Page 96 of Somnium

Settling onto him again, she waited for his eyes to drift closed before pulling back once more. This time, the look he gave her was practically incandescent.

“Cadi …” he breathed against her ear. “If you’re trying to kill me, it’s working.”

She let out a giggle and flicked her tongue against his ear. His body shook against hers in response, his frayed breath cascading over her shoulder.

“I just needed you with me …” she echoed.

Elias let out a feral growl as he guided her the rest of the way down, seating her on him fully. The floor was hard beneath her knees when she rolled her hips against him, and his answering hiss fused into her bones. She moved again, gripping his shoulders to steady herself as she found her rhythm.

The feeling of him inside her was fucking electrifying.

Elias leaned back to prop a hand behind himself for leverage, meeting her movements with his own and setting her soul on fire with every shift, every thrust he drove into her. Her clit pressed against him, and each rock of her hips sent tiny shock waves to her core.

“More,” she breathed, a sultry sound bleeding from her chest when he angled deeper. “Fuck, Elias, I need more of you.”

His hand traveled up her body to cup the back of her neck, and he brushed his lips to her exposed throat. A soft gasp escaped her when his teeth nipped at the sensitive flesh. Something about it was so primal, so raw. She never wanted him to stop. Her hips moved faster, chasing every sensation, absorbing every inch of him.

A low, steady sound reached her ears, and her attention shifted to the gods standing around them. The words of their ancient chants filled the room, echoing off the stone walls to fuse with her very soul and fuel her movements. She had never felt power like this, and she needed more of it, needed them to see everything she could do. Laying her palms flat against his chest, Cadi pushed Elias back until he was resting on the cement floor.

“Fuck, Cadi,” he groaned with the first rock of her hips. “That’s it.”

His hands roamed her body, tracing every inch of her as if the need to touch her might drive him mad if he couldn’t claim every piece all at once. A teasing smirk slipped onto her face at the hunger she saw in his eyes, an animalistic greed taking over his expression as he watched her ride him. She traced a finger against his neck, his head tipping back when she carved a path to his stomach before she reached behind herself to grip his thighs.

Cadi writhed against him, every inch of her exposed as she ravenously chased her own pleasure, using her body to work Elias toward his. A shuddering cry tore from her throat, the sound blending with the gods’ chants to create a haunting chorus that reverberated through the air.

“There you are,” Elias said as his hand slid over her stomach. “Fucking magnificent.”

He pressed his thumb to her clit, moving it in soft, steady circles. Cadi’s breaths came faster and harder with each pass of his thumb driving her closer to her peak. The muscles of her stomach tensed, and her thighs began to shake where she gripped his hips.

Fuck, she was so close. “Gods, Elias …”

Elias sat up, and his lips crashed hard into hers. “I know, love, I know. Let go for me.”

Her body begged for release as her desperate cries grew louder, echoing off the walls around them. The coil in her belly pulled tighter, and with a final roll of her hips, the tension shattered and tipped her past the edge.

She cried out, digging her fingers into the muscles of Elias’s back as the orgasm tore through her. It was unlike anything she had ever felt before, wracking her body with blinding ecstasy that was amplified by the cosmic power saturating her veins. Cadi battled through the waves of her climax, straining to focus on their goal against the intensity that raged inside her.

Elias watched her come undone, his breaths breaking, hips bucking with the closeness of his own completion. The sight of her fractured what was left of his restraint, and he gripped her tight, burying his face in her neck as a guttural sound pulled free from his chest. His hips drove up with hard, frantic movements, and his entire body shook as he spilled inside her.

Cadi clung to him, unable to move, unable to breathe, her body still quaking where he held her. After a moment, Elias pressed his lips to her shoulder, then her neck, before he found her mouth again. “I don’t think I’ll ever get used to you,” he whispered.

She let out a breathless laugh. “Good.”

A charged silence wrapped around them, their bodies still entwined as Cadi breathed him in, memorizing the feel of him against her, the way he looked at her like she was the most holy thing in the room.

Until a piercing scream cracked the peace.

Sera pitched forward, doubled over to clutch her head as her pained cries tore through the chamber.

“Sera!” Cadi yelled, moving to go to her.

“No!” Áine warned. “None of the connections from the ritual can be broken until the vision is complete.”

Cadi looked between Áine and Sera, fear and helplessness twisting together as she watched, though she knew there was nothing she could do. Elias’s thumb brushed against her shoulder, doing what he could to comfort her, but the look in his eyes told her he knew it didn’t help.

After what felt like an eternity, the sound cut off, and Sera crumpled to the ground, motionless. With Áine’s nod of approval, Cadi raced to Sera’s side and crouched down to take her hand. Something warm touched her shoulders, and she looked back to see Elias draping a blanket around her body.

Sera gasped as her eyes flew open and darted around the room. She stared at each of them with a look of confusion, almost as if she had no idea who they were or where she was. Cadi had never felt so helpless. She didn’t know what to do or what was happening or if this was even normal after a ritual like this.