Aetherborn 2: A Paranormal Urban Fantasy Romance with Dangerous Bonds and Reluctant Power by Jason Marino

Author:Jason Marino [Marino, Jason]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2025-12-20T00:00:00+00:00

Twenty-One

I followed Iyoni into the bedroom. She walked up the two steps of the dais on which the bed sat, paused to make sure I was watching, then crawled unhurriedly onto the mattress.

Damn, that ass. It would make even a dead man’s pulse race.

I made my way toward her, feasting my eyes as she rolled to her back, one knee raised, arms resting lazily above her head, her body on display. Despite checking earlier that I liked her the way she was—and I very much did—she showed no sign of nervousness now. Instead, she ran her gaze over me as I took the steps, heat in her eyes replacing her earlier playfulness.

“You’re so easy on the eye,” she murmured.

“Just what I was thinking,” I said, reaching out and trailing my fingertips along her thigh.

She let her knee fall away, opening herself in invitation, but I kept my touch light and ran my fingers up her leg to that crease where thigh became hip. She twitched, lips curving.

“Ticklish?” I asked.

“Sensitive.”

“Uh-huh,” I said, playing my fingers over her flat stomach then along her exposed flank. She clenched her hands in the pillows, lips parting as she drew in a breath, chest lifting.

It was fun to tease with a touch here and there, learning where she was responsive as I played with her. Her breathing grew heavier, her hips shifting as she gave little involuntary wriggles. She looked up at me, eyes hooded, then her eyes flicked down over my naked body, the tip of her tongue tracing her lower lip.

I ran the back of my fingers up over one breast, brushing over her stiff nipple. “Where else are you sensitive?”

“Right now… everywhere,” Iyoni murmured, closing her eyes and pressing her head back into the bed.

I bent over her, brushing her lips with mine. “I like exploring your body,” I told her. “Next time, I think I’ll blindfold you.”

“Why not now?” she asked, lifting her chin to raise her mouth in offering.

“Because right now, I’m too impatient.”

I kissed her, slow at first but letting it deepen, and she opened to me, her tongue entwining with mine. I trailed my hand up her body until I reached her throat, gently closing my fingers around it as we kissed, and brushing my thumb against the side of her neck. The reaction was immediate as she shivered, moaning into my mouth, raising her chin to give me better access, making herself vulnerable. Her hands flexed like she wanted to move them. I hadn’t told her to keep them there; she was doing it herself, the self-imposed restraint its own kind of surrender. But the reaction to my touch on her neck intrigued me. My celestial harbored a kinky streak—which was hardly a surprise given all her years of experience and frequent innuendos.

“Are you waiting for something?” I teased her, when her hands still didn’t move.

“No,” she said with a smile. “I just wanted you to have the first turn. I’ll have my go in time.”

“You will, will you?” I said, taking both her wrists in my hand and pressing them into the pillow.

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