HeroUnleased

by Anna Alexander

  Stripped to her animalistic core, she pushed back into the double invasion and begged for more of the intoxicating delirium that came with being pushed to the edge. How long could she ride along the precipice? Torn between the high of orgasmic ecstasy and the white-hot cleansing that came with the exquisite rapture.

  Could Bale feel her? Could he taste both hers and Lucian’s desire? Did he understand that as a bonded mate, you didn’t have to hide your darkness, because your mate shared the same hungers?

  She reached out with her powers and fed him her frenzied emotions, pumping him with an elixir of sex and love that made his cock bob in the air. She watched the cum drip from the narrow tip and wondered about his flavor, flicking her tongue along her lips as if she could taste him on her tongue.

  That was enough to push Bale into oblivion.

  The veins in his neck stood out in stark relief as bit his lip and his back arched. His cock erupted, splashing his belly with his cum. His orgasm struck her and Lucian like a concussive wave. Her pussy seized, clamping firmly down on Lucian’s shaft so that she felt the kick in his cock as he bathed her walls with his cum. Even after his shout of release stopped ringing in her ears, his hips kept thrusting in an erratic rhythm, drawing out the pleasure until she wept with the onslaught.

  Overcome by Lucian’s acceptance of her sexuality, she sobbed. Words were only hot air, but actions spoke volumes. To have him in her mind, loving her, all a dream come true. He wrapped her in the safety of his love as strongly as the arms that gathered her close. He swept the hair out of her eyes and fruitlessly wiped at the tears streaming down her cheeks. Kisses were peppered over her face and along her shoulders as soothing palms tried to calm her teeth-chattering shudders.

  “I’m—so—so sorry,” she stuttered.

  “You’re perfect and amazing,” Lucian murmured into her ear.

  She glanced over his shoulder and saw the curtain was once again drawn, but the velvet was no barrier against the well of grief that bled out of the big man who was alone on the other side.

  She moved to jump off the bed to ease some of his pain, but Lucian stopped her, pressing his lips to her ear to whisper, “No, akita. Not yet. Let him have his space.”

  “He hurts,” she whispered back. Bale’s pain made her realize how fortunate she was to have Lucian and how devastating it would be to lose him.

  “I know.” He pulled her down by his side. “He’ll be okay, Amaryllis. You’ve changed him. I’m so proud of you.”

  Tears slid down her cheeks. There was so much she wanted to say, so much she wanted to share about how amazing she found her mate, but exhaustion robbed her of speech and she melted into Lucian’s arms, convinced she was the most loved woman on Earth.

  * * * * *

  “Going anyplace in particular?”

  Bale paused with one hand on the door leading out of The Cavern. He turned toward where Lucian stepped from the shadows. He shrugged. “Not a clue.”

  Lucian nodded and tucked his hands into the pockets of his jeans. “Do you have the means to return to Skandavia?”

  “Yes.”

  While the reply was in the affirmative, Lucian knew Bale would never return to the homeland.

  “Here, take these, please.” Lucian withdrew a cell phone and some cash from his pocket. “I know you’re capable of taking care of yourself, but Amaryllis will be angry if I didn’t send you off with something. Don’t know how familiar you are with the technology here, but it’s a communications device. All of our numbers are programmed in the phone. Please call if you have need. We’ll be there.”

  Bale took the offerings. His brow furrowed as he rubbed his thumb over the screen. With a nod, he placed the items in his jacket pocket. For several long seconds he stared at Lucian. His lips pinched and rolled with the words that showed in his eyes yet remained unsaid. “Good luck to you and your mate, Lucian.”

  “Thank you, my brother.” He held out his hand, palm up with his fingers curled to form a cup.

  More ticks of the clock passed before Bale locked his fingers around Lucian’s, completing the yin to his yang. They then grasped each other around the forearm and bowed at the waist.

  Bale stepped back and opened the door to late-afternoon sun. He blinked at the bright light, hesitating with his hand on the door. His chest expanded with a deep breath, then he stepped through the exit, the door closing softly in his wake.

  Lucian headed up the stairs to where he left his sleeping bride. Along the way he looked around the kingdom Amaryllis had built for herself. At the moment it was nothing but walls and tables. Catwalks and darkened lights. Each night she opened her doors and tapped into the needs of all who crossed her threshold. True to her word, all were welcome. Even hired assassins.

  Perhaps his hair color should have changed during bonding to match her silver. He had a feeling his dark strands would quickly turn to white with her as his mate.

  He crept into her playroom and paused by the bed to strip off his clothes.

  “Did he take the money and the phone?” Amaryllis asked without opening her eyes.

  “Yes, he did.”

  He climbed onto the bed and pulled her against his chest. He kissed her on the forehead. “If you ever do something as foolish as that again, I will paddle your luscious ass and you will not find it pleasurable.”

  She snuggled deep and he felt her smile against the area above his hearts. ”I believe what you mean to say is, ‘I’m sorry I doubted you, Amaryllis, and I promise to trust your instinct in the future’.”

  He snorted so hard, he hurt his sinus cavity. Once he began laughing, he couldn’t stop until his belly ached and Amaryllis slapped his arm. “I promise to pause for a few seconds before trying to impose my will upon you and eventually getting my way. That’s the best I can do.”

