pain when he touched her sex.
Could this be desire?
The tingling increased and a buzz throbbed low in her belly.
In long, slow sure strokes, he swept back and forth, each stroke just a little shorter, until he teased only her clitoris. With one last twist, he whirled the greens away. A whimper escaped her.
“Now that’s much better.” Vetis’s rapt focus was on her exposed slit as he bent down so nose his nose almost touched her nether lips. He breathed in her scent. “Ahh.” His exhale blew gently across her clitoris. “The delectable scent of aroused woman.”
Gods, she wanted...she didn’t know what. Something .
“You are quite exquisite, my peach.”
She couldn’t wait to see what he would do next.
Chapter Eight
Vetis surveyed his handiwork.
When he’d concocted this bargain, his main goal had been relief from boredom. But her husband’s disregard and Amara’s total lack of feeling stirred dangerous emotions in him. He had been denied sensual pleasures because of his physical imprisonment. But Amara was imprisoned only by her own horrible experiences. Because her husband had used her. And that enraged him.
Vetis shoved back the trickle of guilt--for wasn’t he going to use her in a similar way? She just didn’t know it.
Gaap had insisted that Vetis spy on her thoughts. They needed to make sure that she wasn’t involved in the Fae’s plot. Vetis thought not. But he must verify his beliefs with confirmation.
Amara leaned back against the pile of silk pillows, her arms still restrained. Her legs sprawled open to reveal her completely to him. For now, she was his to look and touch and play with as he saw fit. Her nether lips had swollen and plumped with each brush stroke of the carrot’s greens.
Her mound was flushed a most delicious shade of pink. The beautiful flower of her womanhood pulsed among her nest of sunlight curls.
As he blew on her clit, the musk of her arousal perfumed the air. The rush of energy from her unexpected creaming gave him a buzz. Gods the temptation to lick into her until she orgasmed was strong. But that wouldn’t get rid of her bad memories.
His goal was still one night of her pleasure but now he craved more. He wanted to release her from the mental cage that imprisoned her body. He justified his actions. His intent was to eradicate her dark memories. And discover anything he could about her husband’s interaction with the Fae.
“I would love to fuck you with my tongue.” He blew on her once more and then glanced up to her face, her eyes rounded with some emotion he couldn’t identify. “But alas that will have to wait until later.”
She hadn’t said a word but he noted with satisfaction that she was breathing in shallow pants. Her breasts rose and fell. Flushed a pretty pink, her nipples pouted for a tonguing.
The first step was completed. But Vetis didn’t just want submission, he wanted her total surrender which would take time and finesse.
He removed the evidence of her destruction of the carrot from the tray and tossed the remains into the trash. Then he carefully selected a succulent, ripe peach. With a sharp knife, he very precisely cut the plump fruit in half. Sweet juice ran down his arm as he began her lesson.
“You are aware of the history of Demons.”
She nodded, but her attention remained glued to the knife. He hesitated, wanting to reassure her even if she wouldn’t believe him. “Know this. I will never harm you. Are we clear?”
She bobbed her head tentatively.
“I believe I need oral verification.”
“Yes.” The husky answer rasped along his nerve endings.
“Excellent.” Vetis praised her and ignored the twisting in his stomach. He would never harm her physically but how would she feel if she ever learned that he was using her memories to protect the Demons?
Vetis ignored the twinge of conscience and focused on teaching her about pleasure. “We existed for thousands of years without...pleasures.”
Her gaze drifted