Chapter 14 🌶

Thoroughly enjoying Damian's kisses, Thea groaned when her phone interrupted them. Reluctantly, she broke away from his kiss and said, "I need to get that."

Damian nodded and as she grabbed her phone, his hands started to roam, caressing her skin. Thea’s eyes never left his as she answered, "Hello?”

"How are you doing?" Darius asked, his concern evident. "You sound better than before."

"I am. Liam brought me some food.”

"Good. I've already upped your security and Glen is aware of the situation. He says Kira is also moving in with you?"

"Yup, this afternoon."

"Good. Have you heard from Damian at all?”

Before she could answer Damian took her phone from her and said into it, “Darius, it’s Damian. I’m with Theanna now. Ikisat’s gates are now secure and the last of the escapees are being hunted. I’ll make sure Thea returns home safe.”

“Good,” Darius replied. “I trust her in your care like no other.”

“And I you. I’ll send word of any further happenings.”

Taking the phone back, Thea added, “Darius, I promise I’ll be safe.”

“I know, I just love you and worry about you.”

“I love you, too. I’ll keep my phone close.”

“Thank you. Talk to you soon.”

As Thea hung up, she closed her eyes and enjoyed Damian’s lips as he tasted her neck, his hands on her skin. Her body responded to him as if no time had passed at all. They could always light a fire in each other that felt like it would consume them. “So what does becoming your mate entail, Dnirya?”

“That depends on you. The mystical part is simply a transfer of marks and a joining of souls. It’s best done just the two of us as it usually gets very physical. The public part can be as big or small as you’d like. Humans have a thing called a wedding, we could have an event such as that if you wished,” he suggested.

“No, that would turn into a big political mess. I’d rather just have it be as if we eloped. That way it won’t end up as some monstrous affair where we’re miserable.” Taking his hand in hers, she said to him, “I’ve loved you for as long as I can remember. I don’t want to fight it any more. I want the worlds to know that we’re mated, bound to each other. I don’t want to wait, Dnirya. I know what life is like without you in it. I never want to experience that again.”

As Damian listened to Thea, the joy in his heart felt as if it would burst forth. “Are you sure?”

“So very sure. What do I need to say? I want to be mated to you. Right here, right now, in this special place.”

Cupping her cheek with his free hand, he looked deep into her eyes. “I love you so very much, Zoqa, more than I can even express.”

Pausing, he took a deep breath and began, “Theanna, Daughter of Nira and Mikael, the one known as Nihasia, Princess of the Daemoni Realms, I give you my mark, the mark of Damian, Daemoni Prince of Ikisat, whose true name is Amaymon, the Powerful. You are my mate, my love. Chq iq xa gaera! *(Let it be done!)*”

Looking deep into his gorgeous onyx-colored eyes, Thea started to recite the words as her own eyes started to glow and her Daemoni side began to appear, “Damian, Daemoni Prince of Ikisat, whose true name is Amaymon, the Powerful, I give you my mark, the mark of Theanna, Daughter of Nira and Mikael, the mark of Nihasia, Princess of the Daemoni Realms. You are my mate, my love. Chq iq xa gaera!”

Theanna watched as his Daemoni form began to appear. His horns grew as his eyes glowed, his wings appeared, wrapping around them. She’d never thought of his Daemoni form as hideous or even ugly, rather she found it majestic and fearsome. He’d simply always been her Damian.

She felt his mark form on her wrist as his power filled her and mixed with her own. Nihasia roared to life, demanding she join with him in every way, wanting more than his mark.

As her mark formed on his wrist and the Daemoni side of Damian demanded the same as Nihasia, he claimed her mouth in a bruising kiss and before long their clothing had been torn to shreds, discarded around the garden. “My mate,” he growled as he tasted the wondrous offerings of her body. Looking deep into her glowing eyes, he joined their bodies with a powerful thrust that caused them both to gasp from the sheer pleasure.

“Mine,” she replied as she rolled them over so that she was on top, her body riding him hard.

‘Claim him fully,’ Nihasia screamed in her head. Her fangs elongated as she bent her head and sank her fangs into his chest over his heart, causing him to throw his head back as he roared from the pleasure.

Flipping them over, his body continued to move with hard thrusts. It’d been too long for them. Damien’s own fangs grew and he bit into her breast over her heart. Their souls, their powers, their minds and hearts merged and blended as their bodies reached a peak and exploded forth in pleasure.

As their Daemoni sides retreated the power of their union calmed until it felt like a soft caress. Turning and looking at Damian, Thea said with love in her eyes and awe in her voice, “That was so amazing! I feel so powerful, so connected to you.” Looking deeply into his eyes, she exclaimed, “Damian! Your eyes swirl with pink now!”

Damian smiled as he caressed her shoulder, “And yours with black. We’re truly mated, connected on every level. You are mine and I am yours. Nothing can tear us apart now.” Looking around the garden and at their shredded clothing, he started to chuckle. “Although I never thought we’d do this in the middle of a garden at D Corporation. With as many psychics as this place has I’m sure we’ll be all the gossip before too long.”

She smiled softly as she burrowed close to him. “Actually, not even Celia can sense what we’re doing here. The man who built this place for me was a warlock as well as a gardener. He built a series of wards to keep this place completely private for me. A place I could come to escape,” she explained as her fingers traced his well-defined muscles.

“I’ve always been able to sense you in here,” he questioned as his hands caressed her soft curves.

