Chapter 328

Chapter 328

Lowering her onto the bed, he straightened, intent on moving away, but her fingers closed around his wrist.

“I would like to sleep beside you tonight,” she murmured.

His body tensed. “Emeriel…”

“Please. You will not lose control in the night. It is just for tonight.” A pause, then even softer-“I miss waking up to my

Beloved.”

Daemonikai’s throat worked. How could he refuse, when he shared the very same hunger?

“Please,” she whispered again. “Only tonight.”

“Very well,” he groaned, defeated. “Only tonight.”

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As he stepped away to undress, she shifted onto her side, resting her cheek on her hands. Her eyes followed him as he pulled his tunic over his head, unfastened the ties at his waist, and shed the rest of his clothing, leaving only his loose–fitting trousers before turning back to her.

She had not looked away.

Daemonikai smirked. “Do you like what you see?”

A dull red flushed her cheeks, “I do, my king.”

Chuckling under his breath, he slid beneath the covers, drawing her into his arms.

She made a soft, unashamedly needy sound, clinging to him with the tenacity of an octopus. “Thank you… I like this.”

Daemonikai closed his eyes, drawing in a deep breath. Her scent filled his lungs, and he let himself savor it. Let it sink into his very bones.

“When was the last time you bloodfed?” she asked softly.

“A while ago,” he admitted. “Worry not, I am not overly hungry, but I shall visit my bloodhost first thing tomorrow.”

“I do not like that you must feed from Mistress Sinai,” she grumbled into his chest. “She is such a bitter female.”

He released a breath. “She was not always so. As a youngling, she was fierce but… not unkind. But when she came of age two millennia ago, she became a rebellious half–adult. Always getting into trouble. Once, she ended up killing a female.”

gasped. “She killed someone!?”

complicated, with her being my bloodhost. She pleaded for pardon, claiming she had changed, and in time, she was granted clemency.

patterns against his chest. “So her atrocities did not begin

bloodhost,” Daemonikai murmured. “If it were possible, I would have rid myself of

Emeriel lifted her head, shifting her hair to one side, baring

low in his gut. His cock perked up in

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know that is not a

bring you back through feeding you,” she told him. “It may help with the…

a gentle voice. “Now our bond is no more…” he loathed uttering those words. “Also, there’s the

at his chest and moistened her lips. “I do not

His voice held

between us was the cloudy memory of my heat, and before that was…

am prepared to wait as long

to rush me,” she surprised him by saying. “I wish for us to bridge this gap between

She was… right.

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the barrier that now lay between them if they never made an effort to push through it?

Daemonikai’s fangs pricked against his tongue. “I do wish to drink from you,” he confessed, hunger seeping

her cheeks, and she ducked her head.

have been through, you still grow shy over the littlest things.”

eye contact, he shifted, sitting up against the headboard before gripping her waist

The nearness of it, the maddening temptation, fueled his hunger tenfold. Gods, even the barest shift of her hips got

and swept her hair aside with the other. Once again, she exposed that smooth,

in response, and his mouth

pierced her neck.

Then, melted

carefully, keeping all his senses alert. Attuned to her for any

closer, digging her fingers into his skin.

her blood played havoc with his senses. It was the finest elixir. Warm honey laced with ambrosia,

groaned, holding her

Her head lolled, body

beneath the back of her head to keep it from rolling. Her breaths

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rising

in response. Straining against his pants. Aching

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