Bri crashed her lips back into Lina’s, desperate to feel every ounce of that yes echoing through her body. Maybe she was being careless. Maybe she was spitting in the face of the Fates themselves . . . but in that moment, she didn’t care. She’d damn herself for one more heartbeat with Lina—just to feel the rush of being a single sound in Lina’s symphony.

“Yes,” Lina moaned again.

Bri swept her tongue into Lina’s mouth and she groaned, dipping her hands under Lina’s tunic and sliding up to the swell of her breasts. Her core clenched at Lina’s soft breath, that slight hitch electrifying her as her thumb grazed Lina’s chest. Her cloak parting, Lina tilted her hips as Bri pressed in closer, pinning Lina to the stable wall with her knee between Lina’s legs.

A sweet moan sang against Bri’s tongue as Lina rolled her hips against Bri’s thigh. That sound made her lose all control, dropping her hands to Lina’s belt and deftly unbuckling it. In one swift movement, she yanked Lina’s trousers and undergarments down to the knee. There was no taunting, no waiting, as she dropped to her knees, desperate to taste Lina’s arousal on her tongue. Her fingers slid down Lina’s core, parting Lina as her tongue followed.

Lina threw her head back, biting into her fist to stifle a throaty gasp. Bri worked her into a frenzy, the panic of thinking Lina had run off morphing into sharp, unleashed desire. Her fingers found Lina’s warm, wet entrance and Bri dipped them inside her. The action made Lina lift onto her tiptoes, practically climbing the wall at the sensation. Bri knew from Lina’s ratcheting breaths she wouldn’t hold on long, already making the sounds that pulled from her lungs when she was so close to shattering.

Bri’s tongue circled, alternating between broad sweeping strokes and short teasing flicks that made Lina pant. Lina’s free hand found Bri’s neck, fisting in her short hair. Bri’s fingers pumped faster as Lina rode her mouth, chasing ecstasy with increasing desperation. Bri hooked her fingers, hitting a spot that made Lina’s hips jerk, and then she was breaking, her flooded core clenching over and over around Bri’s fingers. Lina’s muffled screams were barely audible over the storming rain as her hips stuttered around Bri’s wet mouth.

Lina dropped her fist, covered in teeth marks, and Bri released her, kissing across her thigh. Lina’s head fell forward as she dropped back onto flat feet and pulled in long, heavy breaths of air.

“That was . . .”

The stable door opened, and the muttering of two voices sounded to the side. Bri and Lina froze, Lina’s eyes filling with a sudden embarrassment that made Bri press her lips together to keep from laughing.