Total pages in book: 96
Estimated words: 92232 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 461(@200wpm)___ 369(@250wpm)___ 307(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 92232 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 461(@200wpm)___ 369(@250wpm)___ 307(@300wpm)
“Welcome home, my love,” Venus purred as her white cotton nightgown slipped from her shoulders.
I watched as the fabric slid slowly down her body, inch by inch, revealing her silky brown skin. I sat back in the steaming water and groaned in relief. My muscles finally settled into the smaller form I walk the earth in.
“Come to me,” I murmured.
She stepped from the garment at her feet and walked up the side of the bath. Her breasts called for my attention. I couldn’t wait to get my hands on her.
Every other muscle had softened in the warmth of the water, but my cock rose, seeking the heat of her body. She continued to move toward me torturously slow.
A grin came to my lips as she stopped before me. Reaching for her waist, I tugged her forward roughly and reached for her thighs to guide her onto my length. She cupped my face as I kissed her passionately. She pushed her fingers into my long, dark locks.
I released a groan as she started to rock her hips on me. I could never get enough of her and her tight heat. I knew Venus was different when she was as drawn to me as I was to her.
Women tend to shy away from me, sensing I’m not human or fearing my kind. Venus, however, had no such fear. Instead, she’d always shown me passion like this.
I grabbed the full globes of her ass beneath the water and guided her against my rough thrusts. Breaking the kiss, she threw her head back and called my name.
“Kendrick,” she gasped loudly.
“Look at me, my love,” I demanded.
She dropped her head and locked her gaze with mine. I reached for one of her breasts and squeezed the large mound in my palm. She tightened her hands in my hair and reconnected our lips.
Lifting to my feet, I moved her to the edge of the bath and placed her upon it. She locked her legs around my waist, sucking at my tongue as I took us both to ecstasy.
I moved my lips to her ear. “Do you see what you do to me? You have so much power over me. I despise the day when time will take you from me. I know I will go mad.”
“Oh gods. Kendrick, I love you so much. If I could stop time for us, I would,” she whimpered.
Suddenly, I’m pulled from the memory, but not into the present. I know not this place of the time in which I stand. Everything is moving so fast. I can’t focus on one thing.
My brothers are awake and surround me. There are other men before us. I can’t see their faces, but they all have on black leather vests. I continue to observe as the scene before me changes.
My brothers all straddle what look to be metal horses. I glance down and one is beneath me. My name is called, causing me to look up.
A woman is running toward me. It’s not Venus, but she, too, has brown skin. Her eyes are glowing and her lips are moving, but I can’t hear what she’s saying.
She runs into my arms and wraps around my waist. She is so small, smaller than Venus. A protectiveness grows within me. I look beyond her and there’s a hooded figure standing watching us. An amulet rests on their chest, giving off a green glow.
The figure seems to vanish, causing me to glance around and knit my brows. There are large structures everywhere. Not castles or churches, but structures that reach for the skies.
“Brother, come to us. Someone is in our temple.”
Those words snap me from the vision, bringing me back to the present. I look around and spin about in the water. I’m still alone. My horse stands in wait for me.
“What was that?” I mutter.
“Kendrick, we are awakened.”
This time, I recognize the voice in my head as Reilly’s. I’m torn between finding my love and going to see what has awakened my brothers. My brothers are left vulnerable when they are in slumber and also as they awake. It takes time for them to fully recharge.
Venus and her sisters can at least defend themselves. I have no choice but to abandon this search and head to the sacred resting place of my brothers.
“Forgive me, my love. I will find you once I protect my brothers.”
Sacred Ground
“Isn’t the exit in the other direction?” Zandra asks as we move through the cave.
I know for sure we’re moving away from the exit as the walls of the cave begin to show signs of condensation. There’s water somewhere close by as I can hear it flowing.
I can’t shake what happened last night, so I haven’t said a word as Yanique leads the way with an orb of light in her palm to guide us. Annaniah has a tight hold of my hand beside me.