his tongue along moistnether lips before dipping repeatedly into the glistening channelbeyond. Lassens seed sac tightened and lifted, exposing himfurther. With a final swipe of his tongue, Rohyr pulled Lassen backunder him.Lassencried out as Rohyr drove deep into him with one thrust. The worldwithout diminished to nothingness as he was taken to the heights ofbodily ecstasy. Nothing mattered but the incessant ingress of hot,hard flesh into him, Rohyr moving with feral grace, his lustful,loving thoughts mingling with Lassens, taking possession of himall over again. Lassen tightened his hold on Rohyr and a litany ofwords spilled from him to punctuate the earthy sounds of theirlovemaking. Harder.Deeper. Yours. Mine. I loveyou!Justwhen he was on the brink of completion, when it seemed reality wouldshatter around him, Rohyr pulled out, his shaft gleaming with theslippery essence of Lassens sheath. Before Lassen could protesthis withdrawal, Rohyr lifted Lassens buttocks and spread them toexpose the rosy entrance to his backside. Holding Lassenstransfixed gaze, Rohyr slid into the heated heady softness beyonduntil he was completely seated within.Lassenchoked back a cry as he was summarily filled. Rohyr resumed poundinginto him while shoving his fingers repeatedly into his sheath. Theblatant show of ownership on top of the deluge of sensations provedtoo much.Hewould have screamed the Citadel down, so powerful was his orgasm, butRohyr kissed him and swallowed his cries. Denied even that outlet forthe outward expression of his pleasure, Lassen clung to Rohyr, hopinghis sanity would survive the mind-blowing rapture.Rohyrswiftly followed him into ecstasy, the spasmodic contractions ofsilk-bound muscles around his shaft milking him of his seed while thesatiny walls of Lassens seed channel convulsively gloved hisembedded fingers. He smothered his own cries against Lassens lipsas he surrendered wholly to his climax.Saintsabove, Lassen raggedly whispered many heartbeats afterward. Doyou want to drive me mad?Rohyrchuckled against his heaving chest. He lifted his head and grinned atLassen. If you mean mad for more, the answer is yes, hequipped.Lassengroaned and threw his head back. A moment later, Rohyr tongued anipple. He licked off drops of leaked estrabefore closing his lips around the slightly swollen bud to lazilysuckle it.Lassengasped and shivered. Youll be the death of me yet! hemoaned. Rohyr moved atop him, his scapegrace grin gracing hishandsome face. But it would be a wonderful way to go, hecheekily drawled.Withthat, he kissed his sputtering love, forestalling any furtherprotests and stoking the fires of their mutual passion anew.EpilogueMilestoneRikara,in the 3009th year of the Common AgeLassenEssendri tirIdana lifted his eyes to the circlet of pure white-silver adorned byone large and flawless adamant and a number of small but perfectdiamonds. Above the adamant, delicately inscribed in the gleamingmetal, was a spray of royal holly. Resting upon a marble pedestalbefore the altar, the diadem mirrored the crown that sat on RohyrEssendris dark head.Afitting coronet for the Ardis of Ylandre.Helicked his lips nervously as the High Magistrate of Rikara intonedthe rights and duties of a monarchs consort. How strange to hearthem when they were no longer anothers to perform. His breathhitched when Rohyr left his side to stand before him. Behind Rohyr,Dylen lifted the coronet on its silken cushion and