Reborn (Shadow Beast Shifters Book 3)

My heart was slightly heavier as we left the Earth realm, returning to the long hallway. “I’ll bring Simone across soon,” Shadow said, frowning at what was no doubt a pouty look on my face. “You won’t have to miss her for long.”

I forced my lips into a smile. “Sorry, I’m actually really happy. We saved the damn world. Our main threats are eliminated, and we’re together. I couldn’t have asked for a better ending and yet I’m a little melancholy that everything might change now.”

“It won’t,” he said. “Unless you want it to, and then I will ensure that everything changes.”

“As simple as that,” I shot back.

He kissed me suddenly, leaving me breathless and horny as fuck. “As simple as that, Sunshine.”

Before I could think up another smartass reply, he swung me up and over his shoulder, and then he started to sprint through the hallway. Inky and Midnight, who had been guarding the entrance, rushed toward us. “They’re back,” I said, and now I was feeling much happier because this all felt normal.

Like a future I’d been dreaming of but had never expected to happen. I’d been forcing myself to accept the reality. We’d been fighting against a power we shouldn’t have beaten. To know it was over… It had taken me a bit to get there, but finally, I could be happy.

Our mists surrounded us, lifting our bodies off the ground in their version of a hug. “Hey, buddy,” I said to Inky, who started to spark.

All good in Faerie? I asked Midnight through our bond.

All good. The stone is safe.

That was all we needed to know at this point. Len would no doubt fill in the rest of the blanks when we saw him next.

“You two keep watch,” Shadow said. “Mera and I have some business to wrap up before the great feast.”

The mists jiggled before they wrapped around us one more time and then zoomed off together looking all cute and best-friend-like.

Shadow slapped a hand across my ass then, and I moaned, wiggling against him. “Business?” I got out.

“We have an hour until the dinner,” he rumbled “Maybe even a few hours, because no one is monitoring when we arrive. Imagine what we could do in hours.”

Well, when he put it like that… Now I was laser-focused, urging the beast on like I was riding a fucking racehorse. Of course, I planned on riding this particular “horse” very soon and for that to happen, he needed to move faster.

When I kicked his side, he growled at me, jerking his head up to see what the fuck I was doing. I shrugged, holding both hands up. “What? It works for racehorses.”

That got me another slap on the ass, and I jerked against him, desperate to be naked and fucking my mate. He was still in his huge Anubis-like form, and that gave him extra speed and strength, so we made it along the hall and through the library in record time. Like, I barely even saw anyone as we dashed through, and when we entered the lair, everything inside of me was thrumming with excitement. My nerve endings were buzzing, and Shadow had better hurry the fuck up—

We didn’t make it into the bedroom as his chest shook and he ground to a halt, dropping me down so he could tear my clothing from me. He was still Anubis, and I had no issue fucking the beast in this form. He was still almost completely humanoid with a little extra fur, and really, what was some body hair between shifter gods?

Before I had to question my moral compass, Shadow shifted back, his cock jerking between us as he thrust up and planted himself deep inside of me. He moved hard and fast, fucking me in the middle of the shelves, both of us too horny to make it to the room. I screamed out my pleasure, clawing at his chest while he slammed up into me as well. Both of us moving like our lives depended on it.

It was too much for me to not come immediately, and when the explosion of pleasure rocked through my gut, I was unable to do anything except hold on and ride it out.

“Sunshine, this time is going to be fast,” he said, burying his head against my shoulder, his teeth biting down as he tasted me. “But that’s only the beginning.”

“I’m going to die.” There was no denying it any longer. I was about to die via Shadow Beast dick, and I couldn’t even be mad about it.

“You cannot die,” he reminded me, lifting his head and shifting our position so he could tilt me back, hips pumping harder as he thrust into me. This time, his teeth closed over one of my nipples, and when he bit down, I screamed again, and he groaned, jerking into me as he came as well, sending me into my second orgasm.

“I think I can die,” I wheezed, unable to catch my breath to speak clearly. “Dicked to death. It’s a thing, even for immortals. Look it up.”

Shadow shook his head, straightening as he licked across the teeth marks on my breasts, soothing them. The marks were gone in a moment, but I enjoyed the small pain he’d inflicted. He remained hard inside me as he started to walk us deeper into the lair. He didn’t head for his room this time, but instead took us into the area around the fire, with all the comfy sofas.

We were already naked; he was still buried deep inside me and as he walked, his cock rubbed right across my G-spot, sending delicious sparks of pleasure through me with each step. On instinct, I ground myself against him and he groaned, moving with me, and all too soon we were moving together as we had before. Slower this time, though.

Shadow took us close enough to the fire that the heat surrounded us, which added to the pleasure. I expected him to lay me on the ground or maybe against a nearby shelf—the beast did love to fuck against hard surfaces—but he surprised me when he sank back into a nearby chair, leaving me straddled on his lap.

Our eyes met, this position intimate in a way that I’d only felt a few times before. I was on top, and I was moving against him, riding him slowly as I allowed my body to do what felt good. Shadow groaned again, one hand landing on my hip, while the other went to my ass, and he played with me, tracing across my skin.

“Sunshine,” he rumbled, and I looked up, my body tightening at the sight of fire burning in his eyes. “I love you.”

My body jerked and I almost came, but I was determined to try to hold out until I could ride him to orgasm. “I love you too,” I whispered, leaning forward and pressing a gentle kiss to his lips. That lasted all of three seconds before he took control and our kiss deepened as I continued to ride him, moving against him with just enough speed that we were breathing heavily, but not enough to push us over the edge yet.

The hand that had been on my hip lifted to my cheek and he cupped around the back of my head, his thumb brushing my face as he held us close. His energy was all around me, and the fire we felt was from more than the one burning in the nearby fireplace.

My pace picked up, my hips dipping and swaying against his body as I rode his cock faster and faster. It felt like parts of Shadow were deeper inside of me than they ever had been.

And it wasn’t just his dick, but his freaking soul, as wisps of his magic entered my brain. The mate bond was thrumming, strongly, and we were cementing it, piece by piece, brick by brick, as our souls intertwined.

My heart was pounding as I desperately tried to hold back my orgasm, wanting to bring him there first, but there was never going to be a chance of that. Not after he’d just come. I would have to be content with having multiple orgasms while I got to spend a few hours riding my mate.

Together. Always. Just like this.