“Weeks?” Rhi shook her head in disbelief. “I didn’t even know.”
“They wanted to give us some time. I was going to tell them to stay, but I realized that after so many years of keeping this realm safe, everyone needed some time alone. Including us.”
She smiled up at him. “And you don’t like to leave Dreagan.”
“I’d go anywhere with you. But it did seem easier to remain. With the distillery tours closed for the winter, that part doesna need to be seen to.”
“Not to mention, those running the distillery do a great job.”
He chuckled. “Exactly.”
“I still want a big celebration.”
“You can have whatever you want, love.”
She rose on tiptoe and gave him a kiss. “Thank you for saying that. I hope everyone returns for it, but this isn’t just for them. It’s for us, as well. We vanquished foes and found each other again. After thousands of years apart, we can be together once more.”
“That is reason enough for a party.”
Rhi swallowed. “We’ve moped around long enough. It’s time we do something about our children.”
“What do you have in mind?” he asked curiously.
She licked her lips and shrugged. “I’m not sure yet, but I know that I’m tired of waiting for them to allow us to visit the realm. Erith could bring us there, and you know it.”
“I’m no’ blaming this one on Erith. The children have barred the doorway. I wasna even aware that a Fae could do that.”
“The Fae can’t,” Rhi stated flatly. “But the kids aren’t just Fae.”
“Nay, they are no’,” Con murmured thoughtfully.
The twins weren’t just half-dragon, they were also half-Fae. The combination was one they knew very little about. Had the previous King of Kings not imprisoned Melisse all those millennia ago, they might know more since she was the first Fae/dragon hybrid.
Rhi studied him. “You’re worried about how powerful they are.”
“I am,” he said as he released her and walked to his chair behind his desk. He sank into it and sighed. “Melisse was imprisoned because the King of Kings knew she had the power to destroy the Dragon Kings. Our children are no’ any different.”
Rhi walked to the desk and sat on the corner as she folded her hands in her lap. “Our children are ruling the dragons there.”
“Dragons, love. No’ Dragon Kings.”
“You can’t think they would try to kill you or any of the other Kings,” Rhi said in shock.
Con shrugged and gathered her feet to put on the chair between his legs. “I can no’ say what they will do. The simple fact that they willna allow us to visit speaks volumes. Doona forget that Erith said they have been to this realm and have observed us. We have no idea what they think.”
“By the way you’re talking, you don’t believe they think very highly of us.” Now that she thought about it, she wasn’t so sure she disagreed. But it was easy to judge someone until you walked in their shoes.
“Our children were taken from us without our knowledge. Whether we like what Erith did or no’, or the fact she kept that secret from us all these years, we played no part in it.”
Rhi quirked a brow. “You agree with me, then? That we should get to the children and the dragons regardless of what the kids want?”
“I do. They’ve had plenty of time to digest what happened. If they want to hold me accountable, then I’ll deal with that. That can no’ happen until we speak with them.”
“Us,” she corrected. “If they hold us accountable.”
Con shook his head of surfer-boy blond hair that was so at odds with the man himself. “You didna do anything.”
“Oh, please,” Rhi said with a snort. “We both know what an outright lie that is.”
He leaned forward and took her hands in his. “What I know is that we’ve fought against evil, we’ve saved mortals, Fae, Druids, and dragons alike. We might have made some questionable choices, but in the end, we are where we belong—together.”
“I can’t argue with any of that. I’m sorry it took us so long to get here. But in a way, I think it’s for the best. I wouldn’t have experienced or done many of the things I did had we been a couple. Not that you would’ve held me back, but I know there was much I needed to do to be the person who can stand tall beside you. I wasn’t that Fae when we first met.”
“I disagree, but I also understand what you’re saying. You’ve always been a beautiful soul, my love. The light inside of you shines brighter than it does in any other Light Fae. That’s what sets you apart from others.”
She slid off the desk and straddled him as she wrapped her arms around his neck. “You keep talking like that, and I’ll have to kiss you.”
“We do have the entire manor to ourselves.
“Oh, I do like the way you think.” She chuckled as she leaned down to place her lips on his.
His hands splayed across her back as he held her close and moved his lips over hers. The kiss deepened, making her blood run hot. She used magic to remove their clothes. Rhi moaned at the feel of his hard body against hers. She ran her hands over his bare skin, taking in his broad shoulders and defined muscles.
Con rose to his feet, allowing her to wrap her legs around his waist. Then he laid her on his desk and began kissing down her neck until his lips wrapped around a nipple. Rhi sank her nails into his back as he gently suckled, making her body yearn to feel him inside her.
She reached between them and wrapped her hand around his cock, stroking his arousal. He moaned, then pulled away to drop to his knees. She met his heated gaze. Her breath caught in her lungs when he shot her a crooked smile and put his head between her legs.
Her head dropped onto the desk, and she released a sigh of pleasure as he began to lick. With every lap and lave of his tongue, her desire intensified. Rhi threaded her fingers into his hair, her breaths ragged. Within moments, he had her on the verge of climax. Instead of giving in, Rhi sat up and shoved at his shoulders so he fell back onto the floor.
Once more, she slid off the desk. It was her turn to smile at him as she moved beside him and took his cock in hand. She flipped her hair out of the way so he could see her face, then bent and parted her lips to take him into her mouth.
“Woman,” he said through tight lips, followed by a long, low moan.
Rhi inwardly smiled. She loved being able to bring him to his knees since he did it to her so easily. His arousal was thick and impossibly hard. She moved her mouth up and down his length, wringing moan after moan from him. Knowing how much he desired her only made her hunger grow until it was all she could think about. Each time she and Con shared their bodies, the love between them grew stronger as did the ties that bound them, strengthening them both as a couple and as individuals.
She glanced at him to see Con’s face set in hard lines as he fought against the orgasm that rose within him. Knowing he teetered on the edge only made Rhi double her efforts to push him over. She had gotten close before but had never accomplished the feat. Because while Con loved her mouth on him, she knew he wanted inside her when he came.
And she had to admit, she loved it. Whether it was the way he moved or the fact that she was with the man who had held her heart for eons, no matter how many times she had orgasmed during sex, when he climaxed inside her, she always followed. Just thinking about it made her body clutch, craving him.