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“Yes.” I immediately slid the ring off my finger and onto hers.

“I’m so happy it was you, Storm. You are everything to me, and I hope that every day you look at me, you see a man worthy of you.

Everything was worth it if it meant I could keep you forever.

I am completely in love with you. Nothing will keep me from you again.

I will defy fate, I will travel to Hell, and I will destroy the heavens for you.

There is nothing strong enough to keep us apart.

I vow to you that I will always rip apart the realm for you—for us. ”

“Haden…” She was crying, but I leaned in and kissed her softly.

“I love you more, and I’m always all in on you,” I whispered, brushing the hair from her face. “You are my soul, my heart, my entire reason for breathing.”

“I love you, and I am all in,” Della whispered as she pulled me to her and kissed me roughly. Her hands yanked me to her. “I need you,” she said with a smile when I exhaled.

“You have been bedridden for weeks; are you sure?”

“You just said I could have anything. You're all I need, Haden. I feel great; I don't feel like I was in bed for weeks. There is a lot of power and energy swarming inside of me. Unless you don’t want me…”

I gripped her hair and pulled her closer to me when she smiled.

“Don’t be ridiculous,” I whispered. “I always want you, but I want to make sure you are alright. That is my biggest worry.”

“I have never been better.” Her eyes filled with lust when I pulled her hair slightly. “Kiss me. Show me how much you missed me, husband.”

Leaning forward, I pressed my lips to hers. She gripped me to her as if she needed me to breathe. My hands slid down her body and lifted her by the back of the legs. Della wrapped them around me and deepened the kiss. I walked until her back hit the side of the house.

Della’s hands raked through my hair, tugging it softly. My tongue swept past her lips, controlling every movement. My fingers gripped her throat, and she moaned into my mouth. Fuck, I missed the way she felt. Her hips rolled against me, and I let out a groan that made her rub against me again.

“Haden.” She moaned as my lips kissed down her jaw and neck. I bit her softly before taking her mouth with mine again.

Della’s hands snaked between us, undoing my trousers and gripping me tightly as she pulled me back to her mouth.

Her hand moved in tandem with every roll of her hips.

For fuck’s sake, if she didn’t stop, I was going to cum.

I grabbed the tunic she wore and yanked it up so I could feel how wet she was for me.

My fingers found her, and she immediately moaned into my mouth. I didn’t tease her; I sank my fingers into her and rubbed her clit with my thumb.

“Fuck, Haden. That feels so good,” she whispered as she leaned forward like she would kiss me but paused an inch from my mouth.

“Kiss me. Stop being such a fucking tease,” I demanded.

She smiled, so I pulled her to me by the back of the neck and slammed her lips to mine.

I couldn’t stand it any longer. My fingers withdrew as I lifted her leg and wrapped it around my hip.

Della lined me up with her. In one hard thrust, I slammed up into her.

We both stilled, savoring the wholeness that being together like this brought. Only our deep breathing could be heard.

“I fucking missed this,” Della moaned. “Good thing we have lifetimes to make up for these past few months.” Her smile widened.

“I don’t think that is enough time to enjoy you, Storm,” I said as I moved slowly. Della’s head fell back against the house as I kept my pace slow.

Her breath hitched when I pulled back and slammed into her roughly. I needed to make her cum because I was not going to last long.

“What do you want, Della, soft or rough?”

Her eyes flashed white, and I smiled.

“You know what I want,” she purred. My hand came up and squeezed her jaw tightly as I started moving faster against her.

Della’s eyes didn’t leave mine as she got lost in our perfect storm.

Dark clouds moved over us, and lightning was already lighting up the sky. Thunder boomed behind me, and I smiled.

“You might need more thunder so the whole realm doesn’t hear you scream my name when you cum.” I leaned forward and gave her a fleeting kiss, my hand moving to her throat and squeezed. I could see the flush of red creeping up her neck and rubbed my hand down to it before going back to her throat.

“You look so pretty like this, Storm.”

Her magic was seeping from her, and I hesitated for just a moment when frost exploded from her.

“Snowstorm.” I smiled when she looked at the magic. Her eyes met mine, and her mouth fell open in pleasure. “That’s it, I can feel your pussy tightening around me, wanting more.” I ground out.

“Haden, oh my gods.” Her fingers dug into my skin, and I knew it would bruise.

“There is only one god you need to worry about, and that is the one that is going to make you see the heavens when you’re cumming.”

“Fuck,” she was almost there.

“Be a good girl and cum for me, Della,” I begged. I could feel my release coming quickly. “Let the fates know who you always belonged to.”

“Haden,” she called to the sky, where our magic made a violent snowstorm swirl above us. She buried her face into my neck as she came apart on me. I gripped her hair as I chased my release.

I lifted her while I was still inside of her and walked inside of our home. I fell on the couch with her straddling me.

“Ride me, Della.” I demanded. She pulled back, and her teeth snagged her bottom lip as her hips lifted and slammed down on me.

“Tell me how much you want me to cum on your cock again,” she demanded, and my nostrils flared as I exhaled.

I pushed up into her roughly, making her moan.

“I want you to drench me when you cum on my cock, Della. You are going to keep those perfect eyes on me when you cum, and you will not move them until I am done filling you. Do you understand?”

“Yes.” She moaned as her eyes stared into mine. “Tell me how good I am being.”

“Good girls earn praise, Della. So, you keep riding me like this, and I’ll tell you when you’ve earned it.”

“Such a fucking tease.” She smiled, but her pace picked up. Her hands gripped my bare shoulders, and she used them to set a tempo that would kill me.

