Total pages in book: 162
Estimated words: 151630 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 758(@200wpm)___ 607(@250wpm)___ 505(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 151630 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 758(@200wpm)___ 607(@250wpm)___ 505(@300wpm)
Whether or not this is his timeline, the land is the same. It pulses with Fae energy in a way the Earth plane does not. Rhys vowed to reside on the Earth plane, the priest to all the Earthly Fae left behind long ago, but that doesn’t mean his body fails to receive the energy this plane has for a fertility god.
And it certainly doesn’t mean his body doesn’t need a place to send the energy pouring through him.
See, it sounds like a good idea to date a fertility god. Especially one who isn’t a player. One would suspect an actual sex god would screw his way around the world, but when his papa met his mother and took the ancient god Bris into his body and ascended, he took a vow of monogamy. I suspect it got easier for him because Zoey is his true goddess, and Bris is known for loving one woman at a time. I heard stories of what Dev Quinn was like before he met the queen. Rhys was never like that. Not even once. I suspect the desire to find his goddess and be true to her was written into his DNA.
Sounds lovely, right? But what happens when you really want to fight and he’s a whirling ball of anxiety and confusion because he’s being bombarded by energy he doesn’t truly understand since he wasn’t raised here? His papa was gone before he reached puberty, and while Sasha and Trent did a great job, they couldn’t possibly understand a young fertility god. Or what he needs.
Which is to get laid.
The trouble is I’m pissed off with him right now. The other trouble is I’m kind of turned on and it’s all about that energy that’s pouring off him. I can feel energy from living beings, but normally it’s a nice hum from Rhys. Here in this place it’s like wave after wave battering me. That sounds violent and it’s not. What it’s really doing is tempting me, and I have to wonder if this is about what I want or what he needs.
I don’t know that it matters anymore. Rhys and I feel inevitable. So much of my fear seems ridiculous. I know why we waited, but there’s no reason to wait anymore.
Maybe I’m being affected by this place, too, but I feel freer here. I haven’t seen the Drowning Woman at all, and my power has me thinking I can handle him. Even if it’s not forever.
I drag his hand up to my chest, placing his palm against my breast. That feels right, too. “You know why.”
He pales and pulls away from me. “Shy, don’t do that. Not now. I can’t control myself.”
“That’s what I’m telling you, Rhys. I don’t want you to control yourself. It’s time. You can’t think properly, and it’s only going to get worse. You need sex. You need a release for all the energy inside you. Tell me you don’t feel it. I’m not a fertility god and I feel it. Do you remember what Fenrir was talking about before he and Evan left for the Hell plane?”
Rhys nods. “Yes. His papa’s seat of power is a moonlight kingdom. Trent mentioned it would be harder to ignore his wolf instincts there. It’s one of the reasons I released him from his promise to wait until Evan is eighteen.”
“I’m an adult, Rhys. You’re an adult. I no longer house your grandfather’s soul. You need this.”
His jaw tightens. “And that is precisely why I won’t take it from you. This cannot be about my need. I won’t use you. I love you, Shahidi. I will wait until you’re ready.”
So frustrating. “That’s what I’m telling you. I’m ready.”
He actually takes a step back. “No. You’re not. There’s something about this place. I suspect there’s some kind of energy you’re picking up on, and I won’t take your virginity because you’re under a spell. This is one of the reasons I think we should try to get you back. I don’t feel this way in my grandmother’s sithein.”
“How old were you the last time you were in the Seelie sithein?”
He seems to think for a moment. “I was eleven. It was a few months before my parents fell through the painting. I almost was taken to the Unseelie sithein though. A few Unseelie decided to kidnap me. They intended to use magic to force me to do my duties. I felt the tiniest edge of that magic before I was knocked out. It felt a bit like this.”
My heart aches at the thought. He doesn’t talk about that time. He’s referring to the incident that cost Lee his eye. He’s probably afraid, but I worry his fear is going to put us all in a bad situation. “Rhys, are you afraid of sex?”