"My prince?"
"Yeah?" Riley looked up at Khalon and the amusement evident in his sparkling green eyes.
"You are thinking far too much. Close your eyes and give yourself to me." The low husky order sent a shiver up Riley's spine and he nodded, allowing himself to think of nothing but Khalon and the slow deep thrusts that had Riley gasping for breath.
Riley's brow beaded with sweat, his skin was hot and flushed as Khalon's movements became a little quicker, his breath more ragged. It was clear he was trying his best to go slow. Riley wrapped his legs around Khalon's waist, his voice hushed in Khalon's ear.
"Give yourself to me."
Khalon smiled, a sexy crooked grin that went straight to Riley's painfully hard dick. He pulled out of Riley and got on his knees. He twirled his finger and Riley did as he was asked. He turned onto his stomach and got on his knees, his head on the pillow. Riley expected Khalon to plunge inside him. Instead Riley let out a surprised gasp when Khalon began making a meal out of him. He cursed under his breath and grabbed fistfuls of the bedsheet. Moving one hand to his dick, he stroked himself, his moans and cursing seeming to urge Khalon on. Khalon soon replaced his mouth with his thick, hard length and Riley groaned as Khalon pushed himself in deep.
"Please." Riley wasn't above begging. He needed to feel Khalon's release. Needed to feel Khalon claim all of him.
"Are you ready?" Khalon asked. Riley nodded. In order for the claim to be complete, they would have to fully give themselves to each other. Heart, body, and soul, united through Khalon's Soldati blood.
Khalon gave Riley what he wanted, driving himself into Riley with deep, powerful thrusts that made the bed tremble beneath them. He dug his fingers into Riley's flesh and the sound of skin slapping against skin was glorious. Riley kept up with Khalon's pace, moving his hand faster as Khalon's thrusts began to lose their rhythm. The bands on Riley's arms spun furiously as the patterns of his markings danced and shifted.
Khalon folded himself over Riley, changing his angle and biting down on the flesh between Riley's neck and shoulder. A blinding pain shot through Riley and he couldn't help the strangled cry that tore from him as Khalon's fangs pierced his skin, sinking into him, and transferring his blood into Riley. The searing heat caused by Khalon's blood seeping into him lasted mere seconds. Riley's orgasm exploded through him and the white light inside him flared out through his body, igniting the room like a lightning strike. He came hard, his limbs shaking from the force of his release and the knowledge he had been claimed. Khalon soon followed, his heat filling Riley as his fangs retreated, his cry drowned out by the roar of his inner light being released into the room, the thunderous sound fading only when Khalon collapsed onto the bed beside Riley. The white light in the room faded until only the warm glow of the wall sconces remained.
Riley turned with a satiated smile, and snuggled up close to Khalon when he remembered the bite. Gingerly he placed his fingers to his shoulder, stunned to find the wound already healed. Khalon wrapped his strong arms around Riley, kissing his lips before they were both forced to come up for air. Riley smiled up at Khalon.
"Wow. That was... impressive."
Khalon chuckled. "It was rather exhilarating wasn't it?" He planted a kiss on the tip of Riley's nose. "My prince has quite a wicked streak."
"Admit it, you like that about me." Riley nipped at Khalon's jaw, loving the low growl Khalon released.
With a playful roar, Khalon grabbed hold of Riley and rolled him onto his back. He nipped at Riley's neck before moving his lips onto Riley's for a long, deep kiss. When he pulled back, he smiled warmly down at him.
"There is much to like, my prince. You've been in my life for such a short time, yet you've changed it so much."
"So what happens now?"
"Now you search your heart. I have claimed my prince, and in return, you have laid claim to my heart. Close your eyes and listen."
Riley did as he was asked. He wasn't sure what he was listening out for, but he listened. He could hear the water flowing in a nearby fountain somewhere outside the bedroom window in the garden below. Birds chirped and crickets came out to play now that nightfall had come. All of Riley's senses were heightened and he felt everything. From the gentle breeze against his skin as it drifted in past the curtains to Khalon's heart beating in his chest. He could feel the white light inside Khalon, his soul. They were connected. Whatever Khalon felt, Riley felt. Wait. Does that mean.... Riley's eyes flew open.
"Can you feel me? I mean, if something happens to me, can you feel it?"
Khalon placed Riley's hand to his lips for a kiss. "We are one." Khalon took Riley's finger and he watched, mesmerized, as Khalon put the tip to one of his now-elongated sharp fangs. Gently he pushed Riley's finger until he drew blood, causing Riley to suck in a sharp breath at the same moment Khalon winced. "We are connected. Your pain becomes my pain. My pain becomes yours."
Riley worried his bottom lip. "What if I'm not strong enough? I don't want you to feel pain because I can't handle it."
"Fear not, my prince. I shall train you, show you the ways of the Soldati." He brought his hand to Riley's heart. "Great strength lies in you. We've only to bring it to the surface."
God, Riley hoped Khalon was right. A thought occurred to him and he scrambled out of bed.
"Can you show me?"
Khalon sat up and chuckled. "You would like to shift?"
"Yes!" Riley was so excited he was practically bouncing.
Khalon laughed as he got out of bed. He grabbed Riley's pants and tossed them at him. Quickly Riley pulled them on as Khalon stepped into his own black trousers. He held his hand out to Riley. "Come. Shifting is for outdoors."
Riley took his hand and they sneaked out of what was now his and Khalon's bedchamber. They hurried down the stone corridor awash in the warm glow of wall sconces until they reached a heavy arched doorway that led to a winding stone staircase. On the other side of a set of heavy doors, they stepped into the night and a huge gorgeous garden. Khalon released his hand and took a few steps away.
"Now shift."