Page 190 of The Spider Queen
“Define that,” I gasped, as his tongue snaked out to taste me.
“Earthy. Though I guess that’s not the right word. Purgatory-y.”
I chuckled. “I get what you’re trying to say, Thane. Do immortals have to shave?” I hadn’t gotten a good look at my legs in some time, and didn’t know if I’d scare Thane away.
“Of course we have to shave.” He pointed to himself. “Did you not see this?”
“Scruff,” I realized. “Days of scruff.”
He nodded.
“You’ll have an immortal beard?”
“I’ll have a beard,” he corrected. “And I happen to be immortal.”
That settled that: my eyebrows were in definite need of a wax. As were my other parts.
“Poppy?”
“Yeah, Thane?”
“I don’t care if you are hairier than a—”
“Donotfinish that sentence.”
He grinned but then sobered. “This may be our last chance.”
My brow furrowed and then it smoothed out. “Oh. Oh, I see.”
“The Desert of the Forgotten is too dangerous to stop moving. Whatever happens, we have to keep going. Which is why I want…”
A last night.
I swallowed.
“Thane,” I whispered and reached for him.
He swooped me up into his arms, his mouth claiming mine. We tore at our clothes. We bit skin and tasted blood, marking ourselves on one another. My heart felt like it had wings, beating against my ribcage, ready to take flight.
I didn’t know I could love with half a heart. I wished I had more to give to Thane.
“Don’t think,” he growled, his mouth on the column of my neck. “Just feel. Feel me. Here and now.”
Because who knew what tomorrow would bring? Who knew the things I’d see, the tears I’d shed, the war that would be fought.
Were Heaven’s gates withstanding Lucifer’s assault? Were the angels fighting with swords, with every breath they took?
Thane gripped my hair and forced my eyes to his. “Me.”
“You.”
“Us.”
His mouth captured mine.
I was consumed. And whatever ice was left in my veins, whatever cold shards remained within my being burst like tiny pop rockets.
Would I get the chance to have his children? Would I be able to watch them grow? Would we have an eternity of whispered breaths and longing sighs between us?
