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Resting my head against his strong chest, our breaths mingling in the air as we both pant for a moment before my gaze lifts to meet his.
“You did so well, Sunshine. You took me so fucking well.” Darian’s deep voice reverberates in the stillness of the tent, his words sending a delightful shiver down my spine as he tenderly presses his lips against mine.
He withdraws and tugs me into his side, nestling me against his chest. His arms encircling my shoulders in a tender embrace with his lips planting sweet kisses against my temple.
“Darian?” Exhaustion has its claws sunk deep into my body and mind, but there’s one curious question burning in my head that I’ve never thought to ask.
“Hmm?”
I yawn, “What’s with the nickname?”
Darian chuckles softly, “You’re the brightest light I’ve seen in in centuries. I thought the nickname was fitting.”
I respond with a content hum, my eyelids growing heavy with the soothing rhythm of his rumbling laughter and I surrender to the embrace of sleep in the security and warmth of Darian’s arms.
Chapter 38
I slowly wake to the gentle caress of fingers tracing circles on my skin and a smile tugs at the corners of my lips.
My eyes flutter open, squinting to adjust to the brightness in the tent, and I let out a contented yawn, stretching my body luxuriously like a cat basking in the morning sun.
“Morning, Sunshine.” I can hear the faint smirk in his sleep laden voice, making it sound deeper than usual.
I prop myself up, my face inches from Darian’s with his tousled hair framing his features. His lips curve into a gentle smile and the light filtering through the tent accentuates the captivating colors of his eyes.
It strikes me that I’ve seen the difference in them before but never had I looked.
And I mean really looked.
His green eye is a mesmerizing variety of shades, with vibrant hints of emerald and jade as they blend toward his iris. They’re reminiscent of the lush forest near the lake or his nightclub. If you gathered hundreds of thousands of leaves from either place, layering them together in intricate patterns, it still would not do the color justice.
In contrast, his white-blue eye glimmers like glacial ice in the mid-day sun. As if containing a multitude of glistening shards that seem to intensify with the reflection of light.
It’s breathtaking.
My heart flutters in my chest, “Morning, my liege.” I echo Lor’s teasing nickname from the nightclub.
He laughs softly, and I can’t help but mirror his grin, “I guess it’s time to get up, isn’t it?” I cock my head, and Darian lets out a deep, exasperated sigh.
“As much as I would prefer to spend the rest of my days in this tent, I’m afraid so.” Darian sits up, peppering me with light kisses, but hesitates and pulls back slightly, his gaze fixed on my eyes.
The flash of desire across his features is the only warning I get.
His chest rumbles with a low growl, and before I can react, he deftly pulls me over, rolling us until he’s leaning on top of me again. The kiss is all consuming as his tongue trails against mine lightly, and I open for him.
The world around us begins to fade away as his hand finds the nape of my neck, tugging my head back to deepen the kiss.
Our bodies mold together in a perfect fit, his weight pressing onto me, igniting desire in my core. He pulls back, watching my reaction with a heated expression as he presses the hard length of his erection against my clit. The sensation sending my still sensitive nerves haywire, and whatever he sees darkens his features as if he’s about to pounce on his prey.
The air crackles with electricity, but as Darian leans in to kiss me, a loud, exasperated and annoyed huff sounds from outside the tent.
We both freeze, panting as we’re torn between desire and reality.
Darian sighs, “I suppose that’s one way of telling us to start packing.”
We spend the remaining hours of the day hiking through picturesque landscape until the sun descends on the horizon.
As we emerge from the small hiking path, the sky becomes a canvas of pastel orange and pink hues painted across a stunning canvas overhead.
