“If you could just breathe for two seconds and listen to me, you'll understand that I'm not saying you can't be upset. I'm not saying that it's not okay to grieve.” I paused, taking a breath. “I’m sayinglet me grieve with you,or at least hold you while you do it.”
“I didn't expect you to be the one that followed me.” She deflated, her shoulders slumping as her breaths turned shallow. “I hate feeling this way, and I hate feeling like my body isn't mine. I'm having a hard time controlling how I'm reacting for the first time in a long time,” she admitted, glancing down at the mattress.
“Fuck, muse, I love you,” I blurted out.
She whipped her head toward me. “What did you just say to me?”
“I love you,” I repeated.
The next moment, she jumped off the bed and used her wind magic to glide over to me and sealed her lips over mine.
Her kiss was desperate and rough like she was trying to convey all the pain and grief she was feeling through her lips, even though I could feel it throughout our bond.
I wrapped my arms around her waist and pulled her closer to me, deepening the kiss as I tasted the salt of her tears. Her hands found their way into my hair, pulling at the strands as she tilted her head to deepen the kiss even more.
Everything else disappeared as we kissed, the pain and sorrow melting away as our bodies pressed together. Her lips were soft and sweet, and I couldn't get enough of her.
She broke this kiss for a moment to catch her breath and looked up at me with a mix of emotions that were almost too hard to decipher. But thanks to our bond, I knew exactly what she was feeling—and it was exactly what I felt.
"I love you too, Silas," she whispered, her voice breaking with emotion.
"You don't have to go through this alone.” I reached up, wiping away her tears with my thumb.
"I don't know if I can do this," she admitted, her eyes cast down. “He’s going after everything he knows I care about.”
"You don't have to do it alone," I repeated, cupping her face in my hands. "We'll get through this together. All of us.” I leaned down to kiss her again, slower this time, and I ran my hands along the curves of her body.
I’d only meant to hold her, soothe her, but somehow, our emotions fueled our desire formore. We peeled at each other’s clothes until we were both naked.
My heart raced as I felt all of Fawn’s emotions pouring into me through our bond, mixing with my own feelings until there was no difference between what I felt and what she did.
We laid down on the mattress with me hovering above her, skimming my lips down the side of her neck. I loved the way her pulse quickened beneath my lips.
“Bless, Silas…” she moaned softly. “I love you.”
“I love you, muse.” I slid down her body, letting my tongue trace circles around her nipples before trailing lower and lower until I reached between her legs and latched onto her clit with little warning.
She gasped loudly as I licked and teased her until she was trembling with pleasure beneath me.
“Silas…please,” she whimpered as she sunk her fingers into my hair.
I smiled against her as I slipped my finger into her, sliding it in and out. “Keep begging me, muse. It’s a different sound from you.”
“Please…I need you,” she managed to choke out. “Please…fuck!”She clawed at the blanket beneath her.
“Such a pretty sound.” I lifted her legs up, resting them on my shoulders before diving back in and driving my tongue deep inside of her. I explored her sweetness, letting my tongue glide over her clit before doing it again.
Her legs shook as she writhed beneath me. Her moans turned into groans, and I could feel her tension building up until her orgasm crashed into her body like a wave. Her fingers tangled in my hair as she came, and I lapped up every bit of her pleasure that I could.
I wanted everything that was her, her entire body—I already was bonded to her soul.
She truly was my muse.
“Silas…” Her voice was drunk sounding, pleasure buzzing through our bond.
I let my lips brush against her thigh as I pulled back. “Beg me, muse.”
She whimpered as I let my lips brush against her wetness again.“Please, Silas, please don’t stop.”
