Page 83 of Ember and Eclipse
Rel reached for him, and he stepped into her touch, her fingers landing on his thigh. As he moved over her, she spread her legs to welcome him.
He paused, his attention blazing a path from her exposed center all the way to her eyes. When healmostsettled against her, she rubbed her legs against his sides and hips.
“I’ve pictured you in nothing but this emerald on far too many occasions. You are more perfect than anything I could have come up with. Impossibly so.” He was looking down the length of her body appreciatively.
“Since when?”
He rumbled a sound against her throat. “Do you really want to know the answer to that?”
“What I want to know,” she said, her hands roaming over his shoulders and chest, “is if you actually bought it because it matched my eyes.”
“I did,” he said, his warm breath traveling over her breasts now, his confession causing her nipples to harden in anticipation.
“I knew it,” she said softly, just as his mouth enclosed over one, his tongue flicking against the sensitive flesh.
“No, you didn’t,” he grumbled as he palmed her other breast, his hand fitting around it perfectly. When he went to move further down, though, she stopped him.
“Devdan…” she said uncertainly, the feelings and desire within her almost unbearable. Even her magic hummed with eagerness. He could take his time and explore every part of her, but not right now. She reached for his face, forcing him to look at her. “I need you.Now.”
“I know, I feel it too,” he said, moving back up her body, his gaze taking in her bare skin. “But say it again.”
“I need you, Devdan.”
He reached down, his fingers swiping through her wetness and teasing before he pressed one inside. She arched against him, throwing her head back with a whine. It only relieved a bit of the burning desire.
“I need to make sure you’re ready for me.”
But gods, she was more than ready. And as she collected herself, she pulled at his arm. “I am,” she panted.
He brought his finger, glistening with her arousal, to his mouth and tasted it. His eyes closed in pleasure. “After,” he vowed, “I am going to devour you until you come all over my tongue.”
Before she could even think to respond to that promise, which held an entire future within it, he guided himself to her entrance. She gasped when he moved himself over her clit and down before pushing his head inside of her.
Devdan groaned while she simultaneously dug her nails into his arms with a breathy moan. “You feel so fucking good,” he breathed as he rested his forehead against hers.
A heartbeat passed before he moved again—the smallest of increments, filling her too slowly.
“You’re not going to break me. Give me more.”
“I know. You’re unbreakable. And you’re taking me so well already, but—”
She locked her legs around his waist, pulling him in while pushing her hips up. The feel of him stretching and filling her and pulsing deep within her all at once was enough to set every nerve alight. The hum in her chest sparked and sang at the connection, almost bringing tears to her eyes.
A shuddered breath against her neck let her know he felt the same overwhelming sensation. “You’re going to be my undoing,” he groaned out.
Any retort died on her tongue as he pulled almost completely back out and sunk in again, causing them both to moan.
He moved like that several more times. Each time he was fully seated within her, the fire in her core grew.
His body fit perfectly with hers. When he settled on the rhythm their bodies naturally desired, she moved with him effortlessly. They rocked against each other, their lips finding whatever flesh they could, her breasts pressed against his chest—heart to heart.
She had that experience again suddenly like she could see the Fates themselves working over their loom. How long had her lifeline been intertwined with Devdan’s? She felt it had been before she kissed him with a blade to his throat, before she made the Wolf of Romul dance with her in a tavern, and even long before he hunted her.
When his hand reached between them to rub against her clit, she trembled. She hadn’t realized how close she was until the pressure of his fingers worked her into a frenzy.
“I’m going to…” she panted, shutting her eyes.
“Look at me,” Devdan demanded. “Stay with me.”
