Page 126 of Of Storm and Emerald
Daemon chuckled and pulled them back down, and though her hands covered her face, he could tell that it was the color of a ruby.
“Princess, did you justsnort?” Gently, he pried her digits away from her face and looked at her with adoration.
Her flush grew even deeper, and she groaned.
“There is nothing for you to be embarrassed over, my star. Your laugh is one of my favorite sounds. Snorts and all.”
She scoffed and slapped at him playfully and when she snorted once more, he kissed the tip of her nose before kissing her lips.
When they finally calmed, he stood and headed into the bathroom to shower.
His cock was painfully hard, but instead of taking care of it himself, he took the coldest shower possible.
By the time he was finished, Auraelia was curled onto her side and sleeping soundly.
Slipping into the bed behind her, he gently pulled her to him.
He’d missed this.
Missed the way her body molded perfectly against his. He even missed the way her hair tickled his nose.
With a contented sigh, he pulled her more firmly into his hold and peacefully fell asleep for the first time in months.
When he woke the next morning, Auraelia was securely tucked into his arms, and he was sure he was still dreaming.
It wasn’t until she rolled over and nuzzled into his chest as her arms snaked around him and mumbled, “Good morning,” that his mind truly let him believe it.
“Good morning, Princess,” he replied, before pressing a kiss to the crown of her head.
She slowly drifted back to sleep, so he held her and basked in her closeness. Letting her scent further embed itself on his soul as he watched particles in the air dance in the early morning sun that filtered in around the edges of her curtains.
They stayed that way for a while.
But as the morning crept on, he knew he would have to leave soon.
“Auraelia.” He gently pulled away from her and placed delicate kisses to her temple and cheek. “Auraelia, my star, I need you to wake up.”
Memories of their first morning together in Kalmeera fluttered to the forefront of his mind, and he chuckled.
And at the sound, Auraelia’s eyes opened a crack. “What’s so funny?”
He smiled at her and kissed the crease that formed between her brows. “Nothing, my star. You just remind me of one of Narissa’s sea monsters in the morning.”
Her eyes grew wide, and her mouth hung open in shock.
The laugh that tumbled out of him was short-lived when Auraelia managed to pull the pillow out from under his head and began to hit him with it. He let her get a few hits in before he wrenched it from her grasp.
She was on her knees now, and he let his gaze devour every inch of her naked form.
When she finally realized that she was bare, she grabbed her pillow and hit him once more before he grabbed her by the waist and pulled her beneath him.
“As much as I love the foreplay, Princess. I’m afraid I don’t have time for all of the things that I want to do to you.” Daemon pressed his hard length against her center, and she gasped at the contact. Auraelia wrapped her legs around his hips as he slowly slid cock along her slit. “Fuck, you’re soaked already.”
“Fuck me, Daemon. I need you inside me.Now.” Her pleas were music to his ears, but she should have known the demand wasn’t going to get her what she wanted.
Daemon let a smirk pull at his lips, “What do you say?”
When she began to roll her eyes, he raised his brows, and she stopped herself. Blowing out a breath, she said the one word he wanted to hear. “Please.”
