Tenebrys pulled back, and she let out a protest. He cupped her cheek with his huge hand. "Your witch fire healed me. You…You don't remember?"
"Parts? I know the magic came out of me and killed the fae," she replied, frowning. "Kaelis… He hit Narcisse with a dagger. Is he dead?"
"Yes," Tenebrys said, stroking her hair.
Delphi only nodded. She didn't know how she felt about all the lies Narcisse had told and the things Kaelis had revealed.
"Are the others okay? They weren't too badly hurt?" she asked, changing the subject.
"Nothing that they won't recover from. They are all in awe of you, even grumpy Nahir." Tenebrys grinned. "You cleansed the original plague out of the land, love. It bubbled out of the earth and turned to ash."
"I did?" Delphi put a hand to her forehead. "Oh, gods, I'm going to have to test some more samples and see if…"
Tenebrys growled, his chest rumbling deeply. "It can wait."
"For what?"
"Ineed to finish whatyoustarted." Tenebrys licked up her neck to her ear, making her shiver. "I haven't been inside my mate for three days, and there is nothing more important than her right now."
Delphi reached down between them and pulled on the laces in front of his pants. "You had better hurry up and take these off then."
"I will when I'm ready," he said, grabbing her by the wrists and pinning them above her head.
Delphi sighed with delight as he began to lick and kiss his way down her body, his rough tongue and fangs leaving little marks on her. He teased her breasts, taking his time to drive her crazy and make her nipples so hard they hurt. Through their bond, she could feel how much he loved her body with an almost worshipful obsession. He loved pleasuring and teasing her.
By the time Tenebrys made it between her thighs, Delphi was soaked and trying not to beg for release.
"Still so needy, my little flower," he purred, spreading her wide.
"Please, Ten."
"Please, what? Please make you come?" he teased and blew on her clit.
"Oh, fuck, yes, make me come," she begged.
Tenebrys gripped her thighs, his expression darkening. "Promise me you will never burn out your magic like that."
"I… What if I need to protect you?" Delphi tried to reason through the haze of lust.
"Wrong answer." Tenebrys gave her pussy a lick, making her jump. "I need my mate to be safe and to be in control of her magic. Not putting herself in danger."
"I wasn't going to let him kill you," Delphi snarled, wriggling in his grip.
"You are more important than me, Delphi!" he said, flashing his fangs. "If I had died, Plagues wouldn't have killed you. You are too valuable. You are smart. You would have found a way to survive and escape him even if I had died."
She grabbed his horns and pulled him down so they were nose to nose. "Don't you ever say that again, Kesari Tenebrys. Get it through your thick head. I willneverlet anyone hurt you. I don't care how much you don't like it. I will learn to controlmy power, but I won't, for a single second, regret what I did to protect what belongs to me."
The anger in Tenebrys's eyes melted. He whispered, "I don't deserve you, Delphi."
"I don't deserve you either, but we beasts belong to each other regardless." Delphi bit his bottom lip, hard enough to make him hiss. "And don't you forget it."
"Just for that, you get to do all the work," he said and rolled them so she was on top of him. He slapped her ass and then squeezed the burn. "Get on with it, my queen. Show me how much you want this old monster."
"My queen now, is it?" Delphi said, dragging her nails over his abs.
Tenebrys's big hands went to her hips, and he lifted her up to line up her pussy with his cock. "You were always my queen."
Delphi pressed herself down onto him, gasping as his tip stretched her. He held her steady, letting her control how much she took of him at once. "Fuck, Ten, I'm never going to get enough of this," she admitted, breathlessly. "Of you."
