Page 51 of The Last Aether

Phoenix’s tongue circled my nipple and my core pulsed in need. “It’s because she’s bewitched us all.”

Kai spread my legs apart, his hands gliding up my thighs as he stared at my center. “I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

I squirmed in place, needing more, needing them.

Kai squeezed my thighs. “Stay still, Pip.”

I practically panted. Still was the last thing I wanted.

Kai’s fingers skated along my skin, finding a new crack of silver in my skin, this one skating along my upper thigh. The moan that slipped from my lips couldn’t be helped.

“Hell,” Kai muttered. “Those are going to come in handy.”

Phoenix chuckled against my skin, the vibrations sending delicious shivers through me. Then his tongue traced another of the silver streaks.

My hands fisted in the sheets, trying to grab hold of anything that would keep me tethered to this world.

Atlas took my mouth in a kiss that demanded I pay attention. Long strokes punctuated by quick nips to my lip.

There was no warning from Kai. One moment I was desperate for his touch, and the next his tongue was diving deep. Taking and taking and then taking some more.

I moaned into Atlas’s mouth as Phoenix’s lips closed around my nipple.

I was awash in a sea of sensations. The moment I’d get a handle on one, another would start.

Kai’s tongue moved to my clit, circling and flicking. Teasing and toying.

I whimpered against Atlas’s lips, and he pulled back, gazing down at me with hooded eyes. “What do you need?”

“More.” It was all I could manage to say.

Kai lifted his head from my body, eyes colliding with mine. “Can I take you?”

“Yes.” It was part pant, part plea.

In a flash, Kai had shucked his pajama bottoms and he was settling between my thighs.

As his tip bumped my entrance, I nearly wept. I needed this. I needed a sense of oneness with Kai. With all of them.

Kai groaned as he slid inside. “Heaven. This is heaven.”

Sparks danced across my skin as tiny droplets of water swirled around Kai. Then he began to move. Each thrust was a smooth guide, so fitting for the prince of water. Wave after wave of sensation and pleasure crashed over me.

Atlas’s hand moved between me and Kai, his finger circling that bundle of nerves. I gasped and as I did, Phoenix’s teeth grazed my nipple.

It was too much. Feeling all of them at once. The ground beneath us trembled, and I hoped like hell the house held with its protections. But even if it didn’t, I’d be falling with the men I loved. So, I let myself go.

29

I was swimming. It wasn’t a dream exactly. It was more like a half-conscious state. I was aware that I was asleep and fully able to enjoy the fact that I was swimming in a sea of those silver strands. Ones like little cracks that had appeared on my chest and the guys’.

It felt like floating on a river of magic. It was warmth and a healthy buzz of whatever it was that gave elementals their affinities. I languished in it, rolling to my back and letting out a little moan.

More heat closed in around me. Some part of me knew it was my mates. I could feel their unique pulses of power. Kai’s mercurial nature. Atlas’s devoted kindness. Phoenix’s shadowy protectiveness.

Lips skimmed my temple. “Morning,” Phoenix rasped.

I blinked against the light. “You’re ruining my Zen zone.”