Chapter 30

Barbie

Iflashed open my eyes and smiled at the chaos prince.

Blossoms fell like little stars. The wind rippled across the icy lake. The shadow beasts howled, assuring me that they were taking their sentinel duty seriously.

I'd returned to Underhill, the safest haven for me.

Killian's mouth departed mine, yet warmth lingered on my lips.

"There you are, my little scorpion," the prince said.

I blinked at him, taking in his handsome features greedily. I could look at him like that forever.

"Barbie!" Pucker materialized beside us, floating above the lake, grinning like an idiot. "Glad you're okay! I helped, didn't I?"

"I chose you for a reason." I smiled at him. "I know you'd never let me down."

"Of course," he said, rubbing his hands in appreciation. "I'm now one of the elites Underhill lets in! To give you a brief, you were in a catatonic state before we got you here. You're in safe hands now, but many candidates and sentinels weren't as lucky." His voice remained gleeful. "It was the worst casualty rate in the history of Shades Academy!"

My heart sank with grief, and tears burned behind the curtain of my eyelids. If I'd never come here, no one would have died.

It's not true,Sy chided. Ruin will find this realm sooner or later. Magic is already fading in Mist of Cinder. Our coming will change its fate. In the course of history, whenever a revolution happened, death was inevitable, but it paved the way for a new future. War, though not for the faint of heart, is the way of things.And know this: we're the protector of the realm.

I blinked. Sy was evolving at rapid speed.

So, you won't eat other intelligent beings anymore, right?I asked, but she refused to make any commitment.

"Are the other princes safe?" I asked Killian.

My sugar Rowan is safe.Sy preened. He'll be looking for me soon. You need to check your messages as soon as you get out of here! I need to feed for both of us. The Seed is still in you. We aren't out of the woods.

"The other heirs are fine," Killian answered me. "The healers have tended to them, and they've returned to their own houses to take care of house affairs. There's a lot to do, and we all need to strengthen our security on academy grounds."

"Shouldn't you go back to the house too, high sir?" I asked.

He pressed me closer to him. "Cami is keeping the house in order during my absence. Rock can take care of security without me. They're capable, and I'm where I'm needed the most." He slanted a glance at Pucker. "Return to the house, guardian. Come back only if there's an emergency."

Pucker smiled at me, bowed at Killian, and vanished.

"You came for me again," I said.

"Always," he said softly. "You knew I would."

"Do you know your—your betrothed skyjacked my mind to her Underworld?" I asked.

Killian's face turned grim. "Queen Lilith has strong mind-bending power." His throat moved up and down. His eyes grew colder. "I'll warn her away from you."

"No need," I said. "I can handle her. She tried to make me forget about myself, and you as well. I almost did, until I didn't want to forget." While I was in the Underworld, it was almost blissful not to remember the horrors of my past and to push away the worry for my future. "I don't want to not remember you."

He cupped my cheeks, pride in his eyes. "My brave little scorpion."

I beamed at him. "I don't stay down, sir. I always get up swinging."

"I'll train you in shielding your mind," he offered.

"I don't need more training, sir," I said. "I don't have time."

He chuckled. "Make time. It's important."

"She's very powerful," I said, not happy to admit that Killian and Queen Lilith were well matched in every aspect. "Is that why"—I took in a breath—"why you two are going to get married?"

He sighed. "It's complicated."

"I tried not to let her know I'm the other woman."

He arched an eyebrow. "Should I be proud?"

I shook my head. "Men are fickle anyway."

He inserted his large hand into my tangled golden curls, pulled my head back, and slanted his mouth onto mine. I threaded my fingers into his thick mane as well and kissed him back fiercely until my lungs demanded air.

Who fucking needed air when one could get a kiss like this?

Sy purred. Are we going to get laid for real this time?

Why must she always spoil a romantic moment with her insatiable need and vulgarity? But my pussy throbbed with aching need and heat nevertheless.

Killian pulled back, and I chased air.

"How's that being fickle?" he said, his eyes laughing at me before becoming serious. "You need to feed now."

My breath hitched, and my blood raced madly. I had never sex-fed the way Sy did. I'd always held back.

Somehow, Killian knew about my true nature, yet he wasn't flinching. Warmth and desire coursed through me, my dark flame dancing in my bloodstream. Maybe we could start a new chapter? Hope was a dangerous thing, but I clung to it.

"But…" I said hesitantly. "I might not be able to stop once I have a real taste of you. I might even hurt you."

An image of promise flashed in my head—I'd fuck him raw and hard until he begged for me to stop, but I wouldn't oblige. I'd mark him as mine, and no other woman would ever touch him again.

"You'll always hurt me, as I'm only vulnerable to you," he said. "Yet at the same time, you can never hurt me, just as my power will never harm you. Hurting you would be like harming my own, and my dragon will never allow it."

He'd just admitted to me that he was also a dragon!

"I want to see your dragon," I said.

A growl rumbled from his chest. His dragon wanted to come out to meet me.

