Page 67 of Cut of the Dark Elf's Blade
He grins, dipping his head in close to skim his nose along my face. “Love is too simple of a word for what I feel for you. I am infatuated with you. I am consumed, obsessed, and ignited by you. But if you doubt how deep my feelings run for you, if you wish to hear them in the simplest of terms, knowing that they cannot encompass everything that I feel, yes.” His lips brush the lightest of kisses along my lips. “I love you.”
I pull against his hold, wrapping my arms solidly around his neck. “I love you, too, Luocre.”
Our lips crash together, and this time when he lifts me into his arms, I don’t protest. I let him carry me into the shower, where he methodically washes my hair and body, planting little kisses along my skin and whispering what he loves about each part of me.
And once there is no more evidence of what happened in the warehouse left on my body, he carries me to bed, tucks me into his side, and tells me to rest.
“Sleep, little liar,” he murmurs. “I’ll be right here, protecting you. No one will touch what is mine.”
And I grin as I drift off, content that out of everyone on this planet, I am his obsession.
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LUOCRE
My nose twitches as something brushes against it, and I shift away from it. In my sleep-addled brain, I assume it’s Neveah’s hair, and I reach out for her.
But instead, my hand falls on a small-bodied furry creature, and I jerk back, coming face to face with white fur and deep brown eyes. I snarl, eyeing Echo angrily.
“What are you doing in my bed?” I groan, falling onto my back. My eyes dart to the window, and I see the light of day just starting to crest.
Neveah rolls over, and traitorously, she pulls the little iyppinit to her chest. Echo looks up at me with what I swear is a smile, making me grit my teeth.
The little pet found us at the townhouse only two days after I brought Neveah here, slipping inside in the middle of the night like she always has. Neveah was so relieved, and I got the blow job of my fucking life for saving the damn thing.
The only upside to her coming around is that Neveah is thrilled, especially now that Echo lets me pet her.
Not that I pet her. I toss her out of our bed. But Neveah doesn’t need to know that.
“She ismine,” I snarl at Echo, plucking her from beneath Neveah’s arm. I hold the little iyppinit up above me. “Mine.”
Echo clicks her tongue at me, clearly disapproving but not fighting me on it as I toss her off the bed. She finds a small spot on the rug across the room to curl up as I pull Neveah up against me.
I brush my hands down her body, savoring the way she feels beneath my palms. It’s been almost three weeks since the incident, and even though Neveah is fully healed, I still check her over.
The day after I brought her here, I went back to my brother’s manor to collect her things and inform him that her services were being reallocated to a different member of the family. Me.
Rhiucra knew better than to put up much of a fight.
“Echo?” Neveah whispers, her naked body squirming against mine. My cock starts to stir to life despite having been drained only a few hours ago.
“Just me, little liar,” I whisper as I kiss her temple.
Neveah rubs her eyes before tilting her head back and smiling up at me. It’s beautiful in a way that makes my heart stall, and as much as I love seeing the fear I can invoke in her, I love seeing this more.
She lights up when she realizes I’m in her room now. She loves the way I hold her, the way I command her body, the way I whisper her name. She gives herself to me completely whenever I want, and I am so obsessed with this woman who holds everything I am in her hands.
I don’t think she even realizes that out of the two of us, I’m the one shackled here. I may have claimed her, I may have told her she is mine, but I know that I could never walk away from her. She pulled me in from the first moment I saw her, and for the rest of my life, I would chase after her.
She drapes a leg over my hip and lifts up to kiss me lightly. “I still forget I’m here most mornings,” she murmurs against my mouth.
I wrap my hands in her hair, pressing her tighter to me before rolling on my back and pulling her with me. Neveah follows me easily, straddling me as I push her lips apart.
She’s already dripping wet, grinding against me, and I don’t have it in me to resist. I slide one hand around to her throat, gripping tightly to lift her up and drop her back down on my hard cock.
We groan together, and she starts bouncing immediately. It’s fucking phenomenal, being inside of her. I tighten my hand around her throat, dragging the other down her back as I let loose a little magic.
The heat of fire burns down her skin, just light enough to make her pussy clench around me. I learned recently that she loves this almost as much as she loves my knives, but since they aren’t in reach, we’ll have to play with fire a little.