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Her eyes landed on me, full of something thick and intense directed at me.

“But that’s not what I’m craving right now,” she said, staring into my eyes and beyond them—into my soul.

Was it time? I licked my lips, trying to read the situation. It wasn’t at all how I’d planned on it going.

“Cade.”

She set her mug aside, rolling up onto her knees at the same time.

“Yes?” I asked.

“No more questions.”

I buried her under a furious growl of desire as I took her to the ground, drinking in deep her smell, her taste, her touch.

It was time.

Somewhere in the back of my mind, my dragon howled in victory.

“I want you,” I rumbled in her ear.

“Then take me.”

Chapter Twenty-Six

Samantha

The ground was hard and uneven, but the thick blanket he’d spread across the top of the ridge was soft and plush against my skin. Cade kissed me hard, pushing me into it as his weight settled on top of me, a firm, reassuring presence I welcomed eagerly.

My fingers dug into the muscles of his back, pulling him tight and close while our lips parted and our tongues danced together. I explored his body with the tips of my fingers, wrapping my legs around his waist. Everything was taut and hard. Everything. Including the expected pressure of his cock between my legs.

Sliding one of his huge hands down my side, he caressed one of my breasts and gripped my ribs, driving home the size difference between us as he held me tightly. I was just a plaything in his arms, a toy he could move around as he pleased. It should’ve been scary to be at such a disadvantage.

But with Cade, I never worried he would use that against me if I didn’t want him to. His lips moved from my mouth to my cheek and along my jaw, sending scorching lines of fire out from wherever he kissed me. I writhed slowly under him, enjoying the way he growled in delight each time I arched my hips and ground against his bulge.

In a blink, he rolled us over, so I was on top. I’d barely caught my balance before his hands slid up and under my shirt, tugging it over my head. He had to sit up to reach the tops of my arms, and his core flexed impressively under me, every ab turning into bunched steel.

It was impressive, and I grinned.

Cade sat up more as my bra was also tossed aside, his greedy lips sucking on my nipples, teasing them into hardened tips while I ran my fingers up the back of his neck and through his hair, pulling him in tight.

My eyes rolled back into my head as I gave in to the pleasure, the rising sun warming my face. It was hard to envision a better setting.

“This needs to go,” I said, reaching down and tugging Cade’s shirt off.

Okay, now it’s a perfect setting, I thought, watching his abs ripple and bunch as he sat back up after being stripped down.

“I think a lot more than just that needs to go,” Cade said, fingers fiddling with my pants, undoing them swiftly, eagerly. “I want to see the rest of you.”

The thick desire in his growled words washed aside any hesitation I may have had left. Cade wanted me. Not just anyone, but me. It was an important distinction, and one that immediately revved my own engine into overdrive.

Standing over him, I shimmied from side to side as he slid my pants down to my ankles, holding them still while I stepped out of them, wearing nothing but a flimsy black thong.

“Ah-ah,” he said with a wag of his finger as I bent my knees to straddle him. “That goes, too. I want all of you, Sam. And I mean all.”

“Take it, then,” I teased, hoping it hid my nervousness.

It had been a long, long time since I’d been with someone I wanted to impress, instead of just having sex to scratch an itch.

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