Page 27 of Fractured Souls
I didn’t think I could concentrate on anything but him…and the screams.
“Adriel?” I whispered, going up on my toes to brush his lips. “Can we leave? Let’s get away from this.”
I’d expected it to work…but I hadn’t expected how fast. The minute the words had left my mouth, I was engulfed in cold shadows, his magic sliding against my skin in a comforting blanket—before I landed softly on a bed. Well, this had promise…
Unfortunately, Adriel was up the moment we landed and stalking across his bedroom.
Blinking, I sat up and tried to gather myself, knowing we needed to just focus on us…and well, calming him down. Nothing else mattered. Seriously, the energy running through him was causing him to nearly shake. Moving off the bed, I joined him on the balcony where he was staring down on the gardens below. His hands were spread out on either side of him, gripping the stone railing hard enough I worried it would crumble.
“Hey, are you okay?” I asked, pressing a hand to his back. My fingers had barely grazed him before he turned us sharply and pinned me against the balcony’s stone rail. I felt my face flush at how hard he was against me, and my toes curled at the sensation of his hard length pressed between us.
“Am I okay?” He murmured the question so incredibly softly, using one hand to run through my hair, seeming to examine each strand.
“Yes—Adriel.” The last part was a slight moan as his hand slid into the back of my hair in a tight grip. My head fell back slightly, and his controlling and dominating hold lit up every nerve ending under my skin.
“I’m far from fucking okay,” he growled, brushing his lips against mine. “Someone from my kingdom just tried to threaten you.”
Had that been what he was doing? I wasn’t sure he was intimidating enough to call it that, but the way Adriel was holding me had me completely ignoring that train of thought.
“And you killed him.” I nipped his lip, and a feral sound vibrated violently from his chest.
“You shouldn’t sound so happy about that.” His voice was so rough it was almost hard to hear. “You don’t know what that does to me, princess.”
My fingers ran up his chest and around his neck as I brushed his lips lightly with mine. “Whatdoesit do?” I had a feeling I knew, but I wanted to hear him say it.
“Makes me want to kill anyone that even looks at you in a way you don’t fucking like, just to hear how goddamn pleased you sound. You have no idea what I would do for you, princess. All you have to do is ask.”
The way he spoke was so intense yet layered in heat, my skin breaking out into a flush as my nipples hardened against my dress.
“What if I didn’t want you tojustkill someone? What if I wanted something else as well?”
“And what do you want, Lorcan?” His hand moved from the rail and up my waist, trailing up to cup my breast, his thumb brushing over the nipple.
“Adriel,” I whimpered, and his eyes snapped up from the sweep they’d been making along my body.
“Tell me,” he encouraged, his magic exploding out once again and covering us in darkness. I didn’t even remember moving as his lips teased mine, exploring them before my back hit the bed.
“You. I need you,” I answered, and his eyes darkened to almost black. He sat back and looked over my frame, his fingers toying with the material of my dress’s neckline as I squirmed. I was so wet and ready for him…but he seemed to be hesitating.
“If you let me take you, there’s no going back, Lorcan,” he whispered. “You’re mine forever. Our magic won’t just be bonded, every part of us will be.”
“I want that,” I murmured, his eyes filling with an intense need that I knew he had been trying to hide, not wanting to pressure me too much. “I want you forever, Adriel.”
“I don’t want anything between us,” he warned after only a moment of hesitation, leaning down and holding my chin in a firm hold to make sure he’d captured my full attention. “Do you understand what I mean? I don’t want anything between us when I slide inside of you, Lorcan. I want to come inside of you and fill you up with every fucking drop of me.”
I whimpered, my hips tightening around where he was positioned between my legs.
“You’re going to let me have that, won’t you, princess?”
“Yes, Adriel—shit,” I whimpered as he sat back and tore down the center of my gown, the material splitting with barely any force. I was left in just a pair of panties, the sheer lace somehow more sexy than if I was completely naked.
“Fuck.” Adriel’s voice was almost filled with pain as he roughly cupped my breast. This time he brought his lips down to my nipple, tugging and teasing it between his teeth. I rolled my hips against him, my skin flaring with so much heat it was painful. The intensity of combining our magic earlier and now this…it was too much. I didn’t have the patience I would normally have, which was barely any.
“I really need you,” I got out breathlessly. “I need you inside of me—please.”
“Such sweet fucking words,” he snarled against my skin before easing my lace thong down my hips and snapping it before tossing it the side. I spread my thighs immediately and he inhaled sharply, rubbing his hand over his covered cock before releasing it, not bothering to get completely undressed. Clearly he was as needy and eager as I was. His impressive length made me shiver in anticipation.
In the distance I could hear thunder rumbling, likely in response to our magic raging through the atmosphere. It sent sparks over our skin, and there was something extremely intense about this moment, more than just the need between us. Something fucking magical.
