Page 89 of A Lick of Flame

“Are you good, love?” I put my thumb on her sensitive spot and rub small circles.

Her mouth falls open for a moment. “Yes,” she pushes out, leaning in and kissing me like she might die if she doesn’t. I keep working my way inside her. I keep stroking her nub until I bottom out. We both groan.

My eyes are on hers as they turn hazy. She grabs my shoulders, her eyes fluttering closed. Her mouth falling open again. She makes a whimpering noise. I give her a few seconds to get used to being filled. Then I start moving.

“So good,” I grind out as I keep thrusting, keeping my movements short and punchy. “I love how you feel around me.”

“I love how you feel inside me.” She bites down on her lip. She’s moaning and panting.

I pull on the bodice of her dress, taking it down her arms a little until both her breasts are free. Her nipples are dark. They’re tight and plump. I lean in and take one into my mouth.

“Oh…Orion… Oh…” Her nails dig in. “Faster,” she whispers. “I need more. Please!” I love how vocal she is. How she stands up for herself. How she asks…no demands more of me. That she tells me what she wants and how she wants it. She can go from soft and timid to hard as granite in mere seconds.

I take her harder. Her moans turn to cries. Her nails dig into me. She’s groaning and moving with me. Her head falling back, and her back arching as she rides me.

Maya is perfect. She’s everything I ever wanted in a woman.

“You’re beautiful.” Her breasts bounce as I thrust into her. I don’t think I have ever seen a more welcoming sight.

Her groans are getting deeper. She’s bouncing faster. My balls are already tight. I can’t help but grunt hard every time I’m inside her. I sound like an animal. I’m going to lose it…I am losing it. I put my thumb on her swollen nub and rub softly.

Her eyes go really wide.

“Orion,” she groans. “Oh…ooooohhhhh.” Then her channel is gripping me tightly as it spasms around me.

Hells fanged teeth! I am done for.

My balls explode, and I groan her name. I’m sure she’s drawing blood with her nails she’s holding onto me so tightly. I love it! I come harder. We’re grinding against each other like our lives depend on it. I feel a bead of sweat drip down my forehead. I hear the wet sounds my cock makes inside her.

I have to hold on to Maya as she arches her back. I keep thrusting into her while she takes the last of what she needs. I grunt and jerk into her. It’s unlike anything I have ever experienced before. It’s…intense, but that’s putting it mildly.

We slow. She puts her head in the crook of my neck and kisses me there. Her arms are around me. I’m still rocking into her, enjoying the aftermath. The little shocks of pleasure that are still pulsing through me. I’m grunting softly.

“That was…” She’s panting hard. “It…”

“Was amazing,” I say as I pull out of her with a soft sigh.

“That was,” she widens her eyes, “not love-making. That was something different.” She smiles but looks unsure.

“Sometimes a man and a woman make love, and sometimes they have a hard tumble. There is no shame in it, Maya.”

“I enjoyed our love-making, but I enjoyed our hard tumble just as much.” She laughs.

I cup her jaw in my hand. “I want more hard tumbles. More love-making. I want this. I want us. I want all of it with you, Maya. I want you at my side. I want you to be my queen. We have a long road to travel before—”

“Stop there. I told you earlier that I would follow you anywhere. I should never have taken it back. I meant it. I would follow you anywhere, Orion. Here is the thing…” She makes a face. “I’m a little nervous about the whole ‘queen’ thing. That part worries me a little.”

I laugh. Maya is so refreshing. I remember a time when I couldn’t walk down the street without a woman trying to sell herself to me as queen material. Or a mother trying to convince me of her daughter’s potential to lead. They all wanted to be queen. They all vied for my attention, but only because I came with a crown. Maya doesn’t care; in fact, that part of the equation scares her off. I am so in love with her that it hurts inside.

“You shouldn’t worry. You would make an amazing queen.” I sigh. “There is something I need to tell you.”

“Not another something.” She narrows her eyes. “Is it bad?”

“When I said that we had a long road to walk, I wasn’t just talking about overthrowing Snow.”

“There’s more? How could there be more?” She looks at me skeptically.

“There is.”

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