Page 34 of Tino

“Are we training after lunch?” Niam asked.

“Yes, we cannot delay the training any further. I have already told the kitchen to deliver your food and then I’ll come and collect you myself when it’s time for your first training session here.”

I really was glad we had Nujik; it even seemed like the others appreciated that he told us what to do and when. Xarius and Niam had been on the road the longest trying to find us all. They’d been theones making decisions from where to go, to what to eat. I’d had my doubts if Xarius could stand getting ordered around, but it seemed he enjoyed having a break from it as much as I did.

“What about me?” Julie asked warily. She’d been awfully quiet ever since we’d been told to leave her home world behind. But even after Xarius had asked if she truly wanted to go, she’d said yes without any hesitation.

“You can watch them train and practice being their anchor while they do so,” Nujik explained with a soft smile. He’d taken a liking to Julie, and like with all of us, she’d somehow gained a place in his heart, even in just these short few days.

She chuckled. “I meant where am I sleeping, although it’s nice to hear I’m still needed.”

“Oh, my apologies! You’ll live with the others, of course. There’s a room for you too.”

Julie seemed pleased with that, relaxing her shoulders as the worry eased away. Had she feared we would be parted from her? No wonder she’d been tense. A new world and then believing she would be by herself?

“We should really get to it,” Nujik reminded us, so we raised our hands and added our magic to the ward, just like we’d been told. It was still odd, using magic like this. Silver had explained more about wards than Nujik and Willow had, offering easy explanations so we could make them ourselves now too. Tair and I were still new to all of this, but it seemed the others knew exactly what we needed to hear and learn so we wouldn’t feel behind.

“Perfect!” Nujik clapped his hands with a pleased smile. “Go inside and get comfortable. Food will arrive in two hours’ time.”

Chapter 23

Altair

The house was way bigger inside than it seemed from the outside. Not that I was complaining or anything. The warm water from the shower head was just what I needed. We’d slipped inside and gone exploring to find our own rooms. This room was the one we’d picked out for ourselves. It had a king-sized bed, a tiny closet, and an en suite. Said en suite was where I currently was. I needed to get all the grime off from the earthquake incident. Tino had removed most of it, but I still needed a deep clean.

“I could watch you all day,” Tino’s sultry voice startled me. I hadn’t even heard him enter the room, too busy lathering up my hair and humming happily to a tune only I could hear.

“Why don’t you join me?” I asked, smirking in his direction. He stood at the showers opening, watching me with lust-filled eyes and clear hunger.

“Maybe I will.” I should’ve taken his dark eyes more seriously, because the next thing I knew, Tino was in front of me, fully clothed as he smashed his lips against mine, groaning as I eagerly returned the kiss, palming his ass as he got drenched in water.

I began tugging his pants open, a lot harder to do as my wet hands couldn’t grip his zipper without issue, swearing curses under my breath because a tinyzipperwas what stood between me and my man’s glorious dick. I simply had no extra brain powers to spend on kissing until this zipper issue was fixed.

He laughed at my failed attempts to rid him of his pants. “You do it then!” I snapped, glaring at the stupid zipper. And then… “Oh! I have magic I can use!” I quickly changed the metal, forcing it apart at the same time Tino made a squeaking sound.

“Don’t use magic near my dick!”

“But it worked!” I defended, gesturing proudly to the now open pants.

“You could’ve given me a piercing for all we know!”

Oh… now that he’d put that into my head…

“No!”

I pouted. “Fiiiiine. No sexy piercings.”

He shook his head, removing his pants as he muttered about boner killers.

I rolled my eyes and resumed washing my hair. “Drama queen,” I whispered loudly enough for him to hear. Then I felt his hard body behind mine, and one obvious sign my magic hadn’t been a “boner killer” as said boner poked me.

“I love this ass,” he groaned, caressing my ass cheeks, then palming them. I whimpered when I felt him kneel, the anticipation for what was to come too real. Too…

“Oooooh,” I sighed, and closing my eyes, I let pleasure take over as his tongue lapped at my hole, licking around it. Playing. Exploring.

“Fuck,” he rasped, clearly loving this as much as I was. “I need to get up or I’ll come on the floor.”

“And that’s bad?” I panted. I was all for coming with his tongue in my ass.