It took less than two strokes in my wet heat before he sucked my clit into his mouth, and I came, groaning around his cock as he fucked my mouth harder than ever. As he drew out my pleasure, Shadow’s body started to vibrate, rumbles emerging from within him, and as his dick swelled, he let out a groan. When the first hot burst of cum hit my mouth, I jerked against him, near drowning in the rush of power that I tasted. Shadow was built of so much strength and energy that I felt myself grow stronger as I swallowed him down.

The taste was weird but not unpleasant, salty and masculine, reminding me of Shadow’s scent. I found myself licking the last drop clean as I ran my hands over his shaft.

Shadow’s tongue didn’t stop swirling across my pussy until we were both done. At this point, I was completely wrecked, barely making a sound as he carried me to his bathroom. We showered together under water that was basically near boiling point. Neither of us was bothered by heat; it actually energized us.

I closed my eyes as I curled against him, wrapping my arms around his neck. I didn’t need to hold on tight, though, because he never took his hands off me. Like he was afraid if he let go, I’d disappear again. Even when he left me to dry off, and then brush my teeth, the door between us remained open. It was the sort of closeness we’d never experienced. A real “mate” moment that I was struggling to process, even as much as I loved it.

When I stepped out of his wardrobe, wearing one of his shirts, flames burned in his eyes. In an instant, the shirt was incinerated, leaving me naked, blinking like an idiot. “Uh, was there something wrong with that shirt?”

He took two steps across the room, and before I could ask him another question, I was in his arms. “You sleep naked with me, Sunshine,” he said, his voice deeper than usual. “I want to feel every inch of your skin pressed to mine. I want your scent and mine together. I want nothing between us.”

My chest squeezed. I’d dreamed of this moment when all barriers would fall away. When we’d somehow find a place where we could exist together, just Shadow and Sunshine. Shadowshine.

Maybe for tonight, we’d get exactly that.

24

Shadow never let me go. His promises were as solid as his fucking biceps, one of which was under my head. Normally, I’d expect a hard surface like that wouldn’t really be conducive to sleep, and yet the moment he wrapped me up in his arms, one leg between mine as he spooned me, I’d basically passed the fuck out.