When I wash him, I get to feel his body the whole time. I take extra care and give a lot of attention to all the parts of my man while I clean him.
I believe we have built intimacy without sex, and I know that the next step will be sex. We just are waiting for our bonding night.
We have a shower and climb into bed. My thoughts keep racing and it’s hard to fall asleep.
“How was meeting your sisters?” Silas asks.
“It was amazing. I can tell they all have their own stories, but I only touched one. She collapsed and was days away from dying, so I needed to find out what was wrong with her,” I tell him.
“Did you heal her?” he asks.
“Yeah, I did. I know that their souls are ready to be claimed by your brothers, and she would have been recycled soon. It was important I did it since we don’t know when the opportunity would come again,” I say.
“I’m glad you got to do that. I know there has to be an order for them to come home,” he says.
“Yeah, I don’t quite understand why yet, but I know there is a reason for everything. I think it would be too much if we all came and had to learn our powers at the same time. It’s better to handle one bride at a time because no one knows who they are right now; it’s safer that way. This way, we aren’t all vulnerable at once,” I say with a sigh.
“That makes a lot of sense though. Our bonding ceremony is in a couple weeks, and then you can tell everyone who is next,” he says.
“It’s only nine days away. Then there won’t be any way you can get rid of me,” I tell him.
“Baby, I won’t ever want to get rid of you. The past few days without you were hard to get through. My brothers kept making fun of me because I wanted to see you. They will understand when their time comes though.”
“I find it so crazy that last year, I didn’t even know you. You have become very important to me. Everything can really change in an instant,” I tell him.
“I waited centuries for you, and I would have waited longer if I had to. I’m so glad you are by my side forever,” he says.
I smile to myself. The bonding ceremony is something that I have really been looking forward to, and I fall asleep thinking about the day our bond will be complete.
Chapter Seventeen
Silas
The day has finally come. Our bonding ceremony is here.
I find myself extremely nervous as I pace my room. Serenity was with my dad getting ready. He has been her support, since she doesn’t have any of the brides or Lilith to support her.
Dad took her from me last night because she needed to do a full-on pampering. I have no idea what that entails, but I barely slept being away from her. I at least knew she was safe somewhere in the palace though.
My brothers have made their way over to my side of the palace and are trying to get me to relax.
“It’s times like these that I wish our powers worked on each other. Silas could use some of Jasper’s laziness and chill right now,” Gareth mutters.
“I don’t know why I’m so nervous,” I mumble.
“Probably because you are bonding with your bride; tying her to you forever,” Lorenzo suggests.
I shake my head.
“I can feel that we are already tied together.”
“Maybe it’s because you haven’t had sex with your bride, and tonight that’s finally going to happen?” Otis teases.
I still and swallow hard. “Fuck.”
I run a hand through my hair.
“I am lust; I have had sex before. I have been having sex for centuries; why is this time so nerve wracking?” I ask.