The King of Forever (Scarlet and the White Wolf, #4) (25 page)

The bearskin was deep and soft. Against Scarlet’s white skin it was snow against snow. Liall tore away what clothing he could not negotiate and covered Scarlet’s slender body with his own. Now it was snow against amber.

The first time was desperate and hurried. He was rough, he knew, with his breeches around his ankles and his boot-toes scraping the floor, Scarlet’s back against his belly. He thrust into Scarlet’s body with his mouth close to Scarlet’s ear, gasping and whispering words of love. His hands curled around Scarlet’s shoulders and he was careful, ever so careful, not to bruise him.

I’ll never cause him pain,
he swore silently.
I will kill anyone who does.

Scarlet’s cries were loud and ecstatic, and the sound of them made Liall’s skin tingle and his body taut with lust, that he could force such beautiful sounds from his lover.

“Yes?” he murmured into Scarlet’s ear.

“Yes.”
Scarlet moaned and pushed back against him. “More.”

Liall’s hand slid to cup Scarlet’s chin, to slip his fingers inside that lovely mouth. “My t’aishka.”

Later, the second time, Scarlet sat astride his hips as he liked to do and rode him, hands on Liall’s shoulders, Liall looking up in rapture. It was Scarlet’s way of taking
him,
of finding a measure of control in their unequal statures, and Liall loved it.

“That’s it,” Liall moaned, his hands on Scarlet’s thighs as he watched through narrowed eyes heavy with lust. “That’s it, my love, that’s it. I’m yours, take me, take all of me, take all of me and forever...”

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T
o be continued in “The Temple Road, Book 5 of Scarlet and the White Wolf”

K
irby Crow is an American writer born and raised in the Deep South. She is a winner of the EPIC Award and the Rainbow Award, and is the author of the bestselling
Scarlet and the White Wolf
series of fantasy novels. Kirby and her husband and their son share an old, lopsided house in the Blue Ridge with a cat. Always a cat.

Prisoner of the Raven

Scarlet and the White Wolf, Book 1: The Pedlar and the Bandit King

Scarlet and the White Wolf, Book 2: Mariner’s Luck

Scarlet and the White Wolf, Book 3: The Land of Night

Angels of the Deep

Circuit Theory

Hammer and Bone

Poison Apples

Malachite: Book 1 of the Paladin Cycle
(speculative, fantasy, romance - 2015)

Scarlet and the White Wolf 5: The Temple Road
(fantasy/romance - 2015)

For upcoming news of Kirby Crow’s future novels, visit her website at
http://KirbyCrow.com