Wonder fills her verdant eyes. She is more vibrant than a sprawling meadow. Arden looks at me as if she’s never seen me before. Her pleasure makes my heart race and my cock flare to life.
I want to savor this moment as much as her delicious come.
Removing my hand, I feast on her entrance, tasting every drop of her pleasure. Once she and my fingers are clean, I prowl up her shuddering body.
I kiss every inch of her as I go until I reach her mouth. She moans as I share her taste. My hands trail over her side as I curl her into me. The night turns quiet save for her soft breaths. I kiss her sweaty forehead.
"How was that? Did I please you, my Queen?"
Arden releases a sharp breath. The way she's looking at me makes my chest ache. It is as if I'm the only thing in the world. It is a heady feeling, one I feed to my beast who devours it with relish.
"I don't have the words. It was beyond anything I've ever felt."
My pride joins us in the clearing, nestling into her other side. I roll her into my chest, tucking her firmly against me as if I can trap us in this perfect moment.
"I can die happy now, Queenie. Making you come was the greatest achievement of my life."
Arden cups my cheek. Her eyes are serious as they beam up at me.
"You aren't going to die. As your Queen, I forbid it."
I'll always do as she commands me, but there are some things even the Fairy Queen can't stop. If death comes for me tomorrow, I will greet it with a smile and Arden's pleasure on my tongue.
I kiss her lips, savoring their fullness as sleep beckons.
"Rest," I say. "Dawn will be here soon."
Pressing a kiss to my chest, Arden burrows under my chin. She fits me as if we are two halves finally making a whole. The determination in her gaze warms my racing heart. She is fierce, my lovely Queen.
Dying for her will be no burden at all.
All my life, I've been searching for a purpose. For belonging. Finding the fairy portal, I thought it would solve all the restless feelings that have festered inside me for years. With the ending of my curse, closer than ever before, I realize that's not what I've been looking for.
It was not gold, jewels, or adventures that cemented my legacy as a prolific treasure hunter. It was not answers to why I was different or where I came from. This whole time, I was searching for something far more important.
The one thing that has changed everything. What I wanted before no longer matters. I’ve found what I’ve been searching for.
Her. The beautiful, selfless Queen who smiles in her sleep.
For the first time in my life, I know what true peace feels like. And I'll do anything to keep it.
15
FINN
Something is wrong.
I don’t need to open my eyes to know something is off. It’s an innate sense. The lingering warmth of my night with the Queen turns to ice. The contented bliss of finally tasting her vanishes. All there is the putrid scent of death and freezing wind. Her delicate warmth is missing from my side.
Forcing my lids open with a groan, I confirm what my body already knows.
Arden is gone. Her absence rouses me from drowsiness.
My beast roars behind its cage as we take in the space on the grass beside me, bearing her body’s small indentation. I can taste her along my tongue and feel her warm skin against my palms. Arden’s cries of pleasure replay in my mind.
The memories feel like faint dreams.
I had wished to give her pretty cunt the same attention this morning before we set off towards death, but my Queen had other ideas. Unease raises my hackles. The creature inside me paces, more restless than ever.
