Chapter 19

19

T oday it is Mir’s turn to guard me, and I'm hiding out in my room. Is it cowardly to hide from a man in my room? Yes . Do I regret hiding from him? Maybe . But the poor man blushes the whole time he is around me. Do I make the man that uncomfortable? He is very sweet, and the last thing I want to do is make him miserable the entire time he’s standing guard. It makes me wonder why he is still on the guard rotation if I make him that uneasy.

Sighing , I throw a pillow over my face. Asher is always happy to see me, and Kas is… well… Kas . He doesn’t seem bothered by my presence. Rev has been staying out of the shadows more when around me. And Alair drags me along to play jokes on anyone and everyone. And Bene … Bene will sit with me for hours, reading.

Maybe I just don’t click with Mir ? The thought makes my chest hurt. I scream into the pillow, then scream again when I hear, “ Is screaming into your pillow normal for you?”

Ripping the pillow from my face, I see Mir standing at the end of my bed with an arched brow. The moment his eyes meet mine, pink skates across his cheeks. Red hair falls in front of his eyes as he tilts his head with a smirk.

Covering my face with a pillow again, I mumble, “ I make you uncomfortable.”

“ I couldn’t hear that. What did you say?”

“ I make you uncomfortable,” I yell into the pillow.

Mir yanks the pillow away from my face as he sits down beside me. He throws it aside before looking back at me. His ears are pink now as well. “ Now , repeat that.”

Sighing , I look to the ceiling. “ I said, I make you uneasy.”

“ What gives you that idea?”

Without looking at him, I gesture in the direction of his face. “ You’re always blushing and quiet when I see you. You only do that when I’m around.”

He’s quiet for a moment before I feel a finger on my chin. He turns my face till our eyes meet. “ Is that why you have been hiding in your room all day?”

“ Yes ,” I whisper.

He hums, and his smirk drops. “ I promise that is not the reason I am like this around you.”

Rolling my eyes, I try to fight his grasp on my chin. “ What other reason could you have for acting this way?”

I gasp when his grip on my chin tightens, and his eyes flash black. “ Did you ever think that maybe my thoughts of you aren’t as innocent as you believe? That thoughts of desire cause this blush to creep across my face?”

“ Branimir ?”

He groans. “ Fuck , I love the way my name sounds on your lips. It makes me wonder how that beautiful mouth will feel wrapped around my cock.”

I can’t help myself. I whisper his name again. “ Branimir .”

He groans and releases his grip on my face, only to crawl toward me and hover above me. “ My cheeks stain red because my thoughts about you are not sweet and innocent.”

“ Oh ? Then what are they?”

“ Dark and lustful, Darling ,” he purrs.

“ Show me,” I pant.

He grins. “ So eager to hear my dark thoughts?” he teases, then lowers his face to my neck, and I hear him sniff. He growls and drags his tongue up my neck. “ Did you know you smell like apple blossom?”

“ No .” I squeak as he nips at my neck.

“ Apples are my favorite treat. Maybe I should eat you for dessert?”

“ Yes ,” I whine.

He groans as he pulls away. My eyes widen when I see his are consumed by darkness, and swirls of black mist kiss my skin. “ I’m very hungry, Darling .” Before I can say anything, he rips my dress down the middle.

“ Mir !” I squeal. “ Not another dress!”

“ We will buy you more. Now let me admire my dessert.” He pins my arms above my head with a grin and orders, “ Keep those there for me.”

As his eyes roam over my body, I begin to feel self-conscious. I start to lower my arms back down, but then swirls of darkness solidify around my wrists. He tsks, “ Ah , ah, ah, Darling .” His eyes flare as he commands, “ Stay .”

I gasp when I feel the cold kiss of darkness grip my wrists. “ You can control the darkness?”

He licks his lips as his eyes continue to rove over every inch of me. “ I can do many things with my darkness.” He slides his hands up my thighs as he hums. “ Would you like a demonstration, Eira ?”

My breath hitches as cold whispers across my underwear before Mir slips them down my legs. Dark fingers trail over my body and pinch my nipples. “ Mir ,” I whine.

Invisible straps tighten around my ankles, spreading me wide for him. “ So beautiful. Say my name again.”

