Zaden tilts my chin up and stares down at me. His thumb wipes my tears from my face.
But through the film of misery is this one single truth that has burned for the last four years since the moment I saw him in that library.
“Zaden, I love you.”
His hand slides over my shoulder and down my spine, urging me closer to the edge of the bed.
“Lia, beautiful, lovely Lia. You are mine. It’s not enough words to encompass all I feel for you. Love isn’t enough. I can’t let you go. I won’t.”
I shudder as the deep truth of those words reverberates through the nest.
He lifts me up, and I wrap my legs around his waist as he carries me to the desk and sits me on the edge.
“It hurts, I know. But I’m going to fix it. I’m going to take care of you.”
I cling to his shoulders, pressing open-mouthed kisses across his collarbones.
I turn my mouth up to his. Zaden’s kiss is potent. It’s a powerful energy that you can’t escape. When he kisses you, you lose yourself, but it’s okay because you know he’s going to protect you. I cling to him, and I feel myself slipping away.
“Not yet, Lia,” Zaden says gently. “Come back to me, stay here. Just for a little while longer.”
Fingers swipe through my wet folds, and Zaden groans are almost in-sync with mine. I arch up into him as he curls one finger deep inside me before pulling it out and sucking it clean.
Watching him suck my juices from his finger fries my brain. I can barely think. I grab his jeans and push the zipper down, whining when the hot, throbbing heat of his cock presses against my knuckles.
“Are you ready, Lia? We’re going all the way this time, knots and all?”
I look up at him and nod. I understand. Just.
“Lay down on the desk.”
Zaden grips my ankles and puts them up over his shoulders and leans over me, pressing them back.
I can feel the blunt end of his cock gliding through my folds. The squelch and sounds of my arousal are almost embarrassing, but I’m too focused on what’s about to happen.
Anticipation has me holding my breath, watching the heavy-lidded stare of my alpha. No, not mine, yes, he is mine. Right now, he’s mine. His eyelids flutter closed, and I whimper as his cock presses over my clit.
“Zaden!” I cry out, writhing under him.
A cock taps my cheek, and I turn my head and instinctively open as Ianto feeds me his monster.
Zaden growls and plunges into me, filling me in one thrust. I cry out around the cock in my mouth.
“Oh, fuck yeah, feels so good, baby. You scream on my cock!”
Zaden pulls out and thrusts back in slow and measured movements that have me seeing stars. The heat swirls up, wrapping around me.
“Shit, she just got wetter!” Zaden moans, and when I open my eyes, I find him sweating.
I’m writhing, rising to meet his thrusts as much as I can, a slave to my needs.
“Can’t hold off much longer,” Zaden growls.
“Do it!” Ranger says in a dark and hungry voice. “Knot her.”
Yes. A knot. I need knots. “Please,” I whimper. “Give me your knot. Alpha, please.”
“You beg so damn pretty, Lia. How can I possibly say no?” Zaden growls through gritted teeth and slams into me.