Chapter 19 Dana
“I missed you too, my mate.”
It took me several seconds for the words to finally make sense. At first, I thought I’d imagined it. Perhaps he meant something else, or the translator malfunctioned.
“What did you just call me?”
Gnnar pressed his lips into a thin line, and his arms tightened around me. “I was planning to bring you to my nest first. But I cannot deny the truth any longer. You are my mate, Dana. My Starlight. I do not wish to live a moment longer without you.”
Starlight? So that was what he had been calling me during our escape. I liked it.
There was a soft but drawn-out “Awwwww,” from behind us and I realized we had an audience. Before I could look, Gnnar’s wings wrapped around us, cocooning us and giving us a semblance of privacy, despite standing in the middle of the courtyard.
“Yes, Gnnar. I agree. I’ll be your mate,” I blurted out.
Was it too early? Was it crazy to devote the rest of my life to someone I’d only met last week? Yes. It was. What I should do is tell him that we should date for a while first before making such a huge commitment. Mates were forever. But I’d spent my entire life doing what I should and never what I wanted. I needed a change, and that change was him.
Gnnar frowned. “You haven’t seen my nest yet.”
“I don’t need a nest to know that you’d do anything to protect me. I don’t need a nest to know that I can count on you when I need you the most. And I definitely don’t need a nest to know that you make me happy. But I also know that this nest is very important to you and your culture. So please Gnnar, show me your nest! Then, after, if it makes you happy, I’ll tell you I’ll be your mate again.”
“That would make me very happy.”
In an instant, Gnnar had his hand tangled in my hair and his lips devouring mine with a hunger so fierce that it turned my knees to jelly. I would’ve melted into a puddle if he hadn’t been supporting me.
I kissed him back, filling the Gnnar-shaped void that had grown in his absence. Our tongues danced and dueled. I found myself wrapped around him, my feet no longer on the ground. The need for him was wild, overwhelming, unrestrained. I wanted—no—needed him like I needed air itself.
It was the shouted “Go get a room!” that had us coming up for air. I turned and glared at the voice and found Sami grinning like a fool and giving us a thumbs-up.
Yup, I wasn’t in Nova Vita anymore.
“I have a better solution. Ready to see my nest?”
I nodded. I was more than ready.
Gnnar leaped into the air. There was no fear this time as the village disappeared below me; I knew Gnnar would never drop me. I was safe in his arms.
Then the significance hit me: this was our mating flight! This was it! He was taking me to his nest. Warmth welled up inside me. Even though I’d already told him I’d be his mate and had meant every word, this felt infinitely more official.
I closed my eyes, overcome with a feeling of awe. His masculine scent filled my lungs, the crisp spring air rushed by, and there was the steady beating of his powerful wings. It was perfect in every way. Superior to anything I could read in Penny’s books because it was with Gnnar. This was ours.
His hands explored my body like he was trying to memorize every inch of me. It started little fires all over my skin. By the time we were hovering in front of a ledge with a carved wooden door and an intricate pattern painted in neon green over it, I was begging him to help put the fires out.
The door slid open as he approached and he swooped inside, landing gracefully on his feet as his wings closed behind him. As my eyes adjusted to the dimmer light, I focused on Gnnar and all the places we touched. He still carried me, and I reached up to pull myself higher so I could leave kisses all over his face and throat.
He released me, and I landed on something soft and bouncy. It was a bed, but not just any bed—this one was round and had sides that came up ever so slightly. I understood that the entire cave was considered a nest, but he’d made a nest inside his nest! It was covered in the softest blankets, some made of furs, others of cool-feeling fabrics. But the best thing by far about the bed was that Gnnar was crawling onto… or into, it.
Horned, winged, and rippling with muscles—he’d filled in since the last time I saw him—he was the sexiest, most majestic beast of a warrior I’d ever seen. And he was all mine!
He was naked too, having shed his pants onto the cave’s tiled floors. His dark red cock jutted out proudly in front of him, making me lick my lips at the memory of having it in my mouth. When I’d first seen the way his thick vertical ridges spiraled around his length, it reminded me of sweet frozen treats, and I had to go in for a taste. The musky, salty-sweet flavor had me staying for more.
I licked my lips, but before I could reach for it, Gnnar shoved me down onto the mattress, pinning me with a big hand across my throat. He loomed over me, big and powerful, as his other hand made quick work of my clothes, tearing them from my body like frivolous wrapping.
His eyes glittered as he took me in. “You’re so perfect, my sweet Starlight.” His forked tongue snaked across his lips. “Just a little taste.”
He bent down, nudging my head to the side so he could kiss, lick, and nibble down my throat and neck, fanning fires he’d started on the flight here. I couldn’t stop the needy whimper that escaped my lips. The whimpers soon became moans and pants as he moved down over my belly. My legs were shaking as I urged him lower with my hands on his horns.
Gnnar chuckled. “Eager, little mate?”
I responded by scratching my nails lightly at the base of his horns, pulling a groan from him. Shredding the last piece of clothing from my body and tossing it over the edge of our nest bed, he dove in for the kill, lapping at my clit like a man starved. I reeled, tossing my head back against the pillows. My knees tightened over his horns, shaking as his tongue teased and played me expertly.
Then his tail was there, taking over for his mouth. It rubbed in firm, tight circles as it vibrated. His tongue, now free, delved into my pussy. The shrill sound that came from my lips echoed through the cave. I bucked my hips, but his powerful hands held me down as his tail and tongue continued to drive me higher, slowly but surely drawing the pleasure from me.
I was cursing and begging now, completely lost in the mindless bliss, tossing my head from side to side. When he stopped, leaving me at the very edge, I whined. Lifting his head and tearing his horns from my grasp, he stared at me with a wicked grin.
“Not yet, Starlight. I want to watch your face.”
His words left me a little confused until his hand came to collar my throat again. There was a glint in his fiery eyes as his tail moved, thrusting into me. He curved his tail up, pressing it against my front walls, then started a punishing rhythm, each thrust hitting something inside that had me howling and screaming. Wetness gushed from me, coating his tail.
But the sexiest thing of all was the satisfied grin on his face as he watched me thrashing wildly.
“Fuck. That’s so beautiful.”
My channel was still pulsing around his tail when he flipped me over, shoving several pillows under my hips so that my ass was displayed in the air for him. I only mourned the loss of his tail for a split second before he was rubbing the thick head of his cock up and down my slit.
Draped over the pillows, my body shook and shivered as he pressed in, his huge cock splitting me open. Just like every time before, it felt as if it was too much. But this time, when his monster cock was finally seated in me, Gnnar surprised me with something new. The tip of his tail, still wet with my juices, pressed against the rosebud of my ass.
My eyes went wide, and I stiffened when I realized what he planned to do.
“Trust me. Relax. I’ll care for you.” His softly crooned words calmed me, as did the pheromones he produced.
Rolled up into a bullet shape, the tip of his tail pressed in as he pulled out with his cock. I let out a squeak as it slid in. Okay, that wasn’t too bad. But then he thrust in with his cock, filling my pussy again, and everything changed. Gnnar repeated the motion again, pulling out with his cock, and pressing in with his tail. And again, when he refilled me with his cock, his tail didn’t budge an inch.
Oh god! I was so full.
The scream I let loose when he started fucking me hard shook the entire mountain.