Page 197 of Of Nine So Bold

My release hit like a hot and tingling wave. I barely had enough rational thought to make myself seal the wound on his neck before it engulfed my world.

His pleased murmur was the first thing I heard when my senses returned, and when I opened my eyes, he smiled.

“I shall never tire of watching you come apart in my arms or theirs, my precious little fucktoy.” The teasing confidence in his eyes melted into something softer, warmer, and full of wonder. His gaze traced over my face before returning to meet my eyes. “I love you, Gwyneira, queen of my heart.”

His lips brushed mine, stealing my tiny breath of awe at the heartbreakingly vulnerable promise in his voice. When he drew back again, his mouth curved into a smile. “Your men await you.” He lifted me, that unshakable confidence returning to his gaze. “And your luscious pussy isn’t done being filled yet.”

A thrill went through me, even as the joints of my legs burned. The pounding I’d taken already made my hips ache, the feeling somehow mixing into both pleasure and pain.

Casimir merely glanced to the side, his expression turning suggestive. “Your highness.”

I followed his gaze to find Niko nearby. Beyond a short breath to brace himself, he didn’t react to the title, merely nodding at the vampire. “Highness.”

Casimir grinned like he was proud of my sweet giant for the response.

Niko smiled. “Come here, my beautiful treluria.”

My vampire handed me over.

Moving us through the water, Niko kissed my lips, one hand supporting me while the other extended behind me. A moment later, my back bumped against the rocky edge of the pool.

But the surface wasn’t rough.

Breaking from him briefly, I glanced over my shoulder to see glistening moss covering the stones now, cushioning my back. Green lights glimmered like tiny trapped stars amid the dense carpet of plants. The water wasn’t as deep here at the far end of the cave. It barely came up to my calves. But underwater plants still stirred around my legs and feet to massage my skin like gentle fingers.

Carefully, Niko lowered himself to his knees, taking me with him.

My breath caught. The water lapped around my midsection, and my position gave the plants greater access to me. The long fronds drifted between my legs, brushing against my sensitive skin, but they didn’t move like they were trying to work me into a frenzy.

More like they were trying to soothe my tender flesh.

Niko hitched me higher on his hips, his tip hovering at my entrance. But he made no move to enter me yet, letting the plants continue their massage.

When I turned back to him with a questioning look, he only shrugged. “They have medicinal qualities, and I thought you might appreciate that.” A wicked look came into his kind eyes. “Gods know my friends and I still want to keep fucking you.”

The ache from the others pounding into me slowly faded between my legs.

I stared at him in wonder. “You always take such care of me.”

His smile returned, pleased. “You’re all I ever wanted. Why wouldn’t I treat you like the treasure you are?”

Whatever I could have said was lost to a gasp as he lowered me onto his cock. The delicate leaves of the underwater plants pulled back to twist around my ankles and calves. Others drifted around my hips to tease along the curve of my ass.

Holding me securely, he drew out and then eased back into me again and again, gentle and slow. “I want to spend a lifetime exploring how to make you come, treluria,” he murmured to me. “Everything nature can do to help you find all the pleasure you deserve.”

I gripped his shoulders, my eyes squeezing shut against the emotions rising in my chest. “I love you, Niko,” I whispered.

A happy sound left him. “I love you too.”

The plants climbed higher, brushing the sensitive spot at the base of my spine and making my eyes roll back in my head. Grunting, Niko held himself tense with the effort of restraining himself from driving into me faster.

“More, Niko,” I urged. “Please.”

A gasping sound left him. His grip tightened as his restraint broke.

The combined impact of his thrusts and the soothing touch of the plants dazed my senses. I was relaxed and yet tense, calm and yet aroused. And in only a moment, my orgasm hit so strongly, it sent me lurching forward to wrap my arms around him, hanging on as the waves of it crashed over me.

Niko clutched me tightly, his hips jerking in a ragged rhythm before finally slowing again. His cock twitched inside me, and his arms held me every bit as closely as I held him.

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