Chapter 32

Chapter

Thirty-Two

EMRYS

F aerie lights encompassed our shifting forms in their warmth as I held onto my Mate tighter, inhaling her sweet scent of pine and cashmere with every breath. The wind continued to howl outside our tent, the canvas walls swelling and swaying during Menodore's winter. I couldn't tell if it was a dream or reality but either way, I would embrace this moment with every fiber of my being.

I'd bask in the way her supple skin felt against mine and how her breath hitched with every kiss I laid upon it. The steady rise and fall of her chest as her pink lips breathed out slowly.

My scarred finger caressed her cheek, reveling in the softness of her flesh. Selene turned her head slightly, nuzzling my hand as she sighed in sleepy contentment.

We were in a small tent, just outside of the Temple of Haco and close enough to still smell the fading stench of decay and dark magic. It had already been a handful of days since Bruma, and the tremors of Menodore rebuilding lessened by the hour. Even the sea had slowed its raging storm, the Queen of the Circadian now free from the High King's confines.

In between fading in and out of the much-needed rest and endless meetings with Commanders and monarchs, my little monster and I hadn't had a true moment to ourselves—outside of sleeping, of course.

Excitement shivered through me, making my heart race because now it was finally over.

We could bring peace and freedom to all of Ladon and Atrium now that the High King was dead, nothing but a pile of forgotten ashes. Our Gods had the Crown of Daemonium protected within the temple and were still trying to figure out a way to destroy it once and for all. Selene's nightmares of fire and brimstone had ceased, the prophecy decided by the Fates fulfilled.

Varying leaders had disbanded their soldiers, sending them back down south to be with their families and friends to celebrate the end of tyranny.

We were free.

Truly and irrevocably free.

No fresh scars littered my skin, the newer ones my sire inflicted had healed from the Blood Oath I'd made with Selene. It was a strange feeling, having excessive powers simmering inside of you, begging to be released. My combined power of shadow and fire came naturally when I was a young boy, the chilled flames freeing themselves with barely a thought.

But all this new elemental magic from Selene had left my head and soul reeling. Like there was too much within, the simmering pot overflowing with earnestness. All the powers of the Divine needed their outlet, their escape and it had only been five days of their heeding command. I knew it would take time to master those new powers but I never truly understood the complexity of their call and how hard my vicious Mate fought against it.

Against the unyielding bloodlust that all of the Gods faced.

Selene's heart beat softly, matching my own and I inhaled her tantalizing scent as she slept. She was truly a marvelous creature of the Divine. My finger trailed down her cheek, along her jawline, and coasted over the S brand upon her tawny neck. A goddess. She turned once more, pushing her head into the column of my neck with insurmountable force.

I squeezed her body tighter, not wanting this moment to end because it was truly a dream, one I never wanted to wake up from. And now our souls were tied together in more ways than just the Mating Bond, and I couldn't contain the grin that stretched across my scarred lips.

Selene was my Mate and my queen. My symbol of hope and light.

My peace .

She was mine and I was hers, and nothing, not even the Fates themselves , could separate us now.

"Em," she sighed, her radiant voice causing a shudder to move through my bones and my already hard cock to stiffen further.

Gods, I'd missed that sweet sound.

Stroking her dark brown hair, I pressed another kiss to her temple before answering, "Yes, my moonlight?"

My little monster burrowed into my bare chest, her arms holding onto me tightly, and I welcomed the ache from her strong hold. "I need to be closer. It's…" she huffed in irritation, her hot breath tickling my flesh. "It's not enough."

I chuckled, my chest vibrating with happiness, "I don't think it'll ever be enough."

A thrill rushed through me at the sight of my glowing moonlight looking up at me, her green eyes sparkling in the soft light. I could feel her . Her essence, her soul, and the shared powers coiling within her.

She was so pure and light, yet dark and sinful, so damned sweet and wicked.

My moonlight.

