Page 26 of Claimed By the Wild Orc
And I exhaled.
His breath was warm against my neck. I could feel his body pressed along mine, the sheer size of him both overwhelming and comforting.
And… arousing.
I stiffened, desire coursing through me.
My hand curled around his, and before I could think, I began to guide it.
He shifted slightly, voice low, rough silk in the dark. “If I touch you now, you won’t want me to stop.”
I didn’t breathe for a moment. Then I turned to face him.
I looked into his eyes—green and gold and smoldering with everything I knew he’d been holding back—and whispered, “Then don’t. Just kiss me. That’s all I want right now.”
It’s a start.
I just wanted his lips upon mine. That much I knew. That much felt safe.
The storm vanished. The cave, the cold, the thunder—it all disappeared.
His mouth found mine, and the kiss wasn’t soft. It was heat and hunger and months of tension breaking open. His hand slid under my dress, rough palm against my bare thigh, and I gasped into him, my body arching instinctively, desperate for more.
His tusks grazed my jaw, and his hand gripped my waist, dragging me flush against him. I felt the full weight of his arousal, thick and hard against my hip, and I didn’t care. I wanted it.
I wantedhim.
His fingers brushed higher beneath my dress, tracing the edge of my underwear, and I whimpered, lost in the press of him.
And then…
I hesitated. The stone walls came down again, uncertainty battered by the sounds of the storm outside.
Was this it?Now?
Our first time?
But… I wasn’t sure.
He stopped.
Breathing hard, he pulled back just enough to look me in the eyes, his thumb still stroking my hip. “Not until you say the words.”
I froze.
Because I wanted to. I was right there, lips parted, body trembling, but the words caught in my throat.
I didn’t even know why.
Maybe it was the fear. The knowledge that once I said yes, it would meaneverything.
Forever.
He scared me. He used to, at least. Not so much anymore.
But he stilloverwhelmedme.
He was so big. So powerful. What if it didn’t work? What if he hurt me? What if I wasn’t enough?
