That didn’t mean he couldn’t prove to her now that she already trusted him with her heart and body. Her heart-shaped face tipped up to him in a silent plea, her ripe lips softly parted, waiting. He threaded his fingers through her long mahogany ponytail. The hair flowed through his fingers like silk, the scent of honeysuckle scenting the air. He longed to see the cascade of hair surround her like a halo.
Her pale lavender eyes watched warily as he slipped the elastic band from her hair and let it fall to the floor. Freed from its prison, her hair fell in dark waves to her shapely waist. Pulling her tight against him, he ground his hard cock against her, enjoying the way her lips rounded in a surprised “o.” He feathered kisses over her face until she melted against him. “I told you I’d always come for you, Princess,” he whispered against her forehead. “And that we would be together.” She gasped. He knew she recognized the words he’d said in their dream last night. He swallowed the sounds of her surprise as he captured her mouth with his.
She tasted stronger in person, like honey and exotic spices, and his energy flowed into her with every touch and caress. She twined her arms around his neck and he pulled up the back of her skirt so he could touch the beautiful skin of her bottom through her thin panties. He hardened further as he remembered his two fingers buried deep inside her sweet ass in their dream joining last night. How much more intense would it be when he buried his cock inside her slit, taking her virginity?
He steeled himself against the urge to throw her to the ground and take her now. You are a Prince of Klatch, you have control over your urges. He just hoped it was true. Reluctantly, he pulled away and steadied her as she swayed on her feet, her eyes still closed in ecstasy. “Princess?” he asked softly.
Alyssa slowly opened her eyes, a large smile bloomed over her face. “It is you.” She traced his face tentatively with her fingers. “I’ve waited for you a long time. I’m ready for wherever you’re going to take me.”
“Leave now and I won’t kill you!” came a voice from the back of the apartment.
Alyssandra whirled in his arms to face the intruder. “Debbie, what are you doing?”
Stone stepped in front of his betrothed, protecting her from this Cunt bent on harming her. She may not be familiar with the ways of the witching world yet, but he was. He could feel the princess’s energy draining into this intruder witch’s aura. No wonder his beloved appeared drawn and exhausted. “I’ve come to reclaim the princess. You’ll have to find another victim to feed from, Cunt.”
“Debbie’s not—” Alyssa began.
“She is ours, Klatch. Step away from her, and I won’t kill you.” Debbie turned her attention to Alyssandra, her voice cajoling. “Come on, Lyssa. Are you going to believe some man over your best friend?”
Stone held his breath as shock clouded the princess’s lovely features. He couldn’t force her to come with him—that would only drain her powers further, and she was weak enough now that she might have complications from the trip between. She reached up to touch his face and he sent a jolt of his own energy flowing into her body. She moaned and stiffened from the contact and his cock throbbed.
“Lyssa, step away from him and go into your room. Now.” Debbie gestured toward the princess, increasing her drain spell, causing Alyssandra to sway.
He steadied her against him, then brought his hand down in a chopping motion across the field of draining energy, cutting the connection. Immediately, the Cunt’s legs buckled under her and she fell to her knees as her own spell rebounded toward its creator.
The princess straightened and whirled to face him. “What just happened?” She stared down at her pale roommate.
“She’s been draining your energy. The Cunts like to use the Klatch as a food supply of sorts. That’s why you’re always exhausted and tired.” Several emotions including hurt and shock flowed across her face one after another until finally, realization and then anger prevailed.
She stalked across the room where Debbie, still on her knees, knelt dazed and weak. “All this time, you’ve watched me take numerous medications and endure all those painful tests at the doctor every month and you continued to feed on me like…like a damned parasite? I trusted you…I wanted so much to be like you…”
Debbie raised a hand and as it connected with Alyssa’s ankle, she swayed again. Before Stone could raise his hand to hit the Cunt with another spell, Debbie’s hair began to stand on end and small sparks of static electricity popped and crackled along her skin. Suddenly the Cunt’s head snapped back, her eyes rolling upward until only the whites showed before she slumped to the floor.
Pride swelled in Stone’s chest. Alyssandra may not know how to use her Klatch powers yet, but she just proved to herself she had them.
She turned to him, her eyes sparkling, her cheeks flushed, her mouth open with disbelief. “What did I do to her?”
“She tried to drain your energy and make you black out. You reversed the spell and took her energy instead.”
“How the hell…” She stared down at the still, pale form of the Cunt for several moments before turning to him. “I’m ready, Stone. There’s nothing here for me now. Show me who I really am.”
He concentrated, waved his hand in the air in front of him and opened a portal to the Klatch world. The air shimmered and expanded until it was an oval large enough for them to walk through. He raised the princess’s hand to his lips and brushed a kiss against the silky skin. “Come with me to your new life.”
Alyssa took a deep breath and stepped through the portal. The air around her sizzled, raising hairs all over her body. She shivered as the dark still air surrounded her, making it difficult to breathe, the tang of mold strong on the back of her tongue. Her only link to reality was his warm fingers twined with hers. Anxiety and doubts assailed her. What was this place? “Stone?” Her voice quivered. She hated the note of panic she heard.
“It is called between because it links the human world with our own.” His voice sounded distant and tinny. She squeezed his hand to reassure herself he stood right beside her. Each step became harder than the last, like walking through thick molasses. Her limbs, suddenly heavy, drug her down, her energy draining away. But just when she was about to ask Stone to stop and let her rest, a shimmering oval appeared in front of her, illuminating the blackness.
The oval grew until it was large enough for them to step through. The shimmering faded and a lush landscape appeared beyond the opening. A gasp sounded in her ears, echoing around her, and only when Stone chuckled did she realize the sound had come from her.
She stepped through the opening after him, unable to take her eyes off the sights before her. Dappled sunshine kissed green rolling hills that reminded her of pictures she’d seen of Ireland. Lush trees and plants of every color imaginable dotted the landscape in blues, greens, lavenders and reds. Birds and wildlife chirped and rustled, giving the impression that she’d stepped into a pristine rainforest. A crisp fresh breeze brushed the strands of her hair against her cheek and carried the sweet scent of flowers. Turning in a circle, she tried to take in every sight at once.
“Welcome home.”
His voice, dark and low, broke her out of her perusal and made her think of dark sweaty nights in his arms. Her nipples tightened to hard nubs and heat coiled in her stomach causing a new rush of moisture to dampen her thighs. She turned to Stone, and her heart swelled with hope and excitement for the first time in her life. The dream world she looked forward to every night had now become her reality. She was here with Stone in this amazing place. Even though the betrayal from the people she’d always thought of as her family still stung, she wasn’t ready to deal with those emotions yet. Instead, she concentrated on the here and now, a luxury she’d never let herself enjoy before. “Is this Klatch? And why is it daytime here, but night at home?”
“Actually,