Page 83 of House of Embers
His nose brushed against hers. “I love you, my queen.”
“I’m safe now.”
A hand slid under her hip and lifted it to a slightly better angle. “You are always safer with me.”
“Always,” she agreed.
His fingers tightened on her hip as he drove home, closing the last bit of distance between them. She groaned as she was suddenly indescribably full. She had missed him, missed this—this completion that said that nothing else mattered. Only when her mate drove her to destruction and back.
He leaned forward on his elbows, his lips against the shell of her slightly pointed ear as he began a rhythm.
“Marry me,” he whispered.
She shivered. “Now?”
“We might need a witness,” he said. He shifted deeper, and she gasped.
“Don’t think I want a witness to this.”
“No,” he agreed. “This is all mine. As are you.”
“Yes.”
He moved faster, his pace quickening as her body unraveled under his practiced thrusts. Her breath was coming out in short pants, and sweat beaded on her brow.
“I don’t want to wait any longer to belong to you,” he admitted.
Her left hand lifted to his brow. The diamond glittered on her ring finger. “I already belong to you.”
“Promise?”
“Promise.”
He captured her lips once more, sealing their bargain as they both reached their peak. Kerrigan cried out as wave after wave rocketed through her body. Fordham buried himself deep and shuddered as he finished.
Her hand dropped over her head as she blinked away stars. Their gazes met once more, and a slow smirk came to his lips.
“I want to do that again.”
She laughed. “You’ll have all the time you need after the coronation.”
He groaned as they separated. “One more before I fight for my life?”
“I don’t fear for your life at all.” Then she paused as she stretched out across the bed. “Though maybe a second time would be in order.” He reached for her eagerly and she laughed. “After we figure out what to do with all the dragons I brought home…”
“Exactly how many did you secure?”
“Half,” she said.
“Half of what?”
“All the dragons at the Holy Mountain.”
Fordham examined her face. “And how many ishalf?”
She smirked. “Why don’t I show you?”
Chapter Thirty
