“If he looks at her weird, I’ll behead him,” I finally say.
“I would expect nothing less. But the ruby stakes now belong to her,” he says, a smile in his voice. “They showed up on her pillow the night you turned. Perhaps you could teach her a thing or two about how to use them for the next eleven years. Could offer you some peace of mind.”
“I’ll teach her that boys are horrible and rotten.” A smile tugs at my lips. “Beck will have his work cut out for him in another sixteen years when he thinks it’s time to date my daughter.”
“So feisty and fierce.” He turns me to face him and kisses my lips. “I love you, Castilla. Don’t ever change.”
I stare up at the man who I loved when I was only five and never understood just what that love would morph into one day. So maybe this bonding thing goes deeper than blood after all. A soul mates kind of thing.
“I love you too, Laurent.” I lift myself up and wrap my legs around his waist. “Now fuck me like you’re trying to keep me forever.”
“Ahh, so you want to skip right past the courting phase and straight to the honeymoon?” he teases, his red eyes gleaming.
“You can buy me flowers and call me sweetheart after you give me an orgasm that Loey will hear all the way in whatever realm she’s in.”
“That sounds like a challenge.” He grins at me like a predator about to devour his prey. “Challenge accepted, my love. Hold on. I was going easy on you before. I’m about to blow your mind.”
And he does.
Every day from now until the end of time.