Tanner’s hand is in my hair, angling my head so he can suck down my neck. My nerves, already sensitive from coming once, do backflips from his touch.
I put my hands on his shoulders, needing him more desperately than I ever have before. And when I gently push backward, Tanner can read where I’m going already, and he moves back and helps me switch position with him. Then he moves back against the headboard, sitting upright and smiling as I move onto his lap.
Even though he’s sitting and I’m on my knees over him, I feel so small compared to him.
Immediately, I position myself over his hard shaft, gently teasing him with how wet and ready he has made me.
He just watches me intently, but I see his dark hair grow longer, flowing over his shoulders and down his back, as his ears begin to extend.
So hot, but I don’t have time to think about it because I just want him inside me.
He’s so thick I have to go slowly, relaxing carefully as I lower down, taking him inside inch by painstaking inch.
Then I’m settled, full of a deep, satisfying sensation that is quickly escalating to intense, erotic pleasure.
“Take your time, princess,” he says, brushing some of my hair behind my ear. But even the brush of his hand over me just intensifies the experience.
“Hard to do when you’re… you.” The nonsense words only make him smile harder. But as I rise up, letting him come out of me a little, then sheathe his member inside me again, his face goes tight with arousal.
Seeing him make that face is so much hotter than he’ll ever know.
We begin to find a rhythm, and he holds my waist, caresses my body, leans in to kiss my neck as I continue to ride him, pleasurable pressure building into an intense peak inside.
Beyond my apartment, the night is overtaking the city, casting long shadows and shapes across the walls and ceiling. But to me, they’re not ominous. They’re almost comforting, familiar to my heart.
With my prince at my side, I know I’ll never fear the darkness again.
My body is going faster and faster and Tanner is thrusting up to meet me, so even though this is the most amazing feeling, I know I can’t do this for long.
“I’m close,” I exclaim, though from the way Tanner’s gaze roves over me, I can tell he knows already.
“Good.” As we continue to move, one of his hands moves over my breast, the other supporting my back in case my balance falters.
Which it just might.
By the time my orgasm hits, Tanner is doing most of the moving, pleasuring me senseless with the sight of his taut body and the feel of him deep inside.
“Tanner… oh, Tanner,” I cry out, almost choking on my own words as release claims me. My hands are on his chest, though I know he’s supporting me everywhere as my body swims with pleasure and emotion.
“Perfection,” he whispers into my ear as my body slows to a normal pace once more. “You are perfection, Eva.”
“You are,” I repeat. “That and so much more.” I take a moment to marvel at his hair, his ears. How everything we’re doing feels so beyond this world, regardless of whether we’re both fae or not.
But with Tanner still teasing me from the inside out, it’s hard to not already hunger for the next release with him.
“I love you, Tanner,” I exclaim, my fingers burning wherever I touch his smooth skin. “I love you so much. I’m sorry we couldn’t be at this point sooner.”
He presses a finger lightly to my lips. “We’re here because things happened the way they were supposed to happen. Now we just get to make each other happy for the rest of our lives.”
“That sounds almost too wonderful.”
Tanner sits up higher on the bed. And before I know it, he gently pulls out of me and lays me beneath him, letting me sink back into the comfy bedding beneath him.
I lift my hips eagerly, and he moves forward, gently teasing my entrance before sliding back into me, the feeling electric now that I’ve already come once with him inside.
He’s propping himself above me as he begins stroking, and every single thrust makes me nearly sob as he brings me closer to release.
I reach up, running my hands over his wide, strong shoulders. Every time I’m with him, he makes me feel so safe.
“I’ll never leave you, Eva. I’ll be with you until the end of time.”
I just nod up at him, too lost for breath now to come up with anything to say.
But like the master of practically everything he is, Tanner continues to move at just the right speed, just the right amount, to keep me riding the very edge of what I can take.
The air seems to stop around us as our breathing intensifies, and Tanner fills me again and again, feeling like he goes a little deeper every time.
The memory of our first meeting flashes through my mind. It feels like so long ago, a different life before the one I have now. Then the printer room. The party. Each moment a snapshot in time where our bond grew stronger and stronger.
Now it’s so unbreakable I can’t imagine how I ever existed without him.
Searing, pleasurable sensation jolts my awareness, and I watch in awe as Tanner continues to move, bringing me so close to the brink I can’t even blink without fear of going over the edge.
He looks at me, his calm, heated expression touching the edges of my soul. Then he reaches a finger down and strokes over my clit just as we meet together one more unimaginably perfect time.
Immediately, my body clenches around him, the overwhelming physical pleasure and emotional satisfaction a storm inside me. And when I reach for Tanner, he’s there, arms wrapped around me as his release claims him too.
The jerking, pulsing motion of his body as his muscles tense and relax only makes me come harder. I scream his name, holding on with everything I have as my body continues to weather the storm of his love.
A storm so pleasurable I hate that it ever has to finish.
When the last aftershocks are ending and I’m relaxed enough to remember which way is up, I let my hands move down from his shoulders, realizing I’ve been holding on far too tightly.
When I look into Tanner’s face again, full of hard, familiar, and beautiful planes, my mind takes a thousand little photographs, knowing I’ll want to remember this moment for ever and ever.
Tanner leans down, kissing me slowly, muttering sweet nothings in my ear. I keep myself wrapped around him for a moment longer because I don’t want it to end.
Then slowly, we pull apart, getting our breath back, and get back to the business of getting ready for bed.
Our first night together, officially fully bonded.
As we finally get under the covers, lights off, holding each other, both still clearly too excited to sleep yet, my mind is racing with thoughts of the future.
Somehow, though I’ve fallen for the commander of darkness, everything finally seems so bright.
Epilogue
Tanner
“So we’re meeting your fae friends for real today, right?” Eva asks, looking up at me expectantly.
We haven’t wanted to leave her place for several days, so busy exploring each other’s bodies.
I want to fulfill her every fantasy, make sure she can’t even walk or breathe without thinking about something amazing I can do to her.
But for now, I’ll settle for how happy she looks to be getting to know part of my world.