CHAPTER 78

"Hold on to me,"the Ra'Voshnik rasped before receding, returning Rune's body to him. He slid his arm across the small of her back as he guided her legs around his waist. Faye sighed leaning into him, arching her wings forward to wrap around him, and Rune couldn't help but smile.

Bringing her back into our mind,the Ra'Voshnik purred.

Rune phased them into his room, lifting her higher as he trailed feather-light kisses along her collarbone. He nipped at her and asked, "Were you satisfied, or did you wish to return to my mind?"

Faye tightened her thighs over his waist. In a breathy sigh, she whispered, "More."

Rune reached for her consciousness and brought her into his mind. The Ra'Voshnik waited on his bed, nude, sitting back on its heels.

He lowered Faye onto their bed, her wings dragging over her as she folded them beneath her. She glanced up at the Ra'Voshnik and smiled, rolling over to crawl to him. Rune groaned at the view of her ass while he stripped. Their physical bodies mirror their movements.

Faye stood on her knees as the Ra'Voshnik slid its fingers through her hair, drawing her closer. The creature kissed her then brushed the side of its face against Faye's.

It met his gaze and rasped at her ear. "Do you want to please us, my queen?"

Faye sighed as her wings shifted.

The Ra'Voshnik pulled back to gaze at her. "Would it please you to have your lips on my cock while the Shadow Prince fucks you?"

Faye turned back to glance at him over her shoulder. "Please," she moaned, blinking slowly at him. Flushed. Out of breath.

Beautiful.

Rune leaned onto the bed, snaking an arm around her waist, and dragging her back, against him. "Whatever you wish, vsenia."

Faye kissed him, reaching behind to tangle her hand in his hair. Rune groaned, gripping her waist as he ground his length against the soft curve of her ass.

She broke away from him to lean forward, kissing the Ra'Voshnik. She moved lower, arching her back for him as she widened her knees. Rune ran his palm down the back of her thigh, leaning back to admire her delicate flesh. Watched as the Ra'Voshnik gathered her dark hair. Holding it away from her face, he thrust upward.

"Be easy with her," Rune warned.

A muscle ticked in the creature's jaw but he didn't slow his pace. He caressed the side of Faye's face. "You like the way I feel in your mouth, don't you?"

Faye moaned her agreement, arching her back harder to lift her hips for Rune.

He didn't think he would find sharing Faye pleasing but watching the Ra'Voshnik take Faye's mouth— Knowing this excited his queen. Darkness, it made him ache.

Rune took himself in hand, sliding the head of his cock through her sex. Wetting himself with her desire. Faye whimpered, rolling her hips in invitation. Rune pressed down on the small of her back and eased himself into her.

Faye moaned, and the Ra'Voshnik's head fell back. Her claws dug into the creature's waist as she took more of Rune's considerable length.

"This isn't going to last very long if you keep moaning around my cock." The Ra'Voshnik grated.

The corner of Rune's mouth lifted as he leaned back, watching his length slide into her. He growled, driving into her harder. Needing to possess her, to hear her scream his name.

Faye cried out and the Ra'Voshnik clenched his jaw, his muscles going tense. A look Rune knew well. Keeping his rhythm Rune leaned over Faye, brushing his lips over the nape of her neck.

"Swallow your Voshki's spend for me," Rune purred at her ear.

Faye moaned, her little claws drawing blood as she tightened her grip.

The Ra'Voshnik drew a ragged breath as it tensed, going still. The creature's brow lowered as it bared its fangs. Faye worked him, moving in time with Rune.

Faye lifted her head, pushing herself up from the Ra'Voshnik's lap. Faye kissed the creature, wrapping her arms around its neck.

"Thank you," the Ra'Voshnik said as Faye lay her head on her shoulder. "Are your wings sensitive?" It brushed the back of its finger down the outer membrane. Then the next. She cried out when he stroked the innermost part of her wing where it connected to her back.

"Here?" The Ra'Voshnik traced soft circles until she trembled.

"Please," Faye sighed, reaching back. Her dainty claws sank into Rune's thigh. She pulled him forward urging him to increase his pace.

Rune followed her lead, taking her harder. His fangs lengthened, sharpening for her. He was a fool to ever have thought her ill-suited. Fate could not have given him a better match.

"Do you like spreading your legs for the Shadow Prince? Having his cock so deep inside you."

Rune groaned at the intimate fluttering around his length as Faye moaned at the Ra'Voshnik's heated words. She was close.

"Have you missed us, love?" The Ra'Voshnik asked. She made an appreciative sound, and it said, "Offer us your throat."

