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Hefhands were doing the same thing to me ter fingers, long and efficient, were being their way over my body imagined them leaning afterimages, like
fligh
I bent de to kiss scar that ran through her eyebrow and then did my teeth to the seashell curve of her ear. She moaned stly against my neck, her thumb treing the rough curve of my
The doll aching in my rock bloomed to fervent need
My mouth bled heat along the angles of her neck and then moved lower, trailing kisses just below her collarbone cupped her breasts and tested the weight of them in my funds
Perfect. Like she was made for me. And maybe she was
I dipped my head down and slipped her nipple into my mouth suddenly, rasping my teeth against her sensitive skin. Her burk anched under me sharply and I gripped her roughly in my arms, holding her against my moth
“Derek,” she hissed, the first time she had said my name, and it was almost my undoing
Icould not wait any longer and slipped my hand inside the waistband of the borrowed pants she was wearing, brushing against the insides of her thighs and pushing them further apart.
thumb stroking up to find that tight nubof
I pulled back to watch her face as I slid one finger inside of her, then another, my th Resh, and the hissed once again, her eyes slamming shut with pleasure.
I had to have her. Erebus would no longer wait, and neither would I pulled my fingers out of her and then yanked at the waist
of her pants, which came off in a cartwheel of limbs and then I was poised at her entrance, cock in hand
“Mia,” I said to her, willing her to open her eyes, to look at me. “Ineed you to say yes.”
She took one hitching breath and then hissed a quiet “yesssss,” and I waited no longer, plunging into her in one hot, hard stroke.
It was f fine, it was lighting. It was magic.
Fucking her felt primal, ancient, vital I could practically hear the Esbat drums.
She was hot and slick under me, cheeks cherry wine red, her fingernails pressing tiny crescent moons into my skin. Her hair unfurled on the pillow like a carmine bloom, and I was utterly lost,
Goddess, I wanted to mark her, to sink my teeth into her neck and close the circuit that was running like electricity between us. To bind her to me forever so that she could never leave, so that she was mine, mine, mine.
But no, I thought, though I couldn’t remember why.
Erebus gnashed his teeth, angry
I roared, thrusting wildly, more turned on than I’d ever been in my life and suddenly from under me, she gasped, orgasm breaking over her in a way I found heartbreakingly earnest.
I followed her into bliss, Erebus howling, for that moment happier than I had ever been in my entire life.
Afterward, I flung myself down next to her, pressed my face into the pillow next to her head.
“What’s your woll’s name?” I asked into her damp hair.
“Nox,” she replied, her breath still coming in hitched gasps
1 smiled. “Consort to Erebus. Would you like to guess my wolf’s name?”
She looked up at me through her lashes and smiled for the first time. And it was everything
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Later, when she was curled in Against ine in the narrow cot, her head on my shoulder, I held her like sie was something I hadn’t realized I’d been waiting for. Sémething I hasn’t dared to hope for
She was asleep in minutes. Soll breaths, soft skin, soft everything
But I stayed awake
The fire in the little stove cast a faint orange glow across the room watching her, heart thudding with something too complicated to
Outside, the wind stirred the trees. And I just lay there,
- me.
vol who she was or where she came from. She could’ve been dangerous. She
She was a rogue. A stranger. A girl with no memory of could’ve been anyone.
But right now, she was mine.
And I couldn’t explain why, but it already felt like I’d never be able to let her go.
Cassandra and I had made a vow once. No marks, no bonds, no other connections to anyone else.
But this? What I felt in this moment?
This was a connection I hadn’t chosen.
And it already felt stronger than anything I’d ever known.
Even if it tore everything else apart.
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