“Now,” hemurmured.
He pushed inside her. Balancing himself on his hands on either side of her, Kieran looked down where their bodies werejoining.
He nudged forward again until she wriggled beneath him with impatience. Silky hairs from his chest chafed her sensitive breasts. Then he thrust deeper, his cock nudging her open wider. Her wet core clenched hard aroundhim.
“You’re so damn tight, so tight, feels so good,” hegroaned.
He coaxed her mouth to hers, kissing her, probing his tongue inside her mouth. She kissed him back, savoring the warmth of his wet mouth. Ella wrapped her arms around him and deepened thekiss.
With each stroke of his cock inside her body, she felt merged with him. Bonded with him fully. Deepening his thrusts, he changed the angle, creating a hot, sweet tension in her loins. Ella clung to him, pumping her hips upward. He whispered things to her, encouraging her to release her wildestinhibitions…
She climaxed hard, her body convulsing and bucking as she screamed out his name. Nails dug into his sweat-slickedback.
Then Kieran arched back. Tendons and sinew on neck bulged as he threw back his head and groaned her name. His powerful body bucked and shuddered, the warm spurt of his seed filling her. He eased down onto her, his breathingragged.
He slowly slid out of her swollen sheath and then lay besides her. Kieran pulled her into his arms. The staccato pounding of their hearts and their mingled, gasped breaths graduallyquieted.
Ella rolled over, running her fingers across his sweat-dampened chest. “Next time, cat, I’m on top. I have a mating frenzy of my own tofulfill.”
“Yes,” he promised. “Later. I have something to ask youfirst”
He rolled out of bed and opened the window. Crisp winter air flowed into the bedroom as he joined her back on the bed. For a few minutes, they lay together, limbs entwining, sweat from their bodies cooling in theair.
“I love you, Ella,” hemurmured.
She touched his cheek. “I love you, Kieran. I want you with me, always. Are you my newpartner?”
“For assignments, yes. Getdressed.”
She wagged her eyebrows. “No moresex?”
But his expression turned serious. “Not until I get an answer fromyou.”
They both conjured clothing and sat on the bed’s edge. He raised an eyebrow at her lime green dress and the bright pinksash.
“You’ve spent far too much time with the Crystal Wizard, and you’ve taken on his love of wild colors,” he toldher.
Ella smiled. “This is me, Kieran. I’ve suppressed my love of color until you coaxed out my trueself.”
Kieran knelt down and took her hand. “Ella-mine, will you be my forever mate and not merely my partner to fight evil? Without you my life is not complete. I am the ice to your fire, the balance we both need in eachother.”
A lump clogged her throat. Ever since Kieran had left her, she’d felt empty and alone. Her other half, the male who made her laugh, watched her six, would sacrifice his life for her happiness, wasgone.
“I can bear whatever I must, as long as you are with me, Kieran. It’s not going to be easy. I don’t know what our lives will belike.”
He stood, drawing her into his arms. “I know. I would have it no otherway.”
He kissed her, melting her from the inside out. His mouth was warm, oh, so warm, and his arms were strong and comforting. She wanted to stay thereforever.
When he pulled away, there was a glint in his dark gaze. “But if you will, let’s remain in Colorado as our home base. I do love thecold.”
She laughed. “I can’t say we’ll be home often because of my assignments, but yes, that’s myplan.”
They faced many challenges in the coming days. Ella still wasn’t comfortable with the terrible magick endowing her. It was scary, having this much power. But Kieran would ground her and help her throughit.
Life would be filled with excitement, frustration, challenges and inevitably, pain. It would never be boringagain.
And with Kieran at her side, Ella knew it would be filled withlove.