Page 138 of The Sundered Realms

Then he stroked inside her, hitting that same spot again, and again, and again—

Liris exploded, holding onto him as he kept stroking her though the orgasm, as he murmured softly in her ear, his voice her anchor in a spell, her attention split between it and his always-steady hand and his eyes, watching her, seeing her, all of her, and she was unable to look away.

But when she could finally breathe again, the catharsis hadn’t passed out of her.

Liris tugged at his shirt. “Off,” she commanded.

Vhannor obliged without protest, lifting his shirt over his head, all his demon-fighting muscles revealed for her at last.

“Well,” she said, “I guess demons may be good for something after all.”

He snorted. “Glad to be appreciated.”

Liris met his eyes. “I do appreciate you. More than I can say.”

More softly, almost wonderingly, Vhannor said, “I know.”

And then, jerking his chin at her own clothes: “Your turn.”

Her heart thumped.

Liris paused. “Just so you know, I’m not sure I can come a second time. I usually...”

Never had time for myself. Learned to be efficient with my needs. Came once, came quickly.

This was already so much better, but—

“Do you want to stop?” Vhannor asked.

“No! I just...”

“Liris, you can’t fail at sex,” he said. “You know that, right? The only failure is if one of us stops having a good time. So if you’re not enjoying yourself anymore, we stop. If you want something different, we do that. But as long as I’m still bringing you joy, I’m in no rush. Never with you. I’ll enjoy you as long as you let me.”

Well.

Liris rolled off the bed. “In that case, I will definitely let you.”

To make sure there was no confusion on this point, she rapidly took off her top, and then everything else, too.

For one moment, Vhannor’s gaze wasn’t intent. It was more like she’d smacked him in the face with a spell and he was stunned, taking in all of her.

That was even better than words, Liris decided. Especially from someone whose facility with words was nigh unmatchable.

Still, she waved at him. “Keep going, oh mighty Lord of Embhullor. You may not be in a rush, but I am. You’ve been putting me off for days.”

That made him smirk, and it was unreasonable that his smirk could enflame her like this when he wasn’t even touching her.

“You just can’t wait,” Vhannor teased, complying with her demands.

“Never again,” Liris cheerfully agreed.

But when he was finally naked, she paused.

Here they were, finally, with no barriers between them.

And Vhannor waited.

Even with his cock that hard, he would stand there and wait for her forever if she needed him to.

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