Flickering torches offered the only illumination inside the grand audience chamber, casting long, erratic shadows across the polished marble floor. Scarlet Matriarch didn't bother waiting for her guards to lock the brass doors before she moved. She launched herself off the bone-carved throne, grabbing the collar of Kai's open silk robe. She shoved him backward with a desperate, frantic hunger until his knees hit the edge of the royal seat.
Following him down, she straddled his hips right there on the cushions. Her mouth crashed against his, tasting like spiced wine and reckless madness. She ground her center against his thighs, chasing the friction with a shameless whine that echoed through the vast, empty room.
