**explicit scene warning**
She descended on him more quickly than she would like to admit.
Sam was slightly surprised but after a few seconds, gladly welcomed the new position they were in.
She sat on top of him, her legs straddling either side. She peered down at his emerald eyes as he watched her. Underneath her domineering gaze, he seemed unfazed. If he was scared of her, he did not show it.
His calm and collected look only encouraged her to go one step further.
"Why aren't you saying anything," she teased him, "you should say something now unless you really want to be eaten by me."
"That wouldn't be such a bad thing." He said in a voice so demure that Kiera felt her sanity slip away.
It should be fine as long as we don't go any further. That shameless thought ran through her head at that moment. She lifted her upper body only to start unbuttoning her blouse. Kiera immensely enjoyed the look of stupefaction on Sam's face as she slowly revealed her chest.
"Kiera..." He spoke her name, but Kiera noted he did not make a single move to stop her.
"Does this mean," his eyes were trying hard not to look at her bare chest but at her face, but even Kiera could tell he was losing that battle, "are you accepting me as your Mate?"
She shook her head.
"No, the Mating ritual is a little more," she paused, "intense than this."
"Then is this a trap?" He lowered his lashes in an attempt to make himself look pitiful. Again, Kiera shook her head.
"I'm not intelligent enough to come up with such an elaborate plan, and why would I need to?" She lowered her body, placing her mouth near his ear.
She opened her mouth and began to nibble on his ear. Meanwhile, she heard his heart beating wildly inside his chest. Her own heart was in high spirits, thumping so loudly she could hear it along with Sam's.
She shivered when she felt him place his hands on her skin, touching her back. Her shirt slid from her shoulders, no doubt with help from the prince. Kiera was happy when his hands went to cup her breasts. She stopped nibbling his ear to kiss him on the neck underneath his jaw.
Immediately he turned his head and caught her mouth with his. His tongue slipped easily into her mouth, hungrily feeling the inside of her mouth. As they were kissing, she felt one of his hands on her chest, gripping and messaging one of her breasts while the other hand caressed her lower back.
She was confused as he suddenly pulled away from their kiss, removing his tongue from her mouth. It gave her a chance to catch her breath but she was a bit disappointed when he did not join their mouths again for another hot kiss.
She was going to take the lead and be the first to kiss him, when she felt him move her, ducking his head towards her chest.
She let out a small gasp when she felt his mouth wrap around her breast as it was a new sensation to her. His mouth sucked on her breast, teasing her nipple, making it taunt with pleasure. His other hand was teasing her other nipple, stimulating an indescribable feeling in her groin.
She let out a moan when his mouth moved target, going from one breast to the other and switching hands from teasing one to the other. Hearing her moan, she felt him stiffen underneath her. She knew what the bulge that was pressed up against her meant and she felt the danger she was edging on if she allowed this to continue. She knew, but she did not want it to stop.
She felt his mouth roam from one of her breasts to the other, to lick and suck on her two mounds. She shivered again when he buried his face in between her breasts.
It was funny to her. When they first started she was the one to warn him that she would eat him, but now it was the other way around. She was being eaten by him.
"We should stop here." She said weakly, breathing heavily from arousal.
He nodded his head and kissed her collarbone before they went to untangle themselves from each other.
It was a while before either of them began talking, each was too preoccupied with getting their feelings back under control after a passion-filled couple of minutes they had together. Kiera picked up her shirt and began buttoning it up, trying to forget the sensation of his tongue sliding against her skin.
With the heat of their exchange slowly subsiding, Kiera turned back to see the prince with his head in his hands.
"Sam?" Her fingers abandoned the buttons, leaving the top buttons on her shirt still unbuttoned. She instead focused on the prince.
"What's wrong?" Perhaps he did not enjoy their kisses as much as she did. Although she was afraid of his answer, she still asked him.
"Nothing is wrong." His voice sounded strained as he answered. He quickly cleared his throat before trying again, lifting up his face from his hands. His emerald eyes assured her calmly that he was fine.
