Page 65 of Sun Elves of Ardani

His hand hit the wall beside her head as he braced himself. He moaned, low, deep in his throat, and the sound traveled through her body as she kissed him. And all the while, his fingers continued to tease over her chest. The sensations at the tips of her breasts felt like they were tied by some magic cord to her sex, as if just by touching one, he touched the other as well. Surely this had to be a kind of magic. She felt so close to completion already. She couldn’t take much more.

Growing more bold, she tightened her grip on his cock, stroking him through his clothes with her palm. He groaned in pleasure and suddenly bent, lowering his head. His hand enclosed her throat as his mouth closed over her nipple through the fabric. She gasped, astonished, as his wet tongue licked her through linen. It was obscene. And it was bringing her to climax.

The sensation bloomed outward into an all-encompassing euphoria. She could do nothing but gasp as he continued to suck and kiss her. Her hands helplessly clung to his shoulders as pleasure raked through her entire body over and over. She was still trembling when he stopped.

“Did you…?” He looked at her closely, frowning. “Did you just…?”

Her face burned with mortification. “Shut up,” she hissed, shoving at him so she could scramble out from under him. She crossed her arms over the lewd damp spot on the front of her shirt.

A slow smile grew on his face. “Kadaki.”

“Be quiet. Just—” She turned to rush toward her room.

“Good night,” he called after her. She could hear his smile.

She wanted to die.

That wasn’t supposed to happen, she was certain. She knew certain men prided themselves on their ability to reduce women to whimpering heaps during intercourse, but he’d hardly even had to touch her. No doubt she’d never hear the end of it. He’d lord it over her forever.

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The next morning,she couldn’t understand what had come over her.

Anyone could have walked in on them. She shouldn’t have been touching him at all, let alone in the middle of the hall like that. She was certain even Roshan would have had a hard time being understanding if he’d witnessed it.

She knocked on the door to Roshan’s room and found him absent. Finding the kitchen and living room empty as well, she went to his study. She rapped on the door as she opened it. “Roshan? Safana was looking for—”

She stopped in the doorway. Roshan was leaning back against his desk. His head jerked up as Kadaki entered, his eyes widening. Eliyr was kneeling in front of him, holding Roshan’s—

Kadaki hurriedly backed out of the room and shut the door.

“Ash and blood, Kadaki, can’t you knock?” Roshan said through the door.

“I didn’t see anything!”Except his entire penis.“I did knock!” she sputtered. “Please, ah, carry on. Sorry.”

There were rushed murmurs from the other side of the door, too quiet for her to make out, not that she tried. She quickly turned and walked the other way. A few moments later, she heard footsteps chasing her. She stopped and waited, sighing.

It was not Roshan who had chased her down the hall, but Eliyr. He cornered her against the wall, standing far too close to her.

“You will not speak of this,” he hissed before she could say anything. “If I find out you have, the things I will do to you will—”

“If you’re that ashamed of him, perhaps you should just stay away from him,” Kadaki sneered back. She was still processing what she’d just seen, but she was not so startled that she would let a slight like that go unchallenged.

Eliyr frowned. “I’m notashamedof anything.”

“Then why shouldn’t I speak of it?”

He hesitated, his eyes narrowed.

It dawned on her. “You’re not allowed to fraternize with the locals,” she guessed. “You’ll be reprimanded.”

“I assumed Neiryn would have told you,” he said, giving her a smug look.

He knew. Or suspected, at the very least. She supposed she shouldn’t be surprised.

She crossed her arms. “You don’t need to worry. Your secret is safe with me, Sair Asshole.”

“Don’t call me that.”

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