She slicked her wet, dark hair back from her face, revealing the flawless, sharp contours of her cheekbones, and she offered him a look that was equal parts fiercely intelligent and deeply, undeniably hungry.
"You deserve every ounce of luxury this universe has to offer, Yena, and I will gladly spend eternity inventing new ways to show you exactly how much you mean to me," Kai murmured, his large hands sliding upward from her narrow waist to gently cradle her jaw.
He stepped closer, closing the final fraction of space between them until their chests were flush against one another, and he let the soothing currents of the pool wrap around them in a warm, protective cocoon. The life-mana swirling through the water reacted to his sovereign command, pulsing with a soft, radiant emerald glow that highlighted the golden depths of her amber eyes and cast beautiful, dancing reflections across the dark stone walls of the sanctuary.
