“Yes Kalen.” I reach to grab onto his hands even as he grabs as my legs still. I feel him driving deeper and deeper into my core. I feel so full, but I want more. I want all of him.

“Give me all of you Kalen. Drive in deep!”

“Yes, Olivia.” And he does. As he enters me deeper with every thrust, I begin to feel his balls slap against my ass with every penetration, until he must be driving in right to his hilt. Each thrust practically takes my breath away, but it only makes me buck against him harder, trying to will him even deeper still.

“Yes Olivia, you are my one chosen mate. Before all the ancients ... before all that is.

“Yes,” I feel the pressure building in my core as he slams into me again and again. As I look up at this beast. My powerful minotaur. My fated mate. My one. I can feel his release building, the tension in his muscles growing even as we quicken our pace in our final frenzied convulsions. My own breath is coming in grunts now, our sweat running off us in little drops ...

“I claim you now and forever! With that I feel his hot seed shoot deep inside me. With it, my pussy convulses as my own orgasm hits. He releases my legs as we press our hot bodies together, almost trying to will ourselves to be one. I feelanother jet of his seed shoot inside, and another, even as the pleasure ripples and rocks through my body. He is practically a part of me and I of him as we ride the waves of ecstasy. We lie there, breathless, our bodies still joined, as the aftermath of our passion envelops us. He kisses at the top of my head as I cling to his powerful muscled frame until little by little the wave begins to dissipate, until finally, he collapses at my side.

"You are mine, Olivia," he declares, his voice filled with love and possession. "My mate, my love. I claim you, forever."

I smile, a sense of peace washing over me. "And you, Kalen, are mine. My minotaur, my heart. I claim you, body and soul."

Suddenly I feel a faint sting on my chest just above my heart.

“Ouch!” It is more a yelp of surprise, rather from any real pain.

“What the ...”

“Oh right ... sorry ... the claiming mark”

“The what now?” I look down and notice a faint little design appearing on my chest ... it’s a heart ... in black and white.

“Oh, that’s pretty!”

“What is that other thing?” He brings his face closer to see. A little swirl is forming within the heart now.

“A bee I think.”

“A bee in a heart?” Kalen looks confused.

But I understand it perfectly and it fills me with a warm calmness.

“It’s perfect.”

“But what is it?”

“I explain later. Right now, I just want to snuggle here with you.”

And just ‘Bee in my Heart’.

Most definitelynotin my head.

Perfect.

As we drift off to sleep, entwined in each other's arms, I know that this is where I belong. Fablewood has become my home, and Kalen, my love, is my forever. The claiming ritual has sealed our bond, and I feel a sense of completeness I've never known before ...

CHAPTER 15

KALEN

Iwake up with Olivia curled against me, her soft flesh pressed against my body. For a moment, I just bask in the warmth of her presence, marveling at how perfectly she fits in my arms. I feel my masculine core stir as she wriggles ever so slightly against me as the sunlight brings us to waking.

Settle down big boy.

Yeah, maybe we take the morning off?