Page 3 of Unrestrained

“I can feel your gratification, so I’ll assume you’re well-fed now.”

“But not satisfied. You should keep going.”

Stellar snorted. “You are in prison after all. It’s not supposed to be satisfying.”

“Mhmm.” Stygian sounded beyond skeptical. “I didn’t hear you say you don’t want to keep going for me. You could keep me in a magical box anywhere. Yet you chose your bedroom. I think you’d like to fuck me more than you let on.”

The desire to roll his eyes was thick. “You’re exceptionally overconfident for a man with no body to fuck. As much as I’d love to try something new, sex with the air sounds kind of boring.”

Another evil laugh tumbled from the darkness. “Once again, you didn’t say you don’t want me. I’ll take that as a compliment.”

Stellar opened his mouth to disabuse Stygian of any such belief.

His personal guard, Taurus, arrived. He moved at a clipped pace. The long, fiery hair that matched his personality glowed more than usual with unnatural light. Truth be told, it wasn’t unnatural at all. Taurus was a fire fairy.

“I just saw River on his way out. You know you’re not to be completely alone when I’m not here. How do you expect me to keep you safe—” His gaze dropped to Stellar’s lap and exposed cock.

“He sent River away after getting his dick sucked.”

At Stygian’s nonchalant-sounding comment, Stellar fought a sigh. Now he had done it. He was an evil bastard, after all. Stellar fixed his clothes.

The glow from Taurus’ hair grew brighter. His yellow eyes glowed with fury. Stellar felt the heat radiating from him.

Stellar held up his hand, stopping Taurus before he even started. “Before you blast me, I changed my mind before anything happened.” He paused. He had to make a caveat. “Which, by the way, you should appreciate, considering how starved I am. No one could find you.”

Taurus dimmed a hair. His expression swapped from rage-filled to worried. “I didn’t realize you needed to feed that badly. You know I never would’ve left the castle if I had known. I’ve been shoring up the borders where Bodhi has been trying to blast his way in.”

Guilt washed over him. Fairies needed sex to survive. There were times his needs grew heavier than others. It was his age. Sometimes his body needed more fuel than the younger bunch. Not to mention he was more powerful than most. That, too, required more than others. He shouldn’t feel guilty about anything. Sex was rarely personal for their species. This was different. It was Taurus. Stellar had always felt too much for his guard and personal food source.

Stellar stood. He closed the distance between them. His palms slid across Taurus’ hips before he towed Taurus closer. Stellar held his gaze and lowered his voice, keeping their conversation personal. “I didn’t touch him.”

“Not true. He kissed him.”

Taurus’ hair got brighter again—like a relit match.

Goddamn, maybe he did need to move Stygian elsewhere.

“You’re not my mate. I don’t own you.”

Maybe, but Stellar felt the pain Taurus hid behind anger. It seemed as if he hurt Taurus more than usual lately. Stellar didn’t understand what had changed, but something had.

“Are you still willing to kiss this not your mate?” Stygian was forgotten. Taurus had his full attention.

Taurus didn’t respond. He kissed Stellar. His fire always consumed Stellar. This was why Stellar only fed elsewhere if Taurus was completely unavailable. Nothing matched his passion. He always burned Stellar to the ground. Stellar was still hungry. As their tongues played, Stellar massaged Taurus’ erection through his leather pants. Damn. He was glad he had been somewhat patient this morning. This was a meal.

The sound of a throat clearing cut through the haze Taurus created. “Sorry to interrupt, my lord. You’re late for today’s court.”

A low growl vibrated from Stellar. He didn’t want to be the dutiful royal today. Stellar swiped another kiss across Taurus’ lips. “We’ll pick this up later.”

“Yes, my lord.” The softly spoken words sounded breathless, making Stellar twice as angry about leaving.

He tore himself away before he reached a point where he couldn’t. Stellar walked away without looking back. Taurus was too much of a temptation, and he was still too much of a man on the edge. If he looked, he would stay.

A nearby clock ticked. That was the only sound that penetrated his brain. Taurus stared at nothing. He hadn’t moved from the spot where Stellar had left him. His wings glowed so brightly, they were almost blinding.

“You’re old news to him. You know that, right? He’s bored with you. That’s why he asked for someone else.”

Taurus loathed the way his hair and eyes gave away his anger. But anger was easier than accepting Stygian was right. He didn’t turn and give Stygian the satisfaction of seeing his rage. His sparkling wings likely masked the glow from his hair.