A sweet chuckle reverberated from his throat as he kissed the top of my head.
“You don’t ask me about being a lycan. You are asking me about the mate pull.” I looked into his smiling eyes as his fingers traced over my neck. “I was going to tell you. That was the thing I was talking about in my room. I wanted you to know about me being a lycan and my family lineage. This is also why our connection is deeper. As a lycan, I am connected to you on a deeper level. I don’t have a werewolf telling me we are mates. That other alpha may have been a mate of yours, but he wasn’t your true mate. There are different types of mates out there. Then, among those, there are rare types of mates, such as soul mates. But there is another connection too. True mates are connected through their spirit, sometimes also known as kindred spirits. Even without your wolf, we are connected this way. Because lycan’s have true fated mates.”
“Should I be taking notes?” I teased and listened to his laugh.
“It doesn’t matter. All you need to know is you are mine and I am yours.”
“Mine.” I smiled and he nodded his head.
“Mine.” His fingers pushed my hair back as he stared at my neck. “Clover…” His voice suddenly sounded hoarse as his hazel eyes began to darken, then flicker to gold the color of his lycan’s eyes.
I reached my hand up to his head, pushing him closer as I extended my neck. “I think you’ve waited long enough. Mark me, Sion.” He let out a low primal growl as he gripped my body. I felt his hot breath against the crook of my neck and then his tongue moved over my skin. He teased me and flicked it over my marking spot. I felt my stomach tighten in anticipation as my breathing got heavier. He then began sucking on my neck and moaned as I gripped into his hair. Gods, his touch set me on fire. I felt my back pressed against the cool stone wall and then his fangs sank into my neck. The pain… the pleasure… the flashing surges of desire… it was all consuming. Another moan escaped my lips as I rocked my hips into him, eliciting a feral growl from him. As he retracted his fangs from me, another pleasurable surge rushed through me. Gods, so this is why most markings and matings happened at the same time.
I felt his hands trembling over my body and I knew he was controlling himself as well. I admired his self-control because I was more than willing. Even if the others would be able to hear us. I felt his tongue lick at my neck over the fresh mark he had left. He then began trailing his kisses up my neck until he reached my lips. He captured them, claiming them as his own. An energy was forming inside of me as this new connection formed between us.
I thought I would feel the urge to mark him with my wolf… but I didn’t. Instead, I was being consumed by raw, pure emotions. I felt his connection entering my soul and I needed more. I had to have more… I had to have him.
I reached down and lifted my shirt, parting our lips to remove it over my head. His eyes were glued to mine as his chest heaved up and down.
“Clover… I’m not going to be able to stop. I can barely control this…”
“Who asked you to control it?” I looked around the glowing blue cave. The yellow lights faded in and out from the fireflies. Why not here? The cave was wrapped in magic, and I needed to be one with him. I was the one who couldn’t control it.
“But you are wounded…” Sion’s eyes were staring over my body as they flickered with color. It was obvious he was really struggling at this point. I pulled the bandages off, revealing fully healed skin. The moment Sion marked me I felt the wounds heal. It wasn’t from Sheena… it was him. When I healed before, it was because I was with him. Just now it happened again. I don’t know why but being with Sion healed me.
“Do you have any other excus—” I didn’t even get the words out of my mouth. He stepped into me growling as he covered my lips. His hot tongue attacked my mouth, pushing inside urgently. I reached out lifting his shirt off of him, our lips only parted for a second before they were glued back together frantically. He lifted me up and my legs hooked around his torso. My fingers dug into his skin and something instinctual came over me. I pulled back from his lips and pressed my forehead against his. I was panting heavily with my eyes closed. He was mine…mine.
I moved my lips to his temple as an energy left my lips. I felt his fingers dig into me as his arms began to tremble. At the same time, it was like something burst inside of me. As if the floodgates had opened, and I was finally free. I slowly pulled away, seeing a white star mark on his temple. I… marked him. The white star pulsated with a white glow for a moment before it stopped.
“It’s complete.” Sion said in a ragged breath. “We are fully connected.”
“But we didn’t…”
He chuckled as he nuzzled his nose against my throat. “We did… once already. That’s when the first part of our connection happened.”
“Oh… okay, I guess we are done here.” I teased as he slid me down to the ground.
“Far from done here.” He was suddenly serious again as his hands moved to remove my shorts. He looked at me with a predatory gaze that had my body shivering in anticipation. With his eyes locked on mine, he lifted his under shirt over his head, revealing heaven’s sculpted chest. My eyes traveled over him as he pulled his bottoms off. I couldn’t help but to stare at him as he stepped, into me grabbing on to the string of my thong. A smirk reached his lips as he played with the thin band of fabric clinging to me. “I remember these…” His lips slowly covered mine. This time slowly and sensually. He pulled down on the string, dropping them to the floor. Then, in a tantalizingly slow movement, he made his way to my bra, unclasping it, allowing it to fall to the floor.
