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“Trust me,” I whispered, “I want nothing more than to spend the next few hours with you away from so many prying eyes.”

“Then it is decided. Let’s go before I can’t hold back anymore and bend you over for all the realms to see.”

“Erix,” I gasped, enjoying the way his true name rolled off my tongue. “What a wicked tongue you have.”

“Want me to put it to the test?” He nudged his offered arm again, and this time I took it.

“I do,” I said, stomach flipping, my groin burning like a furnace in my trousers. “In fact, it is all I want.”

“Then it is my duty, as your most loyal ally, to make sure you are satisfied.” With one dramatic shift, Erix snatched me from standing, laid me out across his arms and lowered his face to mine. “Hold on tight, little bird.”

I wrapped my arms around the back of his neck, mouth salivating so much that I couldn’t reply for fear I’d dribble down myself. Disgruntled mumbles sounded around us as the star of the celebrations leapt into the air, stealing me away, leaving the pompous affair behind.

I looked back, just in time to see flaming-red hair. Althea was laughing at something Gyah was whispering into her ear, whilst both their eyes were locked on me. In a gesture that spoke a million words, Althea lifted a hand to her forehead and saluted me.

Ever the ally, ever my most loyal supporter. Althea always celebrated the moments when I broke the mould, and this was no different.

My back arched from the bed, my scream of pleasure so powerful the glass in my window frames shuddered. With one hand I reached backwards, grasping the headboard, whilst my other hand was tangled in Erix’s hair, keeping pace as he devoured my cock with his desperate tongue.

I had to pinch my eyes closed, because if I looked at him – saw his enjoyment and the attention he paid to me – I would’ve reached my end before the fun truly began.

“You taste divine, little bird,” Erix gasped, taking a moment to catch his breath. “Nothing in all the realms could ever be as sweet as you are.”

As Erix righted himself and crawled atop me, every single muscle across his stomach rippled. I didn’t need to count them to know all eight mounds were there, far more prominent than they had been the first time we shared a bed.

“If that is the case, why have you stopped?” I pouted, only for Erix to catch my lower lip between his teeth.

He released it, and I tasted the hint of blood. It excited me no end. “Because any more and you would have burst. And I am a man of my word. A promise to Duncan is important. We can finish this when he returns.”

We’d been waiting for Duncan for hours now. Which meant hours of edging each other, existing on this bed as if the world beyond didn’t matter. Not that the time had dragged at all. In fact, I only knew the day had passed because outside, the sky was black, with the occasional glow of fire displays in the distance, courtesy of Althea.

“SoIdeserve the punishment forhistardiness?” I asked, running my tongue over my lip as it already began to heal. “You would really deny me my pleasure?”

“That is one way to look at it.” Erix spun me around so quickly my eyes blurred. One minute I was on our bed beneath him, the next I was straddled over his waist. I sat back, rocking myself on his impressive, hard length – coaxing his need to fuck me away from the guidelines of ‘promises made to Duncan’. It was becoming harder and harder to wait for the release.

“Whatever ideas of pleasure you think you are about to experience, little bird, you can’t possibly imagine even half the truth of it. When our beloved walks back into this room, only then will you truly understand that word for all it encompasses.”

My heart leaped in my throat, choking me like hands around my throat – which was turning out to be something I enjoyed as of late. “I like the sound of that.”

“I like the sound of your groaning when I’m inside of you.”

“Fuck me, Erix,” I said, running my finger down his sharp nose.

“Oh, I intend to.” Erix reached up, placing both hands behind his head. His wings were splayed out like a sheet beneath us. I ran my finger down their edges, enjoying the sensitive purr he released. “In the meantime, youcouldmake yourself useful.”

Mischievous hope glittered in his eyes, evident from the way he waggled his brows at me.

“Useful?” I gawped, reaching back and cupping his balls. I squeezed, not too tight, but enough that it elicited a snarl of excitement from him and, more importantly, want. “Care to expand?”

“Are you going to make me beg?” Erix asked. “You know what I want.”

“I mean, seeing you beg for it wouldn’t go amiss.”

Erix lifted his hips, pressing his cock harder into the soft of my ass. “Please, oh mighty world-saver, oh favourite king of mine. Suck my cock. Show me exactly how wicked that mouth can be.”

Pinching my fingers around his nipple, I conjured a little ice to encapsulate the tip. “How could I say no to someone withsuchimpressive manners?”

Erix reached over and tangled his fingers in my hair. With his gentle but guiding push, I repositioned myself, crawling like a cat on all fours, until I faced his cock.