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Teo stilled for a brief second before drawing back to look at her.

She was almost afraid to meet his eyes but she forced herself to do it. His gaze burned as he stared down at her. “I want to please you, Lacey. But I have to be sure you want this.”

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Was he kidding? Couldn’t he see how much she wanted this? How tightly her body was plastered against his? She wanted to sink her fingers into his hair and force him to kiss her again while he tore her clothes off.

She was going to be out of control soon if he didn’t take her and she couldn’t allow that to happen.

“Teo, if you don’t fuck me now, I’m not going to be responsible for my actions.”

He swallowed hard then drew in a deep breath. And this time, when his mouth descended, she felt the full force of his desire land on her.

She barely had time to think much less move when she felt the essence of a spell flicker around her. One second she was dressed, the next, she was naked. Against a very naked Teo. His warm skin against hers felt like rough silk draped over hot steel.

Her lips parted to draw in more air but his mouth descended again, cutting off all thought. His tongue lashed at hers as his hand ran up and down her body.

From her knee to her thigh to the curve of her ass to the indentation of her waist to the mound of her breast. He wasn’t gentle about it, but he didn’t paw at her.

On the way back down, his fingers brushed against her vaginal lips with the lightest touch and she melted like wax in a flame. His arm tightened around her as he brushed a second time, catching the moisture leaking from her body and smoothing it from her clit to her puckered anus.

She arched, tilting her pelvis forward, seeking the heated steel of his cock and the relief it promised. She caught the tip of his shaft against her clit and moaned as sensation shot through her like hot lava.

Teo groaned and his body stiffened even as his cock leapt in reaction.

Vaguely, she registered the fact that they were moving but she was too seduced by the feel of his mouth against hers and the promise made by that thick shaft still tantalizingly out of reach.

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Only when she felt cool wood beneath her butt did she open her eyes, in time to see him ease away. Not far though, because she clutched at his shoulders and wouldn’t let him.

“Lie back.” His voice rasped against her inflamed nerve endings, her stomach clenching at the commanding tone. “Don’t move.”

She did exactly what he said. She leaned back until the green felt surface of the pool table met her skin, her pelvis higher than the rest of her as it rested on the raised edge.

Her legs hung down, spread just enough for him to see her aching sex.

Teo’s eyes held hers for longer than she ever imagined he would, considering she was naked. His expression was a hard mask of lust that made her lids lower in submission.

“No,” he demanded. “Don’t close your eyes. Look at me.”

Teo needed Lacey to watch him. Needed to keep that connection or he was going to lose his control. He had a stranglehold on it now but he felt it slipping. And that could be dangerous. Meltdown dangerous.

He should have left with Rio and Rosie. But he’d worried that might have been worse. Might have made the
amentia
unbearable.

The way she was looking at him now, with complete trust and overwhelming passion in those river-blue eyes…well, that was devastating.

And the seal on his fate.

He dropped to his knees, the table putting her at the perfect height for his mouth to ravage her sweet pussy. He nearly groaned at the sight of her completely bare flesh. It looked soft and silky and wet. So fucking wet he knew she was just as hot as he was.

The only light still in the room was the one above them, a stained-glass piece designed to illuminate the table. It blacked out everything else in the world.

“Teo.”

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The passion in her voice made his balls tighten and his cock jerk, eager to get inside what he knew would be paradise. But first, he was going to make her come with his mouth.

He gave her no warning, just laid his mouth over her perfectly wet slit and licked at the moisture, sweet as honey. He closed his eyes briefly as her scent and her taste exploded on his tongue. But he wanted to watch her while he got her off. He wanted to see her face when she came for him.

Back arching, her eyes closed and her arms reached above her for the other side of the table.

He’d wanted to start slow, ease her into it, but his hunger for her made that impossible. He feasted on her, lapping at her swollen labia then stiffening his tongue so he could fuck her with it. The silky texture of her outer lips felt like down against his tongue but the heat inside her pussy seared him. Groaning, cock throbbing, he withdrew his tongue to lap at her clit.

