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GWEN
Kaio let go of the mat with his right hand and reached up to tuck my hair behind my ear.
His touch sent flickers racing through me, straight down to the core of my being, where they ignited into a roaring flame, hot enough to match our campfire.
Slowly, giving me time to pull away if I wanted, he bent his head toward mine. When his lips touched my mouth, they were soft and gentle, his kiss a question more than a demand.
I answered the query with a demand of my own, my lips hungry for his, my tongue darting in and out of his mouth, teasing and toying with him. With a guttural groan, Kaio let the mat he was working on fall from his hands entirely and wrapped his arms around me, dragging me onto his lap sideways.
I wriggled around until I was facing him, my legs wrapped around his waist.
The hard length of him lay between us, twitching and dancing against my stomach.
I tugged my mouth away from his, panting. “I don’t know that I can promise you forever,” I managed to gasp out, even though I wanted nothing more right now than to push him back into the sand, straddle him, and have my way with him.
But we barely knew each other. I couldn’t agree to his mating magic—not if it meant I lost my chance to ever go home again.
Of course, taking that stance meant I might lose the chance to have sex with him now. My stomach twisted in preemptive sadness at the thought.
But I was not ready to commit to him forever.
Was I?
He drew back far enough to gaze into my eyes, searching my expression.
Finally, he gave the head roll that indicated yes in his culture. “I can control the mating magic,” he promised me. “We can enjoy one another completely without forming any permanent bonds.”
Something unreadable flickered through his eyes, but I took him at his word.
“God, yes,” I rasped. “I want you.”
Kaio raised his hands to my shoulders and pushed the cloak back until it fell in a puddle around my waist.
Gently, almost reverently, he traced my collarbones—first one, then the other, sending chills fluttering along my skin.
My nipples hardened, and I dropped my head back, feeling my hair brush against my shoulders.
He moved his hands to my waist and lifted me up, taking a nipple into his mouth, slipping his tongue around it and flicking it as I trembled.
When he switched his attention to the other breast, he moved his hand up to rub the nipple of the first one in slow, sensuous circles. Desire pooled in my core, warring with the flickering flames that already danced there, and I placed my hands on his shoulders, holding myself steady as if I were afraid I might float away into the rotating galaxy of stars above us.
When I sat up straight and pushed away from him, Kaio let his hands rest gently on my hips, maintaining contact but not holding me down. I pushed myself to my feet, allowing the cloak to fall away entirely.
Kaio’s gaze roamed across my body hungrily, and I heard him swallow hard.
I moved slowly, deliberately, bending over to pick up my cloak so that my breasts hung near his face. He reached up with both hands and cupped them briefly, squeezing the nipples as I pulled away.
Everything he did felt amazing.
Then I turned my back to him and flipped the cloak into the air so that it fluttered down to the ground. I bent over to smooth it out, wiggling my ass just a little.
Kaio made a noise somewhere between a groan and a laugh. “You kantze-vixen. You’re determined to kill me with my own need, aren’t you?”
I glanced over my shoulder, still bending in front of him, and gave my ass a final shake. “Maybe,” I conceded, grinning.
Then I picked up my high-heeled shoes and slipped them onto my feet. They sank into the sand, I didn’t care. I spun around in a pirouette, ending up facing him again.
“On Earth,” I said, “high heels are considered especially sexy on women.” I bent my knee and rested my toe on his upper thigh. “They make the legs look longer and sleeker and force a woman’s ass to stick out a little.”
