Page 99 of One Last Promise
Chapter Thirty two
“What happened withCharna?Do your parents suspect anything?”I asked a while later, tracing the lines of Darce’s chest with my fingertips.
“Charna will never come near you again.I’ve made my intentions very clear.If she evenlooksat you in the wrong way, she will pay greatly.”
“But if she’s an advisor to your parents, how can you truly silence her?”
“There is only one thing she values over her position within the palace.”I gazed up at him, waiting for him to continue.“Herlife.”I swallowed hard, remembering how deadly he was.How easily he crushed her throat with his shadow magic.“Have no fear, Starshine.The fire twins will be keeping watch on her, too.They understand how devious she can be.”
“We’re creating formidable enemies and we’ve barely started,” I sighed, pulling closer into his chest.His grip around me tightened.He may have been a dangerous, powerful force, but I had never felt as safe as when I was in his arms.
“We can handle them.Don’t worry.”
“My father doesn’t suspect a thing either.Uri had an alarming vision that we’ll go to war in three hundred years, though.”
“Nisha has had something similar, but it’s nothing to fear.All these visions are subjective.Nothinghas been decided yet.There are many pieces to play on this board.Everything needs to fall into place to reach the final conclusion.”
“Must you always speak in riddles?”I teased, kissing his chest.“I understand there are things you must keep to yourself, but do you have to be so smug about it?”
“I’ll have to teach you how to play chess.You would perhaps then understand the importance of all the pieces being in place in order to achieve the right outcome.”
“Chess?Is it a battle move?”
“No.It’s a strategy game, played on a checkered board.It’s about moving pieces around, sacrificing some to win the game.It tests your wit, forward planning, and intelligence.My kind designed it over two thousand years ago.”
“I’m not sure I’m interested if it’s not aboutactualbattle tactics.”Darce chuckled softly, rolling me so I lay on top of him.“You should think about leaving soon.My ladies-in-waiting will arrive shortly.”I kissed him gently, but Darce deepened it.His hands fell into my hair, gripping and pulling as our tongues battled for dominance.
“My bed still smells of you.It’s maddening.I can’t get you out of my head,” he breathed against my mouth.“How do I stay away, knowing I can portal here whenever I wish?”
“You do your duties through the day, and in the early hours you visitthischamber.I do not wish you to stay away.”A low groan came from his throat as he began to kiss his way down my neck.Before I could move, Darce had impaled me on his already hard length, and began to move me up and down.I took over, placing my hands on his chest as I began to rock against the glorious feeling.Having this strong male underneath me, allowing me to give him the pleasure he craved, was indescribable.As I rocked faster and faster, his hands roamed up and gripped my breasts.My body ignited as tremors began to build from my core.He closed his eyes and groaned.My release set off his, and we came as one.
“Fuck!”Darce took a deep breath as I climbed off him, removing the evidence of our fornicating that was trickling down my thighs with a cloth.“I would take a bath before your ladies-in-waiting arrive.That was quite a release.There might be more of my cum up there.”
“Could you be any more crude?”
“You know I can be,” he winked, getting up and pulling his clothes on.Stalking over to me, he pecked my lips.“Untiltonight, Starshine,” Darce whispered.Then, in a puff of black mist, he was gone.
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LIFE BLISSFULLY CONTINUEDthis way for alongperiod of time.A few hundred years, in fact.Darce and I would spend the early hours together in my bedchamber, exploring each other and talking about our hopes for the future.We would also discuss possible answers as to the feud between our kinds and why our two races initially went to war.Recently, going a few days without seeing each other was pure torture.We became so in tune with each other that it was hard to see where I ended and he began.My soul was immersed with his.Love.I never imagined it would feel this way.Holy Ether wasn’t who I worshipped anymore.All I wanted and craved was Darce.
Eallarim became my second home for a week every month, and my father believed all the lies I fed to him each time I returned.It was amazing how effortless it all felt, deceiving both our races and looking for any way we could truly be together that didn’t involve veil hopping.
We were still trying to get our hands on the Dylin Elder World book.Even aftertwo hundred years, it proved to me impossible.The spell Uri had it under was too powerful for any of us to break.
“No!That isoutof the question!”Throwing my arms up in the air, I gave Darce an exasperated glare.He had been trying to get me to agree to this for almost a century!
“Do you have any other ideas?”he asked.“That book could hold the missing pieces we’re seeking.You’ve tried every other way you can think of, so now let’s trymine.”When I looked over at Noor, she gave me a sympathetic smile.
“Don’t youdaretake his side on this!”I warned her.“He is risking hislife!”Since Darce had begun to show Noor a few defensive battle moves, the two of them had strangely becomefriends.
“Alora, we all know how powerful he is.He can be in and out in seconds,” Noor pointed out.Shewastaking his side.“You’ll be in the library anyway.He can’t portal without you being there so he can use your connection.”
“Listen to your best friend,” Darce smirked, giving Noor an appreciative nod.
