfect angle, and then entered her core so fully that it took her a minute to accept the invasion. Goddess, after only a few days she felt like a vise again. His long, thick cock drove deep into her and she willed herself not to move.
Gage placed his wrist at her mouth. “Bite. Drink.” His words were clipped and needy.
Following his directions, Amelia nipped until she felt the rise of his vein and then she bit down, sucked, and drew the life-sustaining blood from him. It was warm and rich, salty and more delicious than she remembered.
“Yes.” Gage breathed the single word before he sunk his teeth back into her neck. Goddess, her core contracted at the first draw of blood from her vein. They needed this connection so badly. They’d been without blood for a full three days. During the Acclimation, newly mated couples drank from each other multiple times a day. It was no exaggeration to say they were starving for one another.
His pulls felt stronger, his bite deeper than it had the other times. She struggled with managing her powers and coping with the overwhelming sensations.
“Just let go and feel. Let go for just a few minutes,” Gage assured her through their bond.
Amelia was near certain she could come from this alone if only he would stroke in and out just a few times, or put a bit of pressure on her clit. Without another thought, she quirked her hips and felt the brush of his cock through her inner muscles. She moaned. Gage released her neck, sealed the wound and shifted his balance onto his knees. Maybe he’d give her what she needed now. To drink and be fucked at the same time would surely satiate her.
Then a heavy slap landed on her right buttock. “I said” Another to her left buttock. “Not to move,” Gage admonished.
Amelia let go of his wrist to speak, but he stopped her. “Drink. Do not stop. You need my blood.” He spanked her again, finding another place on her right buttock.
Amelia drank in long pulls. He was right. She needed his blood. It had been too long for new mates. “I don’t want to be away from you again like that.” Amelia spoke into his mind since she couldn’t use her voice. Tears welled in her eyes as she felt herself crumble.
“I’m right there with you. Now let yourself go. Let all of your frustration out,” Gage responded even as he landed spank after spank down on her bottom.
The warmth spread through her, the sizzle and crack of each slap opened a gulf where Amelia released all the emotion she’d been holding inside. Her tears leaked from her eyes. This spanking was different from the others. Where the others stung, this was tingling. Amelia’s body was yearning for more of his touch instead of pulling away.
As if sensing her need, Gage tilted his hips and shifted his cock inside her. Slowly, he drew out and without warning, he slammed back in until her inner walls were clasping around him. Her body instinctively tried to hold him in, but he wouldn’t allow it. Gage pulled out slowly and entered her quickly, over and over, methodically spanking her cheeks with each thrust.
“Your ass is lollipop red, Amelia. It’s beautiful watching my cock drive into your tiny red pussy.”
Not able to take all the sensations, she licked over the wound on his wrist. “Please, Gage, please. I’m so close,” she begged even though she wasn’t sure exactly what she was asking for.
“So close?” He taunted, “So close to what? What do you need? More of this?” Gage drove deeper inside her and pressed so fully, she knew she couldn’t be more full. “Or this?” He spanked her again.
“No, please, Gage, please stop.”
“Stop?” He pulled away from her and she whimpered. “Sweet Amelia, make up your mind what you want.”
She loved his teasing but not now, not when she was so damn needy.
“Gage,” her voice was sharp even as she was pleading for mercy. “I need you to fuck me. I need you to finish.”
“I plan to finish but not like you think.” He moved back and stroked his cock in the wet folds of her center. “Your ass looks gorgeous all reddened by my hand. I might just want to keep you marked.”
Amelia groaned. What else could she say? She certainly couldn’t lie and say she hadn’t enjoyed what he’d done to her. Her wet core gave everything away. Then Amelia gasped as she felt his cock draw back and press against her anus.
“No,” she called out.
His fingers toyed with her clit and caused shudders to ripple through her sensitive body. “Try to relax. You will love this and I need this. I need to be inside you in every way.” Gage reassured her as he settled himself firmly against her, continuing his ministrations to her clit.
Amelia didn’t protest any further, but she could still feel his touch everywhere. She needed him and she’d accept however he gave himself to her. Still, when she felt his cock press more fully, she clenched.
“Sweetheart, you need to relax your muscles and let me in. Push against me.”
She took deep breaths and thought she was as relaxed as possible. “I’m trying.”
“You’re so wet. You know what that means, don’t you?”
Amelia moaned, unable to concentrate on his words while he was rubbing circles on her clit and pressing ever so gently on her anus. He spread more of her moisture on the hole there to make his entrance easier. Even as he craved her, he cared for her.
“You liked the erotic spanking I gave you. Thank the Goddess because,” Gage paused to catch his breath, coming in more shallow inhalations now. “once your soul sin is gone and I have no more reason for punishments, I’m still going to want to spank you. And I want you craving it. I want you craving my touch.”
“Yes,” Amelia agreed.
The slide of his cock had her arching her back. In one smooth thrust, he’d entered her.
“You’re so warm and tight. Goddess, fuck, you are so snug around my cock.” Amelia felt the muscles in Gage’s thighs tighten. “That’s it. Take it all in, all of it.”
