Chapter 34

Chapter 34
Merlot
He looked around at his family, who were equally confused as he was.
“What the hell just happened?” Gregory asked.
Kalani beamed at him. “She proved that she can stand by what’s right. When she cools off, we’ll go find her and explain the many reasons she can’t disown us.”
“What if we can’t find her?” Gregory asked again as he wrapped his arms around Kalani.
“If we can’t, I think I know where she would go.”
“Where?”
“There’s this guy…”
“Guy? She has a guy?”
Merlot chuckled as he wrapped an arm around Margo’s waist, relaxing immediately when her tendrils connected to his skin. “There’s this guy who’s into her. I know she felt whatever spark was between them. I think she’d go there. Lost souls always go home, and there was definitely a bond there.”
Kalani sighed. “Alright. We will check there if we can’t find her.” She rolled her shoulders back. “Alright, Team Soma. We have a lot of work ahead of us. For those of you who found your mates today, take the night off. Get to know your mate tonight, because tomorrow we have to finish this. Margo’s pods will be coming back up, and we will need to return those children home. For those of you who have had your mates for a while now, you will need to stay here and help us make sure these bodies are disposed of.”
Margo cleared her throat nervously. “Ummm, Mrs. Kalani-”
“You can call me Aunt Kalani, Margo. We’re family. Mrs. Kalani is too formal.”
“Aunt Kalani, may I request that Merlot and I be excused from helping?”
Everybody started grumbling about her request. She stepped closer to Kalani, whispering almost silently in her ear. Kalani grinned at Merlot before nodding.
“Alright, you two can go back to Locust. Now, everyone else, let’s get to it.” She turned her gaze on Zannie. “Oh, and my dear, please don’t touch anyone but Zane until we get you some special gloves, okay? We wouldn’t want any accidents.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
Kalani walked toward the other side of the field, where pieces of bodies lay. Nobody understood her orders to make sure the bodies were disposed of, but they all followed her while the five couples going straight back to Locust watched for a few moments. Zannie took Zane’s hand.
“Does this mean I can go home with you?”
He nodded as he lifted her hand to kiss it. “Let’s go home, my love.”
Merlot opened a portal back to Locust, and they all hurried through it before he let it shut. As the others hurried toward the packhouse, Merlot picked Margo up.
“What did you tell Aunt Kalani?”
She leaned against his chest as she looked up at him. “I told her that we hadn’t mated yet and that I was finally ready to.”
“Are you sure?” He asked quietly.
She nodded as she ran her fingers through his hair. “Make love to me, Merlot.”
He started walking toward the packhouse eagerly. He was stopped by a huge pod that shot up out of the ground. He raised an eyebrow. She pulled him down to kiss her.
“The bedroom is too far.”
He chuckled as he stepped into the pod. It closed around them, cocooning him with Margo as it began to move. He didn’t even care as he began to run his hands over her body and take their clothes off. He lay back in the pod, and she climbed on top of him, kissing him passionately. He put his hands on her hips as she slowly rubbed herself against him. His hands moved over her back to cup her ass as he gently pushed his erection against her core.
“Margo, I need you,” he whispered.
She kissed his lips again as she reached between them to stroke his cock before guiding him inside of her. Their moans filled the rest of the space inside the pod as she slowly lowered herself all the way onto him. His hands massaged her ass as she paused to let herself adjust to his girth.
“Oh, Merlot.”
“You feel so good, Margo,” he moaned, struggling not to thrust up into her wildly.
“Show me how to move.”
His hands began to roll her hips, showing her how to ride him. She caught on quickly, allowing him to cup her breasts as she rode him. She rolled her body harder against him, sending them both closer to their orgasms. She tossed her head back as more tendrils wrapped around them, bringing them even closer to each other while heightening their pleasure even more. He rained kisses over her throat, gently biting down into her mark.
“Margo, don’t stop,” he begged.
She put her hand on his chest as her movements sped up. His hands went back to her hips to make her grind on his cock harder. She moaned again, driving him wild. He cursed before rolling her over.
“Baby, I’m sorry,” he whispered before thrusting into her harder.
Her legs went around his waist as tendrils wrapped around his muscular thighs as he pounded into her harder. Her back arched as she caught his rhythm, pushing her breasts closer to his face. He immediately lowered his head to capture her nipple between his teeth, rolling it gently. Her nails clawed down his back as she writhed under him, panting hard.
“MERLOT!” She screamed as her body started shaking.
With her pussy clenching tightly around his cock, his thrusts sent him deeper as he relished every second her pussy grasped him tightly. He took her hands in his as he kissed her. When her pussy squeezed him again, his body jerked before ejaculating inside of her. He pressed deeper inside of her while he lavished kisses down her neck. He slowly pulled out before moving to lay beside her.
“I love you, Margo,” he murmured as he pulled her into his arms.
She stroked her fingers across his chest. “I love you, too, Merlot.” She kissed his chest. “Do you think we can go to bed now? I think we can make it.”
He chuckled as his hand roamed down her body again. “Can we? Maybe I’ll make love to you every step of the way.”
She giggled. “Let’s try. The faster we get to bed, the longer we have to make love.”
“Deal.”
He clothed them while the pod took them back to the surface. As soon as they were deposited above ground, he scooped her up to rush up the stairs. As he reached for the door, wind swirled in front of him, forming a body, until a man with silver hair, despite having a young face, stood in front of him with his hand on the wall while he was bent over, gasping for air. Merlot eyed him curiously.
“Who are you, and what do you want?”
The man lifted his head to meet Merlot’s eyes. “I am Father Time, and you have some people that belong to me. I want them back.”