Page 10 of Blood of Two Crowns

I descended his length, taking as much as I could into the back of my throat. Not nearly his entirety, but I vowed to one day be able to. Malekai held my head by my hair as he pumped into my throat, filling the air with vulgar wet noises that stoked my arousal. Saliva spilled from the corners of my mouth, drippingdown my neck and chest. Slicking my hands over the mess, I caressed it over my breasts and teased my nipples.

Malekai groaned at the sight. “Fuck, Mareina… All of this is for me?’

Emotion streaked my cheeks, and my voice turned breathy with reverence. “All for you, Malekai.”

Rotating my palm in a gentle twisting motion over his crown whilst stroking down the rest of him, Malekai began to fuck my hands, and he forced my gaze back up to his by gripping my throat. “Beg me for my cum,tessari mú.”

I held his gaze, pouring a lifetime’s worth of all the love and desire I had for this male, all while licking, sucking, and kissing my way up his length.

“Please, Malekai. I need all of you. I need your heart. Your soul. Your mind. Your body and your perfect cock, along with every drop of cum you have to give. I need you like I need the air in my lungs.”

Malekai’s eyes glistened as his jaw flexed. He released my hair and scooped me up off the floor in one swift motion to spread me out beneath him on the bed. My legs parted, and as I looked between us, I saw the blood coating my thighs. A breathy moan punched out of me as he slid back inside me.

“Mine,”Malekai growled as he thrust with deep, firm strokes. My eyes held his as I breathed my reply.“Yours.”

His thumb returned to my clit, already drenched with my arousal and blood, making another orgasm rise, soft and tingling. My back arched, and my nails dug into his powerful thighs. Malekai’s hips stuttered as he filled me with liquid heat.“Li Saro, Mareina.” I love you. “In this life and the next.”

“I love you in every life, Malekai.”

His strokes gentled, and his eyes dipped to where we were joined. I could feel his cum seeping out of me. “Look how perfect you are, filled with my cock, my cum, and my blood.”

He withdrew from me briefly to push his leaking cum back inside. Satisfied his seed was where it should be, he leaned in close, brushing his lips against mine. “Marry me, Mareina.”

My breath caught, and the sweeping motion of my fingertips along his back stilled. When I hesitated, vulnerability flashed across his face. “… Considering everything that’s transpired over the last several days, this may not be the best timing, but?—

“Yes.”

My eyes burned with sweet relief, the threat of my emotion escaping. Malekai pulled back slightly to catch my expression. A watery grin perched on my lips.“Yes.”

Malekai’s expression hardened as though trying to quell his own emotion. “Yes, you’ll marry me?”

I nodded, too much emotion clogging my throat to speak.

Malekai’s eyes glistened as they searched mine before his mouth captured mine, and his arms came around me to scoop me into his lap.“My wife.”

Chapter

Four

NAKOA

My sleep had been fitful and when I finally woke, it was to a sharp pain in my chest.In mine and Mareina’s tether.Something had changed, and intuitively, even without my Knowingness, I knew what it was. Anger seared my veins. For her increasing number of betrayals. Athimbecause he had dared to claim what rightfully belonged to me. The other half of my soul.

Most of all, I was furious at myself because I knew that no matter how I tried to ignore the fact, I knew that she had bonded with another male because of how I’d treated her. Miroslav’s words echoed in my mind.

“If you do not cherish the soulbound Akash has gifted you with, you shouldn’t be surprised when she is stolen from you.”

Before jealousy and despair could consume me, I forced myself from the bed, slipping on trousers and a shirt. The halls of the palace’s mostly abandoned north wing were blessedly empty as I made my way to mymother’sdungeon cell.

A vision overtook me, making me stumble and the world tilted.

Peanut and Bellona ran past me, barking happily and tails wagging as they rushed into the open arms of a kneeling, smiling Mareina.

The sight stole my breath like a fist, crushing my lungs.

I could feel both the joy and love of my future and the anguish of my present self, poisoning it.

Mareina’s eyes lifted to mine, her expression stuttering for a moment. Her mouth formed words that disappeared like smoke in the wind?—

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