Page 65 of The Book Reader
“I would happily survive on your pussy.” He grins at me.
“You’d starve,” I laugh.
“With the amount I want to eat. I’d get fat.”
Shaking my head, I lean forward and kiss his lips before nestling closer into his chest.
“Sleep, my Rose, we have a busy day tomorrow.”
I hear him, my eyes already closed, and I mumble, “Good night, my love.”
Chapter 26
GAELAN
Iwake up when the first moon sets; the time here is different from topside. We don’t have a sun that rises and sets; we have two moons, one is smaller and light blue. The descending moon, this is the first one to rise and the first to set. Then we have a moon that is silver and larger, the cresting moon, which rises and sets twice as often. The days here are longer; a week is equal to almost a month topside.
I look down at Ari as she sleeps, her body clock is going to take a while to adjust to this new time, not that I want her to leave this bed. I think she thought I was joking last night when I said I would happily feast on her for the rest of my days.
I wasn’t.
Ari’s arm is draped over my stomach, and her legs are tangled in mine.Fuck, I’ve missed this feeling. It wasn’t until last night when we fell asleep that I realized just how much I’ve missed her.
Careful not to wake her, I lift her arm and move my legs so I can climb out of bed. I need to check in with Leah and get everything ready for our day of exploring. I want to take her to our spot, a place that we created just for us a long time ago.
I shimmer into some lounge pants and a tank top before using the door to the left of our bed, which leads to my personal office. No one comes here, as it has all my family history and some of Ari’s.
It features a large oak desk in the center, accompanied by a white leather chair positioned behind it. I have photos and paintings of my family on display around the room. The walls are painted black, and the only source of light in here is candlelight. My main office is on the first floor and is very different from this one. It’s where I hold my meetings; that one is much more formal with its dark blue and silver interior, to match the rest of my castle.
I walk around my desk and see Ari’s bag of clothes. Picking it up, remembering how beautiful she looked riding my cock last night, and I wonder how upset she would be if I set fire to her whole bag. I laugh lightly and place it back down. I then shimmer one of my shirts and a pair of shorts next to Ari, so she has something to put on. The thought of her wearing my clothes sends a wave of possessiveness through me. I growl, my cock hardening beneath my sweats.
I shimmered to the main office and put a call out to Leah, sitting at my desk, adjusting myself as my cock is still rock hard. Giving in to what I really want to be doing—having a taste of my Rose again—will have to wait until later. I flick through paperwork, waiting until Leah finally shimmers in and bows.
“My lord?”
“Any problems last night?”
She rises to her full height and nods. “We had a few daemons enter by the marsh; they didn’t get very far—the hounds took them out. Her scent is stretching farther than we thought it would, My Lord.” Leah sighs, and it worries me that Ari’s power can be sensed in the air; her power emits a sweet scent that all supernaturals can detect. Deep down, I knew it could be a riskbringing her here, but a risk I was willing to take. Sheneedsher book so that she can mask that scent.
“Station more guards. I’ll come by the training grounds tomorrow to see where they’re being posted.” She nods. “Also, tell Gurt no one is to cross the river without my knowing, even the villagers. Macy’s mind control has no boundaries.”
Leah nods again and shimmers from the room. I need to find a way to help Ari locate her book—Kenzie never had it, but Melissa did. My mind drifts to the last time I saw Mel; she was mad that she couldn’t complete a vanishing spell. She had the book then, but she went off to find some more ingredients, and it was the last time I sawherand the book. Maybe there’s a clue to where she went in the box of stuff Ari has.
Standing, I shimmer to the bedroom again and begin to make my way into my private office when I find Ari, still in bed, but the blanket has now moved, and her naked body is on display. Trelor pulses under my skin, begging me for a taste.
“Mine.”I hear him louder this time
“Yes, ours.” I step closer to the bed and lower to breathe in her scent, my eyes rolling back in my head, and I know we must have a taste. Trelor pushes under my skin, and I let him come forward as I shift into my daemon form. I roll my shoulders and relax, letting my body begin to move. My bones click as I grow in height, my skin turns light blue, and my fingers start to grow claws.
Trelor
Breathing in my mate again,my daemon senses grow stronger, and my eyes begin to glow brighter. I lower my head and lick my long-forked tongue over her clit; she whimpers on the bed, making me growl. “Mine.”
I reach out with my claws, gentle so I don’t cut her soft skin, while holding her in place. I lick my tongue over her clit again, wrapping both sides of my tongue around it and squeezing it tight. She moans, and her scent gets stronger. I descend lower and push it into her wet core, curling around and using both tips to flutter over the nerves, making her bow off the bed. I can hear Gaelan in my head telling me to be gentle, telling me to be careful not to wake her, so I don’t scare her.
She is mine. I will do what I want.
He growls again in warning, and I can’t help the evil grin that forms on my face. Gaelan can’t stop me now, unless I let him, and now I have my mate spread out before me; that’s not going to happen. Moving my tongue faster, I feel my mate push her fingers into my hair and pull on it slightly.
