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‘Damion …’ she murmured, intending to protest, but her voice emerged weak. Her body was already craving him desperately.
His arms banded around her, the heat from his body firing hers up. ‘Wear it for me. Let’s celebrate the end of the curse.’ His hand drifted to her dress and eased the zipper down.
Reiko’s protests dissolved under the melting power of his touch. With a soft sigh, she gave in to him. When he saw what she wore underneath—gold-coloured lace knickers—he groaned.
‘Or maybe I’m cursed after all. The sight of your body drives me crazy.’
‘You’re not half bad yourself.’
He growled, picked her up and tossed her onto the bed. She rose on her knees, then reached out to undo his studs. His gaze drifted over her body and she trembled at the fire in his eyes.
Heat pooled between her legs. With urgent movements she slid her panties off. Naked except for the choker, she settled on the bed. Damion’s breath hissed out, his hands frozen at his belt. The urge to taunt him further rose inside her. Reaching up, she gripped the pillow and slowly parted her thighs, exposing herself totally to him, this man she realised she’d fallen in love with.
Grey eyes darkened almost to black. The skin around his mouth tightened with the force of his reined-in control, but his hands moved lightning-fast to shuck the rest of his clothes. Gloriously naked, effortlessly beautiful, he sank onto the bed beside her and proceeded to make love to her as if his life depended on it.
Several orgasms later, she woke to find him watching her. She swallowed and felt the subtle tightening of the choker.
‘What?’
‘I’m breathing, Reiko. You make me breathe. I want you to stay with me.’
A whisper of unease cooled her skin. ‘Stay with you? Like … lust bunnies skipping through the fields until they find other lust bunnies to play with?’
His kiss was har
d, intending to punish. ‘No, there will be no other lust bunnies in your future. Just me.’
‘When you say “future”, are we talking science-fiction terms or a few seasons of the year?’
‘You’re getting facetious. Good. Now I know you’re listening and taking me seriously.’
Ice clawed at her soul. She had a scary premonition of what was coming. Only Damion didn’t know what he was offering. What she desperately wanted to grasp with both hands but knew she couldn’t have.
‘I want you, Reiko. Indefinitely. You want me, too. This makes sense. I was wrong about the therapist tonight. You’re strong enough to work through your nightmares yourself.’
‘Damion—’
He stopped her with another toe-curling kiss. ‘You don’t need to give me an answer right now. You can say yes in the morning.’ He kissed along her jaw, leaving a trail of fire that threatened to thaw the ice that had taken hold inside her.
Reiko fought the thaw.
‘Listen …’
‘Shh. It’s scary, I know. I’m scared, too. But we both want this.’
His vulnerable admission tore at her heart. Her love for him increased a thousand-fold. Reverently, she touched his precious face, her heart weeping at the thought of what losing him would cost her.
‘Okay. We’ll talk in the morning.’
Coward. She pushed the snarling voice away and kissed him. With a groan he took over and kissed her until she wasn’t sure whether she was awake or dreaming.
In a daring, desperate move she pushed him down and surged over him. He gasped as she took him in her hand and guided him inside her.
‘Mon ange, qu’est-ce tu m’as fait?’ His words were choked, fractured, as if held together by the thinnest control.
Flattening her hands on his hair-roughened chest, she rode him, increasing the pace. His head went back, his neck arching as he panted desperate words into the desire-drenched space.
Reiko’s senses spun out of control. Strong hands gripped her, held her tight in the emotion binding them, until they could both hold on no longer. Her moans of ecstasy triggered his release. She collapsed onto his sweat-soaked body and felt his chest heave under her cheek. They stayed like that until she was sure he’d fallen asleep.
