Chapter 15
Goddess!
Mundo shuddered at the taste of Christie’s blood in his mouth.
Even as he gulped it down, revolted by its bitter tang, he was sniffing her throat, scenting her. Already she was starting to change, adapt to his bite. He could smell his claim on her—a claim bound by blood, saliva, and semen.
He shuddered with the glory of it.
She was his.
At last.
God, it had felt like a lifetime had passed since he’d first come to know her. Now she was his, forever. He knew two lifetimes could pass, and he would still feel this dazed wonder at having her in his world again.
A shudder wracked him, a final one, and he slumped over her, taking care to put his weight on the forearms he’d stacked either side of her head.
With every inhalation, he scented her and him, their united ess
