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Chapter Twenty-One

A fraid to move, afraid to breathe, not wanting to diminish the absolute perfection of the moment, Hopper did the only thing he could think of, he whisked them to the room he knew was Hel’s with merely a thought.

The moment their feet touched the ground; the air filled with the Magic of the goddess of Helheim.

In the next breath, she was out of her armor and dressed in a soft, flowing light pink negligée with thin straps and glittering crystals decorating the lowcut neckline. Just the sight of her full breasts and wonderfully seductive cleavage and his libido was in high gear.

Best of all, his Mate had thought of everything. Hopper was out of his battle-worn shirt and boots and the jeans he wore were clean and pressed.

Looking deep into her eyes, Hopper put his hands on her waist, his lips to hers, and as he let the undying love he felt for her flow between them, he walked backward until the backs of his knees touched the mattress of her massive four-poster bed.

Breaking their kiss, he slid his hands up the seductive curves, onto her shoulders then down her arms until his fingers were intertwined with hers.

Slowly getting onto the bed, Hopper laid back, his heart doing another silly little pitter-pat when she willingly followed, moving like a lioness who had found her prey.

Sliding her left leg over his thighs, Hopper had to hold his breath and pray his eyes didn’t cross as the electricity of their connection skittered through every nerve-ending, landing in his already throbbing erection.

Loving the feel of her body straddling his, he took in all her beautiful curves and womanly shape while telling himself he had to go slow.

There would be no rushing. He would do everything in his considerable power to make this absolutely perfect.

After all, this was the first time for both of them.

Laying perfectly still, Hopper reminded himself to breathe as Hel’s fingers and lips, touched and kissed every inch of his face. His pride soared when he heard her thoughts and knew that she thought he was the most handsome man she’d ever seen and even said the word ‘hot’.

Using their Mating Bond, he could see exactly how Hel saw him and his ego got another boost, even larger than when he glimpsed the statue of his likeness in the garden that Hel tried to hide.

Not only did she love his curls, but his Mate thought his choice of attire was perfect.

She loved the way the light cotton of his Western tailored shirts fit his wide shoulders and accentuated his muscular biceps.

Being with the one his Auntie Universe made for him was better than he had ever imagined and then some.

“You flatter me, my love,” Hopper chuckled. “But I gotta admit that I like it.”

“Well, you better get used to it, Elskan mín , because I’m gonna tell you every day of our eternity together how much I love you, desire you, and want you with everything I am.”

“Damn, woman, I love the way you think.”

Unable to hold back any longer, feeling that his goddess wanted him just as much he wanted her, the Omnipotent Being known as Hope laid his lips to hers.

Summoning the incredible strength and Magic he’d been given at his inception, he forced himself to go slow, be gentle, make their first time together, their first time ever, the best it could possibly be.

But Hel was having none of it. Her desire, and the unconditional love he felt flooding their Mating Bond caught fire. Her hands gripped his shoulders. She pulled him to her with a force and passion unlike any he’d ever felt.

Letting her take the lead, Hopper was more than happy to follow.

Opening not only his mind, but also his body and soul completely and totally to the only woman he had ever loved, he kept nothing back.

Falling into his Mate as she kissed him with such desire and longing, Hopper was lost to all that they were together.

Sliding his hands under the silk of her nightgown, he used Enchantment to rid her of the garment in little more than a thought.

Leaning back just the slightest bit, his mouth watered at the sight of her hardened nipples pushing against the thin, light pink material of a bra he hadn’t known she wore.

Unable to stop, Hopper sucked first one and then the other into his mouth, teasing it with just the tip of his tongue until Hel’s fingers were tangled in his curls and she was calling his name.

Rolling them over, Hopper pushed his hips into hers, and Hel’s back arched off the bed. She ground her pelvis against his denim-covered erection, pleading, “Oh, Hopper, oh…oh…yes. With all that I am, Hopper, please, yes. I love you.”

