Oh, crap. That was right. Condoms weren't really a thing. And as much as she wanted to just go forth and let him plunder her lady parts, she tried to be responsible. Stroking his back, she asked, "You, er, haven't been with tons of females, have you?"
He raised his head to meet her eyes. "No, very few. And with everyone else I've used French letters, back before I entered my frozen state."
Right, the old-timey version of a condom, according to Yesenia, made out of sheep's guts. Apparently rubber ones were still super rare. "So, you don't have any diseases?"
Full-blooded paranormals were usually immune, but sometimes half-bloods weren't.
He stroked her cheek. "I would never do anything to hurt you." Then he frowned. "Maybe you don't want children? I can wait until I can protect you from that with something from the fae witches."
As he moved to roll away, Reika held him tightly. "No, don't go." And after studying him a beat, she added, "I want you now, Stone. Whatever happens, happens."
The way his eyes lit up told Reika that despite his growly, loner exterior, Stone probably longed for what he'd never really had—a family.
And Reika decided right then and there she would be the one to give it to him. No matter if it ended up just her and him forever, she would be his family. Never again would Stone have to be a loner to protect himself.
She would be at his side, and they'd forge a future together. Whatever that meant between two people from two very different periods of history.
He asked, "Are you sure?"
She nodded. "Yeah." She arched her hips up and wriggled against his hard dick. "And you've passed the compatibility test with flying colors. So it's high time to claim me, Mr. Riley, and make me yours."
Reika nearly added "forever," but she wasn't sure if that'd be going too far.
After all, she was already in love with him, but he might not have the same feelings. Yet she hoped. While she'd been chipping away at the icy exterior, she didn't know how deep his walls might be.
He took her lips in a slow, gentle kiss. The action tender, as if truly worshiping her, and tears nearly sprung to her eyes.
But then his rough fingers were touching her center and then her clit, and Reika forgot about everything else but how it would feel to have Stone claim her as his bride in truth.
* * *
Stone should say something gentle,or romantic, or tell Reika how she was bloody beautiful, her body perfect, and her taste incredible.
But it was taking everything he had to keep his need to claim her in check. The rutting instinct of his shifter side wanted to fuck her again and again, until she was dripping cum down her leg. And his vampire side wanted her blood.
And one day he would have it all. However, this was his first time with Reika, and he wanted it to be more tender, more special, more memorable in general.
She'd already come apart on his tongue, her sweet cries music to his ears, and now she was spreading her legs, stroking his back and arching up toward him, asking Stone to make her his.
He'd find a way to tell her his feelings later. In such a short time she'd come to mean so much to him, and he would never take her for granted. Ever. Finding out she was his fated one had made everything he'd endured in his life worth it.
For now, he nuzzled his lips against her neck, the feel of her rapid pulse beneath his mouth making his fangs ache.
Since she would come as soon as he bit her, he would do that last. Not that it stopped him from nibbling her soft skin, or licking the sting with his tongue, or merely reveling in her fucking delicious scent.
Since her cunt was dripping already from her orgasm, he rubbed his cock up and down, wanting to make her squirm a little. When her nails dug into his back, he finally smiled as he positioned his cock at her entrance. "Is that what my sweet bride wants?"
Stone entered an inch and retreated. When Reika growled, he couldn't help but smile. He loved being the one who could bring out her impatient, more grumpy side. "Tell me what you want, love, and I'll grant it."
She lightly scraped her nails down his back, and he fucking loved it. "Just take me, Stone. No more teasing. Just claim me and make me yours."
His fangs and cock throbbed at her words. And at the desire in her eyes, his restraint shattered. With one hard thrust, he was bollocks deep inside her tight, wet cunt, and he'd never felt anything so perfect before. "Fuck, Reika. The way you grip my cock."
She wriggled her hips, and Stone nearly lost his mind. "Then fuck me, Stone. I'm ready."
At her coarse language, he snarled, took her lips in a rough kiss and moved his hips.
Her tongue didn't hold back, battling his, as he continued to pump into her sweet cunny, almost as if he were addicted to her and only her, the perfect fit.