“Easy,” I murmur, catching her elbows and gently guiding them back to the mossy bed. “Don’t try to hide from me, Oona. Not ever.”
Her breath stutters, but she obeys. She stops struggling.
I close my eyes and speak an old chant under my breath, one I’ve used a thousand times to scrub blood and grime from my own skin after battle. Earth, air, and root answer, swirling over us in a warm, invisible rush.
The dust, the sweat, the trace of stone from the shattered village—gone from us both.
My clothes fall away, just like hers, my wings folded behind me as I take in her unparalleled beauty.
No more barriers or pretenses.
What remains is only us.
Alina is—fuck—she’s devastating to my senses.
She’s all smooth, tanned skin and glorious curves.
Her scent is clean, sun-warmed, with the faint tang of exertion.
But more than that is the intoxicating, salt-sweet note of her arousal hits me like a fist to the gut.
I open my eyes.
And she’s watching me—watching me, waiting, anticipating—lips parted, pupils blown wide.
“Better,” I say roughly, drinking her in. “Now there is nothing to stop me from tasting you properly.”
Her answering shiver is all the permission I will ever need.
I lean forward, no hesitating—and I feast.
“Oh, God!” she shouts.
I suck hard on her clit and lift my head.
“Shhhh,” I remind her.
“S-sorry, please, Dagan,” she whimpers, arching her back as much as she can like she can’t get close enough to me—and it is nearly my undoing.
I fist my cock, licking my lips where I can still savor the sweet tang of her musk.
“You will be silent if you want to come, Alina. Do you understand?”
I squeeze my balls, jerking my length as I watch her squirm on the altar of moss, stone, and earth I’ve conjured for her.
Altar is the only word that fits.
Alina—my sweet viyella—is a goddess here.
Her lush curves, the strength in her thighs, the soft swell of her belly, the rise and fall of her chest… she is everything I never thought I deserved.
Everything I never let myself imagine.
I am all sharp edges and carved stone.
She doesn’t smooth them.
She fits them.
