CHAPTER TWELVE

Within the hour, I was back in the executive suite at the ARIA, showering to wash off the dirt and sweat that had accumulated under the harsh Nevada sun. Bastion called his dad to meet us in a private conference room downstairs and was waiting for him there with my mom while Rory fetched my clothes from the car.

By the time I stepped out of the scalding cascades, my royal was waiting for me with a fluffy white towel and a charming grin on his face.

"Feel better?" His loving blue eyes held a longing that sent my heart beating wildly.

"Um, a little bit, yeah. I'm just a little overwhelmed. A lot has happened today."

He nodded sympathetically, pulling my damp and towel-clad body against his. He kissed my wet hair, making me melt into him.

After a long pause, he asked, "Did you sleep with your mate?"

My entire body tensed, but he ran his spare hand up and down my spine to calm me. "It's okay, Aria. I was just curious. I'm not mad."

I leaned away from him, taking in his soft eyes with hesitation and a furrowed brow. "Who are you and where is the Rory I saw at the gas station?"

He let out a smooth chuckle, his eyes sparkling beneath the fluorescents. "We are both your lovers. Both of us were chosen by our gods. Who am I to fight that?"

You seemed to have been fighting it pretty hard earlier. Nothing was making any sense anymore. I half expected Rory to hunt Bastion down after hearing that we had sex, but instead, he seemed almost... supportive?

"Does this change in attitude happen to have anything to do with your seal?" I asked, cocking my brow.

He nodded proudly. "I'm here to serve you, love." He leaned his head down towards my neck, baring his fangs and scraping them lightly against my ticklish flesh. I shivered at the intimate touch, my brain trying in vain to focus on his strange words. He was there to serve me. As my king. Was it possible that all of James' predictions were true after all? Was I supposed to save the world and unite all species? That was impossible, right?

Fire rushed down from my neck and straight to my groin when I felt Rory's teeth sink in. I moaned loudly at the sensation. It wasn't this powerful before when he drank from me, and I immediately felt my legs give out. He lowered us both to the floor, his mouth still partaking of my blood like a glutton the whole way down.

"Rory... oh hell." I moaned into his ear. I felt as if I could come on the spot, purely from his bite. A hurricane of pleasure and desire transformed into liquid sugar trickling down my thighs, and his ears twitched at the sound. One of his hands dislodged from my side, traveling downwards sensually until reaching my soaking pussy. He took a sharp breath when his talented fingers traced along my come. He finally unsheathed from my neck, but my body was still humming from his venom. His chest was rising and falling in time with mine when he captured my lips. He groaned when my tongue sought his, pressing my back against the cold tile of the bathroom floor as he laid atop me. With one slow push, he entered me with two of his fingers. My erotic cries bounced off the walls.

"Did he satisfy you?" His sultry voice whispered into my ear.

Oh Goddess. I felt him push his thumb against my clit, stroking it slowly, teasingly.

"Well?" He asked again.

"Y-yes." Why would he be asking me that? Did my response anger him?

"Rory..." I begged, gyrating my hips faster so he would pick up speed. He was going slow to frustrate me.

"I want to see, love. I want to see how he pleasures you." Lust was dripping off his every filthy word.

"W-what do you mean?"

"Let me watch him fuck you, Queen. If you promise me, I'll make you come right now." He was using my desire as a bargaining chip to satisfy his fantasies, and it was one of the sexiest things I had ever witnessed. My core was molten and I wanted the release more than ever, but I couldn't make a promise like that without consulting my mate first.

"Bastion..." I managed to choke out, hoping he would understand.

He did, and began laughing almost sadistically. "Mm, love. Bastion won't mind, I can promise you that."

How did he know that he wouldn't mind? Oh Goddess. I didn't care how, I just had to surrender to the pleasure. I had to come, now. I nodded quickly, completely out of breath as I looked into glowing red eyes. "Y-yes. I promise." After all, what dignity did I have left? I was lying on the bathroom floor getting fingered in a towel.

Rory licked his soft pink lips and in a flash, he was between my spread legs with his zipper down, freeing his cock. He let out a low hiss from between his teeth as he slid inside of me. He fit so perfectly, and I loved feeling full of him.

"Yes... Rory, please!" I rolled my hips, creating sweet friction along his shaft and making him groan. He grabbed onto one of my legs, lifting it above his shoulder to get a deeper angle before beginning to move. Like before, his movements were swift, but now they also had force, power, strength, and I couldn't control the rapid pace of my impending moment of ecstasy.

"Fuck, you feel so hot on my cock, Aria." Rory's seductive call rang out, tipping me over the edge completely. My back arched and I latched onto his forearms with a vice grip, surprising him when my claws extended into his flesh.

"Fuck, Aria. I-" He didn't finish his sentence, but slammed his hips into mine harder than ever before, this time spilling his delicious seed inside of me just as Bastion had earlier that day. Total pleasure. His eyes never left mine as he came down from his high and I watched on in fascination as they reverted to his normal sky blue. He began licking the wounds on his arms to heal them, all while smirking triumphantly at my weak and panting body.

"You'd better shower again. Unless you want Bastion and your mom to smell the sex on you." I slapped at him playfully, lowering my leg so I could stand up. Now to find out what the hell was going on.