Then he lifted me away from his stiff cock and stood us both, tapping my ass. “Out of the tub.”
Grinning, I waved to his cock bobbing against his ripped abs. “I think that needs attention.”
“All in due time.”
“I could practice nullification on it if you’d like. Then you’ll be more comfortable until you find the time to give my body the care it needs to bring out my next scream.”
He growled and reached for me.
Laughing, I slipped away and climbed out of the tub, standing on the rug with water sluicing down my body. “I’m not sure I remember how good it was between us.” Frowning, I tapped my chin. “My memory may need to be refreshed.”
He climbed out of the water, his body more beautiful than one of the high fates themselves, and after wrapping a drying cloth quickly around his waist with his cock poking the front of the folds, he grabbed another cloth and advanced on me.
Squealing, I backed away. “No teasing now. I don’t think my heart can take it.”
“Take it you will.” He latched onto my arm and held me in place while he proceeded to stroke the fabric across my body. He took special care of my breasts, and after my nipples poked forward and my breathing was ragged, he parted my thighs and started rubbing there.
“Fuck,” I moaned, tipping my head back. “You don’t fight fair.”
“Fair is for the throne room, love. Here, it's just you and me, and when it comes to you, I will always play dirty. And you'll love it.”
He had that right.
I slumped against him, cupping his shoulders to hold myself upright.
Straightening, he tossed the cloth aside and swept me up in his arms. He flitted, and we landed in bed, me beneath him with him caging me in place with his palms on either side of my shoulders.
“Now I have you where I want you,” he growled against my throat.
“I thought you already had me where you wanted me. Me riding you and then you riding me from behind. “
“There are more ways I’m going to love you tonight.”
A myriad of emotions swirled inside me as I gazed up at my husband. His gaze held so much intensity, such profound need, that it stole my breath. Here, stripped bare of everything, it was just the two of us, lost in a world that was entirely our own.
“How will you love me next?” I asked, a smile playing on my lips. My heart pounded, each beat showing the depth of my feelings for him.
He traced a finger down my cheek, his touch feather-light yet charged with a current that sent a ripple of anticipation through me. “Everywhere, Wildfire. Every bit of your body.” A promise that held no hesitation, no second thoughts. Only the purest, deepest desire.
“Prove it,” I whispered.
He leaned down, capturing my mouth with a slow, languid kiss that sent jolts of sensation through me. It was tender yet full of a fierce, possessive need that made my heart flutter wildly.
When he pulled back, his eyes held a mix of adoration and raw hunger.
He curled his body around mine and pressed a tender kiss to my temple as our legs entwined. The heat of him pressed me down, into the blankets, and the solid strength of his thighs held me in place. We'd been designed to fit together, pieces of a puzzle finally forming the perfect image.
My heart swelled with a love so vast, so profound, that for a moment, I couldn't breathe. This was what I had been searching for, what I had been missing for much too long. Not a man of light or darkness, but a united whole. A single soul, shattered into two, then miraculously rejoined.
“You,” I said, my voice trembling with emotion, “are every desperate prayer, every fractured piece of my heart.”
He searched my face. “And you, my wildfire queen, are my reason for existing.”
His lips brushed mine in a kiss that was achingly tender and endlessly intimate. I poured every bit of my love into that kiss, every part of me, until I was utterly breathless and trembling.
Pulling back, he rested his brow against mine, and in the near darkness, I could feel his steadying breath, the thrum of his heart.
“What we have is more than passion,” he said in a voice rough with emotion. “More than desire. It's destiny, Reyla. We are worth fighting for.”
