His words sent a rush of warmth through my chest, but it was the way his gaze slowly swept over me, hungry and intense, that had heat pooling in my gut. He reached out and traced a drop of water with his finger, all the way down to the towel wrapped around my waist.
His touch burnt a path over my skin, setting me alight. I licked my lips and stepped back. “You better come in then.”
No sooner had the words left my lips than Dathal crossed the threshold and backed me against the wall. He pushed the front door closed, then caged me in with his hands on either side of my head, groin pressed against mine.
I wrapped my arms around his waist, tugging him closer still. Thank fuck I hadn’t been needed at the club tonight. “I thought you were going to text me when you got back.” With the way his hard cock nestled alongside mine, I was surprised I managed to form words, let alone string a sentence together.
Instead of answering, Dathal ducked his head and buried his nose in the crook of my neck. “Mmm. You smell so good.”
I felt the sharp sting of teeth, then the soft caress of his tongue and his lips as he nipped and kissed his way up the column of my throat. When he reached my ear, he whispered, “My phone was out of charge. I didn’t want to wait.” Warm breath tickled my skin and I shivered.
“Cold?” He lifted his head to meet my gaze.
I shook my head. With the way he set my blood on fire, cold was the very last thing I was.
His grin turned feral. The wild, otherworldly look in his eyes should probably have set off alarm bells, because it was a reminder that Dathal wasn’t like other men. He didn’t follow the same rules, and sex with him came with consequences that I’d have to face up to sooner or later. But all it did was make me feel reckless enough to push off the wall, grab his hand, and drag him to my bedroom.
I came to a stop beside my bed. The bedside lamp cast a soft glow over the room, making Dathal look more fae than he had in the darkness of my hallway. His eyes danced with a mixture of want and mischief as his hands skated over my stomach. He didn’t ask if I was sure, didn’t remind me that if we did this there was a good chance his magic would awaken mine further. Instead, he tugged on my towel until it fell to the floor then dropped to his knees.
I cried out as the hot wetness of his mouth engulfed me. Dathal clearly lacked a gag reflex because he took me so deep his nose brushed against my groin. “Oh fuck.” I fisted his hair, the silvery strands soft around my fingers, and held on tight as he destroyed me with his wicked tongue and soft lips.
It started deep in my belly.
Warmth like nothing I’d ever felt apart from when Dathal touched me like this. It spread throughout my body, flooding me with magic in a rolling wave of crackling energy.
I’d never felt so alive.
He groaned around my cock, the vibrations enough to send me skittering close to the edge, and my fingers tightened in his hair.I should stop him before it’s too late.There was so much more I wanted to do with him, but I’d never experienced pleasure like this and I was powerless to do anything but hang on for the ride as my orgasm barrelled into me, forcing a moan from my lips as I came.
He had my thighs in a death grip, throat working around me as he swallowed everything I gave him, and it felt so fucking good, I swayed on my feet, would probably have fallen over if he hadn’t pushed me back onto the bed.
Licking his lips, he crawled up my body, filthy grin firmly in place as he stared down at me. “I can feel your magic.” Closing his eyes, he rolled his shoulders and hummed like a satisfied cat. “Stronger than last time.” Violet eyes met mine, bright and vibrant and victorious, as though breaking down the barriers caging my magic was a battle he’d fought and won.
And maybe it was.
I was too blissed out to think about it too hard or give a fuck.
When he dipped his head for a kiss, I wrapped my arms around him, pulling him close as I tasted myself on his tongue.
His hard cock pressed against my belly, reminding me that I still needed to take care of that. When he rolled his hips, slow and dirty, a jolt of heat swept through me, and he laughed when my dick twitched between us.
“I want to fuck you,” he murmured in between kisses so deep and red-hot they made my toes curl. “Want to bury myself deep inside you until I’m all you can think about.” Another roll of his hips punctuated his words, and I groaned, wanting to tell him that he didn’t need to fuck me for that to be the case. With him in my arms, his magic wrapping around me and bringing me to life, my world had already narrowed until all I could see, all I couldfeel,was Dathal.
I bit my tongue to keep the words inside.
This was just sex, after all.
Amazing and earth-shattering.
Butjustsex.
“Do it,” I murmured, wrapping my legs around his waist.
With movements almost too fast for me to follow in my drunken haze of magic and desire, Dathal retrieved lube from my bedside drawer. “I’ll use one if you want,” he murmured, holding a condom up for me to see. “But you don’t need one with me.” His eyes flashed like a fire burnt behind them. “Magic,” he whispered, as if that was the answer to everything.
And maybe it was.
I’d been without mine for so long, I didn’t know any more.
