Chapter 26
Chapter
Twenty-Six
Siren couldn’t remember the last time she didn’t have a crisis to solve or a mission to complete. She stood at the window, watching the golden light of sunset wash over Central Park, casting long shadows on the grass.
“What are you thinking?” Reed asked from the couch.
“The future.” She turned to him. “I’ve spent my whole life running. I’m not sure what to do now.”
“I know what you mean,” he said.
She crossed the room and sat beside him on the couch. She took his hand, his callused fingers warm against hers. The words she wanted to say were caught in her throat. He’d told her he loved her weeks ago.
She’d been on top of him, taking everything she wanted. And he’d given it all to her so freely. Including his heart. He hadn’t pressed for her to say it back. He’d been waiting, giving her space to figure out what she wanted.
She’d felt it for a long time now. Really, she’d felt it from the first day. When she saw his sparkling eyes and sweet smile in his profile photo. When they’d met at Steel Protection. Her inner wolf had been battling inside her mind all this time.
She’d been too scared to admit it. Too afraid to confess what she really wanted.
But Siren wasn’t afraid anymore.
“Reed.”
“Yeah?” he asked, his gentle voice soft and low.
“I love you.” The words she’d been holding back finally tumbled out, filling the space like a song they both wanted to sing.
His face lit up the room. It lit up her heart. His bright smile beamed at her as he looked her in the eye.
“I love you, too. Siren.” He squeezed her hand and leaned in to kiss her cheek. “So much.” His breath was warm on her neck.
Something cracked inside her. All the need and want. All the walls she’d constructed around her heart. She’d spent so long protecting herself from heartbreak. Keeping everyone at arm’s length. And now, Reed was inside the fortress she’d built. And it felt like home.
A tear slid down her cheek. “I want us to claim each other,” she said, when he pulled back.
His lips parted, and he looked like he wanted to pounce. She could feel his muscles coiled, holding back, waiting.
“I’ve been waiting for you since the moment we met,” his words were almost a whisper. “You’re everything I’ve ever wanted.”
She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him, deep and hungry, their tongues lashing as they tasted each other.
“Come with me,” she said, her voice husky. She stood and took his hand, leading him to the bedroom. Reed followed behind her, the eagerness of his energy radiating off his body.
She told him to sit at the end of the bed, and she stood before him, slowly removing her clothing. His eyes were like saucers as he watched her strip. “Take your clothes off,” she whispered in his ear, as she stood between his legs in her bra and panties.
Reed quickly stripped down to his boxers and sat back on the bed. But Siren leaned down and pulled them off him too. His cock was as hard as a rock and pointing at the ceiling. Siren’s mouth watered looking at it.
She reached down and began to stroke. Reed whimpered in her ear, and she claimed his mouth in a deep kiss. “Let me worship you,” he said as she gripped his dick and stroked.
“Okay,” she said, giving in to his desire. She climbed past him on the bed and laid on the pillow, naked, open, and sopping wet.
She spread her legs as he crawled toward her. His eyes were on fire from the heat of his inner bear. He sank between her knees, and she gripped his shaggy blonde hair.
“God, I love your pussy,” he said as he licked along the inside of her thighs. His mouth met her folds and his tongue lapped inside them.
Siren groaned, tightening her grip on his hair. “Fuck, yes. Baby.”
Reed gripped her hips, devouring her sex like it was his last meal. Siren’s inner wolf howled, the prospect of claiming her mate finally within reach.
“You taste so good. My dark angel.” He sucked her clit and slid a finger inside her, caressing her g-spot.
Siren moaned, the orgasm that had started to build the moment he’d kissed her thighs slammed through her body like an earthquake. “Fuuuck…” she groaned, the climax tearing her apart.
Reed licked at her opening, lapping up the juices that spurted from inside her. “More,” she growled. “Use your fingers.”
Reed moaned, sliding three fingers inside her while he gripped her thigh with his other hand. Siren grasped her own breasts, pinching her nipples as another wave of pleasure built in her core.
“Baby. Oh God. You’re such a good boy. Such a good… fuck.”
He slid his fingers in and out of her, pressing against her g-spot as she writhed under his tongue. He knew her body so well, he synced to her movements, and his body responded to her every whimper.
