Chapter 10
CHAPTER TEN
Morax
The strength of our mate bond was the only thing keeping me from losing my damn mind.
Michaela dropped as soon as the stone cracked, and I caught her.
Her limp body weighed next to nothing in my arms, and yet she was my everything.
Delphine assured me she would wake whenever what was in the stone completed its task.
Michaela’s skin glowed, and I could feel some new power burning through her veins. Flashes of visions passed through my head, but they were all too fast to catch. And yet, I knew what this meant. I hugged her close when she started to tremble.
“The Sight,” I murmured, kissing her golden hair. “She’s becoming a Seer.”
“Holy shit,” Grem blurted. “Well, that will certainly help our cause.”
“As long as she can handle it,” Delphine whispered thoughtfully.
I snapped my fangs at the witch. “She is stronger than you know. Michaela can handle anything.”
Levi grinned, navy-blue eyes twinkling, and rested his thick arms over the back of a chair. “I have no fucking clue what’s going on, but it’s all very exciting.”
Michaela suddenly groaned, and I pulled back enough to see her face. Her eyes opened slowly, and I gazed into the blue and gold irises of my perfect other half. “Hello, my love. Are you all right?”
She smiled softly. “I think so. It was Lailah.”
A thud caught our attention, and everyone in the room turned to Nuriela. She’d dropped to her knees, eyes wide. “Did you talk to her?” Her voice was rough with emotion.
Michaela moved into a sitting position in my arms and nodded. “She said you did everything right and…see you in the stars.”
A sob caught in Nuriela’s throat, and in the next moment, she fled the room. Lo followed after her.
Michaela closed her eyes, brow scrunching, and Delphine clapped once to get everyone’s attention. “Well, now that that’s done, you’ve got three days to figure out how to use all your new powers to get us to Stella Terra.”
“What?!” my mate, and I shouted in unison.
Delphine shrugged. “Yes well, if we don’t get Devon’s body back together with his soul in about three days, he will actually die. I’m confident you’ll figure this out before that happens.”
“Why me? Why can’t you take us back?” Michaela groaned anxiously. I could hear her heart fluttering dangerously fast.
“Because with all that Seer power running in your veins, you’re now the most powerful creature at the table, Michaela Valdis.” Delphine smirked. “Might even give Seraphina a run for it.”
At her words, Michaela sucked in a breath, her eyes glazing over, her Seer power already active. She blinked several times. “Holy hell. I don’t think so.”
My claws tickled my mate’s bare flesh as I nipped at her throat. She moaned, soft and mewling in my arms. The saucy lumen wiggled her ass against my cock, getting it half hard for her already.
After the dramatics of the afternoon, I insisted we rest and take some time to ourselves.
We did not, in fact, get any rest. Michaela Valdis was impossible to resist. And sharing her with all those other creatures all fucking day drove me insane.
I needed to feel her body submitting beneath mine.
Hear her soft moans and take her screams as I filled her with my seed.
Once I had my fill, for the moment, I carried her to the tub where we now rested. She wiggled against me again, and I bit into her neck. The sound of her moans drew a low purr from my chest.
“Naughty little lumen,” I uttered in a menacing tone. “Behave or you’ll be punished.”
“Promise?” she whispered, her big doe eyes captivating me completely.
“Always.” I stole a kiss from her plump, pink lips. This perfect creature was my addiction, and I would never get enough of her. “How are you feeling?”
She sighed in my arms, her golden hair piled high on her head to keep it from getting wet. “Like I have been given too many responsibilities and no time to figure out how to handle them.”
I was inclined to agree. Delphine saddled Michaela with a heavy burden, and yet, it wasn’t really the witch who did this.
Retracting my claws, I cupped Michaela’s cheek gently and forced her to look at me.
“This power was always meant to come to you. If we know anything, it’s that your mother put her plans in place before you were even born. ”
My mate’s dual-colored eyes brimmed with tears. “But if she saw so much, how could she not change this fate? If she knew this great evil was coming to us, why couldn’t she stop it?”
I brushed a tear from her cheek, wanting desperately to take her sorrow away. “Perhaps she wasn’t meant to stop it. Aurora Valdis was a fierce lumen and queen. She would never have put her children in harm’s way if there was another choice.”
Michaela stared up at me with grief shining in her eyes. “How do you know she was fierce? How could she know I would be strong enough to take this on?”
My mate needed to be reminded of her own strength. She needed to train and gain confidence. The doubt clouding her mind and flowing through our bond was unacceptable. I lifted my little lumen from the tub, and she yelped as I cradled her soft body to my chest.
“It’s time to practice,” I announced, walking us back to the bedroom. “No mate of mine is allowed to feel inadequate.”
I tossed her onto the bed, and a gasp whooshed out of her. The predator in me growled at the site of its prey in such a vulnerable position. Michaela’s pupils dilated as she dragged her gaze down my chest to my hard length that was already eager for the feel of her.
“Again?” she teased, clenching her thighs together.
But that wouldn’t do. I needed to see her.
Every perfect inch of her belonged to me.
Using my earth power, I conjured vines to latch on to her ankles and splayed her legs.
Her pink pussy glistened with desire, and a purr built in my chest. I stalked to the edge of the bed, my tongue flicking out to taste her desire in the air.
Michaela licked her lips, a beautiful blush coloring her cheeks.
“Again,” I growled, grabbing her thighs and tugging her body to me. “And again.” I dropped to my knees, lining my face up with her perfect cunt. “And again.”
Not waiting another second for her response, I drove my forked tongue into her sweet heat. She moaned for me, her legs shaking as I edged her toward another orgasm. The sounds of her pleasure had my cock leaking, eager for her.
“Fuck, my love. My mate,” I murmured between her thighs. “You taste absolutely divine.”
She whimpered at my words, and I sucked her clit between my teeth. “Morax. Make me come. Please.”
The sound of her sweet voice begging me was all it took. I was a slave to her pleasure. “As you wish, mate.” Her head rolled back, and I nipped at her thigh with my fangs, bringing her gaze back to mine. “Eyes on me, little lumen. I need to see your face when I ruin you.”