Destiny Realised: Destiny Series: Book Three Page 4

  When I turned back to Virion, he was watching me closely. I couldn’t help but smile. It must be weird when we did that. How did he feel being out of the loop though? We ate our food in silence. Every time I looked up to see what he was doing, I kept catching him looking at me. It was like we’d turned into teenagers on a first date, and it was getting a bit ridiculous. After what felt like the fiftieth time of looking at each other, I just burst out laughing, and he joined in with me.

  “Why is this so weird?” I asked him.

  “I have no idea. I’m normally much better at this, I promise you,” he said thoughtfully.

  “Maybe we need to just get to know each other a bit better. This isn’t exactly a normal situation,” I suggested.

  “Okay, what do you want to know?” he asked, sitting back in his chair and relaxing.

  What did I want to know? How personal should I get? Maybe this wasn’t a good idea. It was very easy to upset someone if you asked the wrong thing. I also opened myself up to telling him about my own history, which was usually a topic I shied away from. But when I looked at Virion with his open expression and his easy smile, I realised my past was just a part of me, and it wasn’t something I felt like I needed to hide or avoid with him.

  “How about we start with something easy, and you tell me about your family?” I suggested, except Virion visibly cringed at the suggestion. “Or maybe it isn’t an easy subject,” I laughed.

  “When are families ever easy?” he shrugged. He took a deep breath like he was getting ready to prepare himself for something. Just as I was about to tell him he didn’t need to tell me, he started to talk.

  Virion told me all about what he could remember of his mother. She’d died of her injuries during the first war when he was only a young child. His brother was only a baby. His father had never been the same after the war. Not only did he lose his fated mate, but he bore the responsibility of the loss of all of their people. Virion didn’t describe a childhood where he wanted for anything, but it was clear it lacked the love and care he needed as a child who’d lost his mother. By the end of his story, I felt so sorry for little Virion. He lost his mother and basically his father at the same time.

  We made our way back to the sitting room halfway through his story, and I’d cuddled under his arm. Virion was stroking his fingers through my hair as he spoke. It seemed like once he started, he just needed to get it all out. By the time he reached the end, we just sat in silence while he slowly stroked his hand through my hair.

  “I’m sorry about your mother,” I told him.

  Virion tightened his arm around me. “We all have our sad stories,” he told me. “But we shouldn’t let them define our story as a whole. I’m more than my past experiences. Yes, they’ve contributed to the man I’ve become today, but I won’t let them rule my life now, or the future I want to have for myself. For us. For all of us.”

  I sat up and turned around so I could look him in the eye. “I think that’s a perfect idea,” I told him. “But, of course, we just need to get through this little part first.”

  Virion grinned at me. He had one of those beautiful smiles which just lit up his face. It must’ve been painful for him to relive his childhood but the fact he’d done it for me, I knew what it took to tell a story like that, and it meant a lot.

  “Aria,” Virion looked nervously at the ground. “I know you haven’t known me for long, but if you would let me hold you tonight ...” He shifted uncomfortably next to me.

  “Are you asking if you can spend the night with me?” I asked him. I wanted to grin, but I held it in. He was clearly nervous, and I didn’t want him to think that I was making fun of him.

  “I’m not asking for … I don’t mean we should …” He was wildly gesticulating with a panicked look on his face, and it didn’t take me long to take pity on him.

  “Come on, let’s go to bed,” I told him, standing up and holding out my hand.

  He reached up and took my hand and we made our way to one of the empty bedrooms. I was already showered, so I stripped down to my underwear and the vest top I was wearing before climbing into bed. It may have been a bit much for Virion because he just stood at the doorway, staring at me slightly wide-eyed. It wasn’t like I’d taken much off, only my trousers. He slowly walked across to the bed, pulling his shirt over his head as he did. I realised this was the first time I’d seen him when he wasn’t fully clothed, and it was definitely worth the wait. He was tall and slim, but damn he was well defined. Not as bulky as the other guys but, put it this way, I would definitely lick him all over given a chance.

