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“You’d better not,” she warned.

Ashdei rumbled with appreciation and eased his hand slowly southward.She arched her back in anticipation and cried out when his fingers breached her.Her magic simmered.Even just that much of him felt so fucking good.She needed more.

Mari lifted her hips to take him deeper.She craved him so badly that she tightened around him.

Ashdei moved in a slow and sensual rhythm, his fingers curling when he plunged into her, making her gasp.

“We’ve got you sweetheart,” Dante whispered in her ear.

Rio reached from the other side of Dante to place a hand on her, caressing her stomach and hip.

Cisco clutched her thighs when they trembled, his hesitance melting away in the heat of her rising pleasure.

Dohal curled his arm around her and nuzzled the top of her head as her power swelled.“Keep the magic for yourself.”

With her desire spiraling so high and all of their hands on her, she felt unbearably sexy.Moaning, she locked eyes with Cisco.He pushed her thighs wide, spreading her open under him and giving the others better access.

“Give her more,” Cisco ordered, his voice low and commanding.

Dohal slipped his thicker fingers inside her alongside Ashdei’s.The decadence of the stretch made her groan.She couldn’t move with the way Cisco held her, and the friction swiftly became overwhelming as they worked her in tandem.

Rio slid his hand down to rub her clit.Exposed and desperate, she gripped Cisco’s hands and whimpered wordlessly.

“More,” Cisco growled.

Dante leaned to take one nipple into his mouth.Sparks of sensation tingled along her nerves, making her clench around the fingers filling her.She cried out in ecstasy when Rio tugged the piercing in her clit.

Every muscle in her body tensed for one perfect moment before the climax roared through her.She held on to her magic by her fingernails when it wanted to burst free.Her voice shook the trees of the grove.

Cisco stroked her thighs gently as the shuddering orgasm drew out.His body language had relaxed significantly, and she knew that though he still might not like the situation, he had finally accepted that Ashdei might be one of them.

Ashdei withdrew first, making her sigh as the last of the aftershocks shivered through her.She still needed him so badly that the sudden lack of him hurt like a wound.She turned toward him before he could back away entirely, her hand slipping into his hair to hold him close.

“You’re all mine tomorrow,” she said before dragging him into a kiss.

He nodded when she released him.“Nothing could keep me from that appointment.Believe me.”He smiled.“Rest now.”

Her eyelids felt so heavy that she couldn’t argue with that order, though she wanted to.

Dohal eased from her and repositioned so that he curled up protectively around her, his arm making a pillow for her and his wing stretched out under her.“You’re all welcome to stay here for the night, but if you disturb her sleep, I’ll kill you.”

He didn’t sound like he was joking, but Mari giggled sleepily anyway.

Ashdei crouched against a tree near the entry, his blue-fire eyes focused on her.Dante arranged himself on the opposite side of her from Dohal, his hand resting on her hip so that his healing magic trickled into her.Even though she’d hoarded all that magic for herself, she still felt drained.

Elsewhere in the grove, she heard Rio and Cisco talking quietly in Spanish, but she couldn’t see them from her position and couldn’t make out the words.

And then Dohal’s large wing spread over top of her, blocking out all light and sound, so that all she could feel was the heat of his body and all she could hear was the steady beat of his heart, and she fell asleep in seconds.

Chapter 15

Marianasteppedintothegrotto with Dohal’s magic tickling against her skin.They had all decided that, now that Ashdei had reinforced the wards with his Incarnate magic, it would be safer here than anywhere else to do whatever “closing the circle” entailed.

Ashdei waited for her inside, sitting on the edge of the lush green bed wearing nothing but a pair of loose black pants that flowed easily when he stood to welcome her.His eyes moved over her slowly, from her delicate silver sandals up along the red silken robe she wore belted around her.His flame-touched gaze paused to take in her breasts before continuing to her face to meet her eyes.The blue fire roared brighter.“I have never wanted anyone the way I want you.”

“Interesting attempt at small talk.Here’s my counteroffer.”She tugged the belt, let her robe fall away, and slid out of her shoes.

Her magic swelled inside her when heat overtook his face.She leaned closer as his power rubbed against her in response.Mari walked forward slowly, needing to touch him, and her fingers caressed his jaw.

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