Page 117 of Bride of Death

I have no idea what he intends to do to me. Or if Hades is planning to just stand there and… andwatch.

However, the idea of it has me burning all over.

Not with mortification, but withexcitement.

Fae, what is wrong with me?

“Sera,” Maliki says again, his palm cupping my cheek. “Remember what Hades said. Say his name and this all stops, yeah?”

What all stops?I want to ask.You touching me?Because I don’t want that to stop.

So I guess I’m never sayingHadesout loud ever again.

That’s fine.

I’ll just call himmy lordlike Maliki does.

Yep.

Okay.

Maliki smiles. “I think your wife is lust-drunk.”

“It does appear to be that way,” Hades replies, his tone lacking ire. If anything, he sounds intrigued. “Are you going to keep teasing her or kiss her?”

“Hmm,” Maliki hums. “I’m not sure yet. You know how much I enjoy foreplay.”

“I do,” he says as something pops in the background.

I glance back, startled by the sound, and see Hades holding a bottle of something. It looks like bloodpagne, a type of bubbly drink that some of the fae like back at the Den. He pours it into a glass, then takes a sip while holding my gaze.

That’s when I realize the table is full of food.

I have no idea when he carried it all in. I’m not sure I care.

Because I’m still not hungry.

“Sera,” Maliki says, his hand on my chin—just like Hades’s was before—as he guides my focus back to him. “I’m the one touching you right now. Not your mate. So I want your undivided attention. Understand?”

Swallowing, I nod. “Yes.”

“Good girl.” He brushes my mouth with his thumb, stoking the fire Hades left behind, and lifts me in the air with his arm around my lower back.

I gasp, my hands instantly going to his shoulders for balance as he begins to walk. “Maliki…”

“I warned you that this dress makes me want to reveal more of you, Sera,” he says, his steps sure despite his gaze locking with mine. “I’m going to remove it.”

My eyes widen. “What?”

He simply smiles. “That’s not your husband’s name.”

Chapter 30

Maliki

Styx,Sera’s innocence is going to undo me.

I usually prefer experienced females, but there is something undeniably erotic about having the opportunity to teach this woman about bedroom play.