Page 26 of Found By the Surly Ranger

She looks up at me with a hopeful smile. "If you don't mind driving me to my car tomorrow, I can drive to Kingsville and get my things. It won't take long to clear out my apartment. Most of my furniture is crappy old student stuff. I'll just give it away."

"Do you actually think I'm going to let you out of my sight, missy?" My arm squeezes her hard enough to make her laugh. "I'll borrow a van from Griffin or Walker and go with you. We can even stay in a hotel for a few days if we have to."

"Then who will watch the forest?"

"Don't worry. I'll let some of the other guys fill in for me."

My hand begins running up and down her spine lazily, caressing her silky, soft skin. Then my palm dips lower to grab her ass lightly. "You had quite a scare today, baby. Should I put you to bed?" She smirks, looking down at the massive erection sticking up between us. "Don't worry, I can tell him to calm down if you like."

She flicks her damp hair. "No… I think I want to get closer to my protective ranger."

She grabs my cock with both hands, slowly gliding her wet fingers from the root to the tip. My groan makes her eyes grow wide. It's clear that she's still a bit shy, but working really hard on getting over it. I know the more time we spend together, the more she'll relax around me.

"You can do anything you like with your new toy," I mutter, barely holding back another groan. "But I need to taste you, baby."

"Need to?" Her eyebrow arches as she strokes me again, more firmly this time.

"Yeah. I was so worried it nearly made me sick. So now I need a mouthful of your hot little pussy to make it all better."

Kara's sharp inhalation tells me she approves of that idea, and she seems to forget all about my bandaged hand as I spin her away from me to face the tiled wall.

The water drums straight into her back, keeping her nice and warm as I drop to my knees. I hear her gasp as I spread her wide and drag my tongue straight across her pussy. Fortunately, with my bandaged hand clasping her stomach, it's somewhat sheltered from the spray as I tease her with my tongue, lips, and fingertips.

Feeling her body respond to mine almost makes me high. Makes me feel powerful. I can't believe I'm the one who has the honor of giving her this much pleasure.

I alternate between swiping my tongue and my fingertips through her juicy slit, then slowly work my fingers deep. It's too difficult to reach her clit with my tongue this way, so once she's twitching and breathless, I switch position. She moans desperately as I push my tongue inside her, massaging her clit and rolling it between my fingers.

Her thighs tremble as her entire body tightens. Even though the water is splashing into my eyes and my knees are uncomfortable on the tile floor, I would maintain this position for years if she asked me to. But it doesn't take long before she begins to twitch hard, crying out as her palm smacks against the glass over and over. "Yes," she chokes. "Jace… I…" Another wordless, breathy squeal as the orgasm rocks her, then her body sags.

I hold her up, gradually standing so that I can turn her as she wraps her arms around my shoulders. "How do you even do that?" she laughs weakly. "That was so intense."

"I've been waiting for you my entire life." My voice is serious. "I'd honestly given up, and then I found you. I'm going to give you everything you need, baby."

Her left hand drops, feeling between us to find my hard cock. She strokes me gently, looking up to watch the way my eyes crinkle as I smile. "I've noticed you're pretty gruff with the guys," she says. "I like that you're softer with me."

"That's so I can match you. You're soft all over." I kiss along her shoulder. "Are you ready for round two, gorgeous?"

My left hand caresses up her back, and she instantly flinches. "Your bandages! I forgot." She reaches over to turn off the water. "We're plenty warm. Let's get you into a nice dry bed."

"But—"

Her finger lands across the center of my lips. "Shower Queen, remember?"

Before I can protest any more, Kara wraps me up in a bath sheet, drying me quickly. Then she hustles me toward the bedroom before grabbing her own towel.

My heart might explode from realizing that Kara is already comfortable enough to boss me around when need be. We're already finding our balance.

I grin darkly as thoughts of what I'm about to do to her flood my mind. This time I won't have to balance while standing up in the shower. This time I'll be able to possess my sweet girl by capturing her under me, and claim her completely.

17

KARA

It’s hard to know which is making my head spin and belly flutter more – the fact that Jace has said he loves me, or knowing what we're about to do.

Our first time together in that hot steamy shower was pure lust, fueled by adrenaline and fire. As we drop our towels and slip under the sheets together, I can already tell that this is going to be so much more.

Jace slides his huge muscular frame right in beside me, his hand grazing up and down my body as he stares at me. Then he meets my eyes and smiles. "You're going to hear people talking in town about me being a grouch. A quiet loner. The guy who bitches about unprepared people out on the trails."

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