Relentless Fire (A Novel of the Dracol Book 2)
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His inner Dracol screeched and scales of silver tinted with hints of black lined his arms from shoulder to wrists. Faris twisted to his back on the sheets, panting as he slammed up a mental partition between the mantle and blocked his people from the danger attempting to drag him under.
In the past, these spells of horror lasted for brief moments. Moments he hid from everyone as he convulsed wherever he fell and then over as if they had never occurred. This episode was different.
Very different.
It turned into a spiraling cycle he couldn’t escape. A maniacal chuckle slipped past his lips, the deep bass sound scaring him as nothing else ever had. More than when he’d been chosen by the mantle and ravaged by bone numbing pain. More than when he’d forced himself to turn his back on the possibility of a future with a lira.
Faris bit down hard on his tongue, the jolt of pain barely helped. Darkness encroached, his ability to think rationally fading. Disoriented, he swiveled his head to the side, staring at the wall across from his bed. His vision of the room tilted, streaks of red coloring his vision. Rumbled growls broke free, interlaced with snarls of rage.
With mounting fear, Faris realized if he didn’t do something drastic right now, he’d doom the Silver. He needed something strong enough to shield him from succumbing. One tangible thing to hold on to.
“Please,” he mumbled, fingers clenching on the sheets beneath him as he arched up and a low whimper escaped.
The goddess of fate must have been listening. Her help came in a way he didn’t expect. An image of Rena appeared from the last night they’d shared together. Surrounded by the brown and white fur on his bed she teased him as he knelt between her legs and kissed her inner thigh.
‘What are you about?’
He arched a brow, gaze dipping to the glistening folds at her center then glancing back up. It seemed pretty obvious to him. ‘What do you think?’
Rena chuckled, swiping at the tangle of dark hair hanging over succulent pale pink nipples. She tucked strands behind her ear then propped up on her elbows to stare, head tipped at a sassy angle. Her lips pursed in humor. ‘I think you should come up here and let me hold you.’
Faris ducked his head to hide his smile and placed another kiss higher up, closer to his end goal. ‘I have not finished what I came down here to do, amans.’
Lover. His sweet lover. The only he knew.
‘Are you sure you don’t want to kiss me?” she asked, lids lowered to give him a seductive look.
Faris slid up further, face only inches away from her puffy outer lips. ‘Oh, I’ll be kissing you, don’t worry.”
Then he buried his face in her wet core and sucked her swollen clit. Rena’s hands dove into his hair, yanking on the loosened black length. Faris licked, sucked and teased, passion’s moisture trickling into his mouth.
It didn’t matter. Faris consumed every drop, the scent and taste of Rena filling him. Her release hit hard and she screamed his name. He clamped his hands on her rocking thighs about his head and rode the wave with her only slowing down when her cries changed to broken gasps and half-whispered promises of eternal love.
Love. For that moment, that frozen place in time, Faris held Rena’s love and it was that love that broke his mind free.
Faris sat up with a jerk, chest heaving. He braced his hands beside his trembling legs and exhaled in shaky breaths. The scales on his arms faded but the horror lingered. Faris checked the mantle, a quick reassuring touch to confirm none of his people had been touched by what he’d suffered.
Gliding over the minds and skimming the surface thoughts, he sensed calm. They were at ease. But for how long. How long before Faris couldn’t pull himself from the abyss and turned on them in a killing rampage?
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Books by Michelle
Warlords
* Honor Bound (Book 1 Warlord Series)
* The Overlord’s Heir (Book 2 Warlord Series)
* A King’s Revenge (Book 3 Warlord Series)
* Rise of the Shadow Warriors (Book 4 Warlord Series)
* A Warlord’s Heart (Book 5 Warlord Series)
* Unexpected Bride (Book 6 Warlord Series)
* Unleashing a Warrior (Books 1-3 Warlord Series boxset)
Alpha Squad
* Project Genesis (Alpha Squad)
Harmony
* No Reason to Run (A Harmony Novel)
Sci-Fi Romance
* Mating Urge (Love in the Stars 1)
* Love Like No Other (Love in the Stars 2)
* Wired For Love
A World Beyond
* Torkel’s Chosen (A World Beyond Book 1)
* Arak’s Love (A World Beyond Book 2)
* Lindsey’s Rescue (A World Beyond Book 3)
* Kyele’s Passion (A World Beyond Book 4)
* Rydak’s Fall (A World Beyond Book 5)
* Jaron’s Promise (A World Beyond Book 6)
Paranormal
* Taste of Wicked (1)
* Rylin’s Fire (A Novel of the Dracol Book 1)