"I have to admit you have taken me by surprise. When you came into my office I didn't think you would be so willing to do something like that," as he spoke Kiera saw a creeping blush on the back of his neck.
She released a laugh. "Are you feeling shy right now?" She couldn't believe she had managed to get such a reaction from him. "With the reputation you have, you must have at least done this with multiple other women before."
Her words seemed to shock him out of his initial embarrassment. He lifted his head up higher to look at her with a serious expression.
"For the love of," he raked a hand through his hair, looking annoyed with himself. "I didn't think you would have heard the rumors about me, nevertheless that you would have even paid attention to them."
She smiled, entertained a little. "Jade likes to talk my ear off about the latest scandals, human and Beast alike. In fact, she was prattling on about Solomon's Third Prince and his penchant for causing trouble wherever he goes. Back then, it was quite amusing to hear all about the line of ladies you have left heartbroken."
He cursed under his breath.
"Believe me when I say I have never done the things you might have heard from Jade. I'm not that much of an immoral person." Even though she was happy upon hearing the explanation from him, she could help the taunting smile that broke onto her face.
"That's surprising," she watched his facial expressions closely as she spoke, "you seemed awfully knowledgeable about a woman's body. It makes me think there really must be some truth behind the rumors."
"Please believe me." He whined, looking at Kiera sadly, afraid she might take him for some degenerate lowlife. "You are the only one I want. Since we've met I have not looked at another woman."
"Alright." She gave in after some more of his repeated attempts to change the notion that he is a womanizer. "I believe you." She inched closer to him on the couch to give him a quick kiss on his cheek, letting him know she did truly believe him.
He let out a sigh of relief.
"Please don't tease me too much. I"m actually a very sensitive person."
He was back to his usual self, joking with her now that he had gotten rid of any misunderstandings between them.
"Very sensitive." She agreed offhandedly, going back to finish buttoning up her blouse. She felt his stares as she did.
"On another topic," she looked back at him when he changed the subject, "when should our next training take place? Tomorrow?"
She was visibly bewildered by him. Did he want to train with her again tomorrow?
"Tomorrow?" She asked just in case she heard wrong. He nodded his head and Kiera was amazed by his carefree nature. They had just finished their first training today and he already was asking for another one tomorrow.
"What about your work?"
"As I said, you are more important to me. I would much rather spend my days with you like this than in my office slaving away over mountains of paperwork."
"Don't say that, you're going to make your aide cry out of pure frustration."
"Hm, Kepler could do with a good cry." He grinned, boyish charm seeping from all around him. She had to look away from him just so she didn't get sucked into his irresistible emerald eyes.
"In all seriousness, I can't come to visit you tomorrow. I have to train my people and Jade has asked me to accompany her outside the palace."
"I understand. Then I will sit and wait until the next time you are available to see me."
Kiera froze when she heard him. Her heart ached when she heard him say those words, making it seem as if he would be pitifully waiting by the door for their next meeting when she knew he would not be spending all his time waiting on her. He was much too cunning for that. Instead, he would probably be investigating the new monster.
"Try not to get into too much trouble in the meantime." She warned, but even her warning sounded hollow in her ears.
"I will."
There was a string of words that were left unspoken between the two, as both of them knew they hadn't yet spoken about the monster Kiera fought in Farrington. She suspected he was waiting for her to first breach the subject.
She lifted herself off his couch, unhappy with her lack of courage. He was always making sure she did not misunderstand him, but what about her? She was letting a huge misunderstanding take root between them.
"Three days." She said so suddenly that the prince blinked his jeweled eyes from the abruptness of her outburst.
"What will happen in three days?"
"We'll meet in three days," she explained as she shot him a small smile, "I know you have some questions for me, and I'll answer them soon. But please give me three days to sort out my thoughts."
He rose from the couch, going over to her and lifting her hand up from her side. He kissed the back of her hand gently.
"Take your time. I am willing to wait years for those answers." She felt a terrible sense of guilt to hear him say that, but what he said next made her heart painfully throb.
"As long as you stay by my side."