Chapter Eighteen #2
“Over my dead body,” Kai said, then blinked in surprise at the seriousness of his response.
“There is your answer, prince.” Nox gave a short laugh and lifted his glass. “And there is your princess.”
Kai’s head spun around to see Brenna standing at the bottom of the stairs. She bit her lip and toyed with the tie of her nightrobe. She looked like she hadn’t slept either. Maybe there was something to this matehood magic, after all.
“Enjoy the rest of your evening, Your Highnesses,” Nox said, disappearing from the room.
Kai started to stand but Brenna crossed the room quickly and took a seat beside him. He wanted to reach out to her but reminded himself that she was the one in charge here. It would be at her pace or not at all. He wouldn’t allow his eagerness to scare her away.
“You couldn’t sleep either?” she asked. “I went to your chambers. You weren’t there.”
“I got tired of tossing around.”
“So you came to Nox?” she said, raising her brow and smiling. “I’m a little offended.”
Kai couldn’t help but laugh. “I won’t make that mistake again, Goldie. I promise.”
“Good.” She stood and stepped in front of him. He thought she meant to take his hand and lead him out, but she didn’t. Instead, she began to untie her robe.
“What are you—”
His words were lost when the silk slipped down from her shoulders, puddling on the floor around her feet.
Feet that were bare, like the rest of her.
Holy mother of Everealm—she was perfect.
He’d seen her body twice before, but it still took his breath away.
The firelight cast a golden glow on her skin, and he itched to taste it.
“I’m ready,” she said. “Are you ready?”
Considering his pants were uncomfortably tight, he was certainly ready. He just gave a nod, unwilling to open his dumb mouth and say something that might ruin the moment.
Brenna leaned over and flicked open the button of his shirt, pushing the fabric down his arms. Then she unclasped his pants and he let her do all the work. It was good work and he didn’t want to interrupt her. Once his clothes were on the floor with hers, she climbed into his lap, straddling him.
“Are you sure?” Kai asked one last time. “I don’t want you to regret this tomorrow.”
“My only regret is that we didn’t do it yesterday,” she said.
That was all he needed to hear. He grabbed the back of her head and crushed his lips to hers. She opened for him immediately and he loved that about her. She might not be sure of herself all the time, but when he touched her, she was always receptive.
Her hands roamed his shoulders and chest as she explored him.
His own found her breasts and after dragging his lips down her neck, he found them with his mouth next.
She moaned when he sucked one nipple between his teeth, then the other.
He was trying to be gentle with her, but she didn’t seem to want that.
If anything, her tugging on his ear with her teeth told him he was going too slow.
Brenna rose up and grabbed him, lining herself up and sinking down over him.
It took a few moments for her to lower all the way down.
It was her first time and she was impossibly tight, making it hard for him to hold back from spilling right away.
He bit his cheek and thought about cold baths to keep himself under control.
“Oh, my,” she breathed, finally reaching the bottom.
“Take all the… time you need,” he wheezed, trying his best not to take over.
“I don’t think you mean that,” she said, grinning down at him.
He started to reply but that’s when she finally moved, lifting herself up and back down again.
That was the end of his patience. It snapped like the fire crackling in the hearth.
He grabbed her rear with one hand and wrapped the other around her back, lifting her up and slamming her back down on him.
She gasped and he thought he might have been too rough but then her groan filled the room, urging him on.
After that, they were a magnificent mess of rough kisses and tangled tongues between gasps for air as he pounded into her from below.
He felt her tense up just before the pleasure hit her and he quickly smothered her mouth with his to cover the sound.
Coming down from the peak, she gave a short laugh and then took over, rising and falling on her own, which freed up his hands to find her breasts once more.
He watched the firelight lick across her skin, and he gave himself permission to follow suit, leaving a trail with his lips and tongue across her chest and up her neck.
She tasted the same way she felt wrapped around him. Absolutely perfect.
Unable to hold back for much longer, he tried to lift her off him, so as not to spill inside her. She wasn’t having any of it, however, grabbing his shoulders and pushing herself back down.
“When I said I was ready,” she panted, “I meant it, Kai. All of it.”
“Babies are for after marriage, Goldie.”
“Then marry me.”
“What?” Kai slowed down, pulling back to look at her.
“You heard me.”
“I haven’t even told you I love you yet and you’re asking me to marry you?”
“I didn’t ask, actually.”
Kai laughed. “No, you didn’t.”
“And I don’t need to hear the words from you. I feel it,” she said, tapping on her chest. “In here. You’re my mate and I don’t need fancy dresses or rings to know it.”
“What do you need?”
She rose and lowered herself back down over him, making his eyes nearly roll back in his head. He grabbed her hips and held on as she rode him to completion. His heart beat so fast he thought it might jump from his chest as his orgasm ripped through him.
“I just need you, Kai,” she whispered as he released inside her. “Only you.”
Kai drew her into his arms and held her so tightly he feared she might complain but she just hugged him back and placed gentle kisses on his cheek while they caught their breath. He’d never felt so connected to someone else in his life and he would do anything to keep her. Anything.
When she started to pull away, he turned her in his arms and carried her to her chambers. There, he held her until dawn, completely forgetting their clothes were still in the parlor.