Page 226 of A Soul to Guide

He’d always been patient. Looking at his bride, he’d never been more thankful for it.

“Few days?” she gasped as she pulled back. “It’s only been adayhere, Merikh.”

Only a day? Fuck. It feels like it’s been forever.His sight wandered as he thought.She only came to me now. The cycle has changed to match this realm.

His twenty-four hour rotation was now in line with whatever sun cycle was present here. He internally cringed. That meant his time of separation from her would feel longer to him, as well as his healing cycle.

It also meant his allocated time from Jabez had ended, so there was no turning back. He was now on the Elvish people’s side.

As he brought his sight back to his bride, he should have known that would happen.

“Raewyn...” he started, licking at his snout in interest. “Would you lay on me? I need to feel you.”

A small smile pestered her lips. “I thought you’d already be pulling me to you.”

She crawled on her hands and knees into his lap to rest within the space of his folded legs, like she’d already done so many times before. With her knees pressing into one side, her elbows on the other, she was facing his torso as she placed a hand upon his stomach.

“I can’t,” he said, using the end of his snout so he could push her hair from her face and see her. “My arms are behind me.”

“I forgot they kept your bindings on.” She tightened her lips before she went to sit up. “Do you want me to take them off?”

He forced her back down with his entire head. “Don’t touch my back. I don’t want you to hurt yourself with my arm and back quills. I am content with you here.”

“You can’t mean that,” she grumbled, once more placing her hand on his stomach and petting the fur and grey skin she found there.

“I do.” He dipped his tongue over the corner of her jaw, utterly thankful he was flexible and his snout was long. “You are all I need, no matter where I am. I would be happy to remain here in this cell with my arms bound behind my back forever, so long as you were resting against me.”

Her bottom lip pouted as water filled her eyes, but she was quick to blink her tears away. He continued to lick at her jaw, sometimes going down her neck, and occasionally, her skin prickled with goosebumps.

“That tickles,” she whispered, squirming a little.

The subtle tangle of heat in her scent told him she was enjoying it.

“I missed you, mybride.” Fuck, just calling her that instantly had his sight turning to a bright pink. “My pretty, smart, brave, fairy bride.”

She gave a small moan as she arched her neck. “I’m not a fairy,” she rasped.

“Sure, you are. With your long, pointed ears, glossy white hair, and alluring brown skin, you’re the most enchanting thing I’ve ever seen, especially since you hold stars in your eyes. All you are missing is wings.”

“Stooop,” she whined as she covered her face to hide her embarrassment. “You don’t get to suddenly become charming now that I’ve given you my soul.”

Merikh licked down to her shoulder and used his tongue to push away the dark green strap of her dress. She tasted clean, like toxic lilies, and his seam clenched, his cock jerking with the desire to dirty her with his own scents.

Spirit of the void help him, he wanted to fuck his new bride – one he never thought he’d have – more than anything. He’d been locked in this damn cell right after she’d given him her soul. He would have preferred spending that time touching her, tasting her, feeling her while their bond was fresh.

Just as he pushed the edge of her dress down enough to reveal a lovely breast tipped with a dark-brown nipple, which he licked across, feeling it grow hard, Raewyn stopped him.

“Not here, Merikh. Please, not here. It’s cold, and it smells funny.”

Did it? Because currently, he felt hot, and all he could scent was her deepening arousal.

“Okay,” he conceded, not wishing to scare her off. “Just... let me lick you.”

There was little else he could do, and he was obsessed with the idea right now, almost like he was self-soothing with it.

She didn’t cover her exposed breast, but he let it be under her wishes so he could just taste the flesh covering her sternum, neck, ear, and face. He even drew his tongue across her lips, and it was odd when she kissed it in return.

She even... licked it back.

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