35. Callum #3
Raelyna broke away after a moment. Staring up at me as she gasped for breath, her chest heaving, she opened her mouth. “Don’t you need to—”
A growl tore from my lips at her words. “No.” The word was a snarled command as I pressed her backward, pinning her body firmly between me and the bedroom wall as I stole a kiss from her.
My tongue traced along her lips before demanding to be let in.
I let my hands roam across her body, tracing tantalizing circles over her skin that had her gasping and whimpering from my touch as I explored every inch of her skin.
I broke the kiss as I began to place feathered kisses along her jawline.
My tongue trailed down the column of her neck, lips covering her neck in claiming brushes as my fingers moved under the material of her shirt, causing shivers over her skin as my hands danced over her bare skin, moving lower and lower.
A strangled noise sounded from the female beneath me as I continued to edge her on, playing with her body as my fingers delicately traced across the planes of her stomach, dipping lower with each touch.
“Stars-damn me.” The words were a panted plea from her lips as her hand snagged in my hair in a demanding pull.
A growl slipped my own lips, and I tilted my head as I met her pleading gaze, a demand for more clear in her eyes.
I could feel the contentment coming through the starbound bond as she stared at me, her body pressing against mine.
“Tell me what you want, starlight.” The words were a low husk as my voice brushed across her skin.
Her head dropped against the wall, eyes filled with overflowing emotion as she stared at me. “You, Cal. I just want you.”
Her words had me pressing against her, pinning her to the spot as my lips claimed her lips once more in a bruising kiss. I felt the starbound mark pulsing on my forearm, an increasing demand to claim, claim, claim.
A low growl tore through me, heat coursing through my body as my desire increased, and I forced myself to tear away from her. Raelyna gasped for breath, staring up at me in confusion as I tucked a strand of wavy, brown hair behind her ear before pressing my forehead to hers.
“You are so stars-damned beautiful,” I whispered against her skin, panting as I regained my breath. “But if I don’t leave now . . . I will stay here all night, showing you exactly what it means to be mine.”
Raelyna stared up at me, fighting for breath as she trailed her fingers over my arms, tracing over the lines of hardly-restrained muscle. “I don’t see a problem with that, Sergeant.” Her bottom lip pulled into a sultry pout as she pulled back slightly, staring up at me.
“Fuck . . . starlight,” I groaned as I rubbed against my jaw, calling on every ounce of self-control I possessed. “The things I’d do to you . . .”
A sharp yip sounded from the ground, and I huffed a short chuckle at the noise, shaking my head.
Because, of course, the stars-damned fox would take this exact moment to appear, his little yipping demands for attention growing louder as he brushed against my leg. I pulled away from Raelyna, her soft laughter filling the room as I bent down, rubbing the fox’s snout as he excitedly purred.
He leapt into my arms at the first sign of attention, and I sighed as he nestled into me.
“Your fox needs help,” I said as I rose, finding Raelyna standing in the doorframe, looking at the two of us with a mixture of elation and joy.
“He’s perfect just the way he is,” she scolded as she turned on her heel, leaving me no choice but to follow. I watched as she fidgeted with the curtains by the window, hating that I had to leave her, but knowing I’d already pushed my luck on time.
“I’ll be back for you soon enough,” I told the creature as I gave him one last pat before setting him onto the chair close to the living room window. “I’ll be back for both of you.”
“You have no other choice, Sergeant,” Raelyna teased, attempting to hide the worry lining her eyes as she looked at me.
“Don’t do anything stupid while I’m gone,” I told her, repeating what I’d said when I last left from this same window.
“I could say the same back to you,” she replied softly. “Just come back, otherwise I will have to do something stupid just to make sure you’re okay,” she demanded.
“Are you threatening me to return to you?” I teased as I stepped out onto the window’s ledge.
“Threatening?” she asked sweetly. “Nope, that’s not a threat, it’s a promise. I will do something stupid if you don’t return safely.”
I smiled at her. “Well, I guess I will just have to return then. If only so you don’t do anything reckless.
” And with that, I leapt off the windowsill, free-falling for a moment before I tugged on my wings, feeling them expand wide on either side of my body as they caught a gust of wind, and I let the current pull me up.
I hovered mid-air, the light from her window illuminating me far more than I wished at the moment.
“You will come back for me?” she confirmed, toying with her bottom lip. “Even in the darkness?”
“Yes,” I replied as I shot her a grin. “I will always find you, starlight.”