Epilogue:

"You… you weren't serious about that…were you?" The breathiness of her voice fired a heat in her belly, at the realization that she wanted him, and was more than willing to play any game he might offer.

"About what, Precious?"

Seeing Jareth's wicked smile set her cheeks aflame, her heart thudding at the base of her throat, until she was sure he would see the steady racing of her pulse. "The, you know…tying…"

"I assure you, you'll enjoy it." Jareth's lips left a heated trail along the side of her throat, tasting her flesh with delicate nibbles, as if he were sampling the finest sweets to be found in any realm, Above or Below. "Besides, it is only fair seeing that you have a tendency to slip out of my grasp at the most inopportune moments. I'm not sure I am willing to take such a risk this time. After all, I won – fair and square."

A longing whimper escaped her lips, her knees quivering at the feel of his sharp teeth grazing the tender flesh beneath her ear. Slender fingers tightened in the flowing silk that glided over his biceps, the fabric pulling taut as she forced herself to remain upright, her hips squirming against his.

"I…I wonder what…your basis of comparison…is."

Jareth's rumbling laugh echoed off the stone walls of the tunnel, the sound wrapping around her like a velvet caress, even as he wrapped his arms around her, pulling her closer. Capturing her lips in a possessive kiss, his tongue demanded entry with an insistence absent in their first kiss, yet she gave in to the demand enthusiastically. Unwillingly to let him dictate the terms of her surrender, Sarah's fingers caressed the taut lines of his throat, sliding upward over his sharply angled cheekbones, before twisting into the wispy strands that framed his face, as she pulled him further into the kiss.

Electric tingles danced over her skin, setting each nerve alight, with the heat of the kiss. His tongue glided along hers, teasing her with sensuous thrusts, his hips mimicking the movement with deliberate slowness. Tightening his arms around her, Jareth swallowed her hungry moan, as he released a burst of magic. Around them the world folded inward, but Sarah was too lost in the passionate kiss to notice until she found her back pressed into silken sheets atop a plush mattress.

Opening her mouth to protest, her words died upon swollen lips as she felt the cool silk glide easily along the length of her bare flesh. Sarah trembled, her eyes drawn to the sight of his torso. Jareth propped himself over her, the angle forcing her to release her grip upon his hair. The golden sigil of his office swung lightly against the firm plane of his chest, drawing her eyes downward, to be greeted with a faint trail of golden fuzz. Blushing, her eyes jerked upward to meet his amused gaze.

Jareth chuckle vibrated around her, warm and comforting, yet promising pleasures she had only dreamed of. He trailed a fingertip over one slender wrist then the other. Realizing she could no longer move her arms due to invisible bonds pinning her wrists next to her head, Sarah gasped, her eyes widening.

"Jareth…I…"

A single finger paused upon her lips, sealing them gently. "This time, I am taking no chances that you will attempt to rush away from me, virtue fluttering." Seeing her tense up, a sudden reluctance filling her eyes, Jareth leaned forward, pressing a tender kiss to her forehead. "Relax, Precious. I would give up everything for you, so at least let me give you everything in return."

Jareth rained a waterfall of light kisses down her face, random touches of velvet lips, teasing and tempting her. Arching her neck, Sarah sought his lips with her, whimpering when he dipped his head and nipped the crook of her shoulder and neck, avoiding her seeking mouth. His lips quirked in a smile, twisting against the column of her throat, sending a cascade of goose bumps racing over her longing flesh.

"So beautiful…so willful…and now…you are mine."

His lips continues their languid caresses, tracing lines across her collarbones until she arched and whined, pulling uselessly against the bonds that held her fast.

"Stop teasing…Jareth," she begged, her hips twisting as she sought his body with hers. "Please."

Jareth's eyes bored into hers, stormy seas of want. "Say it again."

Deep within her a pulsating warmth spread, a heated flood coating her thighs, even as he ground his hips against her. Velvet and steel, the rigid heat of him teased through her slick petals to run across the sensitive bud, eliciting a keening moan.

"Jareth…please…" she panted, her eyes falling shut as he caressed her hidden secrets once more.

"Is this what you need, Precious?"

"Yes," she groaned, arching toward him, her thighs trembling.

His lips captured hers once more, in a searing kiss that shook her to her very soul, as he thrust into her in one long stroke. Gasping at the welcoming heat of her, his fingers threaded through hers, his body covering hers, heat and hardness melding into a Without words, Sarah twisted her fingers into his hair, anchoring herself to him with hands and thighs, her body arching against his, welcoming each powerful thrust.

Within and without, she felt his magic surrounding her, enveloping warmth that seeped into every cell, filling her. Her arms and legs tightened around him.

"I..Jareth…I can't…yes…please" Sarah panted, clinging to him as each thrust drove her higher, the telltale flutters beginning deep within her.

Drinking her enraptured cries as if wine, sipping them from her lips, Jareth groaned, the clasping softness of her sucking him deeper, tightening until each stroke felt like a silken vice. As one they arched, inarticulate groans and cries rising above the tower bedroom, to ring out over the Goblin City.

The Queen had come home, for good.

And if the King had his way, she would never leave his side again.
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Authors:

ArtemisFallen
AylaVee
Caroline A.
ChilaliSnowbird
Elaine P.
HachimansKitsune
Hustlers
JediAvenger
Jetredgirl
Lady-Lannie-Queen-of-Goblins
LilMsDev
Millie Foxglove
PaintedGlass(AO3)
Sarah198026(wattpad)
TVismyDrug
Viciously Witty

Written March 3-6 2018