All Chapters of The Billionaire's Sinful Affair (Book 2): Chapter 71 - Chapter 77

They walked deeper into the garden, and Emmeline tried to calm her racing heart."There's something else I want to show you," Zavian’s voice gradually returned to normal. "Something you need to understand about this garden."They stopped before a section of flowers.They were stunning, with petals that seemed to shift between deep purple and midnight black, and at their centers glowed a soft, pulsing light that looked almost like a heartbeat.But why did these flowers look somewhat familiar?"They're beautiful," Emmeline breathed, reaching out to touch one."Don't," Zavian said sharply, catching her wrist. "These are different sorts of Night Terrors. They're beautiful, yes, but also dangerous."Emmeline pulled her hand back, looking at the flowers with wariness."They feed on energy," Zavian explained. "Specifically, they drain the life force of anyone who isn't a native member of this realm. It's a defense mechanism, a way of protecting the garden from intruders."Emmeline's eyes wid

His body stretched at least thirty feet from snout to tail, covered in scales that gleamed like polished metal in the moonlight.Each scale created intricate patterns across his hide. His wings, folded against his sides, were enormous, the membrane between the bones dark and shot through with veins of amber light.His head was angular and elegant, with curved horns that swept back from his skull.His eyes, still that burning amber, were the size of dinner plates, slitted like a cat's and fixed on Emmeline with unmistakable intelligence.He opened his massive jaws and let out a roar that shook the very foundations of the garden, the sound carrying the weight of millennia.It echoed off the garden and sent flocks of birds scattering into the sky.The fireflies scattered in all directions, their lights dimming in instinctive fear.Emmeline stood frozen and her entire body trembling. She wanted to run, hide, to get away from this beast that could swallow her whole without effort.But she

Zavian kissed her again, slower this time but no less devastating.His hand moved with deliberate purpose, cupping her breast through the silk and his thumb circling her nipple in maddening circles until it peaked hard.Emmeline arched into the touch with a broken sound that was half-gasp, half-plea, her body begging for more."So responsive," Zavian praised. "Do you have any idea what you do to me? How hard it is to keep my hands gentle when all I want is to rip this flimsy thing off you and fuck you until you can't remember your own name? Until the only word on your lips is mine?"The filthy words made Emmeline's core clench with a fresh wave of wetness soaking her already damp panties.She could never get used to him talk like this, so raw and unfiltered, and it was intoxicating.Zavian cut himself off with a growl, tightening his hand on her breast before he forced it to relax. Instead of continuing that dangerous thought, he shifted his attention to her other breast, lavishing it

Zavian looked down at her flushed face, then at her trembling limbs and the beautiful, messy aftermath of their intimacy."Come here," he murmured, sliding his arms beneath her knees and shoulders and lifting her easily, cradling her bare body to his chest.Emmeline gasped, instinctively wrapping her arms around his neck. "Zavian! You have an emergency to attend to!""The realm's survived for millennia, it can survive another few hours," he stated simply, carrying her toward the massive arched double doors that led to the en-suite bathroom. "Besides, I refuse to leave you sticky and smelling like my essence without properly taking care of you first."Emmeline's face instantly burned crimson. "You have absolutely no filter!" she squeaked, hiding her face in the crook of his neck.Zavian's chest rumbled with a deep, wicked chuckle. "Why should I filter myself with my mate? I know exactly how much you enjoyed it."He carried her into the bathroom, dominated by a massive sunken tub that l