Chapter 30
GAELAN
Grilled cheese is a lot harder to make than I thought it was going to be, which reminds me that just because I’m a lord, doesn’t mean I’m good at everything.
I remind her that as a young man, I was more inclined to fight with my swords and daggers than to cook.
She laughs, which is music to my ears. Ari had looked so broken, crying with worry and fear.
We sit on the floor in our bedroom, my back leaning against the sofa, my legs stretched out with Ari’s head resting on them. One of my hands is cupping her breast, while she plays with the ring on her finger—Maddie’s ring.
“What happened?” Ari asks me. I’ve been waiting for that question since I noticed it on her finger, and my mind goes back to the last moments I had with Maddie—the pain she had to go through, what they did to her.
“I don’t want to talk about it.” My reply comes out harsher than intended. Watching those daemons rape and kill Maddie did something to me; I wasn’t the same daemon for a long time after. I hurt people, and I fucked women and left.
Ari turns her head to look at me, her eyes searching my face with hope.
I know she wants me to open up about things that I’ve seen in the past. Some she’s hoping will connect her to the book.
A feather-light smile crosses her perfect mouth before she turns away and goes back to playing with the ring. Waiting.
“Sometimes,” I start, clearing my throat, “I would have to sit there and be completely helpless as they made me watch whatever Macy had decided to do to you. Watch that last sparkle of light drain from your eyes.” I lower my head, wanting to hide the pain and rage I feel coursing through me.
Ari moves so she’s straddling my legs, her voice a soft whisper, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to bring it all back up again, it’s just…” Her voice trails off, making me lift my head.
“What, my Rose?”
“Did you move on? Think that it wasn’t worth all the pain?”
“I tried. A lot. Different women, multiple women, men… I tried so hard. But I just couldn’t stop loving you. Knowing that I would see you again kept me going.”
“So, you have never loved another?”
I shake my head. “No, even if I did find other women, none of them were you. My soul wanted only you.”
A look crosses her face that I don’t recognize. “Did you wish that it wasn’t like this?”
I frown. “Never, Ari. Where is all of this coming from?”
She blinks and huffs a little. “It’s nothing, I just—I have these feelings for you, and I don’t know what to do with them. You are telling me that you’ve been with other women, which makes me want to scratch their eyes out.”
She stands up and starts pacing in front of me, and I can’t help the grin that spreads over my face—she’s jealous.
This is new.
“Rose?”
“Let’s not talk about it anymore, okay?” She snaps
“No, not okay.” I stand and pull her to me. “Would you like the list? I think I would enjoy watching you scratch some eyes out,” I chuckle.
She rolls her eyes at me. “Not funny, Gaelan,” she replies snarkily as she rests her head on my chest. “This is all so fast, yet I feel like we’ve been together for years, like my heart wants and needs you., I’m just waiting for my brain to catch up.”
I move my hand to lift her chin so she’s looking at me again. “Let it catch up when it’s ready. I love you, that’s never going to change.” I lower my head and kiss her. “You don’t need to be jealous; it’s always going to be you and no one else.”
Her eyes lock with mine, and she nods her head.
I chuckle lightly, my Rose, still a little fighter at heart.
I reach for her hand and lower it to my cock that’s currently trying to rip my pants open.
“This… feel this, feel how much I want you. This never goes away. I only think about you, and I’m ready to fuck you to within an inch of your life. ”
I can see her need shadow her eyes; she licks her lips, and I almost die from the sight of it.
“On your knees, Ari,” I command.
A smile tugs at the side of her mouth as she lowers to her knees and looks up at me.
“Fuck, you keep looking up at me like that, and I’m not going to last long. You ready for my cock, baby?”
“Yes.” Her voice is a whisper, and it’s the sweetest fucking sound in the world. I reach down and stroke my hand over her cheek as my other hand pulls out my cock.
I brush the head over her lips. “Open for me, Ari.”
She opens her mouth, and her tongue flicks out to lick the tip.
I groan and slowly push my cock in. She closes her lips around me and sucks as I start to thrust in and out slowly.
The hand on her cheek moves to grab a fist full of her hair, holding her in place as I thrust my hips harder, the head of my cock hitting the back of her throat, making her gag.
Her mouth feels like Hell. Delicious, devilish, and fucking perfect.
I don’t ever want to be away from it. The sounds of her moans vibrate up my shaft and wrap around my balls, causing my thrusts to get faster.
I want to let her take over, to set the pace, but fuck, having her on her knees for me is driving me crazy.
I pull my hips all the way back and watch as my cock falls from her wet mouth with a pop. She’s panting, and Trelor groans in my head, smelling her desire, her need for us to fuck her. But not yet. I’m not done with this pretty mouth of hers.
“Are you going to swallow my cum like a good girl, Ari?”
“Yes, Gaelan.” She reaches for my cock, sucking it back into her mouth, taking control from me. I place my hands on the back of her head, meeting her mouth thrust for thrust. My teeth grit as pleasure starts to build in my balls, drawing tightly into my body.
Tipping my head back and groaning out my release as my cum spills into her mouth, she moans, sucking and licking me clean.
Looking down at her… Fuck, I think I just fell in love with her all over again—she’s looking up at me with my cock in her mouth and cum dribbling down her chin.
Pulling back, my softening cock falling from her lips, reaching down, I grab her chin and whip my cum from her lips.
“Open.” She opens her mouth for me, and I push my cum soaked finger in and watch as she licks it clean, her eyes never leaving mine. “So beautiful.”
