14. CHAPTER FOURTEEN #2
“Vada?” she asked, slowing. “What is it?”
“Oh, my stars.” I lifted a hand to her cheek. “I think I can see your aura.”
Her eyes widened. “My aura?”
“It’s all around you.” I swallowed. “Pink and purple and blue. It’s… swirling everywhere.”
Zhari glanced over her shoulder as if she might catch sight of it herself. When she looked back at me, her expression had gone soft with wonder.
“That’s totally amazing,” she said quietly. “I can’t see my own aura though, I have tried.”
Her gaze moved over me, slow and intent.
“But I can see yours. It’s pink and purple, too. With hints of yellow.” Her smile was small, almost awed. “It’s beautiful.”
“I feel more connected to you than I ever have,” Zhari said softly. “So maybe it makes sense that you can see mine now.”
I looked down at her for a moment, at the colors curling over her skin like starlight. Then I moved her leg and pressed a soft kiss to her inner thigh.
Zhari shivered beneath me.
I brought her leg back against my stomach and settled over her again, my gaze catching on the thin gold threads trembling between us. Violet and blue deepened around her shoulders, bright enough now that I couldn’t mistake them for anything else.
“Vada,” she breathed.
I looked down at her.
Her fingers found mine, winding tightly through them. “I think it might be time.”
My chest went tight—not with uncertainty, but with the weight of it. Forever. Here. With her.
“We’re close,” Zhari whispered. Her eyes shone as she looked up at me. “I can feel it.”
The thin gold thread between us pulsed brightly.
I tightened my fingers around hers and lowered myself closer, pressing my forehead to hers.
“I’m ready,” I whispered against her lips.
Zhari tilted up and kissed me as her aura folded around us.
One of her hands dragged down my back and grabbed my ass, hauling me closer on the next grind. Her other hand found my breast and closed around it as her thumb flicked over my nipple.
I pinched hers in return—hard enough that she broke the kiss with a sharp “Ah—Vada—” before I pulled her back in. We continued to kiss while I started bouncing in short drops.
The feeling of my clit being sucked on by her clit was incredible while I moved my hips.
It pulsed softly while still suctioned, so as I bounced up, it didn’t let go.
Her nails dug into my cheek, then slid up to twist my nipple again.
I answered by rolling hers between my fingers, tugging in time with the bounce.
Her thighs trembled under me. The next drop pulled a broken moan from both of us at once. I kept moving—bounce, grind, bounce—kissing her harder every time she tried to pull away just to breathe. Her free hand fisted in my hair as mine stayed squeezing her breast.
Then her whole body jerked. She cried out against my mouth and hot jets of wetness sprayed up between us, soaking my skin as she shook.
“Vada! Oh my stars, yes!” she cried out as her hips kept thrusting into me.
The feel of her squirting tipped me over. I dropped down hard one more time and gushed, the release pulsing out of me in strong waves while I kept rocking through it.
“Oh!” I screamed, leaning back in to kiss her. “Yes! Oh yes!”
She kept her hips moving as I slowed down, riding out my orgasm.
“You are so incredible,” Zhari murmured. She collapsed backwards and let herself go limp, snuggling into the bed.
“Yeahh—uhh,” I moaned. “That was amazing!”
“Yes, it was, my little noodle. I cannot believe we bonded. We are bonded mates Vada! For life! It's just you and I.”
“I know," I giggled. "It's incredible. And I can feel you now.”
“Well yeah, you’re on top of me and my clit is still suctioned to you,” she laughed as she reached between us and wiggled at herself, pulling her clit off me. “Uhh, that felt so good."
“No, that’s what I’m trying to say. I can feel how close we are, almost like my emotions are so loud? It’s hard to explain but I’ve never felt this before.”
Zhari propped herself up on her elbows. “So not like a ‘euphoric feeling’? You can like, feel me through the bond? I often wondered what a human would feel. I don’t even know if my species or any species for that matter has bonded to a human.
” She fell back and threw her arms behind her head.
“Oh what the news will say. What my family will say. You will be the new thing for a while.” She looked back up at me.
“But don’t worry, I will be beside you every step. ”
Oh, great. I hadn’t even thought of that.
“Yeah,” I said, letting out a quiet breath. “Let’s not think about it right now. I just want to stay in this moment a little longer.”
I eased down beside her and pulled the blanket over us. Zhari curled into my side, warm and familiar, then pressed a soft kiss just beneath my ear.
I looked up and kissed her forehead.
“I just can’t believe it. It feels like a fever dream,” I sighed happily. “We bonded fully and now you’re mine as I am yours.”
“Yes,” she replied. “We did.” Her thumb brushed my cheekbone. “You are mine as I am yours. I can’t wait to spend forever and a day with you. You are everything I have ever wanted. I knew the universe heard me all those lonely nights.”
“I think the universe heard me too.”
“So,” she giggled. “Do you want to have sex again? There are so many positions I want to try with you. Like there’s this one called the Intergalactic Space Girl. It’s when you—”
“I am exhausted,” I smiled as I cut her off. “How are you not?”
“Our species loves engaging in sexual encounters, you know this. We’re always horny. It’s such a tough life.” She laughed and started sucking my earlobe. “But really,” she whispered, “I could go again.”
I laughed some more and rested my head on hers. “Yeah, I’m spent. Totally and utterly spent. But there’s always tomorrow. And the next day and the next day.”
She sighed and nuzzled into my neck, her hands sprawled out on my stomach. “Then let’s go get cleaned up, a nice warm—”
“Shower, because it helps with everything,” I cut in, laughing.
“Yes, it does!” she laughed.
“Give me a few more minutes,” I whispered, resting my chin on her head. “I just want to stay right here, holding my mate.”
She sighed, a tiny, thrilled sound escaping her lips. “Oh. Say that again. I don't think I'll ever get tired of hearing that word.”