wouldn’t obey her. Who knew being fed could
be such a sensual act? That was hard enough to fight but the
chocolate syrup was over the top. She gave up resisting the pull.
His tongue followed a track with a clear destination. It scraped
over nerve endings made raw from his previous attentions, brought
her body to a fever pitch. When his tongue reached the first
nipple, swirled around it to sweep up every drop before his teeth
closed over and tugged it, she exploded. The pleasure was so
intense her mind simply flew apart.
His tongue followed the trail across her
chest to the hollow between her breasts and up to the other side.
While she convulsed with the aftershocks, he sucked on her other
nipple and she came again. Her body seized up with the bliss. Her
mind disintegrated. She tried to remind herself she wasn’t supposed
to like this—the alien lover bending her to his will, being tied
down and forced to accept what he gave her—but she was so far gone,
so frantic for his touch, for more, that she didn’t care. She’d
agree to anything, anything at all to have him.
“Alrik. Please.” She strained against him,
against the bonds, her hips thrusting up in a mindless demand of
their own. He released her nipple with a slow wet slide and shifted
to loom over her, his eyes meeting hers.
“Anything der’lan ,” he whispered.
“Just tell me what you need.”
She almost sobbed. He knew what she needed,
but would make her say it. Ask. Beg. And she’d do it. He’d stripped
her bare; she had no pride left.
“I need you inside me.”
Okay, so it came out more demand than plea.
He didn’t seem to mind. One side of his mouth turned up to a half
smile and he stood, jerking his clothes off before coming back to
her. He blanketed her with his body, his cock hard and long and
throbbing resting against her entrance. He took her face in the
palms of his hands and held her still, meeting her gaze.
“Anything for you, my der’lan .
Anything.”
Then he plunged into her and the combination
of his erection and the soft whisper that promised absolute carnal
delight threw her over the edge again. He whispered in her ear as
he worked her. Hot desires, hotter demands. He kept her coming
until she rode a high of pleasure so intense it was almost painful,
until she knew she’d never be able to associate physical joy with
anyone else and her brain shut down. She passed out. When she came
to, her hands were free and Alrik was leaning over her a worried
but satisfied expression on his face.
“I’ve heard rumors but I never believed
them,” he said.
“Of what?” She knew by his smirk she probably
didn’t want an answer to the question.
His smile broadened. “That it was possible to
pleasure your mate so much she’d faint.”
She scowled, felt her brows draw dangerously
close together. He was really pushing his luck. “I did not faint. I just blacked out for a second.”
“Of course, darlin’.”
“And not from pleasure either,” she added
mulishly. The truth underlying his statement was outrageous.
Unbelievable. “You had me tied down. I was under duress.”
Rolling over to lie on his back next to her
he laughed, a big belly laugh she never would have expected he was
capable of. It was delightful. “We both know that for the lie it
is, Laney.”
She stared at the ceiling and pressed her
lips together, fighting her own laughter and unable to deny his
assertion, but not quite ready to admit to anything either. She’d
kept herself divorced from strong feeling for so long she didn’t
know how to cope with this. So she forced her mind to turn
analytical while her body struggled to remain focused on the man,
the alien, next to her.
It wasn’t like any attraction she’d ever
experienced or witnessed and the sex was many times more intense
than any fantasy could hope to compare to. Even now, when she
should be sated and satisfied, her pulse spiked and her body
flushed with anticipation. Maybe he had supercharged