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Her body trembled in anticipation and fear. She knew he wanted only her pleasure, but she knew she was committing to more than sex. This was an eternity, and Rhadan would never let her go once she crossed this line.

It is already too late. I would live with you and age with you, but I will never let you go. Would you condemn me to the darkness for eternity? His mind whispered in hers as intimately as he touched her.

Tempest wouldn’t deny him. She couldn’t in all truthfulness. She wasn’t ready to commit to an eternity, but she felt what he did. Saw herself through his eyes. She wasn’t just beautiful to him. His mate was his world and when he looked at her, his world was brighter. Bigger. Alive.

I am only asking for your trust, Tempest. It is too soon for us to bond, but there are many ways I can please you. I have waited my entire adult life for someone to make me feel real emotion. To have them... see the real me and not have their adoration be a result of my power. Everything you feel for me is genuine, as is your trust in me. Your faith is me.

“Yes,” she whispered against his mouth.

Rhadan’s fingers deftly undid each button, one after the other, until he was able to slip it over her shoulders, allowing it to pool at her feet on top of her cardigan. His knuckles brushed the skin beneath her breasts and her breath stuttered in her chest.

Her mistake was breaking the kiss so she could focus on the velvet feel of his skin. She lost herself in the silky touch of her fingertips as she caressed his nipple. His low growl hummed in his throat as he unfastened her bra and it fell to the floor. The cool air against her skin did nothing to calm the heat radiating from her core. Maybe that was him; she was no longer sure.

He kissed the indent at the base of her neck before moving lower. His fingers slid beneath the elastic of her panties before he slid them from her hips. He stood and backed her up against the bed and lay her down on the soft cotton quilt before his mouth took possession of hers once again, fusing them together in a wild erotic tango.

While his mouth continued to rob her of breath, his fingers moved over her breasts before cupping one in his palm. She moaned and arched against him, pushing closer to the muscled, hard body beside her. Her skin was ultra-sensitive and fireworks seemed to burst beneath the areas he touched. She had never dreamed a man’s touch could be so sensual. Addictive.

His lips moved from her mouth, blazing a trail of fire to her chin and down her throat. His teeth nibbled as he moved to her collarbone and his tongue swirled over her skin. His hands whispered along her sides as he dipped his head to her breast. She cried out when he sucked an erect nipple into his mouth and her hands fisted in his hair.

His tongue flicked the erect nipple before moving to its twin. The warmth of his breath heated her skin, and her legs moved restlessly beneath him. As he moved lower, his hands cupped her breasts, pinching the nipples between his thumb and index finger as he continued his downward trajectory.

Tempest heard the mewing sound escape her lips as Rhadan settled between her legs and blew warm air against her feminine channel. If it was his intention to cool her heated core, he failed miserably. Her blood turned to liquid lava and sweat beaded on her brow. She felt like an atomic bomb was contained within her skin and he was the only being alive who could sate her.

His tongue took its first cursory lick of her sensitive lips. She arced off the bed, pressing her breasts against his palms, seeking relief from the oncoming storm, but his exploration was intimate and slow. He took his time finding her most sensitive areas and lapping at her like a starving cat until she was begging him for release.

She saw the images in his mind. The things he wished for them to explore. He’d had centuries to prepare for this moment, and he reveled in the taste of her on his lips. With his thoughts fully merged with hers, she felt the urge to bond and his need to fight it. The primal urge swamped him, but it was a promise he wouldn’t break. Not without a little help, anyway.

Tempest felt the muscles tense beneath his skin and the control it took to ignore his own needs. He took pleasure in the responses he invoked from her body and her fingernails clutched his skin, leaving deep grooves. She would’ve apologized for marking him, but he growled in appreciation. The sting of pain reminded him of the pleasure that was to come.

It started as a ripple in the pond, but it soon turned into a tsunami of pleasure that spread over her body until she was clutching at him like an anchor in the storm. She didn’t think she could take anymore, and his hands gripped her like a vise as he continued his feast. Her body arched off the bed and a wildfire of sensation cascaded over her as she moaned. Ripple after ripple accentuating the glorious effect.

She took several seconds to take her next breath, and he continued to kiss and swirl his tongue over her skin as if the very taste of her was addictive. How did women survive such sensations?

This is only the beginning, my love.

She wanted more. His body was a sculpture of perfection and she wanted to explore every crevice as he had to her. She sent an image of her tongue moving down his chest.

His muscles tightened as he moved to her side and pulled her against his body. “As much as I wish to explore the images in your mind, you must wait.”

“It’s only fair that you get to...”

“I barely have enough willpower to stop now. If you touch me like that, I will break my vow to wait until your twenty-third birthday. Please help me maintain this promise.”

She frowned. “I don’t understand. Shouldn’t this be my choice?”

“If you were simply human, yes. But a druid’s magic doesn’t fully mature until her twenty-third birthday. We made this promise so no druid could be influenced by a dragon’s magic. No druid should be bound until she is at full power. We want equals, not servants, and this rings true for me more than any other dragon.”

She sighed. “Okay.”

He chuckled and tipped her chin up. His lips moved against hers as he spoke. “Do not sound so discouraged. There are many more pleasurable things we can explore in the meantime.”

“Really?” She didn’t miss the hopefulness in her voice.

“Yes.”

“Like what?”

His arm tightened on her back, pulling her against his body. Her fingers trailed over his chest in a light caress. “You have no idea what it means to me. To be able to talk, tease, and just be with someone. To get to know them in the human way.”

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