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“Come on, just tell us a little. We want to know all about Madden’s
little brother.” Gemma went on. “He’s the playful one. Is he still? Like, in
private.”

“Enough,” Layla interjected.

“Yes, dear Goddess, I can’t listen to talk like this about my brother,”
Davina chimed in. That brought giggles around the room.

“My daughters, I’m afraid you will be like this forever.” Chiara shook
her head but smiled. Her smile faded quickly though and the room grew quiet.
Everyone’s thoughts turned to Sadie.

 
“Let’s have a circle prayer to
the Goddess for Sadie,” Davina suggested. As she spoke, Amelia noticed her hand
was resting on Gracie’s arm and it gave her pause, but no sooner did she give
the suggestion than they were all preparing for the circle.

“Let me change from my dress. I’ll meet you all on the patio,” Amelia called
out as she left the room.

A few minutes later they gathered in a circle with their fingertips
touching ever so slightly and small bursts like lightning flies claimed the air
around them. It was just dusk and the air was still. The scent of burning
incense was prevalent and reassuring. Why hadn’t she thought of this sooner? As
women of the Magdalena Circle, they had strengths of their own and when put
together, they were mighty. They would connect with Sadie’s aura and aid her
with their combined strength.

The chanting started with the eldest women. “Come to us, Mother of all
Mothers.” Chiara and Adelina were there as well as Caedon’s mother, Angelica.
The vibrations around the circle were the strongest Amelia could ever remember
a circle being. She assumed it was from so many powerful, mated women. The
chanting grew louder as each of her sisters joined in.

Davina’s voice penetrated through the hum of the chanting as she called
forth to Mary Magdalena. “Come to us, Mother of all Mothers, and bless us. Call
forth the earth with its nourishment, the wind with its spirit and the water
with its purity. Save our sister.”

The chanting altered to “Save our sister.” The sparks of power
congregated above them in a brilliant ball of energy. Amelia drew her eyes
upward to regard the magnificent sight, a demonstration of their Goddess
manifested before them.

Their chanting grew louder, their words taking on a hum as they melded
with one another. Amelia felt as if she was floating and a surreal cloud of joy
carried her upward. She was bolstered with a newfound sense of calm. It was a
peace, a calm that ended abruptly at a single gasp. All other sounds stopped.
Nothing could be heard but Layla’s raspy breath and then her voice. “Mother,
it’s time.”

* * * *

 
Amelia found solace in
Gage’s
arms as their Pronouncement grew nearer. The waiting for news on Sadie was made
easier by the joy of her niece’s birth. Julianna was born to two very proud
parents who let each family member in for little more than a few minutes before
closing themselves in to get acquainted with their daughter.

Amelia felt herself
yearning for that same connection to Gage. She was older than her sisters and
while the others seemed to be waiting, Amelia had hopes of a family sooner than
later. She wanted a little boy who looked just like him with dark brown hair
and his midnight blue eyes.

She shifted as she saw
Gage enter the room with a bottle of wine. “Drink with me. It’s from my
father’s new stock.” He poured two glasses and handed her one.

Amelia sighed as she
sipped the sweet dessert wine. “I love this.”

“Iced
Davina.
He named it for my sister.”

“Your sister is special.
Do you know?” Amelia hated to give away any secrets Davina might hold, but she
wondered how close Gage was to his sister.

“She is,” he agreed.
“Did she share her gift with you?”

Amelia nodded and saw a
smile spread across his face.

“She doesn’t share it
often. She must feel close to you. It was good news?”

“She told me both Sadie
and Julianna would be here for our ceremony tomorrow.”

“Then that is worth
celebrating,” Gage said as he tapped his wine glass on hers. Then he stood,
placed his glass on the table and with nothing but a thought, removed his
clothes. His intuitive Valendite powers were so sexy. Combined with his
physical strength, her mate was unstoppable and the security that gave her
during this tumultuous time was immeasurable.

Gage looked down on her
with his normally bright blue eyes clouded over with lust. Amelia’s body shook
in anticipation of what was to come. The thought that he could overpower her
thrilled her. Knowing he wouldn’t
made
her feel safe.
That was that edge she straddled when he spanked her.

Soaking up his corded
body as he stood before her, Amelia couldn’t resist looking down at his thick
cock. She’d never been able to spend time simply admiring Gage’s body and the
view made her instinctively lick along her bottom lip. Gage saw her eyes fixate
on him and brought his hand to his shaft. He fisted it, moving his fist up and
down with a force that made Amelia imagine him inside her doing the same thing.
Then he slowed and she saw his breathing was nearly as ragged as her own
breaths.

Amelia moved to the
edge of the bed, closer to his cock. Then before he could control the moment, she
surrounded it with her warm mouth. She leisurely brought it in and out of her
mouth and massaged his sack with her fingers. She pushed forward to bring his
cock more fully into her mouth, allowing it to touch her throat so she could
swallow around the head.

Bringing
his cock fully out, Amelia smiled up at him. This was a nice view. She licked
her lips and bowed back down to take him in deeper this time. His deep groan
was her reward.

“I
want to come in your mouth,” he said with a deep, sexy voice that moistened her
folds.

“Yes.”
She answered as his cock jumped in her hand. “I want to taste you.” She hardly
recognized herself in this moment, but she was feeling too good to be
embarrassed. He was granting her a chance to have the control.

Amelia
took him once again completely into her mouth. Faster and faster, she pulled him
in and then out of her mouth, using her tongue to stroke him. She admired the
texture of his cock as she pulled him almost out of her mouth again and drew
him down to the back of her throat. The thick veins pulsed and grew darker and
more fierce
. His shaft was warm to touch, but made warmer
still by her mouth. Goddess, she was a lucky woman. In this moment, his
pleasure belonged to her. She rejoiced in the powerful feeling of such an act
as she watched Gage throw his head back in pleasure. His thigh muscles quivered
and she knew he was holding back, wanting this moment to last as much as she
did. She softened her suction.

