“Oh!” Elli exclaimed as another jet followed. And another and another until at last Roke groaned and seemed to relax, though his shaft never wilted in her hands but remained hard.
“Gods,” he groaned again and exhaled deeply. “That was fucking amazing,” he growled, looking down at Elli.
“I…I’m glad you think so. I wasn’t sure if I was doing it right or not.”
“You did it just right,” Roke promised, giving her his one-sided smile. “Or couldn’t you tell by how much I came? Made a fucking mess.” He nodded down at his crotch.
“Um…I…” Elli wasn’t sure what to do next but Roke solved her problem by gently moving her hands and slipping down into the pool with her again. He pulled her close and kissed her gently on the mouth, making Elli want to kiss him back, though she knew she shouldn’t.
But just then, everyone around them started getting out of their respective pools.
“Hey…” Elli looked around as all the Tenebrian nobles began wrapping themselves in their long, plush bathrobes. “What’s everyone doing? Where are they all going?”
“Probably back to their bathing chambers to finish what they started,” Roke murmured. “Look—the Crown Prince is gone.”
Looking over at the large central pool, Elli saw that it was true—the Crown Prince and the noblewoman he’d brought in with him had left the Bathing Grotto.
“Come on,” Roke climbed out and offered her a hand out of the pool as well. “We’d better get going. Clearly Bathing time is over.”
Elli supposed that was probably a good thing. Who knew what else might have happened between herself and the big Kindred if the Bathing time hadn’t ended when it had?
But she couldn’t help feeling achy and unfulfilled as she stepped out of the pool and wrapped the long, plush bathrobe around herself. After all, she hadn’t come yet and now it didn’t look like she was going to.
It doesn’t matter, she told herself sternly. You shouldn’t be worried about pleasure—you ought to be thinking about taming Demon and getting a piece of the Healing Lattice.
But it was difficult to remember that when her entire body seemed to cry out in unfulfilled longing as she and Roke made their way back to their bedchamber.
Thirty-Two
“What’s wrong, little priestess? Feeling restless again tonight?” Roke raised his eyebrows at Ellilah, who had been tossing and turning beside him in bed ever since they’d slipped between the sheets.
He knew well enough what was probably bothering her. He’d brought her right up to the edge of orgasm without actually pushing her over and then left her wanting. Of course, he hadn’t done that on purpose—it was no fault of his that the Crown Prince had decided to switch positions before the little priestess could come. But it had doubtless left her feeling restless and needy—problems Roke would be happy to help her with—but she had to ask him first, he decided.
He didn’t want to force anything on her—not even when it was clear how badly she needed it.
“Feeling restless?” he asked her again, since she hadn’t answered him the first time.
“I…I don’t know.” She shifted again and pressed her thighs together. The pink tips of her nipples were pressed hard against the silky, semi-transparent material of her white nightdress, making Roke’s mouth water to suck them. Not to mention how badly he wanted to lick her soft little pussy…
But no—he couldn’t do any of that unless she asked.
“What is it then?” he asked, frowning. “Are you in pain of some kind?”
“Yes, pain!” Ellilah seemed to grasp at his words eagerly. “I…I am in pain, Roke,” she admitted softly.
“Oh?” Roke rolled on his side and propped himself up on one elbow so he could look down at her. “And where are you in pain, sweetheart?”
“I…um…I don’t know if it’s pain exactly,” Ellilah hedged, nibbling her lush over lip. “But I do feel really achy and…and hot. Does that count as pain?”
“Depends on where it is,” Roke growled, though he thought he could guess. “Why don’t you show me, sweetheart?”
“Well…here.” Ellilah pointed hesitantly to her tight nipples.
Roke shook his head.
“Too damn hard to see with your nightdress in the way. Why don’t you lift it up and show me?”
“I…I don’t know if I should…” She nibbled her lush lower lip.
“I’ve already seen you wet and naked at the Bathing pool tonight,” Roke reminded her. “It can’t hurt to let me see one more time, now can it?”
“I guess not.” Hesitantly, she raised the hem of her silky nightdress, first above her waist, and then all the way up to her neck, baring her plump, naked breasts for him.
Roke bit back a groan. Gods how he wanted to suck those luscious pink nipples! But he didn’t want to do anything she didn’t want.
“Is this where you hurt, sweetheart?” he asked, circling one tight peak gently with a fingertip. He felt a shiver go through Ellilah’s curvy body and she seemed to be trying not to moan. Gods, she was sensitive—and so incredibly responsive! He loved that about her.