Page 91 of One Last Promise
“Afirecracker?Lora fights like she’s thewholefucking fire!”Running her hands through her long, thin dark hair, Nyx looked between Darce and me.“It’s your turn now,Prince!Don’t go easy on her.I’ll be able to tell if you do.”We had been sparring every morning for the last few days and I loved it.Mrak had taught me a few blocking techniques, and Nyx had shown me some dagger strikes.
I got the impression that the three of them did this most days, and I had to admit, I was a little jealous.
“What did I miss?”Mrak bellowed, joining us in the sparring ring.This was where the Noxlin army trained.Thousands of training rings stretched out as far as the eye could see, with various skilled Noxlin practising in groups.It was in an area just past the city, which was surrounded with ancient, jagged black mountains that basically walled the grounds like a fortress.“Is Lora about to kick Darce’s ass?”
“Probably,” Nyx teased, giving me a wink.Because I had been looking at Nyx, I was unaware that Darce had stripped off his top until my eyes fell onto his bare chest.Every inch of my mouth had explored that chest this morning.Oh, sex with this male was all-consuming.Twice this morning wasn’t enough.I wantedmore.
“Something wrong, Lora?”Darce had that playful smirk on his face that I adored.
“I’ve seen you more naked than that.It’s not going to faze me.Perhaps I should take a few layers off so we’re evenly matched?”Mrak and Nyx shouted some profanity.A low snarl came from Darce’s lips.“It seems the mere thought is distracting you,” I giggled, moving into a stance as I tried to work out from his footwork where he might strike first.
“I’m going to fuck you so fuckinghardonce I’ve won this round.”
“I’llbe the one doing the fucking,” I countered, “whenIwin.”How had I become so sure of myself?“You can’t use any of your shadow magic, either.This is going to be afairfight.”
“You’re a demanding little thing today.”
“I’m not as demanding as I was last night when I was riding your face.”Mrak and Nyx let out a burst of laughter behind us, but Darce’s eyes were alive with desire as he eye-fucked me from head to toe.
It was becoming easier to act Noxlin being around so many of them.The banter was constant.I loved knocking him off guard.Breaking his concentration for a few seconds was all I needed.
“IfIwin this, I’m going to fuck that pretty cunt of yours into oblivion.I’m going to keep you teetering on the edge hour after hour, begging me to let you cum, but I won’t allow it.I’ll keep you on that edge, and by the time I finish with you, you won’t even remember your own fucking name.”Swallowing hard, I tried to regain composure.Darce was making me wonder if I evenwantedto win this round.
“Is this a battle of foreplay or swords?”Mrak commented.“Fucking get on with it!”
Darce gave me a mischievous smirk, circling me as he looked for any sign of weakness.“You don’t want to win this round.I can tell by the look on your face,” he teased.He swept his sword, but I moved mine, blocking his attack as I swung in retaliation, using all my strength to push him back.Darce knew I was lighter on my feet than him, and spun, blocking my advance.We danced this way for a few minutes, being so in tune that we predicted each other’s movements.
Finally, I saw an advantage as he turned, misplacing his foot.I swept his leg, making Darce lose his balance and fall to the floor.I held him there, pinning his chest with my upper body.My thighs were either side of his head.
“Do you yield?”I grinned as he stroked the outside of my thighs.
“I do love this position,” he muttered before quickly spinning us on the mat with his shadow magic so he was above me, “but this one is better.”He rocked against my heated sex, pulling my hips towards him so I could feel him semi hard against my entrance.Leaning down, he kissed me softly, but our lips became more urgent as our tongues collided.Would I ever not need this male’s lips all over me?Digging my fingers into his shoulder, I began to arch up to him.His hands skimmed down the side of my body.
Someone clearing their throat made Darce pull back.His face looked alarmed for a few seconds before he rebuffed.
“Are you going to introduce me to yourfriend, Darce?”a female voice called.When I looked at her, I was taken aback by her pure beauty.The female was wearing a long, elegant, dress with a deep V-neck.The black bodice clung to her chest, and the stylish lace skirt showed her thin yet curvy body off perfectly.Her porcelain skin didn’t have a single blemish, and complemented her slightly blushed cheeks.When I peered into her eyes, they were as beautiful as the night sky itself.Her long, lustrous, black hair fell down her back in soft ringlets.She was Darce’s match ineveryway possible.
“Charna, what brings you here?”Darce frowned, offering his hand to help me up before dusting himself down.
“Just because I don’t like to fight, doesn’t mean I don’t take an interest inourarmy.Reporting back to your parents onallaspects of Eallarim is my job, after all.”Charna moved her full attention to me.“I don’t think we’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting.I’m Charna.Darce’sbetrothed.”Holding her hand out to me, I couldn’t help but notice how the corners of her mouth turned up as she smiled at me with cold eyes.Betrothed?Shaking her hand with a bewildered expression, I looked back at Darce.
“Charna we arenotbetrothed!”he snapped as he pulled me away from her.“This is Lora, and you arefullyaware she is more than myfriend.”Charna didn’t take her eyes off me as he spoke.Her gaze roamed over my entire body.When our eyes met, she laughed to herself in a way that made me think she pitied me.She quite obviously believed herself to be more superior.As a Noxlin, yes, she was more beautiful, but in my true form, as theDylin princess, she was no match for me.I had a softness, an inner purity, that she could never harness.This was the part of me Darce had fallen for first.
“Does your mother know you have a new play thing?Honestly Darce, when are you going to settle down and realise that our destiny is entwined?You can keep me waiting as long as you want.I’m not going anywhere.Maybe I’ll suggest to General Nox to put this one near the frontline in our next battle against the Dylin.You seem a little smitten.”Razor sharp shadows took form from Darce’s fingertips as he threw a venomous glare at her.
“You will keep your mouth shut about Lora.Do you understand me?You might be my parents’advisor,but I am theirson!”He directed his shadow magic towards her.“Careful,Charna.I could have you removed from their side within seconds if they ever found out what you wereplanning.”His darkness washed over her, capturing her breath.Charna began to gasp for air, nodding frantically as tears trickled down her face.“Nowfuck offand pry somewhere else!”he seethed, releasing her throat from his power.Falling to the ground, she took in a massive breath of air as she clutched her neck.
“You chose your side long ago,witch!”Nyx commented, kicking dirt at Charna as she walked past.Darce took my hand in his and led me out of the sparring ring behind her and Mrax.
“Who the hell was that?”I asked while he escorted me away from the training grounds.
“It’s a long story.Let’s get something to drink first,” he sighed.“Lora and I will see you later,” he called to his friends, pulling me with him.
We wandered along the cobbles towards the outskirts of the city.The ancient forest was visible in the distance.Sitting on some benches outside the tavern, I gave him a puzzled look.
“This is my favourite place to drink.The tavern hardly gets busy.In fact, I’m probably the one that keeps it in business,” he chuckled, more to himself than to me.An older Noxlin came out with two jugs of mead.“Thank you, Duncan.”The Noxlin nodded without a word.“He’s a mute.”Darce took a sip of his mead.“His tongue was cut out by some of your scouts five hundred years ago.I found him just in time.”
“I...I had no idea that’s what our scouts were doing.It makes me sick to know how in the dark most of my race is.”
