Page 46 of Serpent In White

I shake myself out of my thoughts as he swims closer to me, stopping with only a foot between us. He’s giving me an intense look, and I can hear him inquiring about things, so I dunk myself beneath the water to avoid the inevitable explanation. I’m not sure if water stops the telekinetic properties of Empyrean, but I’ll try anything right now. I can’t stand making a fool of myself in front of him.

When I come back up, I wipe the water from my eyes to find him still right there. Still staring.

“You watched us the other night,” he speaks the words I was dreading. “No sense dancing around it, Abdiel.”

Fumbling, my mouth begins to spill. “I’msosorry, Head Priest. I don’t know why I did it… it was a mistake. Please don’t be angry with me. I messed up, and I’m very sorry…”

He wades in closer, just an inch, though I feel his nearness, and it shuts me right up. “There is one part of what you’ve just said that isn’t quite true. Isn’t there, my young servant?” I swallow as I stand gawking at him, my wet hair sticking to my face. “Youdoknow why you did it.”

“I… I wasn’t…”

“Tell me the truth, Abdiel.” He moves in closer still, crowding me, and this time there’s no wall behind me to hold me in place. Yet I don’t back away. “Tell me why you watched us.”

The silence stretches as I work up the nerve to tell him the truth. The water around us is practically still we’re moving so little.

Deciding to think it so I don’t have to physically say the words, my mind admits,I was curious about you, Head Priest.

Curious how, my servant?

I was… desperate to know what you did in the lounge…

Why?

I waver for a moment.Because I… I…

Tell me now, Abdiel.

I close my eyes and gulp, reopening them slowly to lock our gazes.Because you… hypnotize me.

A droplet of water tumbles over the peak of his upper lip. I almostneedto lick it off.

Darian sucks in a quiet breath.And? What did you think of what you saw…?

He moves in even closer, now only a few measly inches separating our bodies. His warmth graces me through the water, the shadowed outline of his colossal frame advancing on mine. My face tilts to his, all the smooth lines dripping wet, stubbled jawline so sharp it could make me bleed.

My thoughts are speaking for themselves, but even so, I can’t help but think,You are the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.

Rather than a visible swooning, his jaw sets, tense and clenching as his eyes darken and burn in my direction. It feels like he wants to come closer to me, even without listening to his thoughts. I physicallyfeelthe draw between us like a current. But I know he won’t do it.

We’re out in the open. If anyone were to see, we could get in serious trouble. It must look suspicious already, with him this close, though a bystander might not know we’re skinny dipping.

Darian moves another inch until we’re so close to touching, a deep breath might meld us together. His hand swims beneath the surface of the water, sending ripples past my arm without actually touching, while his eyes stick to mine.

He does it again, this time his hand moving lower, closer to my waist. My cock fills rapidly, and I back up as an instinct, afraid he’ll feel it. Reading my thoughts, he lets out a soft groan, lashes fluttering as he runs his own hand over his chest.

I wish I could touch you…I hear, and it almost knocks me down.

Swallowing all the excess saliva in my mouth, I hum.I really want that.

My beautiful young servant… Such a sweet temptation.

A small gasp flees my lips as my cock thickens more, and like an instinct, my hand runs down to grip it. The memory of Drake calling me atemptationearlier flickers through my mind, and Darian gives me a momentary look of confusion. But it’s swept away by the lust I find shimmering in his eyes as he watches me.

We’re so close, it’d be the easiest thing in the world to wrap myself around him. And truthfully, it’s all I want.

He runs his own hands along his flesh again, the moonlight bathing him in an illustrious glow as his fingertips dance on places I’m dying to explore.

“You’re more of a temptation yourself than I think you realize, sir.”