Using
her tongue on the underside of his cock, Amelia found a sensitive spot that
made him groan each time she stroked it. She worked him into
a
frenzy
once again and then backed off only to do it all over again.

“Stop
playing with me, sweetheart.” Gage grunted. “Finish me.”

Amelia
began rhythmic pulls on his shaft and reveled in the feeling of Gage reaching for
his orgasm. She continued to take him deep, savoring the taste of her mate. In
this moment, he was everything that surrounded her. Gage was her world and she
was his.

“Now.
I’m coming now.” Amelia felt the first pulses of his cum even as his words were
being spoken. Gage’s eyes were now nearly a glowing yellow, a sign of power and
lust in the Breeds. Gone was her light-hearted mate and in his place was this incredible
sexual beast. She saw his desire. She felt it and Goddess, she liked it,
she
liked it a lot.

“Fuck, sweetheart,”
Gage called out as the spurts of cum hit her tongue and slid down her throat.
Amelia took every drop of him and savored it. The warm saltiness reminded her
of when she fed from him and she instinctively felt nourished.

A stirring in the air
began. Her sisters had spoken of this but she had yet to experience it. Growing
wisps of air grew thicker around them. Amelia trembled, needing him now inside
her. Gage took in deep breaths to steady himself and them climbed onto the bed
and drew her into him.

“Your powers are getting
stronger,” Gage seemed awed as he touched her.

“I can’t control them yet
when my emotions are so high.”

“I don’t mind at all. Now,
let’s see how high I can get those little flames to shoot.” Gage latched onto one
of her nipples and put an end to the conversation.

Amelia lost all thought
as the sharp sensations shooting from her nipples to her core warmed her. Her
muscles grew tight and she squeezed her eyes against the torrent of zinging
pleasure. Gage pushed her legs open and held them open with his thigh. He moved
his hand between her legs and touched her everywhere but where she needed him
most. She moaned as sensations began to build again, biting her lip so as not
to beg for more.

“Oh, you are so warm,
and so wet, and so absolutely mine,” Gage’s voice came out guttural deep and
his eyes darkened further as he lifted his fingers that now glistened and
sparkled with the proof of her arousal.

Before Amelia realized
what he was doing, Gage flipped her over onto her stomach and was on top of
her. He pulled her hips up to raise her ass into the air. Goddess, Amelia knew
he’d found his favorite position and she was pretty sure she had as well. She didn’t
even care anymore about being so exposed. She trusted Gage. Goddess, she loved
Gage. Her heart stuttered as she let that realization roll through her.

Then in the next moment
and with a single quick movement, Gage thrust inside her. He grasped her hips
as he took her deep.

“Oh, Goddess,” Amelia
shouted, “Gage, you’re so damn deep. I love this. I love this.”

“That’s what’s so good
about this position, sweetheart.” Gage moved one of his hands from her hip to
the back of her neck. “That and if I wanted to drink from you while I fucked
you, this is just how I’d do it.”

“Yes,” Amelia groaned
as Gage shifted out and back in at a new angle. This angle seemed to hit a
particularly sensitive spot that had her toes curling. “Harder, Gage. I love
it.”

That was all the
permission he needed. In the next moment, his full power was behind his
thrusts, nearly knocking her over had he not been holding her in place. She was
at his mercy, unable to move within his hold. Amelia reveled in this ferocity
he’d never used on her before. It was as if they were completely open to one
another, the emotion raw. His strength and power consumed her in this primitive
act.

Amelia grew slicker as
Gage continued his assault. His thrusts were strong and focused, so determined
that his sack slapped against her folds every time he moved in. Her wetness
nearly caused his cock to slip from her channel with each pull back out. Gage
was driving them towards a release they wouldn’t soon forget. Amelia was simply
happy to be along for the ride.

She felt him thicken as
he took hold of her hips in a tighter grip. Her core ached and her legs
trembled. She found it hard to catch her breath as the length of his cock rubbed
directly on her clit with each glide. Dear Goddess, she wanted to call out to
him but there were no words.

The orgasm that came
upon her caused her powers to rise up against the emotions rolling off Gage as she
felt him empty himself inside her. A sense of wonder washed through her body
and heated her blood further. Once they completed the Pronouncement, each time
he emptied his seed inside her it would be possible for her to become pregnant.
She couldn’t wait.

As he lowered them both
back onto the bed and cuddled her into his side, Amelia was amazed Gage had
become so important to her. She understood the mating bond, but it was these
feelings of love she already had for him that were so shocking. It was so very amazing
to experience such a bond she’d only read about up until now. Nothing in the
world would’ve prepared her for how powerful a mated connection was.

She
took a deep breath and jumped. “
I love
you, Gage. I know it’s soon and I can’t explain it, but I do love you.”
Amelia
used her bond to speak the words she couldn’t yet give voice to. She was
nervous about his reaction, but when she felt his smile against her shoulder,
she warmed.

“Ti
amo
, baby,” Gage murmured into her hair before
falling into a deep sleep.

Chapter Eight

The
knock at Gage and Amelia’s door startled them awake. It was early, the sun just
rising, and the day of their Pronouncement. Both were on their feet and on
alert nearly instantly. Too much was happening around them not to be on edge.
Gage lifted his gun and headed for the front door, telling Amelia to stay in
their room. She obeyed until she heard Madden’s voice and Sadie’s name.