“Nooo,” she moaned.
“Yes,” Gage insisted. Skillfully, he drew a moan from her as he pulled out and penetrated deeper, all while still toying with her clit. “I’m going to come inside your ass.” Her muscles relaxed slightly and Gage pumped harder as if that were a signal.
Amelia lifted her hips higher and braced for the press of his hips against her. She bit her lip so she wouldn’t call out, not sure how she felt about this lewd act, but giving herself over to it none the less. She wanted every part of her mate just as he needed her, whether she would admit to it aloud or not.
“You like this,” Gage told her. “Tell me you like this.”
“Nooo,” Amelia groaned and shook her head back and forth. “I can’t. I can’t.”
“You can and you will. Tell me,” Gage demanded.
Still she shook her head.
Gage pulled out so only his tip was inside her puckered hole.
“No, please. I’m so close. Please,” she begged.
“Please what?” Gage taunted her. He was demanding she ask for what he so willingly gave. He would make certain she wanted this. He would make her admit to it aloud.
Resigned and desperate, Amelia asked, “Please fuck my ass. Come inside me. Claim me.”
With another smooth thrust, he was back inside her. Then he was pumping in and out. They were both reaching for their releases. Gage’s entire body tightened as he forced himself in and out of her with all his power and strength.
Feeling her orgasm rushing to the surface, Amelia spoke softly, “I need you. I can’t
ever be without you.” She was completely overwhelmed by his presence so fully around her.
“You’ll never be without me,” Gage promised as he pinched her clit and gave a final press into her. She felt his cum rush out of him and into her, filling her with warmth.
Amelia let go and her orgasm claimed her. She screamed and grabbed onto the sheets below her as she pressed her ass into Gage’s thighs. Panting and complete, she collapsed onto the bed.
Chapter Seven
Gage drew a bath while Amelia rested in their bed. He’d used her hard. He’d needed to feel her so completely that he’d pushed her. She hadn’t resisted, but a twinge of guilt racked him still at the ferocity of his need for her. It had been hell to be away from her, to hear about the betrayal of her supervisor and the kidnapping of her sister while not being able to be sure she was safe. Caring for her now in this small way—bathing her—would assuage his guilt over riding her hard.
While the water filled the tub with scented bubbles, Gage carried Amelia and stepped into the tub with her still in his arms. He sat and held her to him. Limply, Amelia rested her head on his shoulder and moaned ever so softly as he sponged the sweat from her body.
“You are so beautiful, so right for me.” Gage murmured reassurances, not sure if they were for her or for himself. “I will always be here to protect you. Always.”
Amelia stirred and looked up at him. “I know, Gage, and I trust you.”
He pulled her tight and placed a soft kiss on her nose. How much he adored his mate. He was more smitten than he’d ever believed he could be in a woman. For them to be part of this incredible prophecy was more than he’d ever imagined for himself.
Her voice brought him out of his reverie. “Will you tell me what you know? Your father told all of us about Dr. Whitner but there were no details. And then when we discovered Sadie missing, we heard nothing.”
“I’m so sorry, sweetheart. Every TEU agent was sent out immediately. Only Madden and I returned to the compound. Dr. Whitner is being held for questioning. Lucas believes he may be able to leverage her life for information which can end this group trying to create their own Breeds.”
“So it’s true. They are trying to create Breeds.”
“Yes. All the data we’ve collected this past year leaves no doubt.”
“Oh Goddess, no,” Amelia gasped. “I helped them, didn’t I? I gave them the formula for the serum.” Amelia’s body tensed and her words became frantic. “I knew it but no one would confirm it.”
“Hey. Stop right there. You didn’t do this on purpose. And I’m going to fix it. TEU won’t stop until these bastards are all eliminated.” Gage purposely spoke in a voice filled with conviction despite his own concerns. He wanted Amelia to hear only confidence. That was who he needed to be for her.
Amelia sat silent, shaking her head and looking away from him. Gage couldn’t stand the pain he felt radiating from her.
“Look at me,” Gage turned her face to him. “Had Dr. Whitner not agreed to work with them, your research wouldn’t be used for this. Your intentions were pure. You have no blame in this.”
Amelia didn’t look convinced.
“Nod your head at me to tell me you understand,” he demanded, his voice stern. “You have to believe that.”
“I was selfish. Being angry that there were no choices for women in the Magdalena Circle drove me. It always comes back to my damn anger. Don’t you see that? It’s never going away. Never,” Amelia shouted, growing more frustrated with each word.
“We will put an end to that. Once we celebrate our Pronouncement and receive that blessing, you’ll be released from the hold of your soul sin.” Gage rubbed her arms and pulled her into him again. He resumed sponging her body with the warm water to help her relax. “I promise you.” Goddess, did he hope that was a promise he could keep.
After long moments of silence, her next question was more difficult to make promises about. “What about Sadie? Will she be safe?”
