Chapter 42
Forty-two
Zellie
I’m warm and comfortable, lying in my bed and watching the planets softly spin in orbit. Orion rolls over, waking slowly, and pulls me flush against his body. When have I ever felt so safe and content? I can’t recall a time, even on Lunara.
“Is it morning?” Orion’s voice rumbles against my shoulder as he places soft kisses on my skin.
“No, it’s late. Go back to sleep.” I smile, pressing myself further against him and savoring the heat from his body and the way he feels pressed firmly against me.
He hums, moving his kisses lower down my body. “There are more important things to do than sleep.”
“You’re insatiable,” I laugh, running my fingers through his golden hair. Stars, I love this man. Does he know I love him?
“You would be too, if you could taste yourself as often as I do.”
His mouth on me feels divine, sending goosebumps trailing over my body. I’m already wet for him, anticipating how he’ll feel once he arrives at his destination.
“Good thing I have you for that,” my words come out breathlessly. He feels incredible, and he’s not even where I need him the most. Why don’t we do this more often? This must be what being in Etherlight feels like.
I close my eyes, savoring this moment, but something eats at me, and it’s not Orion. I can’t pinpoint exactly what it is.
“Ri?”
“Yes, love?”
“Are we happy?”
He pauses his descent, looking up at me with such tenderness in his eyes. “Of course we are. Everything is perfect.”
He continues to drift lower and lower, moving his mouth to my inner thighs. I sigh, widening them to allow him better access to me.
“What about Pluto?”
Another pause. “Why are you thinking about him when I’m about to make you see stars?”
I smirk, always so arrogant, but the thought continues to nag at the back of my mind. “What happened to him?”
“What do you mean, ‘what happened to him’?”
“Did we defeat him?” I can’t remember. Why can’t I remember?
I need to be safe.
“Don’t worry about it right now, baby. It’s not important.”
“Am I safe?”
“With me? Always.”
His tongue finds my center, and he’s right, all my worries fade away. When I’m with Orion, I’m protected.
I gasp, arching off the bed.
If this is a dream, then let me stay here forever.