Chapter 9 #2
I thought about that for a moment and nodded.
That was very true. We both had shit parents.
Unfortunately, after two intense orgasms and now talking about our parents and how horrible they were, the inevitable happened, and my cock slipped from Oscar’s body as it softened.
He and I both felt it, and then he made a face seconds before I realized why.
I chuckled and used a bit of magic to clean us up.
The cum between us had started to cool and become an uncomfortable mess.
When it was suddenly gone, as well as the other larger amount that was coming from elsewhere, Oscar sighed.
“That’s very nice. Seriously, that’s definitely the way to go.
No more having to get up for a warm cloth and then a dry one.
” I chuckled again. Oscar rolled off me and to my side, but he didn’t go far.
His head was on my shoulder, his leg thrown over mine and his arm across my stomach.
“Can we take a nap now? It’s been a crazy long day, and it’s night, right?
That means we can go to sleep for a little while and then wake up and do this all over again? ”
“We can if that’s what you want,” I told him. I used magic to clean up all of the battery-powered candles that were around the bedroom and bathroom, as well as drain the water from the tub. I made sure the entire house was sorted, locked up, and ready for the night.
Oscar sighed next to me again, and I couldn’t help but grin. “Monroe?”
“Hmm?” His voice was sleepy and a bit muffled with how he was lying, but he was so very close, and I could hear him perfectly fine.
“Why does your bite tingle? It’s not painful, but it feels almost like there’s something on it that’s gently vibrating.”
I smiled into the darkness. “That’s my aura. It will always be with you in that way. It will connect me to you, allow me to always come to you if you call out, and it will change in intensity according to my mood.”
I felt Oscar lift his head a bit, and then he moved up onto his elbow. It was inky in the room, but I knew he was staring down at me.
“What do you mean?”
“If I get aroused, it’ll vibrate faster, more intense. If I’m sleeping, it’ll be quieter and slower.”
“Oh.” Oscar was quiet for a moment before he decided to lie back down.
I realized that he most likely could see me in the dark, but I couldn’t see him.
Not that it mattered. He was touching me, and I could feel him beside me.
“Will it ever hurt?” he asked, his voice once more a bit muffled because he was lying on my chest now.
I tightened my arms around him again, giving him a tight squeeze. “I, of course, have no personal experience. But I’ve heard that the only time it hurts is when the fae mate loses their life. It will flash painfully, but then it will essentially…die,” I told him for lack of a better word.
“What do you mean die? It’s not living, right?”
“No. But if the fae mate is no longer living, the bite doesn’t have the connection to the fae’s aura to connect to any longer. I’m told it’s just a quick flash and then nothing. No more feeling from it.”
Oscar was quiet for a long moment. “That’s so sad. I don’t want mine to stop. I know I’ve just gotten it only minutes ago, but the thought of it not being there any longer, of me not having that connection to you, it makes my wolf howl in pain.”
I squeezed Oscar tightly. “I’m not going anywhere.
We’re going to have a very long life together.
We’ll figure everything out as we go. We’ll finish raising our siblings, make sure they are happy and are good people.
We’ll raise a kid or two together, and we’ll spend our lives caring for one another.
” I’d almost stumbled and said loving one another, but I didn’t want to put pressure on my mate.
Did I love him? No, not yet. Not really.
I was certainly incredibly attracted to him.
I was falling, fast. It wouldn’t take long for me to completely fall in love with him.
He was incredible, despite everything he’d been through.
He’d put his siblings first, and that showed how good of a person he was.
That was a lesson I’d learned the hard way.
But I’d learned it, and now I had Mason and Maelie.
“Two. Maybe three. We’ll have to see.”
I grinned. “If you want fifteen, I might question your reasoning, but I know I’d not be able to tell you no.” I felt Oscar move. “Ouch,” I shouted again.
“You deserved that pinch too. Two. Maybe three,” he said, his voice getting slower as he became sleepier.
“Two. Maybe three. That’s a good number. Two is a really good number because then we’re not outnumbered.”
Oscar sighed. “We’re already outnumbered. You have two, I have two. Why not have two together?”
“Perfect.” I turned my head a bit, kissed the top of Oscar’s head, and closed my eyes. “We’ll have two.” I felt Oscar nod subtly, and then he dozed off. The noise from his mind that he’d been projecting toward me quieted, and I wondered if he even knew he had been doing it.
I lay there, holding my newly claimed mate, and wondered what tomorrow would bring for us. Would chaos ensue as soon as we brought our siblings into the fold? Would Oscar adjust to being up on the mountain and not having to work two jobs?
My mate was a shifter, and he’d even mentioned it earlier during one of our many talks.
He was going to go into heat. Fae had heats as well.
Ours tended to be incredibly intense. But we were highly sexual beings.
Couldn’t that be said for all paranormals though?
It was my understanding that they all basically wanted the same thing: to find our forever mate and live a happy and fulfilling life.
I had my mate. I already had a family but would be adding to it with Oscar.
I already knew that despite his mind being completely open to me, I wasn’t going to peek.
He could share his experiences with me if he so chose.
I didn’t need to know. It wouldn’t change how I felt about my mate.
I was going to love and care for him, despite his past. I just hoped that once he peeked into my memories and saw just how arrogant and self-centered I was, he’d find it in his heart to move past that and see me for who I was now and not then.
I wasn’t that person any longer. Would he realize that and give himself to me completely?
I knew I couldn’t dwell on the past, so I closed my eyes and did my best to shut down my own overthinking brain and tried to fall asleep. I had a feeling that tomorrow would bring new and interesting things to our lives. I hoped to be ready for whatever it was we would be facing—together.