“Hello,” I say back and then there is an awkward silence. There have never been any awkward silences between us before. That woman is destroying everything. “I love you,” I whisper to him and his eyes snap to mine. “I need you,” I add.
He relaxes instantly at my words and looks around with his impish smile and says, “Here? You want to go for a roll in the hay?”
I chuckle and say, “Right here, right now.” If anything, her life has taught me, it is to stop being so uptight, to relax and live in the moment. Sometimes.
His eyes light up as he moves closer to me and I feel our bond set on fire. I want him to take me as Devon did the first time. I want him to push me up against the wall and rip my underwear off me. I feel myself getting damp as I think about it and back up with a slow smile. Good thing I had the foresight to wear a skirt today. He follows me quickly and as my back hits the wall behind me he leans into me and kisses me. His hands go everywhere, in my hair, down my back, over my backside and up my skirt. “What if someone comes in?” he murmurs against my lips.
“Let them,” I murmur back, and his eyes widen in surprise. “Now, Sebastian. I want you now.” He lifts me up and I wrap my legs around him, struggling to get him free of his pants. He slides his fingers inside my panties and into me and I gasp. Oh, this is good. I haven’t had sex in a public place since Constantine and I couldn’t keep our hands off each other when I was freshly turned. That was such a long time ago. The fear of being caught adding to the excitement of being with my Faerie soul mate makes me come almost straight away to his immense delight. “Oh, Aefre. What has gotten into you lately?” he asks as he does what I want and rips my underwear off me with a quick tug. “You are being very daring today.”
“I missed you,” I say before I kiss him. “I hate it when you go away.”
He kisses me back as he pushes himself inside me, pounding me up against the stable wall with great enthusiasm. “I love you,” he says. “I love you so much.”
“I love you too,” I say back. “I want to be with you always.”
He groans at my words and I come again as he drops his fangs into me, ripping the sensible neckline of my shirt wide open. He comes then as he suckles slowly from me, and I push his head closer.
“Aefre!” Constantine’s voice cracks like a whip as he strides into the stables. “What do you think you are doing?”
“What does it look like?” I snap back at him, dropping my feet to the floor, annoyed that he had to interrupt. I didn’t get to feed.
“It looks very much like you being a wanton whore out in public. It is not acceptable.” He grabs my arm and glares at Sebastian. “You should know better than that.”
Sebastian just shrugs as he adjusts his clothing and bends down to pick up my ripped and discarded underwear. He twirls them around his finger with a wicked grin before he shoves them in his pocket. “I know you can summon up another pair, but I quite like the idea of you walking around without them.”
I giggle at him. I can’t remember the last time I giggled, well, here, anyway. Cheeky Sebastian makes my heart pound. He hasn’t been around in a while, since before this whole going-to-Court business.
“Aefre,” Constantine barks at me again. “What is wrong with you? Get back to the castle now and mind yourself.”
I roll my eyes at him and, blowing a kiss to Sebastian, I Astral back into the castle in a much better mood, landing in the Grand Entrance Hall.
“You seem happier.” Lance’s voice makes me turn towards the staircase where he is lurking. Or standing, if anyone else were to say.
“What is it to you whether I am or not?” I ask.
He shrugs and says, “You are my Empress and soon to be my mother-in-law, of course I care about your well-being.”
Humph, not if I can help it. “Where is Cassis?” I ask.
“In our bedroom,” he says, almost with a hint of slyness. Everything is just an almost with him, never quite all there. Why can no one else see it except me? “She mentioned the conversation you had the other day,” he adds casually.
I suppose that would be the conversation that woman had with her. I don’t know for sure what was said, but whatever it was got Cassis to be happy with me again.
“Oh?” I say with a raised eyebrow.
“Yes.” He steps closer, I want to say menacingly, but it just isn’t all there. “I can assure you that I am completely faithful, and I won’t hurt her or ask her to do anything untoward,” he says with a smirk, “you know, in the bedroom.”
What? My tired brain tries to figure out what he means. What did she say to Cassis? She asked her if he hurt her or asked her to do… oooooh. Well, seems like I am not the only one who is concerned about this relationship.
Good girl, I think now without malice. Her suspicion of Lance is her only redeeming feature at the moment.
“She is my daughter, of course I am going to look out for her,” I say haughtily.
“Yes, well, there is looking out for and then there is prying.” He steps even closer to me and I can see the evil lurking in his black eyes now. He leans forward and whispers close to my lips, “What I do to your daughter behind closed doors is not your business.”
My breath catches in my throat and he smirks at me again, pleased to have caught me off guard.
“Unless, of course, you are jealous,” he continues, his mouth inches from mine. “I can always make an exception, for you, Your Majesty.” He steps back quickly and smoothly as he senses our sire striding around the corner headed straight for us. Well, me. He is furious. I know this, even though his face is impassive, because he chose to walk back here instead of Teleporting straight in behind me.