  “For now,” she amended. She threw her leg over his hips and settled her slick pussy over his hardening erection. “Well, General, the threat is over, the damsel is safe. Do you no longer have a purpose?”

  He rolled her onto her back and wedged his hips between her thighs. “Oh no. My purpose has expanded to encompass so much more. First, I endeavor to be a good husband to you and make sure you orgasm frequently and well.”

  “I approve. Continue.”

  He smiled and dropped kisses along the underside of one plump breast. “I will also spend more time with my family and be a better brother.”

  “No one has doubted your love for your brother.”

  “But I can always improve.” He laid his cheek on the soft plane of her belly. “But my most important purpose will be to be a good father.”

  Silence. A long, long silence.

  He looked up to see her staring at him with wide eyes.

  “You wish for children?”

  “Not today, but in the future, yes. I want to build a family with you.” When his senses picked up nothing but shock, he began to worry. “Do you not want children of your own?”

  “I’ve never thought much about it.” She gestured to the shelves stocked with whips and tethers and a contraption of straps hanging from the ceiling. “My lifestyle doesn’t lend itself to raising a child. However,” she bit her lip and drew a breath, “I’m not opposed to the idea. I just never saw myself as someone’s mother. Do you think I can be a good mother?”

  “Surely you’re joking. You’d be a fantastic mother. What do think you’ve been doing for everyone who walks into this club for the last few years? You are a natural caregiver, akita.” Her hesitant smile broke his heart. “A fiercer mother than you there will never be.”

  “And if we have a daughter, I pity the young men who come to win her affection.” She giggled.

  “Men?” Plural? “No, it will not be a problem since we will have sons.”

  The husky notes of her laugher beckoned him to join. She cupped his cheeks between her palms and gave him a smacking kiss. “We shall see, General. Now, back to your first endeavor. I believe you mentioned something about satisfyi
ng orgasms. I command you to eat my pussy.”

  “As you wish, my princess.”

  He pushed her legs wider apart and opened the swollen lips of her sex with his thumbs. Drawing her clit into his mouth, he suckled the nub like a decadent candy. He pushed two fingers into her sheath and tucked the tips against the spot that made her cream in his hand.

  “Too fast,” she panted. “I don’t want to come yet.”

  “I’ll make the second one go slower.”

  “Ooo, you’re evil.”

  Her body went lax in his hold as she dropped all her barriers and released the full brunt of her emotions.

  The force punched him in the gut, bending him in two. He was there with her as the pressure tightened in her belly and her hearts felt ready to burst out of her chest. She moaned, he groaned. She trembled, he shook. Her cream flowed like syrup and his balls drew tight to come. He ground his hips against the mattress in a vain attempt to gain some control.

  “Lucian.” She gripped two fistfuls of sheet and arched with a gasp. “Lucian!”

  Her orgasm sparked over his skin like a chain of firecrackers. With herculean strength, he dragged himself to his knees and worked his cock into her dripping channel. His eyes rolled back with pleasure and his cock twitched, but he kept on feeding her his length in slow, measured thrusts.

  Her cries quieted into deep, keening moans. The scrape of her fingernails raking down his back made his jaw clench, yet he kept up the relentless pace, loath to end the sensation of riding the razor-thin edge to oblivion.

  “Lucian, I’m going to come again.” She dug her fingers into his ass. “Please. I’m going to come.” She closed her eyes with a grimace.

  “Look at me,” he commanded.

  Her amazing eyes snapped open and she bucked beneath him. Her cunt squeezed his shaft in short, sweet sucks.

  His orgasm swept over them both in strong pulls that wrung every drop he produced. He wanted to shout, wanted to tell her how much he loved her, but all he managed was a guttural growl and panting breaths.

  “I know, my love.” She wrapped him in her soft arms and legs. “I know.”

  “You’ve ruined me,” he gasped out of his dry throat and collapsed in an ungraceful heap on top of her. “I can’t move.”

  Her breasts shimmied with her rough chuckle. “You can have a moment to rest.”

  “Good.” He closed his eyes, already drifting asleep as she rubbed soothing circles over his back.

  “Not too long, love. We have much to decide.”

  “Hmm-mmm,” he murmured with half an ear.

  “I’m thinking we should start by deciding where to live. I must check on the restaurant and the club. Then there’s the vacation to plan that you promised to take. And of course, we have to find time for my training.”

  His eyes flew open at that. “Training?”

  “Yes. To become a Chameleon.”

  Surely she jested. Right? Right?

  Judging by her steady gaze, she wasn’t.

  “No. Absolutely not.”

  “I know that you aren’t going to give up the armor, and I want in on the action. I have talents. Let me help others.”

  He stopped her with a quick kiss. He mentally was not prepared to deal with Amaryllis at the moment. “How about we focus on getting through today. Starting with food and more sex.”

  “For now.” Her serene smile sent a flutter of unease rolling in his gut.

  Ya, his hair was definitely going to turn gray.

  About Anna Alexander

  Anna Alexander’s literary world changed at age thirteen when a friend gave her Kathleen E. Woodiwiss’ A Rose in Winter. With her mind thoroughly blown, Anna decided that one day she too would become a romance novelist. With Hugh Jackman’s abs and Christopher Reeve’s blue eyes as inspiration, she loves spinning tales about superheroes finding love.

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