Unveiled: The Cursed Trilogy, Book Three by Betty Legend (recommended ebook reader txt) 📗

“I do. You’re all extraordinary supernatural men.”

“It’s you who is extraordinary. Cyrus said, you make us all better men, and he was right.”

My forehead presses to his. “I’m grateful you let me in.” My hand rests on his chest, over his heart.

“Not nearly as grateful as I am.”

Lying me on my back, he reaches below the blanket and caresses down my thigh as he spreads my leg from the other. Lying between them, he moves his cockhead to my opening, increasing my arousal as he slides up and down, preparing me. When I moan for more, he thrusts into me. Weight on my elbows, I hold myself up as he lifts my hips, my legs around his waist. Sitting back, he holds my thighs steady as he increases his pace to fervent, focused thrusts. I cry out in pleasure, and a devilish grin splits his lips.

“How much do you love my cock in you?”

“So damn much.”

My body is trembling, very near orgasm. I moan in desperate pants, and he gives one final, hard thrust, and I let loose, reaching climax. As he releases me, he leans down and bites into my neck. The hard bite mixed with the crest of pleasure has me in an intense state of stimulation. The bite is just as arousing, pushing my climax higher. Hands slipping into mine, he holds me down as he sucks, releasing his own satisfying groan. Grip easing, he pulls back from me.

“I love every sound you make when I’m pleasuring you, especially the gasp when I bite you.”

“When you bite during my orgasm, it makes me even more aroused.”

“I’ve noticed. It arouses me just as much.”

“We’re a kinky pair.”

Moving just to the side of me, he strokes down my stomach.

“That we are.”

“Will you come with me to visit my mom? I’d like her to meet you.”

“I’d love to.”

Kissing him, I cuddle tighter in his arms. “I love this.”

He holds me close, kissing me back. “So do I.”

“Can I ask you something personal?”

“Of course.”

“Did you want to have a child with Vivian?”

Pain tightens his face and casts a shadow in his eyes.

“I did, but she couldn’t have a child. She was turned into a vampire, not born a vampire.”

“I can tell that bothered you.”

“It did. There’s a lot of responsibility for me to carry on the Artino bloodline. Not only that, I truly want a child of my own.”

“I want to give you that.”

My words startle him, and he stares at me, then his lips curve, and he strokes my face with a tender hand.

“You might have already.”

Worry tightens my chest that he could be heartbroken if this baby isn’t his.

“Even if this baby isn’t yours, Phoenix, I want a child with you.”

Caressing my bottom lip, he smiles at me. “My beautiful, loving Selene, I want a child with you too.”

Tears well in my eyes as I stare up at his handsome face and emotion-filled eyes.

“I don’t ever want to lose this, what we have between us.”

Taking my hand, he kisses it. “We won’t. I promise you, I’ll never be cruel to you for as long as I live. I know you’re the one I’m meant to be with. I was a fool for how I treated you.”

“The vampire you are now, I knew he was in there. This is who I wanted to meet.”

“I wanted to apologize to you and make things right before I was abducted. I knew I needed you. I wanted you. That chance was stolen from me. I wouldn’t have hurt you like that.”

“I believe it. It’s why I never gave up on you.”

He kisses my fingertips again, the gesture tender and loving. “Thank you for not giving up on me.”

Between us, violet essence, dark and light, escapes, swirling in a magnificent glow of light. It surrounds us, spinning in beautiful chaos. We watch it, mesmerized by the dance of magic.

“Phoenix,” I whisper.

“Yes?”

“This is us, our bond.”

Looking down at me between the glow of magic, his violet eyes glimmer with love.

“It’s as beautiful as you are.”

We bring our lips together, sealing the love passing between us. We stay together, kissing, hugging, and caressing long into the night.

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

PHOENIX

A repeated wave of heat accosts my face before I snap open my eyes to see the cause. Above me on the bed, Selene is floating in some kind of sleep-like trance as chaotic swirls of magic whip around her in a transition of five colors—the colors of her magic.

My hand extends to touch her, but as the strands of her hair graze my hand, I sense the power emanating from her. Rushing from the bed, I open the door wide.

“All of you, get in here. Now!”

Moments later, they’re all in Selene’s bedroom, different expressions of confusion, concern, and wonder as they watch her float in a supine position with her magic transitioning and swirling around her.

“What happened last night?” Griffin looks at me not with an accusation but with genuine concern and curiosity.

“We bonded… fully.”

They all look at me, then back at her.

“This is it,” Cyrus announces, exhilaration in his tone. “The curse is being broken.”

“What’s happening to her?” Emeric reaches out, but Cyrus stops him.

“I don’t know yet. Until we do, don’t touch her. It could affect whatever’s taking place.”

Cyrus circles around the bed, studying her and the magic. “How’s her heart rate?” he asks me.

“Only slightly elevated.”

“Good. Killian, how about your mate bond?”

“I can feel it—strong and steady.”

Slowly bringing a palm toward the swirls of magic, he stops, testing the feel of the magic.

“Griffin, can you get any glimpses of images or feelings?”

Griffin closes his eyes and focuses, his ears twitching.

“She’s talking to someone… a woman. She’s not scared. She’s… fascinated.”

Selene

“They’re worried about you.”

Cataleya is no more than four feet in front of me, her ethereal figure almost solid but still glimmering with a translucency. Around us is a forest much like the Fae forest of Mordeeves Island. The sun is shining despite the sense that it’s actually