Total pages in book: 169
Estimated words: 156210 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 781(@200wpm)___ 625(@250wpm)___ 521(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 156210 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 781(@200wpm)___ 625(@250wpm)___ 521(@300wpm)
My eyes fly open when his finger slides between my ass cheeks. I should complain about him doing whatever he wants, but that would have been pointless. I let out a little moan, meeting his gaze as he teases a fingertip inside me.
Tomorrow, I’ll have more of a backbone.
“Will I see you before the wedding?” I ask, because I don’t want him to know that I plan to look for ways to sneak out.
The smoky shade of Kyran’s eyes is somehow warmer now that we fucked, and as he carries me out of the bathroom and toward my bed, he offers me a wide, if tired, smile. “Oh, I will not leave you out of my sight until then.”
With that, he rolls me onto the mattress, giving me a good view of the black eels moving all across his skin. They slide over his GQ abs, all the way down to the V-shaped muscles at his hips. If I were a shadow eel, I’d be slithering over there too.
He is an absolute vision. Asked to draw my perfect man, I’d draw him. And he knows it. The little smirk makes it obvious. I slide under the silky black sheet, watching him peel the wet pants down his hips.
He will be sleeping here.
Even if it’s just because he needs to make sure I stay put, he’s staying. This absolute elven hunk with beautiful long hair, the physique of an athlete, and the keen eyes of a predator will spend the night with me.
“You’re beautiful,” I give credit where it’s due, as Kyran reveals his muscled thighs and sits on the edge of the bed, struggling to get the wet leather off. In the end, he lets it plop to the floor and utters a sigh of relief.
“So are you, my precious human. From now on, I shall take good care of you,” he whispers and climbs onto the bed to join me under the covers. I should be scared, but I’m pumped out and full of cum. There’s no energy left in me to worry.
Deep down, I do want that. For someone to take care of me. To shoulder half the weight of the world. When he slides his arms around me, and his thigh parts my legs, I can feel his strength. He’d probably be able to shoulder much more than half my troubles. I like the way he takes charge even though my brain knows I’m headed for disaster.
I close my eyes, without a single intrusive thought, thinking solely about his strong heartbeat against my back.
“Goodnight, my prince,” I whisper.
Tomorrow.
I’ll worry tomorrow.
Chapter 11
Kyran
I’m exhausted, yet energy buzzes through me as if it’s seeking a way out. I’ve barely slept, taken by the beautiful man resting next to me. The night was nothing short of transcendental, and while exhaustion would settle in every time we climaxed, I was too greedy to stop touching, kissing, stroking my future Companion.
I watched my brother have sex so many times, yet it did not compare to sharing this with another person. Luke was warm, and each time he invited me inside him, my senses erupted with sparks. For him, I wasn’t a monstrous impostor but the man he desired. He saw more of me than anyone else ever, maybe with the exception of my long-gone mother.
I open my eyes, and in the first glow of the moonlight, see his angular face on the pillow. One of his cheeks is squashed, he’s drooling a little, off to the dreamland only humans can enter, and he’s so cute I just want to pinch his small nose and then trace the dark lines of the bat tattoo on his throat.
Despite the arguments we’ve had, despite the new position he’s in, he still opened his legs and called me beautiful. That has to count for something. Everything else will fall into place with time. In a few hours, our shadows will be bound as tightly as a spidermoth in its cocoon, and no one will dare undermine my position at court.
But that will come later. For now, I kiss his naked shoulder and slide my hand over his hip, indulging in his closeness. Even now, when I rub my thigh between his legs, I sense he’s half-hard already. Looks like he can’t get enough of me either.
“My darling... are you up?” I ask with a smirk and roll him to his back as his eyes flicker behind lowered lashes. I roll on top of him, cradling his narrow face with my hands, and move the tip of my nose across his cheek. I love to feel the proof of his excitement pressing into my stomach.
He blinks, then his green eyes open wider. “Oh. Y-yeah. I’m waking up. Did I…” He glances at the window beyond the silver bars. “Sleep through the day? No. No sun, right? I guess I already got my vitamin D.”