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Finally ready to return to reality, I open my eyes, stilling as I peer up at Sawyer. Angling his head, his black hair falls forward to conceal from the others what has caused my heart to race. His eyes, covered from corner to corner, are shimmering silver.

Chapter33

Sawyer

My back hits the luxurious mattress in Aspen’s suite before the lithe minx climbs over me as much as her gown allows. Pushing my trench coat over my shoulders, Aspen’s fangs are prominent. Her breath heated and heavy, her eyes hooded. She doesn’t waste a moment, jerking my head aside and sinking her teeth into my neck. The spike of pain instantly fades as she takes what she needs, feeding on the vitality of life I’ve always wanted for her. Sliding my arms around her back, I hold her to me, my cock hardening with each drawn-out suck.

Her hunger for my blood had been overwhelming her since we moved into the residential home, but she also needed time to heal. Time to mourn without tainting her emotions with passion. For this reason, the vampires and I decided to hold back from intimacy. Nevertheless, tonight it would merely be us two—a chance to explore the depths of our passion without interference.

Aspen’s full lips find mine, their softness a direct contrast to the firmness of her kisses. Holding the back of her head, I press my tongue into her mouth, caressing with powerful strokes. I can’t help the soft moans which escape me between kisses, relishing her touch. Her vanilla and raspberry smell, her very essence. I stroke every inch of Aspen’s skin, the open back of her ballgown permitting me to do so. My fingers locate a zip at the precipice of her ass, hidden within the lace. Slowly revealing the lack of underwear beneath, Aspen unhooks the material at her nape and sits upright. The dress falls free, her beautiful body baring itself to me.

I take a moment to drink her in. This isn’t like the other times I’d seen her naked prior to a shift or fighting for her life. Not even like the nights I’ve enjoyed brief moments with her in the dark between the shifters who also have a claim on her heart. This is a moment of exquisite beauty and eternal lust, and it is just for me. Trailing my knuckles across her nipples, Aspen responds eagerly. Dipping lower, I caress the dip of her waist and the flare of her hips before I settle my palms on her thighs.

“Tease me, and you’ll regret it,” Aspen squirms for further contact, yet nothing will rush me. Tonight, is about righting wrongs and starting our future again. I stole her moon bond our first time without her fully understanding what it entailed, but tonight she took initiative. She accepted all four of us into her soul and asked me to help her do it.

Easing my fingers through Aspen’s hair, I pull her down to kiss me again, turning us in the same movement. The hard press of my body against hers in heaven, even through the insipid suit I’ve been forced to wear. I was wholly prepared to complete the union in my cargos and t-shirt, but apparently, that wasn’t acceptable. Aspen wouldn’t have cared, though. Dipping my head, I trail kisses along her jaw and neck and take her nipple into my mouth. Her back arches, pushing into me greedily. Unhurried flicks of my tongue while my fingers tease the other. I will worship Aspen, bathe her in love for every moment I’m permitted to remain with her.

There’s only so long that I can ignore the summons. The Supernatural Council will lash out if I continue to deny their call, but now’s not the time to worry about it. Now is the time to feel alive and be thankful. To revel in a fulfilled life, to love and be loved. Things not even my dreams dared toimagine but have come true, nonetheless.

“I’m warning you, Sawyer. Don’t make me wait,” Aspen begs. I grin, dragging my fingers down the center of her body. Nearing her clit, Aspen’s breath hitches as I briefly pass over the sensitive bud and grip her thigh instead. “That’s it.”

Locking her ankles behind my back, Aspen flips us both over and pushes down hard on my shoulders. The shock in my expression is mirrored in hers, this newfound strength taking us both by surprise. Aspen has always been strong in more ways than one, but now she has four beings boosting her system, flooding her veins with passion and power.

Bending forward and gripping the collar at my neck, Aspen tears my shirt down the middle. Whipping the tie free, she stills to trace her fingers over the silvery patterns lining my skin. I gained by first when I vowed to protect her, cementing the first branch. The more time I spent as her guardian, the faster the branches grew, covering my body with the evidence of our connection – long before I had a moon bond to be proud of.

“I warned you,” Aspen smirks, making quick work of my belt. Opening my top bottom, my cock springs free, as keen as she is.

Jerking Aspen aside, we wriggle out of our remaining clothes before a struggle for dominance ensues, landing us both in a naked heap on the floor beside the bed, panting with arousal. Quickly diving under me, she tucks her legs between us, and using the soles of her feet on my abdomen, I’m propelled into the air. Landing across the room on my back once more, Aspen appears in a flash of movement, straddling my hips. Grabbing hold of my solid cock, she strokes me deliciously.

