“You coming down?”
“I’ll be right behind you.”
Nodding, I got out of bed, then changed my mind and leaned over to kiss Hiro’s cheek. The look he gave me was softer than usual, so of course, I ruined it by poking him in the side and making him laugh while swatting at me. Somehow, he got a slap to my ass that made me yelp as I ran away, laughing.
My chest was light and content now that he was here with Rasha, and the two of them were comfortable and seemed happy. Nothing could get rid of my smile.
After the kids ate breakfast, and Hiro was well-fed, we all walked down to the big house so the girls could keep working on their dollhouse. Ailin and Seb were inside, so I asked them to watch Rasha while I showed Hiro around the property.
“You sure she’s okay with them?” he asked me as we walked out.
“Yeah, she’s fine, dimples. They like having her there.”
I could see his reluctance, but he nodded and followed me anyway.
A minute into our walk, I asked, “You can feel the wards, right? So you’ll be able to find the edge of the property and not cross over?”
“Yeah.”
I glanced at him and said, “There’s a secluded spot I used to go to when I was a kid. Thayer knows where it is, but no one else would think to look for us there.”
His lips twitched. “Witch, are you tryin’ to get me alone?”
“Maybe.”
He chuckled, then pulled me into his arms and kissed me hard and deep before pulling away and saying, “Lead the way, love.”
It only took a couple of minutes to get to a small clearing near the edge of the property on the north side. No one usually came this close to the border, so whenever I wanted to be alone when I was a kid, this was where I’d hide out. There was really nothing special about it, to be honest, just a break in the trees. It was pretty at night when I could sit on the grass and stare up at the stars, but… that didn’t matter now since it was still morning.
I stopped walking and turned around to face Hiro. He stopped, staring back at me. His lips quirked up on the side, and he tilted his head, asking, “You okay, shadow boy?”
I rolled my eyes. “I hate when you call me that.”
“That’s why I do it.”
I snorted and shook my head.
“You don’t hate it.”
“What?”
He stepped closer. “I can feel you, and you don’t hate it. You used to, but now”—he put his hand over my heart—“your heart speeds up whenever I say it.”
“It does not.”
He leaned in so his nose was almost brushing mine and his lips were only an inch away. “You’re my shadow boy, Basil Ellwood, and I think it’s time I show you.” He was right, my heart did speed up, but that was more to do with him being near me than his actual words. Although those took my breath away.
I didn’t have time to reply because he pushed his lips against mine and hauled my body into his. Then he started taking off my clothes without releasing me. I was putty in his hands, but after he got my arm bracers and shirt off, I wanted to see his skin, so I pulled on the hem of his shirt. He broke the kiss, reached back, and yanked his shirt over his head, letting it fall into the pile of clothes on the ground.
My eyes widened as I took in all his skin. All his tattooed skin, and ho-ly shit, there were a ton of them. There were runes and words and symbols all over him, covering his arms and chest almost entirely. And he was muscled. Like even more than I’d thought or realized since he wore that cloak all the time. So many muscles I couldn’t wait to explore. I probably looked like a toothpick compared to him.
“Holy shit,” I breathed, then met his eyes. “You’re hot as hell.”
He laughed and pulled me to his chest, burying one hand in my hair as he walked me backward until I hit a tree, then whispered, “And you, my witch, are sexy as sin. I can’t wait to get my mouth all over you.”
He claimed my mouth again, then broke away and began kissing down my neck to my shoulder. His teeth dug into my skin lightly before he kissed his way to the center of my chest. Both of his hands rubbed along my skin as he kneeled and licked and nipped down my stomach. My nipples pebbled as he ran his fingers over them, and I groaned loudly.
He smirked up at me as he undid my pants and pulled them down to my thighs. My cock was tenting my briefs, so Hiro mouthed over it through the fabric, making me even more desperate for him—and he knew it. When he slipped my briefs down and wrapped his lips around my head, I bucked and almost came undone right there. In fact, my magic blew out of me and began swirling around us, but Hiro didn’t stop. He licked and sucked, and flattened his tongue and swirled around my head, and I thought I was going to fall to the ground because my legs were barely holding me up.
Hiro grabbed my ass and pulled me into his mouth, encouraging me to fuck his face. So I did. I abandoned all thoughts of what I looked or sounded like, and I let myself feel as his hands roamed and he hollowed out his cheeks. My lust kept building, pleasure filling my gut, but right before I was about to explode, Hiro pulled his mouth away.
“No, no, no,” I whined.
He stood, wrapped his arm around me, and whispered, “Shh, I got you, baby.” He took my cock in his hand, and when I glanced down, I saw his monster of a cock in his hand, too. I had no idea how he pulled himself out while his hands were all over me, but I was glad he did. The silky skin over his hard cock felt amazing against my dick. “You’re fuckin’ killin’ me,” he whispered before pumping us together and claiming my lips.
The new sensation sent a shiver down my spine as I fucked his fist, and he tongue-fucked my mouth. He was intoxicating and filling every sense, every cell. His body, his skin, against mine was bliss, his hands touching me and building pleasure was exhilarating. And as the euphoria built, I felt his soul reaching for mine.
We were wholly connected, and our souls were intertwining while he brought our bodies pleasure.
A gasp fell from my lips as stars flashed in my eyes, and my cock exploded between us. Hiro’s long, loud moan filled the air, and knowing he was feeling that same bliss as me made another round shoot through me. Over and over again, shock waves of pleasure ripped through us.
We rode out our ecstasy together as my magic swirled around us.
He broke our kiss and rested his forehead against mine, stilling his hand but not letting us go. We stayed there, breathing each other in for a few minutes. If Hiro didn’t have his bulk pressed against me, holding me to the tree, I’d likely fall to the ground in a heap.
He gripped my chin with two fingers from his free hand and tilted it up to press a soft, lingering kiss on my lips that had me melting even further. Leaning back, he stared into my eyes and asked, “You okay, baby?”
I nodded.
He tucked my hair behind my ear and kissed me sweetly again. “I’m gonna find somethin’ to clean us up.”
“I can do it, if you don’t mind me using my magic,” I said.
He stared at me for a beat, then blew out a breath and shook his head. “Jesus, Bas, I told you not to hide yourself, didn’t I?”
I nodded, seeing the truth there, then muttered a spell to clean away the cum on his hand and our chests and stomachs.
“Love, you gotta stop second-guessing me at every turn,” he muttered.