Page 38 of King of Tides

I place a hand behind his head and groan as he shifts to his knees and lifts me into his lap to sit upright. He places his forehead to mine.

“Ready?”

“Yes,” I moan and nod.

“Good girl. Repeat after me.”

I still have a million questions, but my gut is screaming for me to trust him and flow with this. Although he has owned my body, I still feel like there should be more between us. I lock my hands in the top of his hair and hold on for whatever comes next.

I’m ready. I don’t know if I can turn back, but I’m good with that. Ardan feels right, righter than anything has ever felt in my life. My heart is telling me he is safe. If ever there is a person in my life I can trust, it’s him.

I’m supposed to be here with him. This is who I’ve been waiting for.As I have the thought, he begins to speak.

“I, Ardan, Third-born son of Tanri, bond my heart, body, mind, and soul to you, Billy Ann Salvado. My water is your water. My ice is your ice. My essence is your essence. I am your mate and you are mine.”

“I, Billy Ann Salvado, bond my heart, body, mind, and soul to you, Ardan, third-born son of Tanri. My water is your water. Myice is your ice. My essence is your essence. I am your mate and you are mine.”

He closes his eyes and growls. My mouth falls open as I watch his skin glow. When he opens his eyes and looks into mine, I can see what looks like ocean waves rolling and crashing within them.

He palms my ass and begins to drop me up and down on his hard-as-fuck dick. The look on his face is so intense. I palm his cheeks and kiss his lips.

For a moment we just breathe each other in. I feel him swelling even more inside me, causing me to bite my lip. He feels so good.

He bands his arms around me and holds me against his chest as he begins to thrust up into me. I’m still so wet for him.

My pussy begins to clench around him and my heart feels like it’s going to race out of my chest.

“I need you to come with me. Once I come inside you, you will be mine forever. Our bond will be sealed and make us complete,” he breathes against my mouth.

I should hop my ass up off him, but an overwhelming rush of emotions washes over me, and I don’t want to be away from him for a second. When I feel his hot seed inside me, it comes with a sigh of relief from my lips.

“I am finally whole,” he says into my hair as he holds me tightly.

I inhale as the same feeling comes over me. I feel complete for the first time in my life.

What’s Going On?

“This doesn’t make any sense,” I say as I sit in Ardan’s lap while looking down at my phone. This is the third time I’ve tried and failed to log into the chat my sisters and I have been using to talk to each other.

“I know. Something is wrong. Could it be something blocking the Wi-Fi signal here or something?” Ray asks.

“No. You shouldn’t have any interference. Our system is high tech. Our human brothers made sure of it for their needs whenever they’re here. We also protect it with magic, so it’s impenetrable,” Reilly replies.

I shake my head and try again but get the same results. When I look up, Ray and Taylor have similar looks on their faces as they, too, try to log in with no success. I frown.

“I never log out. I don’t know what’s going on,” Taylor says.

“Same here. This is crazy,” Ray murmurs as she stares down at her phone.

“Don’t worry about it. I’ll find her and then we’ll know if she’s Charlie or not,” Reilly says dejectedly and gets up to walk off.

I watch after him. I’m even more determined to help him now that I know who Charlie could be to him—or should I say Lee?

I get the feeling she is one and the same. It only makes sense. I want Reilly to find her more than anything so Candido will lose all his cards to play.

“Thank you for wanting to help my brother,” Ardan says into my ear.

I turn to look back at him over my shoulder. After showering together, he felt it would be best if I came back here to the clubhouse with him. Since he cleaned up my place for me, I figured, why not?

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