Page 38 of The Powers of Nyx

The head of his cock nudged against my opening. I bit down on my tongue as Elias inched me down his thick length. “You’re so tight, Angel. So absolutely perfect. Your other mates have no idea what they’re missing out on.” I made a sound in the back of my throat as he filled me entirely, the size of him almost too much.

I buried my face into the crook of his neck, adjusting to his size. The smell of pine and forest filled my nose. My magic reacted to it and rose beneath my skin, though not in a dangerous way. It purred as he filled me completely, as we joined together in a way that left me feeling every part of him.

Fuck, I was glad to be back in his arms again. It was more than just sex; it was the proximity to him that made it better.

I feel it too,he said, hands tightening on my ass.I fucking missed you.

Elias guided me into a slow rocking motion, and with each gentle thrust, I took him deeper. There was a tenderness to the moment, not ravenous like our previous encounters, but not sweet, either.

Elias is right, Adrian said through our bond,we are missing out.He proceeded to push his own desire down the bond, flooding me with graphic images of what he wanted to do to my body if it were him in the backseat and not Elias.

I closed my eyes, and flashes of his intentions flooded the bond. A snapshot of his head between my thighs with my hands fisted in his golden hair. His tongue diving into my wet heat, lapping at my arousal, pushing me closer to the edge of pleasure.

Maeve caressed the bond between us, demonstrating how she’d toy with me and play me like a violin. There was a promise in the way she reached out through our bond, one that said she’d make me scream.

The combined sensations of Adrian and Maeve’s intentions and Elias’s swelling cock buried deep inside me, the pressure to finish built.

I cried out as my climax shuddered through me; I clamped around Elias’s dick and scraped my nails down his chest, but he continued to guide me through the orgasm. His fingers became brands on my ass, digging into the soft flesh of each globe, and I rode him from one orgasm and into another. He gave a guttural growl as he came, pumping his cum deep inside me until there was nothing left but our sharp breaths.

Magic prickled my skin, dancing down my arms and over my chest. It ignited in an array of purples over my body. As I slumped into Elias’s chest, the magic dimmed and finally flooded out of my system, likely into the three mates gathered around me.

The relief hit me instantly. I sighed, exhaustion weighing heavily in the back of my mind. My magic finally settled, resting in my chest.

Elias wrapped his arms around me, cradling me against his chest, as he murmured something to Adrian.

I drifted off into sleep, guided by their soft, murmured voices, enveloped in warmth, and fully sated.

~

I awoke to cool fingers tracing gentle circles on my cheeks and a deep sense of peace.

My back and neck ached from whatever awkward sleeping position I’d found myself in. But I felt more rested than I had in weeks, likely from being surrounded by my bonded mates.

I could get used to this,I thought with a yawn, finally sitting up. I tried to stretch my arms up over my head, but found myself still trapped in thecar.

“How much longer until we reach the ferry?” I asked, running a hand through my messy hair. I glanced down at myself andfrowned, realising I wasn’t naked anymore. “How do I have clothes on?”

Maeve, who had been stroking my cheek, reached into some sort of pouch in her gear and pulled out a hair tie. “Turn around and I’ll braid it,” she offered quietly. I shifted so she had my back, and tilted my head when she ran her fingers through the messy length. “You slept for about a half hour, but our location changed twenty minutes ago.”

I frowned, catching Elias’s stare as he captured my knee in his large hand and pulled my leg over his lap. “What do you mean, our location changed?” I asked, tensing.

“Safety precaution for you,” Elias explained, rubbing slow circles up my leg. “We have a half-hour until we reach the new ferry crossing.”

I looked between him and Adrian in the front seat. The navigation system gave nothing away. “I thought the reason we were split up and all over the place was because we were hiding the location?”

Maeve’s long nails scraped my scalp as she braided my hair back from my face; I forced down a groan, though my eyes fluttered shut at the feeling. “That’s what we believed, too,” Maeve replied. “But it seems the crash and your magic triggered what Sir Ya’Dahir believes to be a fail-safe switch in the magic of the ferry. We were close enough that it recognised your magic and the danger you were in. So, it moved to accommodate that.”

I blew out a long breath and Maeve tied off the ends. “Sounds overly...complicated.”

“It is, but it’s a good thing if it protects you,” Elias grunted, pulling me in closer to him. “I don’t care what we have to do so long as you’re safe.”

My cheeks warmed under the intensity of his stare, but he made a good point. At least, I thought it did.

“How are the others? The kids, Thea? Rowan?” I looked between Maeve and Elias, before directing my stare to the front seat where Adrian still sat. “Have you heard anything from them?”

My heart rate picked up with a wave of panic. Guilt gnawed at me, a feeling I was becoming far too accustomed with. My stomach clenched as I realised how little I’d thought about them since...everything. God, I was the worst. They were probably terrified, and I wasn’t there to comfort them or to at least care for them in the way I’d promised I would.

“They’re still the same as when we left them at the crash,” Maeve said, “though the kids are tired of driving. And I’m sure they don’t think you’re the worst.”