Page 41 of The Dark Elf's Secret Baby

“It’s been a while since I’ve heard you make that sound,” He whispers, and there’s a touch of hesitancy in his words. He doesn’t want to push me, and while I appreciate that, I want him. Ineedhim, and I know we are both dying to make up for lost time.

But my favorite thing about Kerym is we’ve always known how to have fun. So, I splash him as I dart away, daring him into giving chase.

“You’re going to regret that!” He shouts.

“You’ll have to catch me first,” I answer before diving below the surface. The water is thankfully calm right now, and I’m able to move swiftly without the pull of the currents.

But a human is no match for a dark elf, and before I even come up for air, hands grasp my hips. I jerk, trying to rip away from him, but Kerum pulls me against his chest as we surface.

He’s already grinning ear to ear, and I smack his chest. His smile only deepens. “Is that any way to treat your new Lieutenant?” He coos.

My eyes narrow into slits. “Oh, I apologize, sir. I forgot that we must all fall to our knees before you.”

Lust swirls in his eyes. “Not you all. Just you.”

My knees pinch together at the insinuation, and his jaw works. He wants to say something but is holding it back. In an effort to diffuse the situation, I say, “I should have known that you’d get a big head with this position.”

The spark in his eyes burns brighter, but the intent doesn’t seem to shift. Not that I think I want it to. “I knew you’d tease me. Always so fearless, huh, little fire?”

The way he says it transports me back to another time, and I feel the last of my resolve crumble. Kerym has always done that to me, and I’ve never been strong enough to fight the way he makes me feel. Not that I want to be.

“Only when I’m with you,” I murmur, wrapping my arms around his neck tighter and pulling him to me.

His lips meet mine, and I groan into him, shifting so that my legs wrap around his waist. This time, it’s not enough, especially when I feel the tip of his cock brush against my center. I whimper, and Kerym pulls back to look at me.

“Layla?”

“I want you,” I confess breathlessly.

His eyes track my face, his expression deadly serious. “You’re sure?”

The fact that he asks that makes me wetter, and I nod, pulling him back to me. This time when I part my lips, Kerym doesn’t hesitate. He claims me, his hands grasping the underneath of my thighs as he heads for the beach.

I’m lost in his tongue and lips, my hands pulling at his hair, and when my back hits the sand, I don’t even want to pull away. I grind against him, whimpering harshly as I use him to hit my clit.

“Fuck,” he groans, breaking away and looking down at where we’re pressed together. He lifts his head to catch my gaze, and tells me, “Layla, I’ve wanted you for so long. I just…wanted you to know. There wasn’t anyone else…when we were apart.”

My heart pounds so hard I can hear the heartbeat in my ears. To be with Kerym is both freeing and terrifying, but to see him to be so open and honest, something we had avoided before, makes me melt for him.

I wrap my legs tighter around him, reaching up to cup his face. “Kerym, there was never anyone else but you.”

His eyes shine, and I pull him down to me. His kiss is sweet and slow and sensual, and when he shifts, pushing slowly into me, my back arches up off the sand. I stretch around him, taking him in, and Kerym moans softly against me as he settles between my legs.

His head drops, his forehead pressed to my chest as his breath heaves, and when he looks back up at me, his eyes shine with an emotion I wouldn’t have expected. “I missed you so much, my little fire.” I feel like I’m breaking apart in the best way possible. I lift my hand to brush his hair back, and he turns his face to kiss my palm. His voice sounds so broken as he says, “I missed you.”

I pull him to me, his body pressed firmly against mine and our foreheads touching so that I can stare deep into his eyes. “You have me now.”

He nods, and when he kisses me again, it feels different. Every thrust and kiss and desperate whisper hits me so hard, and I don’t know how I ever let Kerym go.

And I don’t know if I’ll be able to stand it when I have to again.

25

Kerym

Last night was just...amazing. I can’t stop smiling. Everything was perfect. The dinner, the sex, it felt like the most wonderful night of my entire life. It feels like my whole world is finally going the way it should be.

I never thought I could have this. I never thought that someone would love me like this. My family has always been somewhat cold and distant. Mother is the one who was the kindest but father discouraged her from forming too much of an attachment.