met mine.
All of my control was stripped away. It had always been something upon which I prided myself, but she tore it to pieces and burned it to ashes.
I cupped her breasts, the skin so smooth and perfect that I wanted more. I wanted to feel her beneath my lips.
Unable to stop myself, I dipped my mouth to her chest, running my tongue over the smooth skin of her breasts. Over the tight peaks that strained toward me.
“Hades.” She sounded nearly breathless, and it sent a thrill through me.
Yes.
Pleasing her like this sent a deep, unfamiliar wave of satisfaction through me. When her hands came up to grip my hair, I groaned low in my throat, helpless in her thrall.
“I want more of you,” I growled against the inner curve of her breast.
“Yes,” she gasped.
I gripped her hips as I ran my tongue down her stomach, drawn to the sweet core of her that had haunted my dreams since I’d last touched her. I craved her with every ounce of my being, wanting nothing more than to drown in her taste, her scent.
My knees hit the floor of the pool without a second thought, my shoulders pushing her thighs apart. The sight of her made my head spin, made me forget everything but her.
I was all instinct. All desire. My voice was gravel as it left my throat. “I’m going to taste you now.”
She gasped, stilling, and I gripped her hips as I lowered my mouth to the softness that beckoned me.
Her hands tightened in my hair as I swept my tongue over her, devouring her like I couldn’t get enough.
I couldn’t.
I’d never be able to.
I wanted this every day for the rest of my days, and the idea that I might not have it made desperate dread curl through me. I’d make her feel so good, she’d never leave me.
The taste of her made my head spin and pleasure coil tight.
As I kissed her, she gasped, and her back arched. I worshiped at the altar of her reactions, following each one to learn what made her tremble and what made her move against my mouth.
Her hands tightened in my hair, and the sweet sting sent a spike of pleasure straight to my cock. I could feel the tension within her, and my body reacted, feeling bound to her by something I couldn’t control. I was ravenous, a starving beast that couldn’t get enough of the sweetness before me.
Her thighs clenched, and she cried out, trembling fiercely as the pleasure overtook her. The feeling of her moving beneath me and clutching my hair dragged me over the edge as well. I was unable to control the waves of terrible pleasure that racked my body.
I’d never felt anything like it, so all-encompassing that I became one with Seraphia. One with the light. It was the most miraculous thing I’d ever felt, enough to spin my consciousness out into the heavens.
When it was over, I rested my head against her inner thigh, panting.
I’d spilled into the pool like a boy. Like a human.
The idea was abhorrent.
“Hades?” Her hand tightened in my hair, and I straightened, looking down on her.
She sat up, her cheeks flushed and her hair wild. “That was…amazing.”
I wanted more of it already. More of her.
The desire gripped me hard, not just my body, but my soul.
I wanted her more than I wanted the darkness. She made the light rise within me, and even though it was painful, I wanted it.
No.
Shocked with my own thoughts, I stepped backward, surging through the water.
How had she done this to me, so quickly converted my thoughts to her own desires? Was I that much a fool?
I spun from her and charged out of the water, calling upon my magic as I went. Clothing draped my form, the usual leather armor that I wore when at home. It formed a greatly needed barrier between her gaze and my skin.
Without looking back, I strode up the stairs toward the main part of the tower, needing space from her. Needing to recommit myself to my cause. If only we were back at my castle, where I could revisit the darkness to be reminded of my purpose.
As if on cue, my hands tingled. I stripped off a glove to look at my right hand and found it partially transparent.
I was running out of time.
Seraphia
Hurt sliced through me as I watched Hades disappear into the stairwell. Heart pounding, I turned back to the pool and stared at the