Nadir’s fingers swirled on her back, and as he began to speak, she closed her eyes.
“It’s as though the sky is on fire,” he said softly. “Great billowing amber flames coming over the teal ocean and bathing the world in its fiery glory.” He reached for her cheek then, and she sat up. The look he stared at her with made her heart flip.
“It looks like your eyes,” he told her, and he squinted, nose touching hers, as he inspected her amber irises. “You even have the teal flecks at the bottom of your irises. Did you know that?”
“I think you’re seeing things,” she said, voice barely above a whisper.
“I think if you were to ever come to my beach and I saw you at sunrise, I may fall to my knees,” he whispered.
Nyssa’s heart bled, hating herself for falling over every word he spoke. “Such alyricist, Commander,” she forced herself to mock. “Do you tell all your women such lines?”
Nadir laughed softly and took her hands in his, entwining their fingers as he leaned back against the archway. “Actually, my usual lines are completely failing me,” he admitted. “I wonder how someone hasn’t claimed you yet.”
She smiled out the window. “None of them have ever seen me as anything more than my title,” she said knowingly. “No one ever cares about getting to know the real me.”
His hands moved softly over her thighs, up and down, squeezing her flesh every once in a while. “They sound like idiots,” he said.
A soft amused huff left her, and her lashes lifted to his. “Most of them are,” she said.
They watched the people who they could see on the beach as the sun went down, their hands entwined together and joking. They made up voices to go with the conversations that were occurring down below as Dreamers and Belwarks passed by. Nyssa hadn’t stopped laughing. And only when their stomachs began to growl did they retire down to the kitchens.
Nadir leaned in the doorway as Nyssa charmed her way around the cooks and maids, giving a few of them kisses on their cheeks and smiling at each of them. Until she had a massive platter of food and a bottle of wine, to which Nadir shook his head.
“Wrapped around your fingers,” he uttered when she handed him the tray. “Is there anyone you haven’t charmed to do your will here in this castle?”
Nyssa thought about it, somewhat confused by his statement. “What do you mean?” she wondered.
“I mean…” He paused, rounding on her so that her back was flat against the wall. “Every person in this castle would drop what they were doing if you only asked for their help.”
“No, they wouldn’t,” she argued. “If they do, it is only because I am the Princess.”
“I think it’s more than that,” he said, taking two steps back and smirking down at her. He held out his hand. “Come on before this icing gets cold,” he told her.
She almost laughed as their fingers entwined together again. “I’m scared to know what you’re planning with the icing,” she said.
Nadir balked playfully. “Licking it off that beautiful ass of yours, Princess,” he winked.
Heat crept on her throat at his words, and she bit her bottom lip. “It’s a good thing they gave us extra, then,” she dared, heart thudding.
He raised a brow back at her. “Yeah? Why’s that?”
Nyssa stood on her toes to reach his ear as he held her hand. “Because I was planning on devouring it off your hard cock,” she uttered softly.
Jaw clenching, Nadir’s head moved just slightly, a low guttural noise coming from his throat. He leaned over quickly and gave her a biting peck on her lips. “I love the way you say that,” he said.
“Say what?”
“Cock.”
Nyssa almost laughed, but brought herself up behind his arm as he tugged her along, nearly having to skip over her own feet to keep up with him. “Cock,” she whispered as she stood on her toes again.
A visible chill lifted the hair on his arms, and this time, he slowed.
Nyssa pushed up sideways on his arm, staring at his lips as she whispered, “Tell me, Commander… Do you want me on my knees to suck your cock?” She paused a breath as she felt another sweep of goosebumps on his skin. “Or would you rather watch my ass in the air as I take you deep on the lounger?”
“Fucking Infi, Princess,” he grunted. He looked back at her, giving her a full once-over. “Keep it up and you’ll be on your knees in this hall.”
“Do I still get the icing?” she teased.
