Darius let me go, and the moment he did, I attacked Kalen, the bond overwhelming me. Kalen’s nervousness hit me like a slap in the face when Darius grabbed me, pulling me back down, his magic moving through me again and sedating me. Yet still, my hips rocked against Kalen, my legs locked around his waist.
“Her bond wants you, Kalen,” Tobias told him, but the fire coursing through me became painful the more he denied me, and I groaned as my arousal spilled out, coating my thighs.
But Kalen just stared down at me, and I whimpered. Kalen bit his lip, looking down at me. I wondered why he was denying me, the bond screaming out painfully for him, but he just stared down at me. The feeling through the bond was almost fear.
“Maybe Tobias should,” Kalen murmured. Tears pricked my eyes at Kalen’s words. The bond recoiled in my chest, making me cry out. My back arched at his rejection as pain rippled through me when Lycus moved onto the bed beside me, his magic flooding into me as his hand moved across my stomach, the bond relaxing under his touch. I fell back against the bed, humiliated at the way my bond was reacting. Tears stung my eyes.
I couldn’t even speak. Everything became based on instinct and the feeling of my bond tugging on theirs. It became clear why everyone always said you needed your mates when shredding. It was agony and uncontrollable; I was at the mercy of my bond, overcome by instincts I was not used to.
“Calm, he is scared, Aleera. He isn’t rejecting you,” Lycus murmured before leaning over and kissing me softly and sucking on my bottom lip.
He nibbled on it before pulling away and smiling back at me.
Darius’s hands still cupping my face warmed me up more, his magic bleeding through me, trying to calm my frantic bond. I saw Tobias kiss Kalen’s shoulder. Kalen turned his head to face him, to look at him, and Tobias kissed him. The sight made my bond flare stronger, saddened Kalen would give in to Tobias, but not me.
“I know you want him. He will give your bond what it wants. Kalen has never been with a woman. Just give him a second,” Darius purred, leaning down and kissing me softly. His words startled me for a second, and when he pulled away, Kalen was staring down at me with a worried look on his face, and his cheeks flushed.
His embarrassment hit me, and my bond calmed, reacting to him. I wanted to comfort him and tell him it was okay; I was a virgin, for god’s sake, and not many were at the age of twenty-four, especially not a damn keeper.
A purr escaped me, a noise I wasn’t aware I could make, my bond rushing out like an aura and reassuring him. Kalen sighed, closing his eyes and tipping his head back. My body felt foreign doing things I had no control over. The urge to comfort my mate became overwhelming, and I felt the tension start to leave him.
“What are you worried about? Hurting her? I can assure you right now you won’t, not while she is like this,” Tobias chuckled, nodding toward me writhing on the bed.
Kalen looked down at me, and his face took on a darkened expression, his eyes flickering, and the room chilled slightly, reacting to his mood.
And for the first time, I got glimmers of his aura. I had never seen one, and I knew it was because I was filled with his magic. However, Kalen’s was black as coal, and fractures like shattered glass crackled within it. Darkness, his aura, was tainted by the darkness that sometimes took over him, showing how close he lived to the edge of this world and death, a limbo between the light and darkness that swirled within him.
“Yes, but mostly about what she will see,” Kalen said, and Lycus cupped Kalen’s cheek with his hand. His thumb smoothed under his eye.
Chapter 77
“It won’t make herlove you any less,” Lycus told him. Their words confused me, and I tried to process what he meant. I wanted desperately to ask, yet my tongue felt thick in my mouth. I glanced at Darius, who had an indecipherable expression. Worry etched on his handsome face, a crease forming between his eyes as I stared up at him questionably.
Darius licked his lip, and his eyes went to mine and softened slightly. “There is a reason they are called keepers. They are keepers of more than magic, Aleera. You get their magic, but you also get all their secrets, even the ones we haven’t told each other.” Darius murmured the last part as if he had just remembered that.Was that what Kalen was worried about?I knew that already, so why was he so scared of me learning about his past? The atmosphere in the room changed now that Darius spoke up. A nervous ripple coursed through all of them as they watched me.
