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even when I don’t really want to in
here,” Amelia pressed his hand to her chest, above her heart. “The final
blessing in the circle—the one we receive at our Pronouncement—is what we need.
It’s what I need so I can move on from my soul sin.”
    “You’re
ready to proceed with the Pronouncement?”
    Amelia
nodded her head in agreement.
    Laughing,
Gage responded, “You have no idea what I’ve been going through trying to hold
Mamma off. She and your mother have spoken and were ready to begin plans until
I told her we’d need more time.”
    “But
the next full moon is just a week away and if we wait…” Amelia shook her head
instead of continuing her thought. She couldn’t contemplate living so defiantly
with her mate for that much longer. “I just can’t.”
    Amelia
felt the smile spread across his face and was relieved. Her reasoning might
sound cold and calculated, but she just knew if she could overcome this, she
and Gage could have their happily-ever-after like her other sisters before her.
    “Well
then, it sounds like you’ll be busy while I’m away. I’d declined breakfast with
my family but now, I think it’s perfect for us to join them.”
    “Yes,”
Amelia agreed before pausing. She had one more thing to ask of him. “First
though, I need, um, I need to feed.”
    “That
is a request I could happily fulfill.” The words hadn’t left Gage’s lips before
he’d rolled her over and planted himself above her. This was exactly where she
wanted him. Obviously hearing her thoughts, Gage spoke into her mind, “ This is exactly where I want to be .” He
ran his lips against the skin of her neck and she shivered.
    “I
want to be yours, Gage, and put our crazy beginning behind us,” Amelia
presented him with a statement not made clear by her soul sin’s interference.
    Gage
watched her as if memorizing her features. He held her head still with his
hands in her hair. She whimpered ever so softly at his tightened grip on her
hair, at the deep hunger pounding through their bond. She’d never wanted
anything more than this, than her mate.
    He
leaned into her neck and breathed in her scent as he scraped his teeth up and
down her neck and then across her shoulder before finding that perfect spot to
bite into her life-sustaining vein. When he growled and sank his teeth into her
neck, Amelia’s body reacted as if being lit on fire. His need for her bolstered
her resolve to see this through, to rid herself of her soul sin and reach for
her happiness. This—her mate—was her happiness. She could feel it inside him. She
could feel it inside herself.
    Amelia’s
body shook under his tongue’s strokes against her flesh. Gage drank deeply and
as he swallowed her blood, she couldn’t hold back the moans of pleasure. She
rubbed herself against him to try to relieve the pressure she felt at her core,
but with every press she only burned for more. Amelia knew they were both ready
to explode when he finally relented and rolled onto his side beside her. “Your turn. Drink from me but for the Goddess’s sake, be
quick about it. I’ve got more pressing matters to attend to.” Gage winked and
pressed his firm erection into her hip.
    Amelia
crawled up his body and circled herself on his chest. Gage held her with his
large hands on her buttocks. She bowed her head into his neck and breathed him
in for just a moment before the scent drew her tongue out to stroke against his
pulsing vein. She found the soft, tender skin where she could easily pierce,
and bit into Gage.
    The
rush of warm, salty liquid spilled over her tongue and Amelia closed her eyes
at the bliss of taking her mate into her like this. It was simply delicious.
There was no other way to feel so close to him. It was everything she needed
and she drank until she was full and another need overtook her.
    Pulling
from him and sealing the bite, Amelia sighed. “Gage?”
    “I
know. I’m hanging on by a thread but I wanted to be sure you had enough