"Stop it. Not now!" Killian growled at his beast, his face distorting for a second with the effort of reining in his beast.

"Feed on me, little scorpion," he said, his intense, heated gaze on me. "Take all you need to uproot that fucking Seed of Heaven."

"But sir, how should we proceed?—"

Killian pounced before I could finish my question. His mouth crashed down on mine with impatience and raw need. Our breaths mingled, his scent of powerful male with starlight and winter pine enveloping me. My grip on his hair tightened.

Fuck!This was too good to be true. The chaos heir was so hungry for me!

Our tongues tangled. He led the dance and I let him. When he became even more dominating, I bit the tip of his tongue and tasted his rich blood.

His power poured into me, and I sent it to Sy first. When the Seed of Heaven seized control of me, damaging my cells, Sy had taken most of the poison into her to give us a fighting chance. I'd watched her burn and writhe in pain, yet I couldn't do anything about it.

Pleasure rocked through my body and buzzed on my skin as Killian kissed me deeply, feeding me his energy. The lake we floated on was no longer icy. Killian's dragon fire heated the pool for us, and steam rose into the air.

A moan escaped my throat. Without breaking our carnal kiss, Killian picked me up, with my legs wrapped around his waist possessively, and carried me to the shallow water. He freed a hand to cup my breast.

I didn't remember when my uniform had been stripped, but I didn't mind at all that both of us were as naked as the day we were born. My skin burned for him; my body hummed.

Shit was getting real!

Prepare yourself to get royally fucked, Sy chimed in with glee.

I hissed at Sy, wanting her to shut up, but Killian took it as my challenge toward him and growled in answer. His fingers kneaded my nipples roughly, and my toes curled at the sensation.

I rubbed my slick pussy against his front as he kissed my lips, then my throat, then my lips again hungrily. His hand slid down to rub my swollen clit. I cried out in pleasure at the incredible sensation and wiggled my ass to demand more.

His scorching touch made my every cell come alive.

"This little, tight cunt has been waiting to be fucked," the chaos prince said coarsely, making my blood heat and my face flush.

I let out breathless moans in answer.

The chaos prince placed me on a wooden counter by the lake, courtesy of Underhill. I propped my feet on the edge, my knees apart, baring my pussy for him.

He stared at my golden cunt, my plump folds parting in invitation, wanting to be impaled, wanting to be invaded, wanting to be claimed. He'd seen my naked flesh in the dream-walk realm, yet he stared at my sex as if seeing it for the first time, dark fascination brimming in his eyes and making me shiver.

My gaze dipped from his face to his cut chest, his six-pack, then farther down to his huge erection that was so silky and hard.

He smirked. "What do you think?"

"Come here!" I demanded.

With a low chuckle, he stepped between my legs. "Want to have your way with me, little scorpion?"

I reached out, wrapping my fingers around half of his massive shaft. His cock jerked in my palm. I squeezed it, and Killian gasped, his lustful eyes going two shades darker.

I held back a smirk as I glided my fist up and down his length, experimenting a little. This was the first time I had truly held a cock in my hand, so I was planning to take my time with it.

"Enough. Quit playing," he hissed. "I need to fuck you now."

"But," I gasped, staring down at his cock, "it's too big and I'm petite. I don't think it'll fit, sir!"

"It'll fit," he said. "Your pussy is soaking wet for me."

"Yeah? But it's not large enough to accommodate you. I don't like pain."

He let out an amused and frustrated chortle. "We've done it a few times in my dream walk, and you couldn't get enough of me."

"It's you who couldn't get enough of me."

"That's true too."

"It'll be real this time."

He chuckled. "Those times were as real as this. Relax. Stop hissing and huffing. I'll ease you into it, and you'll enjoy it just like before."

He palmed my pussy, and I gasped at the scorching touch and incredible sensation. He started to rub my sex up and down, sending shivers of pleasure to my nerve endings.

"You're so wet. If you don't take in my cock soon, your cunt is going to weep," he taunted me.

I pumped my fist along his length harder in retaliation. He slanted his mouth over mine, his tongue thrusting between my parted lips. It was never easy to resist the chaos prince. His tongue swept over my hard palate, and I shuddered at the pleasure. As his tongue thrust, mimicking how his cock would move, I was drowning in a lake of burning lust.

I needed his cock urgently. Whether it fit or not, I'd take it!

I wiggled my ass, inching toward the edge to urge him to get inside me. Killian growled at my desperation. Nudging his hard cock at my entrance, he slid in smoothly and steadily. I gasped at the incredible feeling that was ten times more intense and pleasurable than the copulation in the realm of his dream walk.

With a final push, he embedded himself deep within me. Then pain bloomed, as his hard shaft was too large. Killian stilled, his lips leaving mine, as he gazed down at me in concern.

"I didn't feel such a burn in that world you created," I complained. "This is different."

No pain, no gain!Sy said. She didn't want me to back off. I wasn't going to back off. I was just expressing my feelings.

"Do you want me to stop?" Killian asked gently.

"No! Don't you dare stop!"

