Page 56 of Until Forever Comes
“Miguel!” I cried out and clasped his back, scratching my nails into his skin as I grappled for purchase.
“Right here, baby,” he grunted as he pounded into me. “Right fucking here.”
He tangled his fingers in my hair and locked my head in place. Then he struck, sinking his fangs into me and drawing out my blood. I cried out his name and filled the space between us with my release. Miguel followed me seconds later, arching his neck and bellowing in ecstasy as he came deep inside of me.
We stayed tangled together, catching our breaths, letting our hearts slow to normal, and exchanging soft licks and kisses. Eventually, Miguel rolled onto his back and pulled me close to him. I flung my leg over his hip and my arm over his chest. He tucked my head under his chin and I sighed in contentment, pleased that my body fit just right with my mate’s.
“You feel better, baby?” he asked.
“Yeah.”
“You know, this visit from your family is going to be just fine. Every year you stress and fret, and then everyone has a wonderful time and you realize it was all for nothing.”
“I know I’m being silly,” I admitted. “It’s just that Crissy’s boys are already grown, starting their own families, and the twins are sure to follow suit.” I shrugged. “This might be the last summer they come with Crissy for her annual trip.”
“Each of your nephews brings his brood up here at least once a year. Those boys love the lake. And Joan and Leah think their godfather hung the moon. Do you really think they’ll stop coming to see you?”
I licked his skin, just because I could.
“No,” I conceded. “I know they’ll come. And they’reourgoddaughters.”
“Good, then it’s settled.Ourgoddaughters are going to have a ball visiting their favorite uncles. And we’ll go to Kfarkattan for a few days in the winter and rent a room in that new hotel so we can meet that Jeremy person Joan’s been dating—”
“Leah,” I corrected him.
“What?”
“Leah is dating Jeremiah. Has been since fall. Crissy suspects Joan’s dating someone too, but she hasn’t brought him around yet.”
“Okay,” Miguel said with a chuckle. “I stand corrected. We’ll go to Kfarkattan and meet Leah’s new guy. Is that better?”
I grunted.
“It’s almost sunset, baby. Let’s try to get some sleep.”
“All right,” I said and closed my eyes.
“And Ethan?”
“Yeah?”
“If you’re having trouble sleeping again,” he said as he skimmed his hand down my back and over to my bottom and gave me a squeeze, “you go right ahead and wake me up.”
“HEY,what are you doing out here all alone?” I asked my sister as I approached. She was standing in front of the lake, looking over the water with her arms crossed over her chest and a pained expression on her face.
“I was just thinking,” she said and turned to me, holding her arms wide open.
I stepped into her embrace and hugged her tightly. “I miss you more than you know, Crissy,” I said.
“Oh, I know,” she answered with a sniffle. “Because I miss you just as much.”
We stayed together for several long minutes, neither of us wanting to let go.
“Mama and Pop are doing well?” I asked her.
She patted my shoulder and stepped back. “They’re fine. Getting older. You know how it is.” One corner of her mouth turned up in a wry grin. “I take that back,” she said. “You don’t know how it is.”
I chuckled. “I’m getting older. It just doesn’t show as quick on me.”
