Page 37 of A Queen's Shadow


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Her eyes drew over Kai’s face one last time before she dropped her head, closed her eyes, andbreathed.

She needed to go back to the basics, the fundamentals, from a time long ago when she was simply a young pup finally learning what potential lay in this body of hers. She felt the smallest shudder of her bones, her back arching at that wash of icy pain.

Isla cursed, her arm snapping out as she took hold of Kai’s shoulder. He closed in, the warmth of his body chasing the cold away. “I’ve got you.”

Isla nodded, panting through gritted teeth. What a time to get some training in.

Focus. Breathe. Let the energy flow.

Her energy moved like sludge. And there was that wall, a shimmering, impenetrable veil.

Claim me.

Maybe she could call on her wolf another way. Isla fed off the possessive tug, allowing that deep ingrained desire for her mate, her other half, to take over. Her breathing shallowed as she became dizzy, as her limbs felt like they were being shattered. “Kai.” A near whimper.

“I’m right here.” He pressed in, wrapping his arms around her.

Isla’s eyes fluttered open, flaring with determination as they met his, still burning that blood-red.

Kai’s hold on her tightened ever so slightly. “What do you feel? What do you think when you look at me? Say it.”

Isla swallowed. “Mine,” she answered lowly. “You’re mine.”

“Good. Nowshow me.”

Isla gave one last pull, hauling up whatever she could from inside herself, and in a flash of pain, tasted the salty tang of sweat mixed with copper in her mouth. Her tongue slid over her teeth, then recoiled at the sharpness of her canines. Her lumerosi burned, and from the way Kai beamed down at her, as brightly as she smiled up at him, she guessed her eyes glowed too.

“There you are.” Kai smiled, brushing back her sweaty hair. “I hope that didn’t tire you out too much because we haven’t even started yet.”

Isla failed to give him a deadpan look before lifting on her toes to kiss him, using gentle hands on his partially bandaged chest to usher him back. She’d spotted a small couch earlier with her wandering eye, and she knew exactly where she wanted him next. The moment his legs hit the base of the seat, he fell back.

As a conquering queen, Isla looked down upon him, her canines still sharp and eager to pierce his skin.Soon.

First, they would play.

While Kai finished the work she’d started while they moved, tugging down his pants, she lifted her slip over her head. He still wore his crown, and Isla didn’t bother removing hers either.

With his fist wrapped around his freed length, Kai’s eyes greedily drank her in. “So fucking perfect.”

Isla chuffed a laugh, watching as he pumped himself slowly, her fingers twitching at her sides, eager to take over.

She lowered herself onto the couch, swinging a leg over his hips and straddling him. Kai released his hold on himself and cupped her ass again. Isla’s nose twitched at the scent of the air thick with their arousal. The peaks of her nipples barely grazed his chest, her slickness near dripping between them.

Cocking her head to the side, she gripped his chin and asked with seductive sweetness, “Who do you belong to, Alpha?”

“You.” Kai didn’t hesitate and sucked down a breath when her hand drew a blazing trail down his abdomen, muscles flexing with every bid for air. “Only you.”

Isla traced a single finger along the smooth underside of his shaft before gripping tightly near the tip. Her hand barely fit around him, and yet, when they fucked, it felt like he was made for her. She stroked him, making him hold her tighter and arc his hips into her touch. A Goddess-damn alpha in the palm of her hand.

She ran her thumb along the broad head, her mouth drying at the moisture she collected there. “And what do you want?”

“Anything you’ll give me.”

Said with such conviction that a thrill zapped up Isla’s spine. Another leisurely stroke. She leaned in, running her tongue along the column of his throat to his ear. “Would you beg for it?”

“I’d crawl for you.”

Isla hummed, allowing the sound to travel the path with her back down his neck, where she let her teeth at last graze that spot her wolf craved. The scars of her previous bite still lingered, and she scraped along the raised, pearlescent skin, the animal inside her thrashing to be set free.

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