Page 54 of An Empress of Earth & Darkness

“Always,” she said, nipping his lip with her teeth.

He groaned as his hand slid around her waist. He pulled her flush with his chest, and she could feel the hardness of her nipples pushing into him. “You cannot waltz in here wearing that dress, drink the bourdon from my own lips, bite me, and then expect me not to want to fuck you so hard that we both forget our names.”

“What is it about me waltzing around in a dress that gets you so hot and bothered?” She met his stare.

“I would prefer it if you didn’t have one on,” he challenged.

Emara’s hands nipped down to the hem, and she pulled her dress over her head, revealing her undergarments. “Like this?”

He took a step back, studying her with a burning flame of chaos in his eyes. He finished the rest of what was in his glass before placing it on the dark oak drawers. “Why do you continue to surprise the fuck out of me?”

He collided with her, and his large hand wrapped around the back of her neck this time, angling her exactly where he wanted her head to be. His lips separated hers, and he groaned against her mouth as if she tasted sweeter than the bourbon.

Emara drove her hands up, pushing through his thick, silken hair, and kissed him like it was the last time she was going to. And he kissed her back like he couldn’t guarantee her another. She reached down, pulling the towel from his waist just as he unhooked her bralette, exposing her flesh. He slid the fabric of her underwear past her ass with two strong hands and gripped her thighs, bringing her effortlessly into his arms. Her legs wrapped around his rock-hard torso as teeth and lips devoured each other.

Torin swivelled and fell back into his chair with her on top of him, unfaltering from her mouth. His tongue pushed against hers, desperate and consuming, greedy and powerful. Running his hands up her stomach to her breasts, he grabbed and palmed at her skin, making her breath halt in her lungs. He sat up, taking one of her nipples into his mouth sucking and nipping at her tender skin. A flood of heat rushed to her core and she called out, not knowing—not caring—if anyone else in the world could hear her saying his name. As her eyes fluttered open, she found that his gleaming ocean eyes were on her too, enjoying every minute of the pleasure that he was making her feel.

Heat blushed her cheeks. “I want you,” she said, trying not to close her eyes again. As his wet tongue whirled around that same nipple, the sensation brought her eyes shut. Her back arched in total submission to his touch.

“Where do you want me?” he rasped against her skin, knowing exactly where she wanted him.

“You know where.”

“Say it.”

“Inside me,” she breathed.

“Is that what you want, angel?” he teased as he grazed his teeth over her breast.

“Yes.” Her head tilted back as he kissed between her breasts. “Wait,” she said through laboured breaths. She rested a hand on his chest to steady herself. Her eyes opened again, finding him.

“What’s wrong?” He stopped moving instantly.

Her cheeks burst into flames. “I’ve never been…I’ve never done anything this way before.”

His shoulders relaxed, and he fell back a little in the chair. “Emara, with you on top of me, looking like that, I feel like a king. Please do not worry. There is nothing you can do that would be wrong. There is no way that you could move that wouldn’t send me wild.” He grabbed her face, bringing it down to his. “You are mine. You are an empress, and you are in control. And I don’t want you to forget this as you ride me—you are a goddess.”

His lips were on hers quick and fast, and she returned it. She pushed through the confidence that he had just given her and seared it into their kiss. He was right. She was an empress, and he made her Gods-damned feel like one.

Torin moved his hand down past her stomach, and a finger found the bundle of nerves that had Emara’s back arching and a moan escaping her mouth. He moved in slow circles with his fingers as he found that soft spot on her neck and sucked in hard. She bucked again, but his other hand held her hip in place, unwilling to let her shy away from the pleasure.

He circled faster, building up that beautiful tension that could break any moment. Just at the right moment, he slid one finger into her, feeling how truly ready she was for him. He added another finger instantly, and she cried out, her head falling back. Her spine arched even more and she secretly prayed for the sweetest release to bring shivers down her bones.

Those sweet, intoxicating little shivers.

“You are so fucking beautiful as you take my fingers,” he said lowly.

“Torin,” she gasped as his thumb found her clit again.

Her hips found a stunning rhythm as he pumped two fingers inside of her, and the rush of euphoria was building high. Just as he drove his fingers in her for the last time, he stroked her with his thumb, and the feeling was too perfect for her body to bear. She screamed, her climax crashing down on her like an avalanche. There was nothing but bliss as she came for him, nothing but pure, untouched pleasure. She clung to his body, her hands in his hair until she regained her vision.

He shifted her, moving her to his cock. Emara gave a soft whimper as the tip of him grazed along her swollen apex, and he waited until she looked at him. Emara licked her lips, her vision finally clear of all the glittering spots and speckles of ecstasy. She glanced down at him waiting for her to take every inch of him.

He moved his hand down to help her guide where he was supposed to go, and she slowly lowered herself.

“Take your time, angel. We don’t have to rush this.”

A gasp left her lips as the tip of him edged into her entrance, and he moved to place a kiss into her collarbone. She relaxed and moved again, rolling her hips a little, taking him deeper. An exhale from Torin had her eyes wide open. To her surprise, he was struggling to hold his release already. Something about a warrior like him below her, at her mercy, sent a craze of power through her body. Her magic ignited. Her darkness coiled around her spine. Her air blew through the room.

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