Page 46 of Awakened Light

Thorne let out a proud chuckle. “What happened was fucking incredible. Your orgasm literally exploded. Like, literally.” He laughed. “Does that normally happen?”

A soft blush crept along my cheeks as I shook my head. “I don’t know. I’ve never had one.”

His eyes widened. “Never?”

“No. We save ourselves for our wedding night.”

A worried look crossed his face. “Shit. I’m sorry. I didn’t realize—”

I stopped him with a hand and shook my head. “Don’t be sorry. I wanted this. I don’t care about saving myself... I want you. All of you.”

He saw the meaning in my eyes as I coaxed him back to me with a hand behind his neck. When his lips collided with mine again, I released all the duties and expectations that had been held over me my entire life. For just this one night, I wanted to do exactly what I wanted with my life.

And I wanted Thorne.

All of him.

I worked along the fastenings of his pants and pushed them down over his hips. When I glanced down and saw his naked body between my legs, my heart rattled faster against my ribs.

“Are you sure?” he asked between kisses. “We don’t have to do this.”

“I’m sure,” I whispered against his lips.

With a quick movement, he pulled something from his pants pocket and slid it over his rock-hard cock. Another quick movement shoved his pants all the way off, and he lowered himself between my legs. I felt him press against my entrance as he held my stare. With a long, slow push, he slid himself inside, and I gasped as he moved past the resistance.

Thorne held still as I adjusted to the unfamiliar sensation. I’d never felt more connected to anyone in my life as he started moving inside me. Pleasure replaced the fleeting pain, and it got my magic churning inside me once again.

His lips found mine as he pushed deeper inside, and I gasped from the pleasure I’d never imagined. Our sweaty bodies connected as I wrapped my arms around him and held onto him tight. The magic inside started swirling beneath the surface as I rode the wave. The sparks traveled through my skin and onto his, and he quickened his pace while I clung to his muscular back.

I screamed his name again as I reached the heights he’d taken me to before, and I felt his body stiffen and tighten as the blue light enveloped us. When the glow around us faded into dark, Thorne collapsed against my body.

“Holy shit,” he mumbled against my skin. “That was incredible.”

“It was,” I whispered back, still buzzing from the feelings he’d created in me. “It was so much better than I’d expected.”

I’d been told what to expect for my duties as a wife and to conceive an heir, but they’d made it sound like a chore and something to be endured.

This was anything but a chore or something to be endured. What I’d experienced with Thorne had been bliss like nothing I’d ever imagined.

And I wanted to feel it again, and again, and again.

“Are you sure you’re okay?” he asked as he pressed himself off me and collapsed onto his back. A strong arm slid around my shoulders, and he pulled me up against his muscular chest.

“I’m better than okay,” I answered as I stretched my naked body along the length of him.

He pressed a kiss to my forehead and enveloped me in his arms. “I’ve never experienced anything like that in my life.”

“Me neither.”

“Now I’m definitely not letting you go back. Sorry. You’re trapped here.” He laughed.

The reality of my situation settled into my stomach like a punch to the gut, and now I wondered how I’d ever be able to go back... to leave him.

“Thorne—” I started, but he stopped me.

“Not yet. Let’s not talk about it yet. Just lay here with me for a while and let me enjoy this time with you.”

“Okay,” I said and laid my head against his chest. He stroked my hair as I tried to enjoy being in the moment with him... tried to push aside the words I still needed to say.