Zercy (The Nira Chronicles, #2)

by Kora Knight

“Can you feel it?” He slowly withdrew, and pushed back in. “How perfectly we fit?” Alec’s chest clenched. He wasn’t merely talking about their bodies. “So many reasons,” Zercy rasped, “why you and I should be incompatible. But we are compatible, Alick. I see this now. I feel it. Like the brightest stars of the cosmos, we align.”

But as he rode out his release, caged tight in the king’s arms, Zercy suddenly felt like Alec’s stars. Like Alec’s home.

Something dimmed in Zercy’s eyes. “I would like to be your home. If you left me, I would miss you more than they.”

“You are everything to me,” he rumbled. “I want you to know this. That I put you above all I

hold dear. Nothing means more to me. Not my kingdom. Not my crown…” His hips started to move. His black lashes fluttered. “Not even life, or Nira herself. I live for you.”

“I am your home,” he murmured roughly. “Just as you have become mine.” Alec nodded a little. “Hadn’t realized I’d been without one all this time. Always thought home was the stars. But even the stars can’t hold a candle to you.” Zercy blinked. Blinked again. Then a grin lit his face. “I am your home and your lion heart.”