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Our bodies connected, he rested his forehead against mine, and the sound of the waves and the seagulls nearby bled back into existence. I could still feel the light of his magic kissing my skin, but fortunately, he’d decided to give me a break from the life-altering cascade of orgasms his magic could induce. I had so many questions. But I felt unbelievably sated and…sleepy.
Luke carried me to the beach without saying a word and delicately positioned me on the blanket. I was barely awake when he lay on his back and pulled me into him, offering his arm as a pillow.
I woke up what felt like several hours later.
“Oh, damn. Am I burned?” I asked Luke, turning into his body.
I could tell from his breathing that he was already awake.
“Don’t worry. I put a shield over us before you napped,” he said.
That reminded me of what happened right before I was fucked into a mid-morning coma.
“Did the rest of your powers come back? Wait, what are your other powers?” I asked.
Normally, it was rude to ask another fae about their powers in the days of the dying magic. But Luke and I were past any such concerns. I was brimming with questions.
“Let’s pack up and head back for the cottage, and I’ll answer your questions,” he promised.
10
Alarie
“So you glow?” I asked Luke incredulously as we sat on the back porch of his beach house.
The aurora around him intensified like he had released a damper on the light exuding from his body. My breath caught in my chest as I took in the sight of Luke with his caramel brown hair rustled by the sea breeze and his golden tanned skin. He offered me a white, toothy grin as he was surrounded by an ethereal golden glow.
“The Lord of Light,” I muttered under my breath, remembering Jay’s words from long ago.
“You already knew?” Luke asked, surprised.
“What?” I asked, still trying to process the light pouring from him. “No,” I said, shaking my head. “Just something I heard once, but I didn’t know what it meant at the time.”
“Well, you heard right. That’s what I used to be called…before.”Before the magic began to wane.
“And I thought I looked better with a tan,” I joked.
My skin had already taken on a golden sun-kissed hue from our hours at the beach. But Luke looked like the gold on his skin came from his every pore, almost creating a sparkle to his appearance.
Luke and I, along with Rhett, sat on the back porch of Luke’s cottage overlooking the crashing waves as we sipped our cocktails and nibbled at some snacks before the Summer Ball. Rhett said he and James had seen the light, “like a small second sun,” coming from the island, and he’d decided to stick around to get the story behind it. James had decided to head over to Lady Bellamy’s brunch and was not back yet.
Rhett looked at Luke like he expected Luke to say more, but when Luke didn’t add anything further, Rhett jumped in.
“Luke was known as one of the most powerful protectors in Valencia. People would fawn over him in an attempt to bask in his healing light and protective shields,” Rhett said.
I knew that a protector was a kind of warrior who specialized in defensive arts, such as shielding and healing.
“If we’re going to talk about people fawning… tell her about your powers,” Luke said to Rhett.
Rhett looked back at his best friend of the last hundred years.
“Mate, she already knows. In fact, I…” Rhett hesitated in a way that was foreign to the overly confident lord.
“He’s going to kill me either way. Al, you tell him. Tell him about that day you asked me to, uh…” He raised his eyebrows suggestively at me. “Show you my powers.”
I rolled my eyes at Rhett.
“Oh.That,” I replied, looking at Luke, who was still waiting for an explanation from his two closest friends. “Well, Luke, you know I have always been curious about how I would fare under Rhett’s powers,” I began.
