Page 48 of Cruelest Kiss and Fairest Blood
The backs of my thighs hit the windowsill. “Cassius.” His name sweeps along my lips like a song of desire. Cassius’s mouth is hot and frenzied as he tastes my lips, neck, face?—
I expected retaliation, but the darkness that invades my room still takes me by surprise. My fireplace extinguishes, sconces blinking out in an instant. The hairs on the back of my neck prickle a fraction of a second beforehearrives.
Cassius’s mouth is still on mine when the shadows strike. He’s ripped from my arms, his body sent sailing across the room. The sound of impact when his body hits the walls makes me wince. He slumps to the ground, limp.
I don’t have a chance to worry about his injuries before Harrow is there. His presence consumes the room, shadows swallowing the very air around us until it’s only him and me.
When I look up, I find narrowed silver eyes scorching down at me.Oh shit.
His voice is deadly soft. “What a naughty little raven you’ve been.”
I open my mouth to speak, but my tongue is frozen. Harrow moves into my space, pushing me back.
“Did you enjoy kissing your prince?” Fear has me tripping over my feet. “Foolish princess. You just had to learn the hard way that jealousy has very real consequences, didn’t you?”
Harrow corners me, forcing my back to dig into the bedpost again. “Is this where he kissed you?” He drops his lips to my ear. “Is this where you were going to let him have you?”
Something glides up the inside of my calf. I try to look down. Harrow grabs my chin, forcing me to meet his dazzling gaze.The shadow moving up my thigh dips beneath the hem of my panties. “Harrow?—”
Harrow tsks. “Just a moment ago, it was Cassius’s name you were moaning.”
“I didn’t?—”
“There’s no use lying, little raven. I can feel how badly you wanted him.” The shadows glide through my slickness. “Tell me where you wanted him to touch you. Was it here?”
The shadow slides against my clit, making me whimper. Incoherent sounds tumble out of me as the tendril strokes me again.
“Should I sever his fingers to ensure he never has the chance?”
I suck in a breath, eyes snapping back up to meet Harrow’s. He watches me, starlight swirling in his irises as he lowers himself to the ground before me. His pale, moonlit hands raise my nightgown up, settling it above my hips. Shadows wrap around the edges of my underwear, dragging them down. Harrow bends forward, tongue dragging along the inside of my thigh. I have to bite my fist to avoid moaning this time.
“Should I cut out his tongue so he can never taste you this way?”
He slides his tongue along the inside of the opposite thigh, stopping just below the place where I’m dripping with wanton desire.
“I didn’t want him.” I groan as his mouth trails kisses on either side of my pelvis.
Teeth scrape across my hip bone. “What did I say about lying?”
“I wanted it to be you. You were right, I was just trying to make you?—”
His tongue dips between my folds. I dig my fingers into his bone-white hair, anchoring myself.
“Jealous?” He flicks his tongue across my throbbing bud.
Gasping, I manage, “Yes.”
“You’ve been playing a dangerous game. What would you have let him do if I hadn’t come?” Two fingers toy at my entrance. “Touch you? Taste you?Fuckyou?”
I glance over at where Cassius is slumped, unconscious on the floor. If he wakes up, he’ll see us. Harrow may be hidden from sight, but not my very exposed body.
Harrow thrusts two fingers inside me, making my knees buckle. I tear my eyes away from Cassius, deciding it’s worth the risk. Harrow’s tongue flicks back and forth, working in unison with the slow, deliberate movements of his fingers.
“Oh, yes…” My head falls back, pleasure curling low in my belly. Harrow glares up at me. I whine when he removes his mouth and rises, fingers still working within me. He runs his tongue along my throat before kissing a path to my ear.
“If he had fucked you, I would have sliced off his cock and choked him to death with it. Is that what you wanted?”
“No.” My body grows tense, but the spike of adrenaline only feeds my building pleasure. “I want you. Please, I’ve wanted you. You’ve been gone.”
