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.”

“She killed someone!?”

my bloodhost. She pleaded for pardon, claiming she had changed, and in time, she was granted clemency. And for a

her head, tracing patterns against his chest. “So her

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

her head, shifting her hair to one side, baring her neck for him.

His

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not

you back through feeding you,” she told him. “It may

in a gentle voice. “Now our bond is no more…” he loathed

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

voice

“It’s just, I hate that the last intimacy between us was the cloudy memory of my heat, and before that

to rush you. I am prepared to wait as long as necessary.”

saying. “I wish for us to bridge this gap between us, for if we

She was… right.

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an effort to push through it? How could they

against his tongue. “I do wish to drink from you,” he confessed, hunger seeping into his voice. “Your blood calls to

her cheeks,

been through, you still grow shy

sitting up against the headboard before gripping

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

with the other. Once again, she exposed

fangs lengthened in response, and his mouth

in, he pierced her

tensed. Then,

alert. Attuned to her for any sign of discomfort.

she pressed closer, digging her fingers into his

Warm honey laced with ambrosia, with notes of sugared

her

head lolled, body

her, sliding a hand beneath the back of her head to

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rising and falling faster.

cock pulsing in response. Straining against

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