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Take the humans, or die.”
“She’s something of a legend among the fae. She fought fiercely alongside us for centuries but always refused to bond with any of us. None of the fae have even heard her speak before, as far as I know. When there are no battles to fight, she disappears, and no one can find her. Two decades ago, she vanished entirely. No one had seen her since then until today.” Well, that took me aback.
“Why? I’d like to be at the top of her list when she decides who to spend the eclipse with.” He winked at me, and my smile grew.
“Sure I do. Half the fae in Jirev already want to see what kind of plants Nissa grows when she climaxes.”
Kierden might have been the king, but he wasn’t my king. He couldn’t just give me orders and expect me to follow them.
“I’m telling you that you can’t hurt anyone by existing, little human. If someone is hurt by opinions that don’t belong to them, they are responsible for their own perceived pain.”
“Perhaps. Fae do not live our lives with an intent to please anyone; we simply exist. No one is responsible for someone else’s peace of mind.”
“You don’t have to make me climax to touch me, little human. Any touch would be a pleasure.”
I found myself realizing that I didn’t hate Kierden. Not even a little. …Of course, that didn’t mean I liked him. That would’ve been simply ridiculous.
I needed to stop thinking of her as mine. And I needed to convince her to share the bed with me without giving away how fiercely I wanted her.
I wanted to know her. I wanted to ask her questions and hear her perspective. I wanted to see her smile and make her laugh. And I wanted to know her damn name.
She wouldn’t let me control her. It was perhaps the most infuriating thing about her, as well as one of the sexiest.
Now, resistance was growing impossible. I ached badly for her. I’d never had urges intense enough to feel like needs before. The need to taste her. To touch her. To watch her unravel on my fingers, tongue, and cock, repeatedly.
“She belongs at my side, as I belong at hers. Our souls were meant to be one. The fact that our bonded companions are in the same position is merely a push from someone on the other side of the veil.”
“So you want me to believe that my human and I are merely side characters in your love story?” I asked. “Of course. And the fact that you just called her yours only emphasizes my point.”
I’d been trying to keep my distance to avoid getting her murdered… and I’d hurt her in doing so. Veil, I’d starved her.
There was fierce pleasure in providing something for my mate that no one else could. Fiercer than the thrill of any battle won or enemy defeated. Perhaps the fiercest joy I had ever felt. I held her tight and didn’t plan to let go until she forced me to.
“I am immensely attracted to you. I was trying to make you hate me, because your hate made it easier to stay away.”
“In the Woods when we first met, you didn’t correct me when I called you by your full name. Why?” “The way it sounded on your lips was too perfect for me to ask you to shorten it.” “I can call you Kier. Or at least, I can try.” “Don’t. It makes me hard when you say my name.” He used his grip on my ass to drag me against his erection just a little harder. “You must be hard a lot around me, then,” I said. “Constantly. Now, stop changing the subject and bite me, Nissa.”
“Tell me I can touch you, Nissa.” He dragged his tongue over the curve of my ear again. “Tell me your body is mine to relax and relieve. Tell me you want to feel my fingers inside you when I bring you to climax.”
If we didn’t have a future, what was I doing there at all? I couldn’t watch him mate with another woman and just be friends with him after everything we’d done and been through.
“If you wanted to end her, I would hold her down for you.”
“You belong to me, and I know what I want; I want someone I can ravage any time I feel the urge. Someone who will drench my fingers, tongue, and cock with their release day or night, whether in our bed, in an empty bedroom, or in the castle’s pool.”
“No. I want you to be my mate. Permanently.”
“You’ll never be free of me now. I intend to make you mine in every way there is.”
“Do not discount your own struggles because they sound less vicious than someone else’s.
“You wanted to distract me, Nissa. This is the only distraction I want.”
Damn him. And damn me for wanting him.
“They can look at you and envy me as much as they’d like, so long as they remember that I’m the only one who gets to taste you, fill you, and make you scream.”
“You’re obsessed.” “Entirely.”
“How wet will you be for me?” “As wet as you make me.”
“Kier has always been very, very intense. I know the reason he hasn’t been interested in anyone in so long is because he feels things too strongly. He won’t accept casual or half-committed relationships. If he wants something, he’s all in, permanently. I’m sure he's shitty at expressing it, but that’s the truth. If he wants you, he wants everything with you.”
“Kier has never regretted a decision in his life. He’s far too dominant and conquering for that. If he picks you, he’s yours, no matter what.”
“And you really think we’re fated?” My words were soft, but I wanted to hear him say them aloud. “I know that we’re fated. I can feel it in my chest, my magic, and my very soul.”
“Still flirting with me, huh?” “As I will be until the bitter end, little human.”
Want me to stop touching you?” “Never.”
“Despite everything else, I’m not sure I’ve ever had a moment this peaceful before. I feel… happy.” Kierden’s voice was soft, his eyes still closed. “Thank you for giving me this.”
“Keep looking at me like you want to eat me, little human, and your tongue and teeth won’t be the only things in your mouth,”
“Use me for your pleasure, little human. I belong to you.”
