Page 43 of Shadowing Bright
He grinned.“I don’t know.We should try it again so I can check on how I feel.”
He knelt, and she blinked as she saw his physique without the shadows between them.He had muscles on his muscles, his skin was a dark grey-brown, and it gave him the appearance of being tanned, which was funny for a creature who didn’t see the sun that often.
He withdrew, rolled her to her back, and slid back inside her.She gasped, arched toward him, and her lashes fluttered.He growled.“You are right, this is much better.”
He kissed her carefully, shadows covering the sharp edges of his teeth, and he surged into her as she held onto him for stability, while his shadows cupped and stung at her breasts while roaming everywhere else.
His kiss was deep, and his shadows were everywhere because if you could, why wouldn’t you?
She dug her clawed fingers into his shoulders, her arms tucked under his to wrap around his ribs.When she came, she raked his back, which sent that cool spill into her again.The kiss slowed, and he lifted his head.
Hura smirked.“You are really trying.”
He grinned.“It has only begun.We are between right now, so we can have endless time in here before we need to rejoin the waking world.”
“If you wear it out, I am going to be very unhappy.”
Kremoryn chortled.“Mine or yours?”
“Either.”
He sighed and lifted off as her hands dug into his back.“Why didn’t you ever offer yourself to me?”
“Aw, snooky, I am a traditional woman from a traditional time.I need a man to make the first move.”
“Wait.So, at any time in the last decade, I could have propositioned you, and you would have been favourable?”He stared at her.“Seriously?”
“Yup.I mean, not all the cuffs and chains at the parties, but I have no issue being confined in shadows.”She chuckled softly.“In fact, I enjoy it.”
He blinked, and his eyes shifted from red to gold and back again.“I am an idiot.Where have you been all my life?”
“Just out of reach.I have wanted to get a solid idea of my future breeding partner.”She felt a small curl of cold.“Damn you are easy.”
He blinked.“I don’t think I have cum this often in the last century.”
“Well, I can pin down at least once.I wonder how she and her husband are doing?”
Kremoryn blinked.“Ah, yes.I need to summon her family to a chat.I do not like the fact that she sold our child.”
“I am less impressed with her kicking the child out as soon as the dowry payment was offered.”
He growled.“What?”
“Oh, yes, Vaia was given a direct payment as her dowry, and then maintenance payments were sent to her family.But they kicked her out, and she had to scramble to find out how the world works.”Hura shrugged.“I helped when I could.”
“Wait.So, you knew that Vaia was my daughter.”
“Yes.Well, I knew she was shadow-sired.She has some of your hallmarks.Either way, she needed help feeding, and I was teaching a class at the time that helped her with her path through dance.She took to it like a duck to water.”She ran her fingers down his back.“She got stronger and more confident.”
“How did you know about her at all?”
“Minayel.She’s an oracle, and she also rents a room from me as she is often between jobs.She got a job with Vaia, and I have helped her keep it.”
“Why?”
“This is so stupid.”
He frowned and whispered, “What?”
