She glanced over at Kate. The pretty green of the bridesmaid dress was really something else, not that Kate hadn’t bitched the whole time, but in the end, Erica had won out. It was her wedding after all.
Titus stood on the other side of Sol. He was all smiles since they had made the big announcement. Actually, just about everyone had. Rachel was watching her like a hawk, and Erica still had to draw the line on her boundaries, but she did mean well.
“Okay,” the major said. “Let’s see about getting you two married.”
* * *
Sol watched her in the mirror as she changed from the white pillowy dress she was wearing. She came over to him and turned her back to him.
“Unzip me?” she asked coyly over her shoulder.
Sol groaned. “Are you trying to kill me here?”
Her sweet giggle was music to his ears. She had been doing that more and more. This was what he longed for, a life with her and their child.
When he came up behind her, he kissed the exposed skin on her neck.
“How are you feeling?” he rumbled. She signed, and he relished the sound.
“I’m fine.” Her breathy reply called parts of him into action.
He kissed the other side of her neck as he slid the zipper down. After walking around to the front of her, he slipped his hands around to the side of the dress and yanked. She gasped as it fell to the floor.
“We really don’t have time,” she said, but he cut off her words with a brutal kiss.
He smiled when her arms wrapped around his neck, and she leaned into him, kissing him back with the same need he was feeling.
When he pulled away, her lips were full and swollen. She looked at him with half-closed eyes that made him want to do it all over again. Sol looked down at the matching bra and panty set she was wearing.
It had driven him crazy to be without her last night, but she had insisted it was tradition. Seemed a little crazy to him that two people who loved each other would deny themselves the pleasure. At this moment, however, he could see the benefit. If she had been home, he would have seen this set and driven himself crazy knowing she was wearing it under her sweet little gown.
Sol growled.
“Do you like it?” She smiled shyly.
Sol walked her backward until she came to the wall, her breathing erratic and even more enticing than the garments.
“I love them,” he huffed. “Now let me take them off.”
He stooped down and unhooked her bra from the front. Her breasts sprang from their confines. A few gentle licks, and she was already lifting her hips up to bump against him.
Erica pushed him back, and he stared at her in surprise.
“Take your shirt off,” she said. Her husky voice pushed him to the limit as he struggled with the buttons.
While he worked his shirt, he felt her hand slip to the front of his pants. Within seconds, he felt them drop to his ankles.
Her gentle hand wrapped around him, and she gave a few strokes. He moaned as the last few buttons were undone, and the shirt slipped from his shoulders.
Without stopping, Erica pushed the this scrap of fabric at her core and led his length to her opening. Warm and slick, he groaned as she pulled him into her. He reached down and grabbed her ass to hoist her up. With her back against the wall, he had total control of her.
She wrapped her arms around him as he slid deep inside. Her moan filled his ears, and he stilled inside her. Erica wrapped her legs around his body and began to bounce against him, slamming herself harder and harder onto his stiff length.
“More,” she groaned.
Sol tightened his hands on her lower half and helped push her harder onto his cock. He groaned as he went even further in her. She cried out and leaned forward, her lips near his ear.
“More,” she said again. “I need you.”
The growl worked out of him before he could even think to stop it. His hips slammed into her at their own pace. Her cries of pleasure grew with the increases in speed.
He pushed until he couldn’t go any further.
“Now,” he roared. Her walls grasped him as he came deep inside. She shuddered with each burst into her.
They panted, trying to regain the ability to think once again.
“You make an excellent husband,” she said after some time and grinned at him.
“You make a good wife.” He winked and slid out of her. “But I think I might need a few more rounds before I say excellent.”
Erica swatted his arm and rolled her eyes. “Get dressed. I’m sure all your friends know what we’ve been up to.”
He shrugged. Likely. The price of great hearing was that sometimes your heard things you might not want to. They had just better get used to it. He planned on taking his hot wife as much as she would allow him.
Sol smiled to himself. Wife. Things really did seem right.
Chapter Twenty-one
Erica’s cheeks burned with embarrassment as she walked into the reception hall. Several of the hybrid men winked at them as they came in. She groaned, and she felt Sol chuckle behind her.
His breath tickled her neck when he leaned forward to whisper in her ear.
“Get used to it,” he said and placed a few kisses behind her ear. “I’m not going to stop enjoying my wife.”
Her heart kicked up into her throat, and she turned to smile at him. She gave a quick kiss before things got overheated again.
“I’m going to see how the girls are doing,” she said.
He nodded. “I’ve got some things to talk over with Titus.”
Erica turned and found the other women in the corner. She grinned as she walked up.
“You look refreshed,” Kate said and grinned back.
“Is that what we’re calling it now?” Rachel smiled.
Erica rolled her eyes but couldn’t seem to wipe the smile from her face.
“So what all have you been up to?” she asked.
“Mostly watching Kate and Titus eyefuck each other from across the room.” Rachel snorted.