  Virion grinned, totally aware of me shamelessly checking him out. I’d stop, but he was my mate, and I didn’t see why I should. He slowly started to unlace his leather trousers, and I almost sat up in bed so I could watch him more closely. Oh, he knew I was interested, and he was giving me a show. It would be rude to stop him!

  As he slowly pushed his trousers down past his muscled thighs, I got an eyeful of his extremely tight boxer briefs and boy was he packing a lot inside of them. My eyebrows rose as I looked at all he had on display for me, and he gave me a deep masculine chuckle before he climbed under the covers. I didn’t even blush; I felt we were past that now. I just gave him a grin and then snuggled down under the covers. Virion’s confidence seemed to falter a little as he laid there, so I scooted over and snuggled up, laying my head on his chest.

  “Thank you for letting me do this,” he mumbled.

  Well, now I couldn’t hold my laughter inside. How could this guy go from stripping off his clothes, to shy and uncertain so quickly? I supposed it must be hard being the last one in an already established group. He seemed to be getting on well with the guys, though. I hadn’t caught any animosity or jealousy between them. They seemed to be acting like they’d known each other for years.

  “You don’t need to thank me,” I told him as I tickled my fingers across his stomach, enjoying the way his muscles contracted below them. “If you hadn’t asked me, I would have asked you.” I tilted my head back to see his face, and I was pleased to see he was smiling again.

  “Sleep, Aria. The past few days have been long and crazy, and I get the impression we’re only just getting started,” he told me, holding me tightly to his chest.

  A part of me was disappointed he wasn’t trying to seduce me, but he was right, and it had been a long journey just to get to this point. I was more tired than I realised and my eyes were fluttering closed, even though I wanted to occupy myself with other things, namely the delicious mate I had beneath me.

  “Okay,” I mumbled. “But you have to promise to ravish me in the morning.”

  “I think it’s something I’d be happy to promise you,” he mumbled as he nuzzled his face against the top of my head.

  I fell asleep with a smile on my face and Virion holding me tightly against him. It was comforting to fall asleep being able to feel he was there, and I wasn’t alone. I’d gotten so used to not sleeping alone, and I didn’t think I could go back to it now.

  Chapter 3

  I woke up to the feeling of Virion’s lips softly brushing against the back of my neck and working their way down to my shoulder. His arms were banded tightly around me, holding me against his chest, and I could feel his hard cock pushing against my lower back. Now wasn’t this a lovely way to wake up in the morning.

  As his teeth gently grazed across the back of my shoulder, my hips writhed, grinding my ass against him. I felt Virion smile against my skin.

  “Oh, are you awake?” he whispered in faux innocence.

  I chuckled lightly, but it caught in my throat as his hand started to slowly whisper down to my stomach, the other came up around my breast, and he pinched my nipple hard between two of his fingers as he roughly cupped my breast. The contrast of soft and hard was something I’d already found I loved.

  Virion seemed to know just how to play my body, and I couldn’t help but wonder if someone had been giving him some pointers. All thoughts fle
d my mind, though, as his fingers slipped between my thighs and lightly danced across my already wet pussy. My back arched as he slipped his fingers between my wet folds and dragged it up to lightly brush across my clit. His lips came down, placing soft kisses against my neck as he lazily dragged his finger up and down my slit, never quite using enough pressure, but just teasing the idea of what was to come.

  It didn’t take long for my hips to squirm in frustration, but when they did his teeth sank into the tender skin at the side of my neck. As soon as the pain caused my breath my hitch, he released his teeth and laved his tongue over the bite soothing it, and started the delicious wave of pleasure to build. My head dropped back onto his shoulder, and a low moan slipped from my lips.

  With his hard cock rubbing against my ass, and his hands reaching round to play with my wet pussy and nipples, I was trapped in his arms, and there was nowhere else I wanted to be. His cock pushed between my legs, and I felt him glide against the wetness pooling between my legs.