Faye leaned back against Rune, sweeping her hair back as she lifted her chin. The Ra'Voshnik took her throat. Faye cried out, tensing as she came around his cock. She panted, stroking the Ra'Voshnik's hair as it drank from her.

His night breeze reached back cupping the back of Rune's neck. She pulled him closer, bringing his mouth to her throat.

Rune's fangs sharpened, aching for her. He brushed his lips over her pulse. Feeling the hypnotic beat beneath his kiss. His lids slid closed as he opened his mouth wide. The tips of his fangs pierced her flesh.

She submitted to his bite, the length of his fangs sinking into her.

Faye moaned as his arms tightened around her. She clung to the Ra'Voshnik as she came again. The intimate fluttering around his cock he would feel several more times before the night was out.

Rune bit down, sinking his fangs a fraction deeper. Smiling as his night breeze screamed her pleasure. Her wings shot forward, whipping their hair as they folded around the Ra'Voshnik. Encircling it in a tight hold.

Rune withdrew his fangs, pressing his mouth to his bite. Her dark rich blood wet his tongue, and his mind blanked. She was the desire he imagined feeling beneath the Hunter's Moon.

His brow drew down as his tongue slid over his bite. Her power flickered through him, lighting a fire across each of his nerve endings.

Rune cursed in High Tongue as he savored her, knowing full well her decadent blood ruined him. He would crave this for the remainder of his days. Crave her.

Only her.

He groaned, drinking lightly as he chased his own release. Pinning her waist to him. Thrusting faster. Harder.

Rune came with a growl, his body going rigid as he spent deep inside her.

He spent long moments, euphoric and lightheaded. Slowly coming down, he realized Faye stroked his hair as he languidly thrusted into her. His mouth was still on her neck.

Her blood on his tongue.

"I love you," Faye sighed, leaning up to nuzzle the Ra'Voshnik. "Both of you."

Rune licked his bite a final time before healing it. He gazed down at the woman fate gifted him. The queen he chose and served. Who embraced every part of him without fear or hesitation. "Everything I am is yours, my love."

"Until our last breath," the Ra'Voshnik promised, shifting her consciousness back into her physical body.

Faye blinked and turned in his arms. He bent to kiss her and stopped. Touching his forehead to hers instead. Vampires shared blood kisses. His night breeze wasn't one of his kind.

Faye lifted her mouth to his as her wings curved around him. Rune groaned as her tongue stroked into his mouth. He'd expected her to pull away at the taste. She leaned into him, deepening the kiss instead.

Perfectly suited.

The warmth from her wings faded around him. Rune pulled back as her wings darkened, becoming swirling black mist holding the shape of wings. It thinned and dissipated, fading from sight entirely.

"I don't know how to keep them out," Faye said.

Rune brought her hand to his mouth, kissing her fingertips. "It takes time." He pressed his lips to her index finger. "We do have to do something about your naked finger," he said and was rewarded by her soft laugh. Rune pulled her in, kissing her softly as he held her close. "I have a jeweler coming this evening. Let me draw you a bath." He gently laid her down and rose.

Faye turned her head, watching Rune walk into the bathroom. She finally understood Sparrow's obsession with ogling Vashien. Faye sighed, still tingling from Rune and Voshki's attentions.

Rune returned a short time later. He leaned over her, kissing her as he lifted her into his arms. Faye laughed, breaking their kiss. "I can walk."

"And I can carry you," Rune answered, lowering her into the oversized tub.

Faye sighed as the heat of the water seeped into her. She glanced up at Rune, sinking lower into the steam. "There's room for us both."

The corner of Rune's mouth lifted into that cocky smirk she grew to love. "I will join you in a moment. I have been neglecting my correspondence with the High Council."

Then he vanished. Naked.

"This man," Faye laughed to herself. She sank lower letting the water come up to her chin. Her black hair drifted around her. Rune materialized a moment later holding a stack of documents. Faye sat up, making room for him behind her. "You just phase around naked?"

Rune arched a brow at her as he got in the tub and pulled her back to rest against his chest. "I am at home."

"Sparrow is nosey. What if she saw you?"

Rune rested his arms in front of her, opening expensive looking letters written in aggressive script she couldn't read. "Some find my coloring unagreeable. I may apologize."

Faye giggled, flicking water over her shoulder at him. He kissed the back of her head and continued opening the letters. On the third Rune cursed in High Tongue.

Faye turned her head in his direction. When he didn't answer she said, "You taught me what that means. What's the matter?"

"Alister."

His brother's name chilled her. The memory of his cold steel at her throat was too fresh. Faye sat forward turning to Rune, unnerved by his grave expression.

"He's requesting your formal acknowledgement."