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“You on the brew?” he asked while stepping forward. Humans took birth control monthly, but magic users had developed a potion that took care of birth control and STDs for supers, and we only had to take it once every year.

“Of course I am. You honestly think my mother would allow me to procreate?” I said with an incredulous laugh. “It’s bad enough having one Void running around, she’d for sure lose it if there were two.”

I’d meant the comment to be funny, but something I said made Quade falter. “Devi,” he whispered before joining me on the mattress and wrapping me up in a side hug. I slunk back beside him, his cock nestled against my ass with his face buried in my neck as he let out an exhale.

“Did I ruin the moment?” I asked.

“No,” he grunted before jerking his hips forward, reminding me that this was far from over. “I just hate that you’ve lived such a lonely life and that I had a part in that,” he whispered before rolling me back over and settling on top of me. He cupped my cheek while holding himself up with his other forearm. “You’re one of a kind, Devi, and the world has not been kind to you.”

My eyes grew misty from the raw emotion in his voice. It was odd feeling so treasured but distrusting at the same time. It would take more than sweet words and making love for me to jump in fully with whatever was blooming between us, but it was still reaffirming. I’d mourned the loss of our friendship so long that it felt good to finally feel seen by him.

He stroked my cheek while slowly pressing into me, stretching me with his hardness as I gnawed a hole in my lip through the pulsing pain laced with pleasure. “Right here, Devi. Look at me,” he whispered. I hadn’t even realized that my eyes were closed. It felt like all of me was opening up. My cunt with his cock. My mouth with a moan. My heart with him.

He rocked into me, slowly and steadily, wanting to last as long as he could with each long and sensual thrust. I hit my head against the wooden headboard, and he stopped to shift our bodies, pulling me backwards and setting my head on a plush pillow so I’d be more comfortable. He wanted everything about this to be about me, and that made my heart swell.

“Come for me, Devi,” he whispered. So I did.

With his slow thrusts, I soaked up pleasure. With every motion, he rocked into me, he built up my bliss more and more. We both came like fireworks, bursts of power bleeding from his skin as wild wind whipped around my face. His entire body went rigid as wave after crashing wave wrecked me. And then we both came down from our high, and he went back to stroking my cheek, wetting my skin with the water seeping from the tips of his finger.

“I’m here for you now,” he whispered. “I’m not going anywhere.”

“Good,” I said back, nestled into his body. “Don’t let me down again.”





Chapter 21





The next morning, Quade walked me to the cafeteria. We held hands and talked about our childhood in an oddly normal conversation. Our arms swung where they were connected, and I couldn’t help but smile up at his charming face and the quick way we’d found this new normal. I almost worried it happened too soon. As soon as we walked inside the dining hall, everyone turned to look at me. This time, there were no sneers. No taunts. It was morbidly quiet. All eyes locked on me as we made our way forward. Clearly, I’d freaked everyone out at my little display yesterday, because wary eyes followed me. Quade, much to my surprise and joy, didn’t falter. He just kept leading me forward, meeting any stare head-on.

I felt the roomful of supernaturals like I could feel the wind. Their powers wrapped around me, brushing against my skin and making my amulet pulse with need. Shit. I was hungry again. Really fucking hungry.

I stopped short of the table Quade was leading me to and tugged on his hand to make him stop. His dark eyes turned to me with question.

“I...uh…” Gods, this was awkward.

“What’s wrong?” he asked before taking a step closer to me and gripping my hips. I loved the open way he touched me, and I saw how other supers tracked the movement. It was still early, so the cafeteria wasn’t very full, but there were enough people inside that I knew this would be all over the school by first class.

“I’m hungry,” I whispered in a soft voice.

He smiled and gestured around. “Uh, I know, Devi. That’s why we’re in the cafeteria.”

I shook my head. “No, I mean...I’m hungry.”

Realization dawned on him, and the smile dropped from his face. “Oh. Right.”

“Do you think I could...feed from you?” I didn’t know how else to broach the subject, and I hated that I had to ask, but if Quade couldn’t accept this part of me, then this would never work.

Uneasiness crossed his features. “I thought you could control it?” he asked before dropping his hands from me.

I hated the loss of his touch. “I can, as long as I regularly feed,” I explained before wrapping my arms around myself, bracing for rejection.

“Oh,” Quade replied before taking another step back. I narrowed my eyes at his feet and felt my face fall. As soon as he realized what he’d done, Quade quickly recovered, stepping up to me again with a half smile before touching my hips again. “Fuck, I’m sorry. I’m just not...comfortable with letting you feed from me. At least not yet. I just...need some time. But I want to help you, okay? Tell me what you need, and I’ll get it for you.”