Chapter 16
Varyk tugged Inez’s shirt down with one yank and placed his hands on her bare skin. Inez melted into his touch as he palmed her breasts. Rough massaging commenced and Inez’s head lulled back onto his shoulder.
Low moans rose unbidden, heat suffusing her cheeks. Inez arched back, bumping his hard erection with each torque of her hips. Varyk bit the curve of her shoulder in retaliation, causing Inez to snicker.
“You find something funny, Inez?”
Laughter faded as his thumb flicked her nipples. Back and forth he teased the taut buds and her belly tightened. Just when she was sure she’d come from the provocative flickers, he pinched the crinkled flesh, sending a jolt of pain through the nerves. Inez gasped and collapsed.
Varyk spun her in his arms. Desire darkened his features. Red slashed his cheeks and his mouth twisted in a grimace. His gaze was like a lover’s caress as he honed in on the sight of her swollen breasts, nipples begging for attention. There was no mistaking the demand. She’d be lying if she said it didn’t get her wet standing before him like this. The blatant attraction thrilled Inez. “Here? Now?”
Intense awareness glittered from his gaze as he stared down at her. He stepped back a sliver, amber eyes challenging. “Here. Now.”
Nothing was as erotic as the way he looked when he repeated her words back. Heat. Passion. It was all there for her to see. Shivering, Inez reached up to touch his face, but he caught both wrists in his grasp. The possessive move had her nipples hardening and moisture gathered between her legs.
With his body crowding her, Varyk maneuvered her against the wall of the ornate vault. He raised her arms and pinned them above her head. Before she could voice a complaint or agreement his mouth slammed onto hers.
Inez found herself twisting in his grip as she ground her hips on the thick cock pressed at the apex of her thighs. She widened her stance and thrust up as she kissed him back, tongue in his mouth.
“Keep moving,” he muttered between kisses. “Rub all over me. I want to feel you squirm.”
Inez had wants too. She wanted to touch him. She wanted to grab hold of him and feel his body convulse and tremble. “Release me, Varyk. Let me touch you.”
“No.” Varyk trailed kisses across her cheek. At her ear, he nipped the bottom of the lobe and tongued the outer edges. Trembles shook her from head to toe when he licked down the column of her neck.
Inez growled and leaned up on her toes in an attempt to get closer. She wrapped a leg around Varyk’s hip as she rocked and tugged to free herself.
He groaned. “Fuck, yeah. Ride my cock.”
Due to distraction or arousal, she didn’t know which, but Inez got her wish because his grip loosened. She attacked him with all of the pent up desire rolling through her. Her hands plunged into his hair and held his head still. With the freedom to caress, Inez made the most of it. Having his firm body at her mercy was everything she craved. She stroked from his nape to the hard lines of his shoulders.
Frustration boiled when she encountered the material of his shirt and Inez used her innate strength as a Dracol to tear the fabric. Smooth muscled chest all hers for the taking. Inez lapped at the tanned skin exposed, uncaring that one sleeve hung limp from his arm. She sucked at a pebbled golden brown nipple watching as the flesh crinkled.
In defense or perhaps to gain control of the spiraling situation between them, Varyk let his weight fall onto her. He gripped her hips in a firm hold and yanked her up in better position as he pumped madly and ravished her throat.
Inez cried out, feeling the beginning quivers. Her thighs shook and the heel of one foot thumped the back of his leg. Lost to mindless ecstasy, she chanted, “Yes, yes, yes.”
“Fuck!” Varyk snarled and hefted her weight higher. His fingers kneaded her ass and her head slammed back onto the wall behind her.
Inez clawed his back, leaving furrows in the taut planes. Another groan tore from his throat. Inez bit his bottom lip, crazy with need and close. So close to shattering.
Varyk slid a hand between them and undid her pants. The throbbing head of his cock pressed forward and she realized he’d already managed to loosen his own. He mumbled incoherent phrases against her skin, her flesh pebbling wherever his breath touched.
Climax crawled its way up her back and Inez’s vision hazed out. It would be fast. Brutal. But nothing stopped her body from climbing to the inevitable summit.
Varyk pushed forward, the head of his cock piercing her opening. Inez tensed as her muscles clamped down on the protruding head.
“Let me in, amans. Let me in.”
The rare endearment used between lovers broke her concentration. Inez opened her eyes and the strain on Varyk’s face was evident. She looped her arms about his shoulders and hung on as she worked her hips. He slid deeper, her slick passage giving way to the brunt force as Varyk drove forward again and again.
Jagged moans slipped past her lips and she whimpered as the feathery tickle of his fringe crested through her puffy lower lips. As soon as he was seated against her, groin to groin, Inez came. A never ending circle of gut clenching release.
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Varyk held Inez close, wanting to laugh in triumph as her body danced in his arms. Plump breasts spilled over the edge of her top where he’d pulled the material down. Her pants dangled from one ankle and her skin flushed a deep rosy color from the waist down where he watched his thick shaft penetrating her wet core.
