Chapter 53
Chapter 53
Eden
We don’t speak much on the walk back.
Ariel oldum hand, and Igrip hic tighter than I probably should. The haunting images of what we saw won’t leave me alone the mindless far, the retting food, and these trees, Gods, those trees.
tran’t unsee the laces. The silent screams.
Ariel squeeze my hand when we reach the cottage, mostly because he knows what’s going on inside my mind. He doesn’t say anything, though But when I look up at him, his jaw is tight. The mate bond tells me he’s furious. Not at me, but at the world he was born into. The one he couldn’t save
Inside, Axel is gone–likely out hunting. The fire has died, and the shadows in the cottage feel gentler than the ones out there in Mara’s twisted forest, it must be because Anel’s magic protects this collage
This is his realm, however small.
1st on the couch, tucking my knees to my chest,
Amel watches me for a long moment, then joins me. He doesn’t sit beside me, but takes a seat between my legs, Wings tucked into his skin, his hair
vesting in my lap when he lies down.
ink in surprise.“What are you doing?”
You always say you’re the little one,” he murmurs, tilting his head back so he can look at me from my lap. “Thought you might want to feet tall for once.
( huff a small laugh, my fingers already massaging his scalp and his dark, luxurious hair. “You’re ridiculous.”
“And you’re warm,” he mutters “Let me tell you something.”
“okay”
His voice softens. “Foxes are old creatures. Mischievous. Beautiful. Dangerous in the right hands. You were reborn nine times. Your tails are proof of that.”
“My ninetalls mean that I’ve had nine lives?”
“res. Nine lives. Eight deaths. That’s why your magic is different. Your soul is layered with centuries.”
My throat tightens. “You make it sound like I used to be… someone important”
Azriel sits up on the couch, “You were.”
“What do you mean?”
“In your last life,” he says slowly, “you were the strongest fox the Dream Court had ever seen. Mara wanted you. She planned to eat your magic and gain all your power. But instead of letting her consume you… you drowned yourself in a moonlit lake.”
i stare at him.
“You chose death over submission,” he says. “And then you were reborn. As Eden.”
I whisper, “Mare still wants to eat me
His eyes are grim in their agreement. “Because you’re rare. A fux. An orga. Magic that would make her unstoppable”
let the words settle, pressing one hand to my chest, “She’s not getting me. Not this time. Not ever.”
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“No.“he whispers. “She will have to go through me first.”
His words should make me feel safe, but best feel safe at all because I know Mara can control him
Ariel, however, doesn’t let that gets the way of what he wants. He moves forward on the couch. Like a predator stalking prey, I’m stred backward until the leaning against the cushions. Ariel smicks when I’m lying down. He is still on his fours and looming over me. Large hands slide over my legs. I’m wearing jeans that Auid summoned for me, and now he is parting my thight
Thold my breath.
His violet ever flick up to meet mine, and the mischiel there is enough to make my whole body throb. “You shouldn’t be allowed to be this tempting after talking about past lives and trouble ahead”
“wasn’t trying to be tempting” I whisper, breathless already.
He opens the ripper. The button. Pulls down my jeans so that I’m lying there in lace underwear. A smirk curls his lips. “Too late.”
I suck in a breath, hips twitching when Amel tongues me through the lace–like I’m the best meal he has ever had. And that tongue! The sounds. Wat Hungry Playful
A moan leaves my lips, and Ariel prins against my swollen sex, then looks up at me with a devilish glint. “Let me make you forget, little for
And then he lowers his mouth to me.
Through the fabric.
arch of the couch, thighs trembling as his tongue continues to tease me through the lace. My hands twist in his hair. My mate likes that. A low growl of approval leaves his lips. It makes me feel sexy, which is new to me. I’ve always been a weirdo. The bullied girl with acne and a body too short to be comidered woman–like, but Azriel treats me like I’m his queen, and that’s giving me confidence.
It’s also making me climb higher and higher.
I’m so close!
“Amel,” I gasp, my voice shaking
He doesn’t stop. Doesn’t slow down. Instead, he hooks his fingers into the waistband of my underwear and tugs it down, baring me fully to his hungry
mouth
Then he least.
Hot, slick, wet pressure. Tongue cirding and stroking exactly where I need it. My legs shake around his shoulders, my back arches, and I can’t stop the sounds he’s pulling from mal
Azriel groans like he’s the one unraveling
Eden. My Eden.”
“Sweet little lor,” he murmurs, breath hot against my core. “You taste like sin and…Eden.
Having a gorgeous high–fae call you his in bed? Ungh, that’s doing it for me. I’m trembling, rocking against his mouth, my hands pulling at his hair as he sucks and licks untill can’t see straight.
“Arriel–gods—don’t stop!”
He doesn’t
He growls again, the sound vibrating through me, and when I come undone, with a cry that only he will ever hear.
Only him.
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Strytetem words, but nothing i thes out. Drily a tiny, desperate sound of need that makes him grin.
“Rest new” he whispers, kiesing my cheek. “You’ll need your strength for what comes next.”
His voice is light, teasing
But we both know it’s true.
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