He immersed himself underwater and crouched, lifting and spreading my legs to place them on his shoulders, burying his face in my—
“Oh stars…”
His tongue licked me from my entrance to the spot that made my vision blank. I nearly split my skull open as my head fell back, hitting the rough stone. But nothing stopped the pleasure from taking over my whole body, my limbs shaking with each stroke of his tongue. My uncontrolled whispered moans loud in the empty cave.
Butterflies took flight in my lower stomach, my nipples hardening into stone over the water.
“Dimitri,” I pleaded, my hands sliding in his hair, trying to push him away or pull him up over the water. “Dimitri, stop, you’ll drown…”
He groaned, his mouth closing on that damn spot. My voice was suddenly lost as my whole body tensed, legs shutting close around his head.
Oh my—fucking fuck!
One of his fingers entered me slowly and pressed on my inner walls, sending stars to my already blurry vision.
I felt like I was falling, head swirling as wave after wave of agonizing pleasure crashed into me.
He dropped a few more kisses, sliding his lips along the inside of my thigh before letting me go and coming back to the surface, only to crash his lips against mine with a deep groan.
“You could have drowned!” I said, swatting at his chest.
“And what a magnificent way to go…”
He grinned against my mouth, ignoring my hits and grabbing my legs to circle them around his waist.
“I’m gonna need to taste you like this on a daily basis now,dusha moya.”
A shiver slithered up my spine, bringing my body closer to his, plastering my naked breasts to his chest.
“We won’t have any more time for training if you spend all your time with your face between my legs,” I countered, a smile growing on my lips.
“Let’s cancel training then. I’ll kill anything or anyone that comes after you, you don’t even need to know how to fight. You can’t keep my face from your pussy anymore.”
I paused to scan his dazed expression, ready to argue when I noticed the amused glint in his eyes. He knew how important these training sessions were for me. How exhausting it was to feel powerless all the time.
“I’m taunting you,dusha moya,” he reassured anyway. “Of course we’ll keep training.At least a little…”
I swat at his chest again but he only chuckled and kissed me more fervently.
Both our heads snapped to the side as footsteps echoed in the dimly lit cave. Dimitri pressed himself closer against me, plastering our bodies against the rough stone, taking us deeper into the warm water up to our chins.
“I don’t know why you keep pestering me on this matter.” My father’s tone was harsh. Annoyed and tired at the same time.
My eyes widened as my mother answered, “You and I both know why, Alekrander. You have a soft spot for thatgirl, and I know they’re close to making you reconsider the whole deal.”
He growled in response, stopping on the shore and kicking at some stone that splashed into the water.
“Didn’t I carve her name into Amyntas’ skin and said the sacred words?” he asked. “That alone should be enough to get you off my fucking back. She’s to be the Dragon’s Maiden. Aghen is to be heir. All is going according toyourplan.”
“The Maiden’s mark can be reversed,” my mother announced coldly, piquing both Dimitri and my interest. “Who’s to say you won’t have a change of heart and break peace with the other species?”
“Other species shouldn’t have a say about who I name as my heir.”
“Oh, but they do!” she snapped. “And I won’t let you do something stupid like this. Heirs are males for a reason. It protects the fragile balance between us all. If you were to give the shard toher, both Chimeras and Dragons will think you’re trying to give more power to the Phoenixes’ clan. They’ll becomehostile, and will attack before she can even shit her first heir.”
He turned his back on her, crouching to the floor to pick up a few more stones and toss them in his hand.
“The Heir can’t be a female, Alekrander,” she insisted. “They won’t allow it.Iwon’t allow it.”
