Page 95 of Stealing the Star Stone
Nope, the egg stayed in place.
“Mm,” he frowned, “and if you put it in your pocket?”
She did, and when she removed her hand, the egg stayed behind.“Why’s nothing simple on this freaking moon?”she ranted.“I’m not cutting up my pants for this.Leave it.We’ll ask Zal when he gets here.”
Eli hummed, his gaze on the eastern bank of the peninsula.“Think we have time for an ocean dip?”
Excitement skittered into life.Never had she been in the ocean.She’d heard of Eternis, a paradise only the rich could afford to visit, but since theValiancedidn’t tour that galaxy, she hadn’t had a chance to go planetside.
“I’ll have to strip,” she said, striding down the embankment and onto the soft black sand.
“I can bear a little nudity if you can,” he called, the muted thud of a boot hitting the ground.
She giggled, wiggling out of boots, pants, shirt, and underwear to stand on the damp sand.He strode toward her.A long time ago, he’d been young, his physique not the mountain of muscle he now was.Broad shoulders were the same, sure, but those abs.And even though she’d been him a few minutes ago, nothing compared to looking at the eye candy he was.
“If you keep devouring me with those gorgeous eyes, Nova-honey, you’ll have to take what I give you,” he drawled, circling an arm around her waist.
She didn’t bother to suppress her reaction to his touch.“I’m up for it, if you are.”
And over his shoulder she went.
She squealed and kicked her feet, grinning at finding his dimpled ass filling her sight.He swatted her backside while trudging into the frothy waves.Skinny-dipping at night on an alien moon was all kinds of stupid, but she ached to know him as Nova.Kind of like a refresher of memories.Soon they’d walk away from each other.And even though their adventure wouldn’t be forgotten, she wanted to cram these last seconds with as much of him as possible.
The water was warm, thicker than normal, and clinging to every inch of her when he sank into the next wave.She could do nothing but gasp when he plastered her to his front, a hard-on pressing into her hip.
Their lips met in the middle, kisses frantic, hot, needy, hands stroking each other in a frenzy.Zal could arrive and catch them in the act, but she didn’t care, her body thrumming with desire.Her core twanged, making demands she didn’t want to ignore.
He grabbed her by the ass and hoisted her until she peered into his upturned face.This annoying, arrogant, egotistical, sexy-as-hell man had somehow gotten her to love him.She caressed his jaw, trailing a path over the stubble to his baby-soft bottom lip.
“Nova,” he rasped, sliding her down until his cock pressed against her opening.
She moaned, wrapping her arms around his neck and arching.
His breath caught a second before he pushed in.She tightened her arms, relishing the tingling stretch as he impaled her.
“So good,” he growled, angling his head to kiss her.
His tongue dueled hers while he pistoned in and out.The lights in her eyes became incandescent with every spark of joy he garnered.She squeezed her eyes shut and held on, burying her face in the curve of his neck with every one of his hip thrusts.
Ecstasy was so near, too exquisite for her to handle.She planted kisses across his skin, his jawline, his chin as the orgasm neared.It hit her hard.She leaned back using his shoulders as an anchor, breaking contact to scream his name.
He held onto her, a groan slipping from his lust-hardened features as he joined her in the sweet fires of pleasure.His breathing was ragged as he gathered her closer.
Her insides trembled, mini firebolts shooting along her channel.The ache deepened; she craved more.Tears blurred her vision, but she tucked her chin, not wanting them to spill free.This was…
“Beautiful,” he whispered, feathering kisses along the shell of her ear.
She smiled.“You read my mind.”
“No, not this time.”A small frown furrowed his brow.“Why couldn’t I hear your thoughts?”
She shrugged.“Probably why the egg’s stuck to me even though Senmut gave it to you?”
He laughed.“True.I’ll hurt myself trying to understand it all.”
The rainbow lights flickering across his face ended their cuddle.She twisted to find the cause and slid off him in the process.In the deep burgundy of the water, quets glowed.En mass, the eels circled them, casting out their colors while weaving between their legs.
“Maybe we shouldn’t linger?”he suggested and offered her his hand.
