Page 34 of Horned to be Wild
“Nothing,” she answered too quickly, then sighed. “Just… thinking.”
He frowned at her as he sat down across the table, his own plate piled high. “About?”
She took a bite to buy herself time, the sweet, buttery flavor momentarily distracting her. “These are incredible.”
He watched her, waiting with the patient stillness of someone accustomed to long silences.
“I was thinking about us,” she finally admitted. “About… what happens next.”
“What do you want to happen next?” he asked, his hand clenching on his fork, and she realized he’d misunderstood.
“I want this. More of this.”
His hand relaxed. “I do too.”
She believed him, but she also suspected he was still worried about her abandoning him. And she knew he was still worried about hurting her. But at least that was an issue she could face head-on, so to speak. She’d seen the way he’d looked at his own cock with something almost like shame, but there was no part of him that she feared.
As soon as they finished their pancakes, she rose to her feet. She leaned across the table and licked a smear of maple syrup off his lip, then gave him a wicked grin.
“I couldn’t resist. You looked delicious.”
His nostrils flared, and his eyes darkened. “Lila…”
“I’m going to take a shower. Why don’t you join me?”
“Lila!” he growled, but she was already heading for the stairs. She could feel his eyes on her back, and once she reached the top of the stairs, she pulled the flannel shirt over her head and tossed it at him. He caught it automatically, clutching the shirt like a lifeline.
“Are you coming?”
His throat worked but he followed, her his big hooves heavy on the stairs behind her. When she reached the bathroom and turned on the shower, she could feel the heat of his presence behind her. When she looked over her shoulder, his gaze was locked on her ass, but he dragged it back to her face.
“Don’t look at me like that unless you intend to do something about it,” she told him firmly.
The words hung between them for a moment, and she wondered if she’d pushed too hard. But then he took a step closer, his hands coming to rest on her shoulders.
“Are you sure this is what you want?” he asked, his deep voice a low rumble that made her shiver.
“Absolutely. Are you?”
“Yes,” he hissed, and his hands tightened, pulling her back against his chest as he bent to bury his head in the curve of her neck.
Her soft flesh pressed against the hard planes of his body and she moaned, arching her neck to give him better access as his lips trailed across her skin.
“Then come and join me,” she said, stepping into the shower and turning to watch him.
He hesitated a second longer, then stripped off his sweatpants and followed her into the shower. He was already erect and her mouth went dry as his cock pressed against her stomach. She’d known he was big but she hadn’t realized how much his jeans had constrained him until she’d finally seen him naked. Hewas mostly shaped like a human male, except for an odd bulge towards the middle of his shaft, but his size…
We can do this, she told herself firmly as he leaned down to kiss her, his mouth hungry and demanding. She opened to him eagerly, her hands coming up to grasp his horns as his wide tongue swept inside. The taste of him flooded her mouth—rich and dark and primal. He growled into her mouth as she pulled him closer, that big, rough tongue stroking hers until her knees were weak. She could feel her clit throbbing in time to the beat of her pulse, her entire body on fire, but he didn’t try to touch her anywhere else.
“Torin,” she whispered when he finally lifted his head. “I need you.”
“You have me,” he said solemnly, and then he dropped to his knees, the spray from the shower hitting his broad back.
His breath was hot against the sensitive flesh of her stomach as he kissed a path over the generous curves, then he dipped lower, nipping at the sensitive crease where her hip met her thigh. She bit her lip, trying to keep from begging him to touch her aching folds.
He looked up, his eyes meeting hers as he pushed her legs apart and dragged that amazing tongue over her swollen clit. Her whole body quivered, the breath leaving her lungs in a rush as she clutched at his horns again.
“Is this what you need?” he murmured, and did it again.
