Page 63 of Mated to the Human: Volume One

“Yeah.”

Leaning over, Leander kissed his forehead and drew Merri against his chest, holding him close and letting his hands rub soothing circles over his back.

“Can I ask you something?” Merri said after a while.

“Of course.”

“Will you tell me about the bond that vampires can make?”

Leander swallowed, hope dancing in his chest. “It would bind us together. Your life to mine.”

Sitting back up, Merri held his gaze. “So I’d be…immortal, too?”

“Yes, but it’s not without risks. It would bind our life forces completely. Meaning, if one of us was killed, the other would follow.”

Merri seemed to chew on that for a minute. He threw the blanket off his legs and sat up, throwing one leg over Leander’s lap and straddling him, settling himself on Leander’s lap. “Is that something you want?”

Leander gripped Merri’s hips. “Yes.”

Leaning in, Merri took his lips in a hard kiss, wasting no time slipping his tongue between Leander’s fangs.

“Merri,” Leander gasped, pulling back to rest their foreheads together. “Are you sure?”

“Very sure.”

Gripping Merri’s thighs, Leander stood and carried him to the bedroom. “Clothes off,” he said, setting Merri on the bed before stripping out of his borrowed sweats. When he turned back to the bed, a naked Merri was waiting on him, kneeling in the middle of the messy covers.

Leander went to him, settling himself in front of Merri. Before he could open his mouth, Merri said, “Don’t ask me if I’m sure. I already told you I am.”

He nodded, a small chuckle sneaking out of him.

“So how does it work?”

Leander looked up at him, keeping his gaze trained on Merri’s. “It’s easy. I’ll take a little of your blood and offer you a drop of mine.”

“That’s it?”

“It’s the intent behind the actions that matter.”

Merri let out a slow breath, the only sign he might be a little nervous, and reached out, getting his hands on Leander’s shoulders. “Okay.”

“Come here,” Leander said, pulling Merri over to straddle his lap. He licked his palm, reaching between them to grip both their cocks. He stroked them slow, letting the pleasure build.

“I’m close,” Merri whispered, squirming on Leander’s lap and pressing messy open-mouthed kisses to his mouth.

Leander kissed his chin and down his throat, stroking them all the while. When he reached Merri’s pulse, he sank his fangs in, taking a perfect mouthful of blood before pulling back and licking his lips. He lifted his other hand to his mouth while Merri gasped against his cheek and punctured the tip of his index finger. A fat drop of blood welled up as he pulled away.

Merri grabbed his wrist, bringing that finger to his mouth and sucking it in.

Leander groaned, coming undone as Merri sucked him clean.

Merri let go of his finger with a shout, hot stripes of his release painting Leander’s chest and coating his hand.

The moment Merri’s orgasm passed, he sucked in a hard breath, back arching. When he brought his eyes back down to Leander’s, his smile was impossibly wide. “Holy shit, I can feel you.”

Leander smiled, too, cupping Merri’s cheek and relishing in the golden glow settling into his chest, where their blood bond would live forever. Merri was going to be with him forever. “Thank you,” he said, face wet with tears he hadn’t realized he’d spilled.

“Loving you is not something you ever have to thank me for,” Merri whispered into the narrow space between their faces.

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