She nips at the end of my finger, then smiles.
She slowly stands, kissing her way up my body, until she’s on her tiptoes, bringing her hands around my neck and kissing me with a passionate fervor.
Picking her up, I carry her to the bed, laying her down as I shimmer off her clothes, I lift a little to run my eyes over her body.
I’ll never get tired of looking at her—she was made for me, in all her lives.
“Play with your pussy, Ari. Spread those legs and let me watch you.” My eyes follow her hands as they move over her breasts, down her stomach, then between her thighs.
She opens her legs to me, giving me a full view of how wet she is, how turned on she is, how easy it is for her fingers to slip over her bare pussy.
“Don’t come, Ari. If you do that, it’ll be the only orgasm you’ll have tonight, understand? ”
She whimpers. “Yes, oh fuck.”
Her legs start shaking as her fingers move faster in and out of her pussy.
“Faster, Ari, show me how you want me to fuck you.”
She moans and spreads her legs wider, using two fingers to thrust into her cunt. She brings her other hand down to play with her clit at the same time, causing her body to bow off the bed.
“Gaelan, please.” She begs
I move closer to her, my eyes locked on her pussy, my voice dark with need. “What do you need, baby?”
“You… please.”
Licking my lips, I reach for the hand that’s thrusting into her pussy and pull it out. “Open your mouth, Ari.” She does as she’s told, like the good girl she is, and I move her hand so I can push her fingers into her mouth; she moans around them. “Tell me how you taste?”
“So good…” She sucks harder on her fingers, her eyes never leaving me.
“Mmmm, I want a taste.” I lower my hand and thrust two fingers into her tight cunt, a groan leaving me, which is deeper than usual, with Trelor trying to come forward, feeling how good our mate feels, how hot and tight she is. Ari whimpers in need, her hips starting to thrust against my hand.
“If you come, I’ll stop,” I reiterate, firmly.
She cries out loudly, making me grin and fuck her faster with my fingers, and I can feel her getting close. “Such a good girl for me.” I curl my fingers up, striking her in the most perfect way that makes her whine.
“Gaelan… I can’t stop it… Gaelan, oh fuck.”
I pull my fingers out quickly, hearing her groan in protest at the denied orgasm. I bring my fingers up to my lips and lick them clean. Ari watches me with hooded eyes, her mouth parts, and she licks her lips as if she is tasting my fingers.
My voice is husky as I ask her, “Are you ready for me, baby?” She closes her eyes and pulls in a shaky breath, biting her lower lip and moaning. I lean in closer to pull her lips from her teeth with one finger and whisper, “ Ari, tell me what you want.”
“Fuck me, Gaelan. I want you to fuck me, and to bite me.”
I growl at her words and pull back to look down at her, my fangs lower in my mouth; the need to mark her as mine runs hot through my body. “I’ll bite you, Ari, but I will not mark you.”
She goes to open her mouth to speak, but before she can get a word out, I thrust forward and bury my cock deep in her cunt.
She cries out and clutches onto my shoulders, her nails digging in.
I hold still, just wanting to feel her. I lower my head and run my fangs along her neck, teasing her.
“Fuck I want to mate with you, I want to sink my fangs into your skin and never let go.”
She uses her hand to press me closer to her.
“Gaelan, bite me.” She asks panting.
My whole body shudders. Trelor growls in my head, wanting us to mark her, wanting to reclaim what is ours, but I push him back. She has yet to fully meet my other side—she was asleep when he first came forward—and he’s part of the mating ritual; I don’t want to scare her.
I open my mouth and bite lightly into her skin, my hips pull back, and I start to thrust harder, her fingers digging into my skin.
“Fuck yes… Gaelan, harder.”
I roll my hips and ram into her. I can taste the sweet rose taste of her blood, and it fills my mouth, and it drives me crazy. Trelor ripples harder under my skin. Desperate to take over, wanting me to give us all what we crave. But not now, not yet.
Ari screams out my name as she comes, her pussy squeezing around my cock.
The need to bite her harder, to drink from her, rushes over me.
I pull my fangs slowly out of her flesh.
If I keep tasting more than a little of her, I will end up marking her.
Her blood coats my lips. Lowering, I kiss her.
Ari shudders, her orgasm continuing to roll through her, making her shiver under me.
Wanting to give her one more, I place my hand between us to find her clit, pushing down on it as I start to rub it in time with my thrusts. My hips speed up, her pussy squeezing my cock again, pulsing around me, pulling me closer to the edge.
Pulling back from her lips, I grunt, “Again, Ari, come for me again.” She arches up and breaks apart under me. I thrust a few more times, pounding into her cunt, drawing out all her pleasure before I come with a roar, my whole body shuddering. I look down and smile.
“I love you.” I do, so fucking much, my soul feels complete with her.
She smiles at me, then closes her eyes. “I think I’ve lost the ability to walk,” she laughs.
I chuckle, trying to hide the hurt that she hasn’t said she loves me back. I know it’s different for her; she must fall in love with me all over again, even if her soul already does.
For me? I’ve always loved him, and for as long as I have breath in my lungs, I always will.
I roll to my side, taking her with me, my cock still hard and buried deep in her pussy.
I watch as sleep claims her, her eyelids moving as she dreams—it’s been a while since I’ve dreamed of walking with Ari.
I feel my eyes flash bright blue as my power surges, and my eyes close; I slip into her dreams.