Page 127 of Rage of Her Ravens

“Does this mean you forgive me?”

She crooked a half smile, draping her arms around my shoulders again. “Just kiss me.”

I didn’t wait for a second invitation. My lips came crashing down on hers, hungrily, greedily. She tasted like sweet wine and felt like heaven in my arms as she melted into me with a moan. Elements, I’d never desired anything so badly in my life as much as I wanted to sink into her wet heat. Knowing what she’d been through, I tried to hold myself back, but it was so very hard.

Despite the flames racing through my veins, I forced myself to pull away, panting against her mouth. “Shiri, if you don’t stop me now, I don’t think I’ll be able to stop.”

“Then don’t stop.” She nibbled my bottom lip, her hands roving across my chest, across my back, and then my sensitive wing tips.

Wait. Shewantedme to make love to her? “Are you sure?” I asked, still in shock this was happening. Shiriwantedme!

“Yes.” My scalp tingled when she coursed her fingers through my hair. “Please, yes.”

That was all the encouragement I needed as I flipped her over with a growl, salivating as she untied her robe, freeing her beautiful, full breasts. I couldn’t help myself. I had to feast, licking each peaked nipple, scraping them with my teeth as they hardened and then taking as much of each breast in my mouth as would fit, sucking while she writhed beneath me. She arched her back, giving me better access to her tempting body. I kissed her narrow waist, her flared hips, before lavishing each breast again and then feasting on her long, smooth neck, her soft lips, my tongue diving into her mouth, probing her while she moaned, her hands roving across my body. My wings twitched when she loosened the string on my trousers, setting my cock free. I jerked in her hand when she wrapped her fingers around me.

Fearing I’d explode, I grabbed her wrist. “Shiri,” I whispered while kissing her again and again before trailing kisses across her jawline. “I’m barely holding back here.”

Her sensual laughter skidded across my bones, setting my skin on fire. She wrapped her legs around my buttocks, looking up at me with a seductive smile, her lips swollen from my kisses. “Then don’t hold back. Take me.”

I lowered myself onto her, my cock sliding across her slick sex, warm and swollen and ready for me. Captivated by the desire swirling in her eyes, I watched her face as I slid into her tight entrance, inwardly smiling as her desire turned to shock when I slid in deeper and deeper. Gasping, she lifted her legs higher to accommodate my girth. I wrapped her in my wings and rocked into her, rolling my hips while pounding her dripping flesh. Her wet, tight heat was pure bliss, and I never wanted to stop making love to her. We soon found our rhythm. Panting into each other’s mouths, we moved together as one, reaching for that peak until I thought perhaps Ihaddied and found heaven in her arms.

She clawed at my back, her sheath tightening and swelling as I moved faster, plowed her harder, sweat dripping down my brow and between my wings. And then she cried out, arching beneath me while she spasmed. I couldn’t hold on another moment, bathing her slick sex with my seed as I stilled with a roar, my cockhead pulsing like a heartbeat. But I wasn’t finished with my amazing mate. I never wanted this night to end, so I continued to rock into her, taking us both to heaven again and again while being consumed by the flame.

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Shirina

Ilaid in my mate’swarm embrace, using his broad chest as my pillow, the sound of his steady heartbeat in my ear a balm to my soul. He was alive, and he was all mine! A smile etched into my face and a trill raced across my spine as he stroked my back with his wingtips. His touch was pure heaven. I would’ve been completely content to lie here in his arms the rest of the day, but there was one thing bothering me. I was able to mind-speak Blaze and Nikkos, but not with Draevyn.

He tenderly kissed my forehead while holding me tight. “What are you thinking, Shiri?”

I sat up, straddling my mate, my hair falling across his chest while I looked at his handsome face. Candlelight flickered around us, illuminating the flames in his eyes. I moaned, my head rolling back when he gently cupped my breast, his rough thumb brushing across my nipple. Was he ready to make love again?

I bit my lip when he gently kneaded my other breast, causing my sex to swell and drip. Even though we’d made love most of the night, I wanted him so badly already. “You’d know if we could hear each other’s thoughts,” I finally answered.

Both thumbs swirled around my peaked nipples, making that aching spot between my thighs pulse like a heartbeat. “We didn’t take each other’s blood.”

“I know how it works,” I said while batting my lashes. “Mind-speaking is part of what makes being a fated mate so special.”

His eyes darkened. “It is, but I understand if you don’t want to complete the bond.”

I swallowed at that, suddenly overcome by a bout of nerves. “Do you want to bond with me?”

His smile was brighter than a thousand suns. “More than anything.”

I sucked in a gasp and then slipped my thumb into his mouth, wincing when he pierced it with the tip of his fang. He suckled the blood like a babe drawing milk from his mother’s breast, and then blood pooled around his bottom lip when he bit down on it. I kissed him, tasting the coppery tang of our blood on my tongue.

Panting against his mouth, I finally pulled back, projecting my voice through thought.Draevyn, can you hear me?

Yes, my love,he purred, his hand slipping between my thighs.Please call me Drae. We should be on familiar terms now, don’t you think?

Then tell me something about yourself, Drae,I said,since we’re on familiar terms.After all, I’d told him about my darkest, most painful memory. It was only fair I learned more about him.

His hand stilled on my thigh.You know how Nikkos can heal and Blaze can fly fast?

Yes,I answered.

He heaved out a breath.Sometimes the world stops.

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