“Fight me, and I stop,” Aspen challenges. When I make no move to interrupt, her hand continues to move my hand up and down my shaft leisurely. A cunning smile pulls at Aspen’s lips, her authority causing my hands to fist at my sides. I waited years for her, this is not a test of restraint I will fail easily. Shifting, Aspen places kisses on my lips and neck, my shoulders, and down the rocky path of my abdomen. Pausing with her lips just above my throbbing cock, enjoying herself far too much, Aspen suddenly scrapes her nails across my inner thighs and over my balls. I hiss, ignoring her sly smile by gripping the back of her hair. If she wants it rough, I’ll show her rough.

Maintaining eye contact, I lower her head to cover my shaft with her full, pink lips. The lipstick she wore is a distinct memory, and all the vampires will have to remember her by while I’m taking her behind this locked door. Allowing Aspen to take her time, slowly sinking and lifting her head, taking me all the way into her throat, and pausing before sucking her way back up. It’s torture, and I only work to spur her on.

My answering growls are music to her ears, evident by her little chuckles around my girth. She’s loving this. A hand fists tightly into my newly silver hair, but she makes no move to rush me. Sucking free a bead of pre-cum produced too eagerly, Aspen works my tip with her tongue like her favorite ice cream flavor. She can’t seem to take her eyes off mine, which I catch in the reflection of the mirrored wardrobe—purely silver and shimmering like the markings across my body. I radiate the moon’s energy, the purity of our bond pulsing from me like a living entity.

I don’t look away as I push her head back down and make her take every hard inch into her willing mouth, the scrape of her fangs heightening my pleasure.

“Enough,” I growl, pulling Aspen’s body upright and spearing her straight onto my cock. Her slick walls accept me greedily in one fluid motion, filling her entirely. Holding her firmly at the waist, I keep Aspen cemented in place whilst tilting and slighting, turning her to feel just how deep I am. Her gasps fill the room, the space between her eyebrows tight. To give her a moment of release, I lift her a few inches to hover over me before slamming her down onto my hips again.

I try to be gentle at first, to go slow enough to drag this out, but neither of us can deny or contain this passion. Pounding into her from below, Aspen is a fool to think she can withhold the orgasm that tears through her, closing her walls around me even tighter. My name is a scream on her lips as she viciously rakes her painted nails down my chest. I shift to roll us over, but Aspen isn’t playing this game anymore. Shoving me back down by the shoulders, she growls in my face with a show of her fangs. Releasing her hips, I hold my hands in view as if to say,okay, baby, your turn.

Pinning my thighs down with her feet, Aspen rivals the pace I had set. A sheen of sweat covers our bodies, creating a slip-and-slide effect when Aspen rears forward to take my hair in her tight grip. Resting her elbows on my shoulders, she rides me into oblivion. The flutters of her next climax were already building, quickly pulling me over the edge with her. The fire in my core threatens to burn me alive, but I would willingly walk into the flames, allowing me to consume her. Gripping her ass tightly, I support her with fierce thrusts, coming apart at the seams just as my mate screams her own release.

Stars burst behind my eyes, and her roar is drowned out by one of my own, her walls exploding around me, hot and urgent. Taking her mouth, I swallow her groans and relish the jerks of my cock as I fill her entirely with my seed and love. Panting heavily, enjoying the aftershocks and jolts of our slickened bodies, Aspen falls forward into the enclosure of my arms, lightly kissing my shoulder.

“I think…” Aspen pants, allowing me to drag her into a sitting position against the bedframe. “I think the others may have felt that.” The heel of her palm rubs at the flush across her chest, and I can’t withhold the primal grin taking ownership of my mouth. Aspen gently slaps my arm, although she can’t help to giggle too.

Moonlight seeps through the open window, illuminating her. Navy eyes speckled with gold gleam at me, striking me with the radiant beauty of her perfect face all over again. I could lose myself in the pools of blue within her eyes, but I’m not scared anymore because I know that Aspen will always be here as we continue building our new lives together. I also know that when the Supernatural Council can no longer be ignored, she’ll be by my side. And if their decision doesn’t work in our favor, I know she won’t stop proving her love for me. No one can deny Aspen’s tenacity. Of that, I’m certain.

Chapter34

Rowena

It should have been me.

Remaining back in the shadows of the dance floor, I watch Aspen return hand-in-hand with her raven shifter. The three vampires relaxing in decorated chairs shoot upright upon sensing her, meeting her halfway on the dancefloor. Their reunion is a little overkill, considering she wasn’t gone for an hour. Jaxon lifts Aspen high into the air, swirling her bed hair around for all to see… as if their smiles and overwhelming scents of lust weren’t enough to have the rest of us pining with jealousy.

In this scenario, it’s impossible for me not to be seen as the ‘envious brat’ others have called me behind my back for years. I’ve spent my entire life preparing for the day I would be crowned queen. And today, I watched my father bestow that honor on a sister I didn’t know I had until a few months ago.

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