Page 154 of The Powers of Nyx

Just a little more...I said.

Adrian sucked my clit hard, and I came on a cry. Pleasure rolled through me from the release, and my magic loosened like a tense thread within me. He didn’t stop fucking me with his fingers until the last wave of my climax.

My charming mage rose, a pleased smile curling his lips, chin wet with my release. Tugging my limp body into his arms, he pressed a hard kiss to my pliable lips. I didn’t even care anymore that I tasted myself.

“You know, eating me out right before breakfast with the others…” I said, curling my arms around his neck. “We won’t want to leave the suite at all.”

Adrian cut me off with another searing kiss. “If you think I won’t do this when we return to Oberon, then you don’t know me well enough, Sweetheart. And I don’t care about the others. It’s you I want to take care of.”

I raised my brows, heart skipping a beat. Dammit, I was lucky. More than lucky, actually. Blessed would be a better word to describe the feelings rushing through me. Pressing my lips into a firm line, I untangled myself from him so I could stand underthe water. The heat was scalding, but I relished in the way it loosened the tension in my shoulders.

Or maybe it was the recent orgasm. Both felt pretty good.

The door to the bathroom opened as Adrian joined me under the spray. My prince pulled me in front of him when Rowan appeared in the doorway, Elias coming in shortly after.

My breath caught at the sight of my mate, shifted into his human form. Dark stubble lined his jaw, unshaven after nearly a week of being the wolf. His dark eyes found mine, and he stroked the bond lovingly, reassuringly.

I wanted to rush to him, but Adrian pulled me in front of him, hard cock pressing into my ass. “Do you two mind?”

“Do you?” Rowan asked. “You’re using Ivy as a shield. A very pretty, sexy shield. But a shield nonetheless.”

“Because you don’t know how to knock!” Adrian hissed. “What are you two doing? I thought we’d discussedboundaries.”

If it weren’t from the serious looks on their faces, I would be laughing. Dying of laughter, in fact. Because this was ridiculous and not something I ever thought I’d have to deal with in my lifetime.

Sharing a bathroom with three younger siblings? A breeze compared to this, apparently.

“What’s going on?” I asked, trying to ignore the reaction my body was having to the three of them. I also couldn’t help but be proud of myself for not shying away from them.

Elias’s stare burned through me, but despite the hunger in his eyes, he remained serious. “There’s news. Sir Theon is here.”

My heart dropped into the pit of my stomach. Behind me, Adrian went rigid. “What is it?” he asked.

“It’s best that you two...finish what you’re doing and meet us out in the family room,” Elias replied stiffly, eyes darkening.

Both men left after that, the door to the bathroom shutting quietly behind them. “What do you think happened?” I asked quietly.

Adrian pressed a kiss to my shoulder before sighing. “I don’t know, but it doesn’t sound good. We don’t want to keep them waiting.”

I swallowed hard, heart thundering. We finished our shower in record time, no more fooling around. I didn’t even try to blow-dry my hair; I threw it up into a messy bun and dressed in something easy that didn’t require fuss. With worry eating me alive, I didn’t even pay attention to what I was putting on.

By the time we were done, everyone was already waiting in the family room. Well, not Thea and the kids. The last couple of days with them had been quiet, but they’d been kept mostly occupied by their tutoring and other lessons. I sent Maeve a look.

Thea took them into her room for this. They won’t want to hear what Sir Theon has to say,she said, motioning for me to join her on one of the long couches. Adrian took my other side, and I welcomed the protection the two of them offered, but it put me directly across from Sir Theon.

“Ivy. You’re looking well,” he said, offering me a smile. Beside me, Adrian stiffened, but I reached into his lap and took his hand.

“Thank you, Sir Theon,” I replied. “What’s going on?”

The Queen’s mate sighed, and he bowed his head. “There have been some...developments, regarding the shadow organisation hunting you.”

It was my turn to stiffen. “What do you mean? What happened?”

“There was an assassination attempt on Queen Greer in the early morning,” he said, his voice dripping with pain. “With her weakening state, she wasn’t capable of fending him off.”

Adrian’s hand tightened around mine. “Is...is she alright?” he asked quietly.

Sir Theon looked up at that and nodded. “She’s...resting. Alive, thank the Goddess. But we suspect there are agents within these walls that are no longer loyal to us. We may have to consider a complete lockdown of the palace. The danger is more prominent than we thought, and the Queen’s Wing has never been compromised. Not in the last fifteen-hundred years since this palace was built has an enemy infiltrated her rooms.” Sir Theon paused and scrubbed a hand through his shoulder-length hair. “We don’t know if she was the intended target, or if you were, Ivy. We speculate that it might have been an attempt to harm you after the explosion.”

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