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“Yes.” He smirks.
“And what led you to this assumption?” I sass.
A brilliant smile crosses his face. “The way we kissed.”
The memory of our kiss just moments ago flashes through my mind. The possessive way he held me, the way he tasted. Yup. Definitely not a problem with sexual chemistry.
“Okay,” I say already having made my decision. If I’m going to do this, I will go all in. “But I need to tell you something.”
My stomach twists in knots as I watch him closely. Every person I have told about my power has pushed me aside. It isn’t easy to be around someone that has access to your thoughts and emotions.
“You can tell me anything,” he says earnestly.
“I can read your thoughts,” I blurt out. I can’t beat around the bush with this revelation.
“Like right now?” Niko frowns.
“No. When we touch,” I reply softly. “Not always, though. But sometimes, when someone touches me, I have a doorway to their thoughts or emotions.”
Before I have time to process anything, I find myself in Niko’s arms again, his lips fused to mine. He kisses me like he wants to consume me. Niko lifts me onto his lap, his hands planted firmly on my ass, kneading the globes. His erection bumps against my covered sex and a mewl escapes me at the feel of it. I have only been intimate with one man and it was never this intense.
One of his hands leaves my ass to tangle in my hair, pulling my head back harshly. His lips follow a path down the column of my throat. The skin beneath his lips is on fire.
Instead of being put off by my admission, he openly accepts it. He pushes his thoughts into my mind. The future, what could be between us, along with the overwhelming need he feels for me. I feel his desire, his need, the urge to fill me with his cock and make me scream his name. A new wave of lust crashes over me and I want nothing more than to feel him thrust deep inside of me.
Before I can beg him to take me, a loud knock sounds on the door, drawing a disapproving grumble from Niko. But he doesn’t stop his ministrations. His lips trace the curve of my breast just above the neckline of my dress. My nipples contract harshly, begging for his attention.
Suddenly I find myself flat on the bed, Niko poised above me. His hands work the straps of my sundress down my arms before he pulls the cups on my lacy white bra down exposing my breasts to him. His lips capture a nipple, drawing it into his mouth. My back arches off the bed, pushing my breast deeper into the wet heat of his mouth.
Another, more forceful knock sounds on the door. Irritation courses through him.
“Fuck,” Niko rasps. “I have to see who that is.” His eyes blaze with lust as he takes me in. He palms my breast and tweaks my nipple hard. “Stay like this.”
Niko strides toward the entrance of the room, blatantly adjusting his erection, before cracking the door open, ensuring the person on the other side can’t see me. I can’t make out what is being said as he speaks in a low murmur, but I do see the moment his posture goes rigid. Righting my clothes, I move toward him. Niko closes the door before I can see who he is speaking to and turns to me.
“I wish I didn’t have to do this right now but there has been an attack at one of the border posts. I need to see to reinforcements and supplies for the people that are still there.”
“Oh my God,” I gasp. “Go, Niko. They need you.”
He grabs me roughly, pulling me closer. He kisses me deeply before releasing me and striding out of what is now our bedroom.
Chapter Twelve
Niko
For two days I have been secluded in a conclave with the top war strategists of my realm. We have sent reinforcements and extra supplies toward the northern border. More than three hundred of my people lost their lives. More than half were civilians.
The armies and warlords of Quietus are getting brazen with their attacks. They feel nothing for the people of this land, they only want to claim it as their own.
My mother has sent word that the merging ceremony will take place in three days. She has been working tirelessly with Cassandra to get it set up as soon as possible. The sooner we are wed, the sooner I can work to bring about the end of this war. Cassandra is also in a hurry to get married before the full moon. She needs to be matched before the coven so she can ascend to her full powers.
Yesterday, her best friend, Tayla, arrived to help her with the merging ceremony planning. The women have been driving Hayden insane as he is the only person I trust to guard my mother and my future wife. The thought of my bride-to-be seems to conjure her out of thin air.
Cassandra strides into the meeting room that I haven’t left for the last forty-eight hours and walks right up to me. She assesses me closely before turning to the men gathered around the table.
“You can all leave,” she states flatly.
“What?” General Duram, the highest ranked warlord in Runic asks.