Selene's long lashes were heavy as she looked at me with a silent plea of lust in her gemstone eyes. That supplication was so heavy that I could feel the weight of it in my bones. My heart was racing out of my chest, pounding violenting against my ribcage as lust enveloped us. Her plump lips curved up slightly as she licked them, studying her prey with rapt attention.

My hand encased her chin, a calloused thumb tilting her head up so I could capture that tantalizing mouth. Her taste flooded me when we connected, moonlight and sin and raw power.

Mine , that animalistic bond between us crooned—smugly satisfied to have this perfect creature in his grasp.

Gritting my teeth, I resisted the urge to pin her body with my own and sink my cock inside her tight heat. Instead, I threaded my tongue with hers and lapped at her essence. Sel moaned in satisfaction as my hand trailed up her side and slid into her soft waves, angling her head backwards and giving me better access to that sweet mouth of hers.

My cock was throbbing painfully as her tongue flicked against my own and I couldn't stop my hips from grinding into her warm center. "Emrys," my Mate groaned as she pressed into me, her clit rubbing against my shaft hard enough to cause the blanket covering her naked body to fall to the floor.

"Oh, fuck," I huffed out, my back muscles tightening sinuously. That plea in her tone set fire flooding through my veins, my erect rod already about to burst.

Shadows coiled around us, stroking her smooth, tanned skin as my head hit the pillow and I dragged her body on top of mine. The Goddess of the Moons smiled down at me, her emerald irises bright and shining. She was too stunning to be real, too perfect for words. Her brown curls were a curtain on the side of her face, my scarred hand pushing through the tangled mess as she seized my mouth.

Fuuuuuck.

My balls tightened as her addictive taste melted on my tongue. Her hips rocked, wetness sliding between us as I groaned in distress. I was going to come all over her stomach if she didn't stop grinding her perfect little pussy on me.

Her breathy moans and sounds of desire only spurred me on, though. Gripping her luscious ass, I ground against her in tandem but she kept picking up pace, causing my spine to begin to tingle. "Easy, baby," I whispered into her ear, trying to contain myself but I couldn't stop thrusting against her. "I finally have you again and I want to take my time with you."

Selene shook her head, her voice breathless."No." Her wetness was dripping down her thighs, making my cock slippery with every movement of her hips. "Need you now ."

A black wisp wrapped around her waist tightly, easing her body off of mine as she whimpered in her throat. My coils restrained her, keeping her sitting on my lap as I gazed up at the perfection of my Mate. Her eyebrows were drawn, her hips tilting and trying to catch more friction as my horny goddess continued to grind on me.

More of my shadows enveloped her body, their misty tendrils plucking her pebbled nipples as she writhed against them, panting. "Such a needy little monster, aren't you?"

She nodded quickly, pressing her heavy breasts into the night air, begging for more. My mouth was watering as I stared at her dusky pink nipples, the same blush color as her heavenly lips. But my attention was quickly diverted as tentacles of my dark shadows encased her thighs like wispy hands and spread her legs open for me, revealing her dripping pussy.

Holy Gods, she was so damned wet.

Precum dripped down the tip of my cock as I ran a finger up my queen's slit, coating it in her wetness. "You're soaked, Selene." Bringing it to my mouth, I sucked down her musky taste as she watched me with hooded eyes. Easing my middle finger into her, my thumb pressed her clit lightly, causing her to moan loudly. "All of this sweet honey for me, baby?"

Plunging in and out of her, slickness ran down my fingers and into my palm. She didn't respond to my question, only writhed on my hand like the needy goddess she was. Wetness kept pooling as I held pressure against that tight little bundle of nerves, her breathy panting making my balls tighten.

But I needed more, that animalistic instinct to claim every orifice of hers.

I needed more of her , her voice, her breath, her everything.

I needed her words, needed to know she was utterly and truly mine and that this was real.

