16. Rozronuuk
Chapter sixteen
Rozronuuk
The Autumn Court
T hea sagged in my arms as I carried her into the bedchambers. I snagged the throw rug, tossed it on the floor in front of the fireplace, and lit the fire with a flash of my power. The timber sparked to life as I settled her on my chest before the warm flames. Having every inch of her pressed against my body settled every speck of rage inside me. Is this why Rage Demons searched for their fated mates? For this quiet we never experienced.
There was no chance I’d destroy a realm with my rage with Thea in my arms.
I let out a contented breath.
Thea raised her head and peered at me.
“Yes?” I cocked an eyebrow.
“Who are you?”
“I told you, Beast.”
She rolled her eyes. “I can’t call you Beast forever.”
“Why not?”
“You’ll be a king soon.”
“King Beast.”
She giggled. The best sound in all the realms.
I stroked a hand down her back. “You’re much more agreeable after an orgasm.”
She stopped giggling to give me her best death stare.
“You don’t scare me.” I brushed my knuckles over her cheek. “My fierce little siren queen.”
“Don’t you forget it.” She fought a grin.
“Not a chance. I’ve waited a long time for you.”
“Everyone and their fated mates.” She sighed. “What’s it like?”
“Having a fated mate?” I cupped the back of her head and brought her lips to mine. “Or knowing you have a fated mate?”
“Both, I guess.”
“Sensing you have a fated mate is pure torture. It’s like you understand the other half of your soul is out there in the realms somewhere waiting for you to find.” I kneaded the muscles in her neck. “Having a fated mate is like at long last being whole. Connected.”
“I always wondered if that was the case. My mother and father were so happy together as mates. You could see their connection in every move they made. It was like strings connected them.”
I sat up, bringing her with me, and leaned against the chair. She snuggled into me.
“Why don’t sirens take mates?”
“After our siren secrets now?”
“No, I want to learn more about you. My mate.”
“Oh,” she whispered.
Our hearts beat in time while the flames flickered orange over her face making her appear even more alluring than she already was.
“I suppose it’s our powerful voice. Men succumb to our singing. It leaves little to be desired to realize another siren can lure your mate to them with a song.”
I ran my hand along her thigh. “You’re holding back on me.”
“Perhaps.” Her lips quirked against my chest. “Tell me about being a Rage Demon.”
“The old change of subject.”
She shrugged.
“I suppose I can.”
She chuckled.
“Rage Demons are too powerful with rage. If we let our rage rule us, let it overtake our bodies, we can destroy immortals, destroy realms.”
She gasped and swung around to face me, her legs parted around my body, and her damp heat pressed on my thighs.
“That’s…” She shook her head.
“Difficult. I know. I lived it my entire life. Until I had you.”
“What do you mean?”
I cupped the back of her neck. “As soon as I was inside you for the first time, I couldn’t hold back my power. It surged into you with my release, but after that, it was as though even touching you stopped any surge of overwhelming rage.”
She leaned her head forward and touched her lips to my mouth in a slow kiss. I could work with her fear that another siren would lure me away. Tomorrow, I’d prove no one’s song would affect me but my mate’s.
“Good morning, little queen.” I kissed Thea awake after we’d fallen asleep in front of the fire.
“Damn.” She stretched. Every long limb was on display to my hungry gaze.
Every piece of skin I wanted to nuzzle, lick and bite, but I hauled her to her feet.
“I think we should have singers at our ceremony.”
Her eyebrows almost disappeared from her head.
“Sirens?”
“Yes, who else?”
“No. No way.” Her hair flashed about her head as she shook it from side to side.
“Trust me.”
“Trust you?” She crossed her arms over her naked chest, leaving me with a tantalizing view of rounded flesh between her limbs. “You still won’t tell me your name.”
I chuckled.
“The sooner we get to trusting each other, then I will.”
She stomped into her wardrobe. I followed behind her. She rustled the gowns in an agitated manner.
“Pick one,” I said after she’d searched the entire wardrobe and returned empty-handed.
“I can’t.”
“Why not? It doesn’t matter what you wear, you’re exquisite.”
“Flattery will get you back between my legs.”
“Happy to be of service to my mate.” I winked.
A soft rap of knuckles heralded Raelin’s appearance. She blushed as she took in my naked state yet again, but I didn’t cover myself. Raelin selected a blood-orange gown and helped Thea into it. So that was what she was waiting for. Her handmaiden to pick the gown for her to wear. Perhaps tomorrow I’d pick her a gown.
“Raelin,” I said, “can you arrange for your best singers to meet us in the Throne room?”
“No!” Thea gasped.
“Yes,” I stated.
Raelin gawked between us once, twice, before shaking her head. Thea smiled like she knew Raelin wouldn’t go against her orders.
I ran a hand over my horn, making my cock twitch. Raelin’s blush deepened. Thea’s eyes darkened in a jealous rush. Seemed my mate didn’t care her handmaiden saw me naked so long as it did not arouse me. More ammunition for me to store away for later use if I needed to get Thea to do what I wanted.
“Fine,” Thea spat out. “Go now.”
Raelin hurried from the room as though a fire was bearing down on her.
Thea stomped over to me and grabbed both my horns. She tugged my head down to the same level as her face.
“What game are you playing, Beast?”
“The game where I win your trust.”
Her gaze dipped to my mouth, then down to my hard cock.
“Trust my cock is yours alone.”
She dropped to her knees and cupped my balls in one hand and the base of my shaft in the other.
Batting her eyelashes up at me, she said, “If it goes near any other siren, then I’ll make you wish you never stepped foot in the Autumn Court.”
“I love your possessiveness.”
Her eyes widened with shock, then she smoothed a kiss to the tip of my cock and stood.
“You’re just going to leave me hard for you.”
“Guess it’ll be the ultimate test in trust then, won’t it?”
Damn, if I didn’t get harder for her still with her fiery attitude.