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She smiled. “It would honor me to have you as a friend.”
After a round of introductions followed by gushing thanks and pleasantries, Angela and I were itching to escape. I wasn’t one for political anything, and Angela wanted to check on Kit and announce the good news.
Méabh tasked two of her fae with opening a new portal once Kit released hers. Then we would begin the slow process of getting everyone home, either to the human realm or beyond. This wasn’t my mess to clean up, and I was glad of it.
Well, it kind of was my mess, but more organized people were managing it.
Thane jumped us back to the human hotel where Kit waited. A group of reapers stood around the chalk circle, prepared to defend the witch in case of an attack. Their faces lit up with excitement when we arrived and shared our victory.
As expected, Kit was beyond exhausted, her legs wobbling. She released the portal, which swirled into a pinprick of light before disappearing altogether.
Angela ran to her, holding her upright before she could collapse.
“It’s really over?” Kit asked, her voice hoarse from all the chanting over the last few days.
“It’s really over.” I smiled. “But I’m sad I didn’t get to kill Colin.”
Her face darkened as she leaned on Angela. “You and me both. He’ll be dead soon enough, mark my words.”
Her words carried a note of premonition, and I prayed she was right.
30
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Back at my penthouse, Thane and I took the longest, steamiest shower of our lives, reuniting in the best way possible. When I finally dressed in a silk nightgown that barely covered my butt, I joined Thane on the terrace. We were completely alone for the first time in months.
Ivan had jumped Lena home to Mirfeniksa to check on her twin sister Liz, who’d stayed behind with Oleg to monitor things. Lena warned me they wouldn’t be gone long, even though I’d reminded her I wasn’t royalty and didn’t need a bodyguard.
Unfortunately, she didn’t seem to care. Whether I was royalty, a council member, or just plain Veronica, she would be by my side forever.
According to her, I was too chaotic and impulsive not to have a full-time bodyguard, but I was almost positive she thought her sword would get more use if she stuck with me. She probably wasn’t wrong.
I approached the chaise where Thane sat, and he drew me onto his lap. I laid my head against his chest, listening to the steady rhythm of his heartbeat as he stroked my hair. The moon was only a sliver in the clear night sky, but the city provided more than enough light to see the cresting waves.
With the battle in the morning and all the time we spent in the shower this evening, I would have thought I’d be too exhausted for any more action.
Turned out I was wrong.
Thane’s grip tightened in my hair, tilting my head back. Raw hunger lit his blue eyes from within, lightening the hue to sapphire. My body wasted no time reacting in kind.
Our mouths crashed together in our urgency. Without breaking the kiss, I moved up to kneel on the chaise and straddle his lap. Our tongues danced together as his straining erection pressed into me through our clothes.
His hands slid up my thighs and under my nightgown, his touch scorching my skin as he continued upward. His thumbs brushed against my bare breasts, and I moaned into his mouth before breaking the kiss and removing the dress altogether.
It disappeared into the terrace shadows or fell over the edge. Those details didn’t matter right now.
I tugged his shirt over his head and raked my nails down his bare chest, leaving red marks and earning a deep growl from him. He grabbed my lacy thong in one hand and yanked hard, ripping it from my body, then slipped his fingers inside me.
My head fell back as he thrust and stroked, until he gripped my neck in his free hand and drew my mouth to his. His tongue devoured mine as his thumb circled my clit. I moaned again, deeper, and rolled my hips in time with his fingers.
As my movements grew more frenzied, the need to release rose, and so did my internal heat. Knowing I was close, I panted against his mouth and stopped moving against him. “I want you inside me when I come. All of you.”
Faster than most humans would be capable, Thane’s shorts were off, and his unrestrained cock glistened with his readiness. I slid onto his length and pressed my forehead against his. I whimpered in pleasure as he stretched and filled me.
“God, you feel perfect,” Thane groaned and dug his hands into my hips, holding me firmly against him. “So fucking warm and wet for me.”
We moved slower than before, my hips rolling against his and our gazes locked together. My love for this man knew no end, and his matching emotions resonated through our soul link. He completed me, and not in a sad, codependent way. We were fine on our own.
