Luna has been brave for me: she stood up to my brother, she climbed, she broke her own quiet rule in the library (again and again and again), and she trusted me to bind her wrists, toy with her, and not hurt her.
It's time I trust her.
Time to be brave.
"I'm falling for you," saying it sets me free. "Luna, I want you. I want this every day."
We roll until Luna is on top of me. My back isn't even on the blanket anymore, but I don't care.
I gently tug at the rope and set her hands free as she works her hips in a sensual rhythm.
Gazing up at this goddess of fire makes me feel like there's nowhere for the truth to hide. Her light will find it, always.
There is no reason to hide.
"I want to stay. With you." I hold her emerald gaze. "Tell me you feel the same."
Luna whimpers and moans and smiles as if she tried to trick herself into believing something else and is realizing how silly a notion that was. "I do. Lucas... it's crazy. That's all I want. Whatever I have to do to make you stay, I'll do it. I'll climb or sky-dive or fistfight your stupid brother. Please, just stay. Stay with me. Lucas, I want... Oh, baby!"
Every vow and promise bursting in my heart translates into the thrusts of my hips. I hold her by the full curve of her ass and pound her so hard that she's lifted off the ground.
“I’m not going anywhere,” I pant, heart rattling my chest. “I’m not leaving you. Fuck. Luna, I want to wake up every day and eat your pussy like breakfast…”
Luna’s moans share space with her laugh.
Harder and harder I drill her. She looks like she’s going to fly away.
Her eyes roll and her fingers anchor themselves in my chest.
“Lucas! Don’t stop! Say it again! Say you want me!”
“I fuckingneedyou,” I growl, legs spasming as I hold the pace. “And I’m never letting you go.”
“Oh. OH.OH!”
Luna falls into a quaking mess, collapsing over me in the dirt. Her hair veils my face. I wrap my arms around her, slowly thrusting in and out to toy with her orgasm. Every inch of her gives under my touch, welcoming me like a warm bath.
All those promises hang in the air, waiting for something real to ground them.
They’re still vapor, fragile and vulnerable to the wind. If I leave them for too long, if I don’t set them in stone, they’ll float away with her trust forever.
As Luna rides her pleasure down, I lift her head so that our noses press together.
“I meant it all, Luna,” I whisper, still gently moving inside her. “Every word. I want to stay. I want us to get a place together. Because if this isn’t what finding your soulmate feels like, then no such thing exists.”
Relief and exhaustion wash over her.
Again, she collapses, sighing so loudly that dirt dusts up around us.
“I don’t think we’re gonna need that safe word.”
CHAPTER 5
LUNA
I'm sore in places I didn't know existed.
I assume that's a given for anyone after a day of climbing; except I didn't climb, not yet.