He shook his head. “If we’d come here first, we’d have missed the lesson.”
“The lesson, eh?” I stroked his cheek with my thumb. “And what might that be?”
His tongue slipped out to moisten his lips, making heat pool below my navel, and the mossy green in his irises billowed, the intensity in his gaze nearly taking my breath away. “That I don’t need unmatched power to be whole. That you work better with a team than alone. That we belong together as lovers, partners, friends…soulmates.”
“Those are pretty important lessons.” I sounded breathless already, my pulse thrumming in my ears, a rapid, steady bassline beneath the symphony of cascading water.
“Indeed, they are.” He brushed his lips to mine…softly, tentatively…almost as if he were asking permission. “I love you, Cinder.”
I swallowed the thickness in my throat. “I love you too, Discord.”
His breath came out in a rush, his smile brightening his entire face as he wrapped his arms around me and lifted my feet from the floor of the pool. I held on to his shoulders and wrapped my legs around his waist, the feel of his slick skin against mine making my nerves hum with need.
He knitted his brow. “When Seraphine took you, I thought I’d lost you forever.”
I gave my head a tiny shake. “Never.”
He kissed me with purpose this time, his fingers kneading my thighs as he glided across the pool and pressed my back against the obsidian wall. He trailed kisses up and down my neck, leaning into me, catching my earlobe between his teeth and making me shiver.
“I need you,” I whispered.
“You said you didn’t want to do it in a cave,” he teased.
“I said I didn’t want to do it on the cave floor.” I reached between us, wrapping my fingers around his cock. “Against the wall is good.”
He exhaled a hiss, his hooded eyes seeming to lose focus as I stroked him beneath the water. I lowered one leg to the floor, sliding my hand up and down his shaft and kissing him like it was our last.
He groaned and cupped my breast, lightly pinching my hardened nipple and sliding his other hand between my legs, rubbing circles over my clit before sliding two fingers inside me. I gasped, the sensation rocketing electricity through my body, making every fiber of my being buzz.
Breaking the kiss, he pressed his forehead to mine. “I need you too, Cinder. Right now.”
I lifted my leg and gripped his dick, positioning it against my folds. Leaning back, I gazed into his eyes and slowly slid down his cock, taking him in fully, becoming one with the man I loved.
He swallowed hard, not moving…only breathing, holding my gaze as if memorizing every speck and swirl in my irises, looking through them, into my soul, where he made himself a home.
Pressure built in the back of my eyes, and I tried to blink back my tears, but a single drop rolled down my cheek. He kissed it, licking the salt from his lips as he once again braced me against the wall.
His gaze never straying from mine, he pulled out slowly until only his tip remained inside me. We breathed in unison…once…twice…three times before he slid back in. My chest ached at the intimacy, and another tear spilled down my cheek.
“Am I hurting you?” he asked, though I was certain he knew he wasn’t.
“No, I…” I drew in a shaky breath. “I just love you…wholly, unconditionally, unequivocally, irrevocably.”
He chuckled. “Those are big words.”
“It’s a big love.”
He searched my eyes for truth, a smile tugging one corner of his mouth as he found what he was looking for. “I know. I feel it too.”
He kissed me hard, pulling me away from the wall and moving deeper into the pool. The water rose to my breasts, and I used the resistance to my advantage, sliding up and down his shaft as if gravity didn’t exist. He clutched my hips, guiding me, moving his in time with mine.
I clung to him, my body trembling, not from exhaustion, but from overwhelming emotions…from my soul melding with his, becoming one.
He turned, bracing me against another wall and thrusting into me. My back slid up the smooth obsidian, and he grasped my shoulders, holding me in place as he increased his rhythm. The orgasm coiled in my core, lighting my nerves ablaze, tightening, tightening, until I ached with the need for release.
“Discord,” I muttered, and he slammed into me…once…twice… On the third time, my climax unleashed like a tsunami, crashing into me, washing over me, drowning the person I once was and reviving me anew.
I panted, clutching his shoulders as he continued his pursuit and burying my face in his neck. He growled. Then he groaned. With one more thrust, he found his release. He ground his hips against mine, wrapping his arms around me and nuzzling against my ear. His shallow breaths gave me goosebumps, the feel of his heartbeat against my chest giving me hope.
