Page 122 of Between Soul and Vessel
“I’m fine,” I said, rolling my hips. “I need more of this.”
“You’re sure?”
I nodded. “I am.”
He brought his mouth to mine, kissing me as he began to move his hips. My legs tightened around him, as he stroked my body higher and higher. I wrapped my arms around his shoulders, our bodies tangled up in each other.
He scooped me up from the windowsill and walked us over to the wall, pressing me firmly against it, locking mebetween two impossibly hard things as he drove himself into me with powerful thrusts. I kissed Von’s jaw, going down toward his neck. I could feel the blood swelling beneath his skin, feel it calling out to me. I could do this, I could—
This is how things will be for you now, Moonbeam,Aurelius’s voice repeated inside my head, his phantom still there.
No,I internally snarled back at his ghost.Because Von isn’t you, and he will never use me like you did.Power filled my veins as my canines erupted from my mouth, and I plunged them into Von’s neck.
“That’s my girl,” my mate purred as Iwillfullydrank from him.
Raw, ancient power exploded across my tongue, filling me with incredible strength. It was intoxicating. It was divine. It was Von. And he was all mine.
Pulling back, I licked his honey-sweet blood from my lips and said, “I claim you.”
“As I claim you,” he answered, branding his vow against my lips with the seal of his kiss.
I cried out as our bodies moved, speaking a dialect entirely their own.
Ancient magic thrummed around us, swirling and twirling, building into a grand crescendo. It delved beneath our skin, and we began to glow, our joined bodies encased in silver light as our souls were welded back together.
Like winter caving to spring, what once was dormant began tobloom—
The bond was reborn.
His emotions, so full of pleasure and love, thundered through me, intertwining with my own. The power of it was so strong, it sent us spiraling over the edge. My inner muscles clenched around his length, tightening and releasing as I rode out my orgasm, his name on my breathless, trembling lips.
A predator’s roar came from him as he spilled his seed inside of me, the sticky, hot substance filling me. Some of it leaked out, dripping down his beautiful length, smearing between my thighs—making a mess of us both.
Panting, he lowered his forehead to mine. “From the Three Realms until the next.”
“And whatever comes beyond that,” I rasped out the pledge, my body completely spent.
Sage
Icouldn’t remember the last time I felt this . . . happy.
Von and I laid in bed together, his large body curled protectively behind mine, his length still in me, the two of us unwilling to disconnect from one another. His strong arms were wrapped around me, an impenetrable fortress, one I never wanted to leave again.
It was a problem I’d have to figure out in the morning, but the morning hadn’t come yet. Thankfully. And right now, I was safe and warm, and tucked up beside the one I loved most.
“Von?” I asked, my fingers painting invisible symbols against his steely forearm.
“Yes, Little Goddess?” he said, his head tucked above mine.
“Do you think bond drunk is a thing?” My voice was soft, sedated.
He chuckled. “I’d say it is.”
“I think so too,” I said, a small yawn escaping me. “Von?”
“Yes, my love?” he purred then pressed a kiss against the top of my head.
“I know you don’t need to rest, but will you fall asleep with me tonight?” I didn’t know why, but it meant something to me—that he would let his guard down and join me in the land of dreams.
