Page 75 of God Touched

"I'm not mad that you saved me, idiot. I'm mad because you giving me a part of your power is going to make you weaker!" Imogen replied.

Arawan rubbed his nose against hers. "No, my darling. With you by my side, I've never been stronger."

Imogen swallowed back her sudden tears. "Don't say stuff like that to me when I'm trying to be angry with you."

"You can be angry all you want. I'm still going to love you and never regret sharing myself with you. I want you by my side, Imogen, wherever I am. You couldn't do that as a mortal. You died, and I gave you new life." Arawan's hand cupped her cheek. "Maybe it was selfish of me to rob you of your Afterlife, but I couldn't let you go."

Sharing a part of his power wasn't a terrifying prospect, but being without him was. Imogen knew exactly why he had done what he did because she would've done the same thing. They were the same, after all. Imogen stared up into the face she loved more than anything.

"Being with you is the only Afterlife I've ever wanted anyway. I'm just…scared. What am I now?"

"You are a goddess.Mygoddess. You will be able to maintain your normal life for a time. Like me, you can leave this place and walk in the world. You'll just be stronger and less breakable. Sooner or later, people will realize you're not aging, though, and you'll have to tell them. For now, they can be none the wiser."

Imogen's heart hurt at the thought of lying to her family, but then she would cause them more pain by telling them she had died.

"We still need to help take down Vili, so I'll tell them after," Imogen replied.

"We will, I promise." Arawan loosened the grip on her arms but didn't let her go. "Are you still mad, or can I kiss you now?"

"You better," she said. Arawan smiled and pressed his mouth to hers. She bit down hard on his bottom lip, making a bead of ichor well up. His eyes shone with ruby light. "Thatis for not telling me straight away."

"Vicious little flower," he growled and crushed his mouth to hers in a brutal kiss. Imogen was powerless under the intensity of it, his tongue and lips taking her sanity. Arawan pulled the tie on her robe and pulled back the sides to expose her naked body.

"All mine, forever," he said with a devilish smile.

"Prove it," Imogen replied breathlessly, unable to stop herself from provoking him. Arawan quickly complied, his mouth ravaging her down her neck to her breasts, leaving red marks in his wake and turning Imogen into a trembling mess. His hand dipped between her legs, stroking her and teasing her clit until she was aching for him.

"Get inside of me," she begged, her body desperate for his.

"Yes, my goddess," he purred, and she almost came. "Oh, you like that title, don't you,my goddess."

"I always knew I was one. I just like that it's finally official," Imogen replied and then gasped as the tip of his hard dick pressed into her.

"You might be my true immortal consort now, but you were always my equal, my other half," Arawan said, pushing in and out of her with short, maddening thrusts.

Imogen was losing her mind. "Oh, god, stop talking and fuck me." Arawan laughed and did just that. He slid home until he was at both of their limits. He bent down to kiss her.

"Now, my love, do as I say, and scream pretty," he commanded, voice like dark sin.

Imogen's nails dragged down his back, making him groan. "We'll see who screams first, God of the dead."

Neither one could back down from a challenge, and Imogen had never been fucked so deeply and completely in her life. Arawan was always going to be her everything. She still didn't have words to describe everything she felt for him and didn't need to. He knew what she felt, knew every dark and vicious part of her soul.

In the end, they both ended up screaming.

Imogen's body, which had felt so strange since her death, now aligned as she exploded in pleasure. Arawan was and always would be her missing piece.

"I love you so fucking much," she said, catching his mouth in a desperate kiss.

Above her, Arawan smiled her favorite, teasing smile. "So you should."

35

It took another day before Imogen was ready to deal with her family. Arawan decided it would be better to go to Kian instead of everyone coming to them. His court was still too uneasy about everything that had happened, and having a whole family of living hunters and fae arrive at the castle would do nothing to settle them.

"You're looking suspiciously good for a journey to the underworld," Elise said, hugging Imogen as soon as she stepped into the library.

"It's the endorphins from all the sex I've been having," Imogen replied, glib as ever.

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