If he’d asked me that a minute earlier, my answer would have been completely different. But as it was, I found my body naturally beginning to relax, letting him enter further.
“I’m okay,” I answered before pointing my words toward Elijah. “You can move.”
When he did, the feeling of them rocking at the same time caused stars to explode behind my eyes. Moans and grunts of pleasure coursed through the air, signaling our enjoyment, but there was one voice missing. I needed Dakath to be a part still, so I reached out with my hand to stroke his once again erect cock.
“Feed from me more,” I begged, tilting my head to the right and exposing my neck.
He was on me in an instant, leaning down at my level as he kissed the skin of my neck almost reverently before whispering in my ear. “You were made for us, Ky. I love you so much. You are our everything.”
His fangs sank into me once more, and between all the sensations wracking my body, I was a complete goner. It was like all the nerve endings in my body were tingling and building up an incessant buzz within me. This was everything I didn’t know I needed—didn’t know I could even take.
The way these three men always gave me a safe place to be me—whether that be exploring new desires, bearing my heart to them, or confiding in them when things were too heavy to carry alone—made me wake up every damn day thankful for them and their love.
I never knew that a love like this existed, and now that I had it, I was never letting go.
Elijah and Kolvar’s pace increased at the same time, and I felt myself flying through the stars as my orgasm came hurtling at me.
“I’m going to come,” Kolvar grunted. “You feel too fucking good to be able to hold it off any longer, darling.”
“Come for us, love,” Elijah demanded before melding our lips together, our tongues tangling.
Dakath’s moans at my throat told me he was close, and I increased my pace on his cock as Elijah’s hips began to buck wildly, sending me to the exact heights I needed.
I cried out my release, breaking our kiss as everything within me coiled and exploded simultaneously.
Dakath’s release spilled into my hand as I felt Kolvar and Elijah’s hot spurts within me, signaling that they had been right behind me.
I wanted to tell them how much I loved that experience, how much I loved them, but sleep pulled at my eyes as my body tingled with the aftershocks of my last, explosive orgasm.
“We’ve got you, Ky,” Dakath murmured as I was gently pulled against a chest before sleep won out.
Chapter Nine
Kolvar
From the moment I woke up and went above deck, following a deep, dreamless night of sleep, I’d immediately recognized a subtle but noticeable shift in the energy of everyone on board. Like an undercurrent affecting everything, there was a sense of optimism and renewed strength that seemed to fill the space as soldiers went about their normal jobs.
Of course those elements had been there before to an extent, but now it felt different—it felt energized.Charged.
I knew it was partly due to it being a new day, most soldiers having gotten some rest following the pure chaos that had erupted the previous night, and the news that we had only lost two ships and no casualties in such an event had brought major relief to all.
More than anything though, I had a feeling the change had more to do with Kyella and the bravery she had shown.
There was no doubt in my mind that our woman had proven to everyone that she was worthy of her title.
Of course, we had known that, and Myrin had known that, but I could see that her position was set in stone in the eyes of the people by her courage and ruthlessness when it came to vanquishing the threat to our fleet.
In my mind, she hadn’t needed to prove anything, but I could see a difference in how others regarded her. I picked up the sounds of the light conversations showcasing the change, the respect that had been established from her speech the night of Myrin’s wake only growing in admiration with each passing hour.
While I agreed with Elijah, and I hoped that Kyella understood she could depend on us and ask for help, it was clear that her efforts were far from wasted.
My gaze moved to the woman standing in front of me, looking out past the front of the ship with her eyes on the horizon, as if she could see the approaching empire. It wouldn’t be very long before she finally would see it once more. The weather had been exceptionally good, and outside of our run-in with the sea monster, our journey was passing quickly. We would reach the coast of the Thaician Empire all too soon.
An empire that we had fled only a short while ago, stealing Kyella away in the cover of darkness before sailing across the Cursed Divide. It was so odd to think that we were now returning willingly.
The difference this time was that Kyella was returning as an Empress in a fearless effort to free those who were still under Malakai’s rule. She would show him that any threat to our new homeland was a cause for war.
Admittedly, there was a part of me that didn’t want her coming within a mile or more of the damn place. I was beyond protective over her, and I didn’t want to risk losing her to the place she was held captive for so long. Something about the place felt ominous, like it was the one place that stood a threat to everything we had in store for our future together. I shook myself from my worried thoughts, maintaining the belief that we would be sailing back in no time, victorious and free from the threat of Malakai.
