“Yes, ‘hooray,’” I agree. I consider the merits of tugging her dress over her head or ripping it off of her body in a fit of claiming passion. However, if I do that, my logical brain reminds me, then Isla will be naked when we leave here, and that is unacceptable.
I’m really struggling with the desire to rip her garment from her body though. I growl my frustration.
Isla’s arm comes around my back to bring me closer. I oblige, stepping forward, my feet bracketing hers, my hips pressed to her stomach, my chin to my neck to look down into her face, my hand on her jaw, dragging her head up higher, forcing her to arch her neck and keep my eyes. “You will never see the end of me.” I finger her soft gown. Just one yank, and there will be a beautiful shredding sound, and the even more beautiful sound of her shocked gasp. I can nearly hear it; my ears are almost tingling with it.
Isla’s breath warms my chest as she exhales a relieved-sounding breath. “Your stalker-talk is weirdly, awesomely reassuring.” Her head tips in my hand, as if she’s considering something. “I should probably be running in the other direction—”
My hand unconsciously tightens around her face. With my other hand, I grip her dress at the bodice portion. One tug and she will be running naked. With her belt of chastity. She will not get far in that heavy, heavy belt that cups her sex. Of course, I will still have to kill every male who sees her shapely form in all her glory. Glory only meant for me. Locked away behind that metal-fanged, cock-biting belt.
My tail coils around the both of us, trapping our fronts tightly together.
“—but,” Isla says, eyes cutting back up to mine, a smile sliding over her lips, “why the heck would I want to do that? Do you know how hard I had to work to win you over?”
“It was a trial, eh?” I tease.
Her eyes have taken on such a shine, such a shimmer, they look as if they’re dancing. “I’ve never put in this level of effort. You should be proud of yourself.”
My tail slides purposefully up, the area just under my blades folding, making a curl and cupping her behind with it. “I’m proud of us.”
Isla’s hand slides down until it finds the tuck of my shirt. She inserts her hand under my clothing, heading in the direction of my upper back—but then she experiences a change of her mind and reverses, changing her path to take her hand to the muscle of my glutes. “I don’t know about you, but I’m suddenly feeling like a celebration. Something reassuring, hot and… hard,” she enunciates, wiggling so that my erection is teased by her soft belly.
I take her in my arms. “We will have to be quick as sky bolts.”
“Sky bolts? Like lightning fast? Why?”
I glance at the door, my internal clock ticking so loudly I’m becoming restless. “The humans’ break will be ending soon. I can’t leave them alone for long. There’s no telling the sort of damage they’ll create.”
“You’re worried about your Counter, aren’t you? You want to guard it more than you want sex?”
“Of course not…” I hedge. “It would be ridiculous to care about some silly scoreboard.”
Isla smiles up at me, amused. “There’s no shame in you caring about your score. Let’s bang behind your throne. That way, we will still get to score, and nobody will get near your Counter then.”
I kiss her hard and drag her into my arms. “You have time-efficient ideas I approve of, female.”
CHAPTER 43
BASH
(Crying Counter: Marvelous)
Isla and I used the area behind my throne to make certain that her lock was working with my key.
Why, yes. It was.
You could say her lock was very, very slick, and my key was a long, tight, hard fit.
I bit myself twice to prevent my teeth from sinking into her. The first time, to my astonishment—and pleasure—Isla’s initial concern turned to heated delight at my display of savagery.
...Her receptive reaction is what led to the second bite. I stared into her eyes the whole time and lapped at the wound as if it were hers, as if it were her soft skin I was treating after taking it so roughly.
“Weirdly hot,” Isla had declared—and then she’d kissed me.
By the time we strolled out from behind the throne, no one was anywhere near the vicinity, and that pleased me