Page 31 of Shifting Desire
I crawl into his lap and straddle him.Both of us are so broken by what our parents and the world have done to us that we would rather hurt ourselves than let anyone close enough to do it.But I don’t want to live that way anymore.
“You really don’t play fair, do you?”I ask, cupping his cheeks in my palms.
His smile sharpens.“Not when it comes to you.”
I kiss him.Softly, exploring what we are slowly allowing to grow between us.He may have started this journey on his own, feeling things without me.But now I feel it all.
The bond.Pulsing in the air between us.Calling me closer.Daring me.Daringus.
I deepen the kiss and his breathing shifts.The sheet covering me falls away and my bare breasts press against his chest.A rumble builds in his chest, his dragon sharing his approval of the situation.
“I still don’t forgive you,” I say when I pull away.“But I want my mate.”
“You’ll forgive me eventually,” he says, slipping his erection inside me.
My head falls back as pleasure and heat burns through my veins.He doesn’t move or thrust but allows me to rock my hips in slow circles.And now I can feel the heat pouring off him, magic, desire, and restraint wrapped around his spine like a vice.
“Tell me to stop,” I whisper.
His voice is hoarse.“I can’t.”
“You have to,” I say, but I’m already reaching for him.
“Ari...”
“Tell me you don’t want me.”
“I’ll never lie to you again.”
I slide my hand up his chest, over his heart, which is thundering like a storm trapped in a cage.His head dips, eyes locked on mine, lips inches from my own.
“Then kiss me.Fuck me.Breed me,” I say.
“If I do,” he growls, “I won’t let you go.”
My pulse stutters.“Good.”
And then he does.It’s not soft.It’s not slow.
It’s heat and hunger and years of repressed emotion igniting all at once.His hands are on my waist in seconds, lifting me up, pressing me against him like he can’t bear even a breath of distance.My legs wrap around his hips.My hands tangle in his hair.His mouth claims mine like he’s been starving and I’m the first taste of salvation.
And gods...It’s everything.I feel the bond surge.Not break.Not seal.But demand.The fall has started.And soon?There will be no stopping it.
