Page 22 of Dreaming of Darkness

I nodded, his claws a delicious prickle against the sides of my throat. A reminder of not only how deadly he could be, but how much larger he was.

Traum hummed, a thumb moving to press against my lower lip, his gaze rapt on me, “As spectacular as it was, that was me giving you more of my power, my protection. You, little dream, reek of me. And my cum, my magic now flows through your veins. There is not a place in the world they could take you now without me knowing. Or a righteous Demon who would attempt to remove you from me.”

I swallowed, licking my lips, my tongue brushing over his thumb as I did. My entire body was waking up now. My core aching with more of that need and my fingers twitched in the sheets. I wanted to touch him. To feel him move against me. My moanwas louder than I intended but Traum only responded with a soft growl of his own.

“Does this mean we’re bonded now? Like Arafel said?”

Traum’s grip on my throat tightened, but then released, his fingers trailing down my chest to the pile of blankets at my waist. “No, no it doesn’t.”

“I don’t understand, what’s the difference?”

Traum shifted until he was braced on an elbow. “You are my mate, my fated match. The one my soul calls for. They don’t know why it works that way, no one does. But before now there has been a boundary in place, to keep Others from entering the living world seeking their soul mates.”

“Is it common then?”

“For one of the Other and a human? No, otherwise I don't think we would be here,” Traum looked towards the door, “But I have a feeling it may be happening more than they would. Lord Arafel seems…surprised.”

“But if they never find each other, then what?”

Traum shrugged, “The humans would probably go through life, completely alright. They wouldn’t die or mourn the loss of what they’d never known.”

My body deflated a little at the comment. “But the Other? We will know. We always know. We always feel and seek out that something that is always called. At least that’s what it was like for me.”

My heart skipped in my chest. “And the bond?”

“The bond would be the final piece. Something that will remain unbroken until your final breaths. Or in this case, as your lifespan would be tied to my own.”

Blinking, I tilted my head, “How old are you?”

Traum looked uncomfortable, “I’m not sure, to be honest. But I know that my kind lives for hundreds of years. I am a mature adult but expect to survive for roughly two or three hundredmore years.”

My brain spun. “More years?”

His brow rose, “Would it be so bad? To share those with me?”

“Not as a dinosaur! I would be ancient.”

Traum’s laugh filled the room, rich and warm. I glared at him even as my skin prickled. “You will remain as you are, for the majority of those. My own grandmother could’ve been mistaken for one of my sister until the past ten or so years.”

“I’m not sure how I feel about that.”

“We are a different breed, but we are not so different. We love our families. We are greedy and lustful, sure, but we seek peace and contentment too.” His throat worked, “I will not rush you, but I would try very hard to give you everything you want Bailey. Everything.”

Pressing forward, I leaned my forehead against his. His eyes fluttered shut, but I didn’t mimic him. Instead, I stared at his face, at the male who I had only found days ago but now couldn’t imagine not being with.

“Tell me how it actually happens.”

His smile was broad, “It could happen in many ways, little dream. I could take you like this,” his hands found my waist and rolled until I was on top of him. “Or, if you’d prefer,” he pulled me off, my knees bouncing on the mattress as the heat of his body pressed into my back, “like this.”

His claws slipped into my hair, and I whimpered as he tugged my head to one side.

“I must have access to your throat or your thigh, because when I bind us together, I will bite you, my venom, the thing that makes me so attractive to others, will meet in your blood. You will quite literally become part of me and I you.”

“All while we are…”

“Yes, while we are…” Traum drew the word out, pressing his lips against my shoulder. My pussy clenched, already aching for him.

“While you fuck me.”

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