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He couldn’t wait.
He helped her over the side, then swung his legs over.
Ushakii came out of the corner of the poop deck, where he’d been posted to watch over the ship. “Who goes there?”
“Captain Drake.” He swept Serenity back up into his arms.
“Welcome aboard, Captain, Miss James,” Ushakii called, then returned to his post.
“You can put me down, Morgan,” Serenity said as he began carrying her across the deck.
He tightened his grip on her. “If I did that you might run away.”
She trailed her fingernail down the length of his stubbly jaw, raising chills all over him. His shaft grew even harder, pulsing with his need.
“I have a feeling you would catch me,” she said softly, her voice doing the most wicked things to his body.
“Be that as it may,” he said in a ragged whisper, “I’d much rather have you where I want you than have to worry.”
He carried her to his cabin.
He positioned her to his left, then opened the door.
Serenity smiled as they entered his cabin. It looked just as she remembered it, clean, cozy. And her lopsided curtains still hung where she’d placed them.
Embarrassed, Serenity averted her gaze and realized the door had also been repaired. “You fixed the door.”
Without a word, he leaned back against it and closed it.
This time when his lips met hers, she could taste the passion, feel the heat of his longing.
He allowed her feet to slide to the floor, but her legs were so weak from his kiss that she could barely stand. Instead, she clung to him, needing to feel as close to his body as she could.
There was heaven in his touch, she’d known that since the first time he’d kissed her.
He brushed his hands through her hair. “You are so beautiful,” he whispered against her ear.
Serenity smiled. It was the first time in her life a man had said that to her, and it was worth the wait to hear it from Morgan. Her pirate.
He dipped his head and pressed his lips against the skin of her breasts while his hands lifted her skirts from behind. His hands ran over her bare buttocks, pressing her hips closer to his so that she could feel just how swollen and ready he was for her.
Chills shot through her, and deep down her little voice told her this was wrong. They weren’t married.
All her life she had been told to save herself for her husband. But at her age she knew that day would never come.
She wasn’t a young miss waiting for her husband to deliver her. She was a woman full-grown whose heart had been stolen by a pirate.
And now she had a choice to make. Walk away from him right now, virtue intact, or follow her heart where it led.
Tonight it led her to Morgan’s arms, and that was exactly what she wanted. If this was to be her mistake, then let it. She’d been a dutiful, practical daughter all her life. For once she would do as she pleased and face the consequences, whatever they might be.
He moved his hands to the back of her gown and began unfastening the long row of buttons.
“Are you afraid?” he asked.
“Terrified,” she answered honestly.
Morgan’s gaze burned her with its intensity. “I won’t hurt you.”