As if on cue, Titus looked over from his conversation with Sol and glared at Rachel.
“Damn super hearing,” she muttered a few other things that Erica was pretty certain Titus heard.
“He’d be pretty hot if he wasn’t a raging dick,” Kate said.
Erica choked on her punch when Kate glared at him and stuck out her tongue. She had seen her friend do a number of things, but it was downright funny to see her so worked up over a man. She looked over at Sol next to Titus and smiled when he winked at her.
“Not you too,” Rachel groaned. Erica laughed when she rolled her eyes.
“Well seeing as I just got married, I think I get the pass.” She grinned.
“I think it’s all so romantic,” Hannah sighed.
Erica looked around the room. She had insisted that Christmas lights be strung up.
“You really did a fantastic job,” she whispered to Hannah.
The tears were already falling before she could stop them.
“Oh no,” Hannah cried. “What did I do?”
Rachel waved a hand. “Nothing. She’s just having a prego moment.”
Erica laughed through her tears. A few more than she would have liked, but there was nothing to be done. Hormones were what they were.
“May I have this dance?” Sol’s large hand came out in front of her, and she sighed.
Dabbing a few tears off, she sighed as she took his hand.
Gently, they swayed on the floor and she relaxed into him. She was surprised to find Titus and Kate had followed them to the floor. She nearly laughed as she watched him wrap a hand around Kate.
She loved her friend, but the whole thing with Mark had left her guarded, and, if she was honest, slightly broken. Erica had seen it in her eyes, and it worried her.
“He’s asking her to come live here and be our PR rep,” Sol said in her ear. Erica looked up at him and grinned.
When she looked back to Kate, s
he was grinning from ear to ear. Kate was moving her hands and started to say something when Titus leaned over and whispered in her ear. She nodded to Erica and smiled.
She snickered a little when she saw Kate try to pull away and Titus tightened his grip, staring intently down at her. Erica blushed and turned to look at Sol.
“Should I be jealous?” He smiled.
Erica’s face flamed at being caught watching. “Does he like her?”
Sol laughed. “Define like,” he said.
Erica frowned. She didn’t want some fly by night thinking he could just slip in while her friend was down.
Sol lifted her chin. “Yes,” he said. “Not that he’ll admit that to her.”
Erica heard a rumble from across the room and guessed Titus had heard them talking.
“Are you ready to make the announcement?” Sol asked.
She smiled and nodded.
Sol pulled her to the front of the room and had them cut the music.
“Thank you all for coming to share out happy day,” he said. His thumb rubbed the back of her shirt. “We have some additional happy news we’d like to share with you all.”
He nudged her forward, and she blushed. Erica wasn’t much of a public speaker.
“We just found out that we’re having twins,” she said quietly.
A hush fell over the room just before an explosion of cheers and applause.
Titus was working his way to the front, Kate close behind.
Kate wrapped her in a giant hug.
“Oh, Erica, that’s so wonderful,” Kate said.
She held her friend’s hand as Titus turned to the crowd.
“Today has been an amazing day,” he said. “We have seen the marriage of two who love each other and given the gift of children to our community. They give us all hope for a different sort of future than we ever dared dream for and the determination to see the world we want.”
She looked at Sol and smiled when he moved behind her and wrapped his arms around to rub her stomach.
“Today we leave behind the men who only relied on each other and move into a new future. A different sort of community. A different sort of life.” He looked out into the room, taking each person in. “One where we live in peace with those around us.” He slammed his fist onto the table in front of him. “But make no mistake. Those that mean to do us harm will face the fullest extent of out wrath, and our revenge will know no bounds.”
The room fell silent with his words as they sank in.
“Way to get the party going,” Kate mumbled.
He looked over at her and glared.
“What?” she asked. “It’s what you pay me to do.”
She turned back to the large crowd and smiled.
“So, who wants cake?”
Sol pulled Erica back as the crowd shuffled to the back of the room for cake.
He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her head.
“You know I’ll protect you, right?” He squeezed her to him. “All of you.”
She looked up at him and smiled.
“I know,” she whispered. “I love you.”
Sol smiled. “I love you too.”
Erica looked to the back of the room.
“So can I have some cake now?” She grinned at him.
Sol chuckled as he led her to the back. “This is going to be a fun pregnancy I see.”
Erica winked. “You bet your ass. Only time I can eat cake guilt-free.”
A Note from Madison
Thank you for reading Luna Lodge: Sol. If you enjoyed this book, please consider reviewing it. We authors live and die by reviews.
I hope you will read the sequel, Luna Lodge: Titus, which will be out in late December.
Author Bio
By day, Madison Stevens is a mom, wife, house cleaner, short-order cook and underpaid custodian. When night comes, she gets to hang up those jobs, enjoy the silence and become a sex goddess, or when she has a headache, cook and read. Her husband is also an accomplished author, and the two have great conversations about both writing and reading.
She can be contacted at [email protected]
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-one
A Note From Madison
Author Bio
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