Chapter 30 #2
“Sexually transmitted infections.”
Levi set the lube on the table and climbed into the bed. It jostled and I don’t know why, but that felt intimate for some reason. It’d been a long time since I’d felt a bed move when someone else climbed into it while I was naked and horny.
“You don’t have any?”
Levi shook his head as he stretched out beside me. “No. Healthy supes can’t get infections or diseases like that. But if you want to use a condom, we’ll wait to do more until we can buy some tomorrow.”
“Wow…” The idea of having immunity to infections like that was mind-boggling.
I trusted he was telling me the truth. Levi would never lie to me about something that important.
And it was like everything else I’d learned about supes in the last few days…
wild and foreign and, yes, undeniably intriguing.
Levi had left a gap between us, leaving it up to me what happened next. I scooted closer until my chest was pressed to his and my leg was over his hips. His hard length pressed against my hip, reminding me he hadn’t found his own release yet.
“I’ve never gone without protection before,” I said.
“That’s fine. We can wait, like I said.” He brushed his fingertips along the side of my face. “Fuck, you’re gorgeous.”
He’d said that before. I still didn’t believe him. Particularly not now when I knew my cheeks would be stained with a blotchy blush .
“I want you, Levi,” I said. “I want you inside me.”
Levi’s gaze snapped to mine. “You sure? Because?—”
I pressed a finger to his swollen lips to stop him from talking. “I’m sure.”
Levi’s breath stuttered against my hand. Then he was kissing me and touching me and tasting me. And I was doing the same to him, eager to explore and learn every part of what made him moan and shudder and pant harder. I was drowning in pleasure when he rolled me to my back and grabbed the lube.
I expected him to move away from me, go sit beside my hips, or ask me to turn over and present my ass.
He didn’t do any of that. He rose on one elbow, just enough to get the bottle of lube open and squirt some onto his free hand.
He watched me as he trailed his slippery fingers between my legs until he found my entrance.
I angled my hips to give him better access.
Once again, I was struck by the intimacy of this moment.
I’ve never had a lover study me so closely.
I was open with him like I’ve never been with anyone before.
I let him see and hear it all. How my breath caught when he caressed my entrance.
How I trembled when he pushed his finger inside for the first time.
How I arched into his touch as I begged for more.
Those dancing sparkling stars in white and blue shimmered around us again. I swore Levi saw them too, because he looked as wonderstruck as I felt. His Adam’s apple bobbed. Tears pooled in his eyes. He wrapped his arms around me and held me tight. I swore his body was shaking.
“Levi? Is something wrong? ”
He shook his head and pulled back enough to look into my eyes.
“I never thought I’d respond to someone like this again in my life,” he whispered. He pressed his forehead to mine.
“What is it?”
“My magic. It’s how the Eternal Magic shows us we’re connected to someone on a deeper level. That she blesses us.”
“Like we’re fated mates?”
He shook his head. “Not exactly. At least not like with the other mates you’ve seen around town. I don’t think the Eternal Magic will bless us the same, but my magic is still responding to you. And that’s amazing. We’re chosen mates, but I think it might be more than that too.”
“Chosen mates,” I repeated with a grin. “I like the sound of that.”
“I…” Levi swallowed. “I was wrong to keep you at arm’s length for so long.”
“We’re together now.”
“Parker, I…” He swallowed. “I think I love you.”
I blinked, shocked by his admission.
“It’s okay. You don’t have to say the words back. I just… I needed to tell you.”
“No, it’s not that,” I said quickly. “I love you too. I thought it’d take us a while longer to get to where we said it out loud, but that doesn’t mean I don’t feel it, because I do.
I love you, Levi. I’ve been waiting for you to acknowledge everything between us for a long time now.
But I don’t want you to say this because of everything that’s happened. ”
“I’m not. I… I think I’ve loved you for a long time. I was just too scared to admit it. This isn’t a trauma response, if that’s what you’re thinking. I’m just finally able to voice what I’ve been feeling all along.”
Then we were kissing again as Levi continued to open me up.
“Now. I’m ready,” I urged when I didn’t think I could wait any longer.
“Do you want to ride me?” Levi asked.
“I want to be close to you. To feel your arms around me.”
Levi brushed his lips across mine again, turned me to my side. He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me tight to his chest. This was what it was like to be cherished. I didn’t think I’d ever been treasured like this before.
I reached behind me for his still-hard length. I tried to guide him to my opening, but my hand was shaking too badly.
“Let me,” he whispered in my ear.
“Yes,” I whispered at the first brush of his cock against me. My eyes fluttered shut. “More.”
He pressed forward and my body opened to allow him in.
The sting and the stretch were so fucking good.
I felt him everywhere. In me. Around me.
I never wanted to leave this moment. His arms cinched tight around my chest as he sank deeper into me.
I grabbed his hand and entangled my fingers with his, holding on as our bodies joined.
His scruff grazed my heated skin as he pressed his face into the crook of my neck.
He groaned and the deep sound reverberated through his chest .
When his hips finally hit mine, he didn’t move for a long moment. I savored the feel of him, so deep inside me.
“I love you,” he whispered against my neck. We’d already exchanged those three precious words, but I loved hearing them again.
I’d dreamed of this moment for years, but now that I was living it, it was so much better than I could ever have imagined. Everything felt… perfect. Emotion overwhelmed me and tears gathered in my eyes.
“I love you too,” I rasped. “And I need you. Please…”
I rocked my hips back, tearing another moan from Levi.
Then we started moving together. The rhythm was erratic, right from the beginning.
We were already both taut with emotion and desire.
Every glide of his cock in and out of me pushed me closer to release until I came with a shout.
My body clenched around him, and he bucked harder. Once. Twice. Then he came too.
Levi stayed buried inside me long after we’d climaxed.
Neither of us wanted to separate, despite being sweaty and messy.
When I yawned for the fourth time, Levi pressed a kiss to the side of my neck and untangled our limbs.
He slipped from the bed. I wanted to grab him and haul him back, but the need for sleep was making me sluggish.
A moment later, he returned with a warm, damp cloth. He wiped it over my heated face first. I waved my hand around to take it from him.
“Let me,” he murmured.
I didn’t have the energy to argue, so I grunted my agreement.
He whispered hushed words of praise and affection as he cleaned my skin.
My body tried to rally again, but it was a lost cause.
If I’d had the least bit more energy, I would have insisted on another round or possibly suggested we relocate to the shower.
But I was done. I couldn’t even open my eyes as he dragged the cloth over me.
When I was reasonably clean, Levi returned to the bathroom again. On his way back to bed, he turned off the lights and the fireplace, wrapping the world in darkness and quiet, like we were in our own little protected cocoon.
When Levi was beside me again, he drew me into his arms. He pressed kisses along my shoulder and neck. He dropped one behind my ear that made my breath catch again. I wiggled closer, and he tightened his arms to hold me close.
“Good night, Parker,” he whispered.
And I swear I’d never felt safer and more loved.