Kage

I wake up with the human’s naked form pressed against me. I reach out and kiss the back of her neck as my hand strokes her soft skin. Last night was… amazing.

Mind blowing.

I’ve never opened my heart to anyone like that. I’ve never felt so vulnerable, yet to understood. So deeply and truly loved.

That’s what it was. Love, pure and simple. I’ve never quite grasped the meaning of the word, but now I know what it means. I absolutely know what it means. Last night was perfection, pure and simple. The way our bodies moved, the way they fit together… I will never forget that.

Zoey stirs in her sleep, and I kiss her cheek. Her eyes open and her beautiful blue eyes, as blue as the heaven’s themselves, are all I see.

“Good morning,” I say.

“Good morning,” she says with a smile that makes my heart flutter. She kisses me and a moment later she’s straddling my hips, our naked bodies tangled up in one another.

Already I can feel my cock start to respond, the by-now familiar feeling of lust taking a hold of me. If she wants to continue where we left off, I’m game.

“Wait,” she says.

“What is it?” I ask, my mouth trailing down her neck.

She pushes me down gently. “We have to talk.”

“I’m all ears,” I say.

“I need to know… where we stand.”

“What do you mean?”

“I need to know what I mean to you. I don’t want to be another notch on your belt, you know? At the same time, I can’t really make any demands of you, seeing as I did present myself naked to you and was a more than willing every step of the way, so I guess what I’m saying is…”

Zoey is rambling, her eyes focused on the ceiling. It seems she’s talking to herself more so than she is talking to me. I let my hands wander down her hips as she talks — I can’t resist touching her. She’s too beautiful for that.

“Notch?” I ask, eyebrows raised. “Belt? I do not wear belts.”

If she wants to see my armor, that’s fine. As long as I get to feel more of her afterwards!

“No,” she laughs. “It’s a saying.”

“Meaning? I’m not familiar with it.”

“Uhm, it means that, uhh, this doesn’t mean… anything. To you.”

My bottom lip twitches involuntarily. How could she say a thing like that?

“I don’t understand,” I say, trying to remain calm. Does she not share the feelings that have coiled their way around my heart? “We mated. You. Me. Mates.”

“Mates?”

I nod firmly. “Yes. Mates!”

“B-but, the others, they are…”

“Mates.”

“So what you’re saying is…”

“You. Me. Mates.”

“Meaning…”

“Mates.”

I don’t think she’s getting it. Her blue eyes are close to tearing up.

“Did I say something wrong?” I ask.

She flings her arms around me and weeps, and I hold her tightly, rubbing her back. “What’s wrong?”

“You silly Zoran,” she says, her voice breaking. “Are you saying what I think you’re saying?”

“What am I saying?” I ask, thoroughly confused.

“You’re saying that you, you know… want to be with me.”

“Yes!” I growl exuberantly. “Yes, that is what I’m saying!”

Finally the human seems to grasp the concept of mates!

“I have tasted the sweet nectar of love,” I say. “I want nothing more than to drown in it, Zoey! I want to be with you like this, forever.”

“L-love?” she asks. “You mean that?”

“Yes!” I say wholeheartedly. “That is when you call it when you want to spend every single moment with the same person, yes? The person that makes you feel good — no, not good, great. Perfect! Whole! The person that makes you feel understood, and complete. That person you want to spend your life with. That is love, correct? That person, my mate, is you.”

Tears streak down her cheeks, but she is smiling. They must be happy tears.

“Do you really mean that?” she sniffles.

“How much more convincing do you need?” I say. “That is only a vague attempt at conveying how I feel. I feel so strongly about you I struggle to put it into words! Let me show it you with action.”

I grab the back of her neck and kiss her deeply, powerfully, passionately. She melts in my arms, kissing me back, our souls becoming one. Our hands paw at each other, both our bodies burning up with pure passion and energy. The chemistry I feel is out of this world, and pure life-force seems to flow through me with every kiss, with every touch, with every breath.

Right now we are the very center of the universe.

My cock stands at attention, and I feel her body is ready for me, too. Moments later I am deep inside of her, the sounds of our passion filling the room as she rides me like there will be no tomorrow.

The sight of her breasts moving with every thrust of my hips is one I will not soon forget. My hands roam her body, squeezing, touching, feeling. I don’t even know where to begin — I want to sink myself into every inch of her flesh.

I have found perfection, and her name is Zoey.