Stopping my titillation, I waited for her to answer my question but she growled as her pussy clamped down on my finger, "Don't stop."

Her eyes were burning brightly as I shoved two digits roughly into her tight cunt and her back arched. "I asked you a question, little dove." Withdrawing my fingers, I held them up to her lush mouth and she sucked on them greedily. "Good girl," I praised her and my cock grew impossibly hard when she flicked her tongue against them.

Hovering my hand over her core, I leaned upwards and licked the taste of her off her lips. "Good girls answer the questions they're asked, and then they get to come." Her tight pussy welcomed my lone finger and held it in an iron vice. "So tell me…" I swirled my thumb lightly over her clit, my voice breathy and husky, unrecognizable. "Are you my good girl, Selene?"

"Fuck yes," her chest pressed against my own, her breathing turning shallow as I plunged in and out of her. The sounds of her wetness filled the air, drowning out the noises of camp around our tent.

"Then answer me." My shadows wrapped around her thighs, pulling her legs even further apart. My voice came out dark and unfazed but I was a second away from spearing her with my dick and rutting into her like an uncaged beast. "Is all of this sweet honey for me?"

"Yes! Yes! Gods, Yes!" she chanted as her pussy squeezed me tighter, more juices seeping from her. "It's all for you." Pleasure spiked up my spine from her words, right on the precipice of exploding like a teenager.

But I wasn't finished with her yet.

And I didn't think I ever would be.

My middle finger found that small rough patch deep within her with ease, causing her back to arch into my body. Rubbing against that sweet spot, I held my thumb onto her clit as she exploded after being edged for so long. Wetness flooded from her, milking my finger with every passing second.

I tenderly dragged my thumb over her cheek as I cupped her face and kissed her softly, soaking up her breathy moans. As she came down from ecstasy, I rolled our bodies over on the too-small cot. Withdrawing my hand once more, I gripped my hard cock and lined it up to her soaking entrance. "Please, yes," she begged again against my lips, and it truly was the sweetest sound I'd ever heard.

I couldn't deny either of us any longer.

My dick was dripping with precum and I swiped at it with my thumb, coating it before I urged myself inside her tight sheath. My forehead fell to the pillow beneath her head as she wrapped her legs around my lower back. "So tight," I breathed into her neck as she sighed at our conjoined bodies. My back was shuddering, the muscles coiling and tensing as my cock pulsed inside of her.

"So fucking wet and perfect and, oh Gods—" Her pussy gripped me tighter as she angled her hips upwards, her clit rubbing against my pelvic bone.

Capturing her lips, I sucked on her tongue for a moment before our kisses became needier, more fervent than before as I pumped into her softly, wanting to savor this. The Goddess of Death was gasping in delight as I thrust with controlled movements, my back coiling tightly from the pleasure reaching the tips of my toes.

So warm and tight and Godsdamned heavenly.

"More, Em," she pleaded, and I broke our kiss, our breaths mingling. "More, please. "

My hips slammed into hers harshly and she gasped. "Your wish is my command." I plunged into her firmly again, her pussy fluttering around my cock. "All you have to do is ask and it's yours." Another slam of our hips, more wetness dripping from her. "I am yours."

Growling, I held onto her tight enough to leave bruises but I didn't care at that moment. I needed all of her. Every piece of her was completely mine and I couldn't stop the instincts roaring in my blood.

The need to claim , to take .

Latching onto my neck, my little monster bit into my skin as our bodies slapped together and our breathing became erratic. "Deeper," she moaned as I gripped her hips and drove harder into her. "Yes, yes, yes," her words slurred together, pleasure taking flight as I fucked her into oblivion. "Just like that, baby."

Sweat beaded down my back, my balls tightening with every aching thrust. Selene mewled out in protest as I unsheathed my dick and squeezed it harshly, trying to keep myself from coming too soon.

