Page 22 of Madness of Her Mages

“And they almost killed Nikkos.” Blaze rubbed the day-old growth on his chin. “How do we find out?”

I rolled my shoulders, flexing my wings as fire magic tingled my fingers. “When Bertram and Sol show up, we interrogate them.” And then when we were finished with them, I’d personally send them back to hell.

“Do you think they’ll show?” he asked.

“No doubt.” I grimaced. “Demons are attracted to power. I don’t think they’ll stop until they kill Shiri, or we kill them.”

Blaze let loose a low grow. “I will turn them to ash before they harm her.”

I nodded. “Me too.” I would give my last dying breath to keep our mate safe.

“What do we do now?” Dark circles framed Blaze’s eyes as he looked around the room like the answer to all our problems lie within reach.

“Now we rest.” I nodded toward the door that led to my bedchamber. Shiri and Nikkos should be sleeping in there, along with the girls. If there wasn’t room for me, I’d gladly fall asleep beside the hearth. My bones were weary and my muscles sore. “We’ll need at least a few hours’ sleep before our journey tomorrow.”

“I’m not sure I’ll be able to fall asleep.” Blaze expelled a breath, turning his gaze to the windows where threads of moonlight peeked from behind the clouds. “I have too much on my mind.”

The bedchamber door cracked open, and Shiri stood on the other side, flashing a slow, seductive smile. “Then allow me to take your mind off your problems.”

“Shiri.” I said her name on a rush of air as I took in her beautiful, tousled hair and full breasts with peeked nipples poking from beneath the thin fabric of her chemise. I held my arms out to her, and she crossed over to me in a few long strides.

“I couldn’t sleep, either,” she said while snuggling in my arms.

I pressed my lips to her temple. “What did you have in mind to pass the time?”

A slow, seductive smile spread across her lips, and I had my answer.

Shiri

AFTER MAKING LOVE TONikkos for half the night, I would’ve thought I’d be too exhausted for more. Nestled in Nikkos’s warm embrace, I’d dozed on and off for maybe a few hours, but I’dwoken to every little sound, my heart always pounding loudly in my ears. I’d agreed to serve in Malvolia’s army. I felt like a puppet on a string, being thrust into an unnecessary war while dragging those I loved behind me.

When I’d heard Blaze and Drae’s low voices in the other room, I had to go to them. I couldn’t explain this need for my mates. To feel their lips on me. To have them deep inside me. But I needed them like dry soil needed rain. Perhaps I needed their touch to ground me, to remind me that we’d survived the initial encounter with the witch who’d haunted my childhood nightmares. Perhaps it was a deep-rooted fear that tonight would be our last together. Either way, I needed them, and as they took me in their arms, their fiery kisses tracing flames across my neck and down my spine, I was so relieved they needed me, too.

My mother had once told me that powerful witches had unlimited sexual appetites. Until I met my mates, I hadn’t known what she’d meant. Now I knew. We hastily tore off each other’s clothes before falling to the floor in a tangle of limbs. Our lovemaking wasn’t filled with tender whispers and gentle thrusts. We were falling stars burning brightly, soaring through the sky in magnificent spirals before we were consumed by the flame.

Drae held my hair like the reins of a horse, ploughing into me from behind, my slick sex gushing with each rough thrust. His wings wrapped loosely around me, his feathers tickling my breasts, sending delightful shivers through me. I arched my hips, slamming against him, my groans stifled by Blaze’s cock in my mouth. I leaned over Blaze, my fingers latched onto his bottom, sucking him almost to the root, drinking from him as if my life depended on it.

And then Drae reached around me, rubbing undulating circles across my swollen sex. I fell apart with two Fae burieddeep inside me, my orgasm like a burst of dragon fire flooding my veins. Blaze came next, thrusting into my mouth with a groan while clutching my shoulders. I sucked him dry when Drae stilled, his cock pulsing like a heartbeat and flooding me with more juices. Breathless and fueled by lust and magic, I tumbled into their arms, and they took turns loving me until my veins buzzed with renewed magic and threads of pink light spilled into the windows.

Only then was I fatigued enough to finally surrender to sleep. Closing my eyes, I snuggled in Drae’s arms while his wingtips gently caressed my back. I could get used to this life. I only prayed we lived long enough to enjoy it.

I DIDN’T KNOW IF WE’Dslept for ten minutes or two hours. All I knew was we’d been woken from our sleep way too soon with a jarring knock on the door telling us Malvolia’s army was preparing to leave. I dragged my feet toward the bedchamber and crawled in between Nikkos and the girls. Nikkos rolled over, snuggling me to his chest.

“Have a good sleep?” he murmured.

I stifled a laugh then gasped when Blaze jumped into the bed, acting as if he’d woken from a full night’s rest.

“Let’s get going,” he said, an eager look in his eyes.

I rolled over with a sigh and gently shook the girls’ shoulders. “Girls, it’s time to go.”

Aurora’s eyes, heavy with sleep, fluttered open. “I’m tired, Auntie.”

I stroked her smooth cheek. “I know, darlings.”

Ember rolled into her sister, crushing her doll beneath her stomach before sticking her thumb in her mouth.

“Listen to me carefully,” I said to them. “Those demons who attacked Uncle Drae are still out there, and there could be more demons.”

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