Page 74 of Invidia

“Again, on my tongue,” I ordered. “I want you nice and wet for me, Tallulah. You’re going to be spending most of tonight on my knot.”

She made a dazed noise of agreement, briefly looking down at me between her thighs before head flopped back on the pillow.

I wrung two more orgasms out of her before I was satisfied that she was ready. The blankets were soaked with slick where Tallulah was lying, and there was definitely precum where I’d been grinding my cock into the bed, desperate to be inside my future mate.

Tallulah moved to touch my hair, hesitating at the last moment and grabbing my shoulders instead, encouraging me up the bed. I climbed over her, settling between her thighs, and wrapped my fingers around her wrist, guiding her up to the top of my head.

“You can touch me.”

“Are you sure?” she asked softly, lightly running her fingers over my hair.

“Of course, Tallulah. It’s you.”

The smile she gave me was everything. She tangled her hands in my hair, thumbs resting at the base of my stumps, as I slowly sank into her warm, wet pussy.

Instantly, my knot was throbbing, desperate to be lodged inside her, but I had to take it slow. Gentle. Tallulah had been through a lot. She was pregnant. I couldn’t get carried away. But I’d missed her so much, and the imminent promise of finally seeing my bite on her skin was setting off an instinct I didn’t know I had that could only be described as feral.

“I won’t break,” Tallulah huffed, hooking a delicate ankle around the back of my thigh and attempting to tug me forward.

“You might,” I replied gruffly, carefully keeping my weight off her as I lowered myself over her body. “You’re very fucking breakable, my love. I could crush you with one hand. Rip you apart with a casual swipe of my claws. Tear your throat out with my teeth.”

Tallulah grinned up at me, showing off blunt little fangs of her own. Her thumbs started massaging the stumps beneath my hair, and while I knew horns could be erogenous zones for others, I’d assumed that wouldn’t apply to me. I’d never let anyone touch them before to find out.

No one had ever wanted to.

But fuck. If she kept that up, this was going to be over far quicker than I anticipated.

“You won’t, though. You think I don’t know how fragile I am compared to you? I’m perfectly aware. But I have complete faith that you’ll do everything within your power to keep me—and our child—safe from harm, at your hand or any other. I don’t just love you, Evrin. I trust you.”

“Your sweet, beautiful words aren’t calming me down,” I gritted out, though it was an unnecessary observation since I was already starting to rut her like a beast.

“I’m not trying to calm you down. I’ve been very patient, Evrin, and I deserve a proper fuck after today—”

The last of my self-control snapped as I pinned her arms above her head and began fucking her like I was possessed.

“Finally,” Tallulah gasped, sucking down some air, arching her back to meet my thrusts.

Her breasts bounced with each movement, the pink in her cheeks traveling all the way down her neck, and a fine sheen of sweat coating her skin. Tallulah’s black hair had escaped its tie, spreading out all over the pillow in a tangled mess, and her blue eyes were hazy and unfocused as her cunt tightened around me, another orgasm dragging her under with a raspy moan.

She was a perfect, beautiful mess, and she was all mine.

I tried to gather some semblance of control for the bite, but Tallulah didn’t give me the chance. She grabbed a fistful of my hair and yanked my head down roughly, tilting hers back to expose her neck. My teeth broke her skin of their own accord, the coppery taste of her blood hitting my tongue before I’d realized what I’d done. But there was no going back now, and I didn’t want to.

Not when I finally had Tallulah where I wanted her. Where she was meant to be the whole time. In my bed, carrying my baby, with my mark on her flesh, tying her to me forever.

My knot swelled while my teeth were still embedded in her skin, and her arms were wrapped tightly around my shoulders. I’d never felt more closely connected to anyone. The desperate longing inside me to feel seen, to be touched, to be heard… It vanished like it was never there, the mating bond settling into place, filling up the parts of me that had been lonely for my entire life.

It was fucking madness that it had taken us this long to get to that point—and the fault was all mine—but we were here now and I was never letting her go.

Chapter 28

“We are for real getting up this time,” I told Evrin sternly, taking a step back when he went to reach for me. “Evrin! They’re all going to be wondering what we’ve been doing up here for two days.”

Evrin snorted. “Tallulah, my love, no one is wondering.”

I gave him my most long-suffering look as my cheeks flamed red. “Still, we should show our faces. Our friends will want to know we’re okay.”

“Your friends,” he corrected, blinking in surprise.

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