47. Chapter Forty-Seven
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CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
ELODIE
“ I wasn’t expecting any company down here today, Goldie.” Kaius’ smooth voice washed over me. As the words sunk in, the idea of others down here with him made my nerves grate.
“Do you have company other days?” I tried to keep the unexpected edge of jealousy from my voice but was definitely left wanting.
“Not once,” he said with such conviction, I believed him instantly.
Eager to move away from whether or not he had been naked down here with other people, I struggled to think of literally anything else as we both stood facing each other. “Arden suggested it, coming here. Said it would help with my back.”
Kaius’ face grew serious then, eyes hardening as they slid across my exposed shoulders where only the faintest line of pink was still visible—all blood washed away.
“He’s right.” Standing straighter, more of his body surfaced as he held his hands out of the water. His tattoos that had been disrupted by scratches earlier on, were only thin pink lines.
“Water blessed by the Goddess Adria herself flows through here. I should have thought to suggest it, I’m sorry.” And he genuinely looked it, too, brows creased in concern.
“It’s fine, Kaius.” Silver eyes darkened to slate as his name left my lips, the gap between us a fraction smaller as he stepped forwards, and I forced my eyes to stay on his face.
“How are you now?”
“Healed.”
He laughed at that, a short harsh sound that rebounds through the rocky ceiling. “Physically, maybe. But we both know it’s the physical pain that’s the easiest to shoulder.”
When I didn’t respond, he sank back below the water again, only the tops of his shoulders showing.
“How was your lesson?”
“It was… enlightening . I think that promise you made me is void now, though.”
“How so?”
“Because I have answers.”
His brow furrowed slightly at my words.
“All of them?”
“No,” I admitted.
“Then it still stands.” Kaius moved forward, the water rippling around him meant that all I could see was the blurred shape of his body. I was only mildly surprised by my disappointment at not being able to see more.
If you can see him, then he can see you.
That is unless he already can, because he has some sort of super Fae eyesight, which would be pretty unfair right now.
Despite the heat of the water, a shiver ran through me at the thought of his eyes on my naked body.
“I’ll get you the rest like I promised.” I nodded as the pulsing red lines that crossed above us, mirrored the blood that was racing under my skin.
“What answers did you get from Arden?”
“He tested my magik.”
“Smart. The outcome?”
“That I’m Fae.”
“Obviously.” His mouth lifted in a cocky smirk, and I rolled my eyes at him, preparing myself for the next part.
“And an Anomaly,” I breathed out, studying his face for any reaction, but his eyes just sparkled as he looked at me. The tiredness I had seen in him earlier erased, replaced by an emotion I didn’t want to put a name to.
“You knew?”
“Of course not, but it’s not surprising; there’s nothing average about you, Goldie.” Water flowed around him, distorting the surface as he moved, making any image of him fracture and warp.
I took a step back, causing the level of the water to drop so that the swell of my breasts were no longer hidden, and his eyes flicked down from my face. Gaze heating as he continued his torturously slow way to me. Water droplets trailed over his hard body, curving over the planes of his muscles. I wanted to run my tongue along his skin, taste him in my mouth. Feel his body flex under my hands like the water that got to touch his body could.
Was I really jealous of water?
Step by delicious step, more of his tattooed body rose from the water until only his waist was submerged. Kaius was close enough now that if I had looked down, I would have seen his cock as clear as anything, but I forced myself to keep my eyes above water. Given the beauty of this man, it wasn’t as hard as I would have thought. The pendant hanging round my neck heated against my skin the closer he got, as if it was responding to his nearness.
Much like myself.
White strands of my hair floated in the water around us, and he twisted a lock in his fingers before letting it go. The energy between us crackled in the calm of the cavern. I could have sworn that faint shadows danced around us just outside of my eyesight.
“Kaius.” My voice was barely a whisper.
“Yes?”
“I don’t blame you. I’m sorry for what I said yesterday.” I held my breath in anticipation of his reaction. I didn’t want to break this moment—whatever this was—but I needed him to know that I was just scared and lashing out.
“I should have done more.”
I started to respond, but my mouth snapped shut as he spoke first.
“No. I should have done more. I should have been here.”
“Where were you?”
“Nowhere that matters when it comes to your safety.” He frowned down at me, but I could tell it was directed at himself. A sweep of magik washed through me, over the pink scars on my back, and the muscles loosened deep within my body. I hadn’t even tried to fight it.
Tucking a loose strand of hair behind my ear, his thumb trailed down my jaw and brushed along my bottom lip, before falling back beneath the water. I sucked in a breath as heat pulsed within me, and my tongue flicked out to taste where his thumb had been.
“You saw it, didn’t you?” I scrambled to pull my mind from the feel of his touch.
“Saw what?”
“The Palace.”
“Kaius, I?—”
“It’s ok, Goldie, keep your secrets,” he said, silencing me, his honeyed voice edged with need. “That’s not what I want from you right now.”
