A Court of Song and Shadow

Chapter 48

I can tell he has also been drinking by the taste of his lips, he kisses me gently back but pulls away slightly.

"I don't know--"

"We do not have to if you do not want to." I say, praying that he does not decide against this--he looks into my eyes and places a strand of hair that has fallen loose from my braid behind my ear and looks into my eyes.

"Oh, I want to." He says lowly, and I have never once heard that voice from him. It sparks something in me that I did not know existed, he grabs me by my lower back and pulls me against him as he kisses me.

Az puts his hands under my thighs as he lifts me up, I wrap my legs around his back and continue to kiss him as he sets me on his bed. Now over top of me, he hesitates at the string connecting my shirt together, I lead his hand to the string and he takes that as my permission for him to untie it. He never stops kissing me as he takes my shirt off and he pulls away from me to look at me completely. The look on his face was one I only saw a few times--

He was admiring me, I realize.

"Are you sure you want me--" I cut him off again, knowing he is not asking me because he does not want to--but because he thinks I do not want to.

"Azriel--I need you." I breathe, and something in his gaze changes. He is on me once again, so fast I did not even realize he moved. Kissing me harder than he did before and I run my hand through his hair, and my other hand holds his muscled arm. He puts his hand on my lower back as he lifts my hips up and rips off my pants.

Rips them from my legs.

Something in me snaps at his roughness and I put my leg over his as I use my strength to flip him over so I am on top of him. His eyes widen for a moment but then a small smile forms on his lips and I continue kissing him. As I do, I run my hand lightly down the part of his wings that I know are most sensitive in Illyrian males, I feel his heartbeat quicken.

"Velaris--" Hearing my name whispered from his lips like that destroys every part of me that was holding back. My wings come out as I begin to kiss his neck and then begin to kiss down his chest, and then his very muscled abdomen. I begin to unbutton his pants as I kiss lower and--

I stop myself from gasping when I see how big he is.

Gods--

Before I get a chance to do what I want to, he flips me over and takes his hand and places it on the side of my neck with his thumb on my jaw, his other hand presses against my hip as he does the same thing down my body that I just did to his. I close my eyes and tilt my head back as he kisses the inside of each thigh. I look at him when he pauses and find him looking up at me.

He is the most beautiful man I have ever seen.

He does not wait one more minute before he does what I did not get to. The first lick of Azriel's tongue sent fire up and down my body. His hand pushes against my hip, keeping me pinned to the bed as I move against his tongue. I gripped the sheets in my one hand, and I grip his hand holding my hip with my other hand--needing to grab on anything to contain myself. I bowed off the bed as sparks flow all throughout my body as I climax, Azriel's hand still keeping me pinned, not allowing me to escape from his grip.

"Az," I managed to get out.

Now. I needed him now.

As if his name on my lips unleashed something from him, I watched in awe as his shadows filled the entirety of the tent--with my own joining them. Just as he did down my body, he gently kisses back up it until he gets to my neck. Azriel licks the bottom of my neck up to my jawline and is about to kiss my lips again but he stops just centimeters away from my face. I open my eyes and they meet his hazel eyes that seemed to be glowing in the dim firelight.