But I couldn’t. Not yet. Not when I was so close to being too much for her again.
“You can tell me to stop. I won’t?—”
“Donotstop.” Rowan shook her head once, her legs falling open. “I’ve just managed to get my damn courage, and you’re not taking this away from me.”
Yes, ma’am.
I smiled, and it didn’t take me more than a second to sense Nix closing in on us, his turbulent thoughts fluctuating between profound lust and justifiable apprehension. I didn’t say anything, letting Rowan make that call. Sure enough, her eyes flared as he approached, those sweatpants he’d pulled on tented at the crotch. Rowan dropped her stare to his erection, and another wave of want emanated from her.
“I’m not trying to be too much here, but”—Nix sucked in a shaky breath, his eyes closing as he sniffed the air—“you smell so fucking good, princess, and I’ve beendyingfor more of you.”
Rowan was still breathing hard, but she bobbed her head, holding out her hand. “Get over here. I want you both.Now.”
Nix was clearly not worried, like I was, because he shot over to us in seconds, landing a feverish kiss on Rowan’s shoulder as his hands went for the hem of her shirt. My dick twitched again, needy and aching. I took myself in hand, stroking once before squeezing until it hurt. This wasn’t about that. This was about Rowan, about making her feel incredible.
I helped Nix with her jeans, the twoof us pulling them down her legs. And sweet fucking gods above, the sight of her laid out naked for us. Scars and all, Rowan was perfection, curvy and delicate at once, her body older than I remembered and all the better for it.
She reached for Nix’s pants, yanking them down his hips as he knelt beside her. As his erection popped free, I dipped down between Rowan’s legs, trailing kisses up her inner thigh as her scent intensified.
I could wear her like fucking cologne.
Fingers suddenly knotted in my hair, tugging at the roots as Rowan’s hips lifted and twitched. “Oh gods, oh gods, oh gods…”
I flicked my gaze up to hers, my mouth poised over her pussy. She already looked so gone.So damn beautiful.
I waited a moment, and then she was urging me on, pushing my head between her legs. She didn’t need to tell me twice. In a flash, I had my tongue sweeping through her folds, drinking her in. By the gods, she was sublime. I could see why Nix had been going on about it, remembering how fantastic our mate was.
“He likes how good you taste, sweetness. Just like I do.”
I wanted to growl at Nix for sharing my thoughts with Rowan, but he was right. Except, I didn’t like her taste; I was fuckingravenousfor it. And I proved as much, feasting on my mate like the starved dragon I was. Going years without her was driving me slowly insane.
“And what about you?” Rowan eked out, her hips working as I dragged my tongue up and down, then swirled it around her entrance. “How do you taste—Ugh! Show me, Nix.”
Through her moans, Rowan had said something that went straight to Nix’s dick through the bond. He was on cloud fucking nine, and I peeked up to see him slide his cock into Rowan’s mouth. The sight nearly destroyed my resolve, reflexively thrusting, even though it was the ground touching me.
You can do this. It’s about Rowan. Just her.
I listened to our mate swallowing down Nix’s length as I ateher out, losing myself to the effort of making her squirm. I wanted her to come for me. I wanted to taste her release for days. Rowan fisted my hair tighter, then lifted her left leg, giving me even more access to her as her other hand suddenly bumped into my nose. I pulled back a hair, and then quickly realized that Rowan was touching herself, rubbing her fingers over her clit to hurry herself toward that beautiful oblivion.
Hot as hell.
While swirling her fingers across her needy clit, Rowan rocked her hips against my face, helping me to fuck her with my tongue. She needed more, though, deserved more, so I slid two fingers into her pussy and pumped them in and out as I licked between the frenzied caresses of her clit.
“Goddamn, sweetness. Look how fucking beautiful you are, taking my cock while Orsen eats that delicious pussy. You’ve been gone forfartoo long.”
I hooked my fingers up into Rowan’s G-spot, and she cried out around Nix’s cock, the muffled sound making my furious shaft yell louder. I was more than content, however, getting to taste my mate like this. Making her clench around my fingers and smooth her slick over my tongue was utterly heavenly.
It didn’t take long for her to clamp down, fluttering as she came for me, her pussy drenched in slick. Rowan rocked her hips hard, and I leaned back to get a good look at her riding my fingers while Nix claimed her mouth. His thoughts were a mess as he got closer to release, and then he was roaring out, tangling his fingers in her hair as he finished down her throat.
Quietness seeped in as they both caught their breath. I leaned up, fighting the urge to stroke myself to completion. As the stars twinkled overhead, I was still just so damn glad she was back.
My Rowan, my mate.
We’d figure out what had happened, and we’d destroy the dragon who’d burned her, who nearly took her away from us forever. And I was really looking forward to that.
Rowan pushed onto her elbows again, smiling through the haze of release and exhaustion that clung to her.
“Well,” she sighed, her eyes struggling to stay open, “that wasnothow I thought this was going to go.”
