Page 130 of Hidden Kingdoms

Tucking a loose strand of hair behind my ear, his thumb trailed down my jaw and brushed along my bottom lip, before falling back beneath the water. I sucked in a breath as heat pulsed within me, and my tongue flicked out to taste where his thumb had been.

“You saw it, didn’t you?” I scrambled to pull my mind from the feel of his touch.

“Saw what?”

“The Palace.”

“Kaius, I?—”

“It’s ok, Goldie, keep your secrets,” he said, silencing me, his honeyed voice edged with need. “That’s not what I want from you right now.”

“What do you want from me?” It came out in a breathy sigh as his hands moved through the water brushing against my hips gently. He was so close, I could see the water drops that clung to his eyelashes. Feel the ones that fell from his beard drip onto my chest, each one a tiny drop of desire melting into my skin. My pulse thundered so loud, I was sure it was echoing through the cavern as his eyes dropped to my lips.

“So many things.”

Kaius’ hands gripped my hips, pulling me into him sharply, my breath hitching as I had barely a moment to register that our naked bodies were pressed together, before his lips sealed over mine. Tongue teasing the seam of my mouth, it took me all of one second to respond. I opened for him, and our tongues clashed. He tasted like burnt sugar and every dark thought I’d ever had, my mouth watering as I chased him for more. A hunger unfolding within me.

There was no uncertainty, no hint of hesitation from either of us. His kiss was fierce with a need that was threatening to consume me; it was a frenzy, and had we had clothes on, I was sure they would have been shredded already. My hands glided up his arms, across the swell of his biceps to his wide shoulders, before reaching up to fist tightly in his hair as his hands flexed keeping me flush against him.

His hardness pressed against my stomach, and I ached to reach between us, but the idea of pulling away from him, even a fraction, was something I couldn’t comprehend. Our wet skin slid together, and his hand reached up to hold the back of my neck, controlling the frantic movements of our mouths.

My magik was pushing against my skin, desperate for him even as our lips moved in sync and my body came alive.

Just like when he healed me, our magik collided. Two forces merging so completely, I didn’t know where he ended, and I began. It rushed through me, filling every inch of my chest with the essence of him.

I hadn’t even tried to stop it. It shouldn’t be so easy.

The darkness he carried with him joined, its sharp edges cutting as it desperately burrowed into me. Bursts of agony flared within as my magik enveloped it, smoothing those sharp edges until the agony took on its own exquisite pleasure despite how it raged against such treatment.

Every thought of the day was wiped from my mind, and all I could think of was him. He consumed me, both him and his magik invading every sense I had until all that was left was Kaius’ mouth on mine, his taste on my tongue, his skin against mine.

The water from the pool clung to our lips, and sparks of magik peppered my skin, I moaned me as liquid heat flooded my core.

Kaius’ rough hands came to rest on my waist, pulling me even harder against him, and I slid my hand to his chest. The pounding of his heart palpable in my fingertips, sending a thrill coursing through my blood.

His hands ran over my ass, squeezing tightly before reaching my thighs and pulling me up into him. Our kiss deepened as I hooked my legs around his waist, my heated centre pressing against him and he groaned against my lips, the sound making my mind splinter with need.

With my legs now firmly around him, his hands wandered back up to my ass, fingers digging in as he ground me into him, rocking my body into his. My slickness coating the top of his cock, and I could feel a row of small bumps rubbing against me, eliciting shockwaves of pleasure. He began to walk us toward the shore, the friction of his movements setting my body on fire. Iclung to his shoulders, nails biting into the corded muscle as the water fell away from our bodies, never once letting our mouths part.

Somehow, he lowered us both gently to the ground on the pebbled shore, the water still lapping at our skin and the smooth stone warm under my back. If I were any less distracted, I would have noticed the phantom ache of my wounds, but as Kaius’ hands trailed over me, I couldn’t think of anything but him. My legs unwrapped from his waist as his powerful body settled over me, wet hair falling against my chest. He ground his hips into mine, and I groaned at the pressure of his thick cock between my legs.

Our magik leapt in time with the frantic beat of my heart. Kaius broke our kiss, and I whimpered at the loss of him until his mouth moved across the sensitive skin of my neck, soft beard gliding over my collarbone.

Every touch of his lips set my skin alight. Releasing my grip on his shoulders, I dragged my nails over his chest, grinning in satisfaction as his breath hitched against my throat. Kaius pulled away, staring down at me in wonder with silver eyes hooded in desire. He was sitting back enough for me to see the thin pink lines added to the decoration already painted across his skin.

The molten ceiling cast him in a red haze that turned my angel into my demon. That was ok. Demons were just as beautiful.

Maybe more so.

His hand moved slowly to the front of my neck, long fingers having no trouble circling as he squeezed lightly, the pressure a comfort as shadows darkened the air around him.

“Look at you, so fucking perfect.” The hard edge to his voice sent a jolt of heat to my pussy, and I flexed my hips against him, needing more as I drowned in the heady way he was looking atme. The need in his eyes as addicting as the power that flowed between us.

“Kaius,” I breathed out his name, the want that laced it something I’d never heard from myself before.

Could he even hear me over the roar of my pulse, or was that only inside my head?

“Yes, love?” His hand left my throat, but before I had a chance to miss his touch, he dragged it down between my breasts, fingers grazing over the giant emerald nestled between them, my hardened nipples aching for his touch.

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