“What do you want from me?” It came out in a breathy sigh as his hands moved through the water brushing against my hips gently. He was so close, I could see the water drops that clung to his eyelashes. Feel the ones that fell from his beard drip onto my chest, each one a tiny drop of desire melting into my skin. My pulse thundered so loud, I was sure it was echoing through the cavern as his eyes dropped to my lips.
“So many things.”
Kaius’ hands gripped my hips, pulling me into him sharply, my breath hitching as I had barely a moment to register that our naked bodies were pressed together, before his lips sealed over mine. Tongue teasing the seam of my mouth, it took me all of one second to respond. I opened for him, and our tongues clashed. He tasted like burnt sugar and every dark thought I’d ever had, my mouth watering as I chased him for more. A hunger unfolding within me.
There was no uncertainty, no hint of hesitation from either of us. His kiss was fierce with a need that was threatening to consume me; it was a frenzy, and had we had clothes on, I was sure they would have been shredded already. My hands glided up his arms, across the swell of his biceps to his wide shoulders, before reaching up to fist tightly in his hair as his hands flexed keeping me flush against him.
His hardness pressed against my stomach, and I ached to reach between us, but the idea of pulling away from him, even a fraction, was something I couldn’t comprehend. Our wet skin slid together, and his hand reached up to hold the back of my neck, controlling the frantic movements of our mouths.
My magik was pushing against my skin, desperate for him even as our lips moved in sync and my body came alive.
Just like when he healed me, our magik collided. Two forces merging so completely, I didn’t know where he ended, and I began. It rushed through me, filling every inch of my chest with the essence of him.
I hadn’t even tried to stop it. It shouldn’t be so easy.
The darkness he carried with him joined, its sharp edges cutting as it desperately burrowed into me. Bursts of agony flared within as my magik enveloped it, smoothing those sharp edges until the agony took on its own exquisite pleasure despite how it raged against such treatment.
Every thought of the day was wiped from my mind, and all I could think of was him. He consumed me, both him and his magik invading every sense I had until all that was left was Kaius’ mouth on mine, his taste on my tongue, his skin against mine.
The water from the pool clung to our lips, and sparks of magik peppered my skin, I moaned me as liquid heat flooded my core.
Kaius’ rough hands came to rest on my waist, pulling me even harder against him, and I slid my hand to his chest. The pounding of his heart palpable in my fingertips, sending a thrill coursing through my blood.
His hands ran over my ass, squeezing tightly before reaching my thighs and pulling me up into him. Our kiss deepened as I hooked my legs around his waist, my heated centre pressing against him and he groaned against my lips, the sound making my mind splinter with need.
With my legs now firmly around him, his hands wandered back up to my ass, fingers digging in as he ground me into him, rocking my body into his. My slickness coating the top of his cock, and I could feel a row of small bumps rubbing against me, eliciting shockwaves of pleasure. He began to walk us toward the shore, the friction of his movements setting my body on fire. I clung to his shoulders, nails biting into the corded muscle as the water fell away from our bodies, never once letting our mouths part.
Somehow, he lowered us both gently to the ground on the pebbled shore, the water still lapping at our skin and the smooth stone warm under my back. If I were any less distracted, I would have noticed the phantom ache of my wounds, but as Kaius’ hands trailed over me, I couldn’t think of anything but him. My legs unwrapped from his waist as his powerful body settled over me, wet hair falling against my chest. He ground his hips into mine, and I groaned at the pressure of his thick cock between my legs.
Our magik leapt in time with the frantic beat of my heart. Kaius broke our kiss, and I whimpered at the loss of him until his mouth moved across the sensitive skin of my neck, soft beard gliding over my collarbone.
Every touch of his lips set my skin alight. Releasing my grip on his shoulders, I dragged my nails over his chest, grinning in satisfaction as his breath hitched against my throat. Kaius pulled away, staring down at me in wonder with silver eyes hooded in desire. He was sitting back enough for me to see the thin pink lines added to the decoration already painted across his skin.
The molten ceiling cast him in a red haze that turned my angel into my demon. That was ok. Demons were just as beautiful.
Maybe more so.
His hand moved slowly to the front of my neck, long fingers having no trouble circling as he squeezed lightly, the pressure a comfort as shadows darkened the air around him.
“Look at you, so fucking perfect.” The hard edge to his voice sent a jolt of heat to my pussy, and I flexed my hips against him, needing more as I drowned in the heady way he was looking at me. The need in his eyes as addicting as the power that flowed between us.
“Kaius,” I breathed out his name, the want that laced it something I’d never heard from myself before.
Could he even hear me over the roar of my pulse, or was that only inside my head?
“Yes, love?” His hand left my throat, but before I had a chance to miss his touch, he dragged it down between my breasts, fingers grazing over the giant emerald nestled between them, my hardened nipples aching for his touch.
“I—”
I can’t even hold a thought in my head, let alone detail what I want from him.
“Tell me what you need. Use your words.”
“You,” I managed to whisper, as our magik danced along my skin.
“You have me.” His chest rumbled before he leaned down taking a pink nipple in his mouth, swirling his tongue over the sensitive peak, while he palmed the other in his calloused hand. My eyes closed as pleasure coursed through me unlike anything I’d ever felt as wetness pooled at my core.
