“She asked if she could play while Yelena was figuring out her experiment. Oh, I had another Hecate vision too, so I kind of rolled with it when Velda offered. I don’t know if that was exactly what the goddess meant, but it seemed timely?”
Where is Yelena now?
“She’s dealing with a small crisis. Another person freaking out over the lockdown. I have to go to a Protectors meeting later tonight.”
“I’m glad we figured out something for your power,” I said, “but I wish I had been there. It felt fun.”
Logan tilted her head. “What do you mean it felt fun?”
“I could feel you through the bond.”
“Oh, gods. Well, that’s not embarrassing at all.” Logan buried her face against me, but I could only laugh.
“Don’t be embarrassed. It has some interesting implications.”
“What kind of implications?”
Ones that mean I don’t want to be between you two while you figure it out.Caden wiggled out of Logan’s grasp and headed into the bathroom. A moment later, the shower started.
“Explain,” Logan said, pawing at me.
I drew her in for another kiss and reached down to hook my hand behind her knee and pull it across my body. Little frissons of her pleasure ricocheted through the bond. “Touch me.”
Her fingertips trailed down my chest and hooked around my waist before moving back up and under my T-shirt with purpose. “Oh. This feels like forbidden knowledge.”
Logan climbed up on top of me, her knees on either side of my hips. I had hoped more than intended to get her into this position. I wasn’t in any condition to be on top just yet, but I’d been missing her pressed against me. Our bond was so fresh, and I might’ve been feeling a bit needy after being ready to throw down my life for her.
“Are you okay for this?” she asked, tracing her fingers over my cheek. “I’m not hurting you?”
“You’d be able to feel if you were,” I pointed out.
Elation poured through the bond again, and she tipped forward to kiss me until it felt like I might pass away from lack of oxygen. Her forehead pressed softly against mine. “I haven’t properly thanked you for saving me. I’m sure there are probably better times to say it, but I love you so much. I hated every time you left us, and the selfish part of me is glad that we bonded, even if by accident, because it means you never have to leave me again.”
Every word out of her mouth loosened a knot that had lived in my chest for years. I had always known that she wanted me, and certainly that she was fond of me, but I hadn’t quite let myself dream that she loved me.
“Lo, I love you an absolutely ridiculous amount, and I’m more than happy to stay for as long as you’ll have me.”
Her next kiss was like fire, the tendrils of her magic brushing over my skin as she rucked up the skirt of her dress and tugged down the simple sweatpants I wore. I threw my head back as she lowered herself down. I shouldn’t have been surprised at how wet she was already, considering Yelena and Velda had played with her earlier, but it caught me off guard how easily we fit together.
I held my breath as she moved. It was hard to think, or do much of anything, with the slick heat of her body enveloping mine. The surges of pleasure in her own body from her bringing us together shot through the bond like lightning. Logan’s eyes glowed with power, mewls pouring from her lips as she moved in a steady rhythm. I locked my fingers onto the softness of her hips, kneading like the contented cat I was.
Being with her was overwhelming in every sense. The feel of her drowned out everything else, the noises she made were the only sound my ears could perceive, the rest of the room blurred out so my eyes could focus on only her, and the scent of her arousal filled every breath. All that was left was to taste her again.
I dragged her toward me, greedily licking into her mouth and taking her lips with my own. Through it all, her hips never faltered, her body chasing the pleasure for both of us.
“Fuck, Seth, I’m so close.”
“Come for me, Lo.”
She cried out against my mouth, her hand locking around the amulet I wore at my throat. The wave of my own pleasureas I burst inside her was almost eclipsed by the tsunami of hers flooding through the bond until I was drowning. The heat of her was just on the tolerable side of unbearable, the amulet in her hand blazing with light, absorbing the bulk of the power she delivered.
I had no idea how long it took us to come down off that high. We were like the shoreline—waves crashing and withdrawing to return again, bathing us in a swell of pleasure. Slow kisses eased us down from the peak until eventually she pulled away, tidying me up with an eager tongue before replacing my pants like she had found them.
“I’m going to rinse off. Do you mind if I…”
“Caden is your mate, bonded or not. I’m never going to stand in the way of you two being together. And I definitely don’t want to stand in the way of you getting as many orgasms as possible in this life.”
Logan laughed and laid another dizzying kiss on me before disappearing into the bathroom.