Azar backed up some more.
Suddenly, the door exploded in a spray of orange sparks.
I covered my face with my arms, blocking some of it. Bits singed my skin, but I didn’t care.
There was a flurry of motion, and then Azar burst out and gathered me in his huge arms. “Fatou.”
Still gripping my sword, I wrapped my arms around his neck. “How could you think I would ever let you die here?”
“Because I told you to save your daughter.”
“I did.” I kissed his cheek and then the other. “And now I will save you.”
“Damn crazy fairy. You were to stay away.”
“I missed your lips.”
“Did you now?” Azar pressed his mouth against mine, searing my entire body into a kiss that reached deep down into the depths of my soul.
Our mouths melted together and our bodies became one. My mind went blank.
Time stood still as a spark of magic erupted between us, sending ripples of pleasure through my body and an electric current of heat between my thighs.
I could feel our hearts beating in unison.
And this moment told me exactly why I had to save him. Not one moment away from him, did I truly allow myself to utter the words in my head or say the fact out aloud.
But I knew. . . why I returned.
It wasn’tjustbecause he had helped save Jade.
It wasn’t about doing what was right.
It was love.
The love I had for him.
The love that he had sparked inside of me.
In this moment, I fell into his kiss. It was a floating explosion. A wisp of a cloud glittering with sunlight. The shimmer of a magic spell. It was the mixture of a thousand wonders, a hundred troubles, fifty desires, and ten hours of confused longing.
It was magical.
It was nothing.
It was everything.
And it was all mine.
He was mine.
A dark voice spoke from the shadows. “Welcome back, Fatou.”
Chapter 25
You and Me. . .Forever
Fatou