“Do you know what it says?” I murmured, and she looked up at me from under her lashes.
“You know I can’t read ancient Fae.” She gave me a look, and I couldn’t help the chuckle that slipped out.
I took her hand, bringing her fingers to trace each rune as I spoke the words.
“Darkness sweeps across the land
To bring new order to Fae and Man.
A light to brighten his darkness be the king’s fate
Blood will seep and unveil his mate.
An eclipsed star lost who must be found
The power of two will be her crown.
Together, they will usher in a new age
Though not without a war to wage.
A queen of stars and a king of night
Are the only hope to see the world made right.”
I switched her fingers to the other forearm halfway through, and when I finished, they wrapped around my arm and held tight, her eyes fixed on the runes.
“That’s your birth prophecy, isn’t it?” she asked quietly. She looked up, wide blue eyes meeting my purple ones, and I nodded my affirmation.
Her hand slid up my arm to my neck, cupping it firmly. “Is this why you want me to rule with you? Because fate said so?”
I could sense her apprehension, and I was quick to shake my head, my hand coming up to slip under her neck and into her hair. “Never. The prophecies don’t control us. The seers merely see into the future and tell us what they see happening. Fate is always in our hands.”
“Is it?” she countered, her eyes swirling rapidly with sparkling light.
“I promise it is. I know you hate the idea of some outside force controlling us, and I’m with you on that. Having a seer for a sister has given me much more insight on how they work, and it’s often just as confusing to them.” I promised her, seeing her shoulders drop in relief.
“So our actions are perceived, not controlled?” she asked, and I nodded.
“My fate was always to be yours, my réalta.” I tightened my hand in her hair, tilting her head back to meet my eyes. “Just as yours was to be mine. Not because some god or seer said so, but because there is no world where I accept any less.”
She surged upward, and I met her lips as we crashed together. I grabbed her legs and hooked them around my hips, her cunt teasing my cock as the water quickened her slide against me.
“Fuck me, my dorchadas,” she murmured against my lips, and my cock strained toward her, desperate for relief. I nipped her bottom lip before grabbing her hips and lifting her up, sinking her down on my cock.
Her moan was swallowed by my mouth, and my tongue swept along hers as I dragged her up and down my hard length. I swore as she clenched down hard around me.
“Fucking Elysium. I swear paradise couldn’t feel as good as you,” I murmured as I began kissing down her neck, her hand pulling my hair and guiding me. I let my hands wander up her curves until I gripped her breasts in my hands. She swirled her hips into mine, riding me as her claws sank into my shoulder.
I quickly brought her to the ledge of the lagoon and placed her on the edge. She fell back, and I let myself look long and hard at her. I couldn’t have imagined a more exquisite mate. My shadows responded to my emotions without my say-so and began whirling up her body, making her giggle as she eyed me affectionately.
As I grabbed her legs and hooked them around to me to sink back into her, I was surprised by the bit of starlight that swirled up and around my cock. I looked at her and found her biting her lip to contain her giggles, but she continued to stroke my cock with her starlight. I let her play for a minute, the torture of waiting heightened by the feel of her touch via magic. Until the starlight snaked down to my balls, and I couldn’t take anymore.
I thrust into her hard, shaking her body and making her breasts bounce for me. I smirked as I thrust again and watched them, mesmerized by the movement. Asteria’s hair was fanned out around her, her arms out and claws digging into the tile.
“Fuck me harder, my dorchadas.” She gave me a fang-filled smile, and there was no way I could resist that. I gave a punishing thrust, earning a shout from her lips that I leaned over and swallowed the end of. My tongue slipped into her mouth as I ground against her, hitting her clit repeatedly.
Her arms wrapped around me, holding me to her tightly. I lifted her until I was standing at the edge of the water, where I put her down onto the edge of the patio.
