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LITTLE STARS
SERYN
H is eyes snapped open. They were wild, the black of his pupils overtaking the green as he studied my face. He was a hungry beast looking for any sign that I’d run.
I squared my feet, my fingernails raking through his hair. My palm rested on his nape, steady and warm. I wasn’t going anywhere.
His gaze penetrated mine as his jaw ticked. His skin was still wet from the rain, yet my fingertips burned from the heat radiating from him. He smelled like the meadow after a storm.
He smelled like home.
He was my home.
I leaned into him, my nipples straining against the soft fabric of my shift. He drew in a shaky breath, his thick chest heaving.
Twisting tendrils slipped off my shoulders, ruddy curls dancing in the firelight. They grazed his chest and shoulder as I whispered, “And I’ll always want you … to find me.”
Emerald flashed across his irises in response. Erratic puffs of air swept against my neck and down my chest. His pulse crashed against my palm, echoing mine.
He would not break unless I let him. He would never do anything I didn’t want … But I wanted this . I was done with excuses. Finished with denying the truth. I needed him, just like he did me. I needed him like my next intake of breath.
“I thought I’d lost you,” he murmured, his words cracking. “I agreed to have this … this thing buried within me because it meant they wouldn’t know.” He pulled in a deep breath. “That you wouldn’t be vulnerable. It meant you had a choice.”
“I’m right here. Whatever you’ve done. Whether or not we’re khorda … I need you. I choose you .”
As I pulled away, his sense of control shattered. His hands ripped from his thighs, sinking into my waist, crushing into my shift. He thrust his face into my stomach, pushing his cheek into my body as if trying to melt into me.
To keep my balance, I dug both hands into his hair, holding him close. His arms wrapped around my hips, his hands roaming my body, skimming over my bottom, my thighs, my ribs.
He squeezed one hip, making my shift ride up my thigh, the cool fabric caressing me and leaving a trail of fire along my skin. I gasped, overwhelmed by the sensations. My pulse throbbed in my core.
The flames in the hearth reflected in his ravenous eyes as he looked up at me. He rested his chin below my ribs, his muscled thighs gripping my legs.
With an unhurried pace, he smoothed one warm palm from the middle of my spine and down my bottom, cupping the back of my thigh possessively. His thumb lifted to caress the round curve of my backside, keeping me in place.
He pressed his entire face into my belly once more, inhaling deeply, and then his lips were on me, kissing and nipping at my skin through the silk.
His other hand crept up my side, his long, thick fingers spreading wide over my flesh.
His thumb swept over the underside of my breast, and my head fell back, my hair cascading between my shoulder blades.
My hands found his biceps, squeezing the solid mass.
“Look at me,” he demanded, his voice gruff.
Without hesitation, my gaze locked with his, my head tilting forward. His hunger was palpable, licking me from my belly to my throbbing core. I bit my lower lip, sliding one hand to rest on his chest over his galloping heart.
His grip tightened on the back of my thigh and then pushed upward, over my fleshy cheeks and spine, bunching the hem of my shift as it rose. Achingly slow, his other hand also slid over the mound of one heavy breast. His calloused thumb found my nipple, pressing teasing circles over the achy bud.
I whimpered his name.
His mouth moved hungrily up my stomach, biting and kissing my skin through the fabric, helping it ascend. My shift pushed under my breasts, the firelight caressing my exposed skin.
He breathed into me, his hot exhale leaving damp trails along my skin. He licked the underside of my breast, kissing it and then between my ribs. I shivered, even though my insides were melting and pooling in my core.
Everything inside me was boiling.
It was too intense.
It wasn’t enough.
My hips had a mind of their own as I rocked into him, breeches pulling tight across his solid, straining length. His hardness rubbed against the damp fabric of my underwear.
I tugged the wet tunic from him with fumbling hands. He lifted his hands from me for a moment to help rip it from his body and toss it to the floor.
My skin prickled with goosebumps where his hands had been, my shift slipping into place again.
“This won’t do,” he said, gripping my waist and wrapping his lips around my other neglected nipple over the silk.
