I let out a cry of protest when he broke the kiss, but then his mouth trailed down my neck and across my collarbone before he found my breasts. Arching into him, I clung to his shoulders while he teased each nipple into submission, his hand massaging that tender spot between my legs. I thought I’d die when he finally slipped one thick finger inside me, torturing me with shallow pulses while he deftly swirled his thumb around my swollen nub.
I swelled and gushed into his hand until I could no longer hold back the flood of euphoria that spilled through me. Hot magic pulsed through me, and I cried out his name, my core clenching around his finger while he continued to stroke and tease, riding out one orgasm and coaxing me toward another.
Blaze, please, I cried out in his mind as I clung to him.I need to feel you inside me.
As you wish, Goddess.
He crawled between my legs, sheathing himself inside me in one fluid thrust. I groaned in relief as he filled every inch of me with his gloriously thick cock. We easily found our rhythm, two bodies becoming one, pulling apart and joining with each heavy pounding of my heart. I had no idea how he managed to last so long, but I fell apart again and again before he found his release, spilling into me while whispering words of love in my ear.
He captured my mouth in the tenderest of kisses as his deep voice reverberated in my mind.I love you, Shiri.
I plastered his face with kisses, unable to get enough of him.Blaze, I love you. I love you. I love you.My body was sated, my heart was full, and my magic felt near to bursting.
He slowly began to move inside me, and we made love again while the sun slipped beyond the horizon.
* * *
Shiri
FUELED BY BLAZE’S LOVE, I returned to my parents in the dungeon, no longer dreading the task ahead. I could do it. I could do anything.
I was a white witch.
A fucking goddess.
“Out of the way!” Blaze called as he followed close behind me.
I marched straight up to Father Derrick, ignoring my mother’s gasp as she stumbled out of the way. He was as still as a stone while Wolfy curled up on the bed at his feet, his tail slapping the mattress when he saw me. The dog smelled like fresh rosewater, so someone had bathed him. I gave him a good scratch behind the ears, telling him he was a good boy. Then I grasped my father’s arm.
I recited the spell “Vadeo in domum tomun” repeatedly, infusing siren into my voice until a portal opened on the wall behind us, a large, fleshy hole that made me think of the throat of a dragon. It pulsed and contracted like a living thing, sucking a screaming demon out of my father before closing with a snap.
A shudder rolled through me, reminding me I’d used a lot of magic. I didn’t care. I wouldn’t stop. Flinging myself into Blaze’s arms, I kissed him as if my life depended on it, feeling his love replenish my magic. I brushed past my mother as she stood outside the cell, gaping at me.
“Thank you, Shirina.” She reached for me, then pulled back as if she was afraid to touch me. She flashed a watery smile. “I knew you had a loving heart.”
“You didn’t, Mother,” I said, imagining my heart encased in iron, and only my mates held the key. “But it doesn’t matter now. I know my own heart, and so do my mates, which is good enough for me.”
My head held high, I brushed past her and walked up to the cell that held my demon-possessed mate. I pointed at my mate’s chest while looking into a stranger’s eyes. “Your time is almost up, demon,” I said on a snarl. Fatigue rolled through me. I didn’t have the strength to banish the demon tonight. I needed both Nikkos’s and Blaze’s love for that, for it would require every drop of my magical well.
Mephis raised his chin, flames flashing in his eyes. “You can’t get rid of me as easily. And even if you do, I’ll come back. Next time, maybe I’ll infect the child who can teleport.” His smile was wickedness incarnate. “Her magic will come in handy.”
Venom coursed through my veins. “You wouldn’t dare!”
“I’m the ruler of hell. Nothing will stop me from coming back through that portal.” He paused, devouring me with his eyes while licking his lips. “Your only chance of stopping me is in partnering with me. I can help you destroy the demon mistress and her army.”
Shards of ice burrowed deep in my bones. I resisted the urge to turn and run, choosing instead to banish my fear while locking gazes with the demon. “And why would you do that?”
“Because I want what you want,” he hissed. “To expel the demons to hell. They belong to me.”
“Don’t believe him, Shiri,” Blaze warned while threading his fingers through mine.
I won’t, I answered him through thought.
“But you’re here now,” I pressed, watching the demon for the slightest flicker of deceit in his eyes. “Why wouldn’t you want to rule here?” I had a feeling the Fae realm was much nicer than the place the demons had come from.
“This is not my home. Release me.” He rattled his chains with a snarl. “I can help you defeat and banish the demons, and then I will return to hell with them.” His features froze, and his eyes shifted from red to brown. “Don’t listen to him, Shiri!” he yelled, his eyes wide with fright. “He’s lying.”
I clutched my throat, falling against Blaze. “Drae!”