Tarot Academy 4 - Sarah Piper Page 0,81

this moment alone, falling in love with the mage who beat the odds and fought his way back home to me.

But that thought unleashes another one, and I can’t hold back my worry. Not even for Ani’s deliciously hot kisses.

“Wait.” I press my hands against his bare chest. “Are you… Are you feeling okay? Are you sure you want this right now?”

“I’m sure I want this. More than anything. Right now, tomorrow, the next day… Hell, I’ve wanted this since you kissed me in Kirin’s office that night.” He nudges my cheek with his nose. “Don’t you?”

“Are you kidding me? I’ve wanted this since… I don’t know. Probably since you took me up to the top of the Cauldron and gave me the sunrise, if I’m being totally honest.”

“Then what’s wrong?”

“I’m just a little worried about you. You were basically in a coma for two weeks, and now—”

“And now I’m not.” He flashes another big grin. “Look, I can’t explain it any more than you can. All I know is I spent an eternity in hell. Absolute hell, Stevie. And the only thing that kept me alive was focusing on this moment. On you. On the knowledge that if I could just find a way to make it back here, to follow the sound of your voice, I’d have the chance to hold you again. To kiss you. To taste you.”

“You heard me?” I ask. “I knew it! I sang to you every day!”

“All the best of the seventies, eighties, and nineties,” he says, beaming. “But now I’d rather you leave the music behind and put that beautiful mouth to work on something else.”

My resolve is weakening, my body heating up at the idea of touching him. Taking him inside me. Sealing our bond in the way I’ve been dreaming about since I first started falling for him.

I don’t respond right away though, and Ani rolls onto his back beside me, his naked body glowing in the candlelight.

“You don’t have to do anything if you’re not into it,” he says, his voice soft and seductive. “But I can’t make any promises for myself.”

His hand slides down his chest, down the smooth planes of his abs, and he fists his cock, giving himself a gentle stroke.

I swallow hard, my gaze transfixed on the curve of his hand, the steel-hard length of him growing even harder beneath his touch.

That should be my touch. My mouth, actually.

Desire blooms inside me, making my mouth water for the taste of him.

“You okay?” he teases, still touching himself.

Goddess, he’s driving me mad, and I can’t take another minute of it.

I strip out of my clothes, then climb on top to straddle him, grabbing his hands and pushing them back against the pillow. His cock his hot and hard between my thighs, a tease I’ve got no power to resist.

“You’re officially the worst,” I whisper. “But you’re my worst, and I’m not letting you go.”

Then I lean down and kiss that smug, sunshiney smile right off his face.

He moans into my mouth, breaking free of my hold to bring his hands around to my thighs, stroking my skin with a featherlight touch that sends shivers rippling across my body. But I’m not ready to let him touch me. Not until I’ve had my fill.

I break our kiss, trailing my mouth down his chest, kissing every ridge and hollow as I follow the enticing trail of dark red hair down to his smooth, perfect cock.

Wrapping my hand around the base, I take him into my mouth, teasing the tip with my tongue before taking him in deeper. Ani’s soft moans are all the music I need, a seductive song that sends a flood of heat to my core and encourages me to take him deeper, sucking and licking, savoring the taste of every inch as it glides across my tongue.

“Stop,” he finally breathes, gently tugging my hair. “Goddess, Stevie. If you keep doing that, I’m going to come.”

“And that’s a problem because…?” I lick a path up to the tip, sucking it between my lips again, flicking him with my tongue. Then I pull back, glancing up at him with wide, innocent eyes. “But if you really want me to stop…”

A whimper escapes his lips, and Ani shakes his head, eyes rolling back as he grabs the headboard and sinks into the pleasure of my—ahem—deepest attentions.

I suck him harder now, bringing him in as deep as I can take him, then further still, his reactions unleashing a moan