I felt his smirk as he sucked in the tender peak, the wet fabric chafing over it, making me pant. His fingers dug into my waistline as I slid my hands over his thick arms and then to the sides of his head. I pulled his face away, his lips plucking my nipple gently as they left me.
“I’ll kill you if you don’t get me naked immediately,” I rasped breathlessly.
“Always choosing violence.” He chuckled as I glared at him.
My lips dropped open as he suddenly stripped the chemise from my form, the silk fluttering behind me.
His mouth swallowed my gasp as it crashed into mine, his tongue slipping inside. We devoured each other, lips and tongues teasing, crashing, and melding over and over.
Our hands raked over each other’s heated skin. Squeezing. Grasping. Hard muscles and soft curves pressing into the other.
One of his rough palms reached up to cradle my jaw, positioning my face so his lips could merge with mine more deeply. His hungry kiss was that of a starving man.
He was consuming my very soul.
Energy vibrated down my vertebrae.
Panting, l jumped and wrapped my legs around his waist as he filled both hands with my backside, his fingers digging into the round cheeks as he stood. He broke the kiss, and a voracious smile spread across his face.
There was his dimple.
He kissed me hard and then tossed my body onto his bed.
I bounced once, my breasts heavy and breathing ragged.
I propped myself up on my elbows, licking my lips as I took in his body.
He undid the ties and pushed down his breeches, his solid cock springing free.
A sharp gasp slipped from my throat at the sight of him.
His body was glorious and surely carved from marble. My eyes trailed over the expanse of his muscular chest, bracketed by thick, powerfully built arms. His sculpted abs tapered into a delicious V-shaped expanse, guiding my vision to his impressive arousal. I swallowed, my mouth beginning to water.
He prowled toward me; his gaze feral as he stared at me with single-minded intent.
He reached the edge of the bed. His eyes flashed before he wrapped his hands around my ankles, pulling me toward him in one swift motion.
My backside was near the edge, legs dangling freely on either side of his hips.
“You’re the most exquisite creature I’ve ever seen. Every delicious inch of you,” he breathed, sliding his palms from my knees to the seam where my core met my legs. His thumbs drew light circles over the damp fabric covering my aching juncture, torturing me. His smile was pure wickedness.
He looped his thumbs under the undergarment, slipping it down my legs. He brought them to his nose, inhaling reverently.
A burst of flames spread across my face and chest, a choked whimper escaping me. I didn’t have time to process such carnality. This man was driving me insane.
He slid one hand up my leg. My hip. My belly.
His broad, wet tongue licked a path up the inside of my other leg, now bent and propped on the edge of the bed.
He leaned forward, stretching his hand out to cup my breast, his palm kneading and plucking at the pebbled nipple.
His lips met the crease of my thigh, kissing and nipping, his stubble rasping against the sensitive skin.
My whole body trembled in waves. I would not survive him—had nothing tethering me to reality.
My hands slammed into Gavrel’s hair, hips lifting from the bed, seeking relief. His deep chuckle hummed along my skin, his breath hot against my thigh.
“Impatient as always.”
“I’ll have you know?—”
He dragged his tongue through my slit, already soaked with desire. Smirking, he looked up at me from between my legs. He licked his bottom lip and then scraped his front teeth over it. “Delicious … you were saying?” I shook my head, unable to find the words.
He smiled, and then gently sucked the pulsing nub at my apex. His tongue circled and flicked the bundle of nerves over and over until I was squirming and vibrating with need. My feet were planted on the bed, heels digging into the quilt.
“Gavrel, I … I can’t handle… It’s too much,” I cried.
He placed one large palm on my thigh, ensuring that I couldn’t escape his relentless attention, his tongue flicking faster and faster.
With his other hand, he pinched my nipple one last time before slipping his palm down my slick skin.
Two thick fingers slid easily into my drenched center, pumping in tandem with his tongue.
A scream ripped from me as my mind imploded, and a burst of my ember zipped across my skin, illuminating Gavrel’s glowing emerald eyes.
My body vibrated, the trembling starting in my legs and rocketing up to my chest. My release exploded through me in waves as I moaned wantonly and squeezed my thighs around Gavrel’s head.
