Page 63 of Dante's Circle Reborn

“Oh, I might, but don’t worry, I’ll make sure you enjoy it. He reached up and slid his hands over her breasts, plucking at her nipples, twisting ever so slightly to near the edge of pain. She moaned, rocking her hips along his length, and then she lifted herself and sat down right on top of him. They both groaned, her pussy tight, wet, slick, hot. He was balls-deep inside her, and he moved his hands to grip her hips, keeping her steady.

“Goddess,” he whispered. “If you don’t stay still for just a minute, I’m going to blow right here, and I’m going to feel like a teenager, rather than the five-hundred-year-old vampire that I am.”

She raised a brow. “Five hundred, you say? Okay, old man. Show me what you learned.”

He grinned then, knowing he was showing fang. But she didn’t back away. Well, apparently, seeing the future as she did was a good sign for them. He just wished she would’ve been able to see him before this so he wouldn’t have had to be such an asshole. Or maybe that’s what they had needed. He didn’t understand fate, only that Caly was his. And he was going to show her exactly what she’d gotten in the bargain. He lifted her off of him and then slammed right back into her.

She shouted, her whole body shaking, and then he moved one hand up to her breast, playing as she rode him.

They moved together, him lifting up, her pressing down, both of them rocking. The sensation filled him, making his entire body shake. He couldn’t help but groan, wanting more.

He pulled her down then, needing her mouth, and his fang nicked her lip.

“Fuck, sorry.”

“It’s okay,” she whispered as the taste of her blood settled on his tongue.

“You can bite me if you want. I know you want to.” She winked, and he groaned.

“Mates.”

He bit down on her lip again, just a little bit, and they both froze for a minute and then shattered. The bond slammed into place between them, so intense that he pulled her to the side, holding her close as they shook from their orgasm and the bond cementing into place.

He had never been mated before, had never truly understood what any of it meant. And, honestly, he couldn’t fathom what it meant now.

He could feel her soul, her wants, her desires, her fears. He knew she was just as uncertain about whether they’d made the right decision as he was, but he also knew that they both understood there hadn’t been a choice. This. This was how they were going to defeat the darkness.

And he couldn’t hold back his own fears.

She slid her hands up and down his body even as his cock still twitched inside her.

“I’m scared, too,” she whispered. “But it’s okay, we’ll save your people. I promise.”

He buried his face in her hair, not knowing why he couldn’t speak.

He had waited a lifetime for this, more than one, actually, and now that he had her, he was afraid that he was going to lose her.

Because he couldn’t always protect those he loved, those who mattered.

And he didn’t know if he was strong enough to protect her.

ChapterFive

Caly had done many impetuous things in her life, but mating with a man she didn’t know, and had only just met? Well, that had likely won her first prize in the what-the-fuck-was-she-thinking category.

However, she couldn’t go back now, and she had to trust her gut feelings. They had kept her and her family alive for a long while.

“What do we do now?” she asked.

Misha frowned. “You should see what I’m fighting for.”

Her brows rose. “Where are you hidden?” she asked, staring into his eyes. She could feel the bond pulsing between them and knew that there was no going back from this. She didn’t love him, how could she so soon? But she knew the potential was there. That’s what the bond created. It wasn’t automatic for anything, other than the fact that they would be irreparably changed. And she would figure that out. She would find a way to work through her emotions.

But she needed to focus on the here and now first. Had to concentrate on what she could change. And if that meant protecting Misha’s people, or at least finding out why they were hidden and who that man was who had attacked them, then that’s what she would do. She would figure out the rest of her life, her romance, and her heart later.

“I only left a note for Seth saying that I was leaving for work. I didn’t tell him where I was going,” she said after a moment before they left.

Misha stared at her. “Do you need to tell him that you’re with me?”

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