I didn't want this to end, didn't want it to be over so soon but my amber gaze turned feral as I stared down at her weeping pussy. It was drenched, so soaked that I could drown in her wetness.

Her hand trailed down between her breasts, coasting over her stomach until two of her fingers found her clit, rubbing it in tight circles. She looked up at me, her eyes lit with a challenge as she licked her lips. My mouth was salivating as I watched her fuck herself, remembering the delicious taste of her release on my tongue.

Fuck it.

Grabbing a hold of her hips, she yelped out in surprise and I flipped her body over and propped her plump ass up in the air. Spreading her cheeks, I dragged her wetness from her lips and right over her puckered hole. "So perfect." My finger pressed against the ring of her tight ass and she pushed it towards me further. "So Divine."

Tilting her hips once more, I drove my dick straight into her pussy and she cried out and fisted the sheets. Squeezing tightly around my hard cock, I shoved a finger into her perfect ass, claiming it as my own. "One day, my precious queen, I'm going to claim this ass." I slapped one of her cheeks harshly, and she moaned out as her hot sheath clamped around my dick. "But this pussy is too sweet to ignore tonight."

Misty tendrils snaked around her body, stroking and petting every inch of her exposed flesh as I pounded into her from behind. My groans became more intense as her breathing increased but I kept up my brutal pace. Stars danced in the corner of my vision and my head felt lighter with each passing second but I wouldn't close my eyes. Wouldn't miss a single moment because I thought about this with her time and time again.

If I blinked, I feared that it would all disappear again. Like this perfect moment was only a dream. Nothing but a figment of my imagination and I was still trapped in that cold, dark place with my father breaking every inch of me.

A guttural moan fell from her lips as her legs started shaking, the beginning of another orgasm taking over her body. This was real. My Mate's tight pussy squeezed my aching cock hard enough to send my eyes to the back of my head. "Fuck," I bit out as she came around my cock for the first time in months. She was real. Every moan, every laugh, every snarky comment—every glorious inch of her was real.

Fingertips traced her arched spine, causing her to shiver as I gripped her brown tresses roughly. "Mine, " I snarled into her ear as my control started to waver. Leaning back on my heels, I pulled her body flush to mine and kept slamming into her. My heart rate soared to the stars as her release dripped from her pussy and covered my thighs. Hips snapping up at a rapid pace, my movements became sloppy and unrelenting, and her moans got louder.

"That's right, baby," my arm snaked around her waist before my calloused hand rubbed that swollen bud and my sweet little Mate cried out my name to the Gods. "Let them hear you scream. Let them know who you belong to."

"Emrys… I… I…" she trailed off and her head sagged against my shoulder, body trembling as I strummed her clit between my fingertips. "It's too much." Her pussy clenched, so velvety soft.

"One more, honey." I pounded harder, faster than lightning as I pistoned in and out of her heat. I was about to come but I needed to feel that tight little pussy grip the life out of my cock one more time before I did. "Be a good girl and give me one more."

Pinching her clit, she screamed out as her release flushed from her, drenching my thighs and our sheets as she shook. Heat built up my spine and I couldn't hold back any longer. My balls tightened for a final time and a loud groan left my lips as I slowed my thrusts and emptied inside of her, filling her up to the point that my cum was dripping out of her.

I littered her shoulders, her neck, and her face with passionate kisses as I withdrew from her slowly. My Mate sighed in contentment when I slipped two fingers inside of her, shoving my cum back into her and whispering, "Mine."

The beast within his cage no longer raged, his silent satisfaction keeping me grounded as we watched my seed plunge in and out of my Mate.

"Yours," she breathed and I kissed her plump lips. Her fingertips traced the scar that went through my right eyebrow and her lips twitched into a soft, shy smile. "I love you, Emrys," she whispered and I swore my heart was going to burst right out of my chest.

Pulling her against me, I held onto her like the lifeline she was for me and said the words that made me think it was a dream all over again. "I love you too, my moonlight."