But I let her go. I watched her walk to Samian, breathless and flushed from exertion, and take his hand, disappearing into nothing.
Viv walked up beside me, her face tight. “Is she okay?” I asked softly.
“I’m still trying to figure out what Edris showed me, but from what I can tell, she has a hard path to follow that’s only going to get worse. But she’s okay.”
I grimaced. “I don’t know why you still follow that bastard.”
“That ‘bastard’ will cut out your tongue if you don’t stop. The images he shows me of himdiscipliningyou are the clearest images he has ever deigned to give me.”
“The god loves me too much to do such a thing,” I chuckled.
“I guess we will find out in the morning,” Viv sighed, shaking her head.
“Bright and early,” I winked.
Chapter 10
Sybil
Calloused hands were on me, brushing trails of flames down the planes of my stomach. My skin felt sensitive, so sensitive against that tender touch. Soft lips slowly followed behind, tracing a line along my jaw and down my neck, each kiss adding tinder to the fire. I tipped my head back, moaning when those lips wrapped around my nipple, pulling it in, sucking and nipping. I whined when they moved, but the noise caught in my throat when a finger slid against my center, slowly dipping inside.
A dark chuckle rasped against my breast. “Already so wet for me.”
I opened my eyes, peering down at the deep, rumbling voice. Crimson eyes stared back, dark and wanting. I watched Kieran kiss his way down my stomach, his fingers slowly pumping in and out. I wanted more. I wanted him deeper in the places where I ached for him to go. But he wouldn’t give me the satisfaction. He wanted me begging for more, refusing to give in unless I pleaded.
His warm lips traveled lower, but too far from where I needed him. His fingers were still moving slowly, opening mylegs wider until I was completely baring myself to him. He kissed the inside of my thigh before moving to the other side.
“Are you ready to give in yet?” he asked, his voice like velvet against my skin.
I whimpered, feeling every word vibrating to my core, but I didn’t say a thing. I couldn’t, not when need consumed my entire being. I watched him slide those lips down my thigh, edging closer to my center. Pleasure flickered in his eyes, and that sinful smile of his spread across his face before he traced a line with his tongue against my clit.
I groaned, my skin feeling too tight, my body an inferno. He pressed a small kiss against that bundle, and sparks jolted through my veins.
“Well?” he asked, giving me another small kiss.
But I couldn’t take it anymore; I couldn't take this teasing. I needed him, and I needed him now. “Please,” I whispered.
The word had hardly escaped my lips before his mouth was on me. I cried out, my back arching off the bed. I tried to move against him, but his hand held me firmly in place while those deft fingers pumped faster, deeper, working me into a frenzy. He sucked and licked as if I were his last meal, like I was the best thing he had ever tasted.
I ran my hand through his hair, pushing him further against me. He groaned, unleashing himself on me. His touch grew wilder, more feral. The tension built up, higher, until finally my climax crashed through me. I bowed off the bed, yelling out, holding him still against me as pleasure washed over me, wave after wave.
I fell back onto the bed, and Kieran looked up, his eyes so intense. “Next time, you’re mine, Princess.”
I jerked awake,my heart and core pounding furiously. My skin felt hot, slick with sweat. I could feel myself dripping with lust. Swearing, I jumped out of bed, rushing to the bathtub. I turned the water on, making it as cold as I could. Once the tub was full, I dipped into the frigid water, the cold taking my breath away.
Flashes of Arianna and the dungeon rushed through my mind, seizing my lungs, but I pushed through the queasiness that followed, forcing myself to breathe. I wasn’t there with Arianna. I was safe.
Dewy light streamed through my windows with the morning sun. I would need to leave soon, and I couldn’t have myself hot and bothered on a two-day journey. So, I sat there, letting the cold water cool my scorching skin.
After a few minutes had passed, I was just about to stand when the door to my bedroom flung open. Yelping, I sank further in the water, using my arms to cover myself when Ivara came into the doorway.
“Taking a little bath, Sybbie?” she smirked, her eyes dipping to the water.
“What?” I breathed. “No, get out!”
Ivara’s silky laugh echoed through the bathroom. “Oh, come now. It’s nothing I haven’t seen before. I promise I won’t bite.”
“Ivara!”
