Page 36 of A Fate of Wings
“I did, but our feasts go all night. Demons party hard.”
Thea smiled. It was like my slice of demon heaven when she smiled at me like that.
“As do sirens. Very well. Raelin, be a dear and pack me an overnight bag. I shall change gowns first too.”
“You look like a true queen already. Why mess with perfection?”
Thea giggled. “My charming demon.”
I tugged her into my chest and claimed her lips in a scorching kiss. Backing her up against the wall of the stairs, Thea clung to me as I ravished her mouth like the way I wanted to feast on her body.
“I want to take you on these stairs,” I whispered into her ear. “Bend you over so you’re the right height for me to rail from behind.”
She gasped and then moaned as I devoured her mouth once more.
A throat cleared from above us.
“Your majesty, your bag is ready,” Raelin said.
Thea grinned against my lips. “Guess you’ll have to hold that thought until later.”
I thrust my erection against her body. “Like you will too.”
Her hands lifted as though she was about to grab my horns. I clasped them in one hand and waved a portal with the other before she created an even hornier beast.
“Come on then, time to meet my family.”
Thea’s hands trembled a little in mine.
Was she scared to meet my family? After the fierce siren queen image she portrayed, was there a softer side to the woman?
“But my dress…”
Her words cut off as I hauled her through my portal. We landed in the Winter Court outside the castle. Snow littered every inch of stone and country. Thea shivered. Raelin rushed forward and placed a cloak around her shoulders. Thea nodded her thanks in a tiny dip of her regal head. I tugged her closer to me and raised the fur-lined hood of her cloak. Tiny white flakes of snow dotted her lashes. She seemed soft and ethereal in the snow-kissed landscape.
We walked toward the imposing white stone walls. Our footfalls crunched the snow beneath our feet, but other than that, it was eerily quiet compared to the Autumn Court.
“Where is everyone?” Thea whispered as though it scared her to fracture the icy silence.
“Inside where it’s warm.”
“Humans have it so wrong that demons live in the fiery pits of hell.”
I chuckled. “Shh. Don’t give away our secrets.”
She stepped closer to me as the doors creaked open and two guards stepped out in black leather fighting gear with twin swords strapped over their backs.
“Who goes there?” a guard yelled.
“Kar, I haven’t been gone that long,” I grumbled.
“Beast.” He chuckled, stepping forward and clasping my arm in a warrior embrace. “Just doing my job. Your brother would have my balls if I didn’t ask that inane question.”
I slapped him on the back. “How is our royal highness?”
“He’s looking forward to meeting your mate. As are we all.” He ran his gaze over Thea. “I never thought a siren would accept a mate, let alone with a demon, but here you are.”
I shoved her behind me. “Keep your lurid eyes off my mate.”