  “You feel so good,” he murmured against my neck as he sucked hard on the place where my neck met my shoulder.

  He alternated between bites and kisses all over my neck and shoulder, and the sensation was driving me to distraction. The heat pooled in my stomach and I knew I wouldn’t need much to push me over the edge, but he kept a teasing light touch against my clit, not quite giving me what I needed.

  “Virion,” I panted. “I need … I want … please!” I whined.

  “I know what you need, baby. But you can’t have it just yet. Just enjoy yourself,” he whispered before he flipped me over onto my back.

  He settled himself between my legs, and I felt his cock glide over my pussy one time before he pulled away and started trailing kisses down my body. I should have been embarrassed at the whine that came out of me as he denied me the penetration I was desperate for, but I was too far gone.

  He ran his tongue along the underside of one of my breasts before he pinched the nipple hard between his fingers.

  “Don’t worry. I’ve got you, baby,” he murmured as he trailed his mouth further down my body.

  His mouth slowly latched onto the soft skin on the inside of my thigh, and he sucked before biting down again. At the same time, he slipped a finger inside me and gently started to pump it in and out. My head tilted back, and my body arched at the contact, I was so close, so close I just needed a little more. I felt like I was almost ready to beg him for it if he didn’t give in to me soon.

  Virion’s finger withdrew, and I felt him move, his hot breath hovering just over my clit. Just as his mouth descended onto my clit, he slipped his finger, wet from my own juices, into my ass and pumped it into me as he sucked my clit into his mouth.

  The orgasm exploded out of me with such force I felt for a second like I’d lost the ability to breathe until I screamed out my release. Bliss pounded across my body in wave after wave, and just as I thought it was about to slow to a stop, Virion slammed his rock hard cock inside me, pushing me straight into a second orgasm.

  “Oh, fuck! Your pussy is so tight, baby,” he groaned as he slowly dragged his cock out of me and then slammed it back into me again.

  I hooked one of my legs over his hip, and he slid deeper inside of me on the next thrust, groaning I ground down against him, making my sensitive clit rub against the base of his cock. I could feel the walls of my pussy fluttering around him, and I knew I was going to come again soon. I didn’t think I’d had so many, so close together before.

  Virion’s slow pace started to stutter, and it was like his control snapped as he began to slam himself inside me over and over again. It was perfect, and it was exactly what I needed. I was at a point where I couldn’t even form words if I wanted to, and from the look on his face and the way he was gritting his teeth, I could tell he was in exactly the same place.

  I could feel the saliva running in my mouth, and the urge to bite him and claim him slammed into me hard. I pulled him down against me, and he wrapped his arms around me as he continued to thrust inside me. I couldn’t hold back the need anymore, and I surged forward, clamping my teeth into his shoulder. At the same time, his teeth latched onto my chest at the top of my right breast. It was all I needed to push me over the edge and fall into the bliss of a third orgasm as I heard Virion groan with his release.

  I gently released my teeth from his shoulder and licked across the wound as he did the same to my breast. He kept his arms wrapped around me and pulled me tighter against him as we both lazed in the afterglow.

  “You claimed me,” Virion whispered after we’d been cuddling for a while.

  I looked up at him in panic, thinking I’d done the wrong thing, but all I could see was pure happiness on his face and his eyes glazed with tears.

  “Is that okay?” I asked him tentatively. I needed to start asking permission before I went around claiming people.

  “More than okay,” he replied, pulling me tight against him and nuzzling his face into my hair. “My mate,” he sighed.

  “Are you in the connection?” I whispered out to the group.

  Virion’s head snapped up, and he looked me in the eye. “This feels a bit weird,” he whispered back.

  “Welcome to the club man,” Sykes’ voice laughed into our heads.

  We cuddled for a while before reality started to kick me in the ass and remind me we had stuff to do.

  “Urgh, we need to get up,” I finally admitted.

  Virion’s chest, which was currently my pillow vibrated underneath me with his laughter. “It does my male ego a lot of good to hear you’re so upset about the idea.”