His hand cupped my breast as he pushed me back. His tongue was slowly dancing with mine as he bit and teased my lower lip. Leisurely tasting and touching me. He held the urgency back, taking his time. Holding me close to his body, he lowered me to the cool ground. I was surprised to feel softness under my back. At some point, he had led us to a mossy area of the cave. The light glowing moss surrounded my body as he covered me. The patience and tenderness in his movements was maddening. It was driving me more wild than rampaging lust.
His hand was sliding in and around fondling my sensitive mound and bud. A low groan came from his throat, a sound of his hunger for me. This drove me wild and had me arching underneath him, demanding more. His mouth left my lips only to slide down my body. His tongue snaked out, capturing my taunt nipple in his hot mouth, searing it with his moisture. My fingers tangled in his hair as a strangled cry left my lips. Gods, I couldn’t take this. It was like a wildfire was igniting over me. The burn, tingles, and electricity were all taking over me. A sensual storm held me captive and at Sion’s mercy. I helplessly arched into his powerful body, feeling his muscles against my stomach.
I was burning, aching and ready for him. I knew what I wanted and what I needed. I couldn’t take it anymore. I needed him… now. With all of my strength I pushed him, slipping my nipp.le out of his mouth as he landed on his back. I slid over him, sitting on his stomach.
“I’m taking charge now.” I said as I felt him shudder underneath me. I can’t explain how exciting it is to have this effect on someone. To know that I can cause this sort of reaction out of him encouraged me.
I positioned myself over him. I was wet… and beyond ready. I slid down on top of him finally connecting with what I wanted. His probing maleness was the missing piece that brought me a sense of homecoming. A primitive hunger was calling from me, and he was the answer it needed. He slid his hands underneath my bottom as I began to ride him. The wildly surging pleasure was sweeping away my control. We moved together as one in a perfect sensual rhythm. Nothing else mattered at this moment. He was my universe. His powerful thrust sent electric sparks through me. The pace quickened; his face was taut with his own driving hunger.
He gripped into my bottom as his thrusting became more urgent and powerful. Each one sending me closer and closer to the brink. I was no longer able to hold back as my climax ripped through me, pulsating like an electrical current. The tingling pleasure shuddered through me as he released a hoarse cry of his own. I slumped on top of his body as his arms came to rest around me. He held me against him, just keeping our bodies close. It was long minutes before he finally stirred, pulling out of me, and moving me to his side. He immediately pulled my body back into his as his body curled around mine, he let out a low almost purring sound of contentment.
“That’s my Luna.” He said against my head. I could feel the smile on his lips. I was completely his and he was mine. We belonged to each other. It felt surreal. Yet, this was only one step. We still had a long way to go before we could live a happy life together. We had to save the Chance pack.
I turned my head up to look at him. He didn’t say anything, but I knew he had to be worried about his pack. There was a big burden on his shoulders. “I am your Luna, and you are my Alpha. And I will help fight to protect our pack.” For a moment, I saw it. The hidden wound in his eyes that he didn’t want me to see. He was protecting me from it. He needed to know it was okay. “It’s okay, Sion. You can be happy with me and worried about your pack.” He pulled me closer and buried his nose in my hair.
“I can never do enough in this life to ever deserve you.”
“That’s where you are wrong. We deserve each other. You are giving me what I have always wanted, Sion.” I could only ever dream of having a family, but Sion was giving me my dream. He was everything I wanted and what I didn’t even know I needed. “Sion, you have shown me more patience and kindness—” He pulled my body up so that my head was beside his. He tilted my face to his as he stared into my eyes.
“This is what loving someone means. This is not something you thank someone for because this is normal. You deserve to be given as much time as you need. You should always be treated with kindness. Being my mate means my heart breaks when you are sad. I can only be happy when you are happy. You are my equal… my partner. I can’t do life without you.” He leaned in and tenderly brushed his lips over mine. “Don’t you see Clover? You are the Yin to my Yang, the summer to my winter, the light to my darkness, the Tai to my Chi. Without you I am not complete. Together we create a cosmos.” I kissed him again and looked into his eyes. How did he make me fall deeper and deeper every second? He didn’t hold his feelings back from me and always said what I needed to hear. He was the one giving me everything.
“I love you Sion.” I reached my hand up to his hair, sifting my fingers through his strands. I pushed my lips into his slipping my tongue into his mouth. Reawakening the quieted storm. His arousal pulsated against my leg as he growled into my lips.
He made love to me again only this time I allowed him to play to his heart's content. He slowly tasted and enjoyed my body as he explored every inch of me. He continued to please me, making me delirious with pleasure. It was so wild, and the burning desire was all consuming. He drove me mad and to my peek over and over. Until, delirious with contentment and exhaustion, we collapsed. Entangled in each other’s arms.
I could have disappeared with him in the magical cave under the blue glowing moss and flashing fireflies. It felt like we were in a protective bubble that had transported us to a place without evil.
If only that were true. Unfortunately… reality was about to slam into us.