Page 78 of The Other Side of the Mirror

I knew he could feel my need burning through our bond, like I might erupt into flames if he didn’t touch me. That I needed him, now.

Then his hands were on my thong, pulling it down in an enticingly slow tug that had my entire body heating. He moved back against me, the lace still clutched in his hand.

But he paused, resting his forehead against mine. “If you want to stop, all you have to do is say so.”

His voice was gentle, but I already knew he would stop without complaint if I asked. Just as I knew, without a doubt, that I didn’t want him to.

My eyes met his, vulnerable but sure. “Don’t stop.”

He kissed me again so thoroughly, heat rushed between my thighs. “You’re too brave to let this fear control any part of you. Let me prove it to you.”

Slowly, Bash reached for my hands, deliberately wrapping my underwear around my wrists. There was something so insanely dirty about the act, the lace damp with my arousal, that my trepidation dissipated in favor of pure lust.

And maybe it was because I could easily tear through the scrap of lace that I wasn’t panicking. Or maybe it was his faith in me. But I wasn’t afraid.

I let out a faint breath. Bash paused, one finger lifting my chin, so my eyes met his. “Are you alright?”

His eyes were dark at my obvious arousal, and I knew he could feel it both through our bond and in how my body arched into his. When I nodded, he caught my lips in a swift kiss before he pulled himself over me.

But the feeling of someone on top of me made me flash back to that white bed. To Aviel holding me down. I jerked away in a flare of panic.

Bash immediately sat back, clasping my hands in his. “Stay with me, okay? You’re here. You’re safe. And I’m yours, just as you’re mine.”

I leaned forward and kissed him, not trusting my voice. He smiled against my mouth. Then he grabbed hold of my hips and lifted me, settling under me in a graceful movement, my bottom perched on his naked chest.

I nearly laughed at the abrupt reversal. “What?—”

“You’re in control now, hellion. Now ride my face.”

Before I could consider talking him out of it, Bash firmly gripped my ass, pulling me directly onto his mouth. I let out an inadvertent gasp as his tongue flicked up in a way that made my whole body go loose and tight all at once. He let out a hum of pleasure, the vibration of his warm mouth on me tearing another moan from my throat. I grabbed onto the bedframe for balance, my hands still bound as I used the added leverage to lift upwards.

“Are you sure you want to?—”

“You’d better sit your ass back down,” Bash growled. “You might be in control, but we’re not done here until I get you off.”

I immediately dropped my hips toward him, as if his words were an invisible pull, his hands tilting my hips toward his face.

“Good girl.”

Then his tongue was back on me, stroking at that spot that made me see stars. He circled faster, his teeth gently nipping once, then again after I moaned so loudly, I thought the whole house might hear it. Bash groaned, the sound muffled between my thighs, and his shadows trailed up my stomach, teasing my nipples with shadowy tendrils that solidified slightly as they played with me.

Helplessly, I circled my hips against him. Chasing the rapidly building orgasm just beyond my reach. His hands gripped my ass as he licked me more roughly, pushing me further against him.

“Bash…Bash?—”

I was pleading now, trembling, begging for release. Bash’s tongue flicked against me, and I yielded to it, letting go of the last vestiges of my restraint as it pushed me over the edge. I lurched forward as my body went boneless, my forearms landing loudly on the wooden headboard as my orgasm tore through me.

I was still shuddering when Bash finally moved me off his mouth, pulling me down his body so I was lying on his chest.

But I wasn’t done with him yet. I wanted to eat him alive.

I put my still bound hands behind his head, as I breathed into his ear, “I need you inside of me.”

Something carnal flashed across our bond, then Bash yanked my hips down to meet his. I groaned into his mouth when I felt him rub against me, nudging at my entrance before he sank his considerable length inside me. Inch by inch…by inch, until he was seated all the way to the hilt. I lost whatever breath I managed to regain as he filled me so completely, I felt my eyes roll back in my head at the delicious stretch.

When I opened my eyes, he was looking at me like he never wanted to look away. He was so handsome lying there at my mercy, shadowy eyes molten with desire. Swirling as though they couldn’t help but betray the power of his magic underneath.

His gaze was hooded, and he licked his lips before bringing my mouth back to his, the taste of me exploding on my tongue. My hands pulled tighter around his neck, my fingers clawing into his hair as he pushed himself up against the headboard so I was sitting astride him. I lost my breath as the change of position forced him deeper. We both lost our breath when I lifted up, tightening my inner hold on him as I did so, then slid slowly back down his length before doing it again.

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