Page 193 of The Fifth Heir

His restraint lasted only a few strokes.

I wanted the loss of it.

I held his shoulders while he drove into me, each movement pushing me into the crystal mattress. Heat spread wherever our bodies touched. The clear bedframe filled with red light beneath us.

Torren’s hand returned between my thighs.

Pleasure tightened again.

I kissed him to keep from crying out.

He broke the kiss.

“Let me hear you.”

I stopped trying to remain quiet.

The second orgasm built harder than the first. My body clenched around him, and Torren’s rhythm became uneven.

“Talia.”

I came with his name in my mouth.

He followed moments later, pressing deep as heat pulsed inside me. His face lowered against my neck, breath rough across my skin.

We remained joined until both of us could breathe normally.

Torren rolled carefully to avoid my shoulder and pulled me against his chest.

The curtains around the crystal bed turned clear again.

Color filled the frame beneath us.

Red appeared first.

Then violet.

Silver followed, and pale blue moved through the opposite side. All four colors met inside the transparent crystal and became clear once more.

Torren watched them.

“What does that mean?”

“I don’t know.”

“You say that often.”

“So do you.”

He touched the scale at my wrist lightly enough that I felt only warmth.

“No pain?”

“No.”

“Regret?”

I looked at him.