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I tightened my arm around her waist and pressed my mouth to the skin of her neck. She uttered that delicious whimpering sound and arched into my embrace, her ass pressing into the crotch of my pants.
“You cannot ever leave me,” I murmured, remembering the stark, horrifying fear I felt the moment Pullo had said she was gone. I grazed my mouth along the side of her slender throat, licking and tasting her sweet essence.
Her hands came back to my thighs, clinching and holding tight as she bent her head so that I might kiss her neck more easily. I trailed my open palm down her corseted top to the lacings of her trousers and slowly slipped the lacings free, opening the flap.
“You can never leave,” I murmured again, a madman on repeat.
“I won’t,” she said breathily, squirming as I slid my hand into the opening of her trousers.
I trailed my fingers over her thatch of hair, parting the slick folds beneath, stroking gently. She gusted out a whimper.
I mounded her breast with my other hand. “Never, Una,” I commanded.
Her hands clenched on my legs. “I won’t,” she repeated, her eyes slipping closed as I kissed and licked her silken skin.
I stroked a slow circle around her tight bud, relishing the heady sounds of her heavy breathing and her hips slowly rocking back against me.
A sharp crash of thunder made her jolt in my arms, pulling us both away from the dizzy arousal simmering between us and the dangerous storm spiraling closer. But I wasn’t having it. I needed her right fucking now.
“Hold on,” I yelled over the sudden rush of wind and first drops of icy rain.
She gasped as I slipped my hand from her open trousers and held her tight around the waist, connecting to Drak’s mind, telling him where we needed to go.
He roared and instantly banked a sharp right, cutting across a sheet of freezing rain as a streak of purple lightning lit the sky.
Una screamed and pressed back against me, her hands still clenching my thighs. A primal satisfaction sank into me when she sought my protection, even in this small way. I wrapped both arms around her and cradled her in the curve of my body.
“I’ve got you,” I promised her.
Drakmir beat his wings then spread them wide, letting them soar toward the rocky outcropping leftover by the eruption of Vixet Krone thousands of years ago. These low mountains that circled the back of Silvantis had no name, but they served to shelter many a beast. Specifically, the cave where Drak now landed had been our favorite escape when we were out hunting together or in the early years I was in hiding.
The mouth of the cave was wide enough for Drak to curl and rest out of the weather, but I’d added a few small comforts for myself deeper in the narrower part of the small cavern. The rain and wind still pelted us hard at the entrance as I helped Una down without slipping and falling.
“This way.” I urged her to follow me deeper inside then ignited a ball of feyfire in my palm.
Drak heaved a growling sigh as he curled at the entrance, blocking out most of the crashing storm with his giant body. He settled in a ball, tucking his long neck and head around him, his tail curling inward.
After finding the thatched bedding still there, I made sure no other creature had decided to make this cave home while I’d been away. As always, the smell of dragon kept it clean and untouched by wild animals. Pulling out the lantern with the blue coal, I lit it. Instantly, it’s dry warmth filled the cavern. I snuffed out the feyfire in my palm and set the lantern on the cavern floor near the bedding.
Unhooking my Meer-wolf cloak, I spread it out over the bedding, fur facing up, then I finally turned to look at Una.
Her face sparkled with a few drops of rain, her hair damp but not wet through, though it was mussed wildly by the wind. She was the most stunning creature I’d ever seen.
“Una,” I called to her, bringing her attention back to me since her gaze had been wandering the cave. “Take off all of your clothes.”
Chapter 25
UNA
My entire bodyhummed with desire. It made no sense whatsoever. Goll had chased me through the woods, behaved like a barbarian and carted me away, and all I wanted was more of his touch, more of his hands, and his tongue, and his growling voice.
It was madness. He was right. This feeling defied sense and sanity. It was driven by a desperate, trembling need. And something else altogether that I couldn’t identify or explain. So when he commanded me to take off all of my clothes, there was only one thing I wanted to do.
But my pause had caused him to arch a brow, his dragon eyes glowing in the semi-dark. “Take them off,” he repeated calmly. “Or I’ll tear them off.”
A shiver of anticipation prickled along my skin. I unbuckled the belt holding my overskirt around my waist and tossed it aside then unlaced and shoved off my boots. I then went about efficiently removing the rest of my clothes. My trousers were already unlaced, so those were easily removed.
I took my time unhooking and untying the laces of my corset, thankful Hava had put them in the front so that I could do it myself. I was glad not to miss the expression transforming Goll’s face from one of desire to one of unwavering, feral hunger.
