He didn’t go into details about what could’ve happened, which made it even scarier. I imagined all the awful things that could have happened if he had flashed.
Glancing over my shoulder, I watched Harper with the three men as they stood feet away. She looked a little more comfortable but still scowled at the others. I didn’t blame her for being upset with them. I was too for her.
I was thankful Rune told Slátra he wouldn’t risk flashing because of me. Not for selfish reasons but because of Harper. Whatever would’ve happened if we flashed could’ve harmed her. She mattered, and her safety to me was important. She never asked to dragged to a different realm. Or well... carried.
I bunched my eyebrows when I noticed their eyes glowing as they looked at her.
Their glowing eyes from my memory of when Hluti dragged me away from the beach with him. They teased me and gave off theirfuck mevibes while their eyes glowed.
Oh god. Did that mean...
“Is she their... soulmate?” I whispered for only Rune to hear.
He pinched my chin, turning me back to him. His ocean eyes swept over my face, looking for something. Maybe he was worried I was about to flip my shit about the possibility that my friend was their soulmate. And apparently, to all of them, which blew my mind.
“To sum it up, yes. I’ll answer your questions later. But she’s safe,elskan mín. They won’t hurt her. I’d be more concerned about them not being bonded because anyone who has any ill intent toward her are fucked. And doubly fucked when they do mate and merge their souls.” Rune picked me up, giving me no chance to protest. He brought me higher up so our eyes were level. My legs wound around his waist as my hands went to the back of his head. My fingers threaded in his soft hair. “We need to flash. Connect the link.”
My lips parted as I imagined one of the other men losing it over Harper if someone tried to hurt her. I didn’t see much of a difference back at the cottage when we were under attack, but Harper was with Hlíf, so they must’ve known she was okay. For a moment, I pictured one of them losing their shit on someone who tried to hurt her and ripping their spine out or something equally as gross.
“Isa,” Rune said, snapping me out of my fast, wandering thoughts.
My cheeks warmed at how often I was getting lost.
I didn’t want to puke anymore today, and the last time we flashed, I tossed my cookies pretty fast afterward. If Rune could help me, and I knew he would, I’d give in and do what he wanted.
Without any effort and with one simple reach, the link connected, and his senses filled me. My breath caught for a moment, and my legs squeezed tighter around him as borderline overwhelming desire and love filled me.
I leaned in and rested my forehead on his. His pupils dilated, and he pulled his lips into a pleased smile.
“Good girl,”he purred in my head.
The air shifted around us, and I worried about Harper. I hoped Rune was right about the men protecting her. It still bothered me that they kidnapped her and she was now in danger.
What Rune said finally hit me.
Good girl.
My heart stuttered over a beat, and butterflies flapped in my stomach at his praise. To make it more obvious, I got wet, and my clit throbbed like a heartbeat.
“Stop,”I begged through the link as my eyes fluttered closed.
I wasn’t sure if I meant for him to stop praising me because of how easily I’d do anything to keep hearing him say that or if it was because I didn’t want to do this while the others were around. If they were here with us while we flashed, I was afraid they could see everything and would know I was turned on. That I was struggling to hold back from begging Rune to take me somewhere else to fuck me. I wanted him to finish what we started earlier, right before we were attacked.
Because I was seriously debating doing what I had thought of doing when we first met and scream,“Fuck me, Daddy!”
He kissed me softly while his rumbling laugh filled my head.
“Daddy will take care of you, naughty girl,”Rune purred. His male pride swelled and made my cheeks burn with tingles.
My eyes widened as I leaned away, gasping. I wanted to disappear and recover from this embarrassment because, oh my god, he heard me and now knew.
Swirls of the galaxy surrounded us but didn’t make me sick as I glanced around before I met Rune’s amused stare again. His hands glided over my chest but touched my bare skin and cupped my breasts. I peered down to see his hands weren’t touching me, but it still felt like it. When I looked back at his face, he smirked and kissed me. His invisible hands palmed my breasts tenderly, then grew rougher with his kisses as he swept his tongue inside my mouth.
Electricity zapped around us, raising the hairs at the back of my neck. It made my heart race faster and my pussy clench. Why did I get turned on by it?
I clung to him and kissed him back like he was the air I needed to breathe. One missed swipe of his tongue against mine and I’d die.
Another invisible hand touched my pussy. A thick finger stroked along the wet lips before rubbing outside my opening. I whimpered into his mouth, my fingers burrowing into his hair at his scalp. His finger dipped into me, pumped twice, then came out to rub my sensitive clit and focused entirely on rubbing my throbbing bundle of nerves.
