Page 49 of Song For His Siren
"I love you too, my little mate."
After a long moment, their breathing slowed, and his gentle caresses returned. She loved his roughness, but she liked this too. This was how she knew him. His tongue began to lap at the bite, and she winced a bit.
"I'm sorry, my pet," he said between laps of his tongue. "This will help the healing, although you’ll always bear my mark." With that, his cock gave another twitch deep inside her. She tried to move in surprise, only to have the sense of fullness keep her rooted in place. The knot.
"So," she said, looking up at him as best she could. "How long are we stuck like this?"
"I'm not entirely certain. This is my first time knotting anyone, but I do not believe it will be terribly long. But I enjoy being this close to you." He maneuvered them on the bed so he held her back to his chest. The feel of him just holding her like this was almost as good as what they had just done.
"I know I said I love you in the heat of the moment, but I need you to know it's true. It's the truest thing I have ever said," she said.
"And I, you. You are my heart and soul. Nothing exists for me now outside of you."
Her mouth cracked in a yawn, the exhaustion of the journey and what they had just done catching up with her. "I'm so glad you came to find me," she said with a sigh.
"As am I, my mate," he said with the same exhaustion thick in his voice.
The love she felt was the last thing she was aware of as she drifted off to sleep, her orc and his seed still inside of her.
26
CALLI
Calli awoke as reached for Khuldruk, but felt nothing except the giant wet spot she was in. She sat up and felt an ache in her body. She rolled her head, only to be reminded of the throbbing bite.
"You are awake," said Khuldruk, still naked as he entered the room with a wet rag and a warm cup of tea.
"How long have you been up?" she asked.
"Not long. I brought you tea. It is your choice if you drink it. As long as you have a cup every day, you will not become pregnant," he said as he sat the tea down on the bed.
"Do you want a baby?" she asked.
"Of course, I want nothing more than to make you round with our orcling, but in time, and that time is your decision to make."
He sat on the bed and pulled her leg to the side. "Let me," he said as she used the warm rag to gently wipe her before taking a salve from the bedside table and applying it.
Instantly, the ache lessened. "What is that?"
"It is a remedy to help you to heal. After this and a bath, you should feel much better. As for the bite, I do wish there wasa salve for it, but it will heal in time, and I can help it along," he said, giving it another wet kiss and lifting her from the bed. "Come. The warm water will feel good. Then, I will change the sheets and have some food brought to the room."
As he carried her to the bath, the look in his eyes held something she didn't quite understand, but it felt like everything. It warmed her and called to her. Closing her eyes, she snuggled into his chest. That same feeling she found in his gaze, she felt in his arms. She had never felt anything like it before. It felt like love and belonging. It felt like home.Hefelt like home. This was the feeling she had been chasing her entire life, and the emotions threatened to overwhelm her.
"What are you singing?" he asked
She looked up at him, confused. "I wasn't singing?"
The loving expression on his face changed into a furrowed brow. "Singing or not, I heard you all the same. I think your heart might be singing to mine."
“Is that possible?”
"I don't know. I've never been mated to a siren before," he said as she lowered them into the bath.
The warmth of the water enveloped her as she stayed in her orc’s strong arms. The feeling of home once again overwhelmed her as this magical moment shimmered between them.
"I hear it again," he said as he pressed a kiss to her head and took a deep breath, breathing her in.
"Are you ever going to stop smelling me?" she asked with a giggle that seemed to twinkle in the warm air of the bath.
