Page 145 of Stars in Aura

He groaned and rocked his hips, sliding shallowly in and out of her.

She moaned. ‘Not fair. Don’t tease me, not now, Rider. I’m stillfokkin’ mad at you.’

The almost indiscernible flames in her skin reignited, but they did not burn with rage this time.

They glowed, shifting into a dance of purples and azures, surrender and understanding.

‘I know, my love. It’s killing me that I made you this angry, and again, I apologize,’ he growled, his tone so raw that he felt her jolt against him. ‘I can’t stand for us to fight. I need you. Not just sexually. I crave your peace,kidaya. I must know you forgive me.’

Twas the most vulnerable he’d ever been with anyone.

Silence fell for a beat then she arched her ass into him. ‘You’re forgiven,’ came the husky whisper. ‘As long as you tell me you will do better before you make any moves. Like this.’

She demonstrated with a sensual chuckle, reaching for his shaft and stroking it, bringing the seeping head to her folds.

He eased his cock into her, bottoming out with an extended groan. ‘Foookkkwoman!’

He cupped her jaw from behind and turned her face to kiss her. ‘In a perfect world, I’ll never make you rage at me. Given I’m part human, I’m fallible. So,kidaya, let me restart. I’ll be good. I’ll try and be better and love on you the way I should.’

She nipped his earlobe. ‘Naam, I like that. Thelove on mebit.’

He chuckled, pressing his hips in,fokkingher deep and slow. ‘Your wish is my command.’

Their mouths crashed together, a collision of longing, lust, and desperation.

His hands were all over her front, gliding up her tummy, gripping her thighs, pulling her against him like he could absorb her into himself.

She sighed, her grip sliding to his ass, anchoring him.

‘I’ve got you, baby,’ she whispered. ‘Whatever it is, give it to me.’

So he did.

He moved within her like a man returning to his senses, her limbs mooring his pistoning hips, her fingers in his hair, her voice like a lullaby in the dark.

At one point, she turned, canting herself under him, widening her legs so he thrust deeper into her.

‘You’re lucky,’ she breathed, brushing kisses along his temple, stroking his locs, ‘that I want to love on you too.’

With a ragged sigh, Ki’Remi closed his eyes as he thrust into her, drowning in her solace, in the burning release of need, acceptance, and comfort.

Faster, he drove into her until, with a groan, he exploded, his seed pouring into her in a white-hot blaze of ecstasy.

When it was over, his breath slowed, and her fingers stroked his scalp. He rested his head between the hollows of her neck and shoulder.

When he spoke, his timbre edged with raw feeling.

‘Sante,’ he murmured. ‘For being amazing and forgiving me.’

‘I felt betrayed, Remi.’

He detected the chiding in her utterance but also warmth, which gave him hope. ‘Yet you understand. You, of all people, who would go to the ends of the universe to protect your own?’

Issa remained still.

His fingers trailed lower, his lips pressing against the exposed curve of her shoulder.

‘If Pegasi falls,’ he continued, ‘it won’t matter if your father lives. The gods might wipe it out, too. Like they did the Paladians.’

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