Page 46 of Fierce Monarch

My hands roamed her body, softly easing some of the ache he’d left her with. I kissed her bruises and bites, nipping here and there to give her my own, but I kept everything easy. My hands on her waist were loose, tempting her to roll her hips with me, writhe with me.

Part of putting her back together was reminding her that she had the power here.

We were her soldiers, her knights, ready and waiting for our mistress’s call.

“I missed you,” she whispered as she wrapped her arms around my neck, keeping our bodies tight together. A breath of relief tore from me, and I knew that whatever this was, it had worked.

This woman under me, gripping my ass and pulling me in? This was my Mari reborn.

“I missed you too.”

Mari’s orgasm rose, her body tightening around me, and I ached to let it pass by, to give her what she needed without anything else, but we weren’t done.

She had to let go of Nate.

Her pussy clenched around me, and her broken sob was one of relief until I leaned in and whispered in her ear.

“I’m sorry, reina.”

Suddenly, she was crying for another reason, the ugly sobs tearing a hole in my heart. She clung to me, her fingers digging crescents into my skin, but I didn’t care. She tried to roll away, but my hips kept her still. At some point, she grabbed Dominic’s hand, and between the two of us, we pinned her in place with nothing but the force of our love.

Mari’s surrender was harder to watch without Dominic’s savagery stealing my attention. It was all pain. Every twitch screamed that she was in agony, and everywhere we touched hurt like I could feel it. I took it, though. I took everything she gave me as she finally allowed herself to grieve what she’d lost. What we’d all lost.

Nate. Our family. A future.

Dominic lifted her wrist to his mouth, pressing his lips to her skin like he needed it to breathe, and I stayed inside her, not moving, just waiting. Keeping her close. Reminding her I was there and I wasn’t going anywhere. Watching as she slowly let go and following her.

My chest ached as I went through my own healing in her arms. Nate was gone, and even though it killed me to lose the man I’d trusted my world to, there was nothing to do but accept it and rebuild.

I didn’t know how long we stayed on the gym floor, with Mari’s tears drying on her cheeks. My body ached from being so close to her and holding back, but it didn’t matter. I wouldn’t come. I couldn’t. This wasn’t about me. Mari needed this connection, a reminder that we were hers. Always.

I should’ve known she wouldn’t let it go, though.

“Greyson.” She arched into me, rubbing herself against me and making me groan. I was trying not to push her, needing her to tell me where to go from here. “Keep going. Remind me what I’m fighting for.”

Fuck yes.

This, I could do. I could hold her, kiss her, pleasure her until she remembered who she was. Until she was put back together again. Then we’d handle everything as we always should have—together.

Dominic didn’t let go of Mari as I started fucking her again, his other hand creeping between us to play with her clit as she moaned and thrashed beneath me. When I felt myself getting close—so fucking close—I tightened my hands on Mari’s waist and let go, fucking her as hard as I needed to. Dominic took the hint and rolled her clit once more before he took it between his fingers and pinched. Mari exploded, her pussy clenching me so tight I had no choice but to come too.

White exploded over my vision, and it took ages for it to finally fade, letting me see the woman underneath me who looked at Dominic and me like we’d painted the sky with stars just for her. As I blinked away the last of the fog, we all burst into laughter. I didn’t know what they were laughing about, but I couldn’t help myself.

The glitter in her eyes felt like the sun peeking out from behind the clouds.

Mari was back. Finally.

I couldn’t be happier.

I dropped another kiss to her lips and pulled out, stifling the groan that came with losing her. Dominic disappeared, coming back with a towel that he used to clean Mari up before bundling her against his chest. I pressed myself against her back, hand wrapped around her hip while he stroked her hair. And for the longest time, we just breathed together.

It was perfect.

“I saw him.”

Dominic and I stiffened at her unexpected words, and Mari squeezed my hands idly as she kissed Dominic’s chest.

“What happened?” I asked finally.

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