When she went slack, Varyk braced her weight then gritted his teeth and proceeded to ride her hard. Inez revived enough to rake her fingers down the sensitized scales of his mantle and rapture shredded his control. Delicate nails bit into the skin, adding a delicious pinch of pain to balance out the raging satisfaction.
“You like that, Inez? You like me filling your sweet core?” A burst of wetness slicked her thighs. “No need to answer. I can feel how much you like it.”
Varyk continued his litany of erotic phrases and choice words as he rocked in and out of her. Inez raked her nails down his arms and undulated beneath him. The way she clenched and released hinted her nearness at coming again. His blood fired with renewed victory.
Guttural snarls tore from his throat. Vibrations racked his body reaching explosive levels. Varyk pulled out until only the tip teased Inez’s rim.
“Varyk! Don’t stop!”
He grunted in agreement then glided back and increased his pace. Inez face grew red as she panted, dark hair sticking to her sweaty cheeks.
Release rammed into him like a punch to the mid-section, sucking the energy from him. Varyk tipped his head back and roared in euphoria. Every drop of his seed poured into Inez’s waiting channel. He choked on the words racing to spill out. Vows of adoration and commitment.
Stumbling, Varyk managed to lean one hand into the wall, the other cupping Inez’s ass to hold her in place. Safe. She’d always be safe in his care.
Air rushed out of his lungs. He closed his eyes as fought to slow his heart rate. His mind floated in freefall, but one undeniable truth blared at his conscious. He wanted Inez for more than a passing fuck. Milana was right. The draw and the obsession he felt toward Inez was more than simple attraction.
Fear began an insidious crawl. Was this what love felt like? His heart thumped missed a beat then resumed its chaotic rhythm. Was he falling in love with this bewitching female from a sect he’d always considered to be his enemy?
“Varyk, are you alright?”
Varyk straightened and eased Inez’s legs down. When he was sure she had her balance, he stepped back and pulled up his pants. A slight breeze chilled the sweat cooling his body. Inez bent with elegant grace and fixed her clothing all the while watching. Staring.
What did she see? Could she note his own confused discovery?
Once dressed her gaze turned imploring. “Varyk?”
He cleared his throat with a rough cough and swiped a shaking hand through his hair. “I’m fine. We should get back. I don’t want anyone to come looking.”
Not that anyone would. His people could easily reach him via the mantle and his sister had an unerring ability to pinpoint his location at any time, as he could with her. Add in the fact he wasn’t to be disturbed if he ventured into these parts of the garden and it was a surety that no one would be this way searching for them.
“Alright.” Inez brushed half-heartedly at her rumpled clothing. Pouty tips poked through her shirt, taunting him and Varyk swallowed. He’d missed the opportunity to fully enjoy them when he’d had the chance. Inez pointed at his chest area. “You might want to take care of that little detail.”
Varyk glanced down at the remains of his shirt hanging from his body and quirked his lips. He pulled it over his head and balled it in one hand. “You have a way of making me forget myself, Inez.”
She came to stand beside him. He couldn’t miss the disquiet in her gaze as she searched his. “Is that a bad thing?”
Wouldn’t he like the answer to that as well. It was new ground for Varyk, so he gave her the truth. “I’m not sure yet.”
Varyk cupped her elbow and walked back along the path they’d taken. This time they didn’t dawdle at Uvem’s statue and neither of them spoke about what had happened at his vault. Varyk peered over at Inez, but nothing in her expression revealed her inner thoughts.
The tightening sensation returned to his chest. What was he going to do?
“Am I still staying or have you changed your mind?”
The question caught him off guard. She probably sensed the myriad of thoughts toying with his mind, but Varyk answered honestly. He didn’t lie to lovers. Ever. “I want you to stay, Inez. I meant it when I invited you here.”
He opened the glass doors to let her enter first. Inez looked up. “Back there you seemed hesitant.”
He had. But only because his heart was pulling him in a direction he’d never ventured before. Events would play out the way they were meant to. While terror poked and prodded, Varyk would not let fear rule him any longer. Opening his heart was a risk. Goddess of fate knew he didn’t want to lose anyone else close to him.
But this was Inez. Strong, passionate Inez, who’d hunted one of his own by his side. Inez who mocked his attempts to put her in place. The joke was on him because Inez knew her place.
Standing tall and proud, he realized she was well worth the risk of the pain he’d suffer if things turned sideways. Varyk touched her face with his fingertips. “Stay, Inez.”
The corners of her mouth lifted in a half grin, which dug a deeper hole in his heart. All he could have stared him back in the face. “Only if you’re sure, Varyk.”
More than anything. He wasn’t letting her go that easy. “Good.”
They walked side by side, Varyk receiving curious glances for being shirtless. No doubt everyone knew what they’d been up to. He didn’t care. For the first time in a long while, he found himself at peace with a decision that had the power to utterly destroy him.