Page 13 of Offside Angel

But I don’t. I can’t.

I leverage myself against the door and arch my hips. He growls at the new angle, his fingers digging harder into my skin.

“Come with me,” he demands.

I’m about to tell him it’s impossible. I’m surprised I’m still standing.

Then his hand slides around my hip and he’s circling my throbbing center and I toss my head back.

“How?” I ask in a breathless laugh as I clamp down around him again.

Zane curses under his breath, breaking the smooth rhythm his hips have been working into me. Then he seals our bodies together—his thighs flush with mine, his cock buried deep. I feel him jerk inside of me, and I grind against him, dragging out this moment as long as I possibly can.

“Holy shit, Mira. This is…”

His voice trails off, but I know. I know.

Zane comes inside of me for what feels like an eternity. Then he collapses against me, flattening me against the door until I can’t breathe and I don’t even want to.

Once we’ve caught our breath, he tucks my hair over my shoulder and kisses my neck, my shoulder. He slides out of me and carries me back to the bed.

We sleep. Or, I think we do. But when my eyes open again, Zane is curled behind me, the hard length of him pressed to where I’m already wet.

He slides into me and we rock together until I’m burying my cries in the pillow and he’s whispering in my ear, “You’re safe with me, Mira. I’m going to take care of you. I’m never going to leave you. I’m never, ever going to leave.”

“I know you won’t,” I whisper back.

But I will.

6

ZANE

I wake up to the shower running.

My body is heavy with sleep. Like I fused with the mattress while I was sleeping. It takes me a few seconds to remember where I am. To remember why my joints are stiff and there’s a warm, heavy feeling low in my stomach.

I found her.

I smile and stretch an arm across the bed, but it’s cold.

I jolt upright before I can piece it all together.

She’s in the shower.

After last night, she probably does need to clean up.

I didn’t plan to do any of that. My plan was to get into the room, grab her, and leave. I wanted to get her home as soon as possible.

Then she was there in front of me, and I couldn’t think about anything else. Some ancient instinct rose up, and I needed her to be mine. I needed her to be mine again and again and again.

Even right now, I’m barely conscious and my cock is already rising to attention. I wasn’t kidding about making up for lost time. We have weeks and weeks to catch up on.

I slide out of bed and pad to the bathroom door. I don’t bother knocking, I just push it open.

A cloud of steam rolls through the door like smoke.

“Holy shit.” I wave my hand in front of my face and water gathers on my skin. “Are you trying to boil yourself in there?”

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