Her icy hands drag down my arms, leaving dark red marks behind, and she wraps her legs around my thighs as I snap my hips forward again. Her cry turns to a gasp, eyes half-hooded as she watches me.
Grinning, I drag my thumb across her lower lip. She pops her mouth open, and if she hadn't told me, I wouldn’t assume she was inexperienced. “Good girl.”
“More,” she moans, eyes wide as she holds my gaze. “More, mage. I want my brain to stop working for a while.”
That I can do.
Picking up my pace, she gives me those delightful little cries again. I drag one hand down her body, teasing first one nipple then the other before leaving a trail of ice behind and sliding further down her body. It won’t freeze her like I would anyone else, but it heightens all of her senses.
“Ban,” she gasps, squirming to rock against the shadows and meet my thrusts. I use the magic to lift her hips higher, twisting her into an arch, and Neve cries out again.
Using the shadows, I bind her wrists above her head once more and use one shadowy wisp to tease along her clit. Keeping her arched, I can drive my cock deeper inside her until she screams.
“Ban!”
Grinning to myself, I pull out just long enough to let the shadows work their magic. She’s soaked my cock, the orgasm leaving her shaking, so flipping her around to lie on her stomach with the help of the darkness is easy. Neve gasps, disoriented as I catch her hips, the shadows cushioning her stomach when she rolls.
After I slide back into her with one hard thrust, she scrambles against the shadows without finding purchase. There’s nothing for her bound hands to grip onto, and she shoots me a desperate look over her shoulder.
Leaning in, I kiss her throat before skating my teeth down her skin. She whimpers, grinding back against me when I’ve bottomed out and left her shaking again. “Good girl. Give me one more, Your Majesty.”
Her mouth pops open as she stays twisted, eyes misty when I slam into her again and again. Her whimpered cries are lost between the smack of our skin, and my eyes flash when a bluish shine dances across her back, and her pussy clenches around me again.
It’s like the magic is reacting, but I’m not sure if it’s mine or hers.Interesting.
“Come for me again, my queen,” I hiss, gripping both of her hips when her head drops again. My balls tighten the harder I fuck her, and she withers before me as I flex my fingers.
I only wanted to keep her safe. Now I’m not certain I can ever let her go.
Neve screams again, and I follow her over the edge with a grunt. When I finally still, she goes slack beneath me, the blue glow lingering against her back. I keep my gaze there as I try to catch my breath, watching for several moments until it fades, and Neve lets out a contented sigh, peering over her shoulder again.
I pull away, noticing the barest tinge of pink against the tip of my cock, and I quickly release her hands from the shadowy restraint. She groans with relief, sinking further into the shadows. I use her exhaustion to my advantage, the ice bracketing my cock for a moment so I can somewhat clean myself up before searching for a cloth and something for her.
“You can let the shadows drop,” she says tiredly. “I need to get up.”
Rolling my eyes, I use the first scrap of material I find, cleaning myself before turning back to her. A bath would be better, but we’ve already overstayed our welcome. We should be moving already.
“Rest for a minute,” I say, finding her on her side when I turn back. She’s studying me with hooded eyes. “Rest would do you wonders.”
“Rest is a luxury allotted for people who have the time.”
Sighing, I wipe her down. She doesn’t complain, letting me run the material between her legs before balling it up and throwing it across the room. We aren’t going to be back in this room for a long time, perhaps ever.
She props herself up on one elbow, watching me through her disheveled hair. If the noise wasn’t a good hint, her hair sure doesn’t hide what we were doing. “Do you think–”
Banging on the door interrupts her, and immediately, my staff is back in my hand as I fix my pants and Nevestraightens. Zarev’s voice carries through the door. “Could you two stopfuckinglong enough for us to get out of here?”
Chapter 28 Neve
“I’m going to see if he needs help,” Ban tells me, shooting a look over his shoulder at me. I have yet to get dressed, and I slip off the shadowy ledge he made, finding my legs a little wobbly.
That wasreckless.I don’t regret sleeping with Ban, far from it, but, boy, do I have some timing.
Thinking quickly, I nod in agreement. “Yes, go see what’s happening. Can you bring Odette in here?”
He gives me a curious look as I dart behind the screen again, grabbing for the dress on my way. “Why?”
“These rooms have secret passages so the King or Queen could escape,” I explain. “If the halls are overrun, we can leave through here. It would give you two a break for your magic at least, wouldn’t it?”
