IN FULL COLOUR - Dark Fantasy
Chapter 49

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Axel

“Just so you know, stay clear of the fairy wine.”

Her voice was like music to my soul, and I found myself smiling even before I turned away from the strange brown fire. My lips pulled into a skew, crooked grin and as I opened my mouth to fire back, I saw her and forgot instantly what I was going to say.

Choking and stumbling over words in my mind, I took her in, scanning her from top to bottom with greedy eyes. Gabrielle stood before me in high heels, a scandalously short glimmering midnight-blue dress and a crown of fairy lights atop her loose slightly curled dark hair.

I was positively gaping.

“Don’t laugh at my crown,” she quickly said, readjusting it on her head to make sure it was still in place, “all the women in the pack will be wearing one tonight.” She was smiling brightly at me and all I could manage to do was stare back.

She shifted her weight uncomfortably from one leg to the other.

“We are all fairy princesses tonight,” she said happily, lifting her chin and propping her hands boldly on her hips.

The tiny yellow glowing lights on her head flickered in a symphony of unorchestrated chaos like they were dancing to the music around us. They glimmered, glowed and threw shadows and sparkles over her skin, hair and eyes.

I couldn’t take my eyes off her. She was breathtakingly beautiful.

“Axel?” Her brows pulled down into a confused frown and one arm dropped away from her hip.

Within two large strides, my right hand gripped the back of her neck and my lips crashed onto hers. Fuck, she tasted like heaven, and I was starved for a hearty meal.

She almost stammered backwards at my sudden assault, but my left arm quickly snaked behind her back and pulled her back onto her feet and into my chest. I needed to feel her everywhere. Hell, I’ve been needing to feel her for a while now but had been too stubborn to admit it.

The music thumped around us. Lights danced and liquor flowed.

After her initial shock subsided, she kissed me back. Wild and hungry kisses. She thrust her sugary sweet tongue deep into my mouth and swept it in eager strokes over every inch of my inside. A groan of pleasure rumbled in my throat as the tingles from the mate bond exploded everywhere.

I wasn’t thinking clearly anymore. Nothing around me felt real and I wanted so desperately to be part of it all. Be part of the wonderful dream that had swept all my worries away and gifted me with a prize as precious as Gabrielle, the goddess of my dreams.

Forcing myself to break our kiss, I scanned the area and saw a darkened alleyway in between the fae houses not too far from where we stood. I didn’t waste a second as I pulled her out of the light and into the dark narrow alley.

Yes, I was a greedy, impatient Alpha and I couldn’t deny my attraction towards her anymore.

As soon as we entered the alleyway, I had her pinned against the wall, sucking and licking at the tender exposed skin in her neck. My pants tightened uncomfortably, and I had to physically readjust myself to ease some of the aching discomfort between my legs. She giggled at that, being all too aware of the effect she had on me.

Tingles spread violently all over my body, increasing in intensity the longer I touched her, pushing me ever so slowly over the edge of sanity.

I kept sucking, licking and kissing her neck and shoulder while my left hand rubbed lazy, deliberate circles over her left breast. I could feel the hardened peak beneath the dark-blue fabric of her dress and couldn’t help but tease it, brushing my thumb intentionaly over the tiny bump. Once. Twice.

She writhed underneath my touch and a breathy moan fanned against my earlobe. It was the final push. I went into an animal-like frenzy, me being the predator and her being the prey. Oh yes, I would devour her and have her begging me for more after.

My canines elongated and nipped at her neck, aching for what lay beneath her juicy delicious skin. Scents of our arousal hang thick in the air and my hand travelled eagerly under her dress. First, roaming up the outside of her thigh, over her exposed backside and tugging at the horrible excuse of underwear she had on and finally, moving to the front, up in between her legs. Slowly. Torturingly slow.

Her breath hitched in my ear and goosebumps spread down my neck.

She was starting to pant and tremble beneath me, and I leaned in closer, growling seductively into her neck, readying myself for the final inch up. I took a steady inhale and felt her fingers grip my wrist, bringing my hand to a halt mere inches from her base.

“There are kids around,” she panted as I pulled away to study her face.

Glancing over my shoulder, I found one of the stone fae houses standing wide open. She saw it too and her eyes twinkled. She shoved me harshly away from her and practically skipped to the open door, flashing me the sexiest, jaw-dropping smile I had ever seen just before she disappeared into the house.

Shit. This woman was going to be the end of me.

When I stepped in the door, I found her lying on a large couch in the stranger’s living room, legs spread just enough to taunt me. Her smooth silky legs called to me. I wanted to have them wrapped around me. Around my body and around my face.

Lust boiled within me and as I stared down at her, waiting for me, I licked my lips in anticipation and felt my wolf push to the front.