Page 97 of Light and Shadow
“Other than that you’re going to make me come in a few minutes?”
Pressing a finger inside her and then a second, I conjure my magic. “That’s your magic, not mine,mo chroi. I know a little trick.” I will my clothes off and an instant later, I’m naked, my bare shaft poised just under where my fingers tease her wet folds.
She grips my bare back. “This is a very useful piece of magic.” She rocks against my hand and makes the most arousing sounds.
“I should take you to the bed.”
“No. Now. Here.” Her eyes are intense, and her voice is commanding.
Gripping my cock, I slip the head inside her and let gravity draw her down. My growl is half animal.
Her legs tighten, and she presses on my shoulders to lift herself and take me inside again and again. Her body pulses around me, and she bites her lip to keep her cries muffled.
I stop to give her time to enjoy her orgasm.
Digging her nails into my shoulders, staring fierce and feral, she demands, “Don’t stop. I need you.”
It’s taken all my will to be gentle. After finally bringing her to a safe place, I don’t want to scare her. My longing is too great. Maybe her needs are the same. I clutch her smooth ass and pound into her hard and fast.
She meets every thrust with the tip of her hips, which brings me that much deeper. The sex is animal, elf, and human. It’s a desperate need and pure love. This want is more than any I’ve felt in my life. My legs shake, and the tingle begins at the base of my spine. “Harper.” I devour her lips, tongue, and teeth.
Both of us grunting and moaning. Holding on as long as I can, I reach between our bodies and rub her bud.
A long low keen rents the air as she comes hard around my cock, pulling me over the precipice.
I mean to pull out, but it feels too right.
Meeting my gaze, Harper tightens her legs around me, locking me inside her as my pleasure overtakes me. I press my forehead to hers. “I love you. I’m not sure about the wisdom of risking a child now, but I cannot regret something so beautiful.”
Her smile is soft, and the ferocity has gone from her. “You can take me to bed now if you want.”
As if she were made of the most delicate porcelain, I lay her on the mattress. “I’ll be right back.”
Following me with her eyes, she bites her bottom lip.
My cock is back at full attention by the time I reach the washroom. I wet a cloth and return to clean her. Pulling the covers over her, I kiss her cheek. I wash up before getting under the covers and wrapping Harper in my arms. “Would you consider staying in Domhan, Harper?”
She rolls to face me, our heads on the same pillow. “What would I do here? I have no useful skills in this world.”
“I don’t think that’s true. Look at how the freed elves and the children adore you. When this war is over, you will see there are many goals you could pursue here. As far as being queen, my mother is not giving her throne up anytime soon.” I brush her hair off her face and still marvel at how soft her skin is.
“I suppose that’s true.” Her focus grows distant. “How long will you live if we survive this?”
Not liking where this is going, I say, “It doesn’t matter.” Her sharp look is enough. “Some elves reach five hundred. Most at least three hundred.”
With a sad smile, she sighs. “I will be dead in seventy or seventy-five years, if I’m lucky. What will you do then? Perhaps this is why our peoples separated in the first place.”
She could be right, but I’m not giving up. “We have to go to the oracle in two days. Will you hold your decision about the future until after that? We can ask them about how and if such a joining could work.” At her nod, my entire body relaxes. I have two days to convince her. “Maybe they’d be willing to allow us to portal painlessly so you could visit your mother, and we could spend part of our lives in your world.”
Pressing my chest until I roll to my back, she swings her leg over me and straddles me with her thighs. “If you lived in my world, I would say yes, Aaran. I love you. But the Jersey Girl in me thinks this is impractical. Is love enough?”
I want to scream from the great Cumhachdach Mountains that it is more than enough, but it’s Harper making thesacrifices, not me. “Once this is all over, and my brothers and I are all alive, I could pass my responsibilities to Liam and come and live with you in your world.”
Astride me like a goddess, she cocks her head and stares for a long minute. “You would do that? You would leave this castle and the one we’ll take back from Venora?”
Letting my thoughts flow freely, I push how much I love her through, so there is no mistake. “I will do what is needed to make you happy. Liam is more than capable.”
With a long sigh, she leans over and presses her cheek to my chest. “I will think about it and see what your oracle has to say.” She kisses between my ribs, then lower. “We may die, and none of it will matter.” Trailing her lips and tongue to my belly button, she dips inside and kisses lower, with her mossy eyes focused on mine. “Until then, we can have these moments.”
