Page 178 of Rise of the Queen

She pressed her forehead to mine, looking at me with her deep blue eyes. “I’m not sure, but I hope this one never stops,” she said, her gorgeous smile threatening to stop my heart.

I put my hands on either side of her face, my thumbs rubbing her cheeks gently, and pressed my lips to hers. I felt her completely melt in my arms as I kissed her sweetly. There was still something so sweet and innocent about her loving my gentle kisses so much. In her own way, she was still challenging my levels of control as feeling her melt just made me want to completely devour her each time.

She wrapped her arms around my neck, moaning quietly. Her hips pressed into mine as she wrapped her legs tighter around me. I enjoyed teasing her maybe more than I should, so I madeher wait before I slid inside her. I loved it when she reached the point of demanding me to fuck her.

I kissed my way down her neck, softly biting all her favorite spots. I could feel everything I was doing to her which only served to turn me on even more which made it more difficult to control myself. It made it that much sweeter when I finally gave in.

I could hear her soft moans turning more into whimpers as she was getting more impatient. She changed tactics, trying to turn me on so much I wouldn’t be able to deny her any longer. She grabbed one of my hands, guiding it between her legs. She knew as soon as I felt how wet she was, I wouldn’t be able to hold back much longer. I chuckled, loving the effect I was having on her.

She looked at me, her eyes swirling between blue and green. “I both love you and hate you so much right now,” she said as she worked her hips against my hand. I finally gave her some relief, sliding two fingers inside her. She moaned, closing her eyes. I could feel the warmth from her spread through my body.

I exhaled loudly, knowing I was losing my own battle with my control. “Please,” she whispered in my ear. That was all it took for me to officially lose the battle. I slid inside her slowly as I watched her reaction to me. She moaned loudly, getting lost in the feeling every single time. Her body was nothing but pleasure, which meant my body was nothing but pleasure as she shared everything with me. We were both immediately consumed with the feeling of each other.

I adored watching her eyes swirl through every color as her body surrendered to me. Maintaining eye contact with her had been quite intense for me, as well as her, in the beginning, but now we both loved it. My soul was hers anyway. There wasn’t a piece of it that she hadn’t already seen.

She moaned loudly as I pushed even farther into her. Her hips met mine with each thrust, amplifying the pleasure we were both feeling. She was beginning to get over her shyness at the guards outside the door being able to hear her, so she wasn’t holding back as much as she used to. It was music to my ears every time I heard her moan.

Sephie leaned back on her arms, giving me a full view of her breasts as they bounced with each thrust. She leaned her head back, nearing the point of orgasm. Just as she was about to crash over the edge, she picked her head up and looked me in the eyes once more. Her eyes never failed to impress me, but this time, instead of swirling, they had landed on red.

It was enough to drive both me and my demon insane. I saw the look of lust on her face; I knew my eyes had turned black. Hers stayed red, however. I increased the intensity, thrusting into her harder each time. She exploded into an orgasm, every inch of her body tingling. Her loud moans were surely being heard by the guards outside.

Her arms finally gave way and she leaned all the way back on the counter, keeping her legs wrapped tightly around my waist. It was enough of a change that I hit new spots inside her, causing another new wave of pleasure to course through her. I kept a tight hold of her hips, pulling her back to me each time I thrust into her, trying to keep her orgasm going as long as possible.

She pushed everything she was feeling to me, making it next to impossible to last very much longer. My body was exploding in pleasure, along with her. Every inch of my body felt like it was on fire, in the best way possible. I finally couldn’t take anymore and found my release just as she was coming down from another orgasm. She sat up, wrapping her arms around me.

Her lips found mine as we both worked to catch our breath. She kissed me just as sweetly as I had kissed her at the beginningof this. It was exactly what I needed. I opened my eyes to see her eyes had landed on deep blue once again. She smiled when she saw my look of satisfaction.

We stood there, still completely tangled and connected in the kitchen, in silence for a few moments. I was completely lost in how much I loved her. How everything in my life was better because she was in it. How the world looked even brighter with her by my side. I loved her completely.

Eternally.

I enlisted Andrei’s help the next day. I wanted to keep Sephie distracted, but I also wanted her to have time alone with Andrei. We’d talked about it before falling asleep the night before and she had a feeling that Andrei would connect with his demon faster if he did it in private.

“I know he’s nervous about losing control in front of everyone, so I think if I can get him on his own and somewhat control the conditions, it’ll happen faster,” she had said the night before.

It worked out perfectly, as I wanted her to not be around while I talked to everyone else about what to do with the families of the bosses. Dario’s statement about Sal’s kids had brought up an issue I hadn’t thought about in a while: what to do with their families.

“I mean, I hate to just say let’s get rid of all of them, but that would definitely be the easiest route,” Ivan said, once they were all in my office, while Sephie and Andrei were upstairs.

“Are they all still in the city?” Stephen asked.

“They all live here, but they’re in and out. Sal’s kids, anyway. Massimo’s kids are elsewhere. Same for Armando’s kids. They all moved away from the city,” Viktor said.

“If they’re in the city, it’ll be easy to find them and approve them,” Misha said. “But I think we might be able to do the same for all of them, as long as I know what they look like. We should be able to find out if they’re following in dearest Dad’s footsteps.”

Ivan was quietly contemplating everything. He and I had already discussed this when we were talking to Dario the evening before. Neither one of us liked the idea of leaving their families alive to move against us in the future. “There is an alternative,” he said, looking at me. “Once they find out what really happens to Sal, they might never make a move against you. Or make a deal like Sal did. They might take care of themselves for us.”

“I don’t know how much of a chance I want to take. I would like to be done with this once Sal and Ricardo are taken care of. I prefer peace to war,” I said. “Get rid of entire families and nobody is willing to move against me for a very long time.”

“You’re not wrong there,” Ivan said. We all turned to Misha, wanting to see if he could confirm one scenario over the other one. His eyes went just as black as Sephie’s did as he used his demon’s power to help him run through scenarios. His eyebrows furrowed in frustration. He tried a second time, but eventually, his eyes switched back to normal.

He looked at me, “I can’t see anything on either of those scenarios. Like literally nothing. It’s all fuzzy. I think I might need Sephie on that one. Maybe Andrei too.”

“Has that ever happened before?” Stephen asked.

Misha shook his head no. “No, even before Sephie started helping me, I could always find an answer. It might’ve just beena snapshot, but it was always something. This time, I can’t see anything. It’s all blurry.”

“You’re thinking that means something?” I asked Stephen.

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