He captures my hand and places a kiss on my knuckles.
“I’ll come with you to Dew Hollow.”
Happiness shines a bright light on us. There’s nothing more to say, so I kiss him and pour my entire heart into it. In the quiet stillness of the early afternoon, I feel Rhydian’s heart slide against mine. Our racing organs beat in the same rhythm.
As exhaustion beckons me into the waiting darkness, there’s a sense of unease. Apprehension slides cold fingers down my spine. Everything is right, but I know better than anyone that things don’t always stay that way. I will have to fight to keep Rhydian with me.
And the best things in life are worth fighting for.
7
RHYDIAN
Evening air blows in from the open window.
It tosses Bloom’s dark hair as she takes me deeper into her wondrous mouth. My head falls back at the sheer pleasure of her lips on me. I have to fight not to spill down her throat.
Our dinner sits cold and forgotten on the table.
After our first time together, we awoke in each other's arms in the early evening. Bloom had been sore once she rose from the bed. With a trip to the bath and the help of my magic, I fixed her discomfort.
We had agreed we should eat before setting off for Dew Hollow.
The journey was decently long, and if we wanted to expose Pyke before he could use the villagers’ tithes, we would need to make haste. Yet, as Bloom sat across from me with her kiss-swollen mouth and her teasing stares, I couldn’t help but feel like our trip could be delayed an hour or two.
Bloom must’ve felt the same as she pushed her plate aside, undid my pants, and took me into her slick mouth. She grazesmy shaft with her teeth. I bump the back of her throat as she chokes and sputters.
Pulling back, tears stream down her cheeks as my seed paints her pink lips. She looks more beautiful than she did this morning. Her loveliness grows the longer I’m in her company.
She smiles as she roughly pumps me with her hand.
I would go into the deepest pits of hell for just a glimpse of her smile. It emboldens me. I can face my fears and journey to Dew Hollow. If they reject me, I feel confident that Bloom will join me in the meadow. She has made it clear I am her home—her family. She wants to have my children and be bound to me forever.
If the people of Dew Hollow are as accepting as Bloom believes them to be, then we can stay there. The two of us will work in her father’s bakery and live amongst her people. I can protect them as their lord just as my father had done.
I will expose Pyke’s treachery.
My first act as protector will be getting him to return the people’s gold. Justice will be served. That should surely earn me some goodwill from the villagers.
Not that I care for anyone’s opinions beyond Bloom’s.
As she takes me back into her mouth, my fingers shift through her silken hair. I’ve taken it out of the braid she favored during our bath and rake my fingers through the tendrils. She is the only thing that matters.
With her by my side, I no longer fear the future. She has given me the chance to have everything that I want. A lover, a wife, someone to have children with. She is life itself. I will spend every day proving to her that she wasn’t wrong for choosing me. My life is hers to wield however she deems fit.
I will safeguard her heart and protect her from harm. The cruelty of this world will never lay a finger on her pure soul.
Bloom releases my cock with a pop.
Wickedness gleams in her hazel eyes as she rises to her feet. Her large breasts are level with my mouth. I can’t resist tasting each of her pink nipples. She sighs as she settles atop my lap.
Lifting onto her knees, her small hand guides me to her entrance.
“Again?” I ask.
“I need you inside me, Rhy.”
“Are you sure? The pain?—”
