Page 21 of Beyond Fate

Damon groaned when the head popped past his ring of muscle. Holy shit. His mate’s cock felt amazing buried inside of him. He tried to push up from Casimir’s chest so he could descend onto his cock, but his mate kept an iron grip on him.

“Don’t…don’t move just…” Casimir hissed. “Not yet.”

Grinning, Damon squeezed his ring of muscle, watching as his mate rocked his head back, his eyelids fluttering closed. “You devilish wolf.” He groaned. “If you don’t hold still, it’ll be over before I sink my cock all the way into your tight heat.”

“You need better stamina, gorgeous.” Damon pushed down slightly, causing Casimir’s dick to sink deeper. “I need a hard fuck right this second,” he growled.

When Casimir rocked his head back down, Damon gasped. His mate’s eyes were glowing, the cerulean irises swirling like blue smoke in an upward draft. “Do not fear me, céutya nétya. Legend tells that Méityah guardians burn like the brightest stars when they mate.”

“I’m not afraid,” Damon panted. “They’re mesmerizingly beautiful. Why is it only legend?” The blue swirls of smoke were almost hypnotic. Damon leaned in closer and sucked in a sharp breath. In the middle of the updraft were sparkles, almost like stars.

“Because only a handful of Méityah have been fortunate enough to find their mate. It hasn’t happened since I’ve been a guardian.”

That was heartbreaking. His mate said he was four thousand years old, which was a head trip in and of itself, but no guardian had found their mate in all that time? That had to be devastating on a level Damon couldn’t even fathom.

He tried to push down on Casimir’s cock once more. “I still need to be fucked,” he growled again.

“Be careful what you wish for.” With his arms still wrapped around Damon, Casimir slammed his cock into Damon’s body.

“Harder!” Damon bellowed. He was elated. If they couldn’t seal their bond during their mating, those otherworldly eyes were the next best thing.

Casimir took him at his word, pistoning fast and hard into Damon’s ass. Damon had to steady himself with his hands on the ground, trying to hold on as Casimir moved quickly and forcefully.

The sound of their skin colliding was carried on the breeze as Damon’s canines extended in response to the intense pleasure. His sharp canines pierced Casimir shoulder, a feral growl escaping his lips before he pulled them free.

His wolf hadn’t been able to join the bond, as if it were completely locked out of it.

Even though Casimir’s eyes were beyond amazing, Damon’s wolf howled mournfully that it had missed out on the soul-binding moment they were meant to experience together, a precious moment stolen from them forever.

The loss hit him so profoundly it felt like his very heart had been ripped from his chest. Damon choked on a sob, unable to hold back the pain.

“I know,” Casimir whispered, slowing his movements and gently cradling Damon’s face in his hands. Unshed tears were brimming in his mate’s eyes, reflecting an anguish that mirrored Damon’s. “I share your pain, nékah. It cries out inside of me just as strongly, resonating within me like a thousand daggers piercing my heart.”

* * * *

“We need to find out what is going on,” Christian said from the head of their meeting table.

Panahasi agreed. “I’ve been trying to—” He suddenly erupted from his seat, sending the chair behind him flying with a crash as the heavy oak meeting table overturned violently.

“What’s going on?” Zeus asked as everyone jumped out of the way.

Throwing his head back, Panahasi unleashed a ferocious roar from a pain so excruciating it pulsed outward in a steady rhythm, the pain beating against everyone around him. The members shouted and staggered backward as the building shook.

In the next instant, Panahasi’s back arched and his true form burst free. He was lifted off his feet and began to ascend into the air, spread-eagled and powerless to stop this.

Damon.

His wolf had tried to seal its bond with Casimir, only to discover it had been locked out. Now it howled for vengeance against the betrayal.

I can’t stop it from taking you! the primal source shouted in Panahasi’s head.

He had interfered with fate, and now fate wanted retribution.

Panahasi vanished.

* * * *

As they lay on the cliff, Casimir kept his arms tightly around Damon, his face buried in his mate’s hair. The pain behind that single sob had brought Casimir to tears, and it was the first time in his existence he had ever shed them.

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