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And I can only imagine how angry he’s growing right now watching this scene play out. If nothing else, it’s confirming something for him.
Arousal pounds through me as the vision of Luocre’s darkened eyes flashes through my mind. I can already feel myself growing wet, remembering what happened the last time that he got so worked up because of his jealousy.
Gods, his tongue.
I can only imagine what will happen after he sees this. The thought has me biting down on my bottom lip, and maybe I shouldn’t, but I want to push him farther.
“Can you show me how to swing?” My voice is breathless, needy, and I hope that Rhiucra can’t hear it. But by the way he hesitates, I think he might have.
His fingers dig into my skin a little harder, and his hand slides down to grip mine. My body is flush against his now, and I lean back into him. I know it’s wrong, but the idea of Luocre pinning me down and making me his pushes me to do stupid things.
That elf rips all sense from me.
Just last night I was thinking about how stupid I am for putting myself in situations where he could hurt me. And now I’m wanting to antagonize him. What the fuck is wrong with me?
“Keep your weight balanced,” Rhiucra rumbles in my ear, pressing his palm into me so that I’m pinned in place against him. A small part of my mind recognizes how he keeps me pressed back into my heels, but the majority of my body is too focused on my burning skin, lighting up under the gaze of an elf I can’t see. “Use that power to strike.”
He moves my arm, and I can feel every ripple of his muscles as he presses into me. The motion feels good, fluid like he said. I nod against his chest. “That does feel better.”
For a moment, I don’t think Rhiucra heard me because he’s still behind me, not answering. But then he clears his throat, taking a step back, and I turn to look at him. He’s not looking at me, and I start to feel a little guilty for what just happened.
But I didn’t start it,I have to remind myself. I didn’tdoanything. Not really.
Rhiucra nods. “Good.” He walks over and picks up his sword. “You want to try again?”
I can still feel Luocre watching, my body heightened with him near, and I nod. “Yeah, I’d like that.”
Settling back into my stance, I ready myself to face off against Rhiucra. And when he lunges at me, I’m pleasantly surprised by how well I am able to keep up with him. I know he’s going easy on me, but it still gives me confidence.
Maybe now I won’t have to feel so threatened by Luocre. Maybe when I face him and all his wrath, I will feel more comfortable letting him control me like he does.
Though deep down, I know there’s no way I’d ever be able to fight back against him.
I just don’t want to.
22
LUOCRE
“Get the fuck away from her,” I growl under my breath as my eyes track Rhiucra. They’ve just called this little session quits, and I’m biding my time until I get her alone.
I nearly stormed in when I saw how close Rhiucra dared to get near her, but I needed to know how far he was going to push it with her. I needed to know if I was going to kill my brother today.
It’s obvious he wants her. How could he not? This woman has robbed me of my sanity since the moment I looked at her.
But that doesn’t mean he can have her.
Once he broke away from her, I resigned myself to just watch. Even though it’s killing me, I want Neveah alone before I confront her. Gods know what I’m going to do to her, and I don’t want to be distracted by the anger my brother will pull out of me.
And I’ll be damned if he gets to see her glorious naked form.
He says something I can’t hear from here, and Neveah giggles, making my hands itch toward the blade on my hip. I have half a mind to throw it at Rhiucra right now, to show Neveah what happens when she lets others near her that are not me.
But then she nods and he turns, striding away, and my eyes zero in on her. I’m pretty sure she knows I’m here. Her eyes have been darting around as if she’s looking for someone.
She did that all last night, too.
Every time I thought about creeping closer to her, she seemed to hear it. I was shocked at how in tune with me she was, but when she would pop up, her chest heaving as she searched the darkness for me, my cock would strain against my pants.
