Chapter 94: The Claiming - Part 1

ELIA

It started just like their previous love-making, and for a few minutes Elia wasn't really aware of anything different. She got lost in kissing him, in pressing into his touch, in feeling him quiver under her hand. But she could feel the tension in him, the vibration in his chest and muscles, hear the call humming in his blood, and she wondered what this would be, whether she'd like it, and why she felt… excited.

Then he rolled her onto her back and leaned over her. Elia blinked her eyes open for a moment and she gasped. His eyes… his eyes were glowing again, but this time with a warm light. He focused on her with an intensity that stole her breath, and as he stroked down her side, watching his own hand on her skin, his touch was electric, as if whatever power within him brought that light from his eyes was also in his skin, his fingertips, and his lips.