to my clit and all thought leaves my brain.
He lets out a growl as I tighten around him, and then he’s the one losing that control he’s so fond of. He pulls me up onto my knees, one hand on my breast, the other on my clit, as he grinds himself into me. He plays with my nipple and then moves that hand up, circling my throat, his touch possessive.
“Mine,” he growls, and the word throws me over, making me shudder in his arms as pleasure rips through every inch of my body. He thrusts twice more and then stills, breathing heavily as he pulls me even closer.
I don’t know whether to chide him for his arrogance or high-five him for being right.
He did give me more pleasure than I ever felt before. We’re both still gasping as he pulls out of me, and I feel immediately empty as he moves away.
He runs one hand along my spine with a hum, and then he disappears for a moment before reappearing with a damp cloth, which he presses between my legs while I attempt not to blush. From his low laugh, he can tell just how embarrassed I am.
“Shit. We didn’t use a condom.”
His face is blank as I roll over, and he’s still gloriously naked, hardening once more as his gaze finds my breasts and seems to get stuck there. He plucks at my nipple, and I groan.
His eyes light, and I raise my hand, covering his mouth as he leans down.
“Protection. No babies, remember?”
Understanding flashes across his face, and he pulls my hand away. “I will have a tonic sent to you tonight with dinner. It’s made with the petals of a flower with contraceptive properties. If you take it each day, you will not conceive.”
I sigh. I barely know Arix, but for some reason, I trust him with this. Something tells me he’d be as panicked about a surprise baby as I would be.
I stroke my hands over his shoulders, fascinated by the green-and-blue scales that gleam in the light.
He’s waiting for me to answer, and I nod, waving a hand the way I’ve seen him do when he’s sitting on his throne.
“Proceed.”
He grins at that, leaning down and taking my nipple in his mouth. I groan, and he chuckles, sliding his hand back down to the wet heat of me.
I don’t think again for the rest of the night.
Chapter Seven
Arix
I wake, frowning as I realize I’m hard as rock, my body wrapped around a female. I scowl. I always ensure the females I take to bed have left my chambers before I sleep.
The female in question lets out a low hum in her sleep, and I harden even further. I open my eyes, pushing aside blonde hair.
Vivian.
I’m in her rooms. I fell asleep with a female. This never happens.
Vivian shifts, letting out a small groan, and I run my hand over her head.
She blinks open her eyes, gazing at me blearily, as if confused that I’m in her bed.
My teeth clench.
She glances around her, as if confirming we’re indeed in her room, and I narrow my own eyes.
“You’re still here?” She slaps her hand over her mouth. “Sorry, I didn’t mean that to sound as rude as it came out.”
“Nothing dents a male’s ego like being asked that very question in his own castle,” I murmur, and she smirks at me.
I lean down, kissing her smirk away, and she sighs against my mouth.
“The answer is yes,” I mumble, pressing kisses against her lips between each word. Then I raise myself onto my elbows, leaning over her. “I am still here because we’re not done yet.”
She laughs as I roll her fully onto her back. When I have her right where I want her—beneath me—I take my time, kissing my way down her smooth pale throat.
I linger over the white scar above her breast. She was almost killed during the last battle with the Dokhalls, and I tense at the memory of her, so close to death as she lay in another male’s arms.
The brave female saved the life of her pregnant friend.
“Stop staring,” she murmurs, and I hush her, running my tongue over her scar.
She squirms and sighs, and her needy sounds make me even harder as I take one of her nipples in my mouth. She buries her hand in my hair, holding me to her.
As if I want to be anywhere else.
Beneath Vivian’s cool, calm exterior is the passion I knew was there the moment