My mouth fell open as I watched her take complete control of me and my pleasure. Della rolled her hips roughly, and my eyes closed tightly. I tried to hold out longer because she felt so fucking good.

“Be a good boy and open those eyes. I want to see how good I’m making you feel, Haden. Do not hide from me. It is my reward for being a good girl.” I opened my eyes immediately, and she gripped my hair, tugging it back so I was forced to look at her. “Fuck, I love it when you do as you’re told.”

“You feel so fucking good, Della.” My eyes could not move from her pretty face. Her hips rolled roughly into mine. “That’s my good girl. You keep doing that and make me cum,” I demanded.

Her movements were frantic as she chased her own orgasm once more. I gripped her hips and tugged them harder against me.

“Oh, fuck.” She moaned loudly. “Don’t stop,” she pleaded.

I lifted her and slammed her down roughly, over and over again. The walls of the house shook as she called my name to the heavens.

“You’re so fucking pretty when you cum.” I moaned as I slammed into her once more.

“Fuck, Della,” I cried out as I buried myself deep inside of her and came so hard I swore I saw the heavens.

I had her in a death grip against me as our chests fell with rapid breaths.

We stayed locked together and didn’t move for a long moment.

When I pulled her back, Della’s glowing tears fell from her eyes.

“I love you so fucking much,” she whispered.

“I love you more.”

I stood up with her in my arms and went upstairs. I set her on the edge of the bed.

“Wait here.”

Standing up, I went to the washroom, where I started the bath, being sure to put her favorite lavender oil in it before lighting a few candles.

After a minute, I could smell lavender drifting around me.

I walked out and grabbed Della off the bed by scooping her into my arms. She held onto me tightly as her eyes took in the soft glow of candles that illuminated the space.

I grabbed the tunic and slipped it off of her before stripping out of my clothes. Then I scooped her up and set her in the tub before sitting opposite of her. She just stared at me, seeming to be admiring me. I watched her too, my eyes staying on her pretty face as I became lost in thought.

“What are you thinking about, Haden?” she whispered.

I swallowed hard as the amount of love I had for her felt all-consuming, like it would kill me. When I looked at her again, she seemed nervous.

“I was thinking of how both of us changed fate so many times to be together when we should have never had to because we were always meant to be together.

I used to believe that maybe I would be better off alone.

There was some part of me that truly thought no one would love me, and I believed that I was incapable of loving anyone because of who I was.

“But the first time you smiled at me, I wondered if I was made to love everything that you are, Della.

I had no purpose before you, and I would have none without you.

You are everything to me—smart, kind, selfless, brave, beautiful, funny, and warm.

I did not know what love felt like until I met you.

I did not know how wonderful it could be to be loved by someone for just simply existing.

“You once told me the heavens went above and beyond when they made me, but that is how I feel about you. I will spend the rest of our existence showing you how much I love you. I have loved you from the moment you held your blade to my neck all those years ago. I have loved you in all the moments in between. I have loved you in the darkest of times, and I have loved you in the brightest. I will love you with every part of me, and I will love you more with each breath I take. There is nothing I can say or do that shows you how profoundly I love you.”

I was crying when Della moved so that she was straddling me. She leaned forward and gave me a soft kiss.

“I would do everything again, Haden.” She seemed to be lost in thought before smiling.

“Remember when I told you that when you were being sent to Hell, I was one of the gods watching, making sure the process went smoothly? We were all wearing our cloaks and hoods, so you guys didn’t know who we were, but you turned right before you jumped into the opening, and you stared directly at me.

“You smiled at me, Haden, like you knew who I was. I always wondered if your soul recognized mine in a sea of others standing there. Maybe you had no idea that you did that, but it changed everything. One look, one smile, one glimpse of your handsome face, and I was yours.”

She looked down at me and traced my lips.

“I saw our future when you looked at me. A future that I cannot wait to have with you, a future that starts right now. But I have one last confession,” she whispered.

My heart began beating fiercely.

“It is something I never told anyone; not even Abe knows of it.”

“You can tell me anything, Storm.”

She gave me a look before her face burned bright red with embarrassment.

“I am the one who made sure there was a way to break the curse that had been set on you. It was me; my will to have you was so strong that I would have done anything.

“So, I lied to everyone. I wrote the book about the curse and your parents, and I left it for Avesh to have because I knew the moment you smiled at me that I was breaking you out of Hell. There was nothing that happened that I did not manipulate so that the only outcome was that you would be mine. You were always meant to be here with me.”

I stared at her, mouth open, because I was honestly impressed with her persistence over such a great length of time.

“I remember smiling at you,” I confessed, and she stilled as she stared at me.

“Obviously, I did not know it was you. But I smiled because something about you made me happy. When I saw you in Akecia that first time, I somehow knew it was you without ever seeing your face. It was like my soul did recognize yours.”

I smiled at her.

“I told you, bond or not, I would always be yours, and I meant it. I was yours, whether the heavens destined it or not. I was created to love you, Della, only you.”

Della launched herself at me, her mouth crushing mine as we fell into the tub together, causing the water to splash out and cover the floor.

The kiss went from hard to soft as we giggled, overwhelmed with giddiness as we just absorbed each other’s presence.

She leaned back and traced over my face with her eyes.

“I love you so much, Haden.”

“You are the whole reason I know what it feels like to love and be loved, Storm, and I will always be most thankful for that. I will love you always.”

Della smiled down at me. “I have dreamed of this very moment for hundreds of years, and now it's here.”

“Our forever starts now, Storm, and I can’t wait to see the beautiful life we build together.” I leaned up and seared a kiss into her that would mark her all over again and remind the fates who she belonged to.