Page 113 of A Conduit of Light
“I’drather be here.I’drather stay.”Iinhaled, long and slow. “Stayand remember.”
“Karus,” he whispered near my lips, “Idon’t know if…”Heslid his hand up my back andIshivered, the familiar touch causing my hips to sink into his. “…Ifwe should do this so soon.”
Ipaused, my lips over his, feeling the heat from his breath. “Shouldwe wait another seven years?”
Iheard him swallow and he let out a stunted laugh, smiling. “Ifthat’s what you needed, then yes.”
“Andyou,Rev?Whatdo you need?”Ipulled on my skirts and lifted my leg up onto the chair behind him, his hand leaving my back to follow it, tugging on the other so that he could lift me.
Iwrapped my legs around his waist, holding onto his shoulders, looking into his eyes as they filled with black and blue, a mixture of a midnight sea.
Helaid me on the bed, hovering over my body asIpulled him down.
“Karus.Isthis really what you want?Isit really you?”
Ipulled a hand through his hair, resting it on the base of his jaw.Hetook my palm and kissed it lightly, trembling.Thetouch so familiar, so loving.
“Aheart for a heart, remember?That’swhat you promised me.Yousaid thatIcould have it.Iam your stain, the part of you that lingers.Andall these years later,I’vecome back to you.I’vecome back to claim what you’ve given me.”
Hismouth was over mine in an instant, andIfelt his hot tears drop onto my face. “I’vemissed you.”
Icould not get enough.Hismouth, his breath, his very soul thatIlonged to meld forever with mine untilIcould not distinguish the two.
Hetangled his hands through my hair, sinking his hips into me, our bodies seeking each other’s touch like we had been starved of that which made life worth living.
Hebecame ravenous with each of my soft moans and kissed his way down my neck, stopping a moment to fill his lungs with the scent of my skin, andIarched my back, pleading his name in a needIremembered well.
Heleft, working his way down to my chest, his impatient fingers tearing at my shirt, exposing my breasts where he took his time, caressing them in turn, his mouth hot and scraping over each point, kissing the underside as he moved his lips down my stomach.Heunfastened my skirts, rising only to pull them off my hips, my feet still bare from hours before.
Hereturned to my lower belly, skimming his hands up my sides, andIran my fingers through his hair knowing my ecstasy was moments away from being fulfilled.
Hishands lifted me up, grabbing ahold of my backside before beginning his devotion to the very center of me.
Histongue lay wide and hot at first, andIcried out, pulling his head closer still, lost in my own desire for more.Heknew where to lick, where to suck, where to be soft, andIrelished in knowing he hadn’t forgotten this part of me.
Hetook his time, my hips moving to his rhythm eagerly, as our pace met in unison and sweat trickled down my back.Ipropped myself up onto my elbows so thatIcould witness what he did to me.
SoIcould watch how he undid me.
Itwas pure pleasure, the escape from realityIcould only imagine sharing with him, and asIreached my peak, he stayed, enjoying every bit of his efforts before lifting his head, grinning like he held the world in his hands.Heswiped a thumb across his mouth, a wicked grin left there as he licked it clean.
Ipounced, pushing him off the bed and onto the rug in front of the fireplace, straddling his body with mine, dripping with sweat and the sweetness between my legs.
Buttonsflew across the room asIclawed at his shirt, needing to get to his skin, needing to feel his warmth against me.Hereached up to kiss me more andIallowed it, pulling at the buttons on his pants, guiding him to his knees so thatIcould shove them down and off his legs completely.
Hesat, back to the fire, pulling from my lips to look into my eyes, and for a moment, we held each other’s gaze in a serene disbelief.
Heswept my hair to the side, his thumb brushing my cheek. “Youare so beautiful.”
Igrinned, sliding myself onto him easily in a gasp, my hips beginning a rhythm, slow, steady.Hegroaned asImoved over him, guiding my hips with hands that dug into my skin.
“Oh?”Ibreathed, reciting what we had already confessed to each other in this very room years before. “Andwhat does that make you?”
Hekissed me, hard, in a welcoming pain, his tongue inviting me into a moment of time only we two shared.Ipicked up the pace of my hips, rolling over him, our pleasure building together.
“Itmakes me never want to lose you again.”Inone swift turn, he had me on my back, catching my head in one hand, tangling his fingers in mine with the other, our bodies never separating in the movement.Theflames from the fire reflected in his eyes as he resumed our rhythm, my legs open wide, begging for all of him to fill me.
“Ican’t lose you again,Karus.”
