Page 90 of Moody as a Minotaur

“You don’t have any?”

Levi shook his head as he stretched out beside me. “No. Healthy supes can’t get infections or diseases like that. But if you want to use a condom, we’ll wait to do more until we can buy some tomorrow.”

“Wow…” The idea of having immunity to infections like that was mind-boggling. I trusted he was telling me the truth. Levi would never lie to me about something that important. And it was like everything else I’d learned about supes in the last few days… wild and foreign and, yes, undeniably intriguing.

Levi had left a gap between us, leaving it up to me what happened next. I scooted closer until my chest was pressed to his and my leg was over his hips. His hard length pressed against my hip, reminding me he hadn’t found his own release yet.

“I’ve never gone without protection before,” I said.

“That’s fine. We can wait, like I said.” He brushed his fingertips along the side of my face. “Fuck, you’re gorgeous.”

He’d said that before. I still didn’t believe him. Particularly not now when I knew my cheeks would be stained with a blotchy blush.

“I want you, Levi,” I said. “I want you inside me.”

Levi’s gaze snapped to mine. “You sure? Because?—”

I pressed a finger to his swollen lips to stop him from talking. “I’m sure.”

Levi’s breath stuttered against my hand. Then he was kissing me and touching me and tasting me. And I was doing the same to him, eager to explore and learn every part of what made him moan and shudder and pant harder. I was drowning in pleasure when he rolled me to my back and grabbed the lube.

I expected him to move away from me, go sit beside my hips, or ask me to turn over and present my ass. He didn’t do any of that. He rose on one elbow, just enough to get the bottle of lube open and squirt some onto his free hand. He watched me as he trailed his slippery fingers between my legs until he found my entrance. I angled my hips to give him better access.

Once again, I was struck by the intimacy of this moment. I’ve never had a lover study me so closely. I was open with him like I’ve never been with anyone before. I let him see and hear it all. How my breath caught when he caressed my entrance. How I trembled when he pushed his finger inside for the first time. How I arched into his touch as I begged for more.

Those dancing sparkling stars in white and blue shimmered around us again. I swore Levi saw them too, because he looked as wonderstruck as I felt. His Adam’s apple bobbed. Tears pooled in his eyes. He wrapped his arms around me and held me tight. I swore his body was shaking.

“Levi? Is something wrong?”

He shook his head and pulled back enough to look into my eyes.

“I never thought I’d respond to someone like this again in my life,” he whispered. He pressed his forehead to mine.

“What is it?”

“My magic. It’s how the Eternal Magic shows us we’re connected to someone on a deeper level. That she blesses us.”

“Like we’re fated mates?”

He shook his head. “Not exactly. At least not like with the other mates you’ve seen around town. I don’t think the Eternal Magic will bless us the same, but my magic is still responding to you. And that’s amazing. We’re chosen mates, but I think it might be more than that too.”

“Chosen mates,” I repeated with a grin. “I like the sound of that.”

“I…” Levi swallowed. “I was wrong to keep you at arm’s length for so long.”

“We’re together now.”

“Parker, I…” He swallowed. “I think I love you.”

I blinked, shocked by his admission.

“It’s okay. You don’t have to say the words back. I just… I needed to tell you.”

“No, it’s not that,” I said quickly. “I love you too. I thought it’d take us a while longer to get to where we said it out loud, but that doesn’t mean I don’t feel it, because I do. I love you, Levi. I’ve been waiting for you to acknowledge everything between us for a long time now. But I don’t want you to say this because of everything that’s happened.”

“I’m not. I… I think I’ve loved you for a long time. I was just too scared to admit it. This isn’t a trauma response, if that’s what you’re thinking. I’m just finally able to voice what I’ve been feeling all along.”

Then we were kissing again as Levi continued to open me up.