She’d never been more precious to me than now, and yet I knew she’d grow ever dearer with every breath I took. My love for her was as vast as the universe, an ever-expanding feeling that swept all other concerns aside.

I pressed my forehead to hers, my rulaa tingling with delight. “My soul’s breath—”

“Kizz me.” Her little hands tugged on my horns, her small body surprising me all over again with her strength.

“As you wish.”

Her mouth was sweet and lush as it opened under mine. I licked into it, reveling in her taste. Vivv made a breathy little moan, and I was lost. My tail slid around her in an extra embrace, vibrating wildly.

I could do nothing but kizz her for an eternity and be a happy male. Yet I wanted more. I wanted everything.

She slid down my body as I bent, my mouth refusing to leave hers. As soon as she stood, I worked at the seals of her clothing, baring her to my touch, my mouth. I covered every inch of exposed skin with long slow licks that made her squirm and gasp, the breathy little sounds of delight the only ones I ever needed to hear—at least until she screamed my name in pleasure.

When I’d worked my way down to her feet, I reached out and snagged the pack, pulling out the other item I’d stashed inside. With the tap of a button, I unfurled the self-inflating mattress until it spread across the grass beside her claim stake.

“Right here?” she asked, her voice a little breathless.

“Right here,” I said. “How better to consecrate your new planet?”

She smiled at me. “I like that.”

“I thought you might.”

Then her hands were on me, removing my clothes and stealing all thought other than getting naked so I could feel her skin against mine. Once I stood bare, my tail arched through the air, but she held up a hand. “Wait. I want to do this first.”

“Do what?”

Instead of answering, she pushed me onto my back and kneeled between my legs. I moaned as she wrapped both hands around the base of my cock. Vivv’s tongue flickered over the tip, sending a searing jolt of pleasure through me. She traced patterns over the sides, her tongue teasing along the ridges until I thought I’d go mad from desire.

My hands balled at my sides, my entire body vibrating with tension as I held back.

Then she swallowed me in wet heat, electricity shooting through me until my balls tightened and I groaned. I lost control of my tail, and it slid over her back, the heat-inducing fluids activating.

Her mouth released my cock with a loud pop as her body shivered through its first orgasm.

I could bear it no longer. I had to taste her. With a growl, I pulled her up until she straddled my face. My fangs scraped over the satiny skin of her inner thighs, and she gasped again, her hands finding my upper horns and tugging.

The sweet honey of her desire coated my tongue as I devoured her like a starving male given his first taste of ambrosia. My tail vibrated, gliding over her nipples and making her gasp. The delicious heat of her called to me, and I plunged inside her sweetness, working my tongue in and out of her until she shuddered around me.

Vivv collapsed, and I scooped her up, rolling until I was on top.

“Wrin.” Her eyes fluttered open, so full of love and desire I could barely control myself. “I need you Wrin.”

I took her mouth with mine, plundering it with my tongue. My tail slid down her front, gliding through her wetness to dive into the very center of her. I thrust it in and out, stretching her and coating her with more of the heat-inducing fluids. My hips ground my erection into the mattress, but it wasn’t enough. Nothing but her could ever be enough.

Once I’d pulled my tail back to her breasts, I moved up her body.

Vivv’s legs rose to bracket my hips, her heels pressing into the back of my thighs as she used all her strength to pull me forward.

I’d already given her my mating vow, but the words came to me again, a new promise, one built on love instead of duty. “I am yours, and you are mine. Forever.”

“Yes,” she said. “Always and forever.”

The mate bond in my chest thrummed as I slid into her sweet depths, her eyes locked with mine. Another pulse of pleasure overtook her, and Vivv fluttered around me in a delicious dance of sensation as we joined truly.

I’d never loved her more.

CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE