Page 9 of Artemis’ Bow (Halfling Academy #5)

J ayden’s hand wraps around the back of my neck and pulls me in, crashing his lips to mine.

He pours all of his love and desire into his kiss, and I melt against him. I open for him to deepen the kiss and Jayden groans as his tongue meets mine. He crushes me to his chest even as I grip his shirt in both fists, pulling him closer.

“I love you so much, baby. Please don’t give up on us. We’ll get through everything together.” Jayden rests his forehead against mine.

“I love you too. I’ll try. It’s all I can think about half the time.”

“Well, let’s change that for a little bit, shall we?” His hands slip beneath the hem of my shirt.

“Mmm, Jayden, what are you doing?” I ask.

“Getting your mind off things and worshipping your beautiful body.” He trails kisses down my neck.

I tilt my head to the side to give him better access and slip my own hands under his shirt, tracing his abs with my fingers.

“Your touch is electric, baby, just like you,” Jayden growls. “Take it off me.”

“With pleasure,” I moan as he licks a path down my chest.

His hands roam my body as he pulls my shirt over my head and tosses it somewhere in the room.

My bra follows quickly behind my shirt and then I rip his shirt over his head as well.

His chest gleams with droplets of sweat and my mouth waters at the sight of all the muscles on display for me and only me.

I run my hands over his abs and up his chest as his head dips lower and his lips wrap around my nipple, sucking it into his mouth and nipping it gently.

“Jayden,” I moan as I arch my back.

“You like that, my love?” he whispers against my breast.

“Yes, fuck. Your words are as sexy as your actions.” I shake my head.

“What? My love? That’s what you are, Beth, and that’s how it’s always going to be.” His gaze meets mine and there’s so much love and emotion in his gaze my chest hurts, cracking with how much I unconditionally love this man.

How did I ever leave him behind on the island?

Because that wasn’t Jayden, not really. That was a fake meant to deceive you. It will be much harder to choose the world over him.

I shake my head of the horrible thoughts. I don’t know if it’s an asshole god or my own turmoil but I’m choosing to ignore it. The man I love more than anything is with me now, showing his love, and I refuse to taint this moment with bullshit insecurities.

“I love you so much, Jayden. I know that wasn’t you and you would never expect me to choose,” I say.

“Good, because I’m going to show you how much I love you right now.” His hands grip the waistband of my pants before sliding to the center, just above where I need him most.

I shiver as he pops the button on my jeans and slowly slides them down my thighs, kissing every bit of skin he reveals on the way down.

“Jayden,” I say, breathless. “Please.”

“You don’t ever have to beg me to worship you, my love,” Jayden whispers. “I’m going to make you come so many times you’ll be begging me to stop, and then I’m going to fuck you. You deserve everything and I plan to give that to you.”

His hand slides down my belly as his lips crash back down against mine. Jayden grips my hip and his knee slides between my thighs, widening them as his hand snakes lower. His fingers brush my opening, then he dips them inside my entrance, and I groan in ecstasy. He feels so good, even his fingers.

How did I ever think I could give him up? I was a fool. There is no way in any lifetime that I could give him up. Jayden is mine.

“You’re mine, for eternity,” I growl as his fingers circle my clit.

“Beth, from the first moment I saw you, that was never called into question for me. I am yours in every way,” Jayden says before biting my nipple gently.

He punctuates the bite with thrusting two fingers inside me and I arch into him. He curls his fingers, brushing against the spot inside of me. My body shivers as I climb closer to the edge of the cliff.

Jayden kisses, licks, and nips a slow path down my body as he continues to thrust his fingers in and out, curling them and then backing away.

My body is electric and a sudden fear of losing control of my magic flits through my brain, but Jayden’s wicked tongue circles my clit, sending me spiraling over the edge.

“Jayden,” I scream as white spots flit across my vision and my body convulses with white-hot pleasure.

Even as I come down from my orgasm Jayden doesn’t stop. He groans against my clit as he thrusts his fingers inside of me harder and faster. I fist his hair as I hold his face against me, never getting enough of this man who lights my world on fire.

“Mmm, you taste so good, baby. I could do this forever,” Jayden growls against my clit, sending shock waves through my core.

I’m already climbing toward my second orgasm. Jayden speeds up, his shadows skating across my naked body, caressing my stomach as they crawl even higher. A moan escapes as something wet runs up the underside of my breasts, moving ever closer to my peaked, aching nipples.

Jayden sucks my clit into his mouth at the same time the shadows roll across my nipples, lapping at them.

He continues sucking my clit as he thrusts his fingers inside me hard and fast. My body seizes as ecstasy tears through me again.

I throw my head back and a scream of pure pleasure fills the room as I come for what feels like eternity.

My vision darkens at the edges and everything is too sensitive after the earth-shattering pleasure. He removes his fingers, replacing them with his tongue, lapping at my juices and grunting at the taste of me in his mouth.

Glowing blue eyes bore into mine, never breaking contact as he continues to lap at me and his shadows tug at my nipples.

“Again,” Jayden says.

“I don’t think I can come again,” I cry as he licks my clit again.

“You can and you will,” he says. “I told you I would make you come so many times you would beg me to stop before I fuck you.”

“Jayden,” I whisper. “I don’t think I can. I’m too sensitive.”

Jayden sits back and presses his hands to my inner thighs, holding them against my bed as his shadows writhe along my body. His gaze never leaves mine as his shadow presses against me. He shudders as the tendril pushes inside, thrusting hard and fast.

Another tendril circles my clit and Jayden glances down at my body as his shadow moves inside of me, filling me and hitting that spot over and over.

I grip the sheets on either side of my body as the shadow pulses inside me even as the other latches on to my clit, sucking hard at the same time the others pluck my nipples.

It’s all too much and I’m already climbing higher to a climax that may just be more earth-shattering than the last. Something slithers to my ass and I tense as the tendril probes my back entrance.

“Relax for me, baby. It will feel good, I promise,” Jayden says.

The tendril latched on to my clit sucks harder and as I moan and arch, the one at my ass slips inside, pulsing. Jayden bites his fist as he watches his shadows own my body in a way only they can.

“Oh gods. I’m so full. Fuck, Jayden,” I groan as I writhe on the bed.

He’s testing every last drop of control I possess. His shadows move faster in and out of me and the one at my back expands as it thrusts in again.

“Fuck, baby. You need to come for me, now before I break my promise and lose all control.” Jayden leans down and takes my mouth in a hard demanding kiss that sends me over the edge of my third orgasm.

Blackness envelops me for a moment as my scream is muffled by Jayden’s mouth covering mine. My body convulses erratically as my juices coat my thighs, dripping down my legs.

His shadows don’t stop as they prolong the orgasm out to endless bliss and I ride the soft waves back down to earth.

Jayden palms the back of my head as he deepens the kiss, slowing to something more loving and sensual than the primal way he took my mouth before.

“I love you, Beth. Always.” He peppers soft kisses all over my face as he allows me to catch my breath.

My fingers grip the waistband of his jeans as I blink up at him. “You’re wearing too many clothes.”

“You say that a lot.” He chuckles.

“Well, it’s true. You always seem to have too many clothes on when we are together.” I pop the button on his jeans and slide down the zipper.

Jayden’s cock springs free, a bead of precum leaking from the tip. I lean forward to lick it off, but Jayden grips my shoulders, holding me back.

“I’m holding on by a thread, baby. Give me a second before you press your addictive lips to me,” Jayden says.

I pout, turning my lips down in a frown. “I want you to lose control, Jayden.”

“Don’t pout. You’re going to end me with that look.” His gaze burns with flames. “I just need a second.”

Ignoring Jayden’s protest, I sit forward and wrap my fingers around his hard cock and stroke him in one long movement from root to tip. My thumb flicks against the head, spreading the precum along the top.

Jayden grabs my wrist and smirks as he brings my hand up to my lips. “If you want a taste, baby, suck it off your thumb.”

Deciding to test his control even further, I stick out my tongue, swirling it around my thumb before sucking it all the way into my mouth.

