It was a stark difference from the primal and rough fucking before. This time, he showed his love and devotion to me, making me melt. It made me fall deeper in love with him as he took care of me and made sure I knew his feelings and that he wasn’t mad at me.
I didn’t know a lot about the kink community, but I had heard about aftercare. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if this was Rune’s aftercare for me. And it worked and fit for all that I needed. He knew me so well and knew my struggle with anxiety and overthinking. I loved that about him.
After we orgasmed, he pulled out of me while giving me sweet kisses. I moved to straighten and close my legs but was stopped with a jolt when his fingers stroked my pussy. Confused, I pulled away from his soft lips and bunched my eyebrows as I kept my head turned to peer over my shoulder at him.
Rune’s eyes darkened as he watched me, his fingers rubbing outside my pulsing opening, then he dipped them inside me. He drew them out to rub the outside again, then entered them back inside. I didn’t know what the hell he was doing until it dawned on me through our link.
“Fuck,” I moaned, shuddering as I grew wetter. I didn’t know how it was possible, but I felt the gush of my arousal mixed with his cum dripping down the inside of my thighs.
Rune curved his lips into a pleased smile. “I always keep my promises, beauty. You’ll be dripping for days. That means every drop of my cum needs to stay in your pretty pink pussy.”
If I could get any wetter than I was right now, I definitely did. When Rune was done, he helped me redress and pulled his pants back up. After he kissed me, he grabbed the swords and sheathed one while the other disappeared into thin air. He chuckled at my blanch through our link and scooped up his shirt, cape, and armor.
Where the hell did the sword go until he needed it?
Turning to me, he smiled with another chuckle. His ocean eyes held amusement and warmth as he walked toward me while cradling his things.
“It waits for my call in another realm. But this one”—he nodded his head to his side, where his giant sword hung in its sheath—“is special and sadly can’t be called by me.”
For whatever reason, I caught a double meaning with his special sword that I didn’t understand. Before I could ask, he clicked his tongue and waved his fingers for me to come to him.
“You need to sleep,” he said, leaving no room for any more questions.
I frowned, but it was wiped away as a loud twig snapped across from us in the dark woods. My eyes snapped past Rune, searching for the source of the sound. When Rune’s warm fingers circled my upper arm, my attention was back on him. He showed no sign or memory of me looking at the woods or even the sound.
What the hell was going on?
ChapterTwenty-Four
Icounted every lucky star and was thankful when the others didn’t say anything about the show Rune and I put on outside for them to listen to. Though Slátra smirked at us when we walked inside and bit into his dried meat as he eyed us up and down. In the shadowed room, his green eyes glowed, standing out. He didn’t have to say a word for me to know what he was thinking. He’d always been vocal about Rune having sex with me and how he could’ve done better than him. Or joining in to watch. But I didn’t think he’d do that anymore since he had his soulmate.
Glancing at Harper, my cheeks warmed as I caught her biting her bottom lip to keep from smiling. It didn’t stop her, and she struggled to cover it with her hand over her mouth as she fake coughed. She got up from her spot with Hluti sitting a foot away from her; his arms were crossed over his chest. His amber eyes followed her movements, giving me the same impression as when I first met him, that he saweverything. Every small movement and bead of sweat, he read body language like a pro. He bunched his eyebrows together in his signature scowl as he watched her. But I caught the smolder as he glanced over Harper’s ass and shifted his hips as she dusted off the dirt and whatever else from the floor.
Hluti was such a grumpy pervert.
Harper walked toward me, unaware of the pair of eyes on her while she still struggled with keeping herself from grinning. She swayed her hips with each step, and I wasn’t sure if she did it on purpose because Hluti was watching or if she didn’t realize he was while checking her out.
Was she seducing them? What all did I miss?
I was glad to see her forget about the fact that she’d been kidnapped into a different realm. That had been weighing heavily on me and would still haunt me for a while. But it helped to see she didn’t hold a grudge against me because I didn’t do much to stop them. As messed up as my thinking was, I was relieved she wasn’t fighting the guys or arguing with them. I wasn’t sure what had been said between them or what had happened, but I planned on asking her. I still wanted a girl’s chat with her and to forget about everything that’d been happening for the short time we caught up.
The rude reminder of everything that’d been happening and how she was now in danger popped to the forefront of my mind. My heart hurt for her, and my stomach twisted with worry that something would happen to her too.
Dead brown eyes popped into my mind’s eye.
Rune’s hand stroked my lower back, and the whisper of warm breath fanned my ear.
“Harper is safe, elskan mín. She’s surrounded by people who would die for her,”Rune murmured through our link.
I swallowed around the rising lump, and with Rune’s help, I forced back the building panic. Focusing on my friend, I forced a smile and was overwhelmed with relief that she really was safe.
“Hey,” she cooed and touched my arm in comfort. “Wanna talk?”
God, she was so nice. Why was she comforting me again when it should be me doing that for her?
Nodding, I glanced at Rune thinking of needing some light since it was already getting dark. Soon enough, the shadowed rooms inside would be blanketed in full-on darkness. Like he knew where things were that I packed in my bag, he pulled out a camping lantern he got me at the store. He handed it to me, his fingers brushing mine, and with the other, he turned on the light. The simple touch from him made me flush but relax.
When would I ever not react so strongly to him?