"We'll go slow then," he said. "I'm a patient man. I'll take care of my woman."

"Sure, you've had a lot of experience," I said, jealousy searing my middle.

He chuckled, but he started to thrust slowly, in and out, moving carefully.

My whole body tensed as I expected more pain, my hands clutching his massive shoulders, my fingernails sinking into his skin.

"Relax, baby, and you'll enjoy it more," he said. "You know I'll never hurt you."

"But you hurt me last time when you ripped off my breast binding in front of thousands of eyes."

"It couldn't be helped," he said regretfully. "And you still hold a grudge? Let me make it up to you, then."

He glided in and out of me, a little faster now. The pleasure increased, overriding the pain and slight burn.

I moaned. "More."

"Now she wants more," Killian purred, thrusting into me slowly and smoothly.

The feeling was delicious, but when I said I wanted more, I'd meant it. And I wasn't going to wait for him to do it for me. I'd learned never to depend on anyone to bring you stuff. Just take what you want and never apologize for it. I propelled my hips toward him, riding his length. I experimented a little at first, moving this way and that way, rocking my hips to find my G-spots.

I might not have fucked as much as Sy, but I'd watched plenty of live porn. My pussy milked Killian's cock, gloving it completely.

"That's how you like it?" He groaned in pleasure and shoved his cock deeper inside my heat. "Did you picture how I would fuck you when you lay in your bed in that little room of yours, Barbie?"

My room wasn't exactly little now, since the house magic had expanded it, but it was small compared to his penthouse.

"Sometimes." I panted in pleasure as he thrust harder into me.

"I've fantasized about fucking your little cunt every night ever since I first saw you," he confessed. "Ever since I caught your scent in the woods."

"I want you to fuck me really hard now."

"Think you can take it?" he purred.

"I'm not fragile," I said. "I just keep forgetting I'm not sometimes. Now that I'm used to you, I want rough sex so I can feed better. I need your cooperation to uproot the Seed of Heaven. Show me what you can do, princeling, and don't hold back."

"Challenging me again?" he growled, pounding into me with his immortal strength. His cock grew larger and harder as his dragon came out to play. His steel rod filled my every inch, stretching my inner walls. Intense pleasure lit my every cell and set my body on fire.

"That's more like it," I purred in approval.

"You're made for me, little scorpion."

At his praise, I let out my sexiness, more feminine charm and less predatory, as I took a different approach than Sy.

Heat engulfed me, and I fed on the sea of sexual energy. I had to purge the poison of the Seed in Sy first, then I sent my dark fire, boosted by Killian's lightning, burning through any alien elements in my cells.

Killian pounded into me relentlessly with endless stamina.

"Take all you need," he commanded.

Sy swam on the sea of energy and lust, feeding greedily. I had to clamp my mouth shut so no giggles from her would escape my mouth.

"I'll guard this little pussy like the most valued treasure," Killian said, "and my dragon agrees. He'll guard it harder. You're ours."

He thrust into my molten core with his mighty demigod and dragon strength.

I threw my head back, my hands planted on the counter, my legs wide open as he thrust into me brutally.

"More!" I called.

His storm-blue eyes growing more hooded, the chaos prince pulled me to him and drove into my depths, his cock impaling my flesh mercilessly again and again. Not many females could take this kind of strength, but I was a goddess. Kind of.

I hissed in pleasure, watching how his cock drove into my depths in a blur. His cut chest heaved. His hips propelled forward, every muscle taut and hard.

His every line spelled power and strength. His lust was mighty.

I pressed a hand to his chest, his strong heartbeat echoing mine.

My heated core clenched around his shaft, milking it mercilessly. I propelled my hips toward him, grinding my clit against his groin for maximum friction. Pleasure rocked through me in waves at his possessive, brutal thrusts.

Obviously, the chaos prince excelled at fucking. He pounded into me hard, his speed blurry and erratic, hitting every sweet G-spot like high musical notes.

I could feel he was coming. I needed to arrive before he did.

It's not a race!Sy barked.

Before I knew it, I fell apart, exploding on his cock. Killian didn't release me—he pounded into me, chasing my orgasm. His face distorted in lust and restraint, as if his dragon was about to surface. He snarled and reined his beast in. The growls from his dragon rumbled from his chest. A roar escaped his carnal lips, and he emptied himself deep within me with powerful pumps.

I cried out in ecstasy. Sy's roars and giggles echoed mine. I was quick to clamp shut my mouth, my scream of pleasure stuck in the back of my throat.

Fuck off!I warned Sy as long waves of orgasm pulsed through me.

It was inconvenient to have a third wheel when I was in the throes of heat.

Lightning, starlight, and heat all crashed into me like a tsunami, pounding in my blood, recharging my every cell. Sy and I fed on the power like two scavengers on a treasure hunt, finding too much gold to carry home.

My core magic surged with a roar, breaking through the once-unbreakable cage framed by the most potent runes and spells cast by God of Ruin, and shattered the death lock of the Seed of Heaven.

I was free.