From Slave To Queen (Athena and Michael) novel Chapter 156

Chapter 156

Elara

“So, things with your father are going well?”

My finger trails along the dip of Cassian Draven’s chest as a stupid smile remains stamped across my face.

Honestly, I don’t know what this is, and I’m not even sure I want to find out.

“It feels strange hearing you refer to him as my father.”

“Should I call him His Divine Excellency, or…?”

“Or…?”

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+15.

“Better we save that conversation for another time.” He catches a lock of my hair and plays with it between his fingers” to his nose. “What I like most is that you haven’t lost the scent I perceived on you before.”

before bringing

it

“Would it have been that bad?”

Catastrophic.” My fingers continue wandering freely over his ivory skin. I trace the edge of his nose, surprised that a man can be this perfect, then glide downward, brushing his lower lip. “And you taste better than you smell.”

He pretends to bite the tip of my finger, but I pull my hand back before he reaches it.

Thank you, newly acquired reflexes.

མེད་ན་དེ་ཁོངས་དད་གསལ་རང་་འགོ་བོད་བ་ས་དར་པད་

་་་་་་དང་་་

ར་རེ་དང་ཧ་དན་ ནས་ ས་ན་ཡོད་དོར་ན་ང་་

His playful laugh makes the hair on my entire body stand on end–especially my nipples. He notices, and his blue eyes take on the tone of a raging sea.

“Tell me more about the lessons Atarothz is giving you before I spread your legs and fuck you,”

If my body wasn’t already aroused, his words ignite a ball of fire in my abdomen. I swallow and as I look at him with a flirtatious smile.

“Maybe that’s exactly what I want.”

“Elara…”

sit

up, supporting my weight on one arm

TAIM

I snort as I let myself fall back down, resting my face against his chest. Cassian is proving–if there was still any doubt that his self- contro! is unshakable. It’s been days since he fed on me and gave me an orgasm so intense my legs still tremble if I think about him too much. As he promised, our encounters have been limited to caresses–very pleasurable ones–and kisses where our tongues and teeth fight for dominance. However, I haven’t yet felt the full weight of his body over mine. It’s ironic how intensely I now crave that, when a few months ago the thought of even breathing near him made my stomach churn. Thankfully, the time we spend apart keeps getting shorter. I never thought the day would come when I’d want to run to him instead of away from him.

“All right, fine,” I say with a smile on my lips. “Everything’s going great. Little by little, he’s teaching me how to summon my own power. At least I won’t be a danger, ripping out souls without control.”

“Every time you did something like that, you were in danger. I wouldn’t call that losing control.”

“I don’t want to have to be in danger to defend myself.”

His eyes, once full of desire, soften with the closest thing to tenderness a man like him can show. “When they come for me, I’ll be ready.”

“I know.”

He lets go of the strand of hair he’d held to his nose, and with infinite delicacy–the kind that disarms me every time I catch a glimpse of it–he strokes my cheek, tracing up along my cheekbone before disappearing behind my ear. He tucks the hair behind it and clears my face so he can look at me without hesitation. For several minutes, neither of us speaks. It’s not necessary. I think we both share a feeling we’re too afraid to say out loud. Maybe if we don’t, it’ll be less real.

“I should go. Atarothz will show up soon to continue the lessons.”

“I’ll see you again when you sleep.” He winks and presses a kiss to my lips that, if it weren’t for him, I surely would’ve deepened into

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Chapter 156

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