Leaving him and Mara alone on the couch.
He wondered if he’d always have to make the first move or if she’d eventually be comfortable enough to come to him.
That question was answered when she straddled his lap seconds after he sat beside her.
He tried not to grab her ass and drag her forward but he couldn’t quite rein himself in. She came without hesitation, her arms around his neck, her lips only inches away from his, her pelvis pressed against his thickening cock.
He smiled and watched her lips curve in return.
“You want to talk about what happened today?” he asked.
“Do you need to?”
Yeah, maybe he did. “I’ll never let anything happen to you, Mara. You or Arin. I took one look at you and I knew.”
Her head cocked to the side, her eyes bright with curiosity. “Knew what?”
“That you were mine. I didn’t think I’d ever be able to have you but I always knew I’d be here to keep you safe.”
Her hands curved around his neck, the warmth of her skin both calming him and riling him up.
“I know, Race. Just as I knew I’d always be safe with you.”
“And loved. I love you, Mara.”
Her smile brightened his world. “Let me show you just how much I love you back.”
Again, he tried not to take over. And thought he managed fairly well this time.
She stripped his shirt over his head and dropped her mouth to the exposed skin of his chest, only centimeters from his left nipple.
Heat raged through him as she licked and nipped at his skin, her hands smoothing over his shoulders, down his arms then back up to spread across his back.
Slowly she caressed every inch of his skin she could reach.
He had to touch her, couldn’t wait. Sliding his hands beneath her yoga pants, he cupped her ass, tugging her closer.
“How attached are you to these pants?”
“Don’t you dare rip them. They’re my favorite.”
“Then take them off.”
Sliding off his lap, she stood before him with that smile on her face, the one he couldn’t resist. And when she crooked her finger at him and started to back away toward the bedroom, he smiled and pushed off the couch.
He was at her side in seconds, startling a surprised cry from her but in the next second she started to laugh as he threw her over his shoulder then tossed her—gently—on the bed.
It took him only seconds to strip her, only a few more to get rid of his own clothes.
But it took him several minutes to kiss his way from her ankle to her breast.
She wasn’t smiling when he looked up but the heat in her eyes more than made up for it.
His erection brushed her hip and she reached for him, stroked his cock with sure, steady hands and made him want to beg for more.
She didn’t make him beg. She gave him everything.
She opened her legs and let him come between them, wrapped her legs around his waist and arched up to meet him when he thrust into her.
With his arms tight around her, he sealed his mouth over hers and tried not to go too fast or too hard but she urged him on with every twist of her hips, every contraction around his cock.
When he finally let go, after he felt her orgasm around him, he told her again.
“Always yours, Mara.”
“Always.”
Stephanie Julian is an avid reader who used to have a book-a-day habit. Then she realized she not only wanted to read books but write them too. Romance has always been her first love, the sexier the better. Hot men, strong women and a heaping helping of magic dominate (and she does mean
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