It takes a second or two, but I can pinpoint the exact moment he seems to come to his senses by the way he stiffens at my back.
“Shit,” he curses, swiftly removing his fingers from my pussy before he just as swiftly stands up, unceremoniously dumping me on the ground at his feet in the process.
23
Chapter 23 - Kiahn
“Shit!” I repeat, like a fucking geliklik. Not only had my little stunt put her in danger, but she’s now on the floor after I’d dropped her. “Niska, I’m so sorry, I-” I don’t know how to finish that sentence as I reach to help her up. I lost control of myself? You letting me touch you like that drove me insane? I got wound up to the point that I was begging -begging- to bite you?
I suddenly fight the urge to cover my mouth. It would be no use of course, Niska already knows my fangs are out. This isn’t like when I went through the awkward stage of maturing into adulthood and my fangs would protrude at the first hint of a female being in the vicinity.
I’m a fuckingprince.
I’m a responsible grown male.
I should have known better.
“I-”
“It’s ok,” Niska says before I get a chance to apologize again. “We both got a little carried away there.”
I wince at that as I watch her straighten my shirt she’s wearing. Her pretty, golden brown skin is flushed and I try to convince myself that I only like the sight so much because it’s so different from the gray of Xaviann skin. It makes no difference, though. I can’t take my eyes off of her. “Yes, but as my breeding bride, I’m responsible for your safety.” I don’t know what I was thinking. I should have just shown her the basics of using a permission and left her to figure the rest out. I was so fucking close to bonding this gorgeous little creature to me, and we don’t even know what that would have done to her.
Niska finally looks up at me, her gaze raking over my form before she seems to pause and linger on my crotch. Her brows furrow. “Did you-”
I glance down at myself and then back up to her. Did I come all over myself? Is that what she’s asking? “Yes.”
“But…” she loosely gestures toward me with a pointed finger. “But I didn’t even touch you.”
“Yes,” I say slowly, not quite sure where the confusion is coming from as I distinctly recall her gripping my horn while she allowed me the honor of playing with her cunt. “But you let me touchyou.”
“Yeah, sorry, I just-” she babbles, her head shaking and her hands making strange, back and forth gestures between the two of us. “No-one’s ever-”
“Niska,” I say, taking her flapping hands in mine, covering them to make her look at me. “You trusted me enough to let me take you to your peak. As a result, I reached my own. I do not understand why this puzzles you.” She stares up at me with those big brown eyes and I cannot help that my gaze drops to her slightly parted lips. “And-” I pause, huffing and tipping my head back, “-and you probably should not have given me that trust.”
“You’re ridiculous, do you know that?”
My gaze snaps to hers instantly. I… I am not used to being spoken to like this if it’s not coming from my own family. No-one else in my Principality would dare.
So why is cock starting to harden again?For fuck’s sake, Kiahn, get control of yourself.
I growl to myself and avert my gaze to the ground, my eyes snagging on the puddle of Niska’s undergarments and for more than I second, I wonder if she’ll let me keep them.Fuck, Kiahn, get a grip!“I know, and I apologize for almost losing control,” I say, absently rubbing at my horn.
“That’s not what I’m talking about, Kiahn.”
Goddess, but I do love hearing her say my name. “It’s not?” I ask, glancing back up at her.
“No! I’m talking about you beating yourself up over not even hurting me. You didn’t do anything Kiahn.”
I groan. She doesn’t get it. She doesn’t understand how much I wanted to make her mine - how close I was to clamping down on her neck with my fangs and fucking herhardto stake my claim. A million times with her permission would still not be enough for me to overcome this urge I have for her.
“You didn’t do anything,” she repeats, her voice a little softer.
I close my eyes, and take a breath before doing my best to level her with an even stare, trying to remind myself that she is just a contract bride. This shouldn’t be so difficult. “But I could have, Niska. So easily. You were so vulnerable for me… and…”
“And?”
Ah, shit.
