Page 95 of Ignited Spirits
He laughs but doesn’t say anything as we just sit there, and I enjoy the feel of his arm around me.
Bishop is the one to break the quiet. “So, what exactly are we supposed to do with this alone time?”
“Apparently bang each other. Maybe complete some bonds, but mostly just revel in the sex fest,” I comment dryly.
Archer snorts beside me. “Any bonds you haven’t completed yet?”
My face turns red at the question, and my gaze unconsciously flicks to Luca.
I see his teal gaze, so similar to Archer’s, peering back at me, like he was expecting it. Not wanting to call him out, I just shrug.I’m not going to lie to Archer, but I’m also not going to throw anyone under the bus.
Luca and Legion are my two mates who I haven’t completed the bond with yet. With Luca, it’s because he still won’t let either of us finish until I make him the promise I refuse to. I haven’t bonded with Legion yet because I just met him and haven’t exactly had a chance to jump into bed with him.
“We haven’t completed the bond yet,” Luca answers, sparing me from needing to.
Archer tilts his head, his forehead wrinkling in confusion. “Why?”
I snort and then sigh. “Not everyone’s eager to bond with me, sunny boy. And that’s okay. I’m not rushing anyone into anything.”
Sure, I’d like to complete the bonds with all my mates before we probably die tomorrow while failing to save the entire universe. But I don’t want anyone mating with me because they feel like they have to. I want to form those bonds because the other pieces of my soul want it as badly as I do.
“Of course I fucking want that bond with you, wildcat,” Luca growls at me while raking an agitated hand through his blond hair. “It’s taken every goddamn ounce of my control not to bite your pretty little shoulder each time I’ve had my fingers or cock shoved inside you.”
“I, too, desire the bond with you, mate,” Legion tells me, his purple eyes staring down at me. “I have waited millions of lifetimes for you, and I can wait many more if you need me to. The fact that I am willing to wait for you is because I care about you, not because I don’t want you. Because I do. With every ounce of my being.”
My eyes prick at the corners at how sweet both of them are, but I refuse to cry mushy tears of happiness.
“So, do you guys wanna bang? Complete those bonds?” Archer asks, having control back from Legion now.
I roll my eyes at him. I don’t know why we’re having a group conversation about my sex life. Despite having six mates, they all don’t have to chime in on what I do with everyone else.
When neither Luca nor Legion responds, I sigh. “If you guys want the bond, we don’t have to, you know, bone or anything. You can just bite me or whatever hydras do and split.”
Oh God. Why am I like this?
Did I just really say that we don’t have to bone? Instead of something normal like, I don’t know, fuck?
Jesus. I’m aggressively not a virgin anymore, yet I still absolutely talk about sex like one.
I bury my head in my hands, hoping I can hide until none of them remember anything I just said. It should only take a couple of centuries or so. Seems completely doable.
Suppressed laughter echoes in the room as my mates try their hardest not to laugh their asses off at me.
When he gets his mirth under control, Levi says, “We can leave the three, or, uh, four, of you alone so you can figure it out.”
“She likes being watched,” Bishop supplies helpfully. “She might prefer that all of us stay.”
I lift my head up to glare at him. “What the fuck, St. James?”
“Am I wrong?” he asks smugly, knowing the answer. I grind my teeth but don’t disagree with him, because we both know he’s not.
“You want us to stay or go, angel?” Cain asks quietly, his tone holding no judgment. “It’s completely up to you.”
“No one even said they want to form the bond today! Why are we all discussing it?” I ask to deflect from the fact that the idea of all my mates watching me get fucked turns me on way too much.
“I’d happily form the bond with you today,” Luca responds. When I whip around to stare at him in shock, he gives me asmile and shrugs. “We all know that tomorrow is going to be dangerous. I don’t want to die not having the opportunity to mate with you. And I don’t know what power you could siphon from me, but maybe having access to it could help you.”
“You’re not fucking dying, wolf boy,” I growl at him, daring him to argue with me.
