Chapter 232

Elain's back hit the fur and she stretched out luxuriously, enjoying the feel of it against her skin.

"Nice, isn't it?" Lucien breathed, leaning over her before pressing a soft kiss to her lips. Elain nodded her head, lifting a hand to his cheek as she returned his kiss. She groaned a little into that kiss when her mate's hand slid over her skin, up to stomach to clutch at one of her breasts. Lucien's smile was evident even though Elain couldn't see it, and then she felt him seeking to deepen the kiss. Parting her lips for him, Elain allowed him to press closer, enjoying the weight of him as he moved to settle over her, one of his knees pushing between her legs.

"Mmm, nice…" she managed to murmur the words when Lucien lifted his head to watch her for a moment. She gave him a suggestive smile when his hand rubbed at her breast again and he hooked one of his feet around her calf, pulling that leg wide. She loved when he was like this, firm in what he wanted, and so attentive to her, watching carefully for her reactions and clearly enjoying those reactions.

Lucien slid the hand that wasn't currently at Elain's breast down her body, tracing over her hip and to her thigh. She shuddered as his fingertips ghosted over her skin, stroking softly, and then she gasped when it went between her legs. "Is that nice?" his breath was hot, panted against her ear, and Elain gave a whimper as she nodded, gasping again when he pushed a finger inside of her.

"Lucien…"

"More?" he asked, and she nodded again, her hands clutching at his shoulders when a second finger joined the first.

"Mmmm…" Elain held on to him, her eyes closed and her lower lip caught between her teeth as Lucien thrust his fingers into her over and over, "Uhh…ah..." Green and blue light danced across her vision despite her eyes still being tightly closed, and she bit back a whimper, trying to pull him closer. "Luicen…" she groaned, "I… I want you…"

His hot mouth closed over a sensitive spot on Elain's throat and her eyes flew open an instant before he pulled his fingers from her, and she met those eyes in the ethereal shifting green light when he raised his head enough to look at her. Elain held his gaze, her eyes locked onto his as she felt him adjust himself over her and position himself correctly. She tilted her hips just a little, anticipation almost painful as she held her breath, waiting for him, and then the tiniest sound escaped her when Lucien slowly and carefully pushed himself inside of her. His soft groan set her blood alight, and Elain immediately hooked one of her feet around behind his knee, both of her hands gripping him tightly, one at his shoulder, and the other at his lower back.

"This what you wanted, Petal?"

"Y-yes…" Elain's voice was breathy, and she had to fight to keep her eyes open, wanting to watch her mate, take in his gorgeous face in the pretty green light, "Ahh…"

"Yeah?" His hand slid down Elain's thigh, catching behind one of her knees as he slowly withdrew and then thrust into her again.

"Mhmm…" Elain let another gasp out, her eyes still locked onto Lucien's face. She watched him hovering above her, holding himself still again, and she realised that he was holding his breath. "What are you doing?" she asked, tracing her fingernails lightly up and down his back. Lucien's smile turned vulpine.

"I want to watch you…" He'd barely gotten the words out when he'd thrust again and Elain clutched at him, a loud moan escaping her. Lucien gave a small chuckle, going still again and Elain slid one hand up to his face, her fingers tracing his jaw.

"Are you trying to torture me?"

"No, Petal…" he laughed again, pressing a kiss to the tip of her nose, and then again between her eyes. "I just want to see you feel every moment of it…"

"Ah…"

"I want you to feel me…" he thrust again, slow and deep, and Elain pushed her hand up into his hair, gripping a handful of it tightly, her back arching a little beneath him.

"Ohh…"

"Like that, then?" he sounded amused and Elain looked at him, not surprised to see his grin as he repeated the action once more, and she bit back any further sounds. "Oh, you're going to be like that?"

"Maybe…" Elain knew that he liked to hear her, and she decided that if he was going to tease her, he was going to have to work harder to earn those sounds he was after.

"Alright…" both of his hands went to her hips then, as he thrust into her more quickly, and Elain was barely able to hold in a gasp. Lucien gave a laugh, obviously aware that he'd nearly had her, and he only quickened his pace in response. Her own grip on his hair tightened, and she brought her other hand up to his shoulder, her fingers digging into his skin as she clutched at him. She'd been momentarily worried that she might cut him with her fingernails, but her tightened grip on him only seemed to encourage Lucien and he lifted her hips a little to himself, dragging her down and into a better position, allowing himself a new angle as he settled into a steady rhythm, thrusting deep into her body over and over again.

Elain's breathing quickly became only a series of soft gasps, and she found herself unable to catch her breath. Each gasp aligned itself to one of Lucien's thrusts, and she forgot all about her efforts in keeping in her sounds. "Ah… ah…"

"You like… uh… that, Petal?" he grunted, and she could hear in his own breathing that his efforts were really taking it out of him, she nodded, her eyes on her mate, half mesmerised by the way the lights of the aurora reflected off of his skin and she vibrant red hair. "Hn…."

"Yes…" Elain released his hair, both of her hands then sliding down his chest as he sat a little higher, shifting his angle yet again. Her back arching, Elain gave a small cry, "Ah!" her hands finding Lucien's forearms and gripping them tightly, "Ah…" her hips were moving to meet his thrusting, and she could hear almost nothing over the loud beating of her mate's heart in her head. She knew that he was panting, because could see him, his face, and the way his chest moved as he breathed, but that heartbeat was so very loud.

He moved over her again, lowering her hips, and pressing himself down on her. Elain wrapped her legs around him, trying to pull him deeper, parting her lips for him when he kissed her again, wanting more of him. She wound one of her arms around the back of his neck, whimpering into the kiss as her heartbeat raced to match his and she felt herself approaching her edge.

Feeling Lucien brush against her down the bond, she knew that he was keenly aware of how close she was. She felt him smile into the kiss as he maintained his steady rhythm as the gorgeous greens and blue lights flickered around them. Closing her eyes as her back arched again, Elain couldn't help her hips lifting to meet Lucien, "ah…" she gasped into the kiss, unable to help herself, "ah…"

When Lucien brought his lips back to Elain's ear, murmuring soft encouragement to her, she lost all sense of herself, clutching at him as she shrieked, her vision dissolving around her. She heard her mate's cry as if from far away, and then she was enveloped in warmth as his arms moved around her and he cradled her to himself, pulling the softest fur over them both.