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“Me too. Something always kept me tethered though, I want to believe it was you.”
Ty closes his eyes like he needs a moment to let that sink in. I can see his trust in my words is fragile. He doesn’t want to risk his heart when I’ve been so distant for months. I understand.
Maybe my next words will convince him I’m done with running scared from my own feelings.
“Ty,” I pause until he reopens his eyes. “Will you be my mate?”
CHAPTER 26
TY
Her words wash through me and echo in my head as I stare at her. This is all I’ve wanted, since the days I was watching her back in Froan City. My heart and soul scream at me to just accept. Even my shadows feel like they’re shoving me towards her. But a tiny voice in my head keeps my body locked still.
“Are you sure?” I can’t help but ensure she knows what she’s asking. We’ve talked about it, discussed it in abstract, but right now, at this moment, I’m finding it surreal.
My head swims again as I take in her tattoo. She inked her skin with me. A part of me anyway.
Red swings her legs out around her so she’s kneeling. With my heart taking off in my chest, she moves towards me like I’m a skittish deer. Slowly, purposefully, she moves forward until she's straddling my lap.
The weight of her anchors me to the ground. I want to pull her closer, pull her down on me. But she hovers her body on my thighs instead of flush with mine. My hands come to her waist of their own volition. I can feel the silk of her damn corset under my fingers.Fuck me, she’s wearing a fucking corset. It's doing such delicious things to her breasts and waist.
Red cups my face in her delicate hands, one of which is marked with my shadows as she pulls my gaze up to meet hers. She’s so warm and soft around me. Her flaming hair a halo around her head.
“I’m sure, Ty. It’s you. It’s always been you.”
“You know it’s forever.”
“I know. Till death do us part.”
“I love you,” I tell her, reaching up to run my fingers through those beautiful curls.
“Why does that feel like you’re about to reject me?” She freezes above me.
“It’s not,” I quickly reassure her. “I just wanted to say it before I said yes.”
“You’re saying yes?” Her eyes fill with that emerald fire that I’ve missed so much.
“Yes, Red.” I stare up at her, keeping myself completely still as I say the most important words I’ve ever uttered in my seven decades on this planet. “I’ve been yours since the moment I laid eyes on you. Consciously or not, I’ve belonged to you, body and soul. You brought me back to life. I was like a ghost, drifting through my existence and punishing myself for everything I’d lost. You made me want to live again, gave me reason to try. It would be my greatest honour to be your mate.”
Her eyes swim with tears but before they have a chance to fall, she slams her mouth down onto mine. The kiss is fierce. She doesn’t hesitate, immediately opening, her tongue searching for mine. The growl that escapes me as they meet is pure need. This isn’t like the one we shared earlier. This is our souls colliding.
I lean up into her and feed her my love, my hands lowering to her hips, thumbs skimming down the damned corset once more. I pull her flush to me, needing her closer, needing to feel the warmth and weight of her. My chest practically cracks open as the love I have for her bursts free. My heart is going a million beats per second, sending me breathless as we devour each other.
Her hands find zips and buttons, removing my coat. Ourlips have to break apart so she can whip my jumper and base layer over my head. My nipples pebble at the sub-zero night but then she’s back, pressing against me and grinding on my lap as our tongues meet once more.
My cock throbs painfully in my trousers, it's been solid since she climbed onto my lap. Red releases the most delicious sounds each time she runs her core down my length, which I drink down. I need to remove more of our clothes.
I have enough brain power left to register that Red’s coat lays out behind her before I surge forward, holding Red to me with one hand on her ass and one between her shoulder blades so she doesn't fall backwards. I gently place her down on the coat so her skin isn’t on the rocky surface, and I settle my weight over her for one more kiss before I sit back, hand already unlacing her trousers.
Red raises to her elbow to watch me as I make quick work of her boots and lower garments, ripping her underwear down with the rest. I launch to my feet to make quick work of my own remaining clothes, spreading more out around us in a makeshift blanket. I could move us inside the cave but out here the stars above light up her skin.
I drop back to my knees and place open mouthed kisses up the length of her inner left thigh. I’m not gentle with my fangs this time. Not wanting to cut her yet, but I do press the columns of them to her delicate skin as I lick and suck and taste. My ears are rewarded with the filthiest little moans and a flush of arousal permeating the air. I know her pussy is going to be soaked by the time I reach the juncture of her thighs and whilst I’m desperate for a taste, I savour her skin.
“Ty, please,” Red pants desperately.
“Want something?” I play ignorance whilst also running a finger up her folds in a teasing barely-there touch.
The growl I get in response has me smirking against her skin as I slow mytrail up her thigh.
