Page 80 of One Last Promise
When I finally felt his fingers part my sex and his hot breath against me, I fisted the black silk sheets beneath me and rocked my hips to the rhythm of his tongue.
Would I ever get enough of this sensation?The way he could control my body, taking me to heights that were maddening.It was almost too much pleasure to deal with.
Being worshipped in a way only Darce could accomplish, my body began to illuminate as pleasure bubbled to the surface.My hands fell into his hair, and I pulled on the curled ends as my climax rippled through my body.
Gazing lazily down at him between my legs, I ran my hands through his hair rhymically for a few minutes while we simply gazed at each other.
We had done this plenty of times before, but it felt different today.It was as if we were finally seeing each other for the first time.There were no more secrets between us, and that made this moment even clearer.
We accepted each other for whoandwhat we were.There was no going back for either of us.Whatever fate lay ahead, we would face it united.
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“ARE YOU GOING TO KEEPme locked up in your chamber for the entire month?”I questioned the next morning.Spending the whole afternoon and night in Darce’s warm embrace still wasn’t enough.I was lying on his bare chest while he gently stroked my back.
“You’re staying for amonth?”Was that terror or joy in his eyes?“Does your father know where you are?Alora, we have to becareful.My parents know nothing of you, and I want to keep it that way.”
“My friend and I made a cover story.It’s fine.I checked with our seer.My father knows nothing of my whereabouts or who I’m with.”Telling him the truth would have been the right thing to do, but I feared Darce would portal me back to Dallethas if he knew.
“Youin my bed for anentire month...”Darce groaned, running his fingertips across the top of my breasts.“How am I meant to do anything else?How will Istopmyself from claiming you?”
“Don’t stop yourself.I want you to take me, Darce.I’m yours completely.Surely you must know that by now.You promised me at our last meeting that you would claim me when the time was right.”
“I need toknowyou’ll be safe.What if your father learns I’ve deflowered you?What would he do to you?”I looked away as images of Uri’s fingers inside me flooded my mind.Tears filled my eyes.“Alora, be honest with me.”Turning my face to look at him, he wiped the few tears trickling down my face.
“My father checked to see if I was still pure after the pack of noc beasts attacked, when he learnt that you had trained me.He would have disowned me and probably tried to make another heir with his whore, Elin.”
“What do you mean hechecked?”His tone was laced with fury.
“Uri, our high priest and seer, checked to make sure no seals had been broken.”
“The fuckingcunts!”Darce sat up, trying to contain his anger.“This is how they treat theirprincess!?”Turning back to me with sorrow-filled eyes, he cupped my face.“Say the word, and you’llneverhave to return.I can hide you here for eternity, if that is what you wish.”
I sat up to trace my fingers across his jaw, and Darce leaned into my touch.“I’m not going to risk youorEallarim by hiding out here.Uri willnevertouch me that way again.If he does, I’ll kill him.”
“I don’t like the idea of you being unprotected when you go home.”
“I am protected.You trained me well, and I have friends on my side now.My closest friend, Noor, who you’ve already met, knows what you mean to me.She will protect me with her life.I have Loki and Enyo, too, remember.Noor is looking after them while I am away.”
“The wind controller?”I nodded.“You told her about us and she understood?”
“She could see our connection in Dreonarus.I trust her, Darce.You don’t need to fear.Our secret is safe with her.”
“I’m not worried about that.I’m honoured that you told your closest friend the truth about us.You don’t see me as the monster I feared.”Kissing my shoulder, he sighed heavily.“As much as I want to stay in this bed with you for another day, I have duties I must attend to.”
Hiding me in his bedchamber was to be expected.Eallarim was his much beloved city.He wouldn’t trust a Dylin, no matter how much he cared for her.Watching him quickly dress, I pulled my knees to my chest.I held them there with my arms as I took in the beauty ofnakedDarce.His strong, broad shoulders, and muscled back that had a few fingernail marks from me.His well defined chest and long, solid legs.The curve of his perfect buttocks.Every inch of him could have been carved by Holy Ether herself.
“What are you doing?”Darce asked, raising a perfect eyebrow at me.
“Ogling you, if you must know.”
“Maybe less ogling and more bathing.”He pointed to the direction of his bathroom.“I’ll get one of my mother’s ladies-in-waiting to bring you some dresses to choose from.”Casting his hands, he directed a light dusting of shadows towards me, and I watched the ends of my hair turn black again.I gave him a confused expression.“I’m not keeping you locked up here all month.I thought you wanted to see Eallarim?”
“Y...you trust me enough to show me your home?”
“Of course I do.”
“You’re not worried about me and my kind destroying your city?What if I’m a spy?”I was playing it too close to the truth, but I needed to make sure he was thinking clearly.
