“No! I would never! I have you three and…”
“What did I tell you about keeping your power up?”
I leveled a gaze at him. “Really? We shared blood.Explosive orgasmdoesn’t even start to cover it. There was no need for us to have sex.”
Roran leaned in close. “A work fuck is a work fuck, Kimber.”
I gaped at him. “I could never. Ever.”
He smirked. “You’re too good for us,ilati. Though now that you’re here, I don’t think I could leave our little group, either. Not even for desperately needed power.”
“Have you…?”
“We haven’t needed our magic the way we have in the past few months. It was never an issue.” He ran his fingers through my hair. “But I told you that because I wanted you to know that if it came to it, and you had to, we would forgive you.”
I sighed. “The blood… Roran, I can’t lie. It was amazing. I was so scared. I am still so scared. I’m an impossibility, and we don’t know if I can take just any blood or if I have to have his forever.”
Roran traced his hand up and down my side, slowly. It was a hypnotic rhythm, and for the first time since the night on the Scar, before I was imprisoned, I relaxed. Really and truly relaxed.
I was finally home.
Safe for just a little while.
A breathy, soft question dusted over my ear. “Would you like to try my blood?”
I stiffened. The tension rushed back, and I tried to climb away from him.
In those few weeks, I forgot how strong these men were.
“Please, Kimber, stop,” Roran said. “It’s an honest question. If you don’t want to be tied to Aiko forever or him to you, then you have to start somewhere.”
“But…”
Smirking, he resettled me on his lap. “I know what it feels like already, remember? Vampire lover?”
I nodded. “Yes. I remember. As I also remember you let her bite your cock.”
He cleared his throat, and I felt him harden against my thigh. “Yes. Well.”
This time I laughed. “Did you really just get hard thinking about me nibbling on your cock?”
“To be fair, I always get hard when I think about you and my cock.”
“You kinky old bastard!”
“Look, just because I’m three thousand years older than you…”
I leaned in and kissed his cheek. “Roran, I love you. What I want right now is to sleep. In your arms. That’s all. I hope you’ll forgive me for blue balls?”
“Oh,ilati… I’ve had those for weeks. Two goddamn overripe plums just hanging out, waiting. Gods, if I took care of myself right now, I might put a hole in the wall.”
“ARE YOU READY FOR THIS?”LORDBELSHAZZAR“Are you ready for this?” Lord Belshazzar asked as he placed my crown on my head. “You can always say no. I won’t make you be a sole ruler. You have a choice right now.”
I swallowed my nerves down on a dry throat. “I’m nervous, but I know what I want. Iwillbe the queen my people need me to be.”
Lord Belshazzar lifted his right hand and caressed my left cheek with the tips of his warm fingers. “You already are, your majesty.”
This man was ruining me—in the best possible way. I couldn’t have chosen a more caring lover. With the simplest of words, he could knock the breath out of me.
