He pulled back, but his arm tightened around my waist. His breaths came as rapidly as mine, and a wild glow filled his eyes. He released me enough to hold up his hand between us, gazing at his wrist. “It hasn’t flared.”
He sounded as incredulous as I felt, and my lips curved. I stepped into his space, closing the distance between us completely, and curled my fingers around his tunic. “It’s because Ineedthis. As the royal you’re guarding, Icommandyou to do this to make me feel better.”
His hand dropped, and his pupils blew wide open. A surge ofwantjolted through his aura, and the warrior lifted me in a fluid move so fast that my head spun. Just as fast, he wrapped my legs around his waist and slammed his lips to mine.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
He kissed me like he had in Whiteolf. On the one time we’d ever acted intimately. His kiss was raw. Claiming.Consuming. The warrior kissed me as though he was dying of thirst and the only way to stay alive was to drink me down completely.
But by the gods, if he didn’t do more than kiss me, I was going to combust.
“More, more, I need more from you,” I pleaded. “I beg of you. Make me feel safe, Kole. Give me more as my warrior. Ineedit.”
On a gust of his air element, Kole lifted us and barreled us through my courtyard, right through the door, back into my private chambers. Once inside, he slammed the door behind us, sealing us inside. His mouth never left mine, but I had enough awareness to fling a bolt of my telekinetic magic out to turn the locks on all of the doors, and then my attention returned entirely to him.
Kole’s mouth was dominant. Demanding. Each kiss from him was like a brand upon my soul.
With my legs still wrapped around his waist, he strode purposefully toward my bed. On the way, he slipped his hands beneath my skirt to caress my hips, his hands kneading my flesh.
When the back of my thighs met my mattress, the warrior leaned down and ran his nose up the length of my neck, inhaling deeply along the way.
The light touch and fierce energy surrounding him sent tingles racing down my spine.
“You want this?” he said huskily. “You need this, Princess, so you feel safe? You won’t feel safe unless your warrior does wicked things to you?”
Stars and galaxy, I’m going to combust right here.“Yes, Kole. As a princess of Mistvale Kingdom, I’m commanding you to touch me. Please. I need to feel protected, and this is the only way.”
A fierce growl tore from his throat, but he paused, looking at his wrist again. But the magicdidn’tflare, and elation soared through me.
“I’ll do whatever you need, Princess.” His lips found my throat again, and his mouth moved over me in a way that tasted and caressed simultaneously. “I’m yours to command.”
A breathy moan escaped me, and I arched into him. It’d been ages since I’d been with a male, full seasons since I’d had a relationship. But nothing I’d ever felt or experienced compared to this, and Kole and I hadn’t even done anything yet.
Thewantin me increased. Stars Above, but I wanted the warrior more than I’d ever wanted any male. But it was more than that. It wasn’t just his body I craved, even though I was crazily attracted to Kole. On top of that, Ilikedhim. I enjoyed his company, I found his grumpy demeanor endearing, and I admired so many things about him—his sense of honor, his seriousness, his willingness to help those around him, and his subtle humor. All of it. And I wanted all ofhim.
A rumble vibrated through his chest, and he flung me onto the bed. I landed on the mattress, bouncing twice.
He towered above me, all hard lines and aching perfection. He unshouldered his sword, letting it drop to the floor with athump, and then he was on me.
“Is this helping, Princess?” he whispered into my ear as he settled himself between my open thighs. “Is your warrior making you feel protected?”
“Yes.” I threaded my fingers through his hair, and his mouth met mine again.
I kissed him frantically, and he devoured me as he settled himself against my spread thighs, the hard length of him aching and pulsing through his breeches.
I gasped. I felt every line of him. Every hard angle. All of his length was still contained in his trousers, and, Goddess, he was built.
“Kole,” I whispered, breathy and itchy. I wanted, no Ineeded...
“I’m here, Princess.” He kissed my neck again. “I’m going to make you feel so good. I’m going toconsumeyou so you feel safe and protected. As your warrior, I’ll do whatever’s needed to make you feel good.”
“Gods, yes.” I arched more and grinded against him.
He hissed in a breath, and his voice was strained when he said, “That’s it, rub yourself all over me. Whatever you need, Princess.” His hand anchored to my hip, undulating me onto his length.
He kissed my neck again and caressed me with his tongue. All the while, he continued to whisper filthy words into my ear. Some distant part of my mind registered that for a male who’d hardly spoken when we’d first met, he hada lotto say as my warrior who was keeping his vow to protect me.
His hand slid down my side, cupping my breast briefly, and then he dipped lower, lower.Lower.
