Page 190 of A Fate of Ice and Lies
His fingers dug into my hair as he kissed me with reckless abandon. I moved with him, and his every thrust seemed to go deeper. Heat blazed inside, and I moaned when he slammed into me. I took every inch of him, and nothing had ever felt this good. This complete.
When I clenched around his cock, he hissed out a breath.
“Vith,” he growled.
With his next thrust, I clenched around him again.
“Vith,” he repeated.
His eyes were dark and wild. Completely unrestrained.
He pounded into me, his hands pulling and tugging my hair while his lips roamed over my face and neck. When I bared my neck for him, he bit me. Everything inside me erupted, and I came undone while he thrust harder and rougher and deeper. He found his own release again when I dug my teeth into his shoulder enough to draw blood. I took in that sweet flavor of him as his shouts spilled through our campsite.
He shuddered on top of me as he kissed me softly, slowly and, when I ran a hand over his quivering back, he let most of his weight fall on me. He stayed buried inside me, kissing me, caressing me. His pants were as rough and broken as mine.
We lay there silently, our hearts thundering in sync with each other. When he slid out, I missed him immediately. Henuzzled the side of my neck as he rolled us over so that he lay on his back.
“I want to marry you,” I whispered. “I know we have the mate bond, but I want to marry you too.”
He leaned up to capture my lips in a sweet kiss. “Then I want to marry you too. Tell me what I need to do, and I’ll do it.”
“For starters, it’s usually the man who asks the woman to marry him,” I told him. “He’s supposed to get down on one knee and ask in a grand, romantic way.”
“Does she help plan this?” he asked.
With my arms around him, I pulled him closer. “No, it’s a surprise.”
He nipped my chin. “We’ll pretend you never asked me, and I’ll surprise you one day.”
I smiled. “Ry used to be a wedding planner. It’ll make her happy to plan our wedding.”
“How long does the planning take?” he asked.
“Are you eager to marry me quickly?” I teased.
“You’re already mine.” He tucked me closer to his side. “If you want to get married, we’ll get married twenty times, but I’d prefer to do it sooner than later.”
I giggled. “You’re adorable.”
“I’m yours.”
I knewit was hard for Elias to leave his mom in Niev while we went back to my realm, but after five days, he’d been adamant about returning to the human realm. I just hoped that having Grandma Richter stay with his mom would provide him withsolace. I knew I was grateful that the females who tended to the castle didn’t mind me leaving Hee-haw with them until things had settled back home. The girls weren’t all that excited about leaving their fae friends behind, but Elias promised to bring them back. Often, if they had any say in it.
Even Javier had found a friend. A pretty female who looked to be about his age, which meant she was probably in her eighties.
The walk through the streets of Somnio was chaotic. I wasn’t surprised others knew who Elias was since he was a prince and all. Or would he be king now? What surprised me was how they approached him. As if he were an old friend, just a regular guy they could kick back and have beers with.
Knowing Elias, that was exactly what he’d done when the tavern he frequented still stood. It was the one business every fae we met insisted needed to be rebuilt first.
Tents lined the broken streets, rubble and ash filling the empty spaces where buildings had once stood. The fae worked tirelessly, though, and some of the destruction had already been cleared. It would still be a long time before it resembled what it used to, but they’d get there just as we would in my realm.
When we neared the tear in the veil, Elias scooped up Victoria in his arms while George knelt so Jasmine could climb onto his back. It’d been decided George and Everly would go back with us for a couple of nights so George and Donnie could travel to a couple of regions and get the fae patrol started there too.
I took one final look at the fae and the city of Somnio before Elias took my hand.
“We’ll be back soon,” he said, reading my expression.
Together, we crossed through the veil, and once westepped back into Colina, right where the food bank used to stand, I stumbled back a step into Brenton, who grabbed my elbow to keep me from falling.
