“Mm. Barely.”
She pushes the door closed, and then the bed dips as she sits beside me. “I brought your tea. But it’ll need a few minutes to cool.” The porcelain clinks softly as she sets it on the bedside table.
When I open my eyes, I find Aurora gazing down at me. The fire at her back casts her partially into shadow, while outlining her body with golden light. I reach out and brush my hand over the wisps of hair illuminated in the warm glow.
“I bumped into Belinda in Wysteria,” I say.
Aurora’s brows rise.
I spent the entire wagon ride back to Faunwood wondering if I should tell her or not. And I decided I want to. There’s nothing I want to keep from her.
“She asked me to dinner.”
Aurora’s hands are in her lap, and I notice she’s twiddling her thumbs. “Did you go?”
“Yeah.”
The look that comes over Aurora’s face is complicated. I can tell by the pucker of her lips and the line between her brows thatshe’s troubled, but she doesn’t say anything. That’s unlike her. She usually speaks her mind so freely.
“How did it go?” she finally asks, though I know that’s not what her real question is.
“It was... illuminating.” With a grunt, I push myself up in the bed and lean back against the headboard. Beside me on the nightstand, the tea steams softly. “I’m not sure what she wanted, exactly.” Even now, thinking back on our conversation, I think Belinda herself was unsure of what she wanted. I think I was just in the right place at the right time, and like she said, she thought it could be a sign.
But all my signs point to the witch seated beside me.
I reach for the teacup, cradling it gently despite how hot it is. Even the small pleasure of enjoying a cup of Aurora’s tea is something I wouldn’t give for the world.
“I think she’s confused about her life. And when she saw me, she thought she could try this again.”
Aurora’s lips pucker harder. “What did you say?”
My first sip of tea goes down smooth, and I feel it warming me all the way to my belly. “I told her I have you. That I love you. And you’reallI want.”
Finally, the troubled crease between Aurora’s brows softens. “Really?” Her voice is wispy, like it could float away in a spring breeze.
I chuckle, then yawn. “Really. But I thought you knew that already.”
Even in the dim light, I can see the flush that creeps into her cheeks. “I do, but... If you wanted her, I’d...” She sighs, and it ruffles the hair beside her face. “Well, I don’t know what I’d do.” A few tears sparkle in her eyes.
Setting my teacup aside, I reach for her. I wipe her tears with one hand, and my other hand finds her thigh. My fingerswrap around it, squeezing her soft skin. And despite how utterly exhausted I am, my cock twitches.
Aurora sniffles softly, then smiles. She stands from the bed and tugs her dress laces free. She’s wearing simpler garments now, ones that are easy to get on and off over her growing belly, and she’s able to easily loosen the material and drop it to the floor with a gentle rustle. Her skin glows in the flickering firelight, and as she gently lifts the blanket and eases a bare leg over me, I get harder.
I want so badly to cover her mouth with mine and bury myself inside her, but...
“Little witch,” I whisper, reaching out to trail my fingertips across her beautiful stomach and the pink stretchmarks that have been appearing as her belly continues to grow, “I want to,badly, but I’m—”
“Shh,” she says, carefully rising onto her knees and guiding my dick to her opening. The firelight casts her form in shadow while limning her figure in warm gold. “You don’t have to do a thing. You do so much for me already. Let me do something for you this time.”
I’m about to protest, to tell her she does more than enough for me, for Rowan, even for Faolan. But as soon as her pussy wraps around my tip, I lose all words. Every time I sink inside her, I think I could possibly forget my own name.
No, make thatprobably.
She’s soft and warm and impossibly tight. Despite all the times we’ve made love, it still takes some time for her to stretch to accommodate me. But I’m in no rush. If I weren’t so tired, I could do this all night, let her tease me until the sun started to crest over the horizon.
I let my eyes fall closed and reach out to grip her hips. She slides another inch deeper, a tiny breath escaping her. Then another inch, and another.
With a gasp, she takes me fully.