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“Karus.”Hespoke my name as he meant it.Hisbeloved.Thatwas whyIhad chosen it.Hislove,ClairanniaandFiguerah’slove—those were the reasons beloved fit me so well.Whatlove had theBlightressever shown me?Herswas possession, a desire to own me as her daughter.Thatwas not love, andIknew it.
Ikissed him deeply, pulling myself back to a place whereIhad a solid ground.Aplace where my soul had taken root in the threads which bound us by fate.Thisman was my fate.Hewas the pathI’dchosen years ago, and theBlightresswould not take that from me nor our child.
“You’reglowing.Look.”Ismiled down at him, placed in his lap, straddling his hips.
Heshook his head, not even glancing down as his power radiated from his skin. “Ah,Karus.Itwas bound to happen to me, too.”Hekissed my jaw, catching my final tear that swelled there from the words of the woman whoIknew would never stop pursuing what she longed to possess.
“Shesaid?—”
Heslid his thumb to my lips. “Isit urgent to know?”
Ismirked, heat pooling in my lap. “No.”
“Thenlet me love you,Karus.Letme love the reasonIglow.”
Chapter6
Rev
Mylove criedout for me in the early hours before dawn, before we’d have to take the steps toward our responsibilities.Shecalled my name, writhing beneath my mouth.Herfingers pulled on my hair, urging my tongue closer to the warmthIpressed it to.
Byher breath,I’dnever tasted anything so sweet or lush as the desire that poured from her body because of me.
Ourfire had never extinguished.Ourpassion had always burned.Evenin the seven years she’d been gone from me, it had been there, waiting.Abeacon so great,Icould not escape its light.
HowIhad wanted her then.HowIhad wished to hold her, touch her, protect her from what had been done.
Igripped her hips, pressing them to the bed as she approached the releaseI’dgive her.She’dbecome voracious, a fiend in my arms, greedily taking what she knew was hers to take from my lips, my teeth, my tongue.
Itwas a challenge to hold her there like that.Hermoans seeped through my skin, and my body did not want to wait.Itwanted to consume.Itwanted to take her every inch of life and meld it to mine, weaving the threads of our bodies to mirror the threads of our bond.
Mybeloved shuddered beneath me asIpressed her legs open wide, sinking my tongue into what was mine to taste, mine to enjoy.
Shepulled me to her mouth with nails that dug into the skin of my arms.Hertongue slid across my own, andIshared the delicate result of howIloved her.
Pushingme to sit back against the headboard, she slipped herself on top of me, sliding up and down my hard length while she gripped the headboard for balance.
Herhips rose and fell, bucking against me as she took her turn to love me.Shewas so beautiful and wild.Bornan ethereal creature,Iheld no doubts fae blood flowed through her veins.Everything—even down to the last strand of white hair on her head which had taken over most of the original chestnut hue, was so very, very alluring.
Sherode hard, her head tilting back as she shook the bed in her pursuit of another end from me.Itucked my arms around her, lifting her up.Awhimper came from her throat, butIcaught the protest on my lips.
Iwasn’t done with her.
Inever could be.
Ilifted her off the bed, her legs wrapping around me, andIcarried her before the fireplace, murmuring between our lips the spell to kindle the flames beforeIlaid her down on the soft, woolen rug.
Iloved her best on the floor.
Iloved her best sprawled out below me, my hands seeking to thread through hers, holding them down above her head.Iloved her best closest to the ground where we both had come from in some way.Wherewe both took our power from the roots and the soil inFelgren.We’dboth been channelers before we’d beenBarons, andIsought to love her closest to where our lives had begun.
Shesucked in a breath asIslid into her fully.Herknees pressed to my sides as she bucked her hips, doing her best to summon what she was ravenous for.
Pullingher bottom lip between her teeth, she looked at me pleadingly, a desperate moan of my name pulling from her panting breath.
Stillpinning her hands to the floor,Iwithdrew myself before easily slipping back inside her.Herhips bucked up against me harder this time with the demand of more.
“Sayit,Karus.”
