Page 16 of A Kingdom of Wild and Power
Kai did not stop to think, nor to question. Instinct guided him as he reached for her, hands finding her waist and drawing her down onto his lap. The soft breath that escaped her lips was enough to send heat rushing through him, a slow burn that left no part of him untouched.
She glanced down, an unspoken understanding flickering in her eyes. Aware, perhaps, of the influence she held over him.
Then she smiled. That wicked, knowing smile that so effortlessly unmade him.
Before she could taunt him further, Kai slipped a hand to the back of her neck and drew her towards him, their mouths hovering a breath apart.
‘You’re naked,’ he said, his voice roughened by desire that throbbed beneath the restraint of his words.
‘I am acutely aware, commander,’ she replied, settling her hands upon his shoulders with languid confidence. ‘Or have you never laid eyes on a woman undressed before?’
Kai chuckled, and before Dawn could say anything else, he slipped two fingers inside of her. Dawn’s gasp was enough to make him groan. Enough to shatter the world. Enough to makehim forget that there was another tent not far from his own and someone might hear them.
He really couldn’t care.
He quickened the rhythm of his touch and Dawn let out a low, delighted laugh, her head tipping back as her hips instinctively moved in sync with him.
‘We appear to be at something of a disadvantage here, commander,’ she said, her purple eyes once more finding his.
‘And why is that?’ he asked, voice roughened by the moment.
‘Because,’ she breathed, the hint of a smirk forming, ‘I am unclothed and you are not.’
She raised her hand and snapped her fingers. In a sweep of magic, his garments disintegrated into dust.
Kai arched an eyebrow, mischief glinting in his dark eyes. ‘And shall I be seeing those returned at any point?’
‘Is that truly what concerns you right now?’ she replied, her head tilting in playful challenge just as a soft sound escaped her when he altered the pace of his caress.
‘You are being terribly naughty, Dawn,’ he teased.
‘Am I?’ She leaned closer, lips brushing the curve of his ear in a gesture that sent a shiver spiralling down his spine.
Kai clenched his jaw and guided her gently down against the bedding, holding himself above her with careful restraint. His touch deepened, unhurried and deliberate, drawing soft, unguarded sounds from her lips. When he lowered his mouth to her, the slightest brush was enough to send her arching beneath him, her entire body answering his in a way that made him smile against her skin.
‘Am I truly going to have to beg you to fuck me, commander?’ she asked, a flush warming her cheeks.
Kai’s mouth curved into a slow, wicked smile as he leanedin, his breath grazing her skin. ‘I’ve never known you to beg for anything,’ he muttered against her jaw, voice low with promise. ‘But if that is what you desire… then I’ll be the one to beg.’
‘Oh? And what is it you intend to beg for?’
‘To make you come so hard that even your magic won’t be enough to help you stand afterwards.’
He smiled at the sight of her eyes widening—just for a heartbeat, a flicker of astonishment crossing her face before it melted away, replaced by that deliciously wicked gleam he adored so much.
‘Or perhaps,’ she purred, ‘I’ll make you come so hard you won’t be able to walk for an entire week.’
Before Kai could summon a response, her hand wrapped around his cock, slow and deliberate, her touch coaxing a guttural sound from deep in his chest. His eyes fluttered shut beneath the intensity.
He drew in the scent at her neck and traced his tongue languidly across her skin, savouring her like something forbidden.
‘Commander.’
Kai glanced down at her, at a face so arrestingly beautiful it almost caused him pain to look upon it. He’d never allowed himself to stare for too long, wary of falling under the spell of her allure.
‘You need to wake up now,’ Dawn said.
Kai’s brows drew together.
