Chapter 13 Aurelia #2
“Not at all, actually. But I trust you. Now, let's get you to your bonded before they start wrecking my furniture—again.”
Excitement unraveled in my chest. I could imagine Vesper and Cedar getting so angry with Atlas they decided to take it upon themselves and give her room a new makeover.
Atlas showed me down the hall and through the first waiting room. The castle seemed surprisingly empty, or not, considering that, to them, I was the enemy.
“They're in there.” Atlas pointed at the open door, but I stopped at the threshold, giving her a look.
“We should probably talk about General Lee,” I said. “I found out something. Though I want everyone to hear it.”
“We can discuss it in the meeting after, but first…” She nodded to the door again. “They asked for privacy.”
Atlas sent me a lingering look before she turned around and walked down the hallway.
If my heart could speed up in my chest, it would be going a million miles a second.
I walked in and saw them immediately, both standing.
“Have time to talk, Princess?” Cedar asked and motioned for me to take a seat on the couch. I looked at her and then at Vesper, but neither said anything more.
They’re probably still upset over the way I left last time. Well, so am I.
“How generous,” I mumbled, sitting down. “This is my long-awaited wedding present?”
The memory of Cedar's blood was fresh in my mind. Her taste on my lips. Vesper's fingers moving with mine as we fucked our witch.
I could feel that she was thinking about it too through the bond.
Cedar walked around to the other side of the couch. Slow and languid, like a cat, but I hadn’t forgotten how her magic had reacted to our bond. Heat and excitement burst through me.
She placed her hands on the back of the couch, one on either side of me. Vesper simply stared at us before she stepped forward slowly.
“What did your husband say when he tasted me on your lips?”
I knew she was trying to get a rise out of me by mentioning Caspian. We all knew he was nothing to me.
“That you tasted delicious.”
She let out a huff.
“Don’t tell me you washed me off.”
It was my turn to laugh.
“You should know we haven’t even kissed once.”
Cedar's hands were on my shoulders, rubbing the tension away. Her fingers worked against my sore muscles with precision. I knew I was tense, but I had no idea it was this bad.
“Did someone forget their massage today, Princess?”
Vesper’s words were like a sucker punch to the gut, but instead of hurting, it just made that delicious heat brewing inside me all that more potent.
She was letting me know what she was about to do to me. Just like that first night. I tried to move, but Cedar was there, holding me against the couch, her hand coming to circle my throat, forcing me to look up at her.
My breath caught. Vesper was between my legs, pushing my skirt up. She let out a growl when she realized I wasn't wearing any panties and that she could see just how soaked I already was for her.
Cedar’s thumb came into my mouth, forcing it open, then leaning down to kiss me just as Vesper's mouth met my cunt.
I gasped. I had been so on edge since bonding with Cedar that I was aching for more.
“Did you miss Vesper’s tongue? She’s been dying to taste you again.”
I couldn’t dignify that with a response because Vesper’s lips wrapped around my clit and sucked—hard. Her vampire strength was at full play, and the intensity of it had my back bowing.
“God, you taste so fucking good,” Vesper moaned on her knees for me. “I missed this.”
“This is what you call talking?” I forced out as Vesper’s fingers played at my entrance.
Cedar pushed my head down so I could see Vesper between my legs. The look in her eyes almost sent me into an early orgasm.
“You look at that face and tell me you could deny her.”
I spread myself further, letting my little mouse ravage me.
“As if I could ever… Fuck!”
My cries stopped as her teeth sank into my inner thigh. White-hot pain shot through me, Vesper’s newborn vampire fangs feeling far sharper than a normal vampire’s. Maybe it was just the shock of it.
Or maybe it was just building up since the moment I first saw them and yearned for her to sink them into me. To claim me. To bond me.
The pain didn't last long—my lovers made sure of that. Not only did Vesper pump me with vampire venom, but Cedar was behind me, her hands traveling my body until they slipped underneath the top of my dress, her fingers plucking my nipples.
“Again,” I moaned as Vesper started fucking me with her fingers. I didn’t have to say anything. She was unstoppable. Curling and twisting them in a way that made me arch off the sofa.
Vesper looked up at us, her mouth covered with blood.
“Our princess is asking you to bite her again, Vesper. Are you going to listen like a good little toy, or…?”
Vesper's lips twisted, and I caught sight of her pearly white new fangs. Krae, she was so handsome like this. Human Vesper was something, but vampire Vesper? She was going to destroy me.
“Does your husband know how prettily you beg?” Cedar whispered in my ear.
My breath caught as Vesper’s face disappeared between my legs, and I felt her tongue against my clit. She gave me a few pure moments of pleasure before she turned her head to the other side and sank her fangs back into me.
The vampire venom was already taking over. I let out an embarrassingly loud cry that I was sure Atlas and her clan members, no matter how far, could hear.
“I wasn't begging,” I hissed, but it sounded far breathier than I would've liked.
