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Her hand touched my cheek, drawing my gaze to her stormy eyes. “Yes,” she whispered. “I’ve missed being with you.”

I groaned.

She didn’t know just how much that statement fueled my excitement.

I propped my arm on the wall and reached down, pushing the fabric of her dress around her thigh, using the high slit to give me easy access to her body without ruining her outfit.

Desire surged in response to her soft whimper as I brushed the front of her panties. My fingers glided over the lace, then I pulled the fabric aside and ran my fingers through her wetness.

“Ash,” she sighed when I eased my middle finger inside.

“If my beard wouldn’t carry your scent back to my brothers, I’d be on my knees for you right now, Little Blackbird.”

As much as I wanted to taste her, I didn’t want to rile the others up in the middle of the ball. While Zeke would fare better than the others, Cyn barely maintained control as it was, and Ezra already struggled against the tether without Rae’s scent involved.

Pushing another finger into her, I kissed across her jaw until I captured her lips in a slow kiss that made my toes curl in my shoes.

I wanted to continue kissing her, swallowing down her soft moans while she rocked herself against my hand, but I needed something more, and time wasn’t on our side.

Pulling out my fingers, I spun her around to face the wall. She put her hands on the surface to brace herself and arched her back as I flipped her dress up over her lower back.

I freed myself and positioned my cock at her entrance. Seeing her bent over—wet, eager, and ready—destroyed the last of my restraint.

Her back arched as I bottomed out.

I didn’t take the time to worship her body as she deserved.

It had been close to three weeks since I’d been inside her, and I was past my breaking point. I’d found my Nyrith, and I wanted to make sure she knew how much her existence meant to me—with both with my body and words.

I repositioned my grip on her hip, sliding my other hand around to the front to toy with her clit as I bent over her back.

“Ash,” she moaned, curling her hands into fists on the wall.

The wet sounds of her arousal around my cock and fingers sent a shiver through me. “I’m not going to last much longer, but don’t think this is over.”

She looked over her shoulder at me, panting. “What?”

“When we get home, I’m going to devour every perfect inch of you.”

Her eyes rolled back when I angled my hips, and her walls clenched around me. She was close.

I widened my stance and worked my fingers around her clit faster.

“I’m so close.” She reached back and grabbed a handful of my backside, pulling me deeper. “Don’t stop.”

I knew I could finish inside without consequence. I planned to bury my cum so deep inside her that it would only escape when I brought her home and made love to her again.

Just the thought of her walking around the ball with my seed planted deep inside her made my legs tremble.

“Fuck.”

I’d never imagined how much I would crave that.

After risking pregnancy twice on Earth, we couldn’t rely on self-restraint alone. Amra had arranged for a monthly contraceptive tonic at Cornaith’s demand. He’d made it clear he wanted no babies until we succeeded them.

That didn’t mean I couldn’t entertain the idea of what might happen if the potion didn’t exist.

Grinding my teeth together, I thrust into her, fighting back the need. I refused to get off before her.