“I know who you are.” Her breath hitches as the steel length of my cock moves between her legs.
“I’m yours,” I say simply and tuck a strand of hair behind her ear. Then I lean in and put my lips against the shell of it. “And you’re mine.”
“Awfully full of yourself, aren’t you?” The breathy need in her voice betrays her forced confidence.
“I feel the tremble of your legs, princess. Care to let me ease that for you?” I run my hands down her full hips and grip her ass. “Perhaps I should take your mouth to see if you give as good as you get.”
“You wouldn’t dare.” Her challenge makes me laugh as I move my lips across her cheek.
“Shit!” I yelp, bending over. A shooting pain races up my leg, and I realize she kicked me. “Are you always so rough with your dessert?”
“So you’re the sweet one?” she asks as she smiles at me. “I’ll let you kiss me. But I want something in return.”
“Name it,” I say, straightening up.
“Is it that easy?” She looks confused, like I’d somehow trick her.
“Try me, Princess.”
“When King Roman marries my sister, I want to come with her. I want to live in the palace so that we can stay together.”
“It is done.”
“Vlad, I - ”
I lunge at her and connect my mouth to hers. I expect her to fight me or for her to push me away. But what I don’t expect is her hands to wrap around my neck and for her tongue to slip inside my mouth. I moan around it and then kiss her just as fiercely.
The fire that ignites between us is enough to set this forest ablaze. I reach down with both hands and grip her lush ass, lifting her off the ground. Her legs come around my waist and lock behind me. I push my hard cock against her and grind, desperately seeking some kind of relief.
“This kind of behavior is only turning me on, Princess. It’s the kind of thing that will get your pretty little ass spanked.” I kiss her again until she’s gasping for air. “I like feisty. Keep it up and I’ll take you over my knee.”
“Fuck,” she moans at the dirty talk, and my lips move down her neck to the spot between her breasts.
I want all of her. It’s consuming me, and I don’t know if I can stop. “Is that what you want? Because I’ll give you anything, Tabitha.”
My words have never been more true. If she asked me to lay down my life for her, I would do so. From the moment I saw her, she’s claimed my soul, and there’s no going back.
I summon all the strength I have to release my grip on her ass and set her down on her feet.
“You have to go back to your sister or I’m going to throw you on the ground and fuck you right here.”
She looks like she’s been ravished, and it does nothing to ease my ache. But the sly smile she gives me is almost my undoing.
“You say that like it’s a bad thing,” she retorts, adjusting her dress.
I reach out and grab her arm before turning her around and smacking her ass. “Soon, Princess. Soon.”
I push her ahead of me, needing to keep my distance. I wouldn’t want to do anything to disgrace her family or my king, and right now I’m too close to the edge.
I see Roman say his goodbyes to Alena, and I wink at Tabitha as I join him at his side. We exit the garden and move around to the front of the estate, where the limo is waiting.
“You should bring the sister with Alena when she comes to the palace. It’s tradition for her to bring someone,” I say. Better to go ahead and plant that seed now. And seeing the similar state my king is in, I know he’ll agree to just about anything.
“It’s done,” he agrees, and my hopes soar.
The ride back to the palace is quiet, and I think of Tabitha the whole time. Normally I’m easy-going and people say I smile a lot. I’m head of security, but I don’t take life too seriously. But suddenly, after one meeting, I’m thinking over my future at the palace and taking a wife. Can I have both?
Chapter Three
Tabitha
I lie in bed with Alena, our fingers still locked together. I hear her breathing level out and know she’s finally fallen asleep. I roll over and look at my little sister, feeling like everything is going to be okay with her. Her future husband might seem like a jerk, but I saw something else there, too. He wants her and he wants her to want him back. He craves her attention, and I know that he will try to please her to get it. I also know that he will protect her. It was adorable how he worried about her hurting herself in her heels.