A soft breeze entered the room through the opened doors leading to the garden. From Jayden’s bed, Mina watched how the curtains fluttered. She was still naked, and the duvet covered both Jayden and her.
Jayden had refused to let her dress after the night they spent together. Her cheeks turned red when she remembered how she screamed his name. A proper lady was supposed to be discreet, but how she acted last night was anything but lady-like. But Jayden seemed to have liked the sounds she made, and each time she tried to cover her mouth, he would pull her hand away.
Mina looked out a window. She usually got up early, but by the position of the Sun, it was almost midday. She wasn’t surprised she woke up so late; after all, it had been morning when she fell asleep.
Caesar told Mina he loved cooking and taking care of the house, but she still wanted to help him. When the mansion was ready to move in, Jayden would have to hire more people to help Caesar. If the Ruxman Estate was as big as the Castex one, at least ten new people would be needed.
Jayden had told Mina it would be her responsibility to decorate the house, but she had done nothing similar before. Her uncle took all the decisions regarding the Castex Manor. Even the furniture in her room has been purchased by her uncle and Rosalyn. They bought her the cheapest and ugliest furniture and the most expensive for Rosalyn and Hugo.
Mina could hardly wait for Ivy to return from Ora Dorei. Not only Mina wanted to tell Ivy everything that had happened, but she was sure Ivy would help her make Ruxman Mansion a home for Jayden and her.
Mina pushed the duvet to a side and tried to get up, but Jayden stopped her.
He was hugging her from behind, and his lips started peppering kisses on her bare shoulder. Heat rose inside her. “Jayden, the Sun is up in the sky!” Mina protested.
“So?” he asked, his warm breath tickling her skin. His lips went to her neck, kissing and licking her.
Mina tried to wiggle away from Jayden, but he hugged her tighter. “These things should be done during the night!” Mina knew little about mating, as Jayden liked to call it, but she was sure it happened only during the night.
Jayden laughed softly. “We can do it during the day or the night.”
“But!” Mina protested. Surely, Jayden didn’t plan to keep her in bed all day long. Didn’t he have things to do?
“You are my wife, little lamb. Do you know how much time a couple spends in bed after the wedding?” Mina shook her head. Jayden kissed the shell of her ear. “Ten days! And I don’t plan to let you go before our ten days are over. Or after that! You belong with me, in my bed!”
He cupped her breast while he took her earlobe between his lips and sucked it gently. Mina didn’t think an ear could be so sensitive. She bit her lip, swallowing her moan.
“There are things to be done around the house!” Mina said. She was also worried about the children and wanted to visit them.
Jayden kept touching her, making her feel good, and she bit the duvet.
“Caesar and the others can take care of them!” Jayden said. He kept fondling her breast. “I love how your tits fit my hands as if they were created exactly for me.”
To emphasize what he said, Jayden put Mina on her back, settled between the cradle of her thighs, and cupped both her breasts. But it wasn’t only her breasts that fit his palms; her entire body seemed to have been made for Jayden.
Mina stopped struggling; she could see the desire in his eyes. She still couldn’t understand how someone like Jayden wanted her.
“Stop thinking you are not worthy of being worshipped by a man!” Jayden said.
Mina frowned. “How do you know what I am thinking?”
“I can see it in your eyes, little lamb. I could think the same about me, that because of my piercing, I am not worthy of being a husband.” Jayden kissed Mina. Slowly. Sweetly. His tongue entered her mouth, tasting her. “I am going to ask the Gods to repay all the suffering I endure with you, little lamb. You not being in my arms until now was another suffering.” He lifted his head, his eyes golden. “How do I let my instincts know that the search for the one ended with you? You are not my soulmate, Mina, but in every other way, you are my mate. With you, I will stop being a beggar.”
Mina frowned and wondered what Jayden’s biggest wish was. “What did you beg for?”
Jayden’s eyes turned blue and Mina could see sadness inside them. “I begged life to stop punishing me for being a bastard. I always wanted to be happy with my mate.”
It was strange that Jayden sometimes referred to her as his mate, but she said nothing about it.
Mina put her palm on his face. “Are you happy now, Jayden?”
Mina wanted to hear Jayden say yes. Ever since Jayden entered her life, she felt happier than ever.
“I am content with the life I have now, little lamb. But I am sure we will be happy one day together,” Jayden said and kissed her.
Mina’s heart shrank. She did not tell him she felt happy and safe with him. Jayden’s hips started rocking gently, his cock rubbing her little bundle of nerves. His lips moved on top of hers, her gasps and moans being stifled by their passionate kiss.
Jayden’s thumbs circled her peaks while his hips moved faster. Mina wrapped her legs around his waist. She did not tell him that ever since her parents died, no one had bought things for her or treated her the way he did.
