My heart twisted at those words. I had felt this way before, first with Caiden and then with Gideon, but this tug was different. It wasn’t a need, more like an urge. I wasn’t whole without him.

“Come back to me as soon as you can.”

“I should say the same to you. You’re the one who has to convince a siren to give you her song and see your mother.”

I chuckled. “At least you will avoid an awkward reunion.”

“Oh, it’ll still be awkward.”

I could hear Tharan’s smile through the whisper stone.

I let out a yawn.

“I’ll let you get your rest,” he said.

“Not yet. Don’t go yet. I…” I slumped down on the plush couch in his study. Even without him there I could feel him all around me. His energy, his scent—I wanted him.

“Yes?” He asked. Hope radiated through his voice.

“I want you, Tharan. I miss your touch, your scent, the feeling of your lips on mine.”

“Oh Trinity, Aelia. I want you too.”

Sliding my silk nightgown down. I clasped my nipple in between my fingers. “Touch yourself Tharan and pretend it’s me.”

“Fuck, Aelia…I already am.”

I envisioned him gripping his glistening cock, eyes shut as he pleasured himself.

“Are you imagining what it’s like to feel my tight pussy around you?”

Tharan let out a heady breath. “Yes.”

I reached down between my legs and began to rub my clit. “Tell me what you want to do to me.”

“I want to fuck that tight little cunt of yours. I want to fill you, stretch you, make you moan my name.”

“Yes, oh fuck, Tharan.” I rubbed my clit harder, sending shocks of pleasure through my veins all the while twisting my nipple, delighting in the mixture of pain and pleasure.

“Put your fingers inside yourself.”

I did as he commanded. Savoring the delightful feeling of my wetness. “I am.”

“Slow, darling, we don’t want you coming too soon.”

I arched my back as I slid my fingers in and out, making sure to scrape the front of my mound. My breaths came faster as heat grew in my core.

“That’s a good girl, Aelia. Just like that. Slow and steady, just like my cock would be.”

“Tharan…”

“Shh... Just keep stroking. I love it when you touch yourself for me. It makes me so fucking hard, knowing you’re getting off at just the thought of me inside you.”

My breath caught in my throat. “Can I… go harder?”

“Just a bit. I want to make you work for it. Trinity I’m so hard right now.”

“I want to wrap my lips around your throbbing cock and suck you until you come in my mouth.”