Desires of a Monster - Roe Horvat Page 0,61
he crouched, his silhouette glowing orange, as he added a few logs to the hot coals. The wood crackled and caught fire, casting a warm light on the disorder in the room. I clamped my hand over my mouth to stifle my gasp. We’d broken the table. The armchair lay on the side, his robe trapped around its legs. The floor was scattered with my clothes tangled with pieces of a ripped curtain, among broken candles and drops of wax. One chest had fallen off the shelf, and the lid had cracked.
My Cariad simply stepped over the mess. He joined me on the bed, pressing behind me, and wordlessly, he lifted my leg. He sank his cock inside me until he was sheathed in me to the hilt. I was so loose, my muscles limp, taking him in me was easy. He fit like a key into a lock.
“My beloved,” I murmured.
He rolled us to the side and kissed my neck and shoulders. Joined, we lay there, and he caressed my cheek, my lips, and my throat with gentle fingertips. Ever so slowly, he rocked our bodies, and I smiled with contentment.
“How does it feel? I want to know,” he whispered.
“I don’t know if there are words for it. If so, I need to learn them.”
“I’m in you all the way, yet you feel no pain.”
“You can’t hurt me. You love me.”
Nestled inside me, he roped his arms around my torso and cast his leg over mine. He clung to me, pumping his hips faster and faster. He came on a sigh this time, and the feeling of his cum flooding my guts brought me to my own completion.
When he pulled out of me after a while, I turned in his embrace and kissed his lips. The traces of anger I had sometimes seen were gone. His eyes were calm, full of tenderness.
“My love,” he whispered. With the tip of his finger, he traced my upper lip. “I almost lost you.”
“I didn’t know if I had the strength to leave.”
“Please, forgive me, Rees. I should have told you everything right away. I didn’t even admit it to myself at first, but I was afraid.”
“Afraid of what? What has changed, Cariad?”
“You changed me.”
“The night you were gone. Something happened that night. I want to know.”
He cupped my cheek, and his eyes closed for a second. When he opened them, they were sad and loving.
“I fell asleep for the first time.”
He stared at me, silently pleading for me to understand. He’d told me he’d slept last week. But why was it so significant…? Then I made the connection, and apprehension made my gut clench. He shouldn’t need sleep.
“You never sleep.”
“I never needed it before, no. But now I do.”
“Why?”
“I’m sharing my life with you, my darling.”
“No.” My voice was weak with fear. That couldn’t be. I couldn’t steal his strength. I wouldn’t!
“Now I finally know what you meant when you said you were tired.” He sighed gently and tucked a strand of my hair behind my ear.
“That’s not possible,” I protested. “You are immortal. You can’t get hurt. You never get tired, never ill. Your life is sustained by magic.”
“And now I’m sharing the magic with you.”
“Cariad…” I didn’t know what to say. Pain mingled with happiness and dread in my chest until I couldn’t untangle them.
“The name you gave me… Keep saying it, love. I adore the sound of it.” His lips curved in a stunning smile. “I love you, Rees. I need to keep you alive for as long as I will live.”
“You can’t die.” My voice broke. “You can’t die for me.” Eyes burning, I blinked, and wetness spilled down my cheeks.
“One day, I will. I want to.” His whispered words scarred my soul. “I don’t want an eternity of emptiness when I can have you instead. One day, we will leave this world together, hand in hand.”
He kissed me and brushed his lips over my cheeks and eyelids, wiping away my tears.
“You gave me a name, and now you rule over me. Say it, darling. Say my name again.”
“Cariad.” The word was barely a sob.
“Beautiful.” He hummed between kisses. “We will be together forever, Rees. In life and in death. Don’t cry, my darling. I’m happy. I want to celebrate.”
He sipped the tears from my skin, but his eyes were giddy with joy. His happiness was irresistible, and ever so slowly, I let go of my sadness. He had become my entire world, but the knowledge didn’t scare