Caught, I lifted my hand to my lips and pretended to cough. Hell. How was I supposed to cover that one up?
“She said, the god of orgasms.” Dani walked in, her fair skin and pale blonde hair glowing like fire above her fitted black gown. She was so small, like a doll. Several inches shorter than me, she looked delicate and brittle, like a prima ballerina, so small I imagined her mate would be able to toss her into the air like a feather. “Mated to the god of orgasms. Lucky bitch.”
I curbed my enthusiasm for Von, remembering I wasn’t the only one here because of the brides program. My heart sank as I watched her sit on the edge of my bed. “I’m sorry I didn’t ask you earlier. No luck?”
She sighed and picked at her skirt so she wouldn’t have to look at me. “No. He didn’t come. I keep dreaming about him, but nope. He’s not here.”
Katie sat next to her, shoulder to shoulder in a show of womanly support. “Did he say, in his dreams, when he would get here?”
“No.” Dani sighed. “I’m not sure he’s coming at all.”
“What?” I rushed to her, kneeling on the floor in front of her as Katie wrapped an arm around her from behind. I couldn’t image dreaming about Von, and never meeting him in the flesh. And now that I knew what it felt like to be held in his arms, to feel his lips on mine, to feel his cock swell and release in my mouth, even more, the bliss of his mouth on me, the horror of not meeting him was all the more real. “He’ll come. Believe me. If he’s anything like Von, he’ll move heaven and Earth to get to you.”
Dani shook her head and stood, shaking off both me and Katie, and our offers of comfort. “That’s just it, isn’t it? We aren’t on Earth anymore.”
Katie looked at me and shrugged. There was nothing we could do to help. It wasn’t like we could go track down her mate and force him to come claim her. The area of proximity didn’t guarantee the guy wanted his mate, only that they were close enough to each other to share their dreams.
Katie clenched her hands in front of her waist. “You could always choose someone else. There are a lot of men here. Hot ones.”
Dani raised a brow. “Is that what you are going to do, Katie? Choose someone else?”
She shrugged and I didn’t like the pain I saw in her eyes, the doubt. “I don’t know.”
It was my turn to gasp. “What? Why? What happened? I thought you and Bryn were dream sharing.” I felt bad, being so focused on Von we hadn’t had time to talk.
Katie looked away. “We were.”
“But?” I asked.
“But he’s an asshole.” Katie rose and shook out her skirts. “I don’t know about him, Lexi. There’s something he’s not telling me. And he’s acting like a real jerk.”
Dani snorted. “Maybe, but you looked a little worse for wear last night when he brought you home. You were about as messed up as Lexi here with her ‘god of orgasms’.”
Before Katie could reply, a knock sounded on the door to our suite and my heart leapt into my throat. Von was here. And tonight, god, tonight he said he was going to take my second virginity.
While I hadn’t been with him all day, I’d avoided thinking about the whole three virginities thing. I’d been a complete hussy and sucked his cock. Something I never would have had done with the guys that hadn’t interested me on Earth. That had been an easy thing to do. I’d wanted it. Sure, I’d gagged a little because his cock was so dang big, but I’d liked the feel of him in my mouth. I’d liked looking up at him and watching him lose control.
But my ass? I’d never even considered anal sex before. Not even anal play. Butt plugs? Nope. Nothing back there at all.
Tonight, though, he’d take me there. As the crude guys used to say, he’d take that cherry. Was the ball a form of foreplay for all the couples who’d been matched at the event the day before? Were the males just working it so we’d give it up?
I pursed my lips, realized I might just do that. What Von and I had done the night before had been incredible. It hadn’t even been scary. Why should I doubt Von? He wouldn’t hurt me. He’d said he’d only give me pleasure. If he promised to bring me pleasure by fucking my ass, then I wanted to try it. With him. Only with him.
Taking a deep breath, I realized he was going to slide that hard cock into my tight little bottom. But that wasn’t all. No. He said he would fill me front and back, and make me scream for him. Front and back?
My pussy clenched beneath my yards of ball gown and my hand lifted to cover my heart, which was racing like a gelding at the Kentucky Derby.