Page 66 of A Kingdom of Fire and Fury (House of Embers #1)

I claimed his lips in a kiss and let my desire overtake me once more.

Kieran’s hands roamed my body, stroking my waist with the skill of a man who’d done this many times over.

I yelped when he pushed me against the bed.

Kieran was on me in seconds, bracketing me into the bed. He captured my lips in a searing kiss.

“You’re mine, siren, and only I get to hear your song.” He swallowed my cries and devoured every inch of my mouth. I was entirely unprepared for him to yank one of my braids.

“Asshole,” I hissed, but the pain had sent a flurry of pleasure to my core.

Kieran grinned against my lips. “Only for you.”

I nipped at Kieran’s bottom lip before sucking it gently.

Kieran was right. I didn’t want some prince to save me.

If one walked up to me, I’d call bullshit.

I wanted Kieran. I wanted his lies, his manipulations, his schemes.

I wanted his big heart, his na?ve dreams, and his furious protectiveness.

Because everything about him was real. The ugly and the good.

“Only for me.” Our eyes locked. It was like time stopped.

Kieran’s lips collided with mine. Everything about it was hungry.

Desperate. Full of an overwhelming desire that made my body quiver with want.

It coiled in my core. We might not have forever, but we had right now.

And that was enough. Here and now, Kieran was mine.

His body, his soul, and his heart. Just like he had me.

The taste of his lips was utterly addicting. I couldn’t get enough and eagerly melted into it. I clutched at him, begging him to get closer. But soon that wasn’t enough. I needed more. I clumsily yanked off my shirt, but Kieran stopped me before I could undo my breastband.

“Let me,” he ordered, and for once, I was all too happy to let him.

He didn’t get to it straight away. First, he kissed the nape of my neck.

Each searing press of his lips sent fire straight to my core.

I moaned and twitched under him, but Kieran had no mercy.

While he attacked my neck, a deft hand rose to undo my breastband.

My breasts sprang free, leaving me feeling utterly exposed. But under the weight of Kieran’s lustful gaze, any insecurity I felt quickly melted away. Kieran sucked my right nipple and bullied the other with his free hand. Gods, I was fucking dripping. “Get on with it,” I whimpered.

“Can’t you be patient for once?” The corner of his lip crooked into a grin. The light aura about him was so fucking hot. Because I did this. I took away his worries and his fears and made him relax just by being around me. Siren, indeed.

I smirked. “Never.”

His eyes brightened with delight. With his eyes on me, he lowered his hand to the hem of my panties. “Do you want attention, is that it? Are you feeling deprived?”

I groaned. “How are you not?”

Kieran grabbed my hand and pressed it against the bulge straining his pants. “Believe me, I am.”

“Then do something about it,” I challenged him.

Kieran huffed a laugh but did as I ordered.

He pressed kisses down my body until he hovered right above my clothed core.

“Fine, you win.” I should’ve known he had something planned based off that tone of his.

Kieran yanked my pants down to my thighs, but didn’t go any further, leaving them trapped at a distance he approved of.

His hand danced along my clothed clit, and I let at a strangled moan at the burst of pleasure the action brought. Fucking shit. “Stop teasing,” I groaned.

Kieran pressed a kiss to the soaked fabric.

“As you wish.” He peeled my panties down, taking the time to gently rake his fingers across my skin though pointedly avoiding my center.

Then he leaned down until his hot breath warmed my entrance.

Rocking my hips did nothing, because Kieran leaned back to avoid any sort of connection.

“Come on, you asshole.”

“We only have one time, Selena. I want to make the most of it.”

My cheeks warmed. When he put it like that… I groaned and leaned my head back. “I want you now. I need you. Kieran, I—”

He took me into his mouth. I arched into it and let out a strangled groan.

My thighs tried to curl around him, but they were trapped.

Not just by the fabric straining around my upper thighs, but by Kieran’s firm grip digging into my thighs.

Lightning struck my body, and I bit my bottom lip to avoid screaming. “Fuck, you—you dick. ”

He pulled back to laugh, and the motion tickled my oversensitive clit, sending another wave of torturous pleasure through me.

