And he was thorough. So very thorough, I was squirming beneath his touch when he stopped showing my breasts attention. His head lifted, a fiendish grin on his face.
“That sweet sound you made is the secret?”
I swallowed. I’d not been aware I was making a sound.
“It was a bit like a kitten.”
I laughed. “In no world would I make a sound like that!”
“Another challenge.” He began tugging off my trousers, and the moment they were free, I rose to remove his shirt, leaving only the spider silk against his skin. He obliged, mock weariness in his tone when he added. “I grow tired of excelling in all these trials, love.”
“That’s too bad. I was about to give you another.” I scooted back on the bed, and my hand drifted to my sex. Slowly, I began rubbing at the apex.
Vale’s eyes widened. “Tell me.”
I didn’t reply right away, just continued stroking myself. My breathing deepened, and I felt a flush cross my face. Inside, my magic responded too, a cold wash fluttering through me like ice fire.
“You test me,” Vale growled as he crawled over me and pressed his cock against my hand.
Test him? I tested myself! And I feared that soon, I’d fail this test of my own making, but in the best possible way.
I leaned closer, brought my lips to his ears. “Make me come so hard that I see the dead gods.”
A low rumble of a laugh rolled out of Vale. “Gladly.”
He pulled my hand from my sex, gripped my hips, and flipped me onto my stomach. I gasped as Vale lifted my hips, and his thick cock pressed into my entrance as he began circling my clit with two fingers.
“Hmmm, you will be the death of me, won’t you, Princess?”
The question was not one he meant for me to answer, for when he thrust inside the next second, he stole all my breath. Stopped my heart. Made my mind blank.
No one had ever fit me so perfectly, nor been so deep inside me. And as Vale began to rock, and I matched his rhythm, I knew it was the same for him.
He struck that deep spot inside me, and my soulmate mark glowed, almost blinding.
“There’s one secret,” Vale laughed. “I’ve found it and so easily.”
I pressed my rear into him, halting any more cocky remarks as his moan added to mine. Gripping the black fur on our bed, I rolled my hips, desperate for as much of him as possible to?—
Snow fell on the bed, light fluffy flakes. I stared at it as Vale pulled me up, positioned me so that I sat on his cock with my backto him.
“That shouldn’t happen,” I breathed. “We’re wearing spider silk.”
“Another secret, possibly accessible only to the mated.” His voice was filled with reverence, with awe. “Do you feel my magic upon you? It’s not coming from inside me, but the magic is . . . attracted to us, I think.”
I hadn’t until he said something and then I noticed the swirls of air around my nipples, teasing as his hands had moments before.
“Astounding,” I breathed as I rocked against him once more. Needing the friction, to release the tension building inside me in the most pleasurable way.
Vale appeared to be of the same mind, for he thrust deeper, harder, faster, one hand on my hip, the other fondling a breast. Sweat built in my cleavage, and I threw my head back. Vale’s lips kissed along my jaw, taking full advantage, as we both spiraled up to the stars.
And when our release came, it was together, in a flurry of snow and air and light in my eyes, that did, in fact, make me think I might have glimpsed the dead gods.
A fist pounding on our door woke me sometime later.
“Neve!” shouted Anna, the peace-stealing culprit. “Someone is here to speak with you!”
“Who?” I curled closer to Vale, savoring the warmth of his skin against mine.
