Page 110 of The Heir's Bargain

It was the way she said those two words, the sinfulness hiss, that finally broke my restraint.

I tugged her toward me, my arm wrapping around her waist, and spun her around, pushing her up against the door. My chin brushed across the side of her face. Despite the clothing that separated us, I felt the shiver that slipped down her spine. I heard the gasp that escaped her red lips.

But what truly unraveled me was the little crack in the mental shields she always held up around me and the single thought that escaped her mind.

A plea.

And hearing what she wanted, the words she couldn't speak aloud, whispered down the invisible thread, made a smirk appear.

"See, here's the thing about what I want," I said, pulling her tight against me. "A king, I have been told, never falls to his knees."

"Oh?"

"But I am not a king."

My knees hit the ground.

I could almost hear Dani's jaw drop as I hit the floor.

When I peered up at her with that coy, boyish smirk that drove her insane in more ways than one, she snapped her mouth shut. I brushed a hand against her ankle, sending a shiver up her body.

Her nails dug into my shoulder. "Fynn, wait."

"What is it?"

"I—" Dani sighed, and my brows knitted together.

I didn't think I had misconstrued her desires—the wish she let slip beneath her shields—but something made her hesitate. I squeezed her thigh, reminding her she could be honest with me—with whatever it was.

She sucked in her bottom lip, her teeth scrapingacross it.

An insatiable hunger stirred, but I didn’t act on it. I would deal with that mouth of hers later.

"No one ever has. . ."

"Tasted you?" I finished for her.

"No."

Embarrassment flooded her voice, but excitement filled mine.

"A shame, truly," I said, licking my lips. "But I cannot say that I am upset about being the first."

A faint blush rose to her cheeks. I ran my fingers across the waistband of her trousers and quirked a brow. "May I?"

She nodded, her chest rising quicker than before. I unbuttoned her trousers and tugged them down.

"Step," I commanded, holding her waist.

Dani pressed her palms against my shoulders, and I pushed the clothing away as she leaned on me.

The last time I was with Dani, it was too quick. And now, learning that no one had pleasured her this way before, I wished I hadn't let her persuade me from doing so.

This time, I would take my time.

I pressed kisses along the entire length of her leg. I had half a mind to kiss every inch of her, but this closet was not the best place to lay her out beneath me. Instead, I left a trail of goosebumps skittering up her leg as I made my way up her calf, over her knee, to her thigh. I nibbled, my teeth scraping against the apex of her thigh. Dani squirmed in my hands, forcing a smile upon my lips.

I had meant what I had said. It was indeed a shame that Dani had never been pleasured this way. But by the gods and beneath the moon, I would devour her.

---