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Finn

I hadn't exactly had a plan when I'd suggested coming to Levi's, but now that I was sitting here on his bed, in his clothes, I realized I wanted to be close to him.

Not just physically, but in every way possible.

I gave Greta a few more pets, then carefully picked her up and placed her on a pillow at the head of Levi's bed. The fur already on it told me it was Greta's pillow, as did the way she immediately snuggled into it.

When I turned to look at Levi, he was watching me with a small smile.

He crooked a finger at me, and I walked to the foot of the bed, then returned to my spot beside him, pulling one leg up on the mattress so I was facing him.

Levi turned to face me as he cupped my face in his hand, his eyes searching mine as he leaned closer .

I hummed as his lips brushed mine, and dropped my hand to his chest, then slid it under his t-shirt so I could feel his warm skin against my palm.

Levi pushed forward, and I fell back onto the mattress, pulling him with me before he could back away. His body enveloped mine, cocooning me in warmth and safety as his lips slid against mine, as his tongue teased at them until I opened for him.

I moaned as he slid his tongue against mine, pulling him closer until I could feel his hardness against my abdomen. Levi was hard because of me.

A part of me, the young kid who'd had a crush on Levi all those years ago, couldn't believe I was here right now, under Levi with his erection pressing against me and his tongue in my mouth. All of this felt like something out of a dream, one of the rare good ones I had.

Levi pulled back, his blue eyes dark with desire as he gazed down at me, and I bucked up into him, pressing my own erection against his ass.

"Don't stop," I murmured, and he groaned, then leaned down to kiss the corner of my mouth.

"I'm only gonna ask this once because I need to know: are you sure?"

"Yes," I said with no doubt in my mind.

Levi was my mate, and over the last few weeks, I'd gotten to know him again. I'd remembered all of the good things I'd forgotten about him, and I'd learned of more .

Before I'd found out he was my mate, I'd worried I would be a failure. I'd thought I wouldn't be able to trust whoever I ended up being mated to, that I would always keep up a wall between us because I didn't know how to take it down.

Maybe that was why Fate had paired me with someone I'd already let down my walls for. She'd known I would never be able to trust a stranger, so she'd bonded me with someone who wasn't a stranger at all.

"I adore you, Finn," Levi murmured as he pulled me into another kiss, and I held him close, hoping he knew I felt the same.

As Levi kissed me, his hand slid down my body, then reached under my t-shirt. He tugged at my nipple, making me gasp into the kiss as a surge of pleasure-pain washed through me.

Sex for me had always been about reaching climax. A biological need to be fulfilled and nothing more. It had never involved emotions. It had never felt like this, and we were just getting started.

Levi pulled back, then sat upright as I panted, my eyes roaming over his face as he reached for his t-shirt and pulled it off in one smooth move. I feasted my eyes on his broad shoulders, on his pecs, on his well-defined abs, and couldn't help reaching up to touch them.

He hummed as I traced my fingers over his skin, then reached for my t-shirt. Instead of pulling it off, though, he rucked up under my arms, revealing my chest but leaving it on .

"I like you in my shirt," he said by way of explanation, and I felt my cheeks heat up. "Can I take your glasses off?"

I hesitated, and Levi smiled, then leaned down to kiss the tip of my nose. "It's okay. You can keep them on."

Feeling the sudden need to explain myself, I sat up, making Levi slide further back on my legs. "It's just...my powers. I don't want to accidentally turn you to stone if I get too caught up in...feeling."

Levi blinked, then smiled. "Give me a sec."

My brows furrowed as he climbed off my legs, then walked over to the nightstand. After digging in the drawer for a few moments, he returned with a flat rock in the palm of his hand. My confusion mounted as he climbed onto the bed beside me, the rock still in his hand.

"Uh, Levi?"

"Watch."

I watched. Levi folded his hand over the stone, and I sucked in a breath as his hand slowly turned to stone. I ran my fingers over his skin, and a gasp escaped my mouth when I concluded it didn't just look like stone—it was stone.

As I kept watching, his hand slowly became skin and bones again, and he dropped the small rock on the mattress and showed me his completely human hand.

"If you do ever turn me to stone, I'm sure I'll be able to turn back. Earth mage, remember?"

"This is...I didn't think you could do that. "

Levi made a face. "While there are a lot of things I dislike about the people of Ravenshire, I can't say they didn't train me well.

" Which explained why Amelia couldn't do stuff like this.

She'd grown up thinking she was human, and she'd only started figuring out what she could do once we got to Mistvale and started healing.

"Thank you," I murmured, taking his hand in mine and giving it a squeeze. There were still faint scars around his wrists from when they'd drained our blood, and I found myself tracing the marks. Dad had removed mine and everyone else's at our request. I wondered if Levi would like his removed too.

"What for?"

It took me a moment to remember I'd been thanking him, and I smiled, then picked up the stone he'd used. Why he had it in his nightstand was a question for another day.

"For stopping things to take the time to show me," I said, then shrugged. "I would've been okay if you'd told me later."

Levi smiled, then leaned forward to press a soft kiss on my lips. "We have all the time in the world, Finn. If taking five minutes now makes you feel more comfortable and relaxed with me, then why wouldn't I?"

Levi

Finn smiled at my declaration, then threw his arms around me and pulled me into a kiss.