“Well, I don’t want you to have to beg.” What a fucking liar.

He reveled in it. Mischievous little shit.

Kieran dove back between my thighs. The man was fucking talented with his tongue.

He licked and swirled around my clit, running it between his tongue and providing the perfect amount of pleasure to make me see stars.

I gripped his hair, unable to help myself, desperate to do something.

The onslaught continued. Kieran was only more motivated by my shaking and crying.

He devoured me like a starving man. I lost myself in the sensations, in every press of his tongue.

When he slid two fingers into my dripping entrance, I almost screamed. He fucked me in rhythm to his tongue.

Holy fucking gods.

Faster and faster he worked me. My hips mindlessly thrust along with it.

With his finger crooking just slightly, I let out a cry and tumbled over the edge.

Kieran never stopped his attack. He kept going until I couldn’t take anymore, until tears pooled in the corner of my eyes, and I was physically tugging him away.

And even then that fucker did one last long suck before pulling away.

I tugged off my pants. No more would I be restricted.

This was too fucking good to be limited.

“You’re so fucking—I don’t want to make your ego any bigger.

” I grabbed the hem of his shirt and yanked it off.

“It’s not fair for me to be the only one undressed.

” Kieran helped me tug off his pants and underwear until he was just as naked as I was.

My gaze went to his angry cock and the veins running alongside it.

Fuck. Hunger flared deep in my core, and my entrance twitched in desire.

I couldn’t wait any longer. I grabbed Kieran until he hovered overtop me and slammed my lips against his.

I licked the taste of myself out of his mouth.

At least with our tri-annual potions the dragonsguard provided, we had nothing to worry about, and I could fully enjoy the feel of him inside me when the time came.

Kieran grabbed my thighs, and I wrapped my legs around him, digging my heels into his back, so that he’d get close.

I gasped against his lips at the delicious friction of his cock rubbing against my entrance.

“You drive me wild, Selena,” he breathed against my lips.

Everything about this was so desperate. Frantic.

We couldn’t get enough of each other. “I can’t stop myself from seeking you out. ”

“Then stop trying.” I grabbed his cock and guided it to my entrance. The sensation made my toes curl. It’d been so long since I had sex. The stretch, the feel of him around me… it was heaven and utterly addicting.

Kieran slowly slid into me, but that was the last trace of his gentleness.

I knew we were both too filled with desire, with heat crackling under our skin and demanding more.

I clutched at his back and scratched it, demanding he go in deeper.

He gripped my hips like if he didn’t hold on tight enough, I’d float away.

“Come on,” I breathed against his lips and rocked my hips. “Make me remember it for days. Make it so I dream of you when I touch myself.”

His eyes darkened. “When I’m done with you, you won’t be able to walk for a week.

” He pulled out until just the tip of him remained, and then he slammed into me.

My breath caught in my throat as my body rocked from the ferocity of his thrust. Kieran grinned wickedly, and just like that, both of us completely lost control.

Kieran slammed in and out of me, stroking the fire raging inside me with every thrust of his hips.

Our lips locked in a messy and uncoordinated kiss, but neither of us wanted to part, even if we missed each other half the time.

It was like we were trying to melt into each other.

Like I was truly a siren, and we were both under the spell.

It was desperate and eager and explosive, and I wouldn’t trade it for the world.

His pace was absolutely brutal, and I fucking loved it.

I loved the feel of him inside me, demanding I make space for him.

I loved every press of his lips, every tightening of his fingers.

I met him thrust for thrust. Need coiled deep within my belly.

I didn’t want this to end. I wanted to stay here in this moment forever and forget all my worries.

He wasn’t gentle, and I didn’t want him to be. Just as he promised, as I requested, I’d feel him for days. I’d remember how he shaped my insides to fit his cock. I’d remember how perfectly our bodies joined. How desperately we clutched at each other.

“It’s always been you,” he said between devastating thrusts. “Only you who I want to stand beside me.”

