A Mist of Frozen Ashes

Chapter 36

Lukan

The people in my life significantly undervalue the internal struggles I face as a healer while being in a relationship with an adventurous and risk-seeking woman. In short, they just don't care. Now, I love Reverie just the way she is, but every time she gets that gleam in her eyes that tells me she's going to do something crazy, my heart threatens to burst out of my chest. My beautiful lover was a woman who sought danger like we sought air to breathe. However, I guess a small part of me was grateful for her thrill-seeking nature because that meant I would always be there to heal her.

"Earth to Lukan." A pair of long fingers snapped in front of my face and I caught them, pressing each digit to my lips before sucking the thumb into my mouth. Reverie's breath caught in her throat and she hummed as I let her hand go.

"Yes, my love?" I asked, wrapping my arm around her waist.

She pressed into me and tilted her face up. "What were you thinking about?"

"Just that I wish you would consider taking one of us with you and the kids," I responded, letting my hands travel down her exposed back.

She rolled her eyes but squealed when I gave her ass a slap in reprimand. She sucked her teeth. "This is their first mission together, Lukan. They deserve a chance to prove themselves without being supervised the entire time. I'm going to make sure we make it all home."

"That's what I'm afraid of," I admitted. "I know how passionate you get about them and I know how far you'll go to protect them."

Her brows pinched down. "Your point?"

I sighed and pressed my forehead to hers. "You stubborn, stubborn woman."

She grinned and kissed me. I groaned, reaching down to lift her up by her thighs. She wrapped them around me as I backed her up until we fell onto the bed. Our tongues lazily stroked against each other. Our sounds of contentment meshed together just like our naked bodies. My cock was hard, poking her stomach in between us as the warmth between her thighs pressed against my aching sack.

"God, I love you so much," I rushed out between the moment when we separated to catch our breath.

Her response was incoherent; her tongue was otherwise preoccupied. Deftly, my hands caressed her trim waist and squeezed her fleshy thighs. I could feel the strength in her muscles beneath my fingers, proof of her dedication. Her legs had locked around me but I pried them apart and, with much effort, released her mouth from my onslaught so that I could gaze at her glistening center.

Reverie's hips jerked upward, causing me to glance up at her. She flashed me a look of expectancy and I couldn't help the smirk if I wanted to.

"Are you trying to tell me something?" I asked, lifting her right leg so that I could kiss her ankle.

"Yes," she whined. "I want you to fuck me."

I chuckled softly, kissing along her foot to the tips of her toes. She made a noise in her throat, trying to pull her foot away but I held firm, narrowing my eyes at her.

"Behave," I chided softly. "Have I ever left you wanting?"

She squirmed, shaking her head. "No."

I kissed each of her toes before making my way up her leg, nipping the inside of her thigh as I went. The sounds of her breathing getting heavier filtered through my ears and I smiled to myself. Her breath hitched as I came close to her center but she tossed her head back with a growl of annoyance when I skimmed over it to pay her left leg the same attention.

"I'm going to take good care of you, baby," I assured her. She whined. "You can touch if you want, but don't come. That's for me," I ordered.

Immediately her fingers dived down, spreading the almond-toned lips of her pussy to reveal her wet, pink center. I groaned, sucking her toes into my mouth as I watched her gather the wetness on her finger. She brought it up to her clit and began rubbing it in slow circles.