Only Their Love

Dessert and Disappointment

Ebony’s POV

The beauty in front of me was so captivating and her story so intriguing. I had so many questions on the tip of my tongue. I needed to know everything about her, I wanted to take her away with me and keep her safe. I wanted to find her parents and get her the closure she had sought in her younger years. The pain in her eyes when she talked about her birth family made me want to hold her close to me and never let her go. The comfortable silence that followed as I placed the final plump red raspberry from the desert tray in her warm mouth was like nothing I’d ever experienced. My beast wanted to touch her and take in her scent but was trying to be patient. She knew this beauty needed time; but I knew Auroras' patience wouldn’t last.

Ruby got up and poured me another glass of champagne and lifted a bottle of water from the trolley. I watched her drink from the bottle, her neck elongated and her breasts even more exposed since the tie on her dress had loosened when we were dancing. My breath hitched in my throat as she wiped a rogue droplet of water as it trickled from her lips, down her neck in between her breasts, still pink from her blushing.

I could see her marking spot bared and my beast howled. My thighs squeezed tight together and I felt my underwear soak as my arousal heightened. This girl was going to be th edeath of me, I needed her near me, I needed her touch and her taste and her warmth. Goddess she was the most beautiful creature I had ever seen. One thing puzzled me, she was human. Were we to have a human mate? “Aurora, is she truly our mate? Has the goddess blessed us with this gift?” I ask my beast, unable to fathom how something so perfect could be mine.

•You i***t. You’ve nearly wet through your trousers with your arousal and you’ve danced for the first time in your life and you’re asking me if your mate is in front of you.• Aurora hissed at me, she was pissed I was doubting the Goddess Selene and that I was distracting her from the sight before us. •If you don’t believe me you can f**k off and let me take control for a change.• I felt Aurora push forward in my head to come to the surface and closed my eyes so as not to scare Ruby with my beasts eyes.

“No. I believe you. I just can’t believe how perfect she is. Don’t do that. You’ll scare her.” I chastised my beast and she slunk back in my mind, huffing at my subduing her. I felt her pain, I felt her misery and I had lived these years with her searching and longing for our mate. I had given up all hope of finding my mate but she never did. She remained faithful to our Goddess whilst I f**ked whoever took my fancy.

As she leaned over to place the bottle down Ruby’s scent hit me like a wave of pleasure and my fingers gripped the sofa, my claws daring to elongate and tear the surface. I had to do something to make sure I didn’t lose her now I had found her, but what?

She licked her beautiful lips and smiled shyly at me behind her long black lashes. Before I knew it, the words were out of my mouth. ‘Ruby, can I ask you something?’ Using every ounce of restraint I could muster, trying to exercise caution with what I knew was on the tip of my tongue. Her big brown eyes blinked and her plump lips smiled as she nodded and her curls tumbled around her face. I couldn’t help but smile and brush them out of her eyes. ‘Come home with me tonight. Please.’

Ruby’s POV

My heart was pounding, this woman was like no one I had ever met before. I had seen many beautiful women over the years on TV, in the street and imagined up in books but Ebony was different. She was magnetic, I wanted to be near her, I needed to be near her. Her movements were graceful, like she was a dancer. Her face, even when etched with concern or rage which I hadn't expected to see; was radiant, her skin almost glowed.

The quiet in the room was comfortable but I needed to move. I poured her a glass of champagne and my head was a little light, champagne didn't agree with me. I swallowed down the cool water and dribbled like a child and prayed she wouldn't see. Sitting down beside her again I saw her eyes close and take a deep breath.

I wanted to touch her, hell I wanted to kiss her and god knows what else if the chance arose but she was paying for my time. I was an employee, here to dance for her, despite her trying to make me feel comfortable and feeding me and reassuring me, "At the end of the day Ruby girl, she's a customer. She will walk out of her and forget you soon and you'll put her image in your rub hub." I thought and smiled as my eyes met hers.

‘Ruby, can I ask you something?’ she asked. I nodded and she brushed my hair out of my eyes. Her fingers grazed my forehead and my insides did somersaults. Then she asked me to go home with her and my heart shattered whilst my whole body tensed. She really thought I was a wh**e.