My heart lurched. I leaned forward to capture his lips again in another dizzying kiss.

I couldn’t think about that. I didn’t want to.

I clutched tighter at him. Kieran swallowed my cries as he drove in and out.

The knot in my belly coiled tighter. It wouldn’t be much longer before I couldn’t take it anymore. The pleasure made me so fucking dizzy.

I chased the feeling and rocked my hips.

More. More. More. The need was building inside me.

More. Then Kieran hit that bundle of nerves and holy fucking shit.

My vision went white as pleasure consumed me.

I arched my back. It was a good thing Kieran kept kissing me or the whole castle would’ve heard my shouts.

My chest heaved, and I spasmed around him.

“Shit,” Kieran swore. His eyes met mine, and his brow furrowed in concentration.

His hips still smacked against me, and he gripped my hips even tighter.

I cupped his face and rolled my body to meet him, even when each thrust sent an almost painful burst of pleasure through me.

But I couldn’t look away. This was a man who was always in control, my captain, and I’d made him unravel.

His hips jerked, and Kieran came with a muffled groan. For a moment, we stayed in each other’s arms. Neither of us wanted to move, too busy basking in the moment. But eventually the pleasureful haze faded, and we had to get back to reality.

I forced myself to leave his arms and got dressed. All the while, Kieran kept his gaze on me. Handsome jerk. I wanted to crawl back into bed with him, but it was too risky. If I allowed myself this excuse, I’d keep coming back. Once Kieran dressed, I cleared my throat. “I—I—”

“I know.” His hands twitched at his sides like he wanted to cup my face but thought better of it. “How did I do? Will you think of me when you slip a hand between your thighs, when you’re aching for relief?” His lips quirked into a grin.

I flushed and straightened my spine. “You—” But it hit me then what he was doing.

It was just like what he did that night when I almost killed Luther.

He was intentionally winding me up. And in this case, he was making it easier for me to part from him.

But dammit, he was right. I would think of him when I touched myself.

I expelled a breath. “We can’t do this again.

No more kissing. And no more sex.” The Mother help me.

I’d lost all control. “It was only this one time. No more.”

Kieran’s gaze lingered on my lips before meeting my eyes. “All right.”

I wrapped my arms around myself and tried to ignore the fact that his lips had reached my innermost places. And that he was so fucking talented with his tongue. “I’m fine to work together but not—not like that. There’s too much at stake.”

“Okay.” Again with the knowing tone.

“Just drop me off to the bathing chambers. We can’t be seen together.”

Kieran laughed. “Whatever you say, Selena. I look forward to working with you.”

A few days later, we all stood in front of Luther in his throne room for a debrief.

It was hard not to stare at Kieran, to study his sharp jawline and broad shoulders.

Now that I knew what his lips tasted like and the feeling of his cock inside of me…

gods, I wanted to go back to him. Our eyes locked and Kieran smirked.

I couldn’t look away. He had me trapped.

It was only when Nimue brushed her shoulder against mine did I find my escape.

Fuck. I needed to get it together. I had to think of Clara and her safety, my happiness be damned.

But I wanted more kisses. I wanted that closeness again, and I wanted to give into the dream of sharing my life with someone, but ever since that night, I avoided him.

Because whenever I was around him, I lost all sense.

The worst part was, Kieran kept his distance.

Because he knew. Sooner than later, we’d find our way back to each other. We always did.

Luther leaned forward in his chair. “The festival was a success. I’ve received your reports on the various complaints brought forth by the Noble Houses.

I’ll be sending out assignments at the end of the week, but we do have a pressing issue that we’ll address tonight.

Lady Adelaide Caddel has requested a dragonsguard patrol at Caddel Province’s capital as there have been suspected sightings along the trade route. ”

Luther fixed is gaze on me. “We’ve tested your ability to attract gryphons. This is the perfect opportunity to use your training in a more practical mission. Since Kieran knows the lands best, he’ll assist you. You two will patrol for two weeks and then report back.”

The Mother help me. So much for avoiding him.