Page 90 of Blood of Two Crowns

My hips oscillated against his, painting the thick length of him pinned between us with my arousal. “Please… I need you now.” Nakoa’s body tightened as he growled low and braced himself on his elbows on either side of my head. The cage of his body around mine was the singular thread holding together my sanity.

“I never told you how much I love you,lohane thili.”

My breath caught, as the memory of my dream returned.

“I wish I had, Nakoa.”

Relieffloods me as his lips and tongue devoured mine. His hips drew back, notching the head of his cock at my entrance, and he slowly began to push in. The action stole my breath. He was sothickthat the further he sank into me, it felt as though the action shoved the air from my lungs just to make room for him. His gaze held mine all the while, drawing a hand to grip the meat of my hip before his thumb moved to my clit to lavish me with teasing strokes.

Keening softly, my nails dug into the flesh of his arms, hips thrusting upwards to capture more of him. He brushed his nose against my cheek as he murmured.

“I have loved you since the moment you threatened to cut off my balls with a dull, jagged blade, Mareina.”

A surprised laugh bubbled out of me, cut by the pang of swelling emotion and the deep stroke of his cock.

“And there is nothing in this world or the next that could change that. With or without this bond, I will always love you,lohane thili. You are the air in my lungs, and without you, I have been fucking suffocating.”

Helpless to the joy spilling down my cheeks, a tremulous smile spread across my face.

“No matter what pain or pleasure it earns me, I love every glorious facet of you, Nakoa, and despite how I may have tried to will it away, my love for you will never fade.”

My eyes caught the dip of Nakoa’s throat as he swallowed thickly, eyes glistening.

“Do you remember the fire? When you helped me save those humans?”

Nakoa huffed a laugh. “How could I forget? We nearly died.”

“That was when I fell in love with you. Even if I couldn’t bring myself to admit it. When we were laying on the ground watchingthat house burn after we’d managed to escape… I wanted so badly to hold your hand.”

Nakoa smiled, slowly easing himself in and out of me as I adjusted to his formidable size and my pussy wettened with increasing arousal. His smile such a rare, awe-inspiringly beautiful sight that it stole my breath even as my channel gripped his thick length.

“I wish so badly that you had.”

My smile waned. “I was too conflicted…”

Remorse takes over Nakoa’s expression. “I grew to love him too, Mareina…”

I nod in understanding. I’d begun to assume as much, and I wished more than anything I’d been blessed with witnessing it.

Nakoa leaned forward to capture my tears. “We’ll find a way,maha loha.All of us.”

My throat tightened with grief, but I swallowed it back, moving my hips up to slide back down Nakoa’s length. “Just help me forget. For now.”

Nakoa sat back on his heels, holding me in place by my hips with his hands and his beloved tail, now fully regrown, came around to slide against my clit. His thrusts turned steady and deep as he leaned into me, licking the curve of my neck.“May I?”

“Akash, yes.”

Nakoa’s fangs sank in, and my back bowed in pleasure as a cry tore from my throat. Each pull of my blood was a sensation I felt directly against my clit. Between that and the caress of his tail, the firm strokes of his tremendous cock, the cries and whimpers drawn from me were enough to make my cheeks burn.

After a few, too-short moments, he withdrew his fangs and sat back against his heels. His heavy-lidded, reverent gaze made my heart soar. Truly, the sight of him was nothing short of breathtaking. From the thick black horns curling from his head, to the dark, membranous wings at his back, and the small darkplates of armor at his temples… he looked like a demon, if anything. Or perhaps some god of the underworld.

He used to call me his little nightmare, and it seemed too serendipitous not to be the deliberate workings of Akash herself that he would be my demon and tormentor, forcing me to acknowledge and heal the worst parts of myself. And I, his little nightmare, forced him to do the same.

All the while Malekai, for all his morally black ways, would always be my avenging and saving angel.

I wish you were here.

Grief and longing swelled in my chest, coupled with the overwhelming love radiating from me as the ecstasy of my body rose higher, all working together to produce catharsis. My orgasm rose in tandem. Every muscle and fiber of my being was set alight as the tether between us coiled impossibly tighter, even as my heart still longed for Malekai.“I love you so much.”

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