Words Unsaid

The only thing Gar hated more than Daemon was his nasty world. Shoel was unbearably hot and there were creatures skulking everywhere. And everything did anything he asked. It was irritating.

"Set up the concubine quarters for my betrothed's pet," Darmon ordered one of the skulking creatures.

"What?" Gar nearly growled.

Daemon raised an eyebrow at him but spoke to Raven. "Or purhaps the stables would be more fitting?"

Gar felt his claws elongating and slicing into his palms because of his clenched fists.

"I prefer to keep him with me. His fur is warm," Raven said while looking at Gar. She turned her attention back to Daemon with a stare that could have lit him on fire. "You wouldn't want me to get cold feet, right?"

Daemon set his jaw but stood straighter. "Of course not."

Raven turned her head and winked at Gar.

That's my girl!

"I will expect you at dinner. Your pet will be brought food to your rooms," Daemon said flippantly. He snapped his fingers at a small demon that was aggressively cleaning the floor with a rag. "Show my betrothed to her temporary quarters. And prepare my chambers for our union."

Gar gritted his terth to prevent saying something he shouldn't. He didn't have to be jealous. Raven wasn't going to have any union with this guy. He just had to keep her demon half from overtaking her while they were here. Everything else, Raven had under control. He trusted her.

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Gar sat on the oversized bed eating the steamed veggies that Raven had procured him with her demon face when his dinner had been sent to the room in the form of some type of raw meat. Raven had promptly suggested the little demon replace it with steamed vegetables before she displaced its head.

She sat across from him, eating some of the steamed vegetables as well. She had curtly told the little demon that brought a dress to the door that she would be retiring for the evening and not attending dinner.

Gar knew she must have been having a mental argument with Daemon for the past several minutes, but her face had finally stopped twisting with distaste. Or perhaps she just didn't like the steamed vegetables.

Gar looked at her lips and felt heat in his cheeks. Now was not the time to be obsessing with kissing her. They were in a demon world, and she was pretending to be engaged to another guy, and she was clearly stressed out...

"Gar," Raven said flatly.

His eyes jumped to hers. "Yeah?"

She tilted her head. "I should have told you that my powers intensify here."

His cheeks heated more. Had she felt hus feelings or heard his thoughts... or both. Although, she was his girlfriend now. And they had been so far already. Maybe she might be okay with it if it didn't feel like she wad intruding on his private thoughts.

Gar pushed the plate if remaining vegetables aside and crawled toward her. "So what am I thinking about, Rae?"

Raven's eyes widened as he came closer.

Gar let his thoughts go free. Everything he wanted to do to her. All the little daydreams he usually hid behind his shield.

Raven's cheeks darkened, but her eyes jever left his.

"Is this okay?" Gar asked as he laid her back and climbed on top of her.

Raven's voice was husky with desire when she answered, "Yes."

Gar wasted no time in bringing their lips together. He led her mouth open and closed as he thought as loudly as possible about his intentions.

Raven arched into his with each kiss, and it took every ounce of his willpower to keep moving slowly.

His fingers trailing over her as fently as possible, in a tease. Mating season demanded a quick passionate release. It could be suppressed with this slow exploration of her body.

He slid his hand beneath her shirt and touched every inch of pale skin as she let out a moan of pleasure.

He broke the kiss and gazed doen at her. "What am I thinking, Rae?"

She blushed and murmured, "Do I have to answer that with details?"

That's my girl!

He pulled his shirt over his head and reached for her waistband. "Just you and me, Rae. No mating season and no possession."

She stared up at him and nodded.

He pulled her pants off and grinned at her black thong. Apparently she had been thinking the same naughty thoughts he was.

He lifted her shirt over her head and tossed it aside gently, gazing over her and all her perfection.

Her breath hitched when he slipped his thumbs through the band of the thong to slide ut down. He made deliberate eye contact with her. "We go as far as you want, Rae."

Raven's eyes were foggy with desire, but he could still see them softening. She nodded.

He slipped her underwear off and took in every bit of her. He ran his hands over her again, causing her to arch into him again and test his willpower.

He brought their lips together again. When he reached the apex of her thighs, he ran his middle finger over her slit and groaned in pleasure when he found it slick with arousal.

Raven's fingers found his chest and touched him tentatively.

His pants were painfully tight, but he wasn't done yet. He circled her clit with his middle finger before gently sliding it inside her.

Raven's gasp of pleasure went throught their open mouthed kiss and he took the opportunity to deepen it.

So sexy...

He rolled his finger in a circle inside her and was met with her hips rising toward him.

Like that?

Raven moaned against his mouth.

Gar smiled against her lips.

I'm just getting started.

He slipped his index finger inside as well, starting the fingers on a slow rhythm of strokes by curling them inside her.

Her breathing became hurried.

Oh, I think you need more...

He turned his hand so his thumb could rub her sensitive flesh as he continued to wiggle the fingers inside her.

He was rewarded with a deeper kiis, her fingers in his hair and her hips grinding into his hand.

So fucking hot.

He felt her release on his fingers at the same time as she moaned loudly against his mouth. The beautiful sound almost making him join her, but he continued to play gently until she sagged against the bed.

Raven let out a sign as he broke the kiss to look down at her flushed face.

"More?" he asked, trying not to sound too hopeful.

Raven let out a little laugh before gazing up at him with full clairty. "Yes." She unbuttoned his pants and used her power to removed them.

Gar swallowed. "Tell me if I need to stop, okay?"

Raven ran her fingers through his hair. "I'm... safe with you, Gar."

He sighed. "Always," he assured her.

He kissed her again and she rubbing herself relentlessly against his boxers.

Gar broke their kiss and gave her a kiss on the nose. "One more thing," he said playfully as he slid off her and moved to his bag. He pulled the packet out and returned to the bed, removing his underwear as he reached the edge.

Raven stared down at him, eyes widening.

Gar didn't have to read minds to understand the look. "Tell me what I'm thinking, Rae," he ment it as a whisper, but it came out low and sultry.

Raven didn't take her eyes off his thick friend. But after a few painstaking seconds, she lifted her eyes to his. "No. I don't think they have tofu in Shoel."

Gar grinned at her. "That's my girl." He tore the packet open with his teeth and had begun rolling it over his tip, his eyes flicking to Raven again.

She was gazing at him as if he were a piece of art, or a god, or...

"You're so beautiful," she whispered.

Gar halted. She tolerated him on their best days and she had agreed to be his girlfriend with no small amount of effort. To have her looking at him like this and saying words he only dreamed of... he had to close his mouth from the shock.

Raven's face changed and she locked eyes with him. "You love me?" Her voice was no longer husky and full of lust. It held a painful tone of shock. Had she thought he was doing all of this for entertainment? That he was risking their already delicate friendship on a whim?

Gar swallowed. "I was going to save that for words I said, not my thoughts." Should have kept those damn shields up.

She sat up and stared at him. The trepidation in the air between them felt like a barrier being built.

"Rae, I-"

"Do you need me to say it too?" she asked, eyes on his face and completely serious.

"No!" Gar answered too quickly. "I mean, it might just make my top five things I want in life, but I don't want you to feel pressured or... Rae did I just mess everything up?"

Raven blinked and lowered her eyes.

Fuck.