“Hi.” I love the deep richness of his voice. “Why did you come back?”
I stroke his cheek with my thumb. “Rowan came over. She told me that you told her that after you found me all those years ago that you were convinced you were going to marry me and give me babies. That it was before you learned what our destiny fully was.”
“What does this mean Taryn?” He looks at me with those gorgeous eyes that mesmerize me every time.
“It means I’m yours.”
Merick
Mine.
She is all mine.
Pressing my lips to hers I take a moment to savor her. Take a few lasting minutes to accept that she is here, in my arms, in my bed.
“I’ve meant every single word I’ve spoken since the very second I found you in the forest. From the first whisper of your name to the fact that you are everything I have ever hoped for. Taryn, I would take you and you alone even if it meant that we’d never conceive, I need you. It has only ever been you.
The way she is looking at me, that deep haziness that fills her eyes. A deep connection I know we both feel that doesn’t require words surrounding us. “Kiss me,” she arches her neck bringing her lips closer to mine, “please.”
My heart beats rapidly, my body on high alert of every single sensation. Excitement, desire and fear. They are all coursing through me at once, but one thing I know without a doubt is that I will do anything for Taryn. Anything!
“I love you,” I whisper as I trace her jaw with the tip of my finger. Watching her reaction to my touch before I softly kiss her. “I’ve loved you since the first moment I saw you, hearing your laughter, seeing you run through the trees so content. You’re so beautiful.”
She closes her eyes tightly and a single tear falls, gliding down her cheek in a silvery trail.
She fists her hands in my hair and tugs, bringing my lips closer to hers. I do nothing to stop her. I vow right here and now to give her everything she needs, she doesn’t need words. She needs me.
The words she spoke earlier collide in my mind making me falter. She seems to notice and pulls back, breaking our kiss. The look in her eyes, and uncertainty, one that weighs heavily on both of us.
“I came back not because I had to, but because I wanted to.”
I nod, words had escaped me. I had never felt so raw and so vulnerable. I am a man with an extraordinary gift, one that makes me almost invincible. Very little scared me, but Taryn, she terrified me. If there is one thing that can make me weak, one thing that could destroy me, it's her.
“I understand,” assuring me she cups my jaw and I lean into her touch. “I trust you.”
Opening my eyes I stare at her feeling slightly shocked by her words. She trusts me.
“And I love you too.”
Suddenly my chest feels hollow. Like every ounce of strength and power is sucked from me in one quick pull. My arms grow weak and I allow my body to cover hers.
Covering her mouth with my own, it’s all I can do to keep my emotions at bay. Having her trust and her love was an exceptional gift, one I’m not yet sure I deserve but will treasure until my last breath.
“Make love to me,” her words are nothing more than a whisper, one that tickles my lips. Positioning myself between her parted thighs I feel how wet she still remains and use that to glide my cock over her. A whimper falls from her lips as I hit her sensitive clit.
“Are you sure?” I’d wait for her, I need her to know that. At this point having her is all I want, the rest, it would have to wait. Her love, it meant more to me than any legend or expectations others had for us.
“Yes,” Taryn moves her own hips silently begging for more.
Pulling back I rest the head of my cock at her entrance and tease her with the tip. I’m met with resistance and realize that my size in comparison to her slim figure may be too much.
“Please,” hearing her beg is my undoing and I push further inside of her. In and out I work myself deeper inside of her. Taryn’s snug channel engulfs me. The wet heat of her pussy is almost too much to bear. “Ahh,” she gasps and I pause. Only Taryn shifts and takes more of me. Crying out against my lips.
“More?”
“Yes,” her breathy whisper fills my ear. “All of you.”
Shifting my hips forward I bury myself to the hilt while Taryn grips the sheets tight on either side of her. She is so tight, so warm, like nothing I have ever felt before. I hear a growl echo through the room and it takes me a second to realize it came from me. Turning my head, I press my lips to her neck, nibbling her tender flesh.
Taryn turns her head granting me access needed to solidify the bond. My fangs lengthen and that primal urge to mate hits me like a mack truck. I howl into the night before sinking my teeth into her flesh. Her cry immediately turns to a whimper. The moment I taste her blood I release my hold and glide my tongue over the broken skin—it soothes and heals her.
I pull back and find her staring up at me. She feels it, I know she does, it's in her eyes, we are now one, we are connected for life.
Pausing, the both of us takes a few seconds to regain our composure before we start to move. So in sync with one another.
Taryn wraps her legs around me, using the heels
