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“I-I didn’t mean it that way.” Yes, I did. “I just—I can’t be here.”
“You can and you will. It’s the safest place in the seven realms for you until Vlad gets himself under control.”
I shake my head. “You don’t understand…” Tears rim my eyes. “If my father finds out I’m not in the realm I’m supposed to be in…” That was as close to the truth as I could get without getting itchy.
Axe’s brows furrow as he crosses his arms. “If he can find us, and that’s a big if, then he’ll have to get through layers of enchantments hiding the lair.” He straightens, chin going higher. “And us.”
But it’s not simply being off realm. Certainly, he’ll be incensed if he finds me on a demon realm. But if Malachi finds me before I’ve found Gael, he won’t care that I’m here. He’ll force me back to Celestus, convince the counsel to annul the soul-bond, and make me spread my legs for an Elder.
That cannot happen.
Axe approaches, eyes softening. He cups the side of my face, and I lean into the tingle, the warmth.
“What’s going on with you? We can protect you, Dove.”
I search his face. The tension is back, the lines deeper, but none of that erases the deep well of confidence lighting his starry gaze.
“I believe you’ll try. But you don’t know my father.”
Chapter Fifteen
When a pair is soul-bonded, the Rites shall be their highest priority. Temptation of the flesh shall be avoided at all costs as it relates to penetrative coitus, or their Rites will forever be lost.
- The Book of Grace Chapter 4 Verse 8
I endedup spending the morning in the hot spring.
Since I couldn’t convince Axe to let me stay on campus, or even in the mortal realm, I let the magic hot spring work away the tightness in my body. The tension and worry.
Malachi will come for me here. I’ve been careful. There’s nothing he can use to track me here. Even the scrying mirror has enchantments to keep that very thing from happening.
But it’s only a matter of time before he finds a way around that.
My only hope is getting Gael and getting out before it comes to that.
I lean back, resting my head on the hot spring edge, and let myself wander into memories of my soul-bonded.
“Did you like that?” he asks with a smile from between my thighs.
They still quiver on either side of his head. “What do you think?” I pant.
He regards me carefully. “I think you look spent, but I’m not sure I’ve mastered the technique.” An impish grin curves his lips. “Better to be sure,” he says and presses my hips to the bed.
A single flick of his tongue, and I’m already moaning, rocking into him.
My hands slide under the water.
I might be in a demon lair but that doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy a little self-care. In fact, it’s a reason I should.
I spread my legs and fall back into the memory.
“You’re so sweet,sha-ræ.And you come so easily for me.” He lavishes me with his lovely tongue with words and caresses. “And, fuck, you make the most beautiful noises when you do.”
I let Gael’s words turn me on once more and pretend my fingers are his.
“I’m going to fuck you now, Dove. Nod if that’s OK.”
I nod, pussy clenching at the thought of finally feeling him within me. Finally becoming one, the way soul-bonds are meant to.
