Gods, this feels amazing. I needed Haydn to take control tonight. No asking questions, no arguing, no hoping. Just him inside me.
“Let me make you happy, Princess. Let me have you. Let me love you.”
She felt the pressure building again. Haydn noticed the shift in her breathing and pounded harder.
“Oh, gods! Haydn!”
With the smallest spark of clarity, Evelyn reached out to grab a pillow. She buried her face in it to hide her scream as another shockwave tore through her. This orgasm was stronger than the first. Evelyn lost all sense of the world around her, as if gravity had disappeared and she was drifting in a cloud of pleasure.
A sudden burst of warmth between her legs let her know that Haydn found his own release. He jerked against her once more before pulling away. Evelyn’s skin chilled where he had been touching her.
Haydn flipped her onto her back again, then climbed over to straddle her hips. His flushed skin was slick with sweat. Evelyn reached up and stroked her fingers over his chest and shoulders.
He leaned down to kiss her, gently this time. “Come to Lochmatten with me. I want to hear you scream my name in every room of the castle.”
Evelyn blushed. “I don’t think that will make us very popular.”
“I don’t care. I just need you to be mine.”
38
Freefall
Evelyn woke early the next morning. Haydn was sleeping on his stomach with an arm draped over her waist. His wavy silver hair was curled by sweat from the night before. She listened to his slow breathing.
Do I want this?
The ring was still on her finger.
Do I want him?
She slipped the ring off and studied it.
I don’tnotwant him.
The emerald stone was shiny in the sunlight.
He wants me. Is that enough?
Evelyn got out of bed quietly so as not to wake him. She set the ring in the top drawer of her nightstand.
Maybe.
As she filled the tub with hot water, Haydn’s words kept running through her mind. “I can make you forget. I can make you feel better.”
He did. I enjoyed last night. Not just what happened in bed but also being with him on the mountain. Haydn took me to see dragons and made my magic stronger. Even at dinner, he made it clear to everyone that he was there forme. And Leo made it clear that he is with Hannah.
Evelyn scrubbed at her skin like the memory of Leo kissing Hannah could be wiped away with soap.
Why shouldn’t I be with Haydn? He wants to make me happy. Why should I say no?
She’d barely stepped back into the bedroom, wrapped in a towel, before a naked Haydn locked his arms around her.
“You weren’t in bed when I woke up,” he said, kissing her neck.
“You looked so peaceful, I didn’t want to disturb you,” Evelyn explained.
“Come back to bed.”
