“Oh, and what a vision we’ve conjured.” His eyes light up, utterly entertained. “Get it, girl!” Then, sparing me a momentary glance and a quick wink, “Suffice it to say I’mdefinitelygetting those A’s now, professor.”
If I wasn’t so happy to see Ani’s sense of humor rekindled, I might be forced to turn him back into a ghost.
Tamping down the green-eyed monster with a reminder that I’ll have her in my arms again soon enough, no sharing required, I fix Ani with a pointed glare. “Less ogling, Mr. McCauley, and more concentrating. As much as we all love a good show, we actually have a message to convey.”
“Yes, and let’s just hope she can hear it over the sounds of all those—”
“Concentrating, Mr. McCauley,” I command, but I can’t help the smile quirking my lips as I see my woman taking charge in the bedroom. I may be a jealous bastard when it comes to her, but damn. She’sferocious.
Oh, my beautiful Star. The things I’m going to do to you when I get home…
Ten
BAZ
She’s so fucking tight. So perfect.Goddess, the feel of her body and the sound of her soft, breathy moans fills me with as much desire as it does rage.
The thought thatanypain or harm could ever touch her—let alone the end of the fucking world at the hands of an insane Arcana mage—unleashes a blinding fury not even the monsters of my past could inspire.
“Don’t. You.Dare,” she says now, ordering us not to stop, her searing desire making me even more painfully hard than I already am. I’m buried so deep inside her I can no longer tell our bodies apart, her every movement and moan conspiring to send me over the fucking edge.
Nothing outside this room exists. Nothing outside this bed. It’s me, Kirin, and the woman we’ve all fallen in love with, the press and release of our bodies, the sound of wild heartbeats and ragged breath and low moans, the soundtrack of our own finale.
Without breaking contact, I shift her upright while Kirin rolls onto his back. Now I’m on my knees behind her, fucking her perfect ass while she rides his cock.
“Tell me how it feels,” I grind out, desperate to hear her describe it.
“It’s… oh, Goddess. What you’re doing to me… I can feel you both inside me and it’s so deep and hot and I… I want more. Just… more.”
With one hand clamped hard over her hip, I shove the other into her wild mass of hair, tuggingjusthard enough—just how she likes it. The scent of her shampoo washes over me, and I bury my face beneath the dark curtain of curls, kissing the nape of her neck, tonguing her shoulder, my mouth seeking out every inch of silky-smooth skin within reach.
My balls tighten, and I know I won’t be able to last much longer. The heat from the lube and the feel of Stevie’s body and the sounds she’s making… Goddess, it’s a wonder I can even remember my own name.
Still fisting her hair, I push her forward until she’s on her hands and knees straddling Kirin. She cries out in pleasure and arches her back, and I slide in deeper as Kirin brings his mouth to her nipple.
All of us are teetering on that same razor-thin edge. And fuck, it’s the hottest thing I’ve ever seen.
“Baz,” she moans softly, the sounds of my name on her breath sending a white-hot jolt to my balls. “Kirin, don’t stop. Holy shit, I’m so close. I’m…”
Kirin sucks her deeper into his mouth, rubbing her clit with a fevered intensity, and I groan, rocking harder against her backside, T-minus five seconds from losing it.
“Yes!” she cries out. “Right there. I’m… oh, fuck…yes!”
Her body grips me like a fist as she comes hard, and that’s all it takes. I’m gone, exploding inside her in a hot rush, my whole body on fucking fire for this woman.
Kirin shudders beneath her, reaching around to cup her ass in both hands. He lets out a deep growl as he unleashes inside her, setting her off again. Stevie tosses her dark head back and rolls her hips, riding us both through her second orgasm, and everything around me fucking spins.
I suck in a ragged breath just as the room slides out of view, and Kirin’s Tower energy reverberates through her body and barrels right into me, pulling us all into a crazy vision. Lightning arcs through a black sky, illuminating the jagged tower jutting up from the sea. Waves crash onto the shore, a storm gathering overhead. Raw power courses through the air itself, making every hair on my body stand on end.
Another bolt of lightning crashes overhead, and the tower collapses.
It’s beautiful and terrifying and fills me with a sense of dark dread.
I open my mouth as a scream tears its way up my throat, but then the image shifts again, and the cry vanishes on my lips.
New images spin and flicker past my eyes—flashes of a dark cavern. Rock and mist and moonlight. Slowly, they come into a focus, finally going still.
A pool of blood swirling into ribbons of light.
