Page 121 of Fallen Heirs

“Not gonna sleep over, are you?”

I kissed her forehead, then eased back, pushing off the bed quickly. While I still could.

“If I climb into that bed with you, I’ll be ravaging that sexy little body of yours all night long and no rest will be had.”

“Tomorrow?”

“Count on it. Now close your eyes and don’t get out of bed again until morning. No more reading.”

She settled down into the bed, getting herself comfortable. “I love you,” she said, beaming out at me.

“I love you too.”

“Thank you for taking care of me.”

“I’d do nothing less.” I walked to the door. “Sleep now, beautiful.”

28

~Alena~

I stepped out of the bathroom freshly showered, a white cotton towel wrapped around me.

I felt rejuvenated, both from the shower and from getting a good night’s sleep.

I’d been taxed lately with all the training, pushing myself to my limit and even beyond. My intervention against Lenora had been the last straw there.

But rest had gone a long way and now I felt better, like myself.

I was just about to get dressed when the door to my room flew open, startling me.

I swung my head toward it to find Orpheus standing there and eyeing me.

I swallowed hard at the sight of him looking sexy as fuck in just a pair of purple lounge pants, his sculpted torso and all that muscle and the beautiful Fae markings on display. His hair was all wild and mussed from sleeping for a long while.

His eyes were bright and focused and I could feel all that powerhouse strength radiating off him.

“You look a whole lot better.”

He didn’t speak to it and responded instead by kicking the door shut and striding toward me.

I stepped back at the intensity coming off him. “Orpheus, what—”

He was on me in the next second, grasping my arms and shoving me against the wall right beside the bathroom door.

“What you did the other night…” He slammed his hands down either side of my head, caging me in. “Hot. As. Fuck.”

He crushed his mouth to mine, stealing my breath—in the best way.

He kissed me so possessively, I felt it down to my bones, as he thrust his tongue into my mouth and laid claim to me all over again.

I tugged at his hair, holding him to me as I rose to it, kissing him back just as aggressively, savoring his taste, that wild tongue of his utterly decimating me oh-so quickly.

“It washot, huh?” I gasped as he broke the kiss and bit and licked at my earlobe, my neck, my shoulders.

“Hot asfuck.”He punctuated the last word by thrusting two fingers deep inside me.

I’d been so taken with his mouth teasing me that I hadn’t even realized he’d been reaching underneath my towel.

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