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I stilled when it hit, trapped in euphoria’s web and unable to move, the orgasm gripping my spine as waves of pleasure rippled through me. He pumped into me three more times, stilling with a roar. I collapsed onto his chest as his cockhead throbbed inside me, bathing my tight sex in his seed.

He rolled me over with a groan, a ripple cascading across his wings. His dark, predatory gaze made me tremble with anticipation as his thick cock impaled me to the root.

I think I remember how to make love now.His voice was a deep rumble in my skull.

I dug my fingers into his shoulders while arching beneath him.Show me.

And so he did until we were both too tired and sated to be tormented by our personal demons.

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Shiri

Three days had passedand no other signs of the demons, which made me even more anxious. We still weren’t sure that the concealment spell Tari had used on Thebes had hidden us from the demons. No telling what counter spells the demons could conjure to reveal the castle, though my sister had checked on Abyssus, Cyrene, and Dunhull, pleased to find they were safe and intact. Her magic had grown by leaps and bounds. Yesternight, she’d visited us by creating a vortex in the sky, showing no signs of fatigue after arriving.

Drae was making slow improvements, though he was still distant, except when we were making love. It seemed like the only time I could reach him and help heal his soul. Ever since retrieving Drae from the abyss, my soul felt like Ember’s frayed old straw doll, barely held together at the seams. I hid my pain well, though. My mates had enough stress. I wouldn’t add to it.

I repressed a shiver while pushing dark thoughts of the abyss from my mind. I smiled at Drae as we drank tea on the terrace breakfast table, a cool breeze blowing through my hair as I inhaled the pungent smells of the ocean. Though I preferred the piney and floral smell of the Abyssus gardens, the salty air was preferable to the stifling heat of the abyss.

The morning sun struck Drae’s chiseled features with soft pink and gold ribbons. The lines around his mouth and eyes had deepened in just a few days. His smile was usually too tight to be anything but forced, and his eyes still had a haunted darkness. Oh, how I wished I could drive away his demons.

He rarely spoke, just sat on the terrace while staring at the sky, though I didn’t pressure him. I had faith his soul would heal in time, and I would be by his side through all of it. I just wished there was something I could do now to drive away the shadows.

Nikkos and Blaze kept their distance from their brother after he snapped at them a few too many times, which meant they also had to avoid me, since I wasn’t about to leave Drae. Though I didn’t blame them, their distance only made me feel more isolated. They had risen early and gone to the ramparts with Malvolia and my parents, leaving me alone with Drae and that chasm between us.

To make matters worse, my magic had waned ever since Drae had woken up with that cloud of depression clinging to him like a shroud. Each time he sulked or stared out at the sea, that vacant look in his eyes, I felt a little bit more of my magic slipping away, the incessant buzzing in my veins turning to a slight hum. I supposed it made sense that my magic would wane, since it fed off my mates’ love. Drae was too depressed to love even himself, much less me. Despite my best attempts to restart his heart with tender lovemaking, he was still distant, the shell of the Fae he’d once been.

I spun in my seat at the sound of Wolfy’s loud bark and children giggling. The girls were already helping themselves to tarts on the server while Tari strode up to me, kissing my cheek before sitting beside me and helping herself to tea and biscuits.

“Good morning, sister.” She cast Drae a wary look. “How do you fare?”

“Rested,” I said, bristling at her appraisal of Drae.Give him time, I projected to her through thought.He will come around.

She flashed a pitying smile.Of course. I just worry for you both.

He will heal, I reassured her, my thought coming out more forcefully than I intended.

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