“Stop trying to hold onto your dignity,” Cedar teased, her teeth dragging across my ear. “Let go, Princess. Come back to us.”
Vesper’s fingers were destroying me while her tongue lapped at my center, her low growl sending sparks through me. Cedar twisted my nipples and bit whatever skin she could find.
I couldn’t stop my orgasm if I tried.
“Good Princess,” Cedar whispered. “Doesn’t she look good between us, Vesper?”
Vesper showed her head, her mouth covered in my blood.
“Breathtaking.”
The emotions I was trying to keep at bay came crashing down in that moment. My eyes stung. My throat constricted. Bloodred tears filled my eyes.
“I missed you two,” I whispered, letting the brokenness I felt finally show in my voice.
“Oh, my poor princess.”
Vesper got up to wrap her arms around me as Cedar changed her position so she was hugging both of us.
I couldn’t stop the sobs from racking my body.
“I’m sorry I didn’t come for you,” I told Vesper as I leaned into their embrace, the warmth seeping deep into my being.
I don’t deserve it.
“It hurt,” Vesper said in a low voice. “But I hoped the two of you wouldn’t forget about me.”
“You know, you can lean on me too, Brat.” Cedar’s warm breath tickled my ear.
“We’re here now. Both of us.”
Lean on her? It felt so foreign to hear it. Uncomfortable. In a world that kept showing me I could trust no one, how could I?
I can because it’s them.
“Don't go off on your own anymore, okay? Remember, no more secrets. That goes for both of you.”
All the warmth seeping from them into me, combined with the vulnerability of their words, was too much for me to handle. The hate was so much easier—the fiery burning feeling that made me act without hesitancy.
This felt different.
Love.
It was the scariest thing I ever experienced. I never once thought twice about my actions. I relied on my feelings to push me forward, to make the decision for me.
But now I couldn't be as reckless because with one wrong move, both would be taken from me.
“I won’t,” I vowed and pulled away to look at them.
Part of me was scared to do it. It wasn't really the anger I was worried about, but the… betrayal. I didn't want them to hate me, even if it was easier. I wasn't sure if my heart could handle it.
When I met their gazes, though, the feeling in their eyes had the world freezing around us. Much warmer than I could've ever hoped for.
It looked like love.
“I love you,” I whispered, my hands coming to cup their faces. I looked at the newly turned vampire and then at the witch. “Both of you. I promise I won't do it again.”
Vesper’s arms tightened around me, and Cedar froze for a moment, her eyes traveling my face.
“She's not lying. You can feel that in the bond, can't you?”
Vesper’s words had Cedar narrowing her eyes at her.
“Vampirism has made you bolder than usual,” she said with a hiss.
Vesper gave her a shit-eating grin.
“You like it,” she teased, and then looked at me, her expression changing. “Are you willing?”
She didn't have to say anything else for me to understand what she was saying. No matter how dull the bond inside us was now, I could still sense the bit of anxiety and hope she held in there.
She was asking if I wanted to revive the bond.
Of course I do.
In the past, I had hated her bonding me without my permission, even though it was an accident. But now that I had gone for so long without strengthening our bond? I felt like I was missing something. Missing her.
“Do you want me to answer for you?” Cedar asked, her fingers ghosting my neck. The low, sultry tone of her voice made me shiver.
“The two of you seem to have forgotten your place,” I said, moving, trying to regain some control. I grabbed Vesper by the hair and forced her neck to the side. She let out that delicious little moan that told me she loved how rough I was being with her. “I guess it's time to remind you.”
I sank my fangs into Vesper’s neck, taking deep gulps of her blood, and our bond flared to life immediately, connecting not just the two of us, but us and Cedar as well.
“Oh fuck,” the witch cursed from behind me. Pleasure and lust shot through us. Vesper's hands were on my thighs like they had a mind of their own.
No, wait.
It was more than just her body reacting to the bonding. These wishes were… Cedar’s.
I could feel the violent need coursing through us. Thoughts were put into my head that weren't mine, telling me to do things like pull Vesper closer, tweak my own nipples, lick the base of my neck…
Cedar’s wet tongue was doing just that, our desires aligned. Her hands were between my legs—no, those were Vesper's fingers pushing into me.
The three of us were connected, the bond so powerful that it was pushing aside everything else.
There was no Caspian. There was no one else. Just the three of us, our thoughts, our desires, our love melding together.
There was no stopping us. Fingers were forced into wet cunts. Lips were fastened around nipples and clits. There was no telling where one began and one ended. The blood coursing through us intertwined us so deeply, we were no longer three separate beings but one working together.
I didn't even know we’d stopped until I found myself naked and lying across the couch on the two of them, the buzz from the bond still alive and coursing through my veins when I finally found my wits.
“What did they do to you in there?” I asked Vesper, my eyes shooting to her.
She froze under me, and for once, I wasn’t sure I wanted to know the truth, afraid it would hurt too bad.
But for her, I needed to know. I needed to know who would feel my wrath after we made it out of here.