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“At the rate we’re going? Yes.” He was silent for a few moments. “Are you all right?”
“Mm-hmm.”
“You sure?” Ash asked, letting go of my hair to tip my chin up. Our eyes met. His were a warm dove gray. “I wasn’t gentle before or even now,” he added. “At all.”
“I know.” I rose slightly. “You didn’t hurt me then or now, and I loved both times—or all three times. Four?”
“Five,” he corrected.
“So, you’re counting those…” My skin flushed. “Those things you did with the tendrils of eather?”
“Those things you really enjoyed.”
Feeling my breath catch, I nodded. “You seemed to enjoy it yourself.”
“Enjoy it?” He dipped his head to mine. “You were drenched, liessa,” he said, his voice turning to silk. “It’s quite possible I enjoyed it more than you.”
A wanton shiver rolled through me. “Good.”
He chuckled deeply. Unfortunately, the sound faded much too quickly. “But your body has been through a lot. So has your mind.”
I snorted. “I think my mind is somewhat calm for once.”
“I’m relieved to hear that.” He drew a finger down the center of my chin. “But something happened with us earlier.”
Falling quiet, I debated whether to pretend I had no idea what he was talking about, which seemed very…un-queenly.
“You locked up,” he continued quietly, almost carefully. “And I could taste your sudden unease.”
“You really need to stop reading my emotions.” I leaned back, returning my cheek to his arm.
Ash’s touch followed, his fingers picking up another strand of hair. “If it makes you feel any better, it was harder than usual.”
My eyes narrowed. “So, I wasn’t projecting? You went searching?”
The hair slid between his fingers. “When you locked up, I was afraid I had hurt you.”
The evident concern in his voice extinguished any irritation. “You weren’t hurting me. At all.”
He dragged the curl over my upper arm. “Then what was it?”
I gave a one-shouldered shrug. “I don’t know. I think maybe it’s what you said. My body—my head—has been through a lot. So, it was just a weird moment.” And that was all I would allow it to be. “But all the other moments? They were amazing. Beautiful.” I leaned over and kissed him. “I think I can still taste myself on your lips.”
A sexy rumble vibrated in his chest. “Do not mention that.” Twin silver pools locked onto me, and my body immediately reacted, curling and tensing in a delicious, heated way. “Because it makes me want to taste you again, and I have something I need to say—actually, I have several things I need to say.”
“Okay,” I murmured as the image of him with his head nestled between my thighs took up residency in my mind.
Ash bowed his back so our eyes met. “That also means you need to stop thinking about it.”
“I’m not.”
“Your arousal is so strong I can taste it.” Ash nipped my lips, making my breath catch. A brief grin appeared as I pouted at him. “If you keep it up, I’m going to get myself deep inside you yet again.”
Shockingly, tiny knots of coiled lust formed in my belly. “Was that supposed to convince me to stop thinking about exactly that? Because if so, you failed.”
He chuckled, guiding my head back to his arm. “For some unknown reason, I’m not disappointed to learn that.”
Unknown? I snorted.
