“I’m pretty sure that was the best orgasm of my life,” she said against my lips.
A laugh bubbled out of my mouth, my tongue sliding against hers. “I’ll give you an even better one next time.”
After her kisses grew tired, I carried her to the bathroom, undressing her slowly and letting my hands roam across her shadow marked skin. I undressed as well, wishing I could capture the look on her face when I dropped my trousers and undergarments. She stared at my cock with the type of hunger that had me nearly convinced I could cum again, but we were tired, and she needed rest.
So, instead, I let my instincts take hold. I ran a bath as she relieved herself, both of us cramming inside the tub when it was full. Feeling bold, I tugged her back against my chest. I then washed her hair, trying to replicate the way she’d wrapped theindividual curls around her fingers after, almost putting her to sleep in the process. When we were clean, I dried us off and swooped her up, carrying her to our bed.
As she fell asleep in my arms, her naked body pressed into mine, I decided that being in love was the best thing I’d ever be.
Chapter Twenty-Six
Nova
“Dad says that to live with regrets is to not live at all. But I can’t stop regretting ever getting magic.”
-From the journal of Nova Tershetta, 9281 AS
Stars, the sunlightburned.
My head throbbed, an odd weight on my stomach startling me as I became more aware. Opening my eyes fully, I looked down, seeing that it was a pale, large arm wrapped in shadow marks holding me down. The sight brought memories from the previous night to the front of my mind, the images swirling in a rapid, tornado-like circle.
Oh no.
To my right, Azazel lay sprawled out on his stomach, his arm on top of me and his naked body uncovered. Had he always had such a perfect, round ass? Or was that new?
Focus, Nova.
Okay, so we kissed. That wasn’t too bad.
Well, and he’d…
Cheeks burning, my head turned fully, eyes locking on his face as if I couldn’t help myself. In his sleep, he smiled ever so slightly, looking soft and content rather than hard and cold. His nearly silver hair was a perfect mess, his back littered in various shadow marks. All over his exposed body were corded muscles,looking like ropes beneath his skin. His feet hung off the end of the bed, his body consuming half of the mattress. He hadn’t put his rings back on, so his fingers were bare for the first time, looking longer without them.
I know they’re long, because he touched my fucking cervix.
Groaning, I shot up, pulling one of the quilts higher to hide my breasts.Stars above, he’d sucked on them.
“What happened? Who’s there?” Azazel shouted, immediately going on alert. He pushed himself up onto his hands, moving over my body so his back was to me and his arm flew behind him to wrap around me protectively.
I should hate that he did that.
I didn’t.
Head still flying in every direction, he pulled me into him, a sigh nearly slipping out of my mouth. He was warm, his heartbeat a loud, soothing drum that forced mine to match it in pace. And I couldn’t ever admit it. Because having any sort of fling with Azazel Altair of all people was not possible. I felt wrong for evenkissinghim, let alone letting him practically swallow my whole damn cunt.
Azazel turned, his face pinched and his lips parted.He has nice lips.“Nova, what’s wrong? Are you okay? Is it your head?”
I startled as his hand cupped my face, one of his fingers rubbing soothing circles against my temple. Sighing, I pushed him away, tugging more of the quilt towards me as I scooted to the wall. He watched my movements, his brows knitting together.
Stars, he wasso naked.
“Nova?”
“We need to talk about last night,” I breathed, trying to convince my brain to work right. To go back to thinking as I did before his lips touched mine. Because something monumentalhad occurred during that kiss. Something I was terrified I couldn’t undo. A brand on my heart that would scar forever.
“Okay,” he said, voice low and raspy. Was that how he sounded every morning? How had I never noticed? It was…sexy.
No. Stop. Bad Nova!
