Mastered By Love (45 page)

Dario grinned at her, the sun striking
reddish highlights in his ebony hair, and her heart contracted with
love and joy. She never could have imagined this life back in
Concordia, never could have thought a husband and son would become
the center of her existence, as she was the center of theirs. Thank
the Goddess she and Dario had found each other.

Her hand settled on her
rounded abdomen. Their second child – a girl, according to the
Bellerenic doctors – was on her way. She wished her mother and
sister could be here to share in her joy, but they’d severed all
contact with her.

Dario helped Marcos
dismount and handed the pony off to a groom. Their Demon Kin nanny
– one of the rare surviving females on this planet – lifted the
little boy into her powerful arms and took him off for a nap, while
his father sauntered over to her with that look on his
face.

He extended a hand to her.
“Come,” he said imperiously.

“
I’m not sure it’s safe in
this heat,” she teased him.

His hand remained out. “The
doctors assured me we can fuck as often as we like.”

“
Perhaps I’m not in the
mood.” Tariza looked away, playing with her hair. “I am pregnant,
you know.”

His dark brows rose.
“That’s what assures me you’re in the mood.”

She had been in a state of
constant lust with both her pregnancies and he knew it. She bit her
lip to keep from laughing. It wouldn’t do to let him take her for
granted.

His eyes crinkled at the
corners as he crooked his fingers at her. “Come along, little
slave. It’s time to please your lord.”

Her pussy throbbed wantonly at his
words. Pleasing her lord invariably meant submitting to the
overwhelming pleasure he insisted on giving her. Teasing him was
fun, but the ecstasy he promised would be even better, because here
on Belleren nothing and no-one would come between them.

She placed her hand in his, her breath quickening.
“Yes, Master.”

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About the author

Tori Minard
has published twelve romance and erotic romance
novels and three novellas, in addition to a handful of short
stories, both under her own name and as Tessa Tremaine. Her series
include The Amaki, Legends Of A Dark Empire, Avery’s Crossing,
Fortunata: The Jhidris Conspiracy, and Tales Of The Demon
Kin.

Tori wrote her first story
in elementary school, with a lamentable lack of punctuation. In
high school, she spent more time writing fiction than doing
homework. Her early stories featured demonic dogs, dolls possessed
by evil spirits—no, she’d never heard of Chucky—and politically
incorrect post-apocalyptic romance.

She discovered science
fiction in the sixth grade, with her dad’s recommendation of Edgar
Rice Burroughs’
At the Earth’s
Core,
the first book in his Pellucidar
series. Prior to that, her reading had included ghost stories,
animal stories and adventure tales. Around the same time, she was
discovering the joys of erotica by sneaking her mom’s books and
reading all the naughty bits. Her mom claims to have skipped those
parts.

After a long detour for such grown-up
pursuits as working boring full-time jobs (State of Alaska, U.S.
Postal Service), getting married and having a child, she returned
to her first love—storytelling. She was born and raised in Alaska,
and now lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, son, and
micro-dog

Discover other titles by
Tori Minard

Tales Of The Demon
Kin:
(writing as Tessa Tremaine)

Novellas:

Malefica

Fury Enchained

The Devil You
Know

Taken By Storm

Novels:

Lucifer’s
Castle

On Her Knees

Short Stories:

Stainless Steel
Vampire
, story number one in the Skye
Donovan series

Love Potion Number
Ninety
, Skye Donovan story number
two

If I Should Die;
a Legends Of The Dark Empire story

Price of a
Rose
, a sexy fairy tale
(novelette)

Lemon Drop,
a sweet erotic toy possessed by a sex
spirit

Amaki Novels:

The Heart Moon

Dragon Moon

Blood Moon

Avery’s Crossing
Novels:

Rush

Fortunata
Novels:

Dirty Magic

Legends Of A Dark Empire
Novels:

Temple Of The
Heart

Darkness
Awakened

Darkness
Forbidden

Darkness Beloved

Darkness
Embraced

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