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My heated skin is flush against his as he carries me towards the bed.

He places me gently on the smooth sheets before climbing onto the mattress so that he is kneeling between my legs.

I gaze up into those beautiful golden eyes of his as he reaches down and brushes a lock of hair out of my face.

His eyes burn with emotion as he watches me.

Reaching up, I slide a hand over his muscular chest. He wraps his fingers around my wrist and lifts my hand up so that he can kiss my fingers.

“Can’t get enough of me, huh?” I tease.

“Never.”

And the thick emotions in his voice make my whole soul thrum. I draw in an unsteady breath. He moves my hand back down and presses it against his chest so that it’s right over his heart. It beats hard underneath my palm.

“I meant what I said,” Draven begins, his eyes serious as they lock on mine.

“If something ever happened to you, I would rip out my own heart and follow you into the afterlife. I would kill both of our gods to take you back if I had to.” His grip tightens around my wrist. “So don’t ever do something like that again. ”

I swallow, suddenly feeling guilty about pushing him through that wall and locking it behind him. It wasn’t because I didn’t trust that he could handle the whips. I just didn’t want to see him hurt like that again. But in hindsight, I know that it was reckless and stupid.

So I nod.

“Good.” He releases my wrist and instead leans down, slanting his lips over mine. “When there is danger, we face it together . Understood?”

“Together,” I whisper against his lips.

“Always.”

He kisses me. Slow and luxurious at first. Then faster and desperately, as if he can’t breathe without me.

Fire lights inside my blood. I spread my legs wider, rolling my hips against his.

A deep moan rips from his chest, and his wings flare out wider.

They block out the bright sunlight that streams in through the open windows, casting shadows over the pale sheets.

He adjusts his hips, making his cock press against my entrance.

While still kissing him senseless, I lift my hips slightly in response.

He thrusts inside me. I moan into his mouth as his thick cock fills me yet again. Goddess above, he’s so fucking perfect.

Reaching up, I draw my hand over the soft membrane of his wings.

A shudder rolls through his body, and another desperate moan escapes his sinful mouth. I steal that glorious sound from his lips as I kiss him furiously.

He slides his cock halfway out and then thrusts in again.

Lifting my hips, I meet him thrust for thrust as he starts up a commanding pace.

My fingers trail down over his wing, drawing the most incredible sounds from his mouth.

His revenge is swift as he pinches my nipple before rolling it between his fingers.

I bite his bottom lip in return. He smirks against my mouth.

Pleasure builds inside me again as he teases my nipple while fucking me just the way I want him to. Hard and dominantly and completely without mercy. I gasp against his mouth as I careen towards another orgasm.

My spine tingles as he kisses his way across my jaw and then down my throat. I arch into him, moaning and gasping with every thrust of his hips and every brush of his lips.

His cock hits that perfect spot inside me right at the same time as he pinches my nipple.

Release crashes over me.

I squirm against the sheets, throwing my head from side to side, as pleasure crackles through my every nerve.

Draven releases my nipple and instead wraps his hand around my throat, forcing me to keep my head still.

Leaning down he claims my mouth with a savage kiss while he continues fucking me through the orgasm.

Incoherent moans drip from my lips.

My fingers brush along the inside of his left wing.

He comes. Hard.

Pleasure flickers in his beautiful eyes as he breaks the furious kiss and gasps while his cock pulses inside me.

I show him no mercy. Sliding my fingers along the soft membrane, I draw a shuddering moan from his lips.

He flexes his hand around my throat, his cock still pulsing with release inside me.

And I can feel it. Through the mate bond, I can feel his emotions faintly. Like an echo of a memory. But the pleasure and love that flows through him as he gazes back at me still leaves me breathless.

I memorize it all. Every expression and every sound and every tiny movement of his powerful body against mine. The sight of it makes my heart swell. Even now, it still astonishes me every time. I did that. I can make the great Shadow of Death come completely undone like this.

When the release has faded for both of us, Draven drags in a deep breath. With his cock still inside me and his hand still around my throat, he remains where he is above me as he locks searing eyes on me.

My heart jerks at the desperate yearning in his eyes.

A knowing smile curves his lips as he slowly shakes his head at me. “God help you, little rebel.”

I raise my eyebrows in question, fighting a smile as well. “And why is that?”

“Because you’re mine now. Body, mind, heart, and soul. And I will never get enough of you.”

Shifting my hand from his wing to the back of his neck, I yank his mouth down to mine in a possessive kiss. “Likewise, Shadow of Death.”

He kisses me back furiously. Claiming me. Dominating my mouth. And in that moment, I know that he means it. He will never get enough of me. Just like I will never be able to get enough of him.

But there, together in that soft bed with a warm breeze drifting in through the open windows and the bright sunlight warming our skin, I can’t stop a flicker of fear from entering my mind.

I want eternity with him. Just like this. But how are we supposed to get that eternity when the Icehearts will be hunting us for the rest of our lives?