Chapter 52 #3
She laughed and swatted his shoulder, then straightened just slightly, still on all fours, back arched and ass up, waiting for me.
She was stunning. She was beauty incarnate.
I’d crawl across deserts to reach her, but all I had to do tonight was get across that mattress on my knees behind her.
As I made sure to arrange myself so I wouldn’t kneel on Dagger’s shins, I bent to kiss up her thighs and across her ass, taking hand and mouthfuls of her curves as I traveled up to her hair, coiling it around my wrist, not pulling yet.
“Is this all right?” I asked.
“Very,” she moaned. “Get it inside me, handsome. Make me cum hard.”
Make her scream our name, my jaguar demanded.
Lining up, I smacked her ass with my free hand and said, “You want it hard?”
“Yes,” she gasped.
I spanked her again, pulling back ever-so-slightly on her hair. “You’re sure?”
“Yes!”
I could see how wet she was, dripping down her thighs, and I felt my teeth grow. “Make me believe it. Beg. Say my name and beg me.”
“Fuck me hard, Hunter. Please. I need you.”
“Okay, baby.” Knowing Seb’s venom was still at work, I thrust inside her fast and hard, filling her, completely balls deep in one go. The enraptured cry she let out contained some semblance of my name, muddled by her sudden ecstasy.
As I thrust inside her, the words began to spill out. “Yes! Oh, fuck. Yes. Hunter, yes!”
Beneath her, Dagger ate hungrily at her breasts, his jaguar tattooed fingers caressing her clit.
I could see the glow of its eyes through my half-lidded vision, but I mostly watched Serenity’s ass bounce with every thrust. I gave her hair an experimental pull, and her answering moan, and the way she pulsed around me encouraged me to maintain the soft, tugging pressure.
I could feel myself about to explode, caught up in her every move and sound, her soft, tight pussy caressing me just right.
“I’m gonna cum, baby,” I rasped at the exact moment she cried, “Mark me now! Make me yours. On my neck. Please, please. Rewrite my skin.”
As I came inside her, I curled over her back, and Dagger raised up beside her left shoulder. I could see the gleam of his teeth and felt mine prime themselves.
I sank my bite in the perfect divot between her neck and shoulder, leaving my mark across both, overwriting the scars of her past. And in my head, I heard both mine and Dagger’s jaguars echo the vow our human sides had taken. I am yours, and you are mine, forever.
Serenity’s spine twitched and trembled beneath me as she let out a long, low sigh, murmuring both our names. “I love you,” she told each of us. “I love you so much.”
I released her, my fangs retracting, and kissed behind her ear as I murmured, “I love you too, Serenity. More than anything in this world. Except perhaps our new family.”
Dagger, who’d been murmuring his devotion in her other ear, kissed her mouth and said, “My animal wants to mate with you to seal the bond. But I can tell him to fuck off if you’re too tired. We’ll have every day for the rest of our lives. He can wait one night.”
“No,” she whispered, kissing him between words. “I want to make love to you, slow and sweet. It’ll be the perfect ending.”
Seb approached the bed and silently held out a tissue for me to help clean the marks. They were already sealing themselves—a mate mark secreted a special saliva that passed on swift healing—but I wiped the minimal traces of blood, then kissed her shoulder before climbing off the bed next to Seb.
Dagger was rock hard, dying to have her. When she lowered herself onto him, the way he tipped his head back into the pillow told me she wouldn’t have to work hard.
“You feel fucking incredible, gorgeous,” he told her.
“Mm, you feel better.” Her hands ran all over his chest, as she slowly rocked her hips. “You’re so worth the wait. And so fucking sexy.” I stood a little straighter, reveling in the family resemblance.
He groaned as he gently held her hips and softly instructed, “Figure eights, Cowgirl. Make figure eights. That’s it.
That’s my good girl.” She followed his lead, swirling her hips.
“Yeah, that’s it. Just like that.” His hands traveled up her stomach to her breasts.
“Now lean back a little and brace your palms on my thighs.”
She obeyed and let out a low, surprised, “Oh.” Face toward the ceiling, eyes shut, she was a vision I couldn’t tear my eyes from.
“Serenity,” Dagger murmured like a man talking in his sleep, all rough edges gone from his face and his voice. “Serenity. I love you. Don’t stop. You’re my good girl. Forever.”
“I love you too, Dagger,” she murmured back, almost a whisper, and I could tell by her smile that he came right then, as she said his name.
Dagger sank into the mattress, breathing heavy, but then his head popped up in surprise. Serenity sat up straight, but she didn’t look as startled as she peered down at their joined bodies.
“You trying to make cute little babies with me, too, Detective Bad Boy?” she asked.
Understanding hit. His knot had appeared, just like mine had the first time we made love.
“Looks like it,” Dagger answered, shell shocked.
Seb was looking on in total confusion.
“Huh? I…” He dropped his voice just for me to hear. “I thought she couldn’t.”
“I’ll explain later,” I said for everyone to hear, “but the short story is it might be possible with a paranormal bond.”
“Really?” Seb’s face lit in a moony look that made me chuckle softly. His happy cry drew Serenity’s gaze, shimmering with joyful tears.
“That’s amazing,” Bryce said, springing out of his seat.
Serenity nodded. “But no matter what, no matter if we have little ones running around or not, we’re a family. And I couldn’t be happier.”