His red eyes blazed.“I’mcharming.”
“Like a rock.So, are you asking me to leave with you or not?”
His eyes narrowed, and I knew he’d hit my mental shields.“You aren’t close to your family, you have no ties here other than your job, and you love me.What’s to decide?Once I can return to Tanselm, you’re going with me,” he growled the order.
Amazed at his gruffness after such amazing lovemaking, and considering my heartfelt declaration, it took me a moment to understand that my fiery prince was scared.
Please,I heard directed into my mind.
Oh, wow.He’s nervous I might reject him,I thought but kept close behind my mental shields.The realization stunned me to silence.
“Besides, the wraiths are here now.”Satisfaction laced his words, as if he’d found the final straw to convince me to go.“It’s not safe for you without me.”
I nodded, as if considering that viewpoint.“That makes sense, actually.Okay, I’ll come with you.”
I could tell my acquiescence bothered him.I could see it in his dark scowl.“Samantha, you should come with me because it’s the right thing to do.Not out of fear.”
“The fear you intentionally created with mention of the wraiths?”
He sputtered.“Well, I… That is, you should know… I…”
Seeing him so flustered endeared him to me all over again.I laughed even as he grew angrier, his heat warming me everywhere.
I took his face in my hands, shutting him up, and smiled.“I love you, and I wouldn’t dream of living without you.Besides, I have a feeling you’re going to need someone to help you manage your anger, especially if they really are going to let you run a small kingdom.”
I felt his relief and the joy spreading like wildfire through us both.
One black brow quirked in arrogance.“‘Let me?’Samantha, I am a Storm Lord.The Prince of Fire.I was born to rule Tanselm.Need I remind you how fortunate you are to have found me?”
I kissed him, and he kissed me back until we were both breathing hard, ready and willing for a round two in bed.“Oh?I think you’re the fortunate one.”So saying, I reached between us and fondled his thick erection, more than pleased to have found a prince charming with grand equipment he knew how to use.
“I do believe you’re right,” he said as he fucked my hand.“Samantha, ah, love, as my affai commands.I am yours, beloved.”
“And I’m yours.”
He proceeded to show me exactly where I belonged—in his arms—far into the night.
Chapter28
Darius
“How many for dinner tonight?”Samantha asked as she tossed a large green salad in the kitchen.
I stretched, loving the way she looked in my house, in my life.“It’ll just be you and me, love.Cadmus is taking over at the bar for me fulltime.He thinks since I found you there, the place is lucky.”
She grinned.“It is.Make sure he spends a good amount of time in the basement.Who knows what he might find down there?”
“True,” I agreed in a husky voice, ready for another round of erotic play with my affai.It had been a month, but the more we touched and teased, the more we desired each other.Funny, but I never would have imagined it possible to be so satisfied and fulfilled outside of my homeworld.
My constant cravings for Tanselm no longer bothered me.Through Samantha, I’d found an inner peace.I just hoped it hadn’t taken all the fire out of me.I’d never hear the end of it from my brothers if I turned into some kind of besotted moron.
They were already calling me lovestruck, acting like a “simp.”Whatever that meant.I had no desire to learn too much of this new world, but I really should look into slang and insults.
The old me would have been livid over any slight, but I was too happy lately to care overmuch.
“So Cadmus is working tonight,” Samantha said.“What about Marcus and Aerolus?”
“Marcus is working late again.I swear, that woman he’s been working with has him in knots.”I recalled Marcus’s less than flattering comments about the woman.“I think he’s threatened by this Tessa Sheridan.Enough that even I know her name.He constantly complains about her.”
