He considered her the amazing one, but he didn’t say that as she marveled over his body with her fingers and eyes. Releasing her hips, he propped his hands behind his head to watch as she explored him.
He’d never seen anyone do this before. But then, she was the only one who’d ever seen all of him and the only one who ever would. She’d inspected him the first time she saw all his ciphers, but not with this intense an interest as she traced all of them from his face, down his collarbone, stomach, and hips.
Beneath her touch, his skin rippled as it begged for more, and she was happy to give it to him. The increased scent of strawberries on the air told him that she also took delight in exploring him.
Her hands settled on his shaft again before she bent to run her tongue along the ciphers encompassing his head. He sucked in a breath as his hips rose off the floor.
He almost grabbed her waist again as his first reaction was to bury himself inside her, but he kept himself restrained. Instead, he gave himself over to the wondrous things her mouth and tongue could do.
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Lexi couldn’t get enoughof the taste and feel of him. His allspice aroma mixed with the musky scent he emitted only turned her on more. She wasn’t sure what was happening to her. Her skin tingled as if little electrical currents were running through her, and her body begged for more.
She was always aroused by him; being with him was one of the greatest pleasures of her life, but this was different somehow. She felt more alive and more… powerful?
She wasn’t quite sure if that was the right way to describe it, and she didn’t care as her entire body begged for more of him. Releasing his cock, she made her way further down as she used her hands to explore all the ciphers covering the rest of his body to his toes.
The amount of power he exuded caused the air to crackle between them. It hadn’t done this when he first revealed his ciphers to her. But he hadn’t uncovered all his ciphers until after they made love before, and he’d covered them quickly again afterward.
Now, they were on full display, his barriers were down, and power pulsated out of him.
Her mouth watered as the hair on her arms rose. The power in the air intensified until it caused strands of her hair to float around her face. When Cole growled, her attention shifted to his striking face and silver eyes.
The thud of her heart was so fast and loud, she was certain he could hear it. Then his hands settled on her hips, and he lifted her. Lexi started to protest, but as he rose, he turned and set her on the bed in a move so fluid and effortless she could have been a pixie for all her size mattered to him.
When his weight came down on top of her, she reacted like a bolt of lightning hit her soul. The heat of their connection sizzled between them as she lay staring up at him while his gaze remained locked on hers.
When she reached for him, he caught her wrists and brought them down to pin them on either side of her head.
“You’ll be the death of me, and I’ll welcome it with open arms,” he said.
Then he claimed her mouth in a kiss that not only left her breathless and aching for more but it touched her to the very center of her being. In that kiss, she felt all his love and desire for her.
With his kiss, he made it clear he would never let her go.
And she welcomed his claim and possession of her because he was hers too, and nothing would ever change that. She hoped she was conveying that to him as her fingers threaded into his hair to pull him closer.
His hands slid down her body, tracing her curves before one of them slid between her legs. She arched into his touch as he fucked her with his fingers until she was panting and on the verge of begging for more, but she couldn’t break their kiss.
When he finally entered her, every one of her nerve endings begged for release. But he wasn’t going to give it to her as they touched and explored each other.
She felt the tug of his power when he started feeding on her. Felt him drawing strength from the energy they created as they remained entwined. She sought to give him more and offered it to him as she locked her legs around his waist and urged him faster.
When she came, it was with her fingers entwined in his hair and their mouths still joined as she cried out. With one final thrust, he buried himself deep inside her.
His body shuddered against hers, and his cock pulsed deep inside her. She felt every single pulsation as his seed filled her.
Her heart swelled, and she cleaved to him as their kiss eased before finally ending. She ran her hands over the carved muscles of his back as she sought to catch her breath and return to reality. It was difficult to do when her body was still hungry for more.
When he buried his face in the hollow of her shoulder, she felt the scrape of his fangs a second before he bit deep, renewing his claim on his mate. And when he started moving inside her again, she eagerly welcomed it.
When he released his bite, she turned her mouth into his neck and rested her lips against his vein. Closing her eyes, she bit deep, and his blood filled her mouth. It had been too long, and she hadn’t realized how much she’d needed to feed until it started to sate her hunger.
She’d always thought it was the vampire half of her that thirsted for blood, but it never was. Instead, it was the arach who craved blood and sighed with pleasure.
Chapter Fifty-One
“I’ll get us some food,”Cole said sometime later when they finally parted. “Why don’t you run a hot bath for yourself while I’m gone.”
