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Kalen moved slowly, lifting her hips slightly so that I could thrust up. We moved together, and while I thought the situation might have been strange, both us were focused on Renai. Our sole purpose was to makeherfeel good. This goddess between us had us wrapped around her finger.

I kept her close to me, enjoying the sensation of her around my cock and the rocking motion Kalen set as he quickened his pace. She cried out in pleasure, and I captured her mouth with my own. I wanted to be selfish and take every noise she made for myself.

“I’m going to come in your pretty little ass, and then he’s going to come in your tight cunt.” He slapped her ass, gripping it in his massive hand. Her skin flushed, going from white to red. “Is that what you want? To be filled with cum until it’s spilling out of you?”

That did her in. I felt her clench at his words, and then she exploded around both of us. Her legs shook from the force at which we were fucking her. I couldn’t help but be surprised as she took it all. I stroked her hair, murmuring soft words of praise as she came down from her high.

Kalen and I didn’t stop moving, though. If anything, her release only fueled his desire to take her over the edge again, but this time we would go toppling over with her. I didn’t know how much longer I could last. It was fucking intoxicating, her breathy moans combining with the way she gripped me. It was enough to bring the strongest man to his knees.

“Please,” she begged. “Please, I need to come again. I need to feel you.” She was needy and writhing on top of me. Her hand touched the side of my face, clinging to me like I was the answer to her prayers. I couldn’t stop the small gasp from leaving my lips at the intimacy of the gesture. The way her eyes widened told me she’d felt something similar, but she didn’t move.

We moved in unison, fucking her until my own arms shook with restraint. I focused on feeling her tight pussy clench around me, the way her breathy moans drove me to the edge. I came deeply, spilling myself inside of her. Kalen followed shortly after, leaning over her body and bracing his hands on the table.

I kissed her skin without thinking, her head falling against my chest as I soaked up her warmth. She was everything for giving this to me. For allowing me to feel like a man once more.

Renai winced as Kalen pulled out. I placed my hands along her hips, intending to help her up, but she lingered. Small tremors wracked her legs, and I knew her last orgasm had likely made her a bit shaky. Neither of us said anything, but I couldn’t help but relish the feel of her skin against mine. Her lips parted as she gazed down at me, leaning forward ever so slightly. On instinct, I leaned in too, needing to feel the sensation of her rosy lips against my own. Her eyes darted from mine to my lips, hesitation warring with desire. For a single moment, it was just the two of us existing in a world of our own, but that quickly crashed as Kalen approached and we jerked apart. “We made quite the mess,” he said, chuckling to himself. “Here. Let me help you.” He grasped her waist and lifted her off of me, choosing to move toward the bar area.

Though it’d only lasted a few seconds, I already felt the loss of the moment we shared. I pushed up, walking toward Renai. “May I?” I asked, gesturing toward a pitcher of water. Before she could protest, I began searching for a rag and finding none. Instead, I grabbed my tunic from the floor and saturated the fabric before tending to her swollen center.

Kalen dressed quickly, watching the two of us. His brows dipped, eyes scanning us warily as if he was trying to figure out our dynamic. I could only wish him luck, because even I was confused by it. He came around and kissed the top of her head softly. “I’ll be outside, Ren.” He met my eyes briefly and nodded, and I returned the gesture, reaching for my breeches and pulling them over my hips. It then dawned on me that I had used my shirt to clean Renai and would now have to wear it back to my room.

I grabbed her shirt, handing it over to her. “Thank you.” She ducked her head. Long gone was the confident woman I’d sat across the table from only an hour ago, but I liked seeing this level of vulnerability.

I ran my hand across the back of my neck. “So,” I began, meeting her eyes. “That was—”

“You’ve never done anything like that, have you?” she asked, a slight teasing tone in her voice.

She was right, I hadn’t. It’d never even been on my mind before. Of course I’d heard of couples partaking in those activities, and there were the pleasure dens where anything could happen. But this was entirely different. This had meaning, or at least, it did for me.

“No,” I said, shaking my head. “Was it that obvious?”

She shrugged, tossing her blouse over her head and forgoing the brassiere completely. “Not necessarily, just a bit timid is all.” She bent down and picked up my shirt, tossing it to me along with my breeches. “You should probably get dressed. If we take too long, Kalen will come barging back in and it won’t be any fun for both of us.”

Of course. Because this was nothing more than a night between friends that turned heated. It didn’t matter that it felt like some answer to a question I hadn’t asked. This was done.Over. I was back to being a prisoner, and I’d be returned to my tower and left alone because I was utterly fucking worthless. I should have known better than to think it would mean anything, but the way Renai had looked at me made those thoughts disappear. Instead, I’d been lost in the moment with her, allowing myself to hope.

Renai stared at her reflection before pulling her hair out of the messy bun it’d fallen into. She quickly fluffed it up before looking back at me. I met her gaze, but looked away quickly. It was better this way, or at least that’s what I told myself. The woman in front of me deserved the best, and I was the furthest from that.

As I finished dressing, she stopped with her hand atop the bar. “It would mean a lot if you kept the siren thing quiet. I wasn’t lying when I said no one really knows about it. Things would be different for me if it got out.”

She was right. They were creatures who could make people feel things they weren’t supposed to. Hell, maybe that’s what this was. Perhaps her magic had flowed through the room and we had been under her thrall this whole time and—

Renai tensed, as if she could hear what I was thinking. “If that’s what you wish to believe, then go ahead. I won’t stop you.”

“No, Ren, I—”

“It’s Renai. Or Captain Saveq,” she hissed. “The evening is over.” She nodded her head toward the door. “Kalen will see you back to your room. I have other matters to attend to.”

I dipped my head. “I apologize. It won’t happen again.”

Her dark eyes glittered before she turned to the door. “Good. See that it doesn’t.”

Chapter24

Kalen

My head ached from the whiskey I’d drank the night before, and as memories raced to the surface, it only ached more.

I ran a hand down my face, feeling my stubble grate against my skin. I wasn’t sure what to think of the events that played out last night, but I couldn’t resist testing out Ren’s curiosity with Damien, and more so, if the sentiment was returned.