“I look forward to our bed,” I kissed her temple and her cheek. “And making love to you in it every night. Pleasuring my queen until she is nothing but shrieks and moans,” I laughed, dipping my head to her breast and kissing the soft pink nipple.
“Are you sure?” she breathed and I knew she would ask, Aria wasn’t one to accept something without a little fight.
I dipped my head to her other nipple and sucked hard. “I told you.” I lifted my head to her. “I’ve never been more sure.”
I kissed my way down her center savoring her silky skin.
“Thank you.” her fingers threaded through my hair and my thick and aroused cock stiffened more. “I can finally breathe knowing I’ll not have to let you go.”
“Never.” I kissed her navel. “You will never live without me again!” I vowed with conviction. “I am and always will be yours.”
“Imagine.” She sucked in air as I spread her legs and kissed the wet center of her pussy. “Being happy,” she gasped as I stroked my tongue along her center. “And creating a kingdom together?” I dove my tongue inside of her and she arched up against my face.
Imagine it? I was obsessed with the idea. I lapped my tongue up to her clit and nibbled on it sending shock waves of ecstasy through her body. I wanted to give her so much pleasure that all she could think about was me and the love I bore her. I kissed her clit after sucking on it, and looked up over the plane of her hard flat stomach to meet her eyes with my gaze.
“I can think of nothing else,” I confess, slowly making my way up her body to where my stiff cock swiped across her raw, wet, pussy.
“I love you.” She wrapped her arms around the nape of my neck and I sunk into her.
My rigid length pressed in deeper as I brought myself closer to the one and only woman I would ever love.
“You are my everything, Aria,” I whispered in her ear as my hips thrusted and reared back, feeling her tightness and every muscled ridge of her sex that swallowed my entire soul.
I made love to Aria that night not just as the woman I adored, but as the queen I would serve for the rest of my days. After we reached the heights of ecstasy, we fell into a tangled heap, our bodies entwined and knotted together as we found blissful slumber. While my sleep was dreamless, my sense of Aria remained acute. With her breathing against my chest, her legs warming between mine, and my cock laying gently on herbelly, I couldn't imagine anything more comfortable or perfect than being this way forever.
We awoke with the sun the next morning. I watched as the light streamed in from the tall windows and illuminated her beautiful face. For a moment I allowed myself to indulge in the fantasy that someday this would be how she and I would always greet the day. I didn't want to disturb her so I watched her sleep until the sun beat into her eyes and she awoke to my staring.
“Lex?” Her voice was rough and sleep stained.
“I’m just savoring the moment,” I whispered softly.
She nuzzled in closer, but didn’t say anything, perhaps she was savoring what precious little time we had together as well.
“If we bond, nothing can separate us from each other, no matter the distance.” My urge to mate her and officially seal our mating bond was an unbearable pull I no longer wanted to ignore.
I felt the tug to mate with Aria since the day she came of age. Her scent always attracted me and when her wolf spoke it ignited my passion, my warrior, and my need to love her. Always drawn to Aria, my wolf craved her as I did.
“You marked me once,” she said as her laughter reverberated against my chest. “Amadeus was so angry with me. He gave me a potion to erase your scent.”
“I remember, I was so angry and yet I could have gotten you in a lot of trouble if he hadn’t erased me from you.” I lift her face to mine. “I want to mark you again, this time forever.” She must have been considering it as she grew silent beside me.
After minutes of deliberation she finally spoke.
“I want your mating bond, but what if Polonius smells you on me. I still have to get through Brahman’s Peak and rescue Halo and Gabrielle. I don’t know how long they can keep up the ruse. Gabrielle doesn’t have any magic and soon Polonius will know that. I have Halo pretending for her, but what if they’reseparated in such a way that Halo’s magic can’t reach Gabrielle?” She had valid concerns, but none of them would stop me from bonding with her.
“I agree you should go to Polonius and free everyone he has captured. I don’t have to mark you with my scent, that is only for those a royal wants to consider mating, I already know that I want you. Let’s bond, and no one will know, but us until our wedding day. That way I’ll be able to hear you and feel you even without our wolves. Right now we sense one another, but after we bond, we’ll be able to speak to one another through mated telepathy.” I breathlessly waited for her answer.
I could never lose her again and if she was returning to Onyx Rah and Polonius, I wanted to make sure we were mated. He’d already broken his peace treaty, there was nothing left to fear on that front.
“At the risk of sounding naive,” Aria looked up into my eyes. “What needs to be done to bond us? I should know, it’s a shifter mating ritual, but as a servant, no one ever explained it to me. Even Mavia didn’t explain what two wolves do when they create a mating bond.” I loved her innocence and her bravery.
“We’ll shift and I’ll bite you between the shoulders then let our wolves join as we have. Our bond will strengthen us and since we have one day before you and I will separate again, perhaps now in the quiet of this room is the best place for it. I had hoped we would mate in our luxurious suite in our palace, but we both know that’s an extravagance we won’t be afforded for some time.” I raked my fingers through her hair, desperate to touch her.
“Okay.” She lifted her head and kissed my lips. “I want to be as close to you as I’m able to be.”
“Once we’re mated, nothing can break us. If for some reason Polonius does capture you again, you’ll still be bound to me, he won’t be able to mate with you.” I cautioned.
Polonius could kill her if he discovered our mating bond and was not able to mate with her himself, considering he needed her bond in order to exact his plans to take over Voltaire.