Starkeeper of the Fractured Crown

She was still questioning everything, but I could smell it in the air. Smell her want for more. She wanted to be more aroused than she was. She wanted to feel this.

When I claimed her, there would be no question, nohesitation. She would beg me for more. More. More. She would be selfish and I would indulge.

I Jumped behind her, so close that her hood moved with each of my ragged breaths. “It’ll be underwhelming, Angel. Just tell him to stop.”

But her head fell back a bit, her eyes closing as if she had just resigned herself to the position she was in. Cole was now supporting much of her weight as he pressed up against her pussy.

I walked around and stood behind Cole as he undid her pants and shoved his hand inside, a soft gasp coming from her lips. “You better enjoy this, and you better thank whatever gods you pray to that he was once a friend of mine. That I care about him. Because if it had beenanyoneelse,” I said through my teeth, “I would have killed him right now.”

Cole’s fingers slid inside of her, known only by the way her breathing changed, by the way her hips moved.

“I would have gutted them while their fingers were inside of you. I would have made them finger-fuck you while I dismantled them slowly and I would have made you cum while doing it.”

She moaned softly, clinging to his shirt as Cole watched her, eyes wide open.

I didn’t know how he was enjoying it. Her hood and veil hid all but her closed eyes.

Her brows were creased a bit, her shoulders tense. She had to focus, I realized as she moved up and down on his fingers.

I couldn’t help but smile wide, laughter leaving my lips. “Oh,” I said, voice feral. “You want it deeper? He’snot doing it for you, is he?”

I walked to her right side, looking down at where Cole’s hand disappeared into her pants, my own cock hardening as I imagined whatIwould do to her. “You want it deeper, don’t you, baby? Harder?” My cock pulsed against me, the pain welcome. “Do you like it rough?”

Another soft moan and my eyes lifted as her delicate brows furrowed even more, the muscles in Cole’s arms moving easily. She released his shirt and grabbed his arm, pushing at it, trying to communicate what she wanted, but Cole was ignoring her. Ignoring her or unaware of what she was trying to put across. Compared to us, humans were weak. Their punches were like feathers drifting across our skin, but even so, he should have been aware enough to realize what she was pushing for.

Kyra dipped her head back, and I caught a glimpse of her neck. Creamy and smooth, untouched. This clothing was her shield against eyes, against the sun. I wondered how long it would take me to make her come out of her cocoon. How long would it take me to make her see that she had nothing to hide from. How long would it take me to convince her that me killing anyone who looked her way was a good thing?

I leaned in until my lips brushed her hood. “You need me, don’t you, Angel? You just don’t realize it yet.”

I stepped back enough to see them both, my eyes trained on her. Cole was a good lover, but he wasn’t her cup of tea. “Help her,” I said quietly.

The shadow I assigned to her melted away from the forest floor and driftedup to her boot. It slithered up her pantleg, a shiver rolling through her, goosebumps spreading across her body.

I smiled.

A gasp escaped her, and I knew then that my shadow had gotten inside of her.

Her entire body shuddered. “Fuck,” she moaned, encouraging Cole to work fast.

Her hands dug into him as the shadow worked its magic. She stopped moving up and down, her entire body tensing.

I could smell her arousal dripping down her leg now.

“Fuck, Talons,” Cole breathed out, looking down at his own hand as if it was his doing. As if he could ever pull this reaction from her.

No one was going to make her cum like I could. No one.

The orgasm shook through her in waves, but I was disappointed to learn that she suppressed her cries. She didn’t allow herself to feel it fully. Why? Why would she do that to herself? Why deny herself the feeling of a full release?

Denying was my job, not hers.

I took another step back as my shadow slithered down her pants and rejoined the forest floor.

She shuddered and opened her eyes, unable to look at him as he pulled his fingers out carefully.

She stepped back, immediately reaching for the ties on her pants as she turned away.

“Gods, Talons, you feel so good.”