Needing to taste and mark every inch of her, the Omnipotent Being known as Hope kissed across his Mate’s chest while reaching around her body, unhooking her bra and throwing it to the side.

Immediately returning his lips to her breast, he nipped and sucked, paying extra attention to Hel’s left side.

His actions were rewarded with her moans of pleasure as he felt all her doubts and fears washed away by their love.

Continuing to taste every part of her body, Hel muttered his name louder and louder as her fingers dug into his scalp, pushing him to go all the way, to make her his for all time.

With no other thought but feeling the warmth of her body wrapped around his painfully hard length, Hel slid his hand between their bodies.

From one breath to the next, Hopper removed the rest of her clothing, leaving her gloriously naked beneath him.

Need won out over logic and his jeans immediately followed.

The feel of her body against his, the scent of her arousal filling the Castle, his name on her lips along with her feelings of conditional love and acceptance flowing through their Mating Bond was nothing short of miraculous.

Hopper wanted it all. He wanted to sink into the warmth that was his Mate.

He wanted to be one with his goddess, but he had to be sure.

He had to know that Hel had absolutely no doubts.

Pushing his arousal aside, the Omnipotent Being known as Hope stopped all movement.

Pulling back from his Mate’s body, he laid his finger to her lips just as she moaned at the loss.

Waiting until she opened her eyes and speared him with glare of swirling silver, he asked, “Hel, my love, my goddess, are you sure this is what you want? Are you sure you’re ready?

That I am who you want? I love you with every fiber of my being and only ever want you to be… ”

Sucking his index finger into her mouth, Hel taunted the tip with her tongue as she answered directly into his mind, “I want you and only you, Omnipotent Being known as Hope. Love me and love me forever, for that is how long I will love you.”

Needing no more encouragement, his lips met hers in an all-encompassing embrace of passion and desire that made it impossible for Hope to do nothing but what his Mate and his body demanded.

Still forcing himself to go slow, he pulled his lips from hers, kissed along her jaw and down her neck, across the soft sweet skin of her décolletage to her breasts.

Sucking her now bare nipple into his mouth, he smiled against Hel’s flesh as her fingers were once again in his hair and her body rocked against his.

Only after paying her other breast the same attention and leaving his precious goddess panting and mewling, unable to form a coherent word, did Hopper taste across her stomach sure to leave little love bites on Hel’s left side as a reminder that he loved all of her and always would.

Reaching the glistening half silver/half ebony curls that covered her pussy, the heavenly scent of roses and the sea took his breath away.

Spreading her legs as she sought to keep them together while lost to her excitement, Hopper followed his instinct and the knowledge he’d been given for this very moment.

Laying first one beautifully muscled leg and then the other over his shoulders, his desire rode him like a bucking bronco.

He needed to take her more than he needed his next breath, but first things first. He had to be sure Hel’s first time was as special as he could make it.

Whispering into his Mate’s mind as he slowly pushed his middle finger through her curls and into the warm wetness of her body, Hopper murmured, “I love you, Hel Odinson Lokidottir. I always have and I always will. Thank you for accepting me just as I am and returning my love. Today is the first day of our happily ever after. May we always be as blissfully in love as we are right now.”

Her only answer was the thrashing of her head and her legs tightening around his shoulders as he pushed farther into her tight wet pussy.

Pushing a second finger alongside the first, Hopper made a come-hither motion with his middle finger tickling her sensitive bundle of nerves that begged to be fondled.

He reveled in Hel’s receptiveness to his touch and then grinned from ear-to-ear as she climaxed screaming his name, her juices wetting his hand from simply his fingers alone.

Pulling his fingers from her, Hopper immediately replaced them with his tongue, licking and tasting, pushing her higher, feeling another orgasm building within her before the first had completely ebbed.

She called his name, pulled at his curls and her thighs wrapped so tightly around his head it was a good thing he was an Omnipotent Being and didn’t need to breathe to exist, but none of that mattered, he was pleasing his Mate, all was right with the world.