CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR
AYDRA BUMPED INTO a couple of the Blackhands in the halls on her way back to her room, both of which stopped and asked her to promise them a dance, to which she certainly obliged at their enthusiasm.
Willow had drawn her another warm lavender bath when she arrived, and she was laying out the dress Aydra had had specifically made on her bed.
“What do you think, Willow?” Aydra asked her. “Will it be enough?”
Willow’s eyes danced over the black and gold dress, allowing her fingers to brush over the golden lines like lightning that would adorn Aydra’s chest. “I think Maye has outdone herself this time,” she replied.
Aydra relished the long bath she took, staring out the window as it began to rain halfway through it. She closed her eyes and sank back into the tub, allowing the noise of it to fill her ears. Thunder clapped in the distance often. She savored the comfortableness of it for as long as the water remained tolerable.
The dress hugged her body as she slipped into it and pulled the long black sleeves up on her arms. A chill from the coldness of the room swept over her bare back. She carefully unpinned her hair from the updo she’d put it in to bathe. Just as the last of her ringlets cascaded down, she heard the creak of the door open.
“Enthralling.”
Aydra did a double-take towards the door, catching Draven’s shadow as he leaned against the back of the door, hands in the pockets of the black pants he wore. She smiled and turned back to the mirror, continuing to try and fix her hair.
“You’re not dressed,” she stated.
“I thought I would get here early enough for a snack before banquet,” he said, slowly crossing the room. “But it appears someone is actually on time for once.”
She stopped and eyed him in the mirror, feeling a warmth begin to radiate between her thighs as his eyes watched her deliberately, pupils dilated. And when he adjusted the front of his pants, she bit her lip.
“It comes off, you know.”
He tossed the clothes he carried in his hand across the bench beside her. She watched as he acted as though he hadn’t heard her. He pushed his feet out of his boots and removed his shirt, then picked up the black shirt he’d bought in town for banquet.
She frowned at him as she straightened. “I thought we were having a snack?”
He paused and gave her a deliberate once over. “I highly suggest you be the one to take off that dress if that’s what’s happening.”
“Why’s that?”
“Because it’s taking everything in me not to rip it off you.”
She smirked at the daring lust in his eyes, the animal in him tugging visibly at his core as he held the Venari King at bay.
“And here I thought you liked this dress,” she said in a low voice.
His gaze lingered on her hips. “I love this dress,” he insisted. “But if you think that would keep me from tearing it to shreds to get to you, you’re wrong.”
Her mouth dried, and she licked her lips. “Tempting,” she mused as she started slowing taking her arms out of the sleeves.
Draven stepped forward just as her dress fell to the ground at her feet. His lust poured through her core, and when he wrapped his hands around her neck, she pulled his body flush against hers and kissed him hard.
It didn’t take long for him to grasp her butt in one hand and pull her up off the ground, thumb pressing into her throat as he begged her legs to wrap around him. Her back slammed hard into the poster at the corner of the bed, and she felt him grow beneath her. She groaned into his mouth, and his teeth tugged on her bottom lip as he pushed against her.
Aydra barely noticed when the door opened.
“Oh—Oh, will you two get on with it,” Lex said tiredly then from the door. “How are your mouths not completely chapped and your legs not wobbling weakly after this week? Every time I come in, you’re in compromising positions.”
Draven groaned and turned slightly towards Lex. “So stop barging in,” he suggested.
Lex smirked and leaned against the doorframe, her long bangs falling over her eyes. “Where’s the fun in that?” Lex purred.
“Then by all means, join in.”
“Oh, you wouldn’t want that, Forest King,” Lex mused. “You’d lose your Queen.”
The dance in Draven’s smiling eyes made Aydra’s heart quicken, her chest fill. She bit her lip as she watched the smirk grow on his confident face. He turned his head from her throat, gaze darting over Lex’s figure deliberately.
“Try me.”
Lex’s brow raised, and her eyes darted between Draven and Aydra for a moment. “You’re serious.”
Aydra felt a wide grin spread on her face at Lex’s surprise. Draven turned back to her, and he nudged her nose with his. “Would you mind added company?” he asked.
Aydra rubbed her hands up his chest, fingering the hair on it as her eyes danced with his, and then she turned her head to meet Lex’s amused eyes. “I never mind the company of my Second’s pleasures.”
Aydra released herself from Draven’s hips, and he gave her ass a smack. Her fingers lingered on Draven’s own as she crossed the space to Lex. And when she pressed her lips to hers, Lex immediately surrendered. Lex grabbed around Aydra’s naked waist as Aydra began stripping her and walking her backwards toward the bed. As her knees hit the mattress, Lex’s mouth moved to her throat, and she felt her finger slip between her legs. Aydra’s mouth opened, and she met Draven’s gaze over Lex’s shoulder.
She grabbed him and pulled him to her mouth, kissing him as her hand grasped his length. She heard Lex moan against her neck, and she knew Draven had pressed his hand between her thighs. Aydra’s legs opened widely as she backed herself onto the
