Chapter 46
CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
Typhon
The secrets of my brothers and Seraphina bubbling to the surface were dark and twisted, and not the kind I enjoyed.
Andras and Seraphina’s stories brought my vengeful beast to the surface, but Levi’s and Devon’s…
their secrets were blackening my soul to the point of no return.
My own fucking father brutalized my Levi.
He was mine to love and fuck and feel things for that I only ever felt when Seraphina first walked into my gym.
How could he look at me? How could he stand to be near me?
As early as middle school, people commented on how akin to my father I was. Our relation was indisputable. Did Levi’s heart break when I fucked him, got rough with him? Because his secret was breaking mine.
Then Dev. Fucking hells, my own brother truly wanted me dead, and nearly succeeded.
I could feel the bonds linking us all beginning to fray as my own soul unravelled.
It is not your secret shame that we desire. But your forgiveness.
Fuck you.
Pain filled my lungs as the water rushed down my throat. It was nothing compared to the shattering of my fucking heart. I was never certain I had one, until now when it cleaved in two.
Mate bonds are sacred, and only your truest selves can rise again.
More than anything, I wanted the bonds of my brothers and my woman restored. It was my greatest desire, my deepest hope. But in this moment, my soul was unmoored and alone.
The sliver of a thread connecting me to Seraphina glowed with power, tugging me back.
You will never be alone again, Typhon. Come back to us.
Seraphina’s words echoed down the bond, a whisper, but it was enough.
My father, the fucking bastard, was dead. I was not him, and never fucking would be. I loved Levi, and I would never let him forget it. And Dev, the little prick. I’d kick his ass again, but forgiveness was his. We deserved forgiveness.
At my final words, the pain subsided. The mate bond pulsed with life. Suddenly, I could feel them all, every emotion flooded through me, but one echoed through us all, joy. A radiant, happy-as-fuck joy.
We did it, motherfuckers. I sent the words down the bond just as control of my own limbs returned. Kicking to the surface, I swam across the pool and wrapped Levi in my arms.
“I wish he was alive, only so I could kill him again,” I growled into his neck, biting and marking his flesh.
Levi melted into my arms, tugging my hair free of its tie and threading his fingers in it. “I have never seen him in you. Every inch of your flesh, every piece of your soul, belongs to me, just as I belong to you. I love you, Ty.”
His words filled my heart with relief. I knew they were true because of the restored mate bond, but hearing them from his lips was something I didn’t know I needed.
A petite figure squeezed between our bodies, and my dick jumped to attention at the naked goddess now wedged between us.
“If you’re fucking, we’re fucking,” Seraphina whined. “Did anyone else get horny as hell the second the mate bond returned?”
Seraphina faced Levi, and he was currently eye-fucking the shit out of her. I wrapped my hand around her throat, holding her in place. With our souls connected and finally freed from the weight of our secrets, it was past time for us to fuck each other into oblivion.
I spotted Dev over Levi’s shoulder, hanging back. But not for long. Phen wrapped his arm around Dev’s shoulders and dragged him toward us. “No more hiding in corners, brother,” Phen gripped the back of Dev’s neck. “Don’t need the crazy mountain goddess stealing our bonds away.”
We were still in the water, but close enough to the stairs for us to stand in waist-deep water. Seraphina moaned in my arms, and I smirked, eyeing Levi’s hand between her legs, teasing her.
“Speaking of stealing bonds away,” Andras cut in, and I knew I’d rage against his next words. “We don’t have time for orgasms. The bonds may be restored, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be taken away.”
Dev nodded, as much as one could with a daemon prince wrapped around him. “Andras is right. We need to get to that battlefield.”
At his words, Seraphina wiggled out of my arms. “Yes, let’s kill the bad guys, celebrate with orgasms after.”