I couldn’t contain the thrill, knowing I possessed the dangerous creature who could kill as easily as she could heal. The woman behind the ice-blue eyes was warm and passionate, but she met my Dark needs more than I could have dreamed. My love for her spilled into the room, making the Darkness within glow.
“I love you so much,” I rasped as I watched her wet her lips with her tongue. “I need to fill all of you. I want to fuck that mouth, Blue, until you’re brimming with my seed.”
She swallowed me down, her lips warm around me as I nested in the heat of her mouth. I clenched my hands in her long, black hair and held on as she took me to the gates of the Next with the light rake of her teeth and the swirling of her tongue.
She ran her hands up and down my thighs, cupping my balls that hardened into hard, needy stones.
“Mmm,” she moaned around me, sucking and stirring a thirst I was more than ready to fulfill.
Her hands crept around my hips, and she pushed me deeper down her throat. Then she spread my cheeks and shoved a finger hard into my ass. The pressure made me roar my pleasure, and I increased the tempo of my quick thrusts, nearly there.
She fucked my ass with her finger, and the combined stimulation was too much to bear.
I shouted her name as I shot down her throat. My body trembled in the aftermath of so much stimulation. When I finally pulled out, I found myself unsteady and pulled her to her knees, only to topple back into the bed with her.
As a deep peace settled over us, I drew Lexa deeper into the curve of my body, watching her sleepy eyes as she stared back at me — eyes for once not guarded or cautious about revealing her feelings.
“You can’t take it back, you know.”
She frowned. “I won’t.”
“I love you. You love me. And we’re going to be a family sooner than you think.”
She palmed her belly, her eyes glued to mine when I placed my larger hand over hers, and asked, “Is this what you wanted?”
“Yes. The question is, is this what you wanted? A man who loves you without reservation, a family to love and cherish.” I prayed she would take my words to heart. “No matter what.”
She chewed her lower lip, and I wanted to kiss and caress her until I came inside her again. “I’m still a Dark Lord.”
Her expression changed to one I couldn’t read at all.
“Lexa?”
“Does it matter what I am? Or what you are?”
“No. I can honestly say it doesn’t. Lexa, if you aren’t happy here, we’ll leave.” We both paused when Tanselm literally groaned in protest. “Not that I want to go, but your happiness comes before anything now. My nephews can manage Tanselm. Our enemy is dead.”
“The enemy that you know of. The way you Light Bringers act, I’m sure you’ll have more,” she muttered.
I grinned. “Probably. But we’ll soon have another overking to take care of all that. All the affai are pregnant.” I knew because Tanselm had spread her joy over each new pregnancy. “The future is unfolding as we speak.” I rubbed my hand over hers again, wanting to feel the life inside her under my palm. “I’ll do anything for you, Blue. Just name it.”
She stared at me, her gaze full of wonder. “You really mean that, don’t you?”
“I do.”
Lexa cupped my cheek and smiled. “Don’t think I won’t hold you to that. Hmm. You won’t have to call me Dark Mistress…all the time.” She laughed when I tickled her and then snuggled into my embrace. “Just promise you won’t leave me again.”
I kissed the top of her head, my throat understandably tight, my voice gruff when I answered, “I’ll never leave you again, Blue. I promise.”
Chapter 39
Lexa
Eight and a Half Months Later
Only a few months back in Tanselm and I was already wishing we hadn’t returned. A spike of energy under my feet and a glance at the rilk trees shifting to block the midday sun from hitting me had me revising my thoughts. I wished we hadn’t returned so soon.
The aftermath of the war with Sin Garu hadn’t been pretty. The Light Bringers had yet to fully accept me, but I knew the process would take time. Most of the sorcerers and Light Bringer warriors seemed to respect me.