  I chuckled along with him, but then pulled myself up to sitting in bed. He sat up with me and started to pepper kisses along my shoulder.

  “Maybe just one more time?” he suggested, and I practically dived on top of him.

  After we managed to drag ourselves out of bed, Virion and I showered and joined the others in the kitchen, where thankfully Liam had already set about making some breakfast for us. Kyle pulled me against him, but before I would let him have a cuddle, I pulled up his shirt to check out his injuries. The bandage was off, but there were still pink scabby marks across his stomach.

  “We aren’t all blessed with amazing Valkyrie healing powers,” Kyle laughed when I pouted at him.

  “How does it feel, though?” I asked him, resisting the urge to poke at him.

  He squinted one eye at me, and I could tell he would try and downplay it, so I dug my fingers into his side. “Hey, I’m injured here,” he laughed.

  “Exactly! So, don’t try and lie about it,” I accused him.

  “I would never!” he laughed. See, he couldn’t even keep a straight face when he tried to lie to me.

  “Seriously though, how does it feel?” I asked, running my hand gently over his stomach. This was a weird new feeling for me—having someone this close to me I was worried about.

  “It’s sore, but it’s okay. I’m just going to have to take it easy today. Should be right as rain tomorrow,” he told me.

  I scowled up at him, giving him my stink eye, trying to figure out if he was telling me the truth. Clearly, the stink eye wasn’t working though because he just kissed me on the end of my nose and laughed. At least he’d admitted he would be taking it easy today.

  “What’s up bitches!” A voice shouted from the other room.

  Kyle immediately let me go as I sprinted out of the room and threw myself at her. She clearly hadn’t realised how much I would’ve missed her because she just collapsed underneath me and we ended up on the floor laughing loudly.

  “Anyone would think you missed me,” Britt laughed, pulling me into a bear hug while we were still laying on the ground.

  “You died! Of course, I missed you. And you totally bled all over me by the way,” I said rolling off her with a laugh.

  Sykes helped us both off the floor and then Britt hugged all the guys. I always forget she’d grown up with them and they probably missed her just as much a
s I did. When Virion stepping into the room, she raised an eyebrow and stepped in front of me, bracing herself.

  “Awww, you do still love me,” I laughed, pulling her back away from her guard position.

  “Well, you basically saved me from an eternity of boredom and got me into the most exclusive club. I totally kick ass here by the way. Wait until you meet the others. I can’t wait for them to meet you,” she said, bouncing up and down in excitement. “Who’s the new man candy, though?” she asked, tipping her head to Virion.

  “Erm, well …” This felt a bit weird explaining this.

  “He’s the new boy toy,” Sykes laughed.

  Virion blushed, but at least he laughed as well. Britt turned to me with a massive grin on her face. I could see it coming and just didn’t want to get into it in front of the guys, so I opted for a quick change of subject.

  “We also like to call him Virion. But let’s eat something, I’m starving.”

  Britt grabbed my arm, and we walked into the kitchen where Liam finished up the food prep and loaded up plates.

  “You eating?” he asked Britt over his shoulder.

  “Nah, I grabbed something in the mess hall before I came over. You should drop in there as well, save yourselves from cooking and get to know some people,” Britt said, snagging a slice of bacon from a plate in complete contradiction to her earlier statement. She just raised an eyebrow in challenge at me and then shoved it into her mouth whole.

  Liam placed the biggest plate of food in front of me, which I set about shovelling into my face in the worst possible fashion, but I was ravenous.

  “Still struggling to keep up with the calorie burn?” Britt asked, her mouth hanging slightly open in shock.

  “I cannot cope with this for much longer. I feel like I could eat half a cow most of the time. It can’t be healthy,” I moaned. Once I was finished, I felt like licking the plate. There was no filling my stomach at the moment.

  Virion frowned. “I’ve not been around someone coming into their magic for a long time, but once it peaks, I believe you should see your appetite level out as well.”