“What could you do with it?”
He pushed her shirt higher, exposing the bandeau she wore beneath. His teeth tugged at it until it slid away from her breasts.
“Whatever you wanted me to.” His voice slurred a bit, like he was drunk on imagination. “I could turn every kiss into a climax for you. I could bring you to completion without even touching you. I could wrap around your mind and enhance every touch, every stroke, until you were mindless with pleasure.”
Her brain stuttered at those possibilities, all ways he’d use his magic for her benefit alone. “What about you? Aren’t there things you could do for you?”
“Those thingsarefor me.” His mouth climbed the swell of one breast until he took the peak inside.
A gasp tore from her, and her back arched at the zing of pleasure spiraling and gathering between her legs. She rocked against him, her legs squeezing him closer. Her eyes fluttered shut.
“I’ve heard it hurts the first time,” she whispered.
He released her and traveled farther up, exploring every dip and swell around her clavicle. “I’ve heard that, too. We don’t have to do that.”
“But… Could—could you make it not hurt? With your voice?”
David paused his exploration to look at her again. “Is that what you want?”
Her breathing grew uneven. “I want—I want you inside me. Even if it hurts.”
He stared for a long moment. “Alright.” His lips brushed her ear, and he whispered in his silkiest voice, “It won’t hurt.”
Tension she hadn’t been aware of released from her muscles. Nerves dissipated. “Good.” She reached for his shirt, and he helped her yank it over his head. Pushing him to his back, she smiled. “Then it’s my turn.”
He was…stunning. Golden and honed, all sharp edges and smooth planes. Faint scars peppered his chiseled torso. A crescent-moon tattoo decorated his left ribcage, the black ink dripping artfully down his ribs.
Anna kissed it, lit aflame by his sharp intake of breath. It gave her the courage to search for other places he liked, her hands roaming over every muscle, then dipping beneath the waist of his trousers. His abs contracted.
“You want that?” she asked, settling at his side.
“You have no idea how much I want that,” he rasped.
She met his eyes, darkened and primal, and his knuckle traced her face from temple to chin. Her blood glistened at the heat in his gaze, at the desire burning through his ice, barely restrained while he let her play.
Her hand slid inside and gripped him.
David’s eyes closed, and a hum gathered in his throat, barelyaudible. A breath scraped from his lungs. Fingers snarled into her hair, pulling her back for a fevered kiss.
She marveled at the juxtaposition of him, hard and soft all at once, a sensual polarity. He drove into her hand, once, twice, before she realized exactly what he wanted.
She obliged, eagerly, fascinated by the hunger punching holes through his ice. It fed her own lust, their twin desires melding and ballooning out until her very skin burned with need. Her hand grew slick as she moved, and she took that as a good sign. She threw a little twist into her wrist, and his hands spasmed as a groan gathered in his throat.
Nipping his jaw, she whispered, “You like this?”
One hand left her hair to slide around her waist. It dove beneath her breeches to grip her bottom, dragging her nearly on top of him. His eyes locked into hers, then dipped to her mouth. “Yeah. Makes me wonder what the rest of you will feel like.”
Anna licked her lips. He took her wrist in a vice grip, stopping her rhythm.
“You learn too fast.”
She smiled. “Can’t handle it?”
He laughed, low and dark. “Let’s see how wellyoudo. It’s my turn now.” Rolling her to her back, he lost all semblance of restraint. He disposed of the clothes still clinging haphazardly to her torso, then tore at the ties of her breeches until she was naked beneath him.
Until this moment, she’d never considered whether someone might find her attractive. Her body was her trustiest weapon—she’d honed it on the training grounds until it was strong and reliable—but was it also appealing?
The desire to cover herself surged, but David gripped her hands and held them firm to the mattress as he hovered above her. “Don’t hide from me.”