“We sent ten TEU agents to retrieve her. Granger, the other weapons specialist and a damn amazing sniper, was sent with the group so we can take out the people that might have her without having any harm come to her.”
“You didn’t answer my question,” Amelia reminded him. Gage didn’t need the reminder. He knew all too well that he couldn’t promise Sadie would be safe. He just had to have faith in his brothers-in-arms.
“The sooner we get to her, the better. They’re doing everything they can to ensure she’s safe. Honestly, we still had no confirmation she’d been taken by Nassir’s group. The first step was for them to figure that out and to do that, we needed feet on the ground. It wasn’t anything we could determine remotely.”
“When will we know?”
“Madden will call me as soon as the report comes in. He knows you’ll be waiting to hear.”
“Until then?”
“Until then, we spend as much time as we can together. Our blood levels need to balance out before either of us will be any good to anyone.”
“I’m so glad you’re back now. I wasn’t doing well.”
“I know.” Gage ran his hands along her body to soothe away the tension in her muscles. His hands roamed from the swell of her breasts along the curve of her stomach to the slope of her ass.
“How did you know?”
“Mamma called Madden to tell him I needed to get back.” Gage kissed the tip of her nose again, something he was very much becoming fond of. Then he lifted her into his arms to take her out of the tub, set her down, and dried her.
Light sparks snapped from her skin as he ran his fingers over her. She groaned and his cock sprang to life with renewed interest. Gage carried her to the bed and laid her down so her legs hung from the bottom of the bed and onto the floor. With a single stroke of his finger, he felt her wetness. She was as ready for this as he was. Thank the Goddess.
Standing between her legs, her drew her knees wider and entered her fully in a single, steady push. When Amelia shifted her hips below him and moaned, Gage was lost in her. Her legs were spread on either side of his hips and his shaft was still buried deep in her core. Amelia rotated her hips and squeezed her inner muscles. Goddess, Gage could stay here forever. He never wanted to leave his mate again.
Gage looked down at Amelia. Her long curls scattered across her narrow shoulders. She looked up at him as if he were someone special and important. He wanted to be worthy of that. He’d never wanted anything more. She was his perfection and he would be that for her.
When she tilted her pelvis, his cock brushed her clit each time he thrust in and out. He saw it in the fluttering of her eyes as he set a slow, steady rhythm. Her labored breathing matched his as she pushed upward to meet his thrusts. Together, they created a sizzling friction. In this single moment, nothing existed outside of them.
Just as his body began to tense and his cock had swelled to capacity, he felt the desire inside her reach a boiling point. She tossed her head in abandon and Gage allowed himself to fall with her. Her need, just as much as his own, coursed through his veins. No words were necessary. Their connection was solid. Regardless how they’d started and how he’d nearly screwed it up, Gage would forevermore appreciate this woman. He vowed it to himself and to his mate.
“Yes,” Amelia answered as if she’d heard his thoughts. Shit, Gage realized she did. How could he have forgotten? The emotional connection of their mating overwhelmed him once again. This bond all Valendite Breeds share with their mates was an incredible experience.
“Oh Goddess, Gage, I feel it too. I need you just as much. Forever,” Amelia cried out as she took her release. With their bodies joined at the warm, wet core of her body, they couldn’t have been closer than in this moment.
As he dropped on top of her and rolled them so she was cuddled into his side, Gage swore he heard her whisper I love you before he felt her twitch and drift off to sleep. There was nothing but their damp, clammy skin between them. He couldn’t think of anything better than
this moment. He didn’t deserve such happiness.
“Ti amo,” he whispered into her hair. “Ti amo, mi Amelia.”
Gage wanted to beat his chest and shout from the mountaintops when he heard the soft sigh of satisfaction from his mate. All his instincts to protect and care for someone surfaced as he drank in his mate’s body entwined with his. She belonged to him now. Goddess, she truly was his.
* * * *
“It’s nice to have the seamstress here this afternoon to adjust the dress. You’re a bit more petite than I was when I had my Pronouncement,” Chiara told her.
Amelia stood in the three-fold mirror admiring the heirloom. She was so happy to be wearing her mother’s gown. As the eldest daughter, it was an honor. This gown went as far back as four generations and was made from the finest Italian laces. The regal red was nearly purple and it shimmered with timeless beauty.
With the worry over Sadie still hanging over them, the day was far from perfect though. Amelia just continued to pray Sadie would be back in time for her Pronouncement in two days. She didn’t want to have it without each of her sisters present and she worried, despite what Gage told her, about the rescue mission to bring Sadie home. By simple deduction, Amelia knew the goal of the group they believe took Sadie would be to kill her. It was the only sure way to keep the prophecy from coming true. Goddess, she couldn’t think of that happening.
Davina, Gage’s sister, left the sitting area where the other women talked and walked over to her. “She’ll be home in time.”
Amelia looked at Davina with a raised brow.
Davina shrugged. “I know things. Sometimes.” She seemed embarrassed. “Anyway, I wanted you to know that she’ll be home.”
“How?” Amelia wasn’t sure how to finish her question. She didn’t know what to ask.
