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Inez gasped as they pulled taut, trapping her hands over her head. Her wide-eyed gaze met Rylec’s, but the archlord only smiled wider.
“My hands will be otherwise occupied, I’m afraid.”
Inez opened her mouth, but no sound escaped. It didn’t have a chance. Rylec closed the distance between them and claimed her mouth. She moaned into his lips. His hands skimmed down her chest, parting the soft fabric. Inez tugged on the vine, but it held her tight.
“Faster,” she murmured.
Rylec obliged, kissing down her neck to her collarbone. A warm spring breeze brushed at her skin as her shirt came undone. Inez gasped at the air on her skin, remarkably cold compared to the heat of his fingers. He kissed lower, to the swell of her breasts. His hair brushed her nipples and the buds instantly swelled to peaks. Inez shuffled, desperate for him.
Those dark eyes flicked up to her for a brief second. Rylec’s mouth curved into a sharp grin. Her breath halted. His utter beauty never ceased to surprise her.
That wicked mouth closed over one nipple.
Inez’s head fell back as a moan escaped her lips. His tongue swirled over her flesh, coaxing the fire within her. Gods, she just needed to… Inez jerked, rubbing herself against him. But it wasn’t enough. She needed him inside her—
One of Rylec’s hands slipped beneath her underwear.
His teeth grazed her nipple as his fingers sunk into her wet heat. Inez couldn’t stop her cry. She buckled against him, but her hands stayed restrained. “Rylec, let me go. I need to touch you.”
His breath tickled across her skin. “Not until I’m done.”
“Rylec, I—”
With a final kiss to each breast, he traced a line down her belly with his mouth. As he moved, her pants untangled, slippingdown her thighs. With a flick of his free hand, her trousers tumbled to the ground, followed by her underwear.
She swallowed. “Your ancestors would be disappointed if they knew how you used your magic.”
“My ancestors fucked anything that moved. I’m sure they did worse.” Rylec stopped his trail of kisses at her waist, but kept his head bowed against her stomach. He inhaled. Inez shuddered. He was breathing in her scent. He had always said she smelled like ikaia flowers. They hadn’t been able to go on many romantic trips together, but he had once taken her to an ikaia field and claimed her among the petals. His exhale ticked across her sensitive, exposed flesh.
Inez’s back arched. She was going to explode, and he hadn’t even started. Had it always taken him this long to get to the point?
Rylec wrapped a hand around each of her thighs and spread her wide. His tongue flickered out. Inez clenched the vines above. He licked the length of her heat, drawing a strangled cry from her throat.
Her head smacked back into the tree, her body arching. “Rylec.”
He didn’t respond, too busy devouring her, but a growl rumbled up. It vibrated against her. Inez didn’t bother to hold in her scream. This wasn’t his castle with servants gossiping in the halls. If anyone heard, Inez didn’t care.
His finger plunged into her depth. Inez hooked her legs over his shoulders. Her body jerked, riding his movements. Her husband. Her mate. No matter what happened, nothing could ever truly separate them. She was his. He was hers.
Forever.
Inez shuddered, a wave of pleasure sweeping her over the edge. She shrieked, wordless joy mixed with her husband’sname. She never wanted to miss him again. Whatever happened next, they wouldn’t be parted. They would succeed.
Inez would wake every morning to his lips on her body.
She couldn’t entertain an alternative.
When she floated back down to reality, Rylec’s dark eyes met hers. His tongue swept out to lick his glistening lips. She shuddered, the embers within her sparking to flame again.
“You’re mine, Inez,” he said, his voice a deep rumble. “No one will take you away.”
Chapter 8
Rylec brushed a dark curl from his wife’s face. The two of them had curled up at the base of the tree, Inez tucked into the crook of his shoulder. Her body fit perfectly against his, stark white skin against pale pink. A purple-veined leaf tumbled from the tree above them to drop onto the curve of her bare ass. He flicked it off, but his hand lingered. After years without her, he’d do anything to touch her one more time.
But they didn’t have time for that. They wouldn’t run, but they wouldn’t surrender either.
Rylec pressed a gentle kiss to her forehead. “We should get dressed.”