“So wet,” Jayden said against her lips.
Whenever Jayden touched her there, her body seemed to move on its own. She shivered when his cock kept rubbing her, and her hips bucked.
Jayden buried his face in her hair and stopped moving. Her arms circled his neck, and her fingers combed his hair. “No one has tempered me like you do, little lamb. I wish I could say ‘damn the Trial of the Land’ and make you mine.” He sounded as if he was in pain.
Jayden had often said they would have to wait until the Litha festival to consummate their marriage, but she never asked him why. “Jayden, about the Trials of the Land. Why are they important?”
Jayden lifted his head. “As the Uzgaia of my people, I have to prove that I am worthy of the title and of my mate. On the day of the Litha festival, I will take you to Isyleon Island and have our mating ritual. After I prove to you I am a good mate and provider for you and our future children, you will run, little lamb, as if a wolf would chase you. And when I find you, Mina—” Jayden spoke in a husky tone, his hips moving gently, “my ocxoa and I will fuck you all night long. The island will fill with your moans and screams of pleasure.”
Mina’s heart beat faster and a strange sensation filled. “You have already proven you are a good husband. But why do I have to run?”
Jayden’s eyes turned golden and something rose inside Jayden. For a moment, he appeared bigger and stronger. “So I can hunt you, just as the first Uzgaia hunted his Andarra and marked and mated with her during the Litha festival,” he spoke in a deep voice. “It is the wish of all ocxoas to take their mates to the Crystal Cave and mark them while they fill their womb with seed.”
Jayden rolled on his back and put Mina on top of him, his eyes roaming her body. She was still ashamed to be naked in front of Jayden and felt exposed in that position. Her hands went to the duvet and covered her chest while she looked at the windows, hoping no one was in the garden.
“Why are you hiding your body from me, little lamb?” Jayden asked. Mina shook her head. “Look at me, Mina.” His voice was gentle. Mina turned her attention to Jayden. His thumb whipped a tear she didn’t know had fallen out of her eyes. She kept gripping the duvet hard. “Mina?”
She knew Jayden wanted her to be honest with him. “I am not used to being naked in front of someone.” She looked at him, wondering what his reply will be.
Jayden rested his palms on her thighs. “I am not just someone, little lamb, I am your mate. Your husband. Addanos blessed our union.” He waited for a bit before speaking some more. “Let me see you.” Mina shook her head and Jayden gripped the duvet and tugged hard. “Do you know how beautiful you are, little lamb?” he asked, throwing the duvet on the floor. “If I could, I would keep you on this bed, naked, all the time.” His eyes were dark with lust.
“Do you really find me beautiful?” Mina asked.
“Can you feel how hard I am under you, Mina?” She nodded. “Do you know why I was so damn mad at you that day at the Royal Palace?”
Mina remembered a conversation they had. “You said I had an effect on you.”
A little growl escaped his lips. “In my head, I still loved her, but then you came to the Palace, smelling like flowers and fruits, I wanted you, Mina. In the King’s study, I wanted to lift your skirts, bend you over the desk and fuck you. Hard.” Mina’s eyes went wide. “That’s why I was so angry that day!” Mina didn’t know what to reply to Jayden. “One day, I will find out why you are so special to me, Mina.”
His hands caressed her skin, and she tried to think of something else to speak about so it would take her mind off of her nakedness. “What is the Crystal Cave?” Mina asked while her palms rested on his chest.
Mina wondered if it was on Isyleon Island. She never visited it before, but knew there was a fisherman’s village built close to the shore of Ucias Lake. Apart from the village, the island was mostly covered by forest.
Jayden put his hands on her breasts. “You will see on the day of our mating. Move your hips, little lamb.”
Mina rocked her hips gently, her bundle of nerves rubbing on his cock, while Jayden rolled her peaks between his fingers. Jayden had taught her last night about climax and how to relax her body to reach one.
“Jayden,” Mina breathed.
“Come for me, Mina,” Jayden said.
Mina moved her hips faster and felt she was getting closer to a climax. Jayden lowered a hand and rubbed her with his thumb. She felt as if she was flying, her legs shaking, and she collapsed on top of his chest.
He put his arms around her and kissed the top of her head.
“You are still hard,” Mina said, feeling him under her.
Jayden chuckled. “I will need more than you grinding your cunt on my cock to reach my climax.”
Mina lifted her head. Her cheeks turned a little pink. “Do I use my hands, like last night?”
Jayden looked at her lips. “I want you to take my cock between your lips and suck me until I spill my seed in your mouth.” He brushed his lips on top of hers. “Just like I used my mouth on your cunt.”