“Relax,” he whispered as his hands gently smoothed their way from her hips around her thighs to the spot where his tarse pressed against her. “Trust me,” he urged. “Let go.”
“Let go.” She repeated his words breathlessly, willing her muscles to release, allowing him to do as he would.
He nudged her legs around him and she locked her ankles together behind his back. His hands clasped around her waist, pulling her hips toward him as he rocked against her.
Hundreds of new sensations assailed her body and she lifted her hips, fighting to meet the movement of his next push.
“Take it slow,” he murmured, his lips tracing a path down her neck. “We’ve got all night.”
“All night,” she echoed him again, her mindunable to think of any words of its own, consumed as she was with the pleasure of his touch.
With each thrust of his hips, she rocked against him, until, at last, he was inside her, filling her.
And still it was not enough to satisfy the heavy need bearing down upon her.
His hot breath fanned over her sensitive skin as he dipped his head to kiss her again. So gentle, so enticing, his tongue flickered over her lips and into her open mouth. With each thrust, slow and deep, an unfamiliar tension built, pulsing and throbbing until, at last, it felt as if her world stopped. She tightened her fingers into his shoulders as a pleasure such as she’d never known gripped her body. It robbed her of her breath, immobilized her except for the intense, rhythmic contractions where their bodies joined.
Her ears thrummed with the sound of her own heartbeat and she gasped for air as Chase stilled over her.
“You are so beautiful,” he murmured into her ear as he withdrew and filled her once again. “My own Christiana.”
Tiny pinpoints of light sparkled behind her eyes when he stilled over her again, his head thrown back, his body pulsing against hers.
They lay still, bound together as one, gasping for air, their hearts beating in unison so that she couldn’t be sure which beat was his and which was hers.
This was not at all what she had expected. This was so much better than anything she’d ever imagined.
You’ll know.
Orabilis’s promise rang in her ears, keeping time with the pulse of her blood.
There was no longer any sliver of doubt.
“You okay?” he asked, as if he needed reassurance that what had passed between them was as it should be.
“That was...” She paused, searching for the words to express what she felt, but failing to find them. “That was more than I had imagined it would be.”
“And that’s a good thing?” he asked.
“It is,” she confirmed. “Perhaps you can help me to learn to give you the same measure of pleasure that you brought to me. If we’re to do this again, that is.”
“Oh, Christy, my love, we are definitely doing this again.” He rolled her into his arms, dragging the heavy woolen blanket that covered the bed over their naked bodies. “Absolutely, most definitely, doing this again.”
As if by magic, even his words pleasured her now.
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Twenty-nine
CHASE TIGHTENED HISarms around the warm body curved against his. This was the way he wanted to start every morning for the rest of his life.
Morning? His eyes popped open to confirm what his brain already knew. The beginnings of a new day edged the shutters in hazy purple.
“Shit,” he grumbled, sliding his arm out from underneath his sleeping beauty.
Arm retrieved, he bent his head to nibble on her earlobe, instantly realizing the error of his ways as his body jumped to life. There were so many things he wanted to do at this moment.
One, really. One thing he wanted to do at this moment. But time was not his ally today.