All at once, I was boneless, my legs falling to the sides, my glowing arms flung above my head, heavy and tingling. He languidly licked up my core one last time, placing a kiss above my mound.
A dreamy smile curved my lips as he helped me shift onto the plush bed. My spent muscles sank into the soft mattress. He crawled over me, resting his hips below mine, our bellies touching. His brows softened as he looked at me, his eyes simmering.
I wrapped my arms around his back, running my fingers over the flexing muscles. He looked into my eyes.
“You are the beginning and the end for me, my star. I would burn down every realm to get to you.”
My fingers trembled as they grazed his cheek, lingering before I smoothed a black strand behind his ear. I stared into his soul and into the devastating honesty he blanketed me in. He wasn’t hiding from me anymore.
His hands were still and gripping the silk beneath us for dear life.
He was my fated khorda, and I chose him not because of this … But because I needed him more than I needed to breathe. He was the very heart beating within my chest, and no talisman could take that from me.
His lips hovered a fraction from mine. My words skimmed over his skin. “You are my beyond, Gavrel. I chose you long ago, but I was too terrified to admit it. And I don’t need the bond to tell me that.”
Our mouths met again, tenderly this time. My center began to throb again, my chest pulling in deep, shaky breaths between our mating lips.
His cock pulsed between us, impossibly hard and slick with my arousal as he rocked his length against my heated sex. His arms trembled as he restrained himself from entering me.
I needed him to break.
Damn his self-control.
My hips pushed into his, searching for more friction against my throbbing apex. Little moans of pleasure caught in my throat, only to be swallowed into his as our kiss deepened. My legs trembled, and need tingled from my nipples to my belly each time they grazed against his damp chest.
To my dismay, Gavrel paused and lifted his head, a worried look pulling at his brows.
“This is it. If we go further, you are mine. In body and soul.” He hesitated.
“Do you understand? This is your last chance to leave, to have a different path. I’m …
I’m not strong enough to let you go again.
” He breathed in shakily, then repeated the words from the night of the Moonbud Revelry.
“Now’s the time to avoid any regrets, Little Star. ”
A small smile lifted the corners of my lips. I bowed forward to press a kiss into the tense line of his lips.
“Never,” I whispered against them, digging my nails into the muscles of his tensed back, my hips rocking eagerly. “I am yours. And you are mine. Make it so.”
We couldn’t complete the Kollao Ceremony with his talisman still embedded, but I meant every word. I’d stand by him until the end of forever.
A relieved groan fell from him as he shifted, his biceps bulging. Then he surged forward, pushing his hard length into my molten center, slick with need. A satisfied cry fled from my throat. He stilled inside me, my core adapting and gripping around his erection.
The rune on his right hand was burning brightly now, his fingers entwined with mine. The skin of my arms and hands shimmered, iridescent light flickering within the wild, weaving patterns, glowing cracks in the shape of twisting tree branches.
He brushed some curls from my forehead, kissing me gently on the side of my brow, and then my cheek.
Tenderly smiling, he placed one more kiss on my lips.
A hoarse moan fell from him as he slid from me and then pushed back in. Bright, throbbing light encircled our entwined hands, spreading along our skin like liquid spilling from our palms.
“You feel … too good,” he groaned, moving in and out of me, my center clenching around his thick girth. “I feel you inside me.”
“More, Gavrel. I need …”
He began pounding into me, my breasts bouncing with each thrust. Our sounds of passion and me calling his name echoed through the room.
Slapping skin.
Whimpers.
Moans.
I ignited once more, this time a slow, throbbing burn deep within my belly. Light enveloped our joined bodies, cocooning us in a pulsing orb of kaleidoscopic ember. Our energies mingling and sweeping between and through each other.
We were two burning supernovas crashing into one another. Scorching infernos of passion, breaking and spinning back together over and over again. Until finally I couldn’t tell where he ended and I began.
A blaze of heat zipped over my spine, and we both stilled, our souls sinking into one another through our locked eyes.
And then we burst into a million little stars.
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