Kaius nipped at my breast, and I yelped as the sting sent even more heat racing through me. That dark shard of magik that had lodged its barbs deep inside reared up as the pain turned to pleasure before he swapped to the other side, pinching lightly where his teeth had just been.
I groaned under him, hips lifting against him, desperate for the friction. I could feel my arousal slick against his hard cock. His mouth left my nipple, face coming back to hover above me.
His ragged breath fanned against my lips as he pressed his forehead against mine, but before I could pull his lips to mine, he moved again. Pressing kisses along my jaw and down my neck. My nerves were screaming out for his touch.
Kaius kept going. Lips moving over my skin, pulses of energy radiating from every place his mouth touched, as I tangled my hand in the wet strands of his dark hair.
“Tell me to stop,” he said, between the kisses he continued pressing into my skin, making his way down my body, rough hands running down my waist.
I couldn’t. I wouldn’t.
I didn’t want to.
Kaius’ mouth met the sensitive skin of my hip, and I moaned loudly as he kept going, my stomach flipping in anticipation.
“I can’t,” I managed to whisper, as my body ignited up with every touch of his lips.
I needed him lower, needed his mouth on me.
Sliding himself down my body, his teeth nipped at my inner thigh and instinct had me snapping my legs shut. With a dark laugh that promised everything I could dream of, he pushed them open, holding held them down as his mouth moved to where I needed it most.
The first swipe of his tongue along my centre had my back arching from the floor as a strangled cry left my throat, absorbed by the dark rock that sheltered us. Moaning against me, he buried his tongue inside me, eating me like a man starved as my entire being turned into one consisting entirely of pleasure. He found my clit and sucked mercilessly on the sensitive bundle of nerves as I bucked against his face, one arm hooked around my hip to hold me against him.
The water surrounding us was strangely silent despite my thrashing, like the walls had soaked up all sound, and all there was to hear was the roar of our magik as it collided. The gasps of pleasure that I couldn’t stop from escaping, and the wet sounds of Kaius’ mouth between my legs. Even the familiar clamour of my jewellery was muted in place of the carnal sounds we made together.
“Oh fuck,” I gasped, nails scraping over his scalp.
I want more, I need more.
As if he could hear my thoughts— maybe I had shouted them out loud —he pressed a thick finger into my soaking entrance, and I writhed under him as he pumped it into me before adding a second, stretching me around him.
I released my hold on his hair, propping myself up on my elbows, watching breathless as his mouth moved against me and his fingers pounded into my pussy. Our eyes met as he looked up, and it was the hottest thing I’d ever witnessed; I couldn’t look away. Even as his fingers curled, hitting the spot that made my toes curl in ecstasy as pressure built inside, and I fought to keep my eyes on him.
“Fuck, Goldie, you don’t know how long I’ve wanted to taste you,” he moaned from between my legs, fingers keeping up their pace inside me, before dipping his head back down and sucking hard on my clit.
All consuming, my walls clenched around his fingers as his lips closed around me. Pleasure rose in waves and waves, our magik dancing alongside it, pushing it higher and higher until I had no choice but to fall back into the water. Mouth open in a silent scream as the wave crashed over me, and I came trembling on his tongue.
He slowed his pace, still riding me though the end of my orgasm as I floated back into my body. I made a shaky attempt to sit up, but he gently pressed me back down. His head lifted to meet my eyes, the wild gleam in them making my stomach clench.
His fingers were still moving slowly inside me as his voice melted over my skin. “One more.”
“I don’t think I can.” I was breathless. A panting shaky mess.
“You can do it, beautiful. Just one more, I’ve already tasted you, but this time I want to watch as your pretty cunt comes all over my fingers.”
Fuck, could you come from dirty talk alone? I wasn’t sure, but I was happy to find out.
His mouth was wet with my arousal, and he leaned forward pressing his lips to mine, our tongues stroking each other as I greedily tasted myself on him. Pulling him closer, I moaned as his fingers picked up speed, curling inside me over and over until I couldn’t even focus on Kaius’ mouth on mine. Pulling away, his stormy eyes never left mine as he swiped his thumb through my slick heat before circling it over my clit in a steady pace that had my eyes rolling back.
“Look at me, Goldie.”
And I tried to, I really did , but I was no longer in control of my body. It had been taken over by the pleasure he was wringing from me, and I had no say in what it did. Kaius’ hand gripped my face, angling it towards him before he slid it to my neck holding me in place. His hand a necklace of possession, I sunk into willingly.
Pressing down on my clit with his thumb, fingers pumping, energy pulsed within, pushing me higher. His movements on my already sensitive nerves bordered on pain, and for the second time, I came over his fingers, eyes locked with his predatory gaze. I was pretty sure I saw stars before Kaius gently removed his hand from between my legs. Lifting them to his mouth he licked them clean before leaning forward to press a soft kiss against my lips.
Our breaths came in shallow gasps between us. Pulling apart, we sank back onto the warm stones, the sound of the water filling the cavern once more.