The amusement in his voice reassures me. “I couldn’t help it,” I confess. “You know how the noises you make affect me.”
“I know—and I adore it.” He nuzzles my neck. “You took me in your ass so well. I’m proud of you.”
Contentment licks up my chest, and I smile into the sheets. “Thank you.”
“But we’re not done.”
I try to work out if there’s any part of my body that isn’t aching. The orgasms are worth it, but they sure are draining. Seems like women need a refractory period too, when the sex is good enough. “We’re not?”
“Oh, no.”
“I don’t think I can move right now,” I mumble as he withdraws from me, then I wince at the sharp ache as his cock pops out of my tight hole.
He takes pity on me and scoops me up, carrying me like a bride to the bathing chamber. “A hot bath, I think, and then some food.”
Relief makes me sag in his hold. “That sounds perfect.”
He kisses the top of my head. “You’re perfect.”
My heart sings at the compliment. Even though I’m exhausted and starving, I’m filled with happiness. “You’re not too shabby yourself,” I tell him.
Krav doesn’t reply but when I glance up at his face, his lips are curved up, that gorgeous dimple of his revealed by a beaming smile.
* * *
Dusk has fallenby the time we’re done soaking our tired, sore muscles. We end up having dinner in bed, curled up together. He feeds me pieces ofkiktu—one of my favorite Ulfarri fruits—a dark gleam in his eyes as I lick the juices off his fingers. His cock hardens and inwardly, I groan. While I adore how much he desires me, I’m exhausted. I need to distract him.
I reach up to touch his horns and he stills. “They’re sensitive, aren’t they?” He nods, and I run a gentle finger down the ridged surface. He shudders, and a purr bursts from his chest. It’s brief, but still enough to fill me with a deep sense of relaxation. I’ve learned his growl arouses me, his purr soothes me, and his chest feels like home. Rolling onto my side, I press my cheek to hear his heartbeat, slow and steady.
His tail strokes my butt.
“What about your wings? Are they sensitive too?”
He unfurls one and stretches it over me. The light from the glow orbs illuminates the map of veins and sinew in the leathery expanse. I raise my hand then hesitate. “Can I?”
He nods and I brush my fingertips over the glossy surface. It’s warm to the touch.
“You feel that?”
“Yes.” His wing quivers under my caress, and I revel in the discovery. He looks so intimidating but now I know the truth: he feels everything. Maybe that’s why he fights so hard to keep everyone at wing’s length?
Krav lets me explore as much as I want until I yawn so widely, my jaw cracks. He commands thejynxto remove the empty plates and dim the orbs.
I stretch out on the bed. He tucks the sheets around me, and I drink in his scent—smoke and chocolate, like a burned s’more. I try to fill my lungs with him before he leaves.
After he bit me to create the soul-bond, he slept beside me until the next morning and I was elated, hoping it was a sign of change. That his walls were coming down. Unfortunately, it seems I was wrong. The following night, he went back to his own bed as soon as he thought I was asleep… and now he’s getting ready to leave me again.
Tired of sleeping alone, longing to be held some more, I summon all my courage and reach for him. “Please… will you stay with me? All night?”
He hesitates, and with a sinking heart, I wait for him to shake his head and stride away. Instead, he leans towards me and lets me pull him down beside me again.
I wriggle with excitement, unable to contain my smile.
“Pet,” he rasps. My butt is grinding against his cock. “I want to take you again, but you need your rest.Weneed our rest.”
He’s right. Fatigue has settled heavy in my limbs. The sex marathon wore me out.
I can’t believe I’m spooning with a demon. We’re both on our sides, facing the wall of windows. Mount Vracor is a dark silhouette against the starry night.