I pushed him until he was on his back again, then slid my hand under his t-shirt, resuming my earlier exploration.

His skin was smooth, with just a hint of hair on his chest. I tugged at his nipples, and he gasped into the kiss.

Pulling back, I turned my focus to his neck, kissing the soft skin before moving lower.

Sitting up, I reached for the waistband of his sweatpants, eager to see the rest of him, but then he did something that turned my brain to goo.

He took his glasses off.

Honestly, it didn't make him look that different. He was hot with or without his glasses.

No, it was the trust in that gesture that got to me, the faith he was putting in me by revealing his eyes to me when he probably hadn't done it with anyone around in years. Except maybe his siblings if basilisks were immune to each others' eyes. I'd have to ask him later.

"God, Finn. You're beautiful."

Predictably, his cheeks turned red at my words, and I grinned, then kissed both his cheeks, then his eyelids. When he opened his eyes, they flickered and turned yellow for a moment before returning to their regular green, and Finn sucked in a breath, going still.

"Hey, you okay?" I murmured, and he blinked again. This time, the yellow of his eyes lingered.

"I can see it," he said, a hint of awe in his voice.

"See what?"

He smiled, a wide, brilliant smile, his eyes still yellow and snake-like. "That you're my mate. "

I smiled at the happiness in his voice, then traced the edge of his right eye with my thumb, and he exhaled a shuddering breath, his eyes still on me.

"They're beautiful," I murmured, and his eyelids fluttered before his eyes fell shut. When he opened them again, they were back to being green.

"That was him, wasn't it? Your basilisk side?" I asked, and he nodded. "I didn't realize you were so...separate."

Finn swallowed, then sighed. "It's not like that for the others. They're perfectly in sync with their basilisk side. They don't feel like they're sharing their body with a second mind. Just me. Lucky me."

"I think it's amazing," I said honestly, then brushed my thumb over his temple. "Can you tell what he's feeling? Did he take control when your eyes took control?"

I was worried Finn would get frustrated by all the questions, but instead he chuckled. "Usually, yeah. And yes, he took control. I'm good at keeping him in check, but I guess he was curious about you."

I grinned. "I think he likes me."

"Unfortunately."

I raised a brow at him. "What's unfortunate about that? You want me all to yourself?"

Finn's cheeks turned pink, but he pushed through his embarrassment, making me smile. "So what if I do? If he likes you, he's going to fight harder to take control. I don't want to give up any of my time with you. "

Leaning down, I kissed his cheek, then his lips. "I don't want to give up my time with you either, but I also want to get to know that side of you. How about we come up with a plan later, hmm?"

"Yes, later," Finn agreed, then made a sound of utter frustration. "I don't think we're ever going to have sex."

I laughed, then shook my head. "No way. I'm not gonna let that happen."

Before I'd gotten distracted by his eyes, I'd been planning to give him a blowjob. So I sat upright and reached for his waistband, grinning when Finn quickly raised his hips to help me take his pants and underwear off.

Leaving him in just my too-big-for-him t-shirt, I took off my own pants, then settled myself between his legs with my mouth at his groin. With all our pauses and breaks, we'd been practically edging ourselves for the last half hour.

Finn's cock was flushed and leaking, and I wrapped my lips around the head, sucking him in as he groaned. I hummed as his salty taste brushed my tongue, and his fingers slid into my hair as he pushed himself deeper into my mouth.

Glad for my nonexistent gag reflex, I swallowed around his length, making him grunt and push deeper until my nose was pressed against his groin. I took his balls in my hand, massaging them as I started moving my head over his length and fucking him with my throat .

Finn let me set the pace as his hand fell away, and I dropped hold of his balls to reach for my own needy cock, and started jerking myself off.

"I'm close!" Finn warned, and I sped up, pulling almost all the way off him so I could tease his slit with the tip of my tongue.

"Levi!" Finn shouted, and I swallowed his length in one long thrust a second before he spilled down my throat, his whole body shaking under me. I swallowed around his length, then pulled back, licking and sucking on his cock until I was sure I'd gotten every drop of his cum.

Then I sat up and stroked my own cock twice before spilling all over Finn's abdomen, making his eyes flash yellow as I marked him with my cum.

"Fuck," I panted as I let go of my cock, my body covered in sweat and tingling in all the best ways.

"That was..." Finn shook his head, then covered his face with his arm.

"Yeah," I agreed as I fell onto the mattress beside him, then pushed his arm up and away from his face with my clean hand. "There you are."

"Here I am. Sweaty, sticky, and covered in your cum," he grumbled, making me chuckle.

"Well, I like you sweaty, sticky, and covered in my cum. It's now one of my top five Finns."

He snorted, then glanced at me from the corner of his eyes. "Don't tell me that's really a thing you do. "

"Okay, I won't," I said with a shrug, and he blinked, then turned his head so he could look at me properly,

"Wait, seriously?"

I mimed zipping my lips shut, and he laughed, then pushed me away. "I need another shower."

I lay back and watched him as he got to his feet, my gaze falling to his ass as he walked to the bathroom. At the door, he turned around and raised a brow at me. "Does Shower Finn make the top five?"

Grinning, I jumped to my feet and hurried over to him. "Let's find out, though I have high hopes for him."