“Go, Lexi,” he said gruffly.
Instead of going, she lifted his face andbent to kiss him. For a second, she worried he would turn away, buthe didn’t. Instead, his mouth was a grim, flat line against hers ashe remained unmoving on the bed.
She’d made a mistake; she was making a foolof herself. She’d overestimated their connection, and he was aboutto pull away, laugh at her, and tell her to get out. He wouldremember her as the stupid fool who had been a game while he waitedfor his brother to heal.
If he remembered her at all.
The possibility he was toying with her hadnever occurred to her before. He was dark fae, but he’d come acrossas extremely honest.
She’d believed the passion behind his kissesand touch was real and not part of some game he was playing to passthe time. However, as he remained unmoving against her, shecouldn’t help thinking she’d made a gigantic mistake.
She was starting to pull away when his armsencircled her waist. She had no time to react before he pulled herbetween his thighs. His hand slid up her back, his lips meltedagainst hers, and he took possession of her mouth.
All possibility of making a huge mistakevanished when his tongue stroked her lips. It slipped inside hermouth, where it created a firestorm inside her.
Her fingers bit into his thick shoulders ashe kissed her with a desperation she’d never experienced from him.His need for her was evident in every thrust of his tongue and theway his arms cinched around her.
He wasn’t going to let her go, and hewouldn’t be satisfied with a kiss this time. She’d known that asshe crossed the room to him, but it hadn’t sunk into her consciousthoughts until now.
When she released the doorknob and returnedto him, she’d known she was making a decision she could never takeback. That she was walking a path she’d never walked before, and itcould lead her straight off a cliff.
He would most likely break her heart, but atleast she would get to experience that part of life. She would atleast know what it was like to have him hold her and feel his bodymoving against hers.
His hand slid up her back to her nape beforerising to entangle in her hair. Apprehension coiled inside her. Hewas so different from her, so much more experienced, and so sure ofeverything, while she was fumbling her way blindly forward.
When she returned to him, she’d hoped to keephim from drowning in a sea of memories and despair while trying toexperience more of life. She was completely out of her depth here,but when his other hand slid down to cup her ass, some of hertrepidation vanished as desire bloomed.
CHAPTER 45
He should push her away and order her to run. He’dnearly killed her tonight, but now that she was in his arms, hewasn’t going to let her go.
Refusing to let her go made him a selfishprick, but he wouldn’t part from her. He’d always been a selfishprick, and he wasn’t about to change when he was holding thebiggest temptation he’d ever encountered in his arms.
He pushed aside her robe and his hand bunchedin her T-shirt as he pulled it up. When he slid his hand down tocup her ass again, his cock became rock-hard as his fingers tracedthe lacy edge of her underwear.
He slid his fingers over those edges beforetugging her underwear down to cup her firm ass. She was so rightand beautiful, and he couldn’t believe he was holding her. Afterwhat he’d done to her tonight, she should hate him, but instead,she’d come to him.
Growing frustrated with her underwear, hecarefully sliced them from her silken skin, and the ruined materialfell to the floor. Sensing her uncertainty, he cupped her ass againbefore sliding his hand down and between her legs.
He would keep her so aroused she wouldn’thave a chance to change her mind. She gasped as she swayed towardhim. His fingers slipped between her thighs and touched upon thewetness spreading between her legs.
He’d considered himself hard before, but nowhis dick throbbed with its need for release. Plucking her from theground, he lifted her and settled her on his lap.
He could be inside her in seconds, somethinghe wanted more than his next breath, but he didn’t take her.Instead, he planned to cherish every bit of her and this momentbefore entering her.
By the time he finished teasing her, shewould be mindless and panting with need. When he finally did enterher, he would ensure the pain of her first time was minimal.
He teased her clit until she trembled againsthim. He teased her until her legs were trembling around him.
Rising from the bed, he broke the kiss whilehe lifted her. She locked her legs around his waist and clung tohim as their eyes met.
The hunter and emerald green mixture of hershad darkened, and her pupils were dilated. Her lips, swollen fromhis kisses, were as lush as her. She licked them as her gaze fellto his mouth.
“You should run, Lexi,” he said.
He didn’t know where the words came from; hecertainly hadn’t expected to utter them, but he had to give her onelast chance to leave. She had to realize that once he possessedher, he would never let her go.
It had been a while since he fed, and the faewas hungry, though he wouldn’t take from her tonight. Tonight, itwould be about her.
