“What’s wrong with it?” Sebastian queried.
She frowned and her brow furrowed fearfully.
“What is it?” He rushed to her side. Taking her hands. To his surprise she let him grip her fingers, lightly stroking the knuckles with his thumb. “What can I do?”
She worried her lip and eyes roved his face as she tossed over what to do. Then abruptly her expression melted. Her head lolled back and when it dropped forward, her eyes were liquid. She licked away what remained of the wine on her lips and her head lowered. Eyes intent on him.
I know that look. He was startled. But I’ve never seen it on her.
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Her lips parted breathlessly, damp and red from the drink. She slid one of her hands free to flatten against his chest. In less than a second it molded over his body trailing up. She stood on her toes to reach the back of his neck.
He noted faintly her smell had changed. Lending a more poignant sweetness to the air. Som
“H-how did you make that appear in your hand?” She blinked at the cup he held near his shoulder in horror. His other hand was sweeping her lower back to keep her pulled tight against him. “Magic.” She was staring at him. Looking more terrified than any prey he’d ever hunted. “Care for another sip?” Her lips parted and her chest heaved. “Take it.” He urged. “It’s yours.” Like a hopeless addict after opiates she stole the glass and drank what was left. Her throat working as she swallowed and a single purplish wine drop slipping from the corner of her mouth to trail down her neck and over her collar into the hollow between her breasts. Unable to resist, he lowered himself enough to stop its progress with the tip of his tongue. Deliberately dragging his tongue over the trail it’d left. Up over her torso, along the side of her neck, her jaw and to that pretty mouth as she removed the cup. Humming in her throat in a long purr
The feel of linking with her. Of her sweet body swallowing him up was nearly enough to make him collapse where he was. She was like all the finest things he could imagine. Satin, velvet, honey. Like the most tantalizing dream. But he wasn’t dreaming. He’d probably checked five times in the last three minutes. He was deeply inside her while she braced her body along the bed, her ass in the air. For the taking. He pulled out of her and caught her hips as he lurched back in. Watching her body jerk and her silver hair bounce. Hearing her alluring gasp of surprise as he filled her again. “More?” He leaned around to query. “More.” Surprised at her honesty he was willing to obey. So, he gave her more. Pumping into her, more ferociously. Building the friction between them and hearing her soft pants as her climax drew closer. The intensity of those short quick breaths telling him she was straining not to come already.
“You are the most intense man…” She said a bit harshly. But he understood it was her version of teasing. He scoffed. “I’d think you much the same kind of woman.” Her mouth scrunched to the side in disapproval of his comment. She doesn’t like hearing that. “Tell me, Woman. What does it feel like to have me inside you?” He began gliding smoothly in and out of her. Letting her body slick to make her channel more open for his length which filled it in like a dagger into a scabbard. Caressing so softly over his length to swallow his base and brush along his sack. Entirely surrounding him with her warmth. “Your spike is fat and stiff.” She said uncertainly. “Indeed.” He laughed slightly but tried not to be discouraging. “And what else?” Her sexual praise is a bit staled. He fought the twitching of his lips. Reminding himself that now was not the time for his twisted humor. “You feel like…Like…” She b
When Elsabet made her way downstairs, she found him sitting across from her. Sipping from a cup of coffee and looking out a windowslit. Watching birds flying from the trees below. He glanced at her as she entered. “Good morning. I had Elengard draw you breakfast. I thought you might be hungry.” “Thank you.” She murmured. Pulling out a seat as she gazed appreciatively at the platter of scrambled eggs with some manner of leafy green blended in. Some fresh vegetables and fruits on the edge of the plate. Her gaze landed on a bit of sliced strawberry disdainfully. She glanced up and saw him sipping his coffee and looking out the window. The very embodiment of innocence. She grunted derisively and flicked the strawberries from her platter onto the table. Scooting the rest of her food away from them. As though the juice might contaminate it. She ate some egg and nibbled a bit of vegetable before lifting the glass to drink. Stopping j
“What about that master of yours?” She straightened, and Quandary slipped off the bed after her. What about him? “He’s rather strange is he not?” Yet, devilishly attractive, admit it. He watched the swing of her hips as she walked in-front of him. Making his throat rumble as he sent a glance Heavenward. Willing himself patience. Her bare feet were soundless down the corridor. “Well, let me tell you! I’m quite done with that man of yours telling me what to do. Thinking he lords over everything here!” She gave a wide gesture. I do rule here. His dark head whipped to look at her. I built it. “He doesn’t lord over me!” She proclaimed. Glancing at Quandary, who was in step with her. “In-fact were he here now I’d surely tell him so! That insufferable cad be damned!” Quandary jerked to a stop and promptly sat in the corridor. Highly tempted to duck into a chamber and emerge as aman, to
“And you?” Elsabet didn’t deny it. Calisto shrugged. “About the same. My conceptions of time are slightly skewed now that I’m trapped outside of it.” Elsabet’s confusion was written across her face. “Would you tell him something for me when you see him?” “Who?” Elsabet cocked her head. Calisto gave her a look that clearly indicated she thought it quite clear. “I prefer not to talk to him.” “If you didn’t enjoy him so much, you wouldn’t try so hard to dodge him. He simply wouldn’t matter...” Calisto countered. “He’s insufferable.” “Definitely. But magnetic just the same. With a raw animal appeal that’s nearly irresistible.” “You say that with admiration. Why? How can you stand him? He’s crass, always making innuendos.” Calisto’s purple-blue eyes widened. “Is he? Usually, its women speaking such to him. I’ve never heard Bast do so. Are you saying he flirts with you?” There was nearly envy in her tone. “He taunts me.” “Mercilessly.” Bast emerged from the shadows at the other
“Yes.” Bast acknowledged that he believed it was Caliso relaying the messages to Elsabet. “She says he is where the tree pods are yellowing.” They were talking about Raese, the missing Forever Knight. And his mate. The woman which, as far as they could tell was either dead or bound outside the realms of time. Something she could do to others... “The Isle.” Deragan filled in. Knowing that the many wooded forests littering the inner sanctum of the island tended to have yellow pods this time of year. “Or the Paladines.” “So, who goes to the Paladines?” Deragan asked. Knowing they needed to have people searching both directions if they wanted to have a chance of finding Raese. “Rhyers is. I thought perhaps you might join me?” Deragan looked him over thoughtfully. “You have not checked the Isle for her in some time. She may be there.” “She’s not. She’ll be closer to here.” “It’s not good for you to sit here. Wasting years until her next reincarnation.” “It is what I do.” Deragan
Outskirts of LandingTown, Igonox Sebastian and Deragan now watched the cottage on the outskirts of Landingtown. Where they’d trailed the boy’s scent to. Bast glanced up gratefully when Lucien arrived. “We need a plan.” Lucien knelt next to them to peer over a pile of logs. Looking to his right and assessing the trees and the number of huts. He checked his left. His eyes worked down the road ahead of them. Moving methodically over the threats and possible directions. Inspecting each hut in detail and tuning into the sounds emerging from each. “How many?” Lucien asked. “I’ve no idea.” Bast eyed him askance. “How would I know that?” He glanced at The Alpha crouched next to him. “Would you know that?” “He’s talking to me.” Both Deragan and Bast jumped at the sound of Rhyers’ voice from directly behind them. “I hate when you do that.” Even The Alpha was annoyed with his silent movements tonight. “We can’t hear you at all.” Bast twisted to glower at him. “He was at the castle.” Lu