Page 31 of The Bonds of Nyx

“That was great, and I could definitely go again, but I should clean up.” Her eyes dropped to where my cock slipped from her wet pussy, and the cum leaking down her thigh.

With a smirk, I gathered my seed and pushed it back inside her. Ivy gasped, back arching. “I did say you’d be filled with my cum, Angel.”

I pulled my fingers free of her and stared at the glistening digits. A mix of her and me.

“Open,” I ordered.

Ivy eyed me for a moment before parting her lips. My cock twitched at her compliancy. The fact that she’d let me spank her last night had almost been enough to have me finishing in my jeans. I’d barely been able to hold myself together.

She watched me curiously as her lips closed around my fingers. Her eyes closed as she moaned. Ivy sucked my fingers clean, tongue swirling over my digits. I released a shuddering breath as I pulled free of her.

“That was fucking hot,” I muttered.

Ivy grinned up at me and looped her arms around my shoulders. “I still need to get up and use the bathroom.”

“Not just yet,” I murmured, lowering my forehead to hers. “I need to know that you’re okay.”

Her brows lifted. “Why wouldn’t I be okay?”

I shrugged and kissed her, tasting us both on her lips. My cock twitched again, but she tugged my hair in warning. As I pulled back, a frown played on her lips.

“We bonded quickly,” I finally said, shivering as her hands trailed from the back of my head to my shoulders. “There wasn’t much time to…talk back in the forest.”

Ivy shifted beneath me and sighed. “It’s a little overwhelming, but…” She bit her lip, her eyes dancing over my face. “I promise you, if I wasn’t okay, you’d know.”

I watched her for a long moment, searching for any sign that she might be lying. Her scent didn’t give anything away. At this point, I was sure I wouldn’t be able to tell if it would betray her. My scent all but overwhelmed hers. And her thoughts gave no indication of whether she believed her words—or mine.

After a long moment, I pressed a soft kiss to her forehead. “We do need to discuss this further.”

“Right after I clean up,” she quipped, her eyes bright with amusement.

Pulling away, I rolled off of her with a grunt. “Fine. But be back here as soon as you’re done.”

Our eyes met, and she snorted. “I do need to see if the girls are okay, remember?”

Worry and uncertainty played in her eyes as she sat up; running a hand through her hair, she looked out the window at the foggy forest and gnawed on her bottom lip. “I feel a little…bad for leaving them last night,” she whispered, turning back to face me.

I sat up beside her and tucked her into my side. I tried to brush away the hurt over how she might have regretted the mating, but it turned my stomach anyway. “I’m sorry.”

She shook her head. “No, don’t be. I don’t regret last night. It was amazing. And having you, it just…” She looked up at me through her lashes. “Trust me, I don’t regret it. I just hate leaving them for too long, especially with so much up in the air about Kerry. I don’t want them to feel abandoned by me, either.”

Selfishly, I felt relieved over her not regretting our mating. “None of your mates will want to come between you and your sisters. And if any do, I’ll put them in their place,” I said, nuzzling her neck. I pressed a kiss against my mark and added, “The kids aren’t alone here, either. And you need your mates, now more than ever. This is protecting them as much as it is you.”

Ivy sighed, shoulders loosening as she melted into my arms. “Yeah, I know.” She glanced up at me again, smiling softly. “Thank you, Elias.”

I gently kissed her, and with reluctance, I pulled back before either of us could deepen it. “Didn’t you say something about needing to clean up?”

A laugh spilled from her lips as she climbed from the bed. “I’m going to need to borrow something from you since you destroyed my pants.”

The wolf inside me preened over having her wearing our scent. “I did what needed to be done, and I don’t regret it.”

Ivy shook her head and turned away from me, gathering her hair over her shoulder as she did.

I caught a glimpse at her back, at the swirling marks that appeared and disappeared down her skin.

Only two didn’t.

Her mate marks.

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