She moaned and writhed, and he grabbed her legs to hold her steady. For a brief second she stiffened, as if she were going to object. But all that emerged was the whisper of his name.

Sweet Goddess, he needed to make her come, needed to get her off before he shoved his cock inside her. But he didn’t want to make it easy for her. Nothing easy ever satisfied.

With his tongue and his teeth, he worked her clit, learning what made her cry out and what made her moan. Several times, he brought her to the point of orgasm then backed off. Ruthlessly, he nipped at her, catching the little bundle of nerves between his teeth and squeezing, just to the point of pain.

Hands massaging the insides of her thighs, he felt pre-cum seep from his cock, running down the shaft to his balls. It mimicked the flow of the moisture seeping from her.

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One hand left her thigh to dip his fingers into that moisture, to rub it all over her sex then bring it down to rub on his cock, mingling it with his own juices. He could barely breathe and when he did, all he smelled was her.

Fuck, he was going to come.

Ruthlessly, he ringed the base of his cock and squeezed as he sucked her clit into his mouth and forced her to come.

Finally, she cried out, her body tensing as she pushed into his mouth. He felt her convulse, felt her arch, knew she sought more.

Standing, he gave her what she wanted, what he craved. Wrapping her legs around his waist with one hand, he aimed his cock straight for her slit with the other. His rock-hard erection slid in easily, coated with her moisture and his.

Fire rippled down his shaft as she took him, her sheath sucking him in as she continued to come. Spreading her legs even wider, she invited him to go deeper.

Harder.

Looking down at where they were joined, he pulled out just to watch his cock slide back in.

“Fuck, you’re gorgeous.” His words spilled out in a growling rasp, harsh and in no way as reverent as he felt them.

Her eyes opened as her mouth parted to draw breath. “And you feel wonderful.

Come on, Teo. I need you to do me. Hard.”

His cock throbbed at her words, and his hips drew back and plunged forward as if they had a mind of their own. Her eyes closed on a moan and for a second he thought he’d hurt her.

He froze but she lifted into him, wrapping her other leg around his waist, her heels digging into the small of his back.

And suddenly, even though his cock was thick in her body, she wasn’t close enough.

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He reached for her, slid his hands under her arms and pulled her up until he held her against his chest. She couldn’t weigh more than a hundred pounds and he lifted her off the table easily.

His breath shot from his lungs as her warm soft skin plastered against his, the slight sheen of sweat on their bodies providing a seductive glide. Her arms circled his shoulders and she tilted her head to look up at him before she linked her hands behind his neck and brought their mouths together.

This kiss wasn’t as frantic as earlier ones. Her tongue speared into his mouth, tangling with his for a second before pulling back and doing it again. He groaned, knowing exactly what she was doing. And didn’t realize he was thrusting into her in the same rhythm until his balls tightened to the point of pain.

His hands tightened on her hips even as he forced her further down on his cock. He heard her drag in a harsh breath, felt her sheath flex around him.

His cock pulsed and he lifted her until he nearly pulled all the way out then let gravity pull her back down.

Once more and he gave in to the seduction of her body and released into her warmth.

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Lacey felt the hot spurt of Teo’s release and her sex clenched around him in her second climax.

She clung to his shoulders, her breath coming in harsh pants even as she felt that sense of peace that came from feeding the hunger that could turn her into a raving lunatic.

She didn’t know how long they stood there, but it had to be several minutes at least.

It took her that long to realize there was something different about how she felt.

Something…more satisfying.

But she was tired, too tired to think about it now.

Teo shifted and she tightened her arms around him reflexively. But he only moved his head to press his lips to her temple.

“You okay?” he asked, his warm breath brushing against her cheek as his softened shaft slipped from her.

“I’m fine.”

And she was. She was more than fine. She felt more replete than she’d ever felt, at least since she’d been a child.