“That backfired epically,” Jayden says, squeezing the base of his cock as if just watching me suck his cum from my thumb is going to make him come too soon.

I release my thumb with a pop and lick my lips slowly. Jayden has too much control and I need him to lose it, now. Leaning forward, I press my lips to his and open for him immediately. He pulls my body against his as he deepens the kiss, and I take the opportunity to reach for him.

I wrap my hand around his huge cock again as he kisses me and Jayden moans into my mouth. His shadows writhe between us, only heightening the sensations again. A tendril strokes my clit lightly as I continue stroking Jayden. His hips buck into my hand.

“You’re dangerous, my love,” Jayden says as he breaks the kiss.

His lips trail down my neck but I push him and he falls back even though he definitely could have resisted if he wanted to. I crawl up Jayden’s body, licking his abs and higher as I pump him in my fist.

“You’re killing me, baby. Are you gonna ride my cock like a good girl?”

I shiver at the dirty words and take his nipple between my teeth and flick it with my tongue.

“Fuck. Beth. I need you so bad right now. Stop toying with me and impale yourself on my cock.”

“You didn’t give me what I wanted,” I say with a pout.

“You want to suck my cock? You will, but right now I need your sweet pussy clamping around me as you use me for your pleasure, so either ride me or I’m going to make you sit on my face until you’re screaming for me again.”

“I don’t want your mouth, my love. I want your cock.” I lick his other nipple.

“Then take it. Right now. Take it all like the goddess you are,” Jayden growls.

Straddling his hips, I rub my soaking pussy along his length. Jayden’s hips buck, pressing his tip against my clit with the hard thrust, brushing the sensitive bundle of nerves, and my back arches.

“Gods, Jayden,” I mumble. “I’m too sensitive.”

Jayden thrust his hips forward again, brushing my clit again. I press my hands into his chest, my fingernails digging into the skin of his pecs.

He reaches up, gripping my hips, taking the control from me and positioning my drenched pussy above him. He guides my hips down and I reach between us, gripping his cock, and then Jayden slams my body down, spearing me with his cock and slamming into that spot that makes me see stars.

“Jayden, shit,” I scream.

“I need you to move, baby,” he grits out.

I rotate my hips as I lean forward and take his nipple in my mouth again, sucking it between my teeth. Jayden groans as his hips buck, spearing me hard and fast. I roll my hips again, rubbing myself against him, the friction against my clit already sending me higher up the cliff.

“That’s my good girl. Take what you want from me. Fuck.” Jayden’s hands flex at my hips as his hips roll with mine.

I never would have thought I had a praise kink but when Jayden calls me his good girl, shivers rush down my spine and all I want to do is please him so he’ll say it again. Pressing a kiss to his nipple I just abused, I sit up and impale myself on Jayden’s cock once more.

Jayden’s fingers flex as I slowly fuck him, moving away before slamming back down on his hard length.

Jayden’s shadows writhe along my body licking, nipping, and sucking at my shin as I bounce up and down on his cock. Quicker than before I’m falling over the edge of my fourth and strongest orgasm. My magic goes haywire as I lose all control and my head snaps back.

Electricity sizzles along my skin and Jayden hisses as he slams up into me roughly and repeatedly until he stiffens and comes with me. I fall against his chest, unable to hold my body up a second later, completely spent and well sated.

Was Jayden what I needed all along? My lids close before a thought blasts through the haze. My electricity came out to play. I jolt up. Jayden is still inside me and he moans.

“My magic, are you okay?” I frantically check him for injuries, running my hands over unblemished skin.

“I’m fine, baby. Better than fine actually. That felt fucking amazing. I came instantly.” Jayden pulls me back down to lie on top of him.

I glance around us and confirm the sheets are intact with no scorch marks to be seen before laying my head back against his chest. The thumping of his heart beneath my head lulls me to near sleep.

Jayden is alive, he’s breathing, and his heart is beating, but for how long? Will I be the reason it stops because I will have to choose? What if I choose wrong and everything ends?