“So can Celia, she knows I’m here but no other details. If you felt more, well, it had to have been our bond.” Thea grew quiet, as she rested and let her mind wander. “Dnirya, isn’t it dangerous for me to know your true name? I thought Princes never told anyone their true names because with it I can control you completely.”

“For us to be truly bonded and mated I had to grant you that deepest of trusts. Yes, with it you can summon me and command me to a point but not completely. The more power a prince has, the less power knowing their name commands. So, being the Prince of Ikisat has benefits. If I were prince of a lesser Realm or a Daemoni of lower ranking then you’re absolutely correct,” Damian explained as his fingers continued to roam. “Only you know my true name, Zoqa.”

“Amaymon... I like it. It fits Red perfectly. What about the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum? Doesn’t that text list the true names?” Thea asked, her voice filled with worry.

“Yes, but not to whom the names belong. My Zoqa, don’t worry. My name has very little power over me. Your love, though, that has total power over me,” Damian smirked as his fingers wandered south. “Your love I crave like a drug. Your body makes me insatiable. You alone have complete power over me, Zoqa.”

Thea closed her eyes in pleasure as Damian’s fingers traced the folds of her nether region, her legs opening, inviting him further in. “Oh my Dnirya,” she moaned in pleasure as he bent his head and swirled his tongue around the bite mark on her breast. “My love, my body is yours and only yours!”

Tasting the power in her blood, he sighed happily as her power coursed through him. Moving his tongue to taste a nipple he entered her with several fingers. Slowly he moved down her body as he nipped and tasted, leaving a trail of heat as his fingers plundered her body.

The sounds of her pleasure were better than he remembered. He removed his fingers only to replace them with his tongue as he licked and tasted all she had to offer. Before long she was begging him for release.

Moving up her body, he growled into her ear, “What do you want, Zoqa?”

“I want you, Dnirya. I want your love, I want your body, I want it all.” Claiming his lips fiercely, her fingers in his hair, her legs parted and inviting him in.

Ever so slowly he joined with her, the slowness creating a level of desperation in her from the friction. Her body felt as if it were made for him, taking every inch of his large member. It caressed and squeezed him, demanding everything he had to give.

In and out he slowly moved, bringing her right to the edge before he’d shift to create a different kind of heat. When she didn’t think she could take it any more, she dug her long nails into his buttocks and demanded, “Make me scream.”

Damian growled as his primal nature took over. This was his mate, HIS! Flipping her around on her hands and knees he entered her with a hard thrust that made her moan loudly. In and out he moved ever harder, ever faster. Words became lost to them and only pleasure and emotion filled them.

He reached around her with both hands and as one hand roughly pinched her sensitive nipples, the other hand pinched her pearl. An explosion of pleasure filled her as she screamed his name. Her body vibrating as the intense orgasm crashed over her,

With a loud howl, Damian jerked a final time as he gripped her hips hard enough to bruise, his seed bathing her womb in its heat. Thea's orgasm began anew from the intenseness of his release. Their bodies shivered as wave after wave moved through them before they collapsed onto the ground.

Laying next to each other panting, Thea turned and looked at him. “Can you stay with me tonight? I want you in my bed. I want to wake in your arms knowing that you are forever mine. I’ve always hated when you left me. Being with you makes me feel complete.”

“Absolutely. Tonight is ours. I’ll have to return to Ikisat for a bit tomorrow but I promise to return quickly. If we alternate between here and Ikisat we should be able to be together most of the time. It’ll take work but I have very loyal lieutenants who maintain Ikisat in my absence. There are also those who make sure my lieutenants cannot betray me, their identities kept secret know. They are ones loyal to me, to us, by a blood oath. That oath prevents them from being turned against us.”

She nodded as she looked at her mark on his wrist and his mark on hers. “I love these, they are so beautiful.”

“They are, but I want you to have something else to signify that you’re mine. Something the human world recognizes.” Damian took Thea’s left hand into both of his hands for a moment and when he released her hand she wore the most gorgeous wedding band and engagement ring. The wedding band was made from onyx black titanium and was inset with dark blood red rubies. The engagement ring matched the wedding band with a large, dark blood red ruby.

“Damian! It’s so unique and beautiful,” she squealed happily. Then she looked at it thoughtfully. “This reminds me of you, in your Daemoni form.”

“I can change the colors, I know my Daemoni form is hideous,” Damian commented as he looked at the rings, avoiding her eyes. He only ever showed this side to her. He knew his vulnerabilities were safe.

Theanna kissed him tenderly as she cupped his cheek and forced him to look into her eyes. “Don’t you dare! I’ve always thought your Daemoni form was majestic and fearsome. I hate that you think of it as anything less.

“You’re the awe-inspiring Prince of Ikisat. You’ve held that title for longer than there’s been written history. By human standards, Nihasia is hideous and fearsome, but by Daemoni standards she’s pretty damn awe-inspiring.

“Human standards can take a flying leap. I’m mated to you, whether it be Damian Prince, the man women around the globe lust after, or Damian, Daemoni Prince of Ikisat, the most feared and powerful prince of the Dark Realms.”

“I am both and neither. I am Damian, mate of Theanna, the woman I love beyond measure,” he pronounced against her lips before he kissed her with all the love in his heart.

Rolling them over so that she sat on top of him, she slid down his body. “My turn to make you beg and scream, my Amaymon.”