Two days later, Sylvandar’s manor buzzed with frantic activity.
Everyone packed supplies and checked armor for the coming march.
Caelindra organized docunts at the study table while Firlia cross-referenced intelligence notes beside her.
Brak hauled crates from room to room with impressive speed but zero apparent understanding of where anything actually belonged.
Moving through the chaos without getting pulled into it, Kane adjusted a few mismatched supply bags and headed down the hall.
Finding Thora in their room, Kane noticed she was doing nothing.
She wasn’t packing.
She wasn’t sharpening blades.
Sitting on the edge of the bed, she possessed the stillness of a woman who finished all her preparations and simply waited for the inevitable.
Closing the door, Kane shut out the noise.
"Tomorrow," Thora murmured.
"Tomorrow," Kane agreed, taking a seat right beside her.
’She’s always my calm center,’ Kane thought, listening to Brak’s muffled shouts filtering through the walls.
Reaching out, Thora placed her warm hand over his.
"You’re once again risking your life."
"You never complained either."
"Complaining does not win wars or feed a hungry tribe," Thora pointed out practically, leaning her shoulder against his.
"But I have watched you change over these past few days, and you aren’t just a surviving exile anymore."
"Does that bother you?" Kane asked, curious about how she viewed his rapid ascent.
"No," she answered quickly, squeezing his fingers.
"I conjecture it is exactly what you were always ant to be, but I also know what holding that much power does to a man."
She traced a faint, faded scar on his wrist, her touch light and grounding.
"I have never once asked you to be careful."
"No," Kane smiled gently.
"You haven’t."
"I’m not asking you now, either," Thora promised, her voice remaining perfectly steady.
"But I’m asking you to rember why you are fighting. You aren’t just breaking an empire because you can, but because you are building sothing new."
"I’m building it for us," Kane corrected her, making sure she t his gaze.
’I need her to understand that none of this matters if she isn’t standing beside at the end of the road.’
"Then make sure you are there to see it finished," Thora challenged, a fierce loyalty burning in her eyes.
"You keep collecting all these new people, knights, secretaries, noble girls, fallen angels, and they all need sothing complicated from you. They need your strength or your strategy or your political leverage."
"And what do you need?" Kane whispered, leaning closer until he could feel her breath.
"I just need you," she answered simply, offering a soft smile.
"The man who walked into my ruined camp and decided we were worth saving."
eting her gaze, he waited for the rest.
"I just want one night where we’re not planning anything," she requested.
"Where there is nothing past this room that we need to think about."
"You want ?"
"I want all of you."
’Just us,’ Kane realized, feeling a wave of affection for the woman who never demanded he be anything less than what he was.
"One night," Kane agreed, lifting a hand to cup her cheek.
"I’m all yours."
Leaning into his touch, she pulled him down.
Thora moved first and kissed him.
It started slow, tender, almost reverent.
But within seconds the hunger they had both been holding back for days ignited.
Thora’s hands slid into his hair, pulling him closer as her tongue pushed into his mouth with surprising aggression.
’Wow. She’s hungry.’
He gripped the back of her head firmly, fingers threading through her hair as he pulled her face closer.
Their lips crashed together hungrily.
His tongue pushed past her soft lips, rolling and twisting deeply inside her mouth, tangling with hers in wet strokes.
She moaned into the kiss, her eyes fluttering half-closed, cheeks flushed deep red
Kane responded by gripping her waist and lifting her onto his lap, her thighs straddling him as the kiss turned filthy and desperate.
He broke away just long enough to growl against her lips, "I’ve been thinking about this body all day."
Thora moaned softly, grinding down against the growing bulge in his pants.
"Then stop thinking and take it."
Kane’s hands road up her sides, cupping her breasts through the thin fabric of her dress.
He squeezed them possessively, thumbs circling her already-hard nipples until she gasped into his mouth.
"Hah..."
With a low rumble, he yanked the dress down her shoulders, freeing her full, bouncing tits.
"Fuck... these are perfect," he groaned, leaning down to capture one stiff nipple between his lips.
"Hnng!"
He sucked hard, tongue flicking rapidly while his other hand kneaded the soft flesh.
Thora arched her back with a sharp cry, fingers tightening in his red hair.
"Kane... yes..."
He switched to the other breast, biting down gently before soothing it with his tongue.
Thora was already grinding harder against him, her breathing ragged.
Kane stood up suddenly, lifting her with ease.
He carried her to the wall, pressing her back against it as he kissed her again, deep, ssy, and hungry.
His hand slid under her dress, fingers finding her soaked clit and pushing them inside.
"You’re dripping," he growled, sliding two thick fingers into her tight heat.
"So fucking wet for already."
"Ngh!"
Thora moaned loudly, hips rolling against his hand.
"I’ve been wet since this morning... thinking about you..."
Kane pumped his fingers faster, curling them against that sensitive spot inside her while his thumb rubbed firm circles on her clit.
Thora’s legs trembled around his waist, her moans growing louder and more desperate.
He pulled his fingers out and freed his throbbing cock.
Without another word, he lined up and thrust into her in one smooth stroke.
"Fuck—!"
Thora cried out, her walls clenching tightly around him.
Kane groaned at the perfect heat and tightness.
He started fucking her against the wall, steady thrusts that made her breasts bounce between them.
Thrust thrust thrust
Each slap of skin on skin echoed in the room.
"You feel so good," he grunted, biting down on her neck.
"This tight pussy was made for my cock."
Thora’s nails dug into his shoulders as she rode his thrusts.
"Harder... Kane, please— fuck harder!"
He gave her what she wanted.
His hips snapped forward with brutal force, pounding her against the wall until her moans turned into broken sobs of pleasure.
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