Chapter 641:

“Riel,” he rumbled, voice rough with sleep.

Butterflies attacked her belly.

“Yes, I apologize for waking you from slumber, but I know what today is, and I know you have to leave early, so… I prepared your bath.”

Daemonikai rose, shifting to sit at the edge, but instead of getting up, he reached for her. His arms encircled her waist, pulling her closer until she stood between his legs. He buried his face in her chest, taking a deep, shuddering breath.

“You smell like heaven wrapped as a gift to mankind,” his muffled deep voice vibrated against her skin. He missed me too. Emeriel bit back a moan. It’s good to know she wasn’t the only one feeling this way.

Her hands hovered uncertainly for a moment before settling in his hair, fingers threading through the dark strands. His breath against her skin made her shiver.

Raising his head, eyes slitted drowsily, he said in a soft command, “Kiss me.”

Emeriel’s head lowered instantly, her lips pressing softly to his. A shudder ran through her at the contact.

sweet heaven. This was the closest to intimacy they

enough for only a breath to separate them, his

harder.” And so

tentatively at first, she explored the contours of his mouth, but soon, the pent-up longing inside her took over. She kissed him with a desperate fire that left her whining and trembling, her hands gripping his shoulders,

broke apart, she was dazed and breathing heavily. Her mind was blank. It took her a moment to remember why

Right. His bath.

whispered in an unsteady

“Your bath is ready.”

whether or not to

at last, he exhaled and allowed her to take his hand. She led him out of his bedchamber and down the hallway to hers,

and already, she missed

this king so much it was unhealthy. Longed for him to, one day, be hers completely, with no

him, and she was not ashamed to admit it to herself.

for the Celestial Offering. Today, she would remind him he was

out the

he returned, she would be waiting. Always

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