Something flickered there at my word, at my affirmation. I felt the shift between us, as palpable as a touch.
He kept his eyes on mine when he ducked his head. When he found my gold-painted nipple and drew itdeepinto his mouth.
I cried out, twisting a little underneath him, as I felt that raspy, warm tongue. It feltgoodand I groaned as he flicked my budded nipple, until I felt that small pleasure sizzle in a straight line down my body.
My hands flew to his bulging biceps when he switched to my other breast, when he began speaking in guttural Dakkari, words I didn’t understand but words that sounded…reverent. I felt the twisting shift of his muscles beneath my hand, felt the cords of his arms tighten as he continued to stroke his hand between my thighs.
In the distance I could still hear the drums of the celebration, even that far away. The pulsing rhythm that seemed to mimic the way my sex began to throb.
His body was so warm, so hot, like a furnace. His mouth grew ravenous at my breast, tugging and laving, like he was starved for me. When he finally released my nipple, I looked between us, past the heavy plate of my necklace, and saw that he’d cleaned them of the gold. Now they were flushed a dark pink, sensitive and pointed.
“I will spill my seed deep inside your body this night,Morakkari,” he rasped, his voice dark and gravelly. “You will be heavy with my heirs. You will bear me a horde warrior that will be strong enough to lead, to beVorakkar.”
My breath was coming out fast, my chest heaving. Children. I’d never even thought about children before.
But still, I resisted him by saying, “You might be disappointed. It could be a girl.”
His lips curled, the sight so shocking that I was momentarily struck dumb.
“She will be treasured. A princess of the horde,” he murmured. “But we will have many children. It does not matter if a female comes first.”
I gasped when he flipped me in one smooth, quick motion, until I was facedown on the furs. His large palms spanned my hips and he tugged hard, bringing me up onto my hands and knees with him positioned behind me.
“Ohhh,” I moaned when I felt his tongue lick over my sex, when I felt my belly quiver when it found my throbbing clit. “No, no,” I whispered, squeezing my eyes shut.
“Lysi,” he growled in reply before he returned, using that expert tongue on me. “Lysi.”
Pleasure was like a sharp blade and I was walking on the edge. It cut me, knowing that I was enjoying this, knowing that even as I protested, I was rocking my hips back at him for more. It cut me because I didn’t know why I was still afraid.
“Please,” I whispered, but I didn’t know if it was directed at Arokan or myself. “Please.”
“You are ready,kalles,” he said. “You ache for me, whether you will admit it to yourself or not.”
I perceived him moving behind me, the furs underneath me shifting. His hand, calloused, rough, but warm, ran down the length of my spine. When he didn’t move, I summoned the courage to look behind me, directly into his eyes.
“Rinavi leika,” he murmured, his tail moving to wrap around one of my thighs, keeping me in place. One of his hands gripped my hips and the other…the other moved up, past my shoulder blades to wrap around the gold collar at my throat.
I inhaled a sharp breath, my eyes widening at the possessive, dominant position.
“Rinavi leika,” he repeated, his voice almost…awed. “You are beautiful,rei Morakkari.”
I cried out when he thrust into me, his grip on my hips pulling me towards his thick, hot length. Blood rushed in my ears and over it, I heard his bellow of pleasure as his cock slid inside.
Pain pricked me, a sharp twisting pinch.
“Wait,” I whispered, my brows furrowing.
Arokan’s eyes met mine. That wild look was present, that untamed emotion from earlier. He growled, a purely animalistic sound, but did as I asked, though his grip on my throat and my hips tightened, as if worried I would move away.
The pain was fleeting and Arokan kept my gaze throughout it all, half-sheathed inside me. He wanted to fuck me, I saw it in his gaze. He wanted to consume me, to claim me, to make mehis.
My whole body shivered at that thought as the pain slowly melted away, only to be replaced by the foreign sensation of fullness.
A moment later, I felt him move, testing me. I felt him retreat from my body, only to drive back in with a forceful thrust.
Lips parting, I couldn’t help the gasping moan that tore from my throat.
That was all the permission Arokan needed.