“Kalen doesn’t have a good one, Aleera. I know you are probably having trouble keeping a singular thought, but you should know not one of us has a stellar past,” Lycus whispered while leaning over me. He brushed his nose against mine and pecked my lips. My hands gripped his arms, tugging him closer anddeepening the kiss. Lycus palmed my breast before rolling my nipple between his fingers as I kissed him.
Hands smoothed over my thighs, and Lycus pulled away from me just as Kalen gripped my hips, yanking me closer to him.
His eyes flickered at me, and he purred, a cocky grin splitting onto his face. Kalen pushed my legs further apart before grabbing his cock in his hand. He ran the tip between my glistening wet folds, making me arch my hips, wanting him to sink himself inside my tight confines.
Lycus growled, and my eyes darted to him to find him watching Kalen tease me by running his cock between my lips, parting them. Lycus leaned down, and Kalen moved slightly as Lycus’s mouth covered my throbbing pussy, his hot tongue brushing my clit, making me cry out and buck against his lips. Lycus growled, sucking on my clit, and I watched Kalen run his fingers through Lycus’s hair.
My hips rolled against his fiery tongue. Arousal made my muscles tense, and heat pooled in my belly, desire coursing through me. My thighs became slick as my juices spilled from me, coating his lips. Lycus pulled away, and Kalen gripped the back of his neck, bringing Lycus’s lips to his and kissing him. Tasting me on Lycus’s lips, Kalen let him go, and my breathing became harsh as the bond grew impatient.
Kalen looked down at me and smirked before running the tip of his cock between my pussy lips again teasingly, stopping at my entrance. Tobias moved onto the bed on my other side, his lips latching onto my nipple, making me moan, and his hand fell on my knee, pulling my leg further open.
Kalen’s hand fell on my thigh, spreading my legs wide apart as he moved closer and pushed the tip in. I gasped at the feeling. Tobias pulled away, and I saw Kalen watching me as he slowly pushed inside me, stretching me around his thick shaft. His cock grazed my inner walls, gliding smoothly, coated in my juices. My pussy gripped him, and he groaned. His eyes flickered before shoving inside me, his hips flush against me.
Kalen stilled before watching himself slide out of me, and his eyes flicked to mine when I moved my hips, forcing him back inside. Darius growled, his hands moving to my shoulders before letting me go. His magic let me go, and the bond was flooded with primal desire. Kalen smiled darkly, gripping my hips and slamming into me.
I reached for him, my hands wanting to touch him. I felt the bed dip as Tobias and Lycus moved when Kalen gripped my hands, lacing his fingers through mine and shoving them into the mattress above my head. His lips crashed against mine hungrily. My tongue fought him for dominance as the bond flared. I rolled my hips in sync with his thrusts, and I moaned as bliss rolled over me when he flooded me with his magic, giving me all of it, bathing me in it. My bond tangled with his, and my chest warmed at the feeling coursing through me.
Kalen’s lips moved to my mark, and he sucked on it, earning a moan from me when sparks made my entire body buzz. His hard length slid in and out of me, slick with my arousal from the building friction. Kalen groaned when my walls clamped down around him. His lips returned to mine, and my fingers squeezed his as he drove me closer to the precipice.
As he tasted every inch of my mouth, Kalen’s tongue became demanding, and I was overwhelmed with the friction and his magic slivering through me. My entire body heated, and my breathing turned to a pant as I rolled my hips against him when my bond took over completely, hungry to mark him and claim him.
Kalen growled when my magic shoved out, and I overpowered him, flipping him on his back. Kalen barely sat up in time before I climbed on top of him. My legs straddled his waist, and Kalen’s arms wrapped around my waist, slowing me as I sank down on him.