Page 144 of Decadence

He dropped to his knees and laid his head in her lap, letting out a deep sigh as he slowly ran his hands up and down her thighs.

Then he looked up, his brow furrowing in such a way that for a split-second, he looked boyishly innocent.

And his gaze was filled with such pure devotion that for a moment, she forgot how to breathe.

“Then allow me to please you,” he said, and it was both a plea and a command. “My rules.”

Her mouth dropped open, but no words came out. Damn this man and his ability to render her speechless.

She couldn’t do a thing against him.

So she simply nodded.

He smiled and flicked out an obsidian claw. “Good." He tucked his finger into the waistband of her pants. There was a soft tearing sound as the fabric split in two, revealing her soft skin underneath. Ikriss planted his warm lips on her lower belly.

She tipped her head back and closed her eyes, letting her world slip away.

He tugged at her pants, sliding them down over her hips and thighs, leaving her in nothing but her thin nude-colored panties.

Swirls of his long-ish hair tickled her bare skin, teasing her with the promise of pure bliss. Everything about him was decadent, from his soft, silken hair and his warm, probing lips, right down to his perfectly chiseled body.

And she was still held in place by these damn restraints.

For Sienna, who was used to being in control, who had once resolved never to surrender her trust to another ever again, it should have been maddening.

But instead, she felt free.

Only he could make her feel this way.

“You are mine now,” he whispered fervently as he gently parted her thighs. “And you need to understand that I am a simple man, and my obsession with you borders on madness. I will do anything to keep you, and nothing gives me greater satisfaction than to see you helplessly writhing in pleasure.”

He kissed her on the tender lips of her sex, his tongue probing against the flimsy material of her panties, which were soaked through.

A deep moan erupted from her lips.

She closed her eyes…

And let him steal her away into starlight and darkness.

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Ikriss set the Crurix to autopilot and stole her away again; from Earth and its foolish humans, from his enemies and their pathetic plots, from her own worries and fears.

Away from his bloodstained past.

He just wanted her to be free.

He just wanted to please her.

So he buried his face between her thighs and tasted her intoxicating essence. He drowned in her scent and savored the sweet sound of her voice as she cried out in her native tongue, cursing and pleading, her words becoming incoherent as he found the delicate nub that caused her so much yearning and pleasure.

So the bitter lordlings of the former empire wanted to challenge Darkstar’s claim over Earth?

Let them try.

Earth was Sienna’s, and Sienna was his, and he would never let their corruption and depravity touch her fierce and pure soul.

Never again.

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