Reign of Ice (Forever Fae #4)(53)
The harder and faster he pumped, the quicker my body let go. Closing my eyes, I shouted his name again, except he muffled those cries by closing his lips over mine as he released. He rocked his hips slowly as his cock pulsated and spilled every single drop of his seed inside me. The warmth of our love spread throughout my belly, and for the first time in my life I felt whole. Breathing hard, we both lay there silently, listening to the sounds of our hearts beating in tune to each other.
“Are you all right?” Brayden asked, wiping away the hair on my forehead.
I opened my eyes, and when I looked up at his face, I gasped. Now that our bond had been completed the changes in our bodies had taken place as well. What used to be just ordinary pale skin now shimmered with a silver glittery sheen. I gazed down at my own hand and it was the same. It was almost like Meliantha’s skin where hers glittered with a golden hue, but ours glittered with a silver one. It was fascinating.
I nodded at him and replied, “Yes, I feel wonderful. This is all amazing.”
The land beneath us began to shift and I knew it was changing into our court, into our land that would make the Land of the Fae stronger than any other force imaginable. I couldn’t wait to see it. Brayden slowly pulled out of me and helped wrap a blanket around my body before wrapping one around his waist. He held out his hand and helped me to my feet.
“I think it is time we gaze upon our new court. How does that sound, my queen?” Brayden asked with a smile on his face.
“I think you just read my mind.”
I didn’t know how I was going to feel when I looked upon my court, but I knew it was going to take my breath away. As far as I could see past the trees, the land was smoothed over with ice, and as the snow flittered down from the sky to the ground it never showed up on the ice. It was like it disappeared before it touched the ground.
I could tell Brayden was as in awe with our court as I was when I looked up at him and saw him gazing out at our land. “I wonder how everyone is going to walk around on the ice without falling,” I joked. Brayden chuckled by my ear, and wrapped his arms around my waist, pulling me up against his thickening cock.
“I’m sure they will get along just fine, but right now there are other things we need to worry about,” he said, unwrapping the blanket from around my body.
“Like what?”
He cupped both of my bare breasts in his palms, rolling my nipples with his fingers, and answered, “Like going back to bed and letting me make love to you for the rest of the night. I promised that was what we were going to do and I have to live up to that promise.”
His hand trailed down my stomach and I shivered when he rubbed his thumb across my clit and gently pushed a finger inside me. I moaned and leaned against him as his fingers worked their own magic on my body. “How can I say no to that?” I remarked breathlessly. “I can’t let you go back on your word.”
“No, you can’t.” He lifted me up in his arms and carried me back over to the fireplace where he laid me down gently on the thick, soft blankets. “Tonight is ours, angel, and nothing else should matter except me and you. Right now, nothing else exists except me and you. Put everything out of your mind and let’s love each other like we will for the rest of our lives. Can you do that?”
My eyes welled with tears, but I nodded in reply. If this was our last night together I was going to do my utmost to fulfill his request. “Yes, Brayden. On this night nothing else exists, except you … and me.”
The night was young and there was nowhere else I wanted to be than in Brayden’s arms as we made love to each other. Hours upon hours our bodies and souls connected into one magnificent union, and what made it even better was that the magic of our court was strengthening our love. Out of every single gift in the world, love was the most powerful. I just wished it was strong enough to save the Land of the Fae.
WHEN THE NIGHT ebbed off to bring the dawn, I watched Brayden sleep peacefully beside me. I wanted to fall asleep and relax in his arms, but the night was over, meaning that our world of nothing else existing didn’t exist anymore. The evil was still there, lurking behind the corner and waiting to strike; I had to face it head on.
Dressing back in my white gown from the night before, I draped my blue cloak over my shoulders and quietly walked out of the house and out onto my land. The ice was smooth as I ambled across it, and I wondered what it would feel like to have ice skates and be able to dance and glide around on them. It didn’t matter, though. All that mattered was that my court was strong and ready.
The sound of hooves beating across the ground vibrated through the trees, and when I glanced behind me, I was amazed to see a whole entourage of people headed our way. My whole family, now including Brayden’s, trudged along on their horses along with Kamden and Zanna, and a contingent of warriors including Coran.
Brayden must have felt them coming because he walked out of the house, buttoning his shirt up in the process. “What are you doing out here?” Brayden asked softly. “I thought you would be in bed with me.”
I smiled and kissed him on the cheek. “I couldn’t sleep. Besides, we have company,” I informed him, pointing at our approaching guests.
Calista reached us first and jumped off her horse, flinging her arms around me. “You look amazing, Ariella. So how does it feel to be the queen of your own court?”