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I sweep my thumbs over her nipples and along the curves of her breasts in gentle, soothing strokes. Her body responds beautifully to my touch. She halts the erratic thrashing to arch into my hands, and I reward her with a few more sweeps of my fingers before leaning over her prone form. This close, I can make out the sprinkle of light freckles across the bridge of her dainty, pointed nose.
Do they taste like anything?
My mouth waters at the thought, and I drag my tongue over the slope of her cheek and downward until I reach her lips. Her skin is similar to the softness of a peach and smells just as sweet. I groan with the effort it takes to keep from shoving aside the hem of her garment and tasting her cunt.
After darting my gaze to Baxter and finding him still, his brow furrowed with concentration, I go back to tasting my little bird. Beginning with her lips. Her breaths are faint puffs that skim my face and make me smile with anticipation. Hopefully, when Alice wakes, she’ll set my blood on fire like she did in the foyer.
I nearly came from the intensity of the pleasure that was born from the pain.
Her tongue greets mine without the timidity I witnessed from her prior. Deep in a magical trance, she boldly seeks out my mouth, and I fuse it to hers, drinking her in. My groan transfers to her through the kiss. If this is how she responds when she’s eager, then I’ll be fucking her on this settee before the sun disappears.
Given her promiscuous past, the chances are all but guaranteed.
Baxter’s sharp inhale has me jerking back and my head snapping up. His entire complexion has paled to a sickly shade of white. The slack jaw, paired with the blank stare… sets off a clanging in my mind.
Something’s terribly wrong.
“Baxter?” I call out. When he doesn’t answer, I shift my hands to the woman’s throat. “I’m sorry, little bird. I’m going to enjoy this more than I should.”
My grip on her neck gradually increases in pressure. Her first struggled gasp makes my cock leak, and I nearly come when she digs her nails into my hands. “Shh, my dear,” I whisper in her ear. “I want you to fight me, not Baxter. You understand?”
I lessen my hold on her airways, and she sucks in a large breath at the same time Baxter staggers back. He slams against the bookcase, his eyes cloudy, his expression dazed. I jump to my feet.
“Are you all right?”
He shakes his head as though to clear it. “I’m fine. Adelaide?”
Adelaide?That’s peculiar.
I glance down at the woman who slumbers peacefully as if I hadn’t been choking her a moment ago. “She’s fine,” I say with a shrug. “What happened?”
Baxter brings a shaking hand to his mouth, scrubbing his jaw. “It’s nothing.”
“Queen’s cunt, it’s nothing.”
“Nothing I wish to discuss.”
I grin at him, earning a scowl. “I guess the little bird has sharp teeth, hmm? Personally, I find that delightful.”
“You would.” He scoffs. “Is there a lover you haven’t tried to kill yet?”
“No. Where’s the fun in that?”
He shoots me a look that’s full of disbelief. And something else. Too bad my warped mind doesn’t care enough to make sense of anything, or I’d dive into that.
“If you want to have a turn with me, I won’t object,” I say, tapping my temple. “Perhaps you could tell me my darkest desires, hmm?”
He pales further. “That’s not necessary.”
“Why is everyone such a bore?” I gesture to him and then the woman. “The two of you need to learn to have fun.”
“Our ideas of what constitutes enjoyment differ more than I can say.” His tone, melancholy a second ago, hardens like steel. “Take her upstairs and lock the door. Don’t fuck with her, Lucien. I mean it, no illusions. I need her sane when I go into her mind, or I won’t be able to discern fantasy from memory.”
I wave him off. “You needn’t worry. I know how to wait so I can savor something at the appropriate time.”
“In all the years I’ve known you, you’ve never been appropriate. Save your lies for the princess. She’s the only one who might be susceptible to them.”
“Let us hope so.”
