Chapter 33
HELLO, MATE
PARKER
We stumbled through Levi’s maze until we got to the hidden doorway that led upstairs to his apartment. As I watched him unlock the door to his sanctuary, my chest felt filled with bubbles—light, airy, and magical.
I was Levi’s mate.
I might not have understood all the nuances of being a mate, not in the way a supe would, but I understood about marriage and commitment.
I understood about vowing to spend the rest of your life at someone’s side.
My father hadn’t kept his vow to my mother, and maybe that made my promises to Levi all the more significant, because I knew I’d never be like my father.
I was in this with Levi. All the way. Forever and ever.
When we reached the apartment, we stood face to face. He smiled softly, almost shyly, at me. He was mine. I couldn’t believe it. I reached up and combed my fingers through the pretty blue streak of hair at his temple. Under these lights, I could finally see it properly.
“Wow, that’s so wild,” I murmured.
“I was right,” Levi said, as he brushed my matching lock of hair. “The color is lighter than your eyes, but it suits you perfectly.”
I grinned at him. “Maybe this’ll mean my cousin will quit flirting with you.”
Levi rolled his eyes. “Your cousin doesn’t flirt with me.”
“Right.” I shook my head. “Keep telling yourself that. I think your flirt-o-meter is broken. I mean, how many times did I flirt with you, and you never reacted?”
“I wanted to,” Levi said.
“If I flirted with you now, what would you do?”
“You don’t have to flirt. You know I’m yours. I will go wherever you want.”
“Well…” I winked at him. “What if I said I wanted to go to bed?”
He licked his lips. “Then we should go to bed.”
When I turned toward the bed, a new inspiration struck. I pivoted to the sofa instead.
“Parker?”
“Can we turn on the fireplace?”
A moment later, the gaslit flames burst to life in the fireplace. The lights dimmed overhead.
“Nice,” I murmured. “Now, I think we have too many clothes on…”
With teasing fingertips and questing mouths, we helped one another shed our clothes until we were standing naked before the warm glow of the firelight .
“Should we…?” Levi hooked his thumb toward the bed.
The first time we’d made love, he was behind me, and I couldn’t see his face. This time felt just as monumental, and I didn’t want to miss a moment. I wanted to see his face, and I wanted him to see mine.
So I shook my head and nudged him toward the sofa. Obliging me, he sat. His thick, muscular limbs sprawled across the pristine white fabric. His soft black body hair glinted under the flickering light, and I wanted to push my fingers through it. His face was wickedly close to my hard length.
“Ah… I see…” he whispered as he sat up and drew me closer until I was standing between his legs. His hands boldly skated up the back of my thighs to urge me to get closer. He leaned forward until the heat of his breath coasted over my cock. I shivered.
This wasn’t exactly what I had in mind, but I didn’t stop him. When his hot, wet mouth embraced me, I reached out and braced myself against his powerful shoulders. Sweet Mother of…
Words abandoned me as Levi choked on my cock. Just like that, I was on the precipice of a climax.
I pushed him off.
“Not yet,” I said on a panting breath. “Not like that. And don’t move.”
I darted over to the bed and grabbed the bottle of lube.
A moment later, I climbed into Levi’s lap, straddling his deliciously muscular thighs.
Levi made to take the lube from me, but I shook my head.
He was very thorough when he prepped me, but I didn’t want to wait that long to have him inside me.
I squirted a dollop of lube into my hand and reached around to prep myself.
“I don’t know if I’m disappointed that you’re doing that yourself or turned on by watching you get yourself ready for me.”
“Turned on.” I groaned as I shoved another finger in my hole. “Always turned on.” I swatted his hand away when he touched my dick. If he did that too much, I’d explode. “Get yourself ready,” I urged.
“I don’t think I could get any harder than I am already,” Levi said.
I glanced down at his engorged length. Yeah. He was hard alright. Jesus. It made me want to drop to my knees and worship him, because a cock like that was worshipful. But we could do that later.
After all, we had the rest of our lives. Our very, very long lives. And wasn’t that thought a trip and a half?
Right now, though, I wanted to feel him deep inside me.
“There, done,” I said, pulling my fingers free.
“Are you sure? You did that really quickly.” Levi frowned. “I don’t want to hurt you.”
Would he spend the rest of his life worried about me?
Probably. But I didn’t want him to worry tonight.
I kissed him until his arms came up around me and squeezed me to his chest. Our hard cocks rubbed against one another and a shiver cascaded through me at the sweet friction.
We rutted against one another until I felt light-headed with need.
I leaned back to look into his eyes. I’d never wanted someone more. I swept my lips across his again .
“I’m sure. Need you, Levi,” I whispered against his mouth. I grabbed his shoulders and lifted my hips.
Levi reached down between us and held his cock for me.
As soon as our skin touched, the brilliant blue of his magic shimmered around us.
The burn as I sank on to him brought tears to my eyes, but I kept going until my ass hit his hips and he couldn’t get any deeper.
Levi’s chest was heaving. His fingers bit into the flesh of my hips. He looked as ready to explode as I was.
I cupped his cheeks in my hands. When I leaned forward to kiss him again, his hands tightened on me even more. A shiver suggesting barely controlled power rolled over him.
“If you move, I’m gonna…”
I rolled my hips a little, making him moan my name.
“It’s okay to lose control, Levi,” I whispered. “We’re doing this because we love each other. You can trust me.”
His hips rocked once beneath me as he squeezed his eyes shut. “I want this to be good. Don’t want to hurt you.”
“You won’t,” I said, lifting a little, before sinking back down again. We both groaned. My eyelids fluttered closed. The smooth slide of his cock was so damn good. But I didn’t want to miss a moment of this, so I opened them again and locked my eyes with his.
“I love you,” he whispered. Ever since we’d first exchanged those declarations, he’d repeated them over and over again. I didn’t think I’d ever get enough of them.
“I love you too, mate .”
His hips bucked under me. His blue magic burst around us like fireworks. “Need you. ”
“Yes,” I whispered. My thighs trembled. I couldn’t tease this out much longer. The need to push forward was overwhelming in the best ways. So, I let go.
Instinct consumed me as I arched against him. He rose to meet me with each thrust. Our bodies collided, driving us on. Delicious tension coiled deep inside me. And through it all, our gazes didn’t stray.
Every tender emotion that crossed his face enchanted me. And as his control frayed a little more with each thrust, I was even more enthralled. I wanted to live in this moment forever.
Levi pushed his hand between us and took my cock in his hand. The heat of his palm caressing my crown made me gasp.
“Yes,” I hissed as he stroked me to completion.
Joy and bliss shot through me as I spilled my release between us.
I fell forward against his hot and heaving chest. His arms clamped around me as he plunged hard and fast into me, chasing his own release.
On a strangled shout, his own orgasm claimed him.
When our bodies were cooled, Levi lifted me and carried me to the bed. I couldn’t remember ever being lifted before meeting Levi. I must have been when I was a child, but it wasn’t a memory I carried with me. But I didn’t resist his need to care for me like this. In fact, I rather enjoyed it.
Like last time, he disappeared into the bathroom for a moment before returning to clean me with a warm cloth. I loved being the focus of Levi’s attention. I didn’t know when I’d become a greedy bastard like that, but Levi didn’t seem to mind .
When we settled under the covers, I snuggled against him.
“I dreamed of falling asleep next to you. So many times. I can’t believe this is now my life.” Levi’s whispered words followed as I fell asleep.