Page 71 of Knight’s Salvation

He held onto her tight. He couldn’t give her immortality like Kryos and Laz had given their females. He and Mia wouldn’t get their eternity together. She would live longer than a human, but eventually there would be an end. Another shudder moved through his body. He didn’t want to live on Earth or any other realm if Mia wasn’t there with him.

When she went, he would go with her.

He pushed it from his mind, couldn’t think about that now. That thought alone had the power to tip him over the edge again. “You can’t leave me,” he whispered. “I can’t think without you here. I can’t breathe without you. I don’t want to.”

“I love you. I’m not going anywhere.” She leaned in and pressed soft kisses against the scar ringing his throat. He buried his fingers in her hair and held her tight. Those words shook him to the core, tearing back his defenses until he felt raw and exposed. “I’ll never leave you,” she repeated as she moved down his body, kissing every scar, every nightmare that marked him.

Zenon trembled beneath her. His emotions were all over the place, and just the feel of her soft lips moving across his oversensitized skin had him close to coming. When she wrapped her fingers around his cock and drew him into the wet heat of her mouth, he thought he might actually die from the pleasure of it.

She sucked him, cupped him, massaging gently. It didn’t take long before he felt his orgasm racing up on him. Lifting up to his forearms, he looked down his body, watching her. She glanced up, locked eyes with him, and that was all it took.

He tried to pull away, but she dug her fingers into his ass, holding him in place, her gaze never leaving his as she swallowed every hot spurt that ripped from his body in sharp, wrenching pulls. He was mindless at this point and thrust his hips up to meet her hungry mouth, crying out her name over and over until the last tremor left him. She licked him clean, sending sparks of pleasure down his shaft, then crawled up beside him and burrowed against him.

“No one’s…no one’s ever done that for me before,” he said into her hair.

She stilled for a split second then dropped a kiss to his shoulder. “That was a first for me, too. And I loved every minute of it. So get used to it, warrior. I plan on worshipping this delectable body every day for the rest of my life.”

“I’m so sorry, Mia.”

“For what? For letting me in? For letting me love you?” She shook her head. “Don’t ever be sorry for those wonderful gifts, because I’m not. You give me everything I need, Zenon. I don’t need anything but you.”

“I love you so fucking much.”

She relaxed into him. “It’s all we need. Don’t lose sight of that. Don’t let her win.”

He tucked her into the side of his body, listening to her breathing slow as she drifted off to sleep. He knew the love he had for Mia would never wilt or die; it would sustain him for as long as they had together.

Their chance to mate had passed. The thread was gone, he couldn’t feel it any longer, and it fucking killed him.

That bitch had taken everything from him, every goddamned thing, and he wouldn’t rest until she was nothing but ash on the wind.

Chaos stoodat the front of the room, tall, good looking, and oozing arrogance. Mia shouldn’t smile at his discomfort, but the guy looked like he’d been thrown into a pit of snakes.

Word had gotten out about Mia’s self-defense training, and with demons crawling out of the woodwork all over the city, the female demi in residence had got together and insisted someone teach them to protect themselves as well. Chaos had thought it was an excellent idea, until he’d been roped into giving a lesson.

Despite the scowl, the don’t-fuck-with-me posture, and the off-the-scale attitude he was throwing out, the guy really was gorgeous. More than one female in the room watched him with hungry eyes.

Mia had been here weeks, on and off, and she still couldn’t get a handle on him. He was a complete enigma.

He clapped his hands. “Right, let’s get started.” He called the next victim forward with a crook of his finger, and Mia had to fight not to laugh when two women nearly came to blows, fighting over who he was calling on.

“Oh my God. Did that just happen?” Eve whispered beside her.

Mia giggled. “Well, he is a good-looking guy.” It was just a shame about the attitude.

“And totally clueless to the fact,” Meredith said from her other side.

Mia turned to Kryos’s mate. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen him crack a smile.”

“Mia.” Chaos’s booming voice rang out, making her jump.

“Uh-oh, you’re in trouble,” Meredith whispered.

She turned to face him. Oh yes, he was pissed. “Yes, sir,” Mia called back then stood to attention, imitating his stance. Legs apart, hands clasped behind her back.

Eve and Meredith tried to cover their giggles by coughing and failed miserably. She was being juvenile, pushing it, but he’d been such an asshole to her on more than one occasion she kind of wanted a little payback. He underestimated her, had from the moment he’d laid eyes on her.

His jaw tightened. “You think this is funny? I would have thought you of all people would pay more attention.”