Arim
I didn’t know what to think, to feel. Though the memories were vague, thanks to Ravyn’s protective magic, I knew I’d felt such grief long ago when my family had self-destructed, and again when I’d lost Lexa. Loss was a part of life. I knew that. But I’d never expected to lose Ravyn now, not when she had so much life left within her.
My rock, the foundation of who and what I was, my sister had protected me from a harsh existence during my adolescence and foray into adulthood. After, she’d done her best to create a new place for us both. She’d included me when she married into the Storm Lords, when by rights she should have left me behind to start fresh. To his credit, Faustus Storm readily accepted his wife and her younger brother, folding us into his household and including us both in his life.
Then Faustus had died. And now Ravyn followed him into the Next. I couldn’t make sense of it. The only thing that felt real was the flesh and blood woman offering me solace as I clung to her slight frame. I breathed in the scent of her hair, needing to experience a sense of belonging instead of that adrift loneliness I knew all too well.
Lexa kissed my chest, offering a measure of comfort. Despite my grief, her cool touch aroused me, and my body lit from within. Wanting nothing more than to lose myself in Lexa, to forget about everything bad and focus on what was good and right in my life, I curled her slim frame around me.
“Arim?” She looked up at me with that arctic-blue gaze that had so much more warmth than I’d once thought. Affection and something deeper, I hoped.
“Love me, Blue.” I kissed her. “Just love me.” Our mouths met with a rightness that sparked my entire body. Her Darkness flowed into me, soothing the savage desire needing relief. My passion rose as our tongues met, and she allowed me to overtake her, submitting freely.
I groaned and bent to her neck, sucking hard, wanting nothing more than to consume her. I lifted Blue so that she rested on her knees on either side of my hips and fastened my lips to her breast. Suckling, drawing the taut nub into my mouth, I feasted on her cool flesh and the arousing moans she gave as she trembled.
I teased her breasts, pulling at her nipples, fascinated with her womanly contrasts. Lexa was cool to the touch, yet she stoked my desire higher and hotter. I felt as if I’d burn up, my cock thick and throbbing against her belly, which pressed me as she trembled.
I cupped her ass as I ground against her, needing respite but not wanting to rush this glorious sharing. I could feel all of Lexa, aware she held nothing back in her attempt to comfort as best she could. I loved her all the more for it.
Blue might not realize it, but she trusted me on a deep level like she trusted no other.
“Feel me,” she rasped. Her Darkness bled through me, forcing the Light to cling to her and not to my pain. Her sudden shock of dominance called to the Darkness coiled inside me, and without at first realizing it, I rose to the challenge, taking back control.
I clenched her ass with one hand, using my other to feel the slick heat between her legs. “By the Light, you’re so hot.” As I drew her nipple into my mouth again, my fingers sank through the tight walls of her sex.
She groaned and pulled away from my mouth, grinding against my cock pulsing so hard it was a wonder I hadn’t yet come. Blue glued her mouth to mine and breathed with me, her icy breath stirring my ardor anew. Her powerful, contradictory nature to both heal and harm had always fascinated me, just as I was enthralled by the cool feel of her skin and the boiling furnace burning inside her.
Unwilling to wait any longer, I withdrew my hand to pull her up and over my cock. She slid over me, gloving me with her warmth. I gripped her hips to force her to move up and down, losing sight of the fact that she was as willing, if not more so, to take charge as she rode me hard.
“So good, Blue. Take me deeper,” I rasped, lost to the bliss overtaking reason.
Her slick flesh clasped me tighter, the ache in my balls spreading, that need to come demanding surcease. Desire flared, pushing me to control, to lash out until I received my due — Lexa’s climax, Lexa’s love.
I clasped her waist with bruising fingers, unable to help myself as I ground against her clit with every slap and press of our bodies. She moaned my name and thrust her tongue in my mouth, teasing, urging me for more.
In me, all of you inside me, I heard whispered in my mind. Mental images of me releasing inside her overwhelmed me until I could think of nothing but coming with her. Our bodies were so close, our energy directly aligned. I could no longer tell where my Light ended and her Darkness began.
And then I felt a distinct thrum from within, a steady haze of Darkness filling me. The seduction of true freedom beckoned, and I groaned as I took command of Lexa’s body.
Fucking her mercilessly, I added a finger to her ass. Mouth, ass, pussy, she belonged to me. I devoured every inch of her until she cried out my name and spasmed around me.
Her pleasure made my own more intense, and my release roared through me in a torrent of ecstasy. Even as I emptied inside her, I felt something more want to leave me. In a moment of perfect clarity, I saw a void in Lexa’s soul, that piece of her Darkness that should have been there but wasn’t. As we held each other tightly, both lost in each other, I granted her everything I had.
Determined to give her back the caring she’d just given me, I subtly lent her my strength, allowing the Darkness within me to cradle the power of my Light as I filled that void in Lexa that shouldn’t have been there.
Grunting with the effort, I felt another orgasm crash over me and stiffened, the push of my Dark-enshrouded Light both a pleasure and a pain as weakness stole through me. Though glad to be parted from that Darkness that secretly lived within me, I knew a moment’s panic, a distinct warning that I’d made a mistake that would eventually destroy me.
But if it helps Lexa, it’s not such a sacrifice to make, I told myself and grunted with pleasure when I finally finished spending inside her.
When I could focus again, I felt Lexa’s breath over my chest, felt her stroking my arms and belly as her heartbeat gradually slowed. A quick look inside her showed the bright blue magic I’d expected to see earlier. I smiled, kissing the top of her head.
I still ached at thoughts of Ravyn, but joined as I was with Blue, I knew my heartache would lessen in time. The small Dark Lord on top of me would be my salvation. Just as my sister joined her husband in the Next. She suffered their separation no longer, though her people and her family would miss her dreadfully.
Snuggling into my arms, Blue surprised me with a burst of energy that felt an awful lot like love. I hummed with contentment, temporarily sidetracked from the pain of my sister’s departure. When I looked down at Lexa, I saw the emotion reflected in her warm gaze that gradually turned cooler as she saw me watching her and likely realized what she was feeling.
Truth be told, I wouldn’t have accepted any less from her. I wanted all of Blue, to include her suspicion and fear, her warmth at odds with her well-earned caution. She squirmed, and I sighed as she pulled away from me, leaving my flagging flesh cold without her.
“You’re always making a mess of me,” she grumbled, even as she cuddled on my lap again.
