Page 80 of Rapunzel Unchained

“Holy, fuck, Gage.” I bowed over the water pounding my clit, my thighs quaking already. “I can’t... It's too much. Please.”

I whimpered at the emptiness. Two fingers shoved back inside me, thrusting and curling inside of me until my legs gave out. Then Gage was there, holding me up, his clothes getting soaked by the sprayer.

He hit another button on the shower and the water turned off. Gage gathered me into his arms, my head lolling against his shoulder. He sat me on the counter while he toweled me down, being far gentler than he’d been in the shower. With a small spell, his clothes were dry again.

“Think you can stand?” Gage asked, his lips ticked up at one side.

My lids heavy, I placed a hand on his bicep. “You’re all wet.”

Gage chuckled. “I think that’s my line.”

“So what’s this surprise?” I asked after we entered the bedroom.

Gage helped me into the dress he’d brought. This one, unlike the sweet knee length dresses I’d worn with them before, was made of silky emerald green that smoothed over my body like a lover’s touch. A long slit exposed one leg from my hip to my foot.

Kneeling before me, Gage stroked up my calves as he strapped a pair of gold high heels onto my feet. When he stood to his full height, he reached into a pocket dimension and pulled out a golden crown with long points. No jewels decorated it, but it didn’t need them. This crown was fierce and strong.

And when he placed it on my head, I felt it.

“They may not see you as a queen, but we always will.”

My eyes burned with emotion. “Gage... I...” I licked my lips, emotion catching in my throat. “Do you remember what you told me in the park?”

Gage peered down at me, silent for a moment, then his hands were on mine. “Eva, I’ve been in love with you since the first time I saw you in the kitchen. All curious and full of wonder at this new world. It scared me.”

My heart stuttered at his words.

“Then you turned into this vicious and confident thing that had me so hard that I didn’t know how to come to terms with this new side of you.” He stepped closer until our breaths mingled.

“I love you, Eva. And I’m scared that someone or something will take you away from us. So much so that I agreed to lock you up again even though I knew it was the last thing you would want and I will spend the rest of my life trying to make it up to you.”

I beamed up at him, taking in every word of his declaration.

“Say something, would you?”

Peering up at him beneath my lashes, my lips curled up at the sides. “I knew you’d give in eventually,” I purred.

Gage growled and dragged me against him, his hands on my butt. “You are just looking to get spanked, aren’t you?”

A knock on the door kept me from answering.

Luke stepped into the room, his eyes immediately finding me. “Wow, Eva. You look... amazing.”

Pulling away from Gage with a flirtatious smile, I headed toward Luke. “Thank you. Maybe you can tell me what the big surprise is all about? Gage refuses to budge.” I shot a hot look over my shoulder at the mage.

Luke looped my arm through his and led me from the bedroom with Gage trailing behind us. Their silence should have scared me.

Except I finally knew I could trust them completely. Whatever was waiting for me wasn’t going to hurt me. And when I stepped into the living room and saw my surprise, my heart swelled with so much love that I thought it might burst.

Cleric Jetta and Conjurer Carisa were bound and gagged on the living room floor, glaring up at me.

Chapter 38

A vicious grin took up most of my face, almost hurting with how it pulled so hard on my cheeks. My gaze slid over the two council members and over to where Adam stood beside them.

His eyes widened slightly before he trained his face into a determined expression. Blake and Zane kept guard on the other side, their eyes sweeping over me in a mixture of awe and desire.

“What’s this?” I held my skirt with one hand, my other holding onto Luke’s arm as he led me forward. I trailed my nails over Jetta’s face, flicking the glasses on his nose. “I thought I was going to have to sneak out to find you two, but here you are, all trussed up for me like it’s Yule day.”

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