Page 23 of The Mating Magic
Pride and masculine possession shone in his gaze as he sat back, watching her. Chase reached into his nightstand and withdrew a foilpacket.
A twinkle glinted in his eyes as he held up the packet. “I stocked this drawer with plenty of these for the day when you and I finally made love here, in thishouse.”
Trembling, she lay back, watching him slip on thecondom.
His limbs were long and sturdy and roped with muscle. Wide shoulders gave way to the classic V of narrow waist andhips.
Then he was nudging her thighs open, settling between them. Chase laced his fingers between hers, his muscled weight pinning herdown.
The position was sweetly intimate. Chase’s body atop hers, his hard chest pressed against her soft breasts, his sleekly muscled flanks entwined with her slender legs, his heated gaze fused to hers. She felt certain she was the only one who mattered to himnow.
Chase lowered his mouth and dropped a singularly sweet kiss on herlips.
The hard knob of his cock slid against her soaked folds. The slow, teasing move made her grit her teeth. An impish grin, so typically Chase, warned he knew exactly how the motion drove her crazy. Evie rolled her hipsupward.
He thrust hard into her, pushing past the resistance of her tiny internal muscles, sealing them hip and hip. Evie flinched a little. Always the first entry her core resisted, as if her body tried to prevent his claiming her. Letting him into the most private part of her body…herheart.
“Ah sweet goddess, you feel so damn tight. So fucking good,” he muttered. Concern flared in his gaze. “You okay,Evie?”
She drew a long, trembling sigh. “Now Iam.”
Pleasure rippled through her as he began to move. Slowly out and then back inside her, building the heat between them. All the while his gaze was warm and soft, the look on his face telling her this was more thansex.
More than makinglove.
Passion consumed them, sending them spiraling together into erotic bliss as his hips drove harder and faster. She pushed upward, meeting his frantic moves. Evie tightened her hands around his as the crisp hair on his chest rubbed against her sensitive nipples. She squeezed hard around him, feeling the incredible pressure build until she cried out and climaxed again, gasping for air, feeling as if she were flying, soaring higher andhigher.
And would neverdescend.
Chase closed his eyes and threw his head back, the corded muscles on his neck straining as he gave one last thrust. His cock twitched inside her as Chase shouted her name. He bucked and shuddered againsther.
Wrapping her arms around him, she held him close as he collapsed atop her, his muscled weight pressing her against the soft mattress. Chase’s ragged breathing bellowed into her ear as he pillowed his head next tohers.
Finally he pushed himself off, sat on the bed’s side and disposed of the condom. Evie felt a sudden chill at his business-like actions. Was this only sex? Or somethingmore?
But then he joined her again, pulling her into his arms and sweetly kissing her forehead. For a long few minutes, they lay together, Evie stroking the sweat-dampened hairs on his muscledchest.
“Incredible.”
He playfully touched her nose. “Yes, Iam.”
Laughing, she swatted at his hand. “Conceited.”
His smile dropped. “Not if it’s the truth… and only because I have you,Evie.”
As he kissed her again, she felt desire flare once more. But in the back of her mind, she knew they were running out of time. How soon before Drust found him, and was forced to killhim?
Chapter 10
The shop wasdusty and dark when Lacey entered. She let the CLOSED sign remain that way and headed toward the back. Wood shelves containing jars of herbs neatly lined the walls. Twists of fake lavender vine with fairy lights threaded through beams overhead gave the store an ethereal mystical feeling. Skins loved that. They enjoyed the calming fresh lavender she set out each morning, and the feistier eucalyptus she sprinkled here and there on the larger price items to nudge them intopurchasing.
No magick, though. The Brehon frowned upon Others using magick to coerce Skins into buying things. The world of Others must remainsecret.
The counter where one could fix a free cup of herbal tea or partake in blueberry-infused cold water was bare, along with the two bistro tables Lacey had set outside for cooler weather. As a whimsical touch, and to inform good witches she was witch-friendly, a straw broom was on display in the bay window. Most witches who frequented the shop were friendly, although one or two had requested a drop of her blood to make potions. In the past Lacey had refused, but lately, she’d considered sellingit.
Dragon’s blood was potent to witches, and valuable. She sighed as she opened the cash register and looked at the empty drawer. Sad thing when a dragon had to sell blood to survive thesedays.
Crystals for balancing chakras were arranged in pretty woven baskets on display tables in the store’s center. Salt lamps to promote soothing vibrations were arranged prominently near the store’s front. Skins lovedthem.
