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"No performance this time," I told him, shifting onto my back. "I just want you."
"Beautiful, that first night wasn't a performance," he promised. "It was just me making sure you were taken care of."
He shifted between my knees and caught my hand, pinning it over my head when he leaned in to kiss me again. I grabbed his back, pulling him closer, and he followed, until our bodies were pressed along our entire lengths. His weight was braced on his elbow, the fingers of that hand laced with mine, but his other hand wandered, sliding down my side, along my curves until he reached my thigh.
His fingers clenched, dimpling my flesh as his hips pushed forward, finding my entrance easily. I felt myself stretch to take him. My eyes flew open to find his waiting, but he paused. His hand carefully soothed my leg. His other thumb swept against the edge of my hand. Those perfectly blue eyes of his watched me.
"I love you," I breathed.
"You're perfect," he said. "So fucking perfect, and I keep waiting to wake up."
I leaned up, reaching for his mouth. "Not until we're done," I begged.
The moment his lips found mine, he began to move again. Long, slow strokes through my body started off gently, but grew. Each roll of his hips slid our bodies together. Beneath my hand, the muscles of his back flexed. Pressing my face against his neck, I rocked into him, chasing that feeling I wanted and loving how he smelled this close to me.
Because Talin was right. This all felt like a dream. The scent of crisp cedar wood burning beside us, the feel of the dense rug beneath my bare back. The hardness of his body, contrasting with it all. It combined perfectly with the glow of the light, the luxury of the room, and the knowledge that in the halls outside, the rest of the family was still mingling. This one moment, we'd stolen for ourselves, and I had no intention of letting it get away.
And the whole time, he held me. When his hand finally released mine, it was only to wrap around my shoulders, helping me lift my face to him. His fingers on my thigh alternated between hard grips and gentle caresses. The rhythm of his body, pumping mine ever higher never changed. We both began to breathe harder. The heat of the fire brought out sweat on our skin, but still we loved. It was more than the feeling of him inside me, stroking my body with pleasure. It was this, the moment together where we didn't need to try. We had no intention of showing off. All that mattered was that I was here, with him, and it felt so good.
Wrapping a knee around his back, I used it to tilt my hips and pull myself further onto him. He began to plunge a little deeper with each stroke. Neither of us spoke - both of us were panting too hard - and yet I kept finding his eyes. That pale blue no different than the winter sky had been earlier. They watched me, needing me, making me feel like I was the most valuable thing in his world. Inthisworld, the one surrounded by fancy furs and gold trim, he acted like I was the treasure, and I loved it.
I just loved him.
I loved how he made it ok to be his and to be theirs. How he never tried to make me choose between my men. How he'd worked so hard to become a part of my life. I loved that he'd spent this whole week showing me all he'd left behind and giving me tastes of the luxuries I'd never experienced before. More than all of that, I loved that being with me was all he ever wanted. Just to stand behind me silently, lying in my arms, or this, rocking through my body - it was all just as good to him.
He didn't want me simply for the pleasure of his body. He wanted me because he loved me, and it was the most delirious sensation I could imagine. My skin was tingling, my core was tightening, and my knees were clamped against his waist. Our bodies rocked together on the rug, the fibers rustling their complaint softly, but I wanted to lean my head back and moan with pleasure. Instead, I gasped, struggling to keep my sounds too soft to carry.
Talin was no better. Each thrust into my body earned me a groan, sometimes a grunt. His lips teased my shoulder, bumping me as our bodies collided together over and over until I was clawing at him. He'd found just the right place, the perfect angle, and the best rhythm to make it impossible for me to think. All I could do was take, and he gave it over and over.
Until I lost control. A moan was ripped from my throat, muffled by my lips against his skin, and my back arched into him. Still he stroked me higher, riding the waves of pleasure until I was sure I couldn't take anymore. Then, with one last plunge, he buried himself inside my body and let my climax drag us down together.
"That," he panted against the side of my neck, "is how next year should be. Perfect."
And then a door slammed hard across the hall, making us both flinch.
Chapter 58
Talin
The sound across the hall made me jump, pulling out of Nari's body. I didn't know why I was so worried about my family knowing our secret. They couldn't do anything about it, and none of them had the power to strip me of my position. Mostly, it was nothing more than the fears of a child. I wanted to make them proud, yet I had never quite managed.
But I rolled off my desire and grabbed a pair of my pants from the floor. "Stay here," I said.
Naturally, she ignored me, hurrying over to grab something from the wardrobe. Of course she went for pants and a shirt. Nari was as much a guardian as anything else, and I adored that. It also gave me time to find socks and my boots. My shirt, however, had gone missing.
Then I heard Yamina scream, "Don't you touch her!"
Fuck waiting to see what was going on. That was my little sister. I glanced back to see Nari shoving her foot into a slipper, but she gestured, giving me the release to go. As fast as I could, I unlocked the door to my sitting room, then hurried through it. Steps sounded behind me, making it clear that the love of my life was right on my heels.
And Yamina was only getting louder. "There's nothing wrong with wanting to spend the holiday with her son. He's your child too, Tath!"
"I told you where I was going," Maela said, her words muffled by the closed door.
"Don't think I don't know what you're doing!" Tath roared, sounding like he was drunk. A split second later, a child began to wail.
That meant they were in the nursery. All the things I'd learned this week about my brother only made me hate him more, but not for myself. The man was terrorizing his woman! He was berating our sister! I hit the door without slowing, shoving it open just to rush inside. There, the Baron of Temptation was stalking his wife around the crib, not caring at all that she was holding a screaming child.
And then Nari rushed past me. Maela ducked around the corner and my beautiful desire shoved between her and Tath, preventing him from following.
