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Her gaze narrows. I can see the defiance return to her eyes. She wants to argue. Maybe even tell me to go to hell. Slowly and excruciatingly, I push back into her. Her mouth falls open when I bottom out, her back curves like an angry cat.

Pulling out to the tip again, I ask. “Is it mine?”

Her eyes cross. “Yes, it’s yours.”

“Fucking right it is,” I snarl before shoving all the way back in. She cries out as she attempts to run from me.

I pull out of her, flipping her onto her back down on the couch. Climbing on top of her, I pin her legs over my shoulder, then sink back into her.

I had no right to claim this vampire, but the words and the possession are there. Now, lying on top of her with her looking up at me. My head fills with thoughts. Thoughts I try my best to fight.

“Mine,”my wolf demands.“Mate.”

“No,”I try to shove him away, but no matter what I do, the thought of claiming her takes over me. Soon, my wolf slips to the forefront, shoving me backward.

“Goddess moon,” I grit out in his deep voice as I continue to pound into her. “I give my mate my essence, sealing our bond. Bless this union.” That deep part on the inside of me is screaming no, it is telling me to push my wolf aside and stop this. However, another part of me, a part that feels possessed at the moment, ignores those pleas.

My nut explodes out of me, painting her walls. I lean forward and sink my teeth into her neck. She moans loudly, her body spasming as her tunnel squeezes the life out of me.

“I accept your bond,” she whimpers. “Take from me. And may our blood combine us for all eternity.”

As soon as I lift my head from her neck, she sinks her fangs into my shoulder. I should be disgusted. I should shove heraway. However, euphoria fills me and I come so hard again, my back bows and my eyes cross.

When she removes her fangs, my vision clears. A bright light has me shielding my eyes momentarily. When I can see again, I take in the way her shoulder down to her elbow glows with my wolf markings.

“What the fuck?” I look at my chest and notice my chest is also glowing with her marks.

“What have we done?” I ask no one in particular.

Although, my thoughts stay on the fact that I just mated with a vampire, my cock does not have the same reservations. I grow hard once again. Without thinking, I move between her legs, chasing another orgasm.

By the time I fall asleep, we’ve fucked five more times and moved from the living room to the bed. The last thought that crosses my mind is a deep wave of fear. I notice right as I fall asleep; it isn’t my fear I’m feeling.

chapter Twenty-three

Aftermath

Enzo

The rays of sunlight coming through my bedroom window heat my face. My head swims as I fight for consciousness. My body aches like I had a strenuous workout yesterday. I don’t remember going to the gym.

As I fight through the last of my sleep, I lie on my back with my eyes closed. What the hell happened last night? My memory is foggy.

There was the moon jubilee. I remember talking to Phaedra about her forming a new mate bond with Ivailo. I then remember seeing Marley and wondering where Michaela was.

The black dress.

The memory of her in that black dress hits me hard. Then the other memories come back. My eyes pop open and I sit up in bed suddenly.

Absolute disgust fills my stomach when I look to my side and spot the naked vamp lying beside me.

“No. No. no,” I repeat as the full memory of last night fills my head.

Slowly and as quietly as possible, I crawl out of bed, being careful not to wake her. I grab a pair of joggers off my floor and pull them up.

My body feels heavy and there is a knot in my belly. I place my hands on my head. How could I let this happen? How could I even think this would be okay? I look down at my arms and turn my nose up. My body feels as if it’s covered in trash.

“My sweet, Zo.”Ana’s voice calls out in my memory.