Her lips lifted in a smile and she turned her head to press her mouth to his neck, feeling the erratic pulse pounding there. “Will you stay?”

He froze for a millisecond before asking, “You live above the bar?”

“Yeah.” She moved her legs to unwrap them from his waist but he tightened his arms. She left them there.

“Where are the stairs?” His voice was a deep rumble in his chest against her ear.

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With a few words, she directed him through the kitchen to the stairs to the second floor. To her bedroom.

She knew that Teo, a
linchetto
, could see as well as a cat in the dark. But she hoped he wouldn’t notice the stark décor of her bedroom.

No personal items lay on the dresser against the wall. She owned no jewelry and she had no family pictures. No dirty clothes littered the bare hardwood floor. In the center of the room, a thick mattress set on a wooden platform formed her bed. That and the dresser were the only furniture in the room.

Teo never broke stride as he headed for the bed, pulling back the quilt and sheets with one hand. Setting her to the side of the queen-size mattress, he spread himself out in the center and reached for her, spreading her on top of his body. Her muscles loose and warm, she draped over him, feeling like a sleepy kitten snuggling against a huge, warm, sleek panther. Without all the fur.

Not that Teo didn’t have hair. Soft brown hair lightly dusted his chest, arms and legs. It tickled against her cheek, flat against his pec, where his heart beat strong and sure.

She wanted nothing more than to drift off to sleep in his arms, to wake with him wrapped around her tomorrow morning.

Safe. Secure in the knowledge that he wouldn’t wake her from a deep sleep to beat her or force her to have sex.

A shudder rippled through her as the past tried to intrude. The not-so-distant past.

“Are you cold, hon?” Teo’s arms tightened around her before he reached down to grab the covers and pull them up around their bodies.

She tried for a light tone. “How can I be? You give off heat like a furnace.”

His laugh rumbled through her like a quake, gorgeous and sexy. “Glad I can be of some use.”

A smile snuck up on her. “Oh, you definitely have other uses.”

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“Are you sure I didn’t…hurt you?”

Something in his voice made her pause before she answered. He sounded truly worried that he had. She lifted her upper body and rested her head on her hands on his chest.

Half
linchetti
herself, she could see just as well as he could. His expression showed nothing but his eyes bored into hers. “I’m fine, Teo. Why would you think that?”

He didn’t answer right away. “Well, you look like a stiff wind would blow you over and I’m not exactly small.”

“I’m stronger than I look.” She’d had to be.

“Why?”

Her eyes widened. Shit, had she said that last part out loud?

When she didn’t answer, he said, “Why are you stronger than you look?”

She tried to hold his gaze but she couldn’t. She picked a spot on that firm chin as she shrugged. “It’s just a saying.”

“No, it’s not. Not for you.” He put one finger under her chin and tilted it up. “Come on, babe. You can trust me. Show me yours, I’ll show you mine.”

Her eyes flew back to his. Had he seen what she worked so hard to hide? No, he couldn’t have. “What do you mean? Show you what?”

Again, he didn’t answer right away, just stared into her eyes. And she couldn’t look away because she’d already made him more curious than was safe.

Her mouth opened, as if she was actually going to spill her guts. She closed it just as fast. She couldn’t. Her freedom, her life depended on keeping her secret.

And even though every bone in her body knew she could trust him, she didn’t want to put him in danger.

His eyes narrowed. “Lacey, are you in some kind of trouble?”

Tinia’s teat, could the man read her mind? Or was she just that transparent?

She tried a smile but found she couldn’t hold it in the face of his steady gaze.

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Would it kill her to tell him?

Well, yeah, it could. If too many people knew her secret. If it got back to the wrong people. She’d been free for the past year. They hadn’t caught up with her. She’d allowed herself to think maybe they wouldn’t come after her after all this time.

But she couldn’t allow herself to grow complacent. Or to trust anyone but herself.