By the time I’m back on the balcony of the royal floor, I am buzzing with need.My cock twitches with every step I take, knowing exactly what it is I’m planning on doing.I playedthe scenes over and over in my headall day today, obsessing over all the different ways I’ll take her.
“Has anyone been in?”I ask the guards as I lower my wings andstrideacross the balcony.
“Only Ajax.”I gave him a letter stamped with the royal seal so he could get past the guards.“He left a few hours ago.”
“Pull all the guards in the halls to the exits only,” I say.Without breaking stride, Iadd, “You’re off tonight, Jace.”
The two of us know the Court won’t try to assassinate me again until Arienna’s crowned.She can’t become queen if I’m dead.
He chuckles, spreads his wings, and launches back into the sky, no doubt off to find his own pleasure for the night.
I grind to a halt, then swiftly turn.“Not Fabia,” I say as I look up at him.He might have been smiling and joking all day, back to his usual cheer, but I know he’s still on edge after all that’s passed between us.On the best of days, his tastes run too dark.Tonight, they’ll be bloody and raw.
“Diedre’s back in town,” he says before turning towards the city.She’s an old… ‘friend’ who we fought with on the front lines back when Aurelia was alive.She’s a regular of his and a necromancer, so I know she will be able to handle his mood tonight.Pushing thoughts of them aside, I focus on finding myqueen.
When I enter her room, she’s curled up on the sofa, with a book in her hands.Within half a second, she’s jumped into the air, slammed the book shut, dropped it, and kicked it under the coffee table.Part of me is curious as to what she was reading, but when she pivots to face me, all I can think about is grabbing her.
Because my beautiful queen is tripping over her own feet again.
Lunging forward, I quickly close the distance between us.Wrapping my fingers around one of her flailing arms, I yank her towards me.She stumbles into my chest.Her face tilts up, so damn red from her blush, and before she can squeak out a thank you, I press my lips to hers.
A low noise rises from the back of her throat, but oddly, it sounds more like despair than arousal.I start to lift my head,immediately backing off, but then she’s following me, her lips chasing mine on a little sigh.A smile breaks across my face.She must’ve been embarrassedabout being caught with whatever book she had.Now I’m reallycurious as to what it is.
But not right now.Now I just want her beneath me.On top of me.Sitting back on the counter again as I kneel between her thighs.
“Comewith me,”I say as I slide my hands down to her ass and lift her into the air.Her eyes snap open as she pulls her head back.
“Where?”she asks nervously, and my cock hardens at the sight of her wary excitement.
Instead of answering, I just kiss her again and walk with her out the door.
By the time I peel my lips off her, we’re in my bedroom.Her eyes are hazy with lust, but when I set her down in front of a dozen racks of clothes, her gaze then fills with confusion.
“Um… what’s all this?”
“Clothes,” I say as I grab her hand and lead her to the first rack of dresses.“We’re having a ball in a few day’s time to celebratethe signing of the peace treaty between us and Vyla.You need a dress.”
“I have a dress.Ella’s given me loads of dresses.”
“Not like these,” I say, thumbing through the rack.The hundreds of tiny jewels sewn into the clothes twinkle under the bedroom light.“Pick some.I want to see you try them on.”
“Ah.”She clears her throat.“Um… I… Uh…” She breathes out as she screws up her browsin thought.Then her eyes pop open as she smiles in triumph.Gods, her face is so full of expression.Genuine expression, not a mask to hide and twist and manipulate those around her;when’s the last time I’ve seen that in Raza?
“What about you?”she says with glee.“Why don’t you try things on?”She nods as if that is the best idea ever, and I realise she’s nervous about stripping in front of me.She’s hugging her arms across herwaistnow.She’s taking a few steps back as if she’s afraid I’ll pounce.
A slow smile curling my lips, I nod.“Okay.”
“Okay?”She suddenly looks more nervous.Perhaps she can hear the seduction in my tone.
Holding her gaze, I slowly start to undo the two black belts criss-crossing across my waist.Her mouth parts as she watches me.Her eyes widen as I slide first one belt out of its loops, then the other.A little noise escapes her as I drop them to the floor.Never taking my eyes off her, I pull the wraps of my shirt out of my trousers.Push the fabric back and let it fall to the floor.
“Ah…” she says, her cheeks heating.“Um…”
I snap open the button of my trousers.My cock’s so damn hard, thickening under her gaze, it’s a struggle to get them off.Bending down, I tug one leg out, then the other, still never taking my eyes off her.
She’s panting now.The blush on her cheeks has crept all the way down her throat.I wonder how far I can get it to go.How red she’ll be when she writhesbeneathme.
Lunging forward at the nearest rack of male clothes, she grabs a randomitemand throws it at me.“Putthaton!”she nearlyshouts, and I’m so caught off guard, that it smacks me in the face.
