Page 93 of Beasts of Briar
I nodded, remembering his story about that.
“The weapons themselves can’t kill us, but pulling them from that stone is what originally gave us our powers.” He frowned. “There has to be something to that. I just can’t put the pieces together.”
“I can help you,”I signed.“So can Leoni and Driscoll.”Then I peered at him, knowing I needed to rip off the bandage and ask the next question.“How does your prisoner in the east wing relate to all of this?”
He stiffened. “So you do know about her.” His voice was calm, deadly calm. He swallowed, eyes once again flashing red.
There had to be more to the story than what the woman had told me, but my stomach still twisted at the thought that any part of it might be true.
“I will tell you about her,” Kairoth said. “But give me a little more time. There are things”—he paused, seeming to choose his next words carefully—“things I’m still trying to figure out. A puzzle that I’ve been piecing together. I think it’s almost complete, but I don’t want to say too much if I’m not right. I’ll know soon, I think. That’s why I was gone for so long. I had to do something, to find something, that I think can finally fill in the missing pieces.”
“So you found what you were looking for?”I asked.
He shook his head, grabbing my hand and pressing a kiss to the back of it. “I didn’t, but I did find a clue about where it is. I’m going to have to leave again. Soon.” His gaze heated with desire. “But maybe not just yet.”
The area between my legs pulsed with want, but we needed to talk through more of these secrets we’d been keeping.“I thought you couldn’t leave your castle? What allowed you to travel for so long?”
His eyebrows bunched together in confusion. “Can’t leave? What gave you that idea?”
“Something I heard.”
“The truth has a way of getting very twisted, doesn’t it?” he asked, lips tipping up. “I can leave anytime I want. I’ve just chosen not to. I didn’t want anyone knowing about me. Though if you found out about me, it seems now word is spreading, which means everyone will also begin to wonder about the other gods, why they aren’t free, what happened to us.”
I thought of Aron, how he’d promised to update all the other leaders of the courts. Spirits below, I needed to tell him everything. Hopefully he could still get word to the other rulers.
“Bellamy?” I looked up and met Kairoth’s gaze. “Promise you won’t go down there. Promise you won’t talk to her. She’s dangerous. Manipulative.”
I swallowed, guilt rising up. This was my chance to tell him that I already had spoken to her. Several times. It wasn’t like she’d revealed anything important. I didn’t even know her name, didn’t know what she really looked like. In fact, she’d barely revealed anything at all, other than the location of the briar. Kairoth wouldn’t care about that.
Yet the words stuck in my throat, and I just nodded, not wanting to ruin this moment between us. I’d tell him if there were ever a reason to.
“Good,” he said, then pressed his forehead to mine. “Thank you for trusting me.”
“We’ll work together and figure this out,”I signed, tracing the signals against his chest.“We will find a way to kill the gods.”
His lips found mine, teasing them open, his tongue slipping into my mouth.
So much for talking.
But I didn’t care. I groaned and arched into him as he pressed me down into the soft bed, his heavy body hovering over mine.
His hard length pushed against my thigh, and I reached down, massaging him over his pants. I was already wet, the area in between my legs aching for him.
I wanted to taste him, to feel him in my mouth. He slipped his fingers in between my legs, but I grabbed his wrist, stopping him. He shot me a questioning look as I shimmied down his body, tugging at his trousers and pulling them down. His cock sprang free, hard and thick, so long. Perfect.
“You don’t have to—” he started.
I cut him off as I licked the bead of moisture off his tip, then closed my mouth over him.
His head fell back into the pillow. “Fuck,” he dragged out. “Oh, fuck that feels so good.”
I ran my tongue along his shaft, a shudder rocking through him. His hand threaded through my hair, and he gently guided my head at the pace that was good for him, then let go as I continued with that rhythm, sucking him deep into my throat.
“Fucking gods, Bellamy.” His voice raked down my skin. “You make me lose control in a way no one else can. No one else has ever been able to.”
I kept going, taking him as deep as I could while using my tongue to run along his long length. He tilted his hips, pumping into my mouth. I reached up a hand and cupped his balls, giving them a gentle squeeze that made him let out a string of moans.
His speed increased as he murmured my name like it was a prayer. Like I was a goddess who he should be worshiping.