I drop my gaze to find him completely naked, his cock on full display. I can’t help but lick my lips as I see that his penis is pierced as well, but in completely different spots. “ You have metal just like Rev .”

He hums and smirks. “ I do, but I can tell you that my cock will feel completely different than his.”

Of this I have no doubt. Four metal balls sit around the head of his cock compared to the single one Rev has under the head of his. Mir starts to stroke himself and, licking his lips, he says, “ I’ve got a hidden piercing, too, but you only get to play with that one if you’re a good girl.” He positions himself at my opening, swirling the head around my entrance before entering me in one quick thrust.

“ Branimir !” I scream. I feel so full, and his piercings stroke a completely different level of pleasure than Rev’s .

He groans, and his darkness erupts around us. “ So fucking tight.” He pulls out before slamming back in to the hilt. I shriek as the metal of his piercings stroke my slick walls, making my body sing with pleasure.

Tendrils slip between us, and I hiss when I feel cold fingers caress my clit. The vast difference between warm and cold increases my pleasure. The darkness around my wrists tightens as he begins to pant. “ I want to mark you, like Dax . Make you mine! I want to make you scream like Rev .” He growls. “ He told me how soaked you were for him.”

I keen as I try to arch closer to him. “ Mir …”

His voice is deep as he continues, “ How the floor was covered in your release. How he drank from you for hours.”

He lowers his mouth to my neck and bites down. Hard . Releasing his hold, he then licks away the sting. Moving to the other side, he bites down again, repeating the action over and over until my upper body is covered in teeth marks.

He looks down to admire his work as he pumps inside me. His eyes flare, and he grins wildly. “ Mine ,” he growls. “ You are going to come for me like a good girl.”

He lowers again, covering my breast with his mouth. He sucks hard before biting down while dark tendrils of ice pulse around my clit. “ I’m a greedy bastard. I want you dripping. Come !” he demands.

I scream and clamp down on him, arching with pleasure. But the pleasure doesn’t ebb as he continues to thrust into me. My tight channel is strangling his cock.

He groans and praises, “ So good, Darling .”

The cold tendrils of his darkness swirl around my fingers, and I stroke the solid shadows holding my palms. Mir’s hips stutter as his eyes flick up to mine. I can’t stop the grin that creases my face as I stroke his darkness again, and he groans. His eyes flutter closed as his head drops back.

His thrusts grow erratic as I continue to stroke the darkness. His breathing is labored as he slams into me one final time, roaring his release. I can’t stop my own orgasm as the world explodes around me. The pleasure of knowing I brought him to climax by stroking the darkness he commands. He pants above me as the darkness recedes, and the hold on my wrists and ankles disappear.

His lips brush against mine as he asks softly, “ Are you well, Darling ?”

I can’t muster a reply, so I hum my confirmation. His eyes shift to their brilliant forest green, and his deep red hair sticks to his sweaty face. He gives me a soft kiss before pulling away.

I whine and he chuckles. “ I’ll be right back, Love .”

My chest feels fluttery at the endearment. The bed shifts as he slips off, but it’s only a few moments later that I feel a warm, damp cloth against my sensitive folds. I whimper as he gently cleans me up, then I hear a splat.

“ What was that?” I mumble.

“ I threw the cloth on the floor. I’ll pick it up later.” He slides back into bed, pulling me into his arms. Pressing a kiss to my forehead, we settle together in the softly lit room.

“ I should get up and…” My mind blanks as I try to come up with a reason to leave the bed.

“ And what, Darling ?”

“ I have no idea,” I say and sigh. “ You’re too comfortable for me to think clearly.”

He chuckles as he pulls me closer. “ Then let’s just lie here for a while.”

“ I suppose I don’t have anything better to do.”

“ Exactly .”

“ A few moments pass before I get the courage to say, “ You don’t have to be afraid to show me what you want or who you are. I don’t mind your dark and lustful thoughts.”

He chuckles. “ I will remember that from now on, Darling .”

Humming in reply, I snuggle deeper into him. A random question pops into my head, and I can’t stop myself from blurting it out. “ Does anyone else have fancy dicks?”

Mir snorts. “ Only Rev and I have the so-called ‘fancy dicks’.”

I shrug. “ That’s too bad. I like them.”

The sound of his laughter surrounds me, and the darkness closes in around me. I fall asleep with a smile on my face.