Page 17 of Mastering Mayhem

“I am your soulmate, Ember. It’s time you accept it.” He slipped off his underwear and stepped past me, into the shower.

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MAYHEM

Silky water fell onto my head like rain, and I turned, allowing the side streams to massage my back as I waited for Ember to make her move. She stood there, staring at me, her gaze caressing the length of my body before she met my eyes.

How I longed for her hands to do the same.

“What if I’m not ready to accept it?” She arched a brow, crossing her arms and drawing my attention to her hardened nipples.

Not that I needed a visual cue to her arousal. I could smell the pheromones rising to the surface of her skin, sweet and spiced, like orange blossoms and cinnamon.

With a deep inhale, I stepped out of the stream and rested a hand on the glass divider. “You don’t strike me as a woman who enjoys wasting time.”

“We both know I don’t. What’s your point?” She tilted her head, jutting out her chin in a show of stubbornness.

I exhaled sharply. “Do you not grow tired of these games?”

Her lips parted as if she would respond, but she pressed them together, screwing them to one side in an adorable manner.

“My point is we have a limited amount of time to satisfy our urges, so we should take full advantage of this glorious showering room before we must return to our quest.” I held out my hand to her.

“That’s a good point.” She slipped off her panties and placed her hand in mine.

Before she could change her mind, I pulled her into the shower and shoved her back against the glass, pressing my body to hers and pinning her arms above her head. She gasped at my forcefulness, but her hooded eyes and ghost of a smile told me she enjoyed letting go of control.

I trailed my tongue from her collarbone to her ear, nipping the lobe between my teeth. Goosebumps rose on her skin, and a breathy moan escaped her lips.

“If I had my way, I’d keep you here until our skin turned to prunes and our bodies ached from exhaustion.” I released her wrists and glided my hands down her arms to hold her face. “Then I would carry you to bed and make love to you again.”

“That sounds…” With her gaze on my lips, she inclined her chin, nearly begging me to kiss her as she wrapped her arms around my shoulders. “That sounds like a good time.”

“Indeed.” I took her mouth with mine, parting her lips with my tongue and tangling it with hers. My arousal grew, and I reached down to adjust it, pressing my length against her stomach. The feel of her soft skin on my shaft made me shudder, and my demon rose to just below the surface, the tips of my horns protruding from my scalp, begging me to release my natural form.

“Our team will return soon,” I whispered against her lips. “I need you with such urgency, I don’t think I can hold back.”

“It’s not…” She pressed her lips together and leaned back to look at me, sliding her fingers into my hair to caress my horns. She searched my eyes, the moment agonizingly long before she finally said, “I wantyouto take me. The real you.”

I stepped away from her, my brow lowering as I held her gaze, my talons extending from my fingertips as my hands morphed into their natural form. My horns grew, arching upward while my tusks lengthened. “You can’t possibly want me like this.”

“No.” She ran a finger over my sigil on her arm, making me shiver. “Not like this. Not halfway.”

My pulse quickened, my heart thudding in my chest, threatening to burst as I transformed. I grew in height and girth. My skin turned its natural shade of purple-gray, and my feet morphed into hooves. “I’ve never taken a mortal like this.”

She stepped toward me, resting her hands against my chest and peering up, into my eyes. “I’ll be your first, last, and always.”

Her quick intake of air said her words had surprised her as much as they delighted me. She ran a finger down my chest, stopping just above my cock. “But let’s get one thing straight. It’smyteam. Not ours.”

A growl rumbled in my chest. With my demon free and my senses heightened, I could hold back no more. I grabbed her shoulders and spun her around, pressing her back against the wall.

“You belong to me, witch. Everything you have is mine…is ours to share.” I withdrew my talons and reached between her legs, thrusting two fingers inside her.

She gasped and then moaned, her lids fluttering before she locked her gaze on mine. “That’s not…”

I moved my fingers out and thrust them deeper inside her. “You belong to me, as I belong to you. Everything I have is yours.”

I kissed her as hard as I dared in this form and pulled my fingers out to caress her clit. “We are but two halves of one being. Together, we are whole. Apart, I am nothing.”

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