Page 124 of Destined By Dragonblood
My mother’s light pierced through my mates’ chests in a flash of opal brilliance. Their contentment and joy radiated through the tether among us that would hopefully soon be an unbreakable bond.
Vanni and Ashley were a gift and blessing beyond what I had ever dreamed possible. Deserving beyond measure.
I had been a fool, one poisoned by insecurities, a sense of superiority over their species when all that mattered was their hearts and souls.
Their inner dragons.
The energy rippling off them assured me they wished to be bonded with me—would stand in the way of anyone wanting to do me harm. My mates would remain by my side until we too left this land to reside in the beyond.
A sense of calm settled over me regardless of the fluttering inside the deepest reaches of me.
Mother’s light lessened, but inner warmth radiated from my mates, Vanni’s a vibrant green, Ashley’s a pale gray, exactly as I’d seen in Dakota’s vision all those weeks ago.
Scaled beasts shimmered briefly around them like auras, catching my breath and causing my eyes to well.
Yessss.
Mine.
“Ours,” I whispered, as my mother’s pearlescence ebbed, pulling back into her orb.
My mates’ senses returned with a jolt, and they both spun. Only then did I take note of their nakedness, the scent of their combined cum in the air.
Ashley’s eyes glowed, and the flow of desire for me, beyond the tender release I could offer her, flooded the slight tether between us.
“Ashley.” I breathed her name as a prayer, and she tore from Vanni’s hold on her hand and rushed toward me, throwing herself into my arms. She settled against me, all soft and warm, her legs wrapping around my waist.
Although my cock swelled and nudged against her core, I needed her mind more than her body. “I’m so sorry.” My voice caught on a sob. “So fucking sorry for every goddamn?—”
She took my mouth, and I drank in her sweet breath, the love radiating from her, washing over me, and melting my muscles. “You’re forgiven,” she murmured. “Take me, my love.”
I sank to my knees, laying Ashley on her back beneath me. One shift of my hips led my aching shaft into the sweet haven of her embrace.
Home.
Longing for my alpha flooded my entire being as I buried in our female’s warmth.
A shudder rippled through my body, and I planked on my elbows to meet Vanni’s gaze as he squatted in front of me. “You’re fucking my female, boy.”
“I’m making love to our mate,” I corrected him, pulling out and sliding into her slick heat. Her tight sheath pulsed, trying to suck me deeper.
One of his brows rose, a smirk playing on the corner of his mouth.
My cock bucked in response.
“You think you can just waltz back in like a naked, irresistible Greek god and all will be forgiven and forgotten?” Vanni murmured, his gaze trailing over our bodies, nothing but lust washing through our tether.
“You can punish me for being an asshole later,” I said, holding his gaze, hoping he sensed my submission as I nudged a little deeper into Ashley’s warmth. “Right now, we need you. I need you.”
He smirked, already well aware of his mates’ yearnings. “Say please.”
Pleasssse.
My jaw clenched, a reaction born from years of stubbornness, but I deserved any shit Vanni thought to give me ten times over.
“Please, my alpha,” I begged, all sense of self-preservation and pride set aside in my desire to mate. “Claim me as you have Ashley. Finish the bond to make the three of us one.”
Vanni grasped my face in his hands, the aura of his beastly form flicking around him in swirls of green. Ancient words poured from his lips in a language he shouldn’t know, the one of my people.
