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Chapter Fourteen

Caivid

M y every muscle was still buzzing from the mind-altering pleasure of having her collapse with ecstasy on top of me and then she began to caress her lips along my chest, down each one of my abs.

Her kisses felt like a brand. It burned me right through to the center of myself. I caged the sensation inside me, hoping I would never forget.

Her eyes lifted to mine and her sweet, deadly grin made my world turn on end.

And then her fingers wrapped around my cock.

“You’re so big, Caivid,” she said softly. “So hard. Let’s release a little of that tension.”

Oh, Fades help me. She dipped her head down low. Her lips parted .

And she took the tip of my aching cock into her mouth.

The pleasure was searing . Waves of mind-melting paradise crashed over me with every swirl of her tongue.

I’d never imagined anything could be this good, and I never wanted to let it go. Never wanted to let her go.

Susara.

She was mine.

Her hands came down to stroke my shaft at the same time, and all my thoughts were gone. I could only feel as her fingers stroked and squeezed and the tension in my gut grew tighter. The need grew stronger. The ecstasy mounted.

“Susara! I’m—”

“ Come for me, Caivid. ” Her voice was so low and sweet it changed something in my brain.

I fell instantly over the edge, hurtled into a blinding orgasm. Pleasure rippled down every limb and my mind melted with ecstasy as she continued to suck and lick and—

Fuck! She raked her tongue over the head and my eyes crossed at the sensation. They cleared just long enough to see her swallow.

Her tongue dipped down for another long lap .

And I came again . My mind fractured and my body wrung itself completely dry against her willing, perfect mouth. I felt her gasp with surprise, chuckle with shock. I could feel everything against my shaft as she continued to torture me with long, smooth laps.

The ecstasy began to fall away, and I reached down to grip her hair. To stop her. To stop myself. I had nothing left to give, and she’d already drunk so much of me.

Fades, she was a beautiful sight, her lips sopping, her chin dripping, and her eyes dancing with bliss. Like she’d just been given life-altering pleasure and not the other way around.

“You do come quick the second time, don’t you?” Her voice was as smooth as butter, like a balm soothing my burning need.

I couldn’t find my voice to apologize.

But then she crawled up my body and nestled in the crook of my arm. The feel of her against me was so right , like pieces falling into place, like my body had been made to cradle hers.

Just her.

Susara .

My sunshine.

“Next time,” she murmured against my chest, “let’s see if you can hold out long enough to get inside me.”

Ah fuck .

Next time.

I could hardly wait.

Her beautiful blue eyes searched my face, and I felt like I was drowning in them. “Have I left you speechless?”

I nodded. She absolutely had.

She quirked a half smile and then started to get up. Maybe to get her dress or adjust the door, which had fallen askew. Maybe to leave and go back to her home behind those high walls.

I couldn’t let her.

My breath caught as I held her against my chest. “Wait.” Fades, my voice didn’t even sound like my own. “Just. . . wait a moment.”

“All right.” She nestled back down against my chest. Her hair tickled my cheek and her fingers came up to splay against my pecs. They stroked one of my scars so gently it felt like a dream.

Except that it couldn’t be, because I’d never known such tenderness could ever exist, not even in my fantasies. Even in my wildest delusions, I could not have fathomed someone as radiant and warm as she was.

I never wanted to leave her side again.

But. . . did she feel the same?

“What are you thinking?” She took my hand in hers and ran her fingers over my knuckles. The action felt so familiar and comforting to me now. “You look very serious.”

The concern in her tone helped me find my voice. “Am I. . . still your protector?” I inhaled as much courage as I could muster. “Your protector . . . and nothing more?”

She blinked wide as her cheeks turned a delightful shade of pink. “Are you asking me to play conquest for you? Because I will, Caivid, I just really need to wait until at least spring—”

“No.” I cut her off swiftly. “No, I don’t want your womb, or your wool, or your mutton. I. . .” Ah, Fades, blast it all. There was no use beating around it.

I looked into her sky-blue eyes and said, “I want you , Susara.”

Her breath hitched, but she didn’t look away. Didn’t even blink.

“I just want you. Only you.” My throat was dry, but I continued. “Basking in your rosemary scent, in your bright sunshine, that’s all I want.”

Her breath continued to hold at the back of her throat.

I swallowed so hard it was nearly painful. “I plan to give you myself as well. Not just my protection but every part of me. I’ll completely devote myself to you, if you let me.”

Her jaw slacked and her eyes widened, and her cheeks went the prettiest pink I’d ever seen. “Caivid, I. . . I don’t know what to say.”

Fuck, had I gone too fast for her? “You don’t have to say anything. This is my vow to you, Susara. This is simply my assurance that no matter what comes, even if everything is lost and you have no boons left to offer, I will still remain at your side. Being with you is the only reward I require.”

Her blue eyes were so wide I could see myself in them. I held my breath.

And finally, finally, she exhaled out her tension. Her body relaxed and her expression melted into happiness so bright it almost hurt to look at her. But I couldn’t look away.

“Well. . .” she murmured so warmly it felt like spring, “who could say no to that?”

I exhaled my own tension.

“I still intend to feed you though, Caivid. And clothe you. And share my fires with you. And teach you the ways of the sheep when you want it.” She stroked my hair out of my face and her touch was so gentle it made my muscles go limp.

“You deserve that. Not just for protecting me.” She fingered a scar on my temple that was half hidden by my hair.

“After all you’ve been through in your life, you deserve to have a little tenderness, and I plan to give it to you. ”

My breath left me in a rush as my body warmed. My mind calmed and my muscles loosened, and I pulled her down into my arms, tucking her into my chest, desperate to taste her lips and seal her offer with a kiss.

She met me readily, deepening the kiss without hesitation. I felt like I was drowning in her. Losing myself in her bright, warm sky.

When we broke apart, she remained in my arms, cuddled against my chest, with her forehead tucked into my neck. Her scent was all around me and her warmth soaked into my marrow.

For the first time in my life, there were no storms.