With his head between her thighs and his fingers inside her, Siren came again in a blinding flash of pleasure and fury. She gasped, and her mouth dropped as the climax punched her in the chest and gripped her entire being.
Reed didn’t stop, he kept fucking her with his fingers as her pussy throbbed around them. Finally, she had to grab his hair to make him stay still.
She lay on her back, panting and sweaty as he slowly rose above her. Precum dripped on her hip as he leaned down to kiss her lips.
He tasted like her come, salty and sweet. The scent of her sex all over him. His hard cock pressed against her wet quivering folds. She needed him inside her. Needed to feel his length sliding deep into her channel.
Before she had to ask, Reed was already slipping on a condom. She fantasized about making him the father of her pups, but they both knew they weren’t ready for that yet.
When he settled back between her legs, she angled his head to her entrance and pulled him into her with her legs wrapped around his hips.
He pushed inside. They both gasped, as if coming together was a relief from suffering. Reed stilled when he was fully seated inside her. Siren’s pussy was throbbing again. She gripped his hair and kissed him hard, thrusting her tongue into his mouth.
“Reed. My baby,” she whispered between kisses. “Fuck me baby. Make me feel it.”
Reed whimpered above her, kissing her cheek, and forehead, and neck.
He wrapped his arms around her and began to rock into her pussy.
Their breaths synchronized with his thrusts.
His body was in perfect union with hers.
It was as if his cock knew exactly where her heat was. Exactly how to make her come.
“Oh God. Baby. Fuck.”
Siren came again, her body releasing like it was finally letting go of everything that had ever held her back from love. Her canines sharpened. Her eyes grew bright with her inner wolf. And the taste of the mating venom filled her mouth.
“I need to claim you,” she growled. She gripped his head and tilted it to the side.
“My dark angel,” he moaned into her neck, his sharp teeth grazing her skin. She could feel his cock growing thick inside her.
In union, they opened their mouths, tongues sliding over skin. Reed groaned as his climax grew closer. Siren sucked his flesh into her mouth and bit, her pussy clamping down on Reed’s exploding cock.
Reed bit deep into her neck and she tasted blood, as they came together in a blinding flash of light. The room disappeared as her breath was cut off in her throat.
There in the dark expanse of universal space, she found herself surrounded by starlight, dressed in white. Reed stood beside her. Galaxies spinning into infinity on every side.
“Here we are, beloved,” she said, taking his hand. “In the space of our bond. Where we are forever in union. Forever connected. Forever bound in love.”
“Yes,” Reed said, turning to her. His handsome face was bright with joy and love. His smile as brilliant as a million suns.
“I feel so free,” she said, her heart leaping. “I never would have expected it.”
“I did,” he said, starting forward. His hand in hers. “Come with me. Let’s run!”
Siren ran alongside Reed for a few paces, the joy rising in her chest like an erupting volcano. Then without words, they both shifted in unison. They no longer needed to speak. They could feel each other all the way down to the core.
All of Reed’s thoughts and feelings downloaded into her mind. And she knew the same thing was happening to him. They knew each other to the deepest depths of their souls. And it was perfect.
Siren and Reed ran through the infinite fields of time-space. Laughing as the universe turned just for them. The joy of their mating was a song that would last for all time.
And then they were back in the bedroom, their teeth sliding out of each other’s flesh. Their breath filling their lungs once again. Reed gasped and kissed her face before sliding away onto his back. Siren stared at the ceiling, her heart pounding, barely able to comprehend what had just happened.
She was his. And he was hers. Tears slid down her face as she rolled over to wrap her arm and leg over him. She rested against his chest, and he held her close, kissing the top of his hand.
Siren stroked her fingers over his chest, listening to the sound of his heart.
“My darling,” she said, the feeling of her cheek on his chest the most beautiful thing she could imagine.
“My love,” he said, holding her closer. “We did it.”
She looked up at him, a smile on her lips. And they both started to laugh. “I can’t believe it took us so long,” she said, smiling so wide it almost hurt.
“Me either. But I would have waited a lifetime for the chance to be with you.”
“I’ve been stupid,” she chuckled, resting against his shoulder.
“No. You needed time. I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way.”
She stroked his cheek. “How did I get so lucky to have a mate who is so wise?”
“Because you’re perfect, and you deserve the best,” he said, kissing her forehead.