Page 12 of Payne's Envy

Somehow, despite all the smoke, I saw them perfectly. The dragons. They collided in the air. Tails, claws, and canines coming together with the howling night. Above them all, two flaming beasts, different from the others, rammed into one another. The dragons were on fire.

The light of day never came, but death did. The flying giants destroyed each other…

A deep pain pierced my chest. When I raised my hand, nothing was there. Like I was invisible. As if I didn’t exist.

Wait a second.Where was I? What was that place? I recognized nothing. My heart raced as I lifted my arms, but nothing was there. I looked down to see if all of me was gone and sucked in a breath. All I saw were the blazing trees beneath me. I floated in the sky so high—

“Deathraka.”A man’s voice rang out.

I jolted, eyes opening. My body tensed as I took in my surroundings. My heart hammered when I realized I wasn’t lying down. I wasn’t in my room at Grim’s castle, either. Palms flattened on each side of her, I loomed over a sleeping Joy in her old bedroom. My knee was positioned between her legs. She moved and her thigh grazed mine when she twitched slightly, but she didn’t wake.

I panted as the heat crawled over my body. The desire tearing through my stomach had my cock aching.My balls were so tight and heavy they hurt, too.

How did I get here?

For a moment, I froze, unable to do anything but stare at Joy. It had been so long—too long—since I’d allowed myself to be that close and simply look. Her blonde strands draped over her pillow. She had flushed cheeks. Why were they fucking red? Her chest rose and fell in heavy breaths. I swallowed the saliva pooling in my mouth. She was aroused in her sleep.Why is she always aroused in her sleep lately?

I gripped the pillow as the warlock’s ugly mug flashed through my head. Surely not. Joy barely looked his direction when I entered the kitchen that day, but… The uneasiness grew inside me.

Mine.

Slowly, I moved to her left side. I drooled as I grabbed the blanket and tugged it down, down so gently. The room was so fucking stuffy and hot that the air felt humid. If I didn’t touch her, I was positive I’d die. But… I wasn’t supposed to. Why? Why not? I couldn’t remember. My mind was foggy.

Picturing what I planned to do to her was the one thing that made sense. I was meant to soothe her need. Her desire was all I could taste and feel. Only I could give her what she needed. Only she could give me what I needed.

My fucking cock strained against my pants as the blanket slipped down her legs, revealing the tiny nightdress she wore. She slept fitfully. Her legs spreading as she pushed them upward, twisting and turning. Her nipples pebbled as she moaned. My heart roared in my ears, and I wanted to cradle her in my arms at the distressed sounds slipping from her lips.

“Payne,” she whimpered.

She needs me. She fucking needs me.

Steam blew around my face, but I paid it no mind as I moved like a panther, slinking right in between her legs—right as she bunched them up again. Her desire beckoned. Her scent consumed me as I helped her push her legs back. She reacted to my touch on her thighs instantly. She bucked, lifting her pussy off the bed, right into my face. I inhaled, burying my face in her panties. Lips closing around the drenched spot.

“Ahh!” she moaned.

Fuck. She tasted likemine.I needed more.

Pushing her legs back, I growled and pulled away long enough to tear off the material. I saw all of her then. The swollen clit between her legs, the drenched state she was in. The parts of her I waited so fucking long to see. I paused as my thoughts rambled. Why did I wait so long? It seemed important—

She bucked her hips again, knowing exactly where my mouth was. I ground my dick into the bed as I sucked her clit. Fucking Hades—that was my new home. It was where I was meant to be.

Mine.

Lick. Flick.Her scent crowded the room.

Mine.

“Payne,” she cried.

Yes.

I pressed a finger into her, grinding my cock into the mattress. She exploded. Her pussy clamping around my digit as I sucked her clit.

“Payne!”

I buried my nose against her pussy. Just to inhale. To breathe in her scent. All that was mine, but devouring her wasn’t enough. It would never be enough. Not until my cum filled her insides and covered her perfect, immortal skin.

In the back of my brain, that seemeddangerous.But the fog that riddled my thoughts wouldn’t dissipate. The need to conquer and claim grew and grew.

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