“Aurelia,” he groaned, the sound low and husky.
I kissed him again, unaware of what I was doing. My hands, my mouth, moved of their own accord. My fingers threaded through his hair, his tongue filled my mouth, and my chest pressed against his. His hands were gliding down my back until they cupped my rear and squeezed.
“You bastard,” I breathed before his mouth claimed mine again. In and out, our tongues collided, stroking and licking until my lips were numb.
“Do you remember now?” he murmured against my mouth.
“Remember what? Your betrayal?” I bit down on his lip, and he made a soft, strangled sound.
“No.” He moved his mouth to my ear, nipping the lobe. I shivered with pleasure, heat pooling between my legs. “Remember the home you have to come back to. A sister. A mother. A father. Adragon.A man who will marry you without hesitation.”
My hands tugged at his tunic, pulling it free from histrousers. “Yes, and that same man will stab me in the back and keep dozens of secret lovers, I’d wager.” I plunged my hand into his trousers and gripped his firm length, squeezing hard.
“Shit.” His hips bucked, and he threw his head backward. The veins along his neck stood out, and his jaw went slack. “Ohgods, Aurelia.”
“Am I wrong?”
“Y-Yes. You’re wrong. Dead wrong. I would never—Icouldnever.” His eyes were still closed as I pumped my hand up and down, from tip to shaft. His groans became more feral with each of my movements.
“Then swear it,” I breathed, the heat between my thighs becoming nearly unbearable. “Swear you’re mine and only mine.”
“I—I am yours, Aurelia. Always. Yours alone.”
I squeezed again, and he cried out, the sound desperate and pleading. “Prove it to me.”
“I—I will do anything. Gods, Aurelia,anything. It’s only you. Even if you leave me and never return, I swear I will never love again. I?—”
I sank to my knees, working my fingers along the waistband of his trousers. With slow, deliberate movements, I pulled, bringing them down until they fell to his ankles, exposing just how hard he was for me. I smirked knowingly up at him as he panted, his breathing ragged.
I inched closer before closing my mouth around his tip and sucking gently.
A strangled growl escaped him, and his body quivered. I ran my tongue along his tip once more, tasting the small droplet of moisture that had already collected there.
Fenn gasped, thrusting toward me, his eyebrows raised and his face a mixture of torment and pleasure.
“Promise me,” I commanded, my mouth hovering just over his arousal.
“I promise,” he rasped. “Aurelia, I promise I belong to you. You own me. I am yours to command.”
I swept my tongue over him again, and he shuddered violently. “Tell me again.”
“I am yours. Yours.” His voice was strained, and his hips rocked, urging me onward.
But still I taunted him. Drawing it out. “Give yourself to me, Fenn. Surrender. If you are mine, then show me. I want all of you.”
“You can have it,” he groaned. “All of me, Aurelia. Take it. It’s yours. Just,gods, take it, please.”
I finally obliged, taking him fully in my mouth. His hips jerked, and he moaned loudly, thrusting into my mouth. His hand fisted in my hair, tangling the strands and tilting my head backward to plunge himself deeper inside me.
“Please, Aurelia,” he begged. “Gods, please.”
I dragged my tongue along his tip, then my teeth followed the same path. He shoved harder, tickling the back of my throat, but I held fast, clamping down on him.
He pushed and pushed, driving into me, his body trembling as he approached that sweet release. I licked and sucked, drawing circles around him with my tongue.
“Stars above,” he choked, thrusting harder.
I took all of him, even as he slid so deep inside I thought I might retch. I held him there in my mouth, devouring him fully, claiming him as thoroughly as he had claimed me.