16. Arim

Chapter 16

Arim

I groaned, wanting everything from Lexa we'd once had. It broke my heart that she'd been so alone for so long and hadn't deserved a moment of it. I knew she'd never been a saint, but she wasn't the monster the Church and others had painted her to be.

In my heart of hearts, I'd never believed the horrible tales spread about her, and my conflicting feelings had only exacerbated my anger.

But now, her Darkness embraced my Light, and despite the tension radiating between us, I wanted her even more. As if I hadn't just emptied inside her, my cock hardened again, needing to fill the sweet woman moaning my name.

Her small hands clasped my shoulders with surprising strength. Despite no longer being tied up, she remained in my control. But that didn't matter. I clamored to engage a woman who could withstand my raw power. Only Lexa had ever been my equal.

I wondered how she would react fully freed from restraint.

Urges rose, the need to please and dominate her completely. Hungers long denied threaded their way from my mind to hers, our magic mingling, intimate.

She gasped with feral pleasure, feeling the same.

"I want to fuck you," I growled and shoved her thighs apart. I thrust hard and continued to take her, slaking my need for battle in the clawing woman encouraging my possession. "To own you, Blue. My own little sex slave."

She swore, but instead of pushing me away, she locked her ankles around my back and dragged my head down for a mind-blowing kiss. Her tongue pushed past my lips and took what she wanted. The press of her full breasts against my chest scored me with a burning cold, while her body gloved me, her sex gripping me with each push of my cock that sought the molten core of her.

Lexa nipped my lip, and I shoved deeper.

"More," she insisted, her eyes almost white with lust.

I couldn't stop myself from pulling out and flipping her onto her belly. I hefted her to her hands and knees and shoved back into her pussy, thrilled at how much deeper I could go in this position.

"Fuck me." Lexa moaned as I railed her, but I couldn't stop myself.

My own inner Darkness had come out to play with hers. I stared down at the milky white skin of Lexa's smooth back, at her head bent in submission as I took her, and I came violently, shuddering as my magic rushed into her along with my seed.

So much Light should have burned her, but Lexa reveled in the wave of power, seeking more.

"That's all you have for me?" she purred, looking over her shoulder with a sly smile. A spear of Light, not mine, jolted through my cock, her blue flame a power from the inside out.

I expected pain but got nothing but pleasure instead. Knowing instinctively what Blue wanted and needed, I pulled out of her slick heat and pushed into her ass.

Lexa moaned as I slowly penetrated, and I sensed she hadn't much experience in this.

"Does it hurt?" I panted, knowing my girth had to be causing discomfort. Yet her Darkness wouldn't let me withdraw, encouraging more.

"Yes, so good," she whispered, welcoming me as I continued to move deeper. "Oh," she panted, rocking back against me. "I need you."

I wanted to shove deep and hard, but I took my time, knowing I caused her discomfort even as she encouraged me. Leaning over her but careful not to move too much more, I gave her time to adjust and palmed her breasts.

Love swelled in my heart as I understood how vulnerable she was under me, that she still allowed me this control. My cock hardened to the point of pain, and her flesh gave and gave as I unintentionally grew bigger, my magic bridging the spaces between us.

"Arim, what are you doing?" Lexa squirmed and broke that last vestige of control I desperately clung to.

I leaned up from her back, still on my knees, still joined to her, and clenched her hips as I fucked her. Pushing in and out, I found a quickening rhythm in time to Lexa's rising heartbeat. The feel of her was like nothing I'd ever experienced, and my orgasm rose too fast to be denied.

Yet this time I refused to come without Lexa. Internally manipulating our merged magic, I molded our desire into a bolt of ecstasy and shot it through her, focusing on the bundle of nerves between her folds.

Her clit throbbed; I could feel it. I loved every second with her, especially like this. But I wanted her to feel it all, so I pushed her into a climax that had her screaming my name.

Her pleasure spiked my own, and I lost all thought except keeping her forever while I came hard, my orgasm so extreme I knew a moment of pure pleasure as I disappeared into the heart of our bliss.

Darkness surrounded me.

I thought I saw the essence of Lexa, energy that burned a much dimmer blue than I might have expected from a soul so strong.

Dim or not, her power captivated me. And then I was panting and coming again , on fire as I jetted into her. Lexa rocked back into me as the bed shook from the force of my thrusts.

I couldn't stop, the need for her overwhelming.

When I could finally make sense of anything again, I realized my grip on her hips was all that held her up. Shocked, I prayed I hadn't been too rough. Sure, she'd encouraged me, but not to this extent.

She moaned as she rolled to her back then sighed with pleasure. "I had no idea you were so powerful."

I blinked, stunned.

Lexa glowed with a Light I'd never expected to see.

"I feel so good right now. So at peace."

Exactly. So she feels it as well. Dismayed my cock wanted still more of her when by rights I should have been too worn out to care, I joined her on the bed, my need to touch and be touched forcing me almost on top of her.

But instead of shoving me aside, as I half expected, she snuggled close, curling into me.

And my heart blossomed under the shine of her affection.

"I…ah, I hope I wasn't too rough." Yet part of me wanted more.

"I've never done that before," she murmured, toying with the hair at my nape. "But I wanted it with you. You make me want things I shouldn't."

I wanted to purr like a cat. So satisfied and pleased with the woman who owned my heart. "Blue?"

"I felt your need to dominate, to punish and possess," she said. Fortunately, from her angle, she couldn't see the flush I felt staining my face. "I want more."

"More, hmm?" I put a finger between her legs and stroked, pleased at her hiss of pleasured-pain. "Sensitive, are you? How sensitive?" To my shock, my cock jerked. "I think you've bewitched me."

She chuckled, a sinister sound that slid over my body like a silken caress. "I'd say the same, but I know Sava's tamped our powers."

"I know." I stroked her soft skin, enthralled with her. "As much as it will surely pain me, I'm going to be in Sava's debt forever."

"Oh?" She tried to move, to lean on an elbow to better face me, but I maneuvered her flat on the bed, a hand to her chest to hold her there. My fingers itched to flick those hard little nipples until she screamed.

"Lexa, you gave me back that part of me long missing." I didn't miss the alarm that crossed her face. The mistrust I'd banished for just a short while returned. "And that part's going to stay with me whether you like it or not."

To my amusement, her gaze frosted over. "Just who do you think you are? My lord and master?"

By the Light, she got me so hard without even trying. "Hmm, ‘Master.' That's what we've been missing."

Lexa looked to protest but caught sight of my straining cock and surprised me with a grin instead. "I knew you were bossy as hell, but this takes it to a whole new level."

Desire raged between us once more. I quickly got to my feet and grabbed a damp cloth and soap from the bathroom. It took precious time to clean us both, and by the time I'd finished, I was raring to go again.

I rolled on top of her, no longer questioning my driving need to dominate. "You have no idea what I have in store for you." But you soon will.

Losing myself in her again, I focused my all on Lexa's pleasure and was rewarded with more than a "Master," but with a splinter in the armor Lexa wore like a second skin.

For a brief moment, I saw the emotion she held in check. And that glimpse made me that much more determined to have it all.

